Activities of Niklas NIENASS related to 2021/2254(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas – towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040
Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s presentation of its long-term vision for rural areas; stresses the importance to focus on rural areas as well as rural- urban linkages and the need to specifically address their challenges and potentials;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that EU cohesion policy, which seeks to promote the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, is vitally important to rural areas, acknowledges the important role of sustainable agriculture and involves all levels of governance, including local and regional authorities;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a strong rural dimension in future cohesion policy regulations, which should include dedicated funding to that end; suggests that 308 % of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund should be earmarked for rural areas, in addition to other beneficial investments for rural areas, particularly those encompassing more than one region;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that this earmarked budget shall be implemented via bottom-up tools like Community-led local development (CLLD), comparably to the LEADER approach, in order to ensure European citizens in rural areas are involved in the decision making and funding process as this showed huge success in the rural and regional development especially in the long-run; in the same time calls for strengthening the CLLD in the Cohesion Policy overall and widening participation among different stakeholders, NGOs and young people;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls for the reintroduction of the EAFRD under the roof of the Cohesion Policy as rural development means not only agriculture but regional development with a holistic approach;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls for a better access to finance for rural areas to enable investments in the local energy transition, including energy efficiency, decentralised distribution of energy and circular economy as well as local production and consumption;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that the main objective of the long-term vision should be to fight depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, climate change, including through investment in sustainable infrastructure and the provision of services, economic diversification, sustainable job creation and innovative , green mobility solutions;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines, however that in absence of adequate supply of jobs or other economic opportunities as well as in case of low level of salaries, the well- educated workforce tends to migrate to regions where such opportunities are in adequate supply thus making situation in rural areas even more challenging; highlights the increase of new opportunities of remote working possibilities and calls for more common working spaces and the creation of “village offices” to connect people working remotely in rural areas and that way promote staying in these regions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls for more investments in digitalization in and between rural areas to ensure these opportunities can be used; underlines that digital connectivity is of utmost importance to ensure infrastructure, public and health services as well as their daily life activities, in order to avoid more rural depopulation and at the same time relieve overcrowded cities;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls for more education and training opportunities as well as support of youth and inclusion in rural areas;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls for the promotion of cultural infrastructure to ensure lively rural areas, connect people and create cultural exchange and solidarity;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls for the support of equality and gender mainstreaming particularly in rural areas; highlights the specific role of women in these areas as they play a major role in civil society and sustainable economic growth in rural areas and at the same time face difficulties in accessing the labour market, public services such as health and childcare; emphasizes the role of young women in rural areas and the tendency of their precarious role in rural societies;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Emphasizes the potential of rural areas to develop a sustainable and green economy thus making an added value to the local development in opening new green jobs;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Underlines the potential of rural areas in such fields as renewable energy, circular economy and environment protection and calls to make better use of existing opportunities; invites Member States to introduce legislation for a fair distribution of the profits coming from the sustainable energy sources among the local authorities and communities;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the diversity of rural areas and the crucial importance of tailor- made territorial approaches in implementing the long-term vision, primarily in less developed, remotesparsely populated, remote areas and outermost regions.;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the importance of learning from each other and further using the potential of success stories of some rural areas; for that, calls for more exchange possibilities and introducing platforms in and among rural areas to promote cohesion, solidarity and pan- European exchange;