Activities of Sylvia LIMMER related to 2020/2058(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - how to finance the Green Deal
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), which aims to enable a just and well-managed transition towards a resilient and sustainable society; emphasises that it is imperative that the EU achieve the revised 2030 and 2050 climate and biodiversity goals and reach its commitments under the Paris Agreementgoals currently set at EU level for 2030 and 2050, purportedly to protect the climate, be examined and, where necessary, adapted in the interests of a rational environmental policy, based on the best available science;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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2. Expects a new, unprecedented MFF, endowed with fresh money, and enhanced and new EU own resothe new MFF to be based on the principles of efficiency, economy and targeted spending, with the exception of sensible, temporary measurces, to be at the heart of the green transitionhat are compatible with the principle of subsidiarity and are taken at EU level with a view to overcoming the coronavirus crisis;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
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3. Commits to a justthe creation of suitable conditions to facilitate an economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis in the EU Member States that ensures that taxpayers’ money is invested in the future, not the past; that conditions fiscal expansion to drive the shift to a green economy and make societies and people more resilient; that employs public funds to climate proof sectors andeconomically, efficiently and sensibly; that will only be achievable through appropriate, targeted and temporary special measures that, taking rational, fact-based environmental projtects, thereby generating green jobs and sustainable growth; that incorporates climate risks and opportunities into the financial system, as well as all aspects of public policymaking and infrastructure; and that guarantees an end to fossil fuel subsidies and applies the polluter pays principleion into account, are focused on protecting companies and jobs, with such measures only being taken at EU level if they generate added value compared with the regional or national level, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; and that applies the polluter pays principle in the area of environmental protection;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Insists thatDoes not call for all EU-supported investments to be subject to the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities and the Paris- aligned and Climate Transition Benchmarks; calls on the Commission to propose a ‘brown’ taxonomy and enhanced social sustainability criteria;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
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5. Emphasises the European Parliament’s demand that at least 40 % of investments under the InvestEU programme should contribute to climate objectives; believes that the green finance gap is surmountablethe efficiency of the InvestEU programme should be thoroughly reviewed and adjustments made where necessary;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls on the Commission to revise State aid rules to allow public support for the European Green Deal and to reform the European Semester to deepen the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goalsconsider the whole of the European Green Deal and, accordingly, to refrain from revising State anid the European Pillar of Social Rightrules;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 9