Activities of Marek BELKA related to 2020/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy; Emphasizes that the SEIP should go hand in hand with other main socio-economic long-term goals and priorities of the EU; Stresses that the SEIP must be built on the lessons learned from the socio-economic crisis related to the Covid-19 crisis in order to facilitate the development of a more inclusive and stronger economy in the years to come;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy; considers that the investment envisaged in the SEIP will deliver necessary economic stimulus, build resilience to future shocks and create jobs;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; stresses that the recovery shall be built on the Sustainable Development Goals and shall support the twin green and digital transitions; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the success of the EU’s aim to achieve climate neutrality will depend on the adequacy of the financing; Underlines that the financing by the SEIP will not be sufficient to reach the abovementioned goals connected to the Green Deal, especially in countries more dependent on fossil fuels; Calls, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to come up with proposals to find additional resources as well as not to undermine the current solutions and proposals at place and proposed;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Wishes to see it ensured that funding from the SEIP, at EU and national level, goes towards the policies and programmes with the highest potential to contribute to the fight against climate change, protect environment and preserve biodiversity, and looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming climate tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix so as not to make some countries lag behind in the fully fledged transition related to the very much needed Green Deal;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the central role of the EU budget in delivering the SEIP; reiterates its long-standing position that new initiatives should always be financed through additional appropriations and should not negatively affect other policies; welcomes the new European Union Recovery Instrument, "Next Generation EU", as an emergency instrument to support investments and reforms aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and to reinforce the EU programmes that contribute for a sustainable and resilience recovery of the EU economy;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that the aim of the JTF should be to provide support to citizens, economic activities and territories facing energy sustainability, energy security and energy affordability challenges in the transition process towards a just and sustainable, climate-neutral, climate- resilient, resource-efficient economy of the Union by 2050; Stresses that in order to minimize the negative socio-economic consequences of the very much needed Green Deal transition, the JTF should concentrate on particular regions, not countries as a whole, with fresh funds of at least 40 bln euro and not resources already before allocated to cohesion policy;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasizes in the context of the Just Transition Fund that it is environmental, social and economic sustainability as well as long-term viability of projects in the transition regions that should be key to receiving the funds; Stresses that strict economic, short-term viability as a key determinant for the regions to receive finance is short- sighted and might be detrimental in the regions' path towards change;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the role of InvestEU in the implementation and functioning of the SEIP and considers that it should be at the heart of the Union’s green, fair and resilient recovery; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal to increase the programme’s size and scope; stresses the importance to support sustainable infrastructure projects, including the renovation wave for local jobs; welcomes the proposal to create a Strategic Investment Facility within InvestEU to promote sustainable investments in key technologies (such as clean hydrogen and batteries) and value chains;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction tax; Calls on the Member States not to undermine the abovementioned solutions, especially related to taxation, either from being established or from being allocated as own resources in the EU budget;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50 % of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while taking into account the different energy mixes of Member States and devoting particular attention to the sectors and regions most affected by the transition; calls on the EIB to review and modify its climate action definitions, namely the environmental sustainability financing definitions, in line with the EU taxonomy;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50 % of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while taking into account the different energy mixes of Member States and devoting particular attention to the sectors and regions most affected by the transition; Underlines the need for the EIB to include various stakeholders in determining the necessity of projects to be co-financed by it;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the statement of the ECB President that the ECB is supporting the development of a taxonomy as a way of facilitating the incorporation of environmental considerations in central bank portfolios; emphasizes that environmental and climate disasters more and more poses financial stability risks and, therefore, prudential regulation and supervision shall better incorporate those long-term risks in their assessments; calls on the ECB to evaluate the feasibility of including sustainability criteria in its collateral framework and its annual stress testing exercise, while assessing ways to guide lending towards energy transition investments and to rebuild a sustainable economy in the aftermath of the COVID- 19 crisis;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a renewed sustainable finance strategy; underlines the need for an EU eco-label for financial products, for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), and for more reliable, comparable and accessible sustainability data obtained by harmonising sustainability indicators and creating a public sustainability data register; recalls the genuine importance of green finance to the international role of the euro in the next decade.
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that the European Semester is a framework for EU Member States to coordinate their budgetary and economic policies; believes that it couldmust facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while putting a strict emphasis on economic and social sustainability as well as mutual and sincere cooperation amongst Member States; believes that the SDGs should be at the heart of EU’s policy making process;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Wishes it to be ensured that all contribute equitably to the post-corona recovery and the transition to a sustainable economy; seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning; calls on the Commission to create a blacklist of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance; calls for EU-level coordination to avoid aggressive tax planning by individuals and corporates; seeks in this context an ambitious strategy for business taxation for the 21st century; reminds the Commission about the existence of Article 116 of the TFEU in the context of tax-related dossiers and encourages the Commission to make use of it in case the issue addressed creates distortions to the conditions of competition within the single market;
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Is of the opinion that companies registered on the territories put on EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes should not be granted public financial support unless they prove a legitimate economic activity there;