9 Amendments of Ondřej KNOTEK related to 2022/2032(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cohesion policy, even though it is not a crisis instrument, helps to respond effectively to asymmetric shocks such as the current refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine; whereas cohesion policy, in its nature and identity, is a long-term investment policy;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas infrastructure quality, provision of services, access to healthcare and transports and mobility solutions differs vastly between urban and rural regions;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the regional innovation divide has grown and education and skills gaps between more and less developed regions are often wide; whereas skills endowments are concentrated especially in capital regions and a large urban-rural divide has emerged;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas disparities remain in the speed of the digital transition across Europe; whereas very high-speed connections are only accessible to two out of three city residents and one out of six rural residents;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas significant progress has been made in improving employment and social inclusion, but regional disparities remain larger than before the 2008 financial crisis; whereas cohesion policy should provide efficient responses for tackling poverty and social exclusion, creating employment and growth, promoting investment in education, health, research and innovation, fighting climate change and tackling demographic challenges; whereas cohesion policy can only fulfil all these tasks if it is embedded in solid funding;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that cohesion policy can only continue to play its present role as a vector for investment and job creation, an instrument to reduce regional and intraregional disparities and a solidarity mechanism for all EU regions if it has solid and adequate funding; stresses that this implies providing at least for the same level of funding as in the 2021-2027 financial period, topped up with the Just Transition Fund (JTF) II budgetary resources; ; recalls that new challenges need fresh money and asks, when relevant, to top up cohesion policy with new budgetary resources to allow Member States and regional authorities to address the different challenges and crises affecting the European Union;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Maintains that an unallocated flexibiTakes note that, even though cohesion politcy reserve of 15 % of the total allocation for cohesion pois not a crisis instrument, a certain degree of agility and flexibilicty instrumentof its rules should be put in placemaintained to strengthen regions’ resilience and responsiveness, enabling them to address new and upcoming challenges and absorb asymmetric shocks; recalls that this new added value should contribute to preserving a strong cohesion policy in the post-2027 MFF and not making it vulnerable to budgetary cuts or weakening reforms;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Believes, thatTakes note of the recent changes applied to the co-financing rate for the ‘Investment in jobs and growth’ goal at the level of each priority should not be higher than:under the 2021-2027 programming period; invites the Commission to assess the impact of these changes and insists on the need to increase the co-financing rate, especially for transition and more developed regions;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that ‘rust belts’ still exist in most Member States; believes that, to address the potentially negative impact of the transition of old industries such as steel and aluminium and to support the development of the regions affected,urges to support the industrial transition of these territories and address its potentially negative impact making use of the cohesion fund and the JTF II resources should be directed towardsand by creating smart specialisation strategies tailored to each of the regions in industrial transition, fostering innovation-led growth and ensuring the spread of growth benefits;