11 Amendments of Leila CHAIBI related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an ambitious budget for the EU transport sector, which takes into account emerging challenges and the current political priorities in terms of EUthe need to deeply and quickly switch to a very low carbon transport policymodel;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that transport is the main economic sector where greenhouse gas emissions are still growing; stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europedevelop sustainable transport modes, secure jobs in the transport sectors affected by the ecological transition, including in the more remote geographical areas; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that transport must contribute to achieving 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, therefore, that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility and in implementing the Green Deal’s legislative priorities through measures based on new technologies, boosting multimodal transport, the development of automated and connected multimodal mobility and an increase in the production and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels; stresses that financial and fiscal supports shall not be given to so-called biofuels that have not fully proven their sustainability and compete with food agriculture;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly requests to stop financing environmental and climate harmful mega projects with EU funds, such as airport extensions, highways and some high- speed train lines;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that transport projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Cohesion Fund (CF) mustshould give priority to the completion of TEN-T cosustainable transport modes and projects that foster terridtorsial cohesion;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of agencies and joint undertakingpublic-public partnerships in improving the transport sector’s performance and in fostering a reduction of transport emissions based on technological progress and rules; points out the importance of these agencies and joint undertakingpublic- public partnerships receiving adequate financial and human resources;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights in particular the crucial role of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking in achieving a lasting shift from road to rail; stresses that the Shift2Rail undertaking plays a key role in making rail transport cheaper, more efficient and more attractive;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15