Activities of Stéphane BIJOUX related to 2020/2120(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions
Amendments (21)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the ORs make the European Union the world’s largest maritime area with over 25 million km2 of EEZ;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas over 80% of Europe’s biodiversity is in the ORs and the European overseas countries and territories;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the appointment of an ‘OR permanent rapporteur’ to help the European Parliament monitor the correct application of Article 349 TFEU in European public policy;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that better use be made of the various platforms for exchange between administrations, such as the TAIEX-REGIO PEER 2 PEER programme for cohesion funds, the TAIEX-EIR PEER 2 PEER programme for environmental matters or the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, and proposes the creation of an ‘Erasmus’ for administrations managing European funds in the ORs, in order to ensure that best practices are shared so as to optimise the use of cohesion funds;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for youth employment in the ORs to be supported by working with the private sector, universities and local authorities to establish a digital one-stop- shop in order to help young people who are seeking their first job or looking to establish or take over businesses in the ORs;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Encourages the mobilisation of European funds to create ‘campuses of excellence’ in the geographical areas of the ORs, promoting the interconnection of schools, universities and training centres in those regions;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to encourage local initiatives by supporting VSMEs, SMEs and companies in the tourism, craft, building and construction, industrial and digital sectors;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages the ORs to join the ‘Local2030’ network and develop sustainable development scorecards so that they can better share their solutions;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that Article 29d of the EMFAF Regulation provides for a mid- term evaluation of the measures adopted under the chapter on the ORs (Chapter Va) in order to move forward with developing a separate regulation for the fisheries sector in the ORs, along the lines of the POSEI Regulation in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the Commission to help the Member States to improve the collection of scientific data needed to meet the eligibility conditions for fishing fleet renewal aid in the ORs;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses the need to protect the ORs when concluding fisheries agreements with third countries; expresses concern about the consequences that failing to renew fisheries agreements with neighbouring third countries, in particular Madagascar and Mauritius, will have for the fisheries sector in the ORs;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Environment, biodiversity, health, climate and energy
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the fact that the LIFE programme includes the BEST initiative; calls for at least EUR 8 million to be allocated every year to the BEST initiative to help territories implement the new EU biodiversity strategy, which requires at least 30% of land and sea areas to be protected;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for the BEST initiative to be replicated in the EU health programme, with specific funding for the ORs so that work on medicinal plants in particular can be supported;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Proposes the creation of a centre for research into tropical infectious diseases and pathologies that particularly affect the ORs, such as diabetes, obesity and certain cancers, and calls for the funds needed to address the underdevelopment of healthcare in the ORs;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for innovative solutions to be developed in order to reduce and also recover waste in the ORs;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Urges the Commission to take proper account of the specific situation of the ORs, particularly their remoteness from the European continent and their small markets, when implementing its competition policy;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the need to consolidate and develop maritime and air connections between the ORs, within the ORs, and also with the European continent and neighbouring third countries in order to support their opening-up;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for the creation within the Commission of an ‘OR impact of trade policy’ task force, which would ensure the effective involvement of the ORs, including representatives from the OR economic sectors; emphasises that there must be a fair balance between protecting sensitive agricultural products and defending the EU’s offensive interests, by envisaging transition periods and appropriate quotas for OR products, among others, and, in some cases, the exclusion of the most sensitive products, such as speciality sugars;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Recalls the joint declaration by the three institutions annexed to the Regulation on the stabilisation mechanism which was revised when Ecuador joined the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement: ‘The Commission will continue to carry out regular analyses of the state of the market and the situation of Union banana producers after expiry of the stabilisation mechanism. If a serious deterioration in the state of the market or the situation of Union banana producers is found to have occurred, given the importance of the banana sector for outermost regions, the Commission will examine the situation, together with the Member States and the stakeholders, and decide whether appropriate measures should be considered. The Commission could also convene regular monitoring meetings with the Member States and the stakeholders’;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that the ORs are strongly affected by migration flows from their immediate neighbourhood; warns of the impact of managing migration flows on local public policies and calls for the new Pact on Asylum and Migration to take account of the real challenges facing the ORs in this area and for increased support to be provided;