Activities of Laurence FARRENG related to 2020/2058(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Underlines that Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe, as the EU’s main education, volunteering and culture programmes, play a key role, in terms of their scope and content, in fostering education in the skills needed for the green transition, raising awareness of environmental issues, volunteering to protect the environment, and developing and disseminating creative, inclusive and accessible solutions to tackle environmental challenges; calls, therefore, for these three programmes to be an integral part of the Green Deal and to be eligible for the funding to be made available in that context;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to introduce mainly financial incentives in the investment plan to complement the Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe programmes in the shift towards more environmentally friendly, sustainable means of transport, while also promoting inclusion and accessibility, without stigmatising, penalising or excluding participants who have no other choice than to travel by air; takes the view that such incentives should be supported with an ambitious and dedicated budget within the investment plan and that the Erasmus+ budget should be tripled; calls on the Commission – in the light of its European Year of Rail in 2021 – to enter into partnerships with European rail and bus companies so that participants are eligible for discounted fares;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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4. Is concerned about the situation resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, especially that of the most vulnerable individuals and sectors and that of minorities, who face an even more precarious situation than before the crisis; calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to adapt the proposal for the Green Deal investment plan to develop an approach coordinated with emergency measures, such as the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative and the proposed SURE scheme, and recovery instruments, and requests thatrequests that European and national investment in the fields of culture, education, youth and sport be considered strategic in order to foster the green transition promoted through the Green Deal.