Activities of Maxette PIRBAKAS related to 2020/2039(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the light of the pandemic, policies and instruments addressing demographic problems must be reviewed; whereas birthrate policies in Europe must be encouraged;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic mustay serve to prompt us to rethink birthrate policies designed to tackle demographic problems and create new opportunities for economic and social development in rural areas;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the ongoing depopulation of rural areas is not only having serious economic and social consequences at local level but also hampering our chances of achieving the Green Deal’s ambitious objectivesthe management and upkeep of rural areas; recalls that the depopulation of rural areas is linked to the need to develop a more attractive economy and agriculture for young people;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, in developing the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to take practical steps to maintain thencourage rEuralopean populations to return to rural areas;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports innovation and digitisation with a view to promoting a vibrant, dynamic and economically viable rural environment; calls on the Commission to draw on the smart cities and towns initiatives to develop a new instrument to support start-ups inundertakings in continental and outermost rural areas, thereby also boosting their economic and productive fabric; recalls that the outermost regions must also benefit from a major public health plan in order to ensure that every citizen in these regions, particularly in rural areas, has access to drinking water.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the fact that once again the agreement on the multiannual financial framework is not ambitious enough to meet the challenges of demographic changeinvolution; criticises the cuts to the EU’s two main instruments designed to promote sustainable development in rural areas on the continent and in the outermost regions: cohesion policy and the CAP.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Regrets that the outermost regions are the first to be affected by cuts in funding for programmes such as POSEI;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Regrets that the outermost regions suffer from their insularity, geographical remoteness and lack of perspective for their young people, whereas Article 349 TFEU should enable them to address this issue;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls for a major plan to facilitate transfers for all undertakings in order to allow young people to gain access to employment and the resumption of economic activity and to provide an adequate pension for departing workers; such measures would render the rural economy more attractive, starting with agriculture, and would benefit the outermost regions and rural areas in Europe;