20 Amendments of André ROUGÉ related to 2020/2120(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there are concerns about the long-term social, and economic, environmental and cultural consequences on the ORs of the COVID- 19 crisis and Brexit, and whereas these crises legitimately reinforce the demand that Article 349 TFEU be applied, which provides for a special status for the ORs, be applied and complied withthe EU and respective Member States to take particular account of the specific situation of the ORs and contribute to their development;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the ORs represent a real asset for the European Union, allowing its influence to reach the Atlantic and Indian oceans and also, through the OCTs, the Pacific ocean; whereas this key asset in many areas (biodiversity, raw materials, fishery resources, access to space, population growth) deserves to be highlighted, respected and protected; whereas the geographical remoteness of the European decision-making centres makes our overseas compatriots feel that their difficulties (illegal immigration, endemic poverty, structural economic underdevelopment) are not sufficiently addressed in the formulation of European public policy; whereas developing a comprehensive and ambitious catch-up plan should mark a renewal of relations between the European Union and its ORs, while respecting their individual situations and identities;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction the extension and maintenance until 2027 of several tax derogations for the ORs (AIEM, dock dues, etc.)specific tax measures for the ORs, and recalls the importance of maintaining the arrangements based on Article 349 TFEU for the ORs, which must reconcile the twin imperatives of protectdeveloping local production and tackling the high cost of living;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission services and the national and regional authorities to strike a balance between legitimate and essential controls on the use of EU funds and simplifying and making more flexible the administrative rules needed to optimise them, in order to encourage local initiatives and productive investment;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the ORs to be fully integrated into the discussions of the Conference on the Future of Europe, in particular via the Conference of Presidents of the ORs, in order to provide a perspective from the outermost regionsgeopolitical perspective;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to encourage local initiatives by supporting VSMEs, and SMEs and thein all sectors of activity, particularly the agricultural, industrial, tourism, craft, building and construction, and digital sectors;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the creation, by those countries with a maritime area, of a European Agency of the Sea – along the lines of the European Space Agency – which should rightfully be based in overseas France; considers that this intergovernmental agency, which countries outside the European coalition, such as the United Kingdom, could join, should have the following strategic development priorities: - exploration of energy and mineral resources: hydrocarbons, polymetallic nodules and mixed sulphides; - research into renewable marine energy sources; - research into biological, animal and plant resources; - research into maritime transport and surveillance; takes the view that this cooperation would not undermine national sovereignty over the maritime areas concerned, or the role of the national navy in monitoring such areas; considers that such an agency could eventually become the forum for wide-ranging diplomatic cooperation on maritime issues, and the starting point for Europe-wide commercial projects;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages the emergence of new environment-related professions and support for grassroots actors involved in biodiversity protection, including associationsbiodiversity protection;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reaffirms the objective of achieving energy autonomy for the ORs and sStrongly supports the objective of achieving 100% renewable energycarbon neutrality in 2050 in the ORs in line with the European commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the European Commission to take greater account of the specific climate situation of the ORs, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, French Guiana, Réunion and Saint Martin;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls for every effort to be made to ensure the electricity interconnection of small islands and encourage photovoltaic solutions so that they can develop as needed;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Alerts the European Commission to the need to take greater account of the health disasters occurring in the French ORs – within the European definition – which are Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Mayotte, French Guiana and Saint Martin; calls for the necessary financial resources to be provided as quickly as possible to tackle this critical issue for the inhabitants of these departments, regions and collectivities, and in particular to: - combat the scourge of Sargasso algae that are ravaging the ecosystem of Guadeloupe in particular; - tackle the consequences of pollution of the soil and subsoil, watercourses and shorelines of Guadeloupe and Martinique by chlordecone, a highly carcinogenic substance; - ensure that everyone in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Mayotte has constant access to drinking water;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for strong support to be provided to the ORs in order to promote a new sustainable economic model with structural initiatives for developing the circular economy, and stresses in particular that this model should not be jeopardised by inappropriate regulations;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to protect the OR economielocal markets from aggressive trade practices, such as clearance markets and the abuse of monopoliedominant positions;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the creation of a specific tax status for enterprises in the ORs in order to increase their competitiveness, particularly within their region;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the European Commission to allocate the budget resources needed so that the conversion of road, rail and maritime freight fleets can be funded more quickly;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ORs benefit fully from international agreements (EPAs, FTAs, etc.) concluded between the EU and third countries; calls for vigilance with regard to the consequences of these agreements on the OR economies and their export routes to the EU market and recommends that effective measures be put in place as part of trade policy, including safeguard clauses and specific checks by the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, while ensuring that the principle of ‘equivalence’ does not lead to situations which discriminate against the ORs and that EU market opportunities for OR agricultural products are maintained in the long term;
Amendment 199 #
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, particularly Mayotte and French Guiana, are at the forefront of the battle against long- standing and endemic illegal immigration that is mainly due to nationals wishing to leave their regional environment in order to achieve stability and a standard of living that is far higher than in their country of origin; notes that such nationals try on a daily basis, mainly by abusing the humanitarian aim of the asylum procedure, to settle in the European Union, which jeopardises local economic and social balances that are already very fragile;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Points out that the ORs need the protection of the European Union which must not, through naivety or blindness, ignore their fate;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Urges its President to remind the Council, the Commission and the Member States of their protection duties;