Activities of André ROUGÉ related to 2022/2032(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report
Amendments (19)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cohesion policy helps to respond effectively to asymmetric shocks such as the current refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU’s outermost regions are in more precarious situations than metropolitan areas, and whereas their above-average unemployment and poverty rates call for strong and specific responses;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas a factor exacerbating poverty and the decline in purchasing power is the very significant increase since 2020 in the cost of transporting goods by sea, which severely penalises the island regions of the EU;
Amendment 45 #
Ja. having regard to the often disastrous situation in many overseas regions concerning access to drinking water and the need to step up efforts to achieve significant progress in this area in the short term;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas cohesion policy should provide efficient responses for tackling poverty and social exclusion, creating employment and growth, promoting investment in education, health, research and innovation, fighting climate change and tackling demographic challenges, while maintaining respect for national and regional identities; whereas cohesion policy can only fulfil all these tasks if it is embedded in solid funding;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas cohesion policies must not amount to a levelling of identities and economic situations by applying a single development model, but must work to combat disparities incompatible with the single market while respecting the specific characteristics and choices of local populations;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to simplify access to funding from an administrative point of view, for example by seeking a one-stop- shop solution, in order to address underspending and delays in the allocation of funds;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to allocate the budget resources needed to expedite funding for the renewal of the road, rail and maritime freight transport fleet;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that such a measure should only be considered following modelling of the consequences for the different regions and a comprehensive impact assessment;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas by valuing their diversity and potential, improving transport connectivity and high-speed broadband, and helping them meet challenges such as rural desertification, the decline of city- centre communities and, insufficient healthcare and the distance from public services;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls, in connection with the necessary development of small islands, for every effort to be made to enable their electricity interconnection and to encourage photovoltaic solutions;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Alerts the Commission to the need to take greater account of the health disasters occurring in the French outermost regions of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion, Mayotte, French Guiana and Saint Martin; calls, with a view to addressing this critical issue for the inhabitants of these departments, regions and collectivities, for all financial resources to be deployed very quickly in order to tackle the consequences of pollution of the soil and subsoil, watercourses and shorelines of Guadeloupe and Martinique by chlordecone, a highly carcinogenic substance; calls for the very swift deployment of all financial resources to combat the scourge of Sargassum seaweed, which is causing huge damage, in particular to the ecosystem of Guadeloupe; calls for the very swift deployment of all financial resources to ensure that everyone in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Mayotte has constant access to drinking water;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that the role of small cities, towns and villages should be bolstered in order to support local economies and address demographic challenges; backs, therefore, the reinforcement of the second pillar of the common agricultural policy, the EAFRD; recalls, in this connection, the need to prioritise short supply chains in the economic options promoted by the EU, not only from an environmental perspective but also from the point of view of preserving local know-how and a rooted economy;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the potential that exists at local level could be better mobilised by strengthening and facilitating community- led local development (CLLD); takes the view that CLLD should be mandatory for Member States;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of the specific climatic characteristics of the outermost regions, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, French Guiana and Saint Martin;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses, in this connection, the unique nature of the outermost regions, and encourages the countries concerned to adopt policies to develop the blue economy and local job-creating sectors in these areas, based on medium- to long- term development programmes offering visibility to investors and local stakeholders;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that cohesion policy reform for the financial period 2021-2027 has contributed to simplified and flexible use of funding for beneficiaries and management authorities; calls on the Commission to promote further simplification, flexibility and citizen participationflexibility, citizen participation and simplification and to prioritise this in the next reforms of the structural funds and regional policies;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. 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 Union, such as the United Kingdom, could join, would have as strategic development priorities the exploration of energy and mineral resources (hydrocarbons, polymetallic nodules and sulphurised mixtures), research into renewable marine energy sources, research into biological, animal and plant resources, and research into maritime transport and surveillance; considers that this cooperation should not call into question national sovereignty over the maritime areas concerned or the role of national navies in their surveillance; considers that this agency could eventually be a forum for in-depth diplomatic cooperation on maritime issues, as well as a starting point for commercial projects on a European scale;