8 Amendments of Elena KOUNTOURA related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that transport is the main economic sector where greenhouse gas emissions are still growing; stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europedevelop sustainable transport modes, secure jobs in the transport sectors affected by the ecological transition, including in the more remote geographical areas; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
The importance of transport, in particular of public transport, in achieving the goals of the Green Deal;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that not a single reference is made, in the entire European Green Deal, to the promotion and improvement of public transport systems, with a view to changing mobility profiles; stresses that public transport is central to the promotion of socially, environmentally, climatically and economically sustainable societies;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that transport must contribute to achieving 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights the experience of a number of EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy, strengthening the support component for the development and modernisation of secondary, regional and local links, and not just links between major EU economic centres;