32 Amendments of Cristina MAESTRE related to 2020/2120(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 349 of the TFEU must be read in conjunction with other articles of the Treaty, particularly Article 7, which stipulates that ‘the Union shall ensure consistency between its policies and activities, taking all of its objectives into account’ and allows for a differentiated approach to be applied to the outermost regions in the implementation of European law as a whole, in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 15 December 2015;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the numerous advances obtained for the ORs under the new 2021- 2027 MFF at both budgetary and legislative level through specific arrangements in the Structural Funds and horizontal programmes, and welcomes the additional measures taken for the ORs as part of the Next Generation EU recovery plan; calls for those advances to be consolidated in the new European strategy for the ORs;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, despite the judgment of the Court of Justice of 15 December 2015, the Commission's restrictive interpretation of Article 349 undermines the ORs' ability to take full advantage of their integration into the Union and to develop their own potential while taking full account of their specific characteristics and structural constraints;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Regrets that the small number of programmes, policies and funds specific to the ORs, inspired by the success of POSEI, have disappeared in favour of the integration of specific provisions into horizontal European programmes, which dilutes the specific approach that should be adopted for these territories;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls that the Treaties confer on the Commission the right of initiative and that it is therefore responsible for making legislative proposals for the ORs, enabling Article 349 to be implemented in the various EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the establishment of a new communicationgenuine strategy which would, in particular, involve young people and inform them about the opportunities offered by the EU and raise their awareness of the usefulness of Europe in their daily lives; calls for a Commission office to be set up in each OR;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to help build, in cooperation with the ORs, a new strategy for the ORs based on respect for their specific characteristics, consolidation of what has been achieved and optimisation of existing arrangements, innovation and an appreciation of the ORs as ‘territories offering solutions’;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Investing in the battle for jobsdecent jobs and social protection, harnessing the potential of the territories and focusing on youth;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls, in the light of youth unemployment in the outermost regions, the need to create specific measures to support and train young people in the outermost regions, particularly by means of the Youth Employment Initiative; welcomes, in this respect, the creation of an additional OR allocation under the ESF+ 2021-2027 and calls on the regions concerned to seize this new source of funding to support employability, mobility and training in the ORs;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to encourage local initiatives by supporting VSMEs, SMEs and the sustainable tourism, craft, building andculture, social economy, sustainable construction, and digital sectors;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that, although the new Erasmus + programme encourages the mobility of students and young entrepreneurs from the ORs, the amounts of the Erasmus travel allowances are often insufficient in relation to the real costs of a travel to the mother country for student beneficiaries from the ORs; hopes that, in the future, greater account will be taken of the common characteristics of the ORs in the Erasmus programme, in particular by promoting intra-OR exchanges;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Recalls that Europe's cultural diversity, and in particular its abundant heritage of regional languages and cultures, constitute an irreplaceable raw material for the cultural and creative industries; considers that the ORs contain an extraordinary cultural wealth and therefore regrets that the Europe Creative programme for 2021-2027 confines itself to stressing that the ORs should be the subject of special attention, without providing any specific measures to support cultural creation in these territories;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Commission to examine the barriers to obtaining the Ecolabel and to expand its scope to other tourism services, as a complement to the EMAS for tourism, and to establish mechanisms to support those certification schemes, paying particular attention to the outermost regions; calls for the creation, in the long term, of a single European label for sustainable tourism, which should also cover quality, accessibility and inclusiveness aspects;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Developing sustainable and fair growth, promoting a green and blue economy and fostering new professions towards climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that it is necessary to provide better support for the diversification of sustainable agricultural production in the ORs and to introduce measures aimed at resolving the market crises faced by certain sectors;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Observes that the disappearance of quotas and guaranteed prices which began with the reform of the COM in sugar in 2005 is damaging cane sugar producers in the ORs; emphasises the need to place on a permanent footing all the specific instruments put in place within the framework of Article 349 of the TFEU in the interests of the sustainable competitiveness of this industry; calls for the establishment of a support scheme for sugar-cane growers in the event of a fall in world sugar prices;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the Green Deal and EU’s biodiversity strategy for 2030, takes into account the exceptional potential of the ORs, including challenges such as the rise of sea levels, the increase in sea temperatures and the increase of frequency of earthquakes and floods;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the ORs contain exceptional biodiversity which is particularly exposed to the effects of climate change, making it necessary to put in place specific measures; regrets that the 2021-2027 MFF did not make the BEST preparatory action permanent, and calls for the creation of a sustainable mechanism to finance projects on biodiversity, the enhancement of ecosystem services and adaptation to climate change in Europe's overseas territories;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission and the relevant Member States to promote and actively support nature protection and restoration objectives in the ORs that are at least equivalent to those set for the EU as a whole by 2030; further calls on the creation of a Trans-OR Nature network;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reaffirms the objective of achieving energy autonomy for the ORs and strongly supports the objective of achieving 100% renewable energy in the ORs in line with the European commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and the climate goals for 2030, as well as a carbon neutral building stock by 2050; stresses, in this view, the importance of the Just Transition Fund and React-EU, which provide dedicated funding for the ORs;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Suggests that an impact study be carried out regarding the possibilities of applying the Natura 2000 programme to the French ORs, with a view to establishing the most appropriate tools for the protection of the biodiversity and environment of these regions;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls foron the Commission to take account of the ORs in the Atlantic macro- regional strategies for the ORs to be developedy by including topics relevant to them;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 24 – point 1 (new)
(1) Welcomes the adaptation of EU State aid legislation to the crisis resulting from COVID-19; calls on the Commission to study the need to permanently continue some of these exceptional measures for the ORs, together with the measures already adopted for these regions under the General Block Exemption Regulation;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to rely further on Articles 107(3)(a) and 349 of the TFEU in the Regional State Aid Guidelines and the GBER (General Block Exemption Regulation) in order to contribute to the economic and social development of the ORs and pay greater attention to them;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Draws attention to the ability of satellites to provide uninterrupted very high-capacity connectivity, which is essential for overcoming the digital divide, particularly in the outermost regions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to update the European Space Strategy, with specific measures for the ORs;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ORs benefit fully from internatioNotes that the growing number of trade agreements with third countries, including the largest global producers of bananals agreements (EPAs, FTAs, etc.) concluded between the EU and third countries; calls for vigilance with regard to the consequences of these agreements 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 whnd sugar, is changing the distribution of the market and threatening the competitiveness of the EU producers of those goods; calls for vigilance with regard to the consequences of these agreements and calls on the Commission to carry out a study measuring the cumulative impact of trade agreements with third countries on the socio- economich discriminate againstevelopment of the ORs;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Considers that the trade negotiations conducted by the EU should take greater account of the specific characteristics of the ORs, by providing for safeguard clauses and, where appropriate, the exclusion of sensitive products from the ORs, which are a pillar of their economic, social and environmental development;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Recommends 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;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Amendment 202 #
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 AsylumAsylum, Migration and MiIntegration Fund to take appropriate account of the real challenges facing the ORs in this area;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 31 – point 1 (new)
(1) Suggests that the resources of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund should be mobilised to provide adequate support to Member States’ efforts in applying this Fund, in particular to those Member States which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures on their asylum and reception systems;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 31 – point 2 (new)
(2) Stresses the need for the EU to allocate specific funds so that those regions facing greater migratory pressure, principally those on the EU’s borders, such as the ORs, can manage the reception and assistance of unaccompanied minors who arrive in their territory, making it easier to resettle those minors as quickly as possible in the Member States;