5 Amendments of César LUENA related to 2021/0000(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 confirms the refocusing of the European Semester (Semester) process to place sustainability, health and the wellbeing of citizens at the centre of economic and social policies; welcomes further the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals to the European semester process;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the alignment of the Semester process with the EU’s long-term climate and environmental objectives must be accelerated, as per the Commission’s engagements under the Green Deal and international agreements; underlines that the coordination of the Member States’ macroeconomic policies is, among others, an essential tool to achieve the Green Deal, the Paris Agreement and the new post- 2020 global agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD);
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to extend the current Semester approach by developing a new climate indicator, without watering down the Semester process, to assess the discrepancy between the structure of the Member States’ budgets and a Paris-aligned scenario for each of their national budgets; further stresses that this would enable the extended Semester to provide recommendations on reducing climate debt; calls further on the Commission to include biodiversity and ecosystem services within the European Semester monitoring process setting also a biodiversity indicator;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the Semester to be adapted, taking into account the COVID- 19 pandemic, and the One Health approach and to be aligned with the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the key EU instrument for recovery, the new 8th Environment Action Program (EAP) monitoring framework1a and the Taxonomy Regulation1b; stresses that the EU’s recovery provides a unique opportunity to build back a stronger EU by providing guidance to Member States on where reforms and investments are most needed in order to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive EU; _________________ 1a Proposal for a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030, COM(2020) 652 final 2020/0300 (COD), Brussels, 14.10.2020 1b Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, PE/20/2020/INIT, OJ L 198, 22.6.2020
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the Commission’s guidance to Member States to include in their Recovery Plans investments and reforms in flagship areas that are in line with the EU’s objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest – such as renewable energy, renovation, sustainable mobility, the circular economy and biodiversity – given their potential to create jobs and growth.; support also the 8th Environmental Action Plan (EAP) monitoring framework and its connection with the European Semester;