Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget – Section III
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
1. Calls for an ambitious budget for the EU transport sector, which takes into account emerging challenges, new opportunities and the current political priorities in terms of EU transport policy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability, and in promoting and enhancing territorial and socioeconomic cohesion in the EU and ensuring the territorial accessibility and connectivity of all regions of the EU; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europe, including in rural areas and the more remote geographical areas; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the 2021 budget should reflect the priorities set out by Parliament in its resolution of 14 November 2018 on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that it should provide the necessary financing for both for projects started under the current MFF and for new projects based on the 2021-2027 MFF; reiterates, therefore, the importance of providing for a contingency plan to protect beneficiaries and ensure the projects’ continuity in the event that the current MFF needs to be extended beyond 2020;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes EU transport financing should be aligned to the Green Deal’s regulatory requirements and that full alignment with the Paris Agreement should be guaranteed; stresses that the Green Deal needs to go hand in hand with a just, inclusive and non-discriminatory transition for the workforce, businesses and SMEs in the sector;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the new association agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should guarantee continued connectivity between the United Kingdom and the EU while at the same time maintaining a stable playing field in highly competitive sectors, and should also include provisions on access and investment in order, inter alia, to ensure open and fair competition; stresses that the new association with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should guarantee continued funding for jointly agreed infrastructure projects, both for projects already underway and for possible new projects, particularly in regard to the Trans- European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the Connecting Europe Facility; requests that the 2021 budget provide for all the foregoing;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, therefore, that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart, safe, smart, interoperable, integrationist and accessible mobility and in implementing the Green Deal’s legislative priorities through tangible measures based on new technologies, boosting multimodal transport, the development of automated and connected multimodal mobility, the use of public transport, and an increase in the production and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels and of recharging points for the latter;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of the Green Deal being accompanied by a just and inclusive transition to ensure the transport sector’s workforce can adjust, and to support the regions and communities most affected; considers it important to have proper funding for this adjustment process, potentially entailing training and equipping the sector’s workforce with new expertise for new job prospects, requirements and skills;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights the fact that to achieve the goals of the Green Deal it is important that European businesses and SMEs in the transport sector are supported as they tackle the transition to climate neutrality; considers that initiatives need to be promoted in order to facilitate this transformation by incentivising, inter alia, sustainable investment;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding programme plays a crucial role in achieving the goals of the Green Deal and smart, sustainable mobility in the EU; reiterates that the Connecting Europe Facility promotes modern sustainable transport and infrastructure projects, actions that promote innovation and technology such as telematics applications systems, and the deployment of alternative fuels, multimodality, rail freight, interoperability, safety and accessibility;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of EU 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;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that transport projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Cohesion Fund (CF) must give priority to the completion of the TEN-T corridors;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights in particular the crucial role of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking in achieving a lasting shift from road to rail; stresses that the Shift2Rail undertaking plays a key role in overcoming technical obstacles and driving forward interoperability, with the aim, ultimately, of making rail transport cheaper, more efficient and more attractive;