9 Amendments of José Ramón BAUZÁ DÍAZ related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the Union transport and tourism sector iss are essential for Union’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability and for ensuring the territorial accessibility and connectivity of all regions of the Union, with particular attention for peripheral, rural, mountainous, insular and outermost regions and other disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas transport and tourism will be key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050; whereas sufficient investment is needed to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility in line with the Green Deal;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas tourism is an essential sector for the EU economy, as its fourth largest export industry, and plays an important role in fostering its competitiveness, employment and social well-being; whereas Europe’s tourism sector has been severely hit by the COVID crisis, registering an investment gap of EUR 161 billion in 2020, with drastic impacts across the entire system, notably for the 27 million of workers employed directly and indirectly in the tourism sector;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas the EU’s Vision Zero objective sets the goal to reduce road deaths by 50% until 2030 and achieve zero fatalities by 2050; whereas investments in road safety are a key element of the EU’s Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety; whereas the persistent high road fatality numbers suggest that more investment should be provided to guarantee road and user safety;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in boosting EU recovery and advancing towards the green and digital transition; calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools - including, but not limited to CEF, RRF, Cohesion Fund, InvestEU, ERDF - in an articulate and complementary way to maximise their effect on recovery while ensuring adequate long-term funding of EU transport projects, including the projects aiming at the reduction of transport- related environmental impact, such as air pollution monitoring;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need to use EU financing for information materials and training of transport workers, particularly truck drivers, in order to enable them to react to safety threats;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to dedicate additional resources to the fight of cargo theft, the theft of vehicles and other criminal activities putting in danger the lives of transport workers;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of CEF in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure; regrets in that regard the proposed reduction of the CEF-transport budget in 2022 compared to 2021 and to the levels observed in the previous Multiannual Financial Framework; underlines the need for the increased use of CEF for providing resources for safe and secure parking areas in the EU; requests the Commission to allocate additional resources for the certification and safety control in parking lots;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and related national plans in stimulating the recovery in the transport and tourism sectors; insists on the need for proper parliamentary scrutiny of its implementation; in full cooperation with regional and local authorities and all related stakeholders;