8 Amendments of Hermann TERTSCH related to 2020/2058(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), which aims to enable a just and well-managed transition towards a resilient and sustainable society; emphasises that it is imperative that the EU achieve the revised 2030 and 2050 climate and biodiversity goals, effectively contributing to the economic recovery of Member States, and reach its commitments under the Paris Agreement, based on the best available science;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expects a new, unprecedented MFFIn these new economic and social circumstances resulting from the effects of COVID-19, expects a new MFF that is in line with the EU’s new needs, endowed with fresh money, and enhanced and new EU own resources, to be at the heart of the economic recovery and the green transition;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commits to a just recovery from the coronavirus crisis that ensures that taxpayers’ money is invested in the future, not the pastsectors with added value; that conditions fiscal expansion to drive the shift to a green economy and make societies and people more resilient; that employs public funds to climate proofin sectors and projects that provide solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation, thereby generating green jobs and sustainable growth; that incorporates climate risks and opportunities into the financial system, as well as all aspects of public policymaking and infrastructure; and that guarantees an end to fossil fuel subsidies and applies the polluter pays principlethe gradual elimination of fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the European Parliament’s demand that at least 40 % of investments under the InvestEU programme should contribute to climate objectives; believes that the green finance gap is surmountable if private initiative overcomes the COVID-19 crisis and recovers the capacity to support public initiatives in the challenge of financing the green transition;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee the accessibility, effectiveness and consistency of the different instruments available to finance the green transition;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to revise State aid rules to allow public support for the European Green Deal and to reform the European Semester to deepen the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to revise State aid rules to allow public support for the European Green Dealand competition rules to facilitate investment in the green transition and to reform the European Semester to deepen the inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9