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Activities of Tsvetelina PENKOVA related to 2020/2023(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020/05/13
Committee: REGI
Dossiers: 2020/2023(INI)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Pascal ARIMONT', 'mepid': 24922}]

Amendments (7)

Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is a key instrument that ensures solidarity between Europeanall EU regions in exchange for the opportunities afforded by the internal market; whereas if regions are to access the internal market, they must make a contribution to the cohesion funds – as is the case for European Economic Area (EEA) countries;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas many regions of the EU will be negatively affected by the creation of new barriers to trade and to the movement of people between the EU and the UK, particularly those sharing a land or sea border with the UK, and will thus require additional support from cohesion funds;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #
C. whereas even if the UK is a third country, it would be advantageous for Interreg programmes between EU and UK regionthe EU as well as for the UK for Interreg programmes to continue;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
E. whereas the withdrawal of the UK without a subsequent agreement on its future relationship with the EU would have disruptive effects, creating a significant burden for public finances in the EU; whereas such a failure to reach an agreement on future EU-UK relations would justify activating the solidarity principle; whereas Parliament has already approved activating the solidarity principle in such a scenario;deleted
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the UK should be invited to contribute to the cohesion funds if it wishes to participate in the internal market, in accordance with the model foralready applied to EEA countries;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #
4. Stresses that, whatever solution is found for cohesion funding in other regions, it is of the utmost importance that the PEACE programme continue to operate in Northern Ireland and the border regions of Ireland, administered autonomously by the Special EU Programmes Body;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of extending the scope of the European Union Solidarity Fund to cover a part of the additional public expenditure incurred in preparation for, or as a consequence of, the end of the transition period without a subsequent agreement on the UK’s future relationship with the EU; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal on the matter, mirroring the proposal previously made to cover a failure to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement, which was approved by Parliament on 24 October 20191 . _________________ 1 Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 24 October 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 in order to provide financial assistance to Member States to cover serious financial burden inflicted on them following a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without an agreement (COM(2019)0399 – C9-0111/2019 – 2019/0183(COD)), P9_TA(2019)0045.deleted
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI