13 Amendments of Alin MITUȚA related to 2020/2127(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 18 May 2021 on the review of the European Union Solidarity Fund (2020/2087(INI)),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) was established in 2002 as a reaction to the severe floods in Central Europe in the summer of 2002; whereas it was created to provide financial assistance to Member States and candidate countries affected by natural disasters, such as flooding, earthquakes, or storms; whereas the EUSF has become one of the main EU instruments for disaster recovery, as well as an concrete expression of solidarity in the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the EUSF is one of the most concrete expressions of EU solidarity, and all EU citizens expect it to be shown when natural disasters or serious public health emergencies occur; whereas solidarity between Member States is a core value of our Union but also an obligation from Articles 2 and 21 TFUE
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EUSF’s regulatory framework was amended in 2014 and in 2020, reflecting a need to simplify the procedures and to extend the scope of the Fund to include public health emergencies such as Covid 19;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) provides for a new budgetary package called the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR), which brings together the EUSF and the Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) and is designed to respond, on the one hand, to emergencies arising from major disasters in Member States or accession countries (EUSF) and, on the other hand, to specific urgent needs in the EU or in non-EU countries, in particular in the event of humanitarian crises (EAR);
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas some regions are structurally vulnerable to certain recurrent natural disasters such as floods, intense seismic, volcanic activity, or public health crises and thus require a special pro-active approach;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomUnderlines the fact that between 2002 and 2020, the EUSF mobilised more than EUR 6.5 billion for interventions in 96 disaster events in 23 Member States and one accession country; notes that the highest number of applications were submitted to cover damage caused by flooding, with more than 60 % of supported disasters belonging to this category; notes further that earthquakes were the events provoking the biggest overall damage in financial terms, accounting for 48 % of support provided under the EUSF;
Amendment 22 #
5 a. Underlines the strong added value of the fund to support emergency measures and reconstruction efforts and to ease the financial burden on national, regional, and local authorities even if improvements in terms of speed, consistency, efficiency and promotion of interventions are to be implemented;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets that the EUSF Regulation does not currently allow for the submission of aid applications on a cross- border basis, even though certain areas that are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, such as mountainous regions, often span borders;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls EUSF assistance only covers the restoration of the status quo ante of infrastructure in the fields of energy, water and waste water, telecommunications, transport, health and education, and not the additional costs of rebuilding more disaster-resilient and climate-resilient infrastructure, as called for in the European Green Deal, which has to be financed by the beneficiary state from own resources and other EU funds, such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund; calls on a higher level of synergies between Cohesion policy instruments and the EUSF;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to identify the regions that are more prone to specific or recurrent natural disasters and to propose an action plan on risk mitigation and targeted anticipatory activities; moreover, calls on the Commission to propose a revision of the EUSF in order to establish a more targeted, effective and timely rapid response mechanism in areas and regions prone to specific or recurrent natural disasters;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Points out that it is vital for aid and funds to be sent as quickly, easily and flexibly as possible to the affected regions and underlines that synergies between the EUSF and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the ERDF climate change adaptation component and territorial cooperation programmes are essential in order to create a comprehensive response and resilience package; calls on the Commission to continue its work on the guidance for the EUSF’s simplified usage in order to facilitate the actions of national, regional and local authorities; insists that synergies between the EUSF and the other EU funding instruments, among others, should be used flexibly and to their fullest extent; recalls that the implementation report by each beneficiary country should detail the preventive measures – including the use of EU structural funds – taken or proposed to limit future damage and to avoid, to the extent possible, a recurrence of similar natural disasters;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Invites the Commission, in the context of a future reform of the EUSF, to continue its work to simplify and speed up the application procedure for Member States, for example by paying particular attention to simplifying applications for activation of the EUSF across several regions in the context of cross-border disasters, so as to ensure a swifter response to the intensification of major and regional natural disasters and major public health emergencies;