6 Amendments of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2011/2035(INI)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special needs of regions particularly disadvantaged by virtue of their geographical situation or natural environment, including the rural outermost areas; reiterates its call for special forms of preference to continue to apply in respect of those types of region, mentioned in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which are particularly disadvantaged (outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, mountain and cross-border regions); notes, in this context, the opportunity for the economic development of particularly disadvantaged regions through appropriate exploitation of, and support for, the endogenous potential of rural areas, including their environmental and cultural assets;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the Union will be able to hold its own in the face of global competition only if its cohesion policy can tap the development potential of all the regions in response to the challenges of the EU 2020 strategy; in this context, sees the endogenous potential of rural areas as offering an opportunity for development not only around agglomerations and big cities;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the key role of towns and cities in achieving the economic, environmental and social EU 2020 objectives; calls for support for ideas and projects which can serve as models, on the basis of integrated development plans, and for the upgrading of urban-rural linkslinks between towns and cities and the rural areas functionally linked to them;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that, in the context of structural and cohesion policy must not be biased towards specific types of region; calls for urban-, urban-rural partnerships should be seen more in terms of providing rural partnerships to be seen in their broader socio-eas with the same conditions for development and quality of life with regard to social and economic contextfactors;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recognises the leverage effect of new financial instruments and their potential to mobilise investment, supports increased financing from credit in principle, and calls for the use of revolving financial instruments to be extended to more areas eligible for funding (including research and infrastructure); calls for procedures to be simplified to that end and for a greater degree of legal certainty throughout the entire funding periodrecommends, to that end, the establishment of an EU register showing which projects are provided with loans and which with subsidies; takes the view that at the end of a funding period, at the latest, responsibility for how the funds are spent should transfer to national level or project level;
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Supports the Commission’s proposal that the N+2 rule should be applied systematically except in the first year of funding and that derogations from it should be abolished, but takes the view that it should be possible to apply the N+3 rule in certain situations; considers this will guarantee that a balance is struck between high-quality investment and smooth and speedy programme implementation;