2 Amendments of Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU related to 2016/2326(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in the last few years cohesion policy, as a structural policy, has become the main EU investment policy and a tool for attaining the general political objectives of the Union in addition to the specific goals enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that cohesion policy post 2020 should continue to serve this purpose and remain a policy expressing European solidarity for all Member States and regions; considers, therefore, that its share in the total EU budget should be maintained in the future;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the shortcomings of the financial planning and implementation system that led to the accumulation of unpaid bills and the build-up of an unprecedented backlog that rolled over from the last MFF to the current one; is increasingly concerned about the slow start-up of the implementation of the 2014- 2020 operational programmes, which may lead to the same situation in the future; , thus hindering growth, calls on the Commission to come up with a structural solution to solve such problems before the end of the current MFF and to prevent them from happening again in the next MFF;