4 Amendments of Lambert van NISTELROOIJ related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive significantly different levels of financial support under the Union's regional policy; calls for a debate on creating a fair intermediate categorytransition measures between the current ‘convergence’ and ‘regional competitiveness and employment’ objectives;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. To boost the regional competitiveness, emphasises the importance of "smart specialisation" of regions; the EU single market can only flourish as a whole when all actors and all regions, but also SMEs in all sectors, including the public sector, the social economy and citizens themselves are involved; not only a few high-tech areas, but all regions in Europe and every Member State, each focusing on its own strengths ("smart specialisation") within Europe;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that territorial cooperation (including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and macro-regional strategies) makes a decisive contribution to removing visible and invisible internal borders within the single market by using the full potential of cross border competitive clusters; calls, in this connection, for the post-2013 budget for territorial cooperation to be increased;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Appreciates the Commission's multilevel governance approach, which is necessary in order to ensure genuine participation by regional and local political and economic actors; proposes, in order to emphasize this decentralised approach, the establishment of a 'Territorial Pact of Local and Regional Authorities on Europe 2020 Strategy' in every Member State to create a stronger ownership in the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy;