Activities of Gábor HARANGOZÓ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that the potential of the EU’s cohesion policy to respond to the current economic crisis can only be fully used if the regulations governing the use of the Cohesion Fund are also adjusted; calls therefore the Commission, in line with the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008 calling for a simplification of procedures and faster implementation of programmes financed by the Cohesion Fund with a view to strengthening investment in infrastructure and in energy efficiency, to present concrete proposals in order to amend the Cohesion Fund regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006) to allow the co-financing of energy efficiency actions including cases where housing is concerned;

2009/02/06
Committee: REGI

2009/2009(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers that in order to alleviate the unavoidable recession and maintaining employment levels in the Union some adjustments should be made to adapt the European Social Fund; calls therefore the Commission, in line with the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008, to present concrete proposals to amend the European Social Fund regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006) in order to support employment, especially for the most vulnerable groups in the population, paying particular attention to the smallest undertakings by reducing non-wage labour costs on a temporary basis, in countries seriously affected by financial or economic downturn;

2009/02/06
Committee: REGI

2008/2218(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. reminds Member States that the territorial cohesion of the EU ~~strictly~~ depends also on the ability to ensure good interconnection among regions and that the implementation of efficient transport networks plays an important role in the social and economic development of the less favoured regions of the Union; urges them to speed up progress on cross-border sections of existing projects and to provide the necessary national funding;

2009/01/26
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that territorial cohesion has an important role in reinforcing both economic and social cohesion and thus is central to the development of EU cohesion policy; considers, therefore, that the debate on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion to be directly linked to the future reform of EU regional policy;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers the coordination of all sectoral Community policies that have a strong territorial impact to be central to the development of territorial cohesion and the reinforcement of economic and social cohesion; regrets, therefore, that the relevant analysis in the Green Paper is confined in listing these EU policies without suggesting ways of improving synergies between them or even methods to actually measure the territorial impact of these policies;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasizses that one of the main objectives of territorial cohesion is to ensure that progress and growth generated in one specific territory should provide benefits for the whole region and across the EU territory; considers, in this respect, that excellence centres and clusters of research and innovation are vital to economic success, scientific discovery, technological innovation and jobs and that more interaction and knowledge transfer should be stimulated between those centres and their surrounding regions; calls on the Commission to present an assessment of the impact of clusters and excellence centres on surrounding areas;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Expects that a clear and sufficiently flexible definition of territorial cohesion should result from the public consultation, which will be commonly agreed, shared ~~and~~, understood by all stakeholders in the field and able to encompass all specificities of EU territories; considers that this definition will provide clarity and transparency and should focus on the added value that territorial cohesion is expected to bring in the traditional framework of cohesion policy;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses the need to address in the context of territorial cohesion the growing intra-regional disparities in several parts of the Union and to develop a strategy for the most disadvantaged and deprived areas suffering from territorial and social exclusion;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that taking an integrated approach will have a greater chance of success if the regional and local authorities, as well as stakeholders who can provide an overall view and understanding of the needs and specificities of a given territory, are involved from the beginning in the designing and implementation of the development strategies of each territory; in this connection, calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines to help Member States and local authorities to concretely implement an integrated approach so as to make the best use of synergies and complementarities between territorial and sectoral policies;

2008/12/10
Committee: REGI

2008/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the partnership between urban and rural areas still needs to be strengthened, since urban areas have an important role to play in the harmonious and integrated development of their peripheries, in order to achieve territorial cohesion and balanced regional development,

2008/11/21
Committee: REGI

2008/2130(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Supports the idea of the revolving principle of JESSICA and its potential for economic growth in urban areas and believes that in the next programming period the advantages of some aspects of regional policy ~~as a whole ne~~being baseds to ~~be based substantially more~~a greater extent on revolving funds offering credits rather than solely on grants, as is the case at present, should be considered;

2008/11/21
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that rural areas may find it difficult to adapt to this new regional orientation policy because of their specific characteristics: an ageing population, an ongoing rural exodus, lower levels of qualification of rural populations, lack of infrastructure and public services, multiple jobs of those working in rural areas, the lack of technology for setting up projects and of centres of excellence grouping companies and educational and research institutions;

2008/07/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls in this respect that all regions throughout the Union as a whole, including rural and remote areas, should in principle benefit from the same development opportunities to avoid any further territorial exclusion of the most disadvantaged areas;

2008/07/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas economic, social and territorial cohesion can be enhanced by aligning both per-capita incomes and employment structures in rural and urban areas,

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the establishment of the EAFRD and the separation of non- agricultural funding from the scope of cohesion policy and a broader regional development perspective may result in some objectives (e.g. environmental protection, transport and education) being either duplicated or omitted altogether,

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes investigating the possibility of creating, post-2013, a third Structural Fund which would be a European non- agricultural rural development fund in order to foster synergies and complementarities between regional and rural development policies, thus enabling a comprehensive and integrated implementation of their objectives.

2008/07/03
Committee: AGRI

2008/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that rural development policy has a huge influence on economic, social and territorial cohesion and that ~~due consideration should be given to wh~~the need to create synergies and the need for bethter ~~it is justifiable to separate rural development measures from cohesion and regional development poli~~coordination with cohesion and rural development policy mean that serious consideration should be given to the advantages and disadvantages of merging these policies in order to improve their coherence and efficiency;

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that per-capita income levels and access to public goods and services remain the biggest challenges for ~~territorial~~ cohesion policy and can be most effectively improved through support for non- agricultural activities in rural communities;

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Evgeni KIRILOV, Gábor HARANGOZÓ, Gábor HARANGOZÓ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that the difficulties in implementing rural development policy are the result of the separation of sectoral policies from ~~territorial~~ cohesion policy and the separation of the economic and social aspects of both policies, as well as the wide variety of responsibility allocation and policy coordination systems used in the Member States; in this connection, given the existing ambiguities in the legislation governing the eligibility of measures under EAFRD and under the Structural Funds, calls on the Commission to assist Member States in properly understanding the differences between these financial instruments and in appreciating possible synergies so that they can correctly absorb the funds allocated and help increase the added value of these policies;

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Takes the view that, prior to rural funding reform, the Commission should conduct a detailed assessment of the CAP's impact on regional development in the context of ~~territorial cohesion and~~cohesion policy and that a set of best practices should be drawn up for rural policy as a whole;

2008/11/14
Committee: REGI

2008/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ensuring that citizens enjoy equal access to quality transport services in and to urban areas is crucial to achieving EU territorial cohesion;

2008/03/07
Committee: REGI

2008/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that urban mobility plays a significant role in ensuring internal cohesion in urban centres and the area surrounding them and that urban transport development strategies must therefore be closely linked to wider strategies for spatial development and the development of urban areas;

2008/03/07
Committee: REGI

2008/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Firmly believes that, while the quality of transport infrastructures and services is a crucial element in the attractiveness and competitiveness of urban centres, the effectiveness of transport investment depends on it being linked to a balanced development strategy for individual urban centres and the area surrounding them;

2008/03/07
Committee: REGI

2007/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that, even though rural areas are characterised by a great diversity of situations, ranging from remote rural areas affected by desertification to peri-urban areas under increasing pressure from urban centres, they frequently suffer from a combination of natural handicaps (topography, climate, etc.), human handicaps (small population, older and with less training), and structural handicaps (insufficient jobs, difficulty in accessing basic services) which mean that residents face unequal opportunities;

2008/04/07
Committee: AGRI

2007/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for income-generating ~~production~~ activityies to continue in rural areas, for which purpose particular attention should be devoted to family farming and to small and medium- sized farmers ~~and~~, with the CAP ~~should be~~being revised in order to make it fairer, a~~nd to arrest the steady disappearance of basic social services (post offices, schools, public transport, etc.) and of social forums (shops, cafés, etc.) which is a factor~~ s well as to non- agricultural entrepreneurial activities which supply goods and services that are essential to maintaining the ~~desertification of rural area~~population and welcoming new arrivals;

2008/04/07
Committee: AGRI

2007/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that farming is often the last remaining activity in rural areas and it is therefore necessary to implement measures to encourage young farmers to set up farms, but that in addition to the viability of their farms there should be a particular focus on ensuring quality of life in the rural environment by favouring equal access to public services (post offices, schools, public transport, health services, etc.) and the preservation of services for the public (day-care facilities for young children, facilities for the elderly, social housing etc.) and of social forums that make it possible to break isolation (shops, cafés, cultural centres, etc.);

2008/04/07
Committee: AGRI

2007/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that attention must be paid to linkage and complementarity between funds mobilised for the development of rural areas, whether stemming from regional policy or the common agricultural policy;

2008/04/07
Committee: AGRI

2007/2191(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses that in the long term, in order to avoid competition between farming and non-farming rural development actors, it would doubtless be more effective to create a structural fund specifically devoted to rural areas, and calls on the Commission to look into this topic;

2008/04/07
Committee: AGRI

2007/2191(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. In this connection takes the view that new quantifiable development and social indicators ~~other than~~in addition to GDP per capita should be used in order to identify the most vulnerable communities and groups and their location, indicate intra- regional disparities, evaluate implementation and policy efficiency and be used as guidance for development planning;

2008/04/18
Committee: REGI

2007/2191(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Council and the Commission to establish a new instrument enabling the implementation and evaluation of concrete measures at micro-regional level to address the territorial ~~development disparitie~~exclusion of vulnerable communities and groups through smaller comparable territorial units; recommends in this respect that NUTS 4 (LAU 1 and LAU 2) level territorial units be targeted with ~~a new~~such an instrument ~~that is~~, which must be sufficiently funded and dedicated to cope with intra- regional disparities in order to avoid the growing exclusion of peripheral and least favoured areas;

2008/04/18
Committee: REGI

2007/0084(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9, paragraph 5a (new)

5a. The farm structure survey data shall not be used by the Commission for drawing samples or for carrying out surveys.

2008/02/01
Committee: AGRI

2007/0084(COD)