11 Amendments of Michael CRAMER related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 8 #
1. Highlights that transport infrastructures are the backbone of the single market and crucial to ensuring the four fundamental freedoms pertaining to persons, capital, goods and services; notes that accomplishing a single European transport area connected to neighbouring countries requires major transport infrastructure to be treated as a key priority for the EU’s competitiveness and for territorial, economic and social cohesion; furthermore emphasizes that all projects co-financed through MFF budget lines should be in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the Commission and the Member States should focus all EU co-funding of transport and tourism projects that contribute to minimise external costs through climate action and air quality and should prioritise through higher co-financing projects that lead to zero emissions; recalls therefore the immediate need to renew the criteria of allocation of different EU funds;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that cohesion policy’s share of the total EU budget should be maintained post-2020, as the Cohesion Fund makes ashould increase its major contribution to closingre-establishing (cross- border) infrastructure gapconnections between regions;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to the EU safety, climate and energy policy in the framework of the TEN-T and CEF core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) should allow for adequate EU funding, including structural and investment funds, for projects which contribute, in particular, to the completion of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) core network and its corridors; reiterates that financial instruments cannot replace grants for TEN- T projects, as only grants can maximise output on the ground; considers, furthermore, that coherent transparency and better coordination of EU instruments related to transport, including blending of grants and innovative financial instruments, can facilitate project implementation and catalyse private financing;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that EU co-funding should concentrate on smaller cheaper projects with a positive short term effect on the goals of the White Paper on Transport 2011, such as re-establishing regional cross-border missing links that were given up and dismantled, ensuring sufficient maintenance and renewal of the secondary rail network, further electrifying of the entire rail network (electric mobility);
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that an upgraded and more effective Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which coversfocusses on interconnecting all modes of transport, including road infrastructure, and focuses on interconnection and makes more funding available for greening the cities, is necessary;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that funding for completing the single European rail area should be safeguarded; stresses further that the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) should be brought forward in order to further implement common technical standards and maximise the benefits in terms of interoperability; encourages the Commission and the Members States to support noise reduction at the source by retro-fitting rail freight wagons; underlines that co-funding of the Shift to Rail undertaking should be intensified;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the importance of enabling the full use of the Single European Sky as a crucial step forward for European airspace; stresses the need for adequate funding to implement the components of Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) in order to ensure the deployment of ATM functionalities; calls on the Commission and the Members States to phase out subsidies for airports and thereby save money, as ca. 50 % of EU airports are making losses;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of secured funding to achieve an integrated maritime policy, as a flagship initiative for cross-sectoral and trans-national governance, as well as for optimising multimodal connections and shifting to digital transport services and sustainable transport modes, only including ships with low emissions in the fields of short sea shipping and inland waterways;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages the Commission to co- finance the interconnection between the EuroVelo network and the EU rail network and thus encourage sustainable tourism through the different regions;