4 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2012/2092(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU transport policy is key to achieving the priority of sustainable growth of the Europe 2020 Strategy and, facilitating the functioning of the EU internal market, boosting the quality of services and increasing territorial cohesion;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds fiscal consolidation efforts undertaken by most Member States in national budgets; considers that the draft budget strikes an appropriate and reasonable balance between the fiscal austerities on the one side and need to implement EU programmes and deliver EU added value on the other one; emphasises that such efforts must not curb the added value of these programmes, as they are designed to stimulate economic growth;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Council to ensure that the necessary budgetary resources are made available to cover outstanding payments;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the TEN-T programme, through investment in high European added value infrastructures, is essential to raise the competitiveness of the EU as a whole, and to boost territorial cohesion and economic growth, by creating the missing infrastructure and removing bottlenecks within the internal market; and highlights that infrastructure projects also directly contribute to growth by stimulating employment during the building phase; underlines the role of the TEN-T programme for meeting the adaptation to climate change goal by ensuring the future sustainability of the EU transport networks; calls for adequate funding of the TEN-T Executive Agency to be able to cope with preparatory work for the implementation of the Connecting Europe Facility.