Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2015/2353(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament's input ahead of the Commission's proposal (debate) ES
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to provide Parliament with an assessment of EFSI-funded projects on transport and tourism as soon as possible;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that, with a view to arriving at the best possible decision on the review of the MFF, the Commission should submit, on soon as possible, a report on the implementation and take-up level of structural and cohesion funds in tourism and transport and infrastructure projects, specifying which contribute to the development of the core network, the corridors and the comprehensive network;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises, in this context, the vital importance of adequate EU funding for the projects identified in the TEN-T Core Network Corridor Work Plans; highlights that this also requires enhanced coverage of transport policy related areas such as multi-modality and efficient logistics, intelligent transport systemurban mobility, road safety and accessibility, intelligent transport systems, synergies with other sectors and clean fuel equipment for the better integration of urban nodes;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that, despite the large number of projects affecting Europe in its entirety, in the last two calls for CEF funding, aid was allocated almost exclusively to projects for corridors and the core network, which benefit the EU's richest and most developed regions that already have dense transport network infrastructure networks;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to pay due account of the need to compensate for the fact that, as a result of initial budgetary constraints, certain regions were somewhat overlooked by the Connecting Europe Facility in deciding – as part of the planned evaluation of the Facility in December 2017 – whether to renew, change or suspend measures;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the EFSI makes a worthwhile contribution to the financing of TEN-T projects, provided that grants remain a vital and necessary funding source; underlines, in particular, that grants could be combined together with innovative financial instruments and the EFSI to facilitate the implementation of additional projects and catalyse private finance (blending); calls, therefore, on the Commission to draw up a double catalogue including both exemplary, successful projects and those facing major problems so as to improve understanding at Commission level and among national, regional and local authorities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the strategic interest of the four upcoming sectoral packages (on railway, air and road transport and ports) and therefore calls on the Commission to take account of them and the improvements to the legislative mandate they bring, and to do all in its power to facilitate their swift implementation in such areas as interoperability, safety, improving social conditions and freedom of movement in the allocation of structural and cohesion funds such as EFSI and CEF;