Activities of Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG related to 2008/2055(INI)
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Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Considers that, for many years, EU regional policy has demonstrated to the European public its unique European added-value by effectively promoting economic and social cohesion across the EU, whilst at the same time contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs; opposes, therefore, any attempt to re- nationalise this Community policy; reiterates its long-standing position that cohesion policy should relate to the whole of the territory of the EU and that the larger part of the financial resources available should be concentrated on the needs of less-developedthe poorest regions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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2. Considers it indispensable that adequate funding be guaranteed founder the periodnew multiannual financial framework after 2013, so as to enable cohesion policy not only to continue carrying out successfully its traditional tasks, but also to deal with a number of new global challenges with significant territorial impact, such as climate and demographic change, energy efficiency and urban concentration, as detailed in the Commission's Fourth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion (COM(2007)0273); therefore takes the view that the allocation of no more than 0.35% of the EU’s GDP will be infar from sufficient to finance this policy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the need to simplify the procedures for the implementation of Structural Funds, especially the management and control systems, including at national and regional level; notes that the complexity of the system is to a certain extent responsible for the poor absorption by the Member States of the available resources; urges the Commission to present without further delay concrete proposals for simplifying relevant procedures which should be implemented immediately;