Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2011/2297(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of EU water legislation (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of EU water legislation, ahead of a necessary overall approach to European water challenges
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to focus on the specific objectives and activities of the Horizon 2020 programme on better sustainable management of water resources in the EU and its neighbouring countries; believes that EU research policy should respond to growing challenges concerning environmentally-friendly water management for agriculture, industry, the population and water-efficiency ambitions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that privatisation of supplying the population with drinking water must not result in the owner’s monopoly or full market faciliation of these services, which must be treated as public services;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a relevant analysis of the ways to prevent the effects of flooding, due to a noticeably frequent flood risk in Member States’ territories in recent years;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for enhanced international cooperation with third countries, considering cooperation especially with those third countries that are neighbours of the EU, and international organisations to tackle effectively the current water management challenges facing society.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. States that the growing demand for water, together with the process of steppe formation or even the desertification of some regions in the Member States, requires urgent irrigation investments;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that investments in hydrotechnical infrastructure should be considered to a greater extent than they have been so far in the new EU financial strategy on cohesion funds;