2 Amendments of Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL related to 2008/2218(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the first attempts at developing an EU transport infrastructure policy, inspired by the 'missing links' of the European Roundtable of Industrialists (ERT), were boosted by the White Paper of 1993 by former Commission President Jacques Delors, with the justification to "achieve economic growth, competitiveness and employment" and were put on track by former Transport Commissioner Karel Van Miert; notes that Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 of 18 September 1995 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks and Decision No 884/2004/EC tried to be oriented towards the abovementioned aims; and draws attention to the stimulus given to this policy by the Commissioner responsible for energy and transport matters, Vice-President Loyola de Palacio;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Regrets the slow pace of implementation of priority projects in border sections, particularly those in the Pyrenees that are vital for the Iberian Peninsula and France;