9 Amendments of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/2139(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that cohesion policy is a fundamental instrument with which to attain the 20-20-20 goal by 2020 and establish a coherent strategy for a European economy with, in the long and medium term, maximum energy efficiency and low CO2 emissions; is aware that investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, development of the broadband network and the use of ICT in the public sector and enterprise sector is not moving ahead as expected;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the tendency to procrastinate in the launching of the cross-border projects and railway projects in general, which risks the TEN-T network to remain a badly connected agglomeration of 27 national networks, and stresses the importance of developing links between priority TEN-T projects and of intermodality;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of transport in general – and rail transport in particular – in ensuring territorial, economic and social cohesion and promoting eco- efficient transport and calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage the development of high-speed rail infrastructures connecting all Member State capitals;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the application of information and communications technology to the road transport sector and its interfaces to other transport modes will make a significant contribution to improving energy efficiency, as well as road transport safety and security, and calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that intelligent transport systems are implemented in a coordinated and efficient manner throughout the EU and accorded adequate funding;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the light of the review of cohesion policy and the EU financial perspective, asks the Commission to ensure that energy saving is automatically included as a condition when granting structural and cohesion funds and to earmark an increased proportion of funds tofor energy efficiency projects, and especially for those concerning the energy efficiency of buildings, and decentralised renewable energy projects;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the opportunity offered by the mid-term review of the 2007-2013 financial perspective, which enables Member States to reassess their operational programmes, to consider giving greater importance to priority trans-European transport projects;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take the opportunity of the mid-term review of the financial perspective 2007-2013 and of cohesion policy to ensure increased absorption of European funding in the period 2011-2013;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the priorities established in the EU 2020 Strategy, and to show flexibility in the process of reviewing the operational programmes and reallocating funding between programmes, in order to achieve the objectives established in that strategy;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the important role of ICTs in encouraging efficient energy use and the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU, considers the percentage of 3.7% of overall EU 27 expenditure relating to cohesion policy to be unsatisfactory and calls on the Commission and Member States to step up investment in ICT;