10 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2015/2052(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is first and foremostpredominantly a Treaty-based policy, aimed at strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union, and in particular at reducing disparities between the levels of economic development of the various regions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the National Reform Programmes (NRPs) are instrumental for delivering on the Europe 2020 Strategy at Member State level and that they should be taken into account before requesting a Member Statecommunity partner to review and amend its Partnership Agreement and relevant programmes;;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current legal framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) aims also to reinforce coordination, complementarity and synergies with other EU policies and instruments;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the factConsiders that reprogramming or suspension as regulated in Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) could undermine social and economic convergence between regions and jeopardise goals pursued by ESI funds, especially in countries with deep macroeconomic and social imbalances; asks the Commission to use the mechanism only when Member States have persistently failed to tmake effective action to addresshard and fast commitments in respect of its requests to reprogramme funding and giving due consideration to the unemployment rate or the impact on the economies of the Member States concerned;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas economic and financial instability and unpredictability may result in decreasing levels of public and private investment;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Warns, in particular, that any suspension of payment appropriations could substantially disrupt financial planning at programme level and, more generally, undermine the predictability and planning of investments, with a potentially greater impact on economically vulnerable Member States, whose public investment relies more heavily on ESI funding;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for a stable and predictable investment environment, not least with a view to attracting private investment; underlines the rolimportance of sound economic governance in the creation of this kind of favourable investment environment; emphasises the need for an overall investment framework in the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to use its reprogramming powers carefully, preferring stability over too frequent reprogramming; stresses the need for a well-founded and detailed justification for reprogramming, together with a detailed assessment of why it delivers more effective and efficient results;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that an increased emphasis on economic governance mechanisms cannot in any way jeopardise the achievement of the ESI Funds’ policy objectives and goals;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that it is fora competence of the Member States and regions to select the thematic objectives in function of their needs, and notes that the application of Article 23 CPR may restrict the flexibility of Member States in setting their priorities; recalls in this regard the principle of subsidiarity provided for in Article 4(3) CPR;