Activities of Emmanouil ANGELAKAS related to 2007/2191(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The impact of cohesion policy on the integration of vulnerable communities and groups (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, cohesion policy has, up to now, made an effective contribution in helping the poorest regions to catch ureduce the gap in terms of socio-economic development,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas economic growth tends to be concentrated around capital cities and large urban centres leaving peripheral, mountain, island and rural areas with uneven socio-economic development,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas most of the least favoured micro-regional territories are facing complex multi-dimensional problems related to their peripheral location, lack of logistical infrastructure, socio-economic under- development, de-industrialisation processes, low levels of education and training, lack of administrative capacity, generational unemployment, deteriorating housing and living conditions, low access to services of general interest, lack of conditions for technological development and progress and concentration of segregated minorities and vulnerable groups,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the territorial concentration of vulnerable communities and groups and the strong geographic influence affecting social segregation in the most underdeveloped territories is an increasing challenge for the cohesion of EU territories; emphasises, moreover, that this phenomenon is not only to be found inter- regionally in underdeveloped areas but also intra-regionally, to a significant extent, both in developing and developed areas and requires particular attention because such vulnerable communities and groups tend to be lost within a more general, favourable picture,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate resources between developed cities and excluded rural, difficult access, mountain and island territories in a balanced way and to establish tailor-made long-term programmes for specific vulnerable groups with the participation of local authorities, relevant social and economic partners and representatives of the target groups in the decision-making process and implementation in order to best address their needs and bring genuine solutions to overcome exclusion and generational unemployment and support methods of accessing education, training and new technologies;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need to tackle the problem of the existence of transport networks and access to them, since exclusion makes those communities and groups living in remote areas which are difficult to access doubly vulnerable;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to define and describe clearly the vulnerable communities and groups that it will work on in the context of cohesion policy, and methodically record their salient features in order to facilitate targeted and systematic measures; also stresses the importance that should be attached to the particular nature of communities and groups, such as the unemployed, the poor, the elderly, seasonal workers, single- parent families, unmarried mothers, drug addicts, the illiterate;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to address the demographic trends of further urban concentration and rural exodus and their territorial impact; calls therefore on the Member States to draw up strategies to revitalise depopulated areas by fostering real development opportunities, maintaining services of general interest, offering jobs and training, improving housing and living conditions, enhancing local administrative capacity, decentralising the public sector and increasing the attractiveness of those areas to investors;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recommends that political measures taken to tackle social exclusion and activate vulnerable communities and groups should include the element of voluntariness;