4 Amendments of Emmanouil ANGELAKAS related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Considers that the EU Cohesion Policy, as the largest source of investments in the real economy, makes an important contribution to the European Economic Recovery Plan; recalls that more than 65% of its total allocation for the period 2007-2013 or EUR 230 billion in financial terms is already "earmarked" for investment in the four priority areas of the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs, namely people, business, energy and infrastructure and research an innovation; strongly believes that those investments are essential in order to provide an effective response to the current financial crisis;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the fact that the Structural Funds are powerful tools, designed to help regions in their economic and social restructuring and thus to implement the actions under the Plan's four priority areas in order to boost the economy, and endorses their use, rather than precipitating the invention of new economic tools; notes that these actions complement those undertaken at the national level. ; believes that due to the significant pressure on national budgets, EU cohesion policy funds and interventions should be accelerated, in order to give a timely boost to the economy and provide support especially to people hit by the crisis;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission's legislative proposals which are parallel and complementary to the European Economic Recovery Plan, to amend three of the existing Structural Funds Regulations 2007-2013; notes that the purpose of these legislative changes is to improve cash flow and liquidity in the Member States, facilitate the use of financial engineering instruments, simplify and broaden the use of flat rates and lump-sums costs, and expand the possibilities for support to investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy in housing; fully endorses these proposals and believes that their implementation can have an immediate positive effect on the ground;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to monitor the effects of the changes in the implementation of the Structural Funds, and to take its observations into account in the mid-term review of the Community strategic guidelines on cohesionin its proposals for the next generation of Structural Funds programmes.