Activities of Madeleine JOUYE DE GRANDMAISON related to 2008/2010(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Outermost regions (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas ORs are a considerable asset to the European Union as regards space research, in particular through Kourou,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the European Union's status as a major power with one of the world's richest natural biodiversities is due precisely to the ORs and OCTs;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the satisfactory results obtained under the POSEI programme (agriculture and fisheries) and in the sugar cane, rum and bananas sectors; wishes to see proper consideration given to the financial impact which the ongoing international negotiations and the measures undertaken at the WTO may have on these agricultural sectors; will closely monitor the forthcoming mid-term review of POSEI and the assessment of differentiated tax regimes;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the implementation of the NETBIUM programme in particular, which is a significant example of the ORs' potential in the field of scientific research; wonders, however, about the fact that, despite the quantity of projects conducted and the extent of the OR's potential, the ORs' integration in the European Research Area (ERA) is still limited; calls, therefore, for efforts to be redoubled in order to (1) step up the establishment of local research facilities that are equal to their potential, (2) encourage and help OR local authorities to increase their research efforts and investments (an essential means of creating new jobs and economic sectors with good prospects), (3) encourage and support the development of attractive, successful universities, with genuine resources and with standards equal to those of universities in mainland Europe;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to implement a programme to support the local cultures of ORs, in particular with a view to supporting and encouraging the survival of the regional languages (such as creole), lifestyles, and customary, artistic, culinary, spiritual and philosophical traditions of those regions;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to take account of the special nature of Guyana in these OR aid programmes: Guyana is one of the few areas of the European Union that still has various indigenous peoples who must be respected and protected by every possible means; the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of 13 September 2007 states that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, have a right to be different, to consider themselves different and to be respected as such; to this end, there is an urgent need for specific European aid programmes to be established for them in order effectively to protect the cultural wealth which such peoples represent for Europe's and man's common heritage, promote and respect the intrinsic rights of such peoples deriving from their political, economic and social structures, spiritual traditions, history and philosophy, and in particular guarantee their tight to full enjoyment of their lands, territories and resources;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets that the ORs were not involved in the preparation of the EPA negotiations as regards aspects relating to their specific interests nor in the negotiation of EPAs with the ACP countries as regards those same aspects; calls therefore on the Commission to associate the ORs as closely as possible in the further negotiations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the wider neighbourhood action plan, with a view to coordinating with the EDF the funding of OR extraterritorial cooperation projects with ACP countries, to set up and organise information meetings in the different ORs to enable local stakeholders (private and public) to acquire a better understanding and grasp of the complexity and specific features of the procedures required for the implementation and success of such projects;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that Community actions should be a catalyst for a spirit of enterprise that will transform the ORs into centres of excellence, driven by sectors which fully exploit their advantages and know-how, such as waste management, renewable energies, student mobility, climate researchenergy self- sufficiency, student mobility, research into climate change and biodiversity or crisis management;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that many actions and programmes to be pursued and initiated for the ORs can make significant contributions to established Community and international priorities, in particular as regards climate change, the protection of biodiversity, renewable energies, health in developing countries, food supplies, diversification of economic and productive activities, and research into slavery and colonialism;.
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that proper funding is provided, in the context of research programmes, for research relating to the history of slavery and colonisation;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to provide, in the context of compensation for handicaps relating to the position of the outermost regions, for the drafting of a proposal for an EU directive to regulate the rates charged by private and public companies for postal and telecommunications services, so as to ensure that such rates do not exceed the telecommunications and postal rates applied between two mainland Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to submit a communication addressed to Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, following the Partners' Conference due to be held in Brussels on 14 and 15 May 2008, to draw conclusions and summarise the progress highlighted by the conference;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission to conduct an environmental and social impact study on the reform of the sugar and banana COMs;