6 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2018/2119(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges thatNotes that, even though the EU economy is continuing to grow, employment has risen considerably and the investment gap brought about by the crisis has almost closed; points out nevertheless that vulnerabilitie, vulnerabilities nevertheless persist, growth has not benefited everyone equally, and regional and territorial disparities are still a key issue of concern, especially in southern Europe; notes with concern that, although unemployment has returned to pre-crisis levels, it is still high in several Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the view that investment, innovation, knowledge and structural reforms are key to making Europe stronger and more cohesive; points out, in this context, that investment under the cohesion policy plays a significant role alongside appropriate reforms inand tangible reforms designed to boosting economic growth, and inclusiveness and, in addition to institutional capacity and administrative capacitygovernance; encourages, in this regard, a reform which simplifies current European investment tools and makes them more flexible, to enable European companies and citizens to gain easier and more immediate access to them;
Amendment 35 #
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their cooperation and to take further measures to leverage private and public investments, to fully maximise the added value of cohesion policy funds and their complementarities and synergies with other Union programmes and financial instruments;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and thewhich seek to avoid any overlapping of programmes and foster further simplification; welcomes the proposals which aim to strengthened links between cohesion policy and the European Semester process for delivering sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the stronger focus of the 2019 European Semester on investment needs to guide programming decisions for the period from 2021 to 2027 and the envisaged new annex to the 2019 country reports, in which investment needs that are relevant for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) during the 2021-2027 period will be identified;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that there is a need for further simplification and greater flexibility among Union funds, programmes and instruments to make EU funding for strategic investment projects simpler and more efficient, in particular for the regions whose development is lagging behind, as they are more restricted in their access to, or use of, funding, mainly due to bureaucratic and administrative difficulties; hopes, in this regard, that reforms will be promoted within the Member States to make the principle of sound administration more efficient.