Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2014/2214(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (A8-0279/2015 - Ivan Jakovčić) NL
Amendments (15)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the promotion of economic and social prosperity in the region, which should neverot be pursued at the expense of the environment and natural resources, and particularly not at the expensecological balance and biodiversity of the fragile coastal and marine ecosystems and their natural resources;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the active promotion of eco-innovation in the areas of fishing, mariculture, tourism, maritime transport, ports and related sea-related activities and infrastructures, in order to stimulate Blue Growth and thus create new jobs and ensure the rational and sustainable exploitation of marine resources;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential that EUSAIR contribute to the EU accession process of the South East Europe countries by addressing common regional challenges; calls for these countries to be fully and effectively involved in all steps of EUSAIR’s implementation and for them to improve their connectivity among themselves and with the rest of the EU, including the Adriatic-Ionian Corridor; calls for their significant disparities and deficits in infrastructure to be tackled, in particular as regards road and rail networks, intermodal connections and, traffic management systems and the energy infrastructure; encourages the development of synergies and coordinated policies between the EU, the relevant Member States and the South East Europe countries;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that EUSAIR inadequately addresses issues of growing concern such as irregular and illegal migration, trafficking in persons and cross-border crime; while noting that major European migration and criminal flows pass through this part of Europe, calls for a major component on migration, movement of persons and cross- border crime to be included in EUSAIR;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the participating countries to fully exploit the possibilitioptimally the resources available under the newly established European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to finance projects in the region which would create valuethe development and implementation of projects in the region which can promote sustainable development and growth at the macro-regional level;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EIB, in cooperation with the Commission, to examine the possibility of setting up a dedicated investment platform for the Adriatic and Ionian Region that would enable the mobilisation of funding from public and private sources; calls for the creation of a transparent and publicly available project pipeline for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, which would increase the visibility of current and potential projects as well as attract investormake current and potential investment needs and projects visible so that investors are encouraged to invest in these projects;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 (new)
Paragraph 5 (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to eliminate administrative and non-financial obstacles which often dissuade investors from investing in such projects;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
6. Considers it necessary to find ways to involve countries not included in the strategy and, which are geographically and economically close to the region and which have set themselves similar objectives, at least on an individual and specific project basis;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that particular attention should be given to remote and geographically disadvantaged areas such as islands and mountainous and rural regions with the aim of implementing a coherent macro-regional strategy and unlocking their vast potential, especially in the tourism sector; calls, moreover, on the Commission to propose a European Year of Islands and Mountains;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the region faces serious migration problems in the Mediterranean; stresses that controllinge importance and necessity of an integrated European approach to these problems of migration in the Mediterranean region, which is essential for the further development of the southern part of the region;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the region’s unique geographical position and coastline structure, together with its rich marine biodiversity, hold immense potential for the creation of ‘blue’ jobs and for innovative and sustainable economic development and growth, including blue technologies, fisheries and, tourism, aquaculture, maritime transport, ports and marine-related activities and better maritime and marine governance and services;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. Notes with concern the rate of fish stock depletion in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas as a result of overfishing; stresses that fisheries are one of the key components in the economies of the coastal areas and islands; deems it necessary, therefore, to consider the protection and preservation of fish stocks and marine ecosystems with their natural resources to be a paramount objective of the strategy, to take decisive action in the form of data sharing, joint monitoring platforms and fishery management plans, and to further develop the aquaculture sector;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the lack of effective connection with the islands; urges the Commission and the Member States to facilitate better connections in order to increase the quality of life in these areas and to make it possible to exploit socioeconomic opportunities;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the exploitation of available renewable sources such as solar and wind, wind, tidal and wave energy within the energy production mix; underlines the sustainability and competitiveness of potential hydropower plants, in particular in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia; calls on the participating countries to contribute to the setting-up of a well-functioning electricity market in the macro-region;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the richness of the marine, coastal and terrestrial ecosystems of the participating countries; calls for joint efforts in taking all possible measures to preserve the biodiversity of the marine environment and the transnational terrestrial habitats as well as to reduce the pollution of the sea and other threats to coastal and marine biodiversity;