Activities of Jean-Paul BESSET related to 2009/2233(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on achieving real territorial, social and economic cohesion within the EU - a sine qua non for global competitiveness? PDF (230 KB) DOC (134 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 16 June 2010 on EU 2020,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union can be globally competitive only insofar as internal policies bolster its capacity to respond to global challenges by running a sustainable, low-carbon economy which safeguards biodiversity, with periods of recession illustrating how less developed regions have a lesser capacity for recuperation,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European Council of March 2010 acknowledged the importance of promotin its resolution of 16 June 2010 Parliament expresses its disappointment with the maing economic, social and territorial cohesion, and especially the development of infrastructure, to help ensure the success of the EU 2020 Strategy, in circumstances where this new strategy will be addressing blockages in economic developmentlements of the new EU 2020 strategy agreed by the European Council on 26 March 2010 and calls for that strategy to pursue a broad political concept for the future of the EU as a competitive, social and sustainable Union putting people and the protection of the environment at the centre of policy- making,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, alongside the effects of the crisis, major challenges will have to be faced in coming years – adjusting to globalisation, demographic changes, climate change and, energy related issues and the protection of biodiversity – and the regions will play a crucial role in ensuring the conditions are in place to limit their impact on the public, and whereas these need to be bolstered, on the basis of identified needs, by harnessing the partnership principle and suitable instruments for ex ante assessment of the territorial impact of different policy types,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the key role played by the public sector, through the implementation of cohesion policy, in rebuilding confidence and solidarity in times of recession and thereafter by making public investment, especially in infrastructure, and ensuring which fosters sustainable development;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that, as provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, the balanced economic development of the EU reduces regional disparities in levels of development and prepares the regions to meet the challenges of globalisation, demographic change and, climate change and biodiversity protection, by taking into account their specific weaknesses;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the key indicator in deciding which areas are eligible for EU financial assistance should be the level of GDP and that the introduction of other indicators can onlymust be admitted after studies have been conducted on their relevance and on the way in which that information is collected and processed, in particular the GINI indicator on income disparities and the indicators of ecological and demographic vulnerability proposed by the Commission in its communication entitled ‘Regions 2020’;