Activities of João FERREIRA related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for 2020 - all sections (debate)
2020 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a significant increase in budget lines earmarked for cohesion; notes in this context, that it is urgent to step up support for outermost regions, in particular the POSEI (programme of specific options for remote and insular locations), and calls for the creation of a POSEI programme for transport;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for a reorientation of EU funds for public investment in transport infrastructure; rejects, in this regard, the use of the EU budget for public-private partnerships and the promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector - as in the case regarding these funds;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that urban mobility arrangements must play their part in reducing the length of commutes (between work and home), ensuring interoperability, making public transport more attractive to populations and reducing the prevalence of private transport, thus furthering environmental and climatic sustainability and the development of society; considers that, given the diversity of public transport modes in EU metropolitan areas (some of them with dispersed transport systems and disorganised ticketing, which makes them more expensive to use), the 2020 budget should seek to focus on the problems arising from complex public transport ticketing and support the introduction of an action plan to implement a single multi-modal ticketing system;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights the experience of over 50 EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;