9 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2020/2058(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas investment in public transports and in the shift of the mobility paradigms (from private to public and light transports) are key to tackle the impacts of the transport sector in the climate change; whereas the European Green Deal Communication doesn't have any reference to public transports;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need to promote substantive changes in mobility paradigms, aiming the transition to modes with lesser climatic impacts, in particular by investing in the modernization, expansion and efficiency of public transport networks and fleets, promoting the railroad, lighter modes of transport and interoperability, focusing metropolitan areas and urban centers, but also increasing connectivity to insular territories and rural areas; asks for investments in projects with the potential to attract users to public transport, in the detriment of individual transport, including through the financing of projects aiming to support fare free public transport systems;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) iscould be a key enabler for delivering the Green Deal,to tackle climate objectives, if it contributes to finance regional and local transport networks, focusing on the objectives of territorial and social cohesion rather than enhance the internal market; underlines that CEF should providinge up to 80 % of its funding in transport to meet climate objectives; insists on a strong CEF and warns that financing the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) must not lead to financial reallocation that negatively affects the CEF;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers that the EU must ensure that Member States have the means to invest in the ecological transition of their productive apparatus, in their environmental and mobility aspects;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that strengthening the EU budget is crucial, reinforcing its redistributive function in supporting the promotion of effective convergence in economic and social progress between Member States - structural and investment and cohesion funds - and in support of productive sectors and employment with rights, through grants (not loans) to Member States; particularly and in view of the current moment, where Member States are suffering the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls for a significant increase in items linked to economic, social and territorial cohesion, so that the redistributive principle is fully complied with; considers that only in this way can the EU ensure that MS have the means to invest in the ecological transition; considers that this reinforcement should be achieved by increasing Member States' contributions based on their gross national income, reinforcing, through the redistribution key, the principle that Member States with the highest GNI should contribute proportionally more, contributing for effective economic and social cohesion, rather than increasing divergence in the European Union;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that the proposed new funds, within the scope of the European Green Deal, must provide for a territorial dispersion of investments (from agricultural and industrial production to energy production hubs), guaranteeing territorial cohesion and a balanced occupation of the territory, promoting convergence and avoiding the divergence between Member States;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU and the Member States already have at their disposal several tools for ensuring that the transport sector contributes to decarbonisation; strongly believes in this respect that the Member States should earmark revenue from taxes or fees and the EU Emissions Trading System related to transport to foster investment in the sustainability of the relevant transport mod, namely through Structural and Investments Funds, taking into account that these funds must be strongly reinforced, the access to them should be more flexible and less conditional to Member-States and that they should work more in favour of strategic interests of regions (namely the sustainable development of the transport sector) than of the EU objetives;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to boost the use of Ipublic investEUment for transport and tourism.