97 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2021/2046(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment will only be ensured by the planning and joint analysis of all sectoral and spatial planning policies, together with their impacts on natural resources, biodiversity and the environment; whereas, to this end, it will also be necessary to combat desertification and depopulation, ensuring the rational, integrated and democratic management of the resources offered by natural ecosystems and city planning policies that guarantee urban populations a balanced and healthy environment;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas mobility is a decisive and structural factor in the development of societies and the capacity to connect individuals, communities, productive and service sectors and different regions and cultures, their territorial, social and intergenerational cohesion, economic dynamism, and environmental quality and balance;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the mobility sector accounts for around 27% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) and has, since 1990, been the only sector in the EU increasing its contribution to climate change; whereas resulting emissions were 2.2% up on 2016 levels; whereas, according to the EEA, over 70% of overall GHG emissions from the transport sector as a whole are attributable to road transport;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas any sustainable and smart mobility strategy must focus on public interests, meeting people’s needs, the economic and social development of Member States and the overall reduction of impacts attributable to the transport sector, enabling mobility systems to be planned and integrated with the various branches of the economy and land use planning, with coordinating management in larger urban areas and the minimising environmental impacts;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas mobility is a decisive and structural factor in the development of societies and the capacity to connect individuals, communities, productive and service sectors, and different regions and cultures, and in the promotion of territorial and social cohesion, economic dynamism, and environmental quality and balance;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas EU focus on trans- European networks to aid the single market, which is coming under pressure from the principal economic beneficiaries, is diminishing resources for local, regional and national mobility, particularly urban underground and rail services, for example, where much remains to be done;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Green Deal, although it does not once mention public transport, outlines that the transport sector needs to cut at least 90% of its emissions by 2050; whereas the environmental consequences of current mobility options must be minimised in order to improve the quality of life of workers and the general public, ensuring sustainable mobility models in environmental and social terms;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas deregulation, liberalisation and concentration in the transport sector, particularly in long- distance transport, combined with a lack of investment in local, regional and national networks are adversely affecting services and infrastructure, with a significant impact on socioeconomic cohesion and the environment;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas a systemic lack of investment in collective public transport networks in several Member States has resulted in the deterioration of infrastructure and vehicles, the loss of schedules and services, and the unavoidable use of more polluting forms of mobility such as individual transport;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the White Paper ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area’ identified the main shortcomings of mobility in the Union already in 2011, most of which are still present today; whereas the EU’s increased focus on trans-European networks to aid the single market, under pressure from the main economies benefiting from those networks, is reducing resources for everything else that needs to be done in terms of local, regional and national mobility, particularly in areas such as rail and metropolitan networks;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas transport ismobility profiles have changed in recent decades, resulting in increased individual and road transport due to a lack of alternatives; whereas this has contributed to transport being the only major economic sector in the European Union where greenhouse gas emissions have increased since 1990, and even with the measures currently planned, emission levels will remain above 1990 levels in 2030; whereas inland freight transport could increase by over 50% between now and 2050;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas mobility trends have been changing in recent decades, encouraging individualised road transport solutions due to a lack of alternatives; whereas these mobility trends have been encouraged by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the road transport system has effects that go beyond direct environmental impacts, such as the occupation of large areas of land (approximately 50% of urban land is occupied by roads, parking lots, service stations and signage); whereas the intensity of road transport is a heavy drain on public coffers owing to the rapid wear and tear of infrastructures and the need to expand them;
Amendment 41 #
Af. whereas, on average, light automobiles (most of which have five seats but an average occupancy of just 1.5 passengers) spend 92% of their life cycle immobile, 1% in traffic jams, 1.5% in search of parking spaces and only 5% actually travelling;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the environmental impact of current mobility options must be minimised in order to improve quality of life for workers and the general public by ensuring environmentally and socially sustainable mobility models;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the transport of goods and passengers by rail is generally less significant than maritime and, in particular, road transport;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas smart mobility and new technologies must not override social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas the emission reduction targets embodied in a mobility strategy must be aligned with upstream production and downstream waste management requirements;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas, according to the WHO, noise is the second greatest environmental threat to health in Europe, coming after air pollution; whereas around 50 000 premature deaths per year in Europe are attributable to traffic noise;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas road transport is still dominant in freight transport and accounts for more than 73% of all land transport and 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the sector, while rail has only around a 17% share and inland waterways a bit more than 5%;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that mobility policies are crucial to quality of life, the functioning of the economy and reduction of the human footprint on the environment;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU transport sector employs around 10 million workers, some of whom have very precarious working conditions; whereas the social dimension of sustainability must be given the same priority as the environmental dimension, and workers’ rights must be respected and job insecurity tackled as smart sustainability systems are developed and the sector is digitalised;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that attempts to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion must take account of mobility requirements at local, regional and national level; takes the view that, to that end, land use planning and organisation are vital in order to encourage and contribute to the rational use of public transport and lesser recourse to individual means of transport;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the multiple environmental impacts of the transport sector, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric biodiversity, noise pollution and water pollution, for example; urges the Commission to make an in-depth study of the impact of the EU transport sector on biodiversity; stresses the need for EU and national transport policies to be consistently in line with the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas staff shortages and job insecurity threaten the economic sustainability of the transport sector;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency, calling on the Commission to address the inconsistencies in the Union's current climate and environmental emergency policies, for example through an in-depth reform of transport and other policy areas1a; _________________ 1a P9_TA(2019)0078
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes that the Commission recognises the need for a radical transformation rather than the current policy of gradual change;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the mobility transition is mainly taking place at the regional and local levels and therefore needs to be managed at several levels in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the recognition by the Commission that a significant reduction in transport emissions in a bid to achieve sustainability is by far the most serious challenge facing the sector and reaffirms the need to make the transport system a sustainable whole;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that the sustainable and smart mobility strategy must meet the social, economic and environmental needs of each Member State, in particular by promoting an expanded, high-quality, modernised, interoperable and accessible public transport network, principally at local and regional level; considers that this is being hampered by a lack of proper planning involving local operators, municipal authorities and the general public when it comes to establishing public operators, investing in scientific research and innovation, incorporating and developing national production, setting a pricing policy that seeks to progressively make services free of charge and respecting the rights of workers in the sector;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s sPoints out that mobility policies are crucial to people’s quality of life, the functioning of the economy and the reduction of human impacts on the environment; notes, in this respect, the Commission communication entitled ‘Sustainable and sSmart mMobility sStrategy and supports its ambition to– putting European transport on track for the future’; deplores its mainly commercial focus with virtually no references to investment in accessible, intermodal and environmentally sustainable collective public transport systems, which are the key to changing the current mobility profile and achieveing a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive and efficient transport sector;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the strategy fails to provide for immediate measures to achieve a drastic short-term reduction in transport emissions;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Believes that, independently of its numerous social benefits, the transport sector is also responsible for incurring large costs and leaving an environmental footprint; considers that, while transport technology has progressed significantly in recent years, this has not always been placed at the service of sustainable development or reduction of the environmental footprint;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Believes that the transport sector can make a significant contribution to reducing environmental impacts by seeking to ensure an effective transition from individual and private means of transport to public transport services, suitably incorporating technological advances and developments;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Stresses that, in order to promote public transport, it is necessary to channel public investment in that direction rather than encouraging increasingly individual mobility solutions that have a greater impact on the environment and on commuter traffic levels and to promote multimodal services based on cooperation between providers, interoperability, reliability, safety and low fares, with the ultimate aim of providing services free of charge; believes that this transition will help to reduce energy dependence and imports, take thousands of vehicles off the road, which is necessary to ensure better mobility and quality of life for present and future generations, protect the right to a healthy environment and attenuate the damage done by commuter traffic;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the sustainable and smart mobility transformation through the Next Generation EU recovery packagemobilise and promote the complementarity of the EU’s various structural investment instruments, including the Next Generation EU recovery package, so that the necessary public investment can be made in national, regional and local transport networks, supporting the sustainable and smart mobility transformation;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Believes that investment is needed to enhance the quantity and quality of public transport services through staff recruitment and through the purchase, maintenance and modernisation of vehicle fleets, coupled with a public policy of introducing dissuasive car parking in urban centres that coordinate the use of private and public transport;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Considers that the transport of goods and passengers by rail should be supported and promoted, thereby mitigating the harmful external impact of road transport, especially over long distances;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Considers that promoting the use of high-quality and efficient public transport services in urban centres that are cheap and progressively free of charge is an integral part of a sustainable mobility strategy, which is in turn an essential condition for improving air quality;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Considers it urgently necessary to find ways of promoting intermodal solutions, especially for the transport of goods by sea and rail;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2i. Calls for the various EU structural investment instruments to be mobilised and coordinated in order to channel the necessary public funding into regional and local transport networks;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 l (new)
Paragraph 2 l (new)
2l. Stresses the importance of applying the 'energy efficiency first' principle in the transport sector; welcomes the strategic focus on energy efficiency;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 m (new)
Paragraph 2 m (new)
2m. Looks forward to the Commission review of CO2 standards for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, with a view to introducing stricter CO2 and pollutant air emission standards as part of the 'Fit for 55 %' package; calls on the Commission to follow this up with a review of CO2 emission standards for heavy goods vehicles in order to meet the projected 2030 climate targets; considers that the journey towards emission-free mobility should start now;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 n (new)
Paragraph 2 n (new)
2n. Reiterates that the best way to achieve multimodality will be through specific legislative proposals;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 o (new)
Paragraph 2 o (new)
2o. Points out that the strategy does not place restrictions on military emissions and emissions from mobile military equipment; urges all EU Member States to report their military emissions to the UNFCCC and to take measures to decarbonise their military sectors, particularly through demilitarisation;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that a reduction of the upstream environmental impact of mobility is also closely related to the capacity of each country to produce rolling stock and vessels and effectively organise their maintenance and operation; calls for funding to be channelled in this direction;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible and paves the way for the rapid dissemination of the best available technologies., reducing the impact of the sector and ensuring that this goes beyond mere accounting stratagems and trade- offs that merely serve to promote speculation without solving the actual problem of emissions;
Amendment 178 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that more important than setting reduction targets is providing the means to achieve them; considers also that, in setting targets, account must be taken of the specific situation in each Member State, encompassing its present and past emission levels, trends and strategies; believes that efforts to reduce emissions in individual countries must take into account and correlate past emission levels and trends in line with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities;
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates its rejection of the extension of the EU ETS to road transport or the introduction of any parallel schemes; considers that extension of these arrangements would have enormous social impacts and would not be effective in drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector;
Amendment 193 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that passengers, employees and SMEs cannot be made to bear the environmental costs of transport, either through direct or indirect costs incurred by companies and industries or through the application of mercantile concepts such as the 'polluter pays' or 'user pays' principles tailored to the interests of large companies, or indeed through market instruments such as carbon pricing, emissions trading, etc.;
Amendment 203 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasises that users, workers and SMEs must not be overburdened by the 'internalisation' of external costs, particularly where there are no alternatives to more pollutant forms of transport; stresses that such internalisation could increase socioeconomic and territorial inequalities without achieving the hoped-for results in environmental terms and in tackling climate change;
Amendment 212 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights the environmental risks of existing energy storage technologies, such as lithium batteries, both during their use and afterwards at their end of life; calls on the Commission to launch a study clarifying the impacts of the transition process, which, in the case of very low emission or ‘zero-emission’ vehicles, must include the emissions from power generation, the environmental impacts of replacing fleets and of the mining and disposal of battery components and the social and economic fallout;
Amendment 220 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Believes that peripheral, island and outermost regions must not be overlooked by a sustainable mobility strategy designed to improve and adapt maritime transport services, for example; calls for the launching of a POSEI transport initiative;
Amendment 225 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set ambitious targets for the provision of public charging stations in each Member State;
Amendment 228 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls for further measures to be taken, in addition to labelling, to address the issue of pollution caused by tyres, especially in the form of microplastics;
Amendment 232 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Amendment 234 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Draws attention to the 2020 report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) on air quality in Europe, according to which long-term exposure to particles with a diameter of up to 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) in Europe was responsible for around 417 000 premature deaths in 2018; notes that EU thresholds are well above WHO guidelines regarding most pollutants and is particularly concerned at the absence of daily limits for PM2.5;
Amendment 239 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Stresses that much more needs to be done to significantly reduce traffic noise; considers that it could easily be halved by 2030 with existing technologies if stricter limits were applied; expresses its disappointment that the Zero Pollution Action Plan commits to achieving a reduction of only 30% in the proportion of people chronically affected as a result of transport noise by 2030;
Amendment 241 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Considers that hydrogen and electronic fuels should be considered as a means of decarbonising transport modes such as aviation and shipping, for which no alternatives exist; stresses the need to take into account the future repercussions on energy demand; notes that fuelling only 10% of cars, vans and small trucks with hydrogen and 10% with e-diesel would require 41% more renewable energy by 2050 than if they were battery- powered electric vehicles;
Amendment 244 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Points out that transport networks create barriers between wildlife areas and reduce the total space available to wildlife, while at the same time causing pollutant emissions; stresses that sound policy measures, stricter environmental rules, a network of green spaces and nature-based planning are essential;
Amendment 246 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Points out that electric vehicles are not the solution to bringing about a transition in the transport sector, in particular due to the environmental impact of obtaining the necessary raw materials and ensuring demand; considers that, in view of the numerous private vehicles on the roads in the Member States, it is necessary to bring about a radical change through transition to public transport;
Amendment 250 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Stresses that State aid rules in the transport sector should be reviewed in order to garner more public support for the development and deployment of sustainable mobility technologies and related industries;
Amendment 252 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Once more calls on the Commission and the Member States to extend land and marine ecological corridors serving urban areas, for example through the development of a Trans-European Green Infrastructure Network (TEN-G) linked to a Trans- European Nature Network (TEN-N);
Amendment 255 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 q (new)
Paragraph 4 q (new)
4q. Calls on the Member States to significantly step up their efforts to increase the percentage of those walking and cycling in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out, however, that sustainable and smart mobility involves more than just changing the power sources of vehicles, as it is bound up with the existence of accessible, modern, interoperable and efficient public passenger and freight transport networks, which can help to change the paradigms favouring individual and road transport – which generally have a greater impact on the environment and on the fluidity of urban systems – at the same time as promoting territorial cohesion;
Amendment 256 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4r. Underlines the Commission strategy designed to shift freight transport onto rail and inland waterways; notes that overland freight transport continues to be mainly by road (73%) and deeply regrets that the percentage of goods being transported by road in the EU has been increasing in recent years;
Amendment 257 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 s (new)
Paragraph 4 s (new)
4s. Notes that the Commission intends to reduce the number of licences issued free of charge to the aviation sector and considers that the ETS review should lead to the abolition of free licences;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the possible negative environmental impacts of existing energy storage technologies, such as lithium batteries, both during their use and afterwards at the end of their life; calls on the Commission to undertake a study clarifying the impacts of the transition process, which, for very low emission or ‘zero-emission’ vehicles, must include the emissions associated with electricity generation, the environmental impacts of replacing fleets and of mining and disposing of materials used in the manufacture of batteries, and the social and economic impacts associated with this process;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the announced proposals on sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime; underlines that any use of biofuels needs to meet the EU sustainability criteria, which take life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions into account; calls for the introduction of measures ensuring workers’ health and safety and proper training on handling alternative fuels;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to complete missing cross-border links to improve interurban cross-country connections; stresses, further, the need to focus more on local and regional links and on a high- quality, modernised, interoperable, accessible and expanded public transport network by undertaking proper planning involving local actors, municipalities and the general public, establishing public operators, investing in scientific research and innovation, incorporating and developing national production, setting a pricing policy that aims to gradually make services free of charge, and respecting the rights of workers in the sector;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to significantly increase their efforts to increase the share of walking and, cycling and other light modes of transport and active mobility in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that, to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion, mobility needs at the local, regional and national levels should be taken into account; takes the view that, to that end, land use planning and organisation are vital in order to encourage and contribute to the rational use of public transport and the reduced use of individual road transport;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that a further reduction in emissions requires the mass transition of users from private and individual transport to collective public transport, by directing public investment at public services, instead of promoting individual mobility – which has a greater impact in environmental terms and on the quality of commuting – and by encouraging interoperability, multimodality based on cooperation between operators, reliability and safety, with the aim of gradually making services free of charge;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose mobility solutions that include the first and the last mile, thereby integrating the use of sustainable public transport and private mobility solutions, in particular by supporting the creation of infrastructure discouraging individual road transport and instruments allowing multimodal interoperability;
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to complete the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transportassess the internalisation of external costs for all modes of transport; emphasises that users, workers and SMEs must not be overburdened by this internalisation of external costs, particularly where there are no alternatives to more polluting forms of transport; stresses that this internalisation could increase socioeconomic and territorial inequalities without achieving the expected results in terms of the environment and tackling climate change;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that the goal of reducing global emissions should be based on a normative approach that makes every economic operator responsible, and not on a simple accounting and trading process that takes a commercial view of environmental impacts, like the ‘polluter pays’ and ‘user pays’ principles, that panders to the interests of big business and that encourages carbon pricing, emissions trading or other such schemes;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the initiative to implement multimodal ticketing, andwithout losing sight of the needs of local and regional transport operators, whose users have very different profiles from international passengers; encourages the Commission to include public service obligations stakeholders, local actors, users’ organisations and the general public in the process from the very beginning;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the strategy’s backing ofStresses the fact that the strategy supports ongoing efforts to further roll out the European Rail Traffic Management System, the Single European Sky initiative, train automation and air traffic management; believes that connectivity between transport systems should be regarded as a public service based on cooperation between the various systems;
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights that all means of digitalisation should be used to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and increase transport safety; believes that it is of vital importance to ensure that every step of digitalisation contributes to a lower overall transport volumeimpact;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility requires the sharing of data and proper data-integration between all relevant stakeholders; stresses that such data should be publicly owned and managed;
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the Commission’s willingness to explore the benefits and possibilities of new transport modes, such as Hyperloop;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Flagship 8 – Reinforcing the single market social and territorial cohesion
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that transport is the backbone of a well-functioning internal market and is of utmost importance for Europeanthe socioeconomic and territorial cohesion of the EU Member States;
Amendment 686 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Believes that peripheral, island and outermost regions should be included in a sustainable mobility strategy, by reinforcing and adapting maritime links; calls for the creation of a POSEI programme for transport;
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Emphasises that mobility solutions in remote and rural areas should be based on socially sustainable public transport offering fair working conditions for transport workers, particularly in the ‘new mobility services’;
Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the shift towards sustainable and smart mobility canshould create new high-quality jobs; believes that notes with concern that growing transport sectors such as logistics, delivery services or new mobility services platforms are based on precarious working conditions; urges the European Commission and the Member States to propose effective measures for tackling social dumping; calls for the possible negative consequences that this shift may have for workers shouldto be mitigated via social funding and a specific strategy for re- and upskilling as well as the redeployment of workers, thereby ensuring a just transition;
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the strengthening of social dialoguecollective negotiation and bargaining mechanisms in order to eliminate any form of discrimination and unequal treatment, eradicate job insecurity, and enhance careers and incomes in the transport sector;
Amendment 759 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee decent working conditions that allow the principle of equal pay for equal work to be applied, that protect workers from any form of discrimination, and that encourage the diversification of the transport workforce, in particular toby attracting more women and young workers;
Amendment 764 #
30a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair working conditions for platform workers in the transport sector; stresses that the Commission initiative in this respect should rule out explicitly or implicitly creating a third employment status that treats platform workers as a special category in order to grant them limited rights; believes that platform workers should be regarded as employees with a regulated employment relationship and enshrined rights that include fixed wages, regulated working hours, decent working conditions and social protection;
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that theNotes the European Union’s industrial strategy, in particular and the European Battery and Hydrogen Alliance, will help to create well-paid and secure jobs throughout the UnionAlliance and European Clean Hydrogen Alliance initiatives; considers that any industrial strategy should contribute to the mobility strategy in each Member State by encouraging production capacity, and rolling stock and vessel repair and operating capacity, and by contributing to the creation of jobs with rights, decent wages and permanent employment relationships;
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Encourages the CommissionMember States to adopt harmonised health and safety standards for the European tourism sector as soon as possible and to work towards the creation of a European Tourism Unionclose cooperation on the integration of tourism in Europe;