13 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the budget allocated to transport and tourism should be in accordance with the importance and contribution of these sectors to the economic growth and, sustainable development, the interests of users and the existence of good quality jobs in the Union; welcomes, in this respect, that budgetary lines related to the transport sector in Heading 1a have not suffered any further decrease as in previous years;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that according to the European Court of Auditors (ECA) there is a serious risk that the 20% climate target in the Union Budget will not be achieved, whilst according to Commission figures, the share of funding dedicated to climate action has averaged only 17,6% over the period 2014 to 2016;shares ECA's view that the rate of climate funding would need to be increased to an average of 22% across the remaining years of the current programming period, i.e. for 2017 to 2020, to reach the overall target of 20% by the end of 2020;recalls that in March 2017, ECOFIN also called on Member States to spend a higher amount of the Union budget during the remaining current MFF period on climate financing, given the additional commitments entered into at the COP 21 in Paris;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Reiterates that the achievement of goals laid out in the Europe 2020 strategy is dependent on climate and resource efficiency mainstreaming throughout all Union policies;the Union budget must also support the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Believes that European-funded projects, including EFSI, should not have a negative impact on the transition to a circular, low-carbon economy;a comprehensive screening of the Union budget is therefore urgently needed in order to identify environmentally harmful spending and to develop, and commit to, a strategy to phase out such lending;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding instrument for the completion of the TEN- T network; stresses that the budgetary cuts to the CEF made in the past, due to the funding of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) initiative, should be avoided in the future; believes that CEF is a vital instrument with significant Union- added value to optimise the transport network across the Union, linking and/or modernising new and existing transport infrastructures; stresses the need to further promote the high speedcross-border high speed, conventional and freight railway projects connecting Western and Eastern as well as other parts of Europe;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the approach of the Commission to also co-finance the reestablishment of regional cross-border rail connections that have been dismantled or abandoned, and encourages the Member States, cross-border regions and the Commission to further intensify those bottom-up projects, which contribute to the reopening of borders within the Union, where such borders still exist;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Horizon 2020 to foster and support projects related to innovation in smart transport managementlogistics and mobility management, shared mobility and CARGOpooling and autonomous driving; welcomes the increase in commitments and payments appropriations through the Horizon 2020 for Joint Undertakings, among others SESAR and SHIFT2RAIL;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Horizon 2020 to foster and support projects related to innovation in smart transport management an, such as public and shared autonomous driving; welcomes the increase in commitments and payments appropriations through the Horizon 2020 for the Clean Sky Initiative and Joint Undertakings, among others SESAR and SHIFT2RAIL;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages the Commission to promote the revitalisation of comfortable European Night Trains as a sustainable alternative to short distance flights and long distance car travelling;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Commission to further prioritise the financing of the transport safety of passengers in different means of transport and to focus on the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motor-cyclists;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance to support sustainable tourism whilst protecting its sources within natural, cultural, historical and industrial heritage;is further convinced that barrier- free accessibility to tourism services for persons with reduced mobility should be further evolved;emphasises finally that promoting the EuroVelo network in combination with the TEN-T rail network offers interesting environmental and economic benefits, not at least for the small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Demands that the Commission present to the Parliament and the Council annual overviews of all Union co-funded concrete transport and tourism projects, including details of the corresponding amounts;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)
Paragraph 65 a (new)
65 a. Recalls the 2013 Fox-Häfner report, which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be between EUR 156 million and EUR 204 million and equivalent to 10 % of the Parliament's budget; notes the finding that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11,000 to 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines;