9 Amendments of François ALFONSI related to 2009/2230(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. having regard to the fact that the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is a pilot for future macro-regional strategies, such as the Danube Basin, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the Alps and the Atlantic Arc, and that the Strategy’s success will directly influence the way in which future strategies are implemented,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the needEmphasises that it is a priority to create an effective and environmentally friendly transport and communication network (sea, - with a dominant role in the transport of goods - land and inland);
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the significant economic disproportion that exists in the Baltic Sea Region and in terms of innovation, and the necessity to increase the potential of highly developed areas and eliminate inequality in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity with a high level of competitiveness, which is crucial in the face of an aging population, and the necessity to eliminate inequality in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that all actions regarding sector policies with a territorial dimension are of key importance to the Strategy’s success and the achievement of the ambitious goals of further micro-regional strategies, including the common agricultural policy, fisheries policy and industrial policy, as well as combining available funds intended for jointly defined goals in a given area; in this context a policy review should be carried out with regard to these new challenges and appropriate organisational structures put in place at EU level, and how they should relate with existing national and local structures;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the importance of promoting the development of culture, education and research as well as encouraging the Member States to enter into close cooperation in these areas;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Guided by the principle of subsidiarity, under which the Union shall act if the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, and seeing the enormous potential for cooperation at local and regional level, underlines the considerable importance of creating an effective, multilevel structure for cooperation, that capitalises these new cooperation opportunities in these functional areas while respecting established local and regional institutions;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Awaits with great interest the analysis of the first results and experiences in connection with the implementation of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, which will lead to the development of new sources of payment and a method for financing macro-regional strategies and be an inspiration and example for further macro-regions, while stressing however that the development of macro regions is essentially a complementary measure that does not aim at substituting EU financing of individual local and regional programmes as the priority of interventions;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. For the benefit of future macro-regional strategies, draws attention to the need for the European Commission to resolve the issue of its own appropriate human and financial resources, in order, inter alia, to anticipate these strategies in the regions concerned on the basis of the territorial realities;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and its own members to find answers to the questions of what nature macro-regional policies should take and how they should be programmed (separately or as part of cohesion policy) and timed, who should implement them and how, and with what sources of funding they should be financed, particularly in the context of the EU2020 Strategy, the EU budget review and the future cohesion policy;