1 Amendments of François ALFONSI related to 2010/2040(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Empowered by the reference to territorial cohesion in the TFEU, and with the aim of improving accessibility, considers it essential to continue to make the mobility of passengers and goods an integral part of internal market policy through the promotion of short sea shipping and maritime cabotage between territories and, at the same time, ensure better links between peripheral maritime regions and islands and European mainland and economic centres without any restrictions on links between those territories based on which state they belong to; in the same context, points out that it is of crucial importance to deal with the difficulties facing island areas in the EU with regard to the transport of persons by guaranteeing the same cost per kilometre for a reliable, regular service for the transport of goods and people, regardless of their location;