Activities of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2021/2079(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Da. whereas for outermost regions, being in their large majority islands, according to Article349 of the Treaty, the EU shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of EU common policies to those regions, in particular in areas such as customs and trade policies, fiscal policy, free zones, agriculture and fisheries policies, conditions for supply of raw materials and essential consumer goods, State aids and conditions of access to structural funds and to horizontal Union programmes; whereas specific measures in all those areas contribute to strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU.
Amendment 40 #
1a. Insularity is a constant disadvantage for geographical reasons. This is why strategies for integration need to be developed to enable islands to confront the challenges and overcome the barriers their insularity causes;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. 9a.Specifically with regard to the outermost regions, the EU cohesion should be pursued through, in particular: - reinforcing article 349 of the TFEU, notably by consolidating the “EU acquis” applicable in those regions; - maintaining and reinforcing the Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI) and its budget, notably by transposing it to other sectors than agriculture such as fisheries, transport, tourism, etc.; - assuring a differentiated treatment of outermost regions’ products in all Economic Partnership Agreements’ and Free Trade Agreements’ renegotiations and fully protecting sensitive agricultural products, such as banana, tomatoes, sugar, milk, etc., in those negotiations;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for increased support for sustainable island agriculture and aquaculture, sustainable fisheries, crafts and the blue economy, including through European cooperation programmes; calls on the Commission to draw up a regulation laying down specific measures in the area of agriculture for all NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 level islands with a view to achieving food autonomy and increasing the competitiveness of their products;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. The current de minimis rule restricts competitiveness. The European Union's islands should all be exempted from application of the de minimis rule so that they are at less of a disadvantage. Subsidies to remedy insularity ought not to be considered as state aid but as compensation to put island regions on an equal footing with their continental counterparts;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
3b. The distance criterion (150 km) used to classify islands as border regions eligible for financing under cross-border cooperation programmes coming under the cohesion policy's territorial cooperation objective or the European Neighbourhood Policy needs to be dropped. If some kind of limit has to be established, it would be more appropriate, in the case of island regions, for the cross- border territory condition to be applied at maritime basin level;