7 Amendments of Karima DELLI related to 2014/2213(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Asks the Commission, as part of its urban programme, to set binding targets to ensure that towns, cities and regions implement the Europe 2020 strategy, and to address demographic, environmental, economic and social challenges;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that, in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, the priorities of the urban programme include combating poverty, social exclusion and homelessness by increasing the housing supply, providing in particular more social housing;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Asserts its view that environmental quality, air quality and energy efficiency must be factored into every part of the programme so as to promote sustainable, carbon-neutral towns and cities; points out that investment in these fields will make for the creation of sustainable jobs and the provision of training leading to qualifications, thus helping to address problems associated with unemployment;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Considers that an entire section of the urban programme should be concerned with mobility, so as to address the needs of people excluded in this respect, and advocates the introduction of social pricing to help people on low incomes, as well as the development of clean modes of transport;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on towns, cities and regions to respect EU commitments on accessibility, and asks the Commission to monitor implementation of the relevant measures;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Asks the Commission to strengthen links between city centres and the urban periphery, and between urban and rural areas, by reducing food miles and developing social and solidarity-based enterprises and by encouraging towns, cities and regions to exchange good practice in these fields;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that the consistent application of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles by the Commission is extremely important to towns and cities, to enable them to design their employment policies and social policies in a targeted manner, particularly in the fields of public services and, services of general interest and social housing.