3 Amendments of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the European added value of investments in cross-border transport, particularly the TEN-T programme, which improve trans-border and intermodal connections, thus promoting economic development and employment; recalling the traditional under-funding of TEN-T, urges that increased resources be made available for this purpose, including through recourse to alternative sources of financing such as Public Private Partnerships (PPP), earmarking of revenues and other forms of financial instrument; underlines that Cohesion and Regional Funds should be closely linked to TEN-T projects;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the bulk of the new EU competences introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, in the areas of energy, tourism and space, falls within the remit of Heading 1a; expresses its disappointment that no extra funding for these new policies is proposed by the Commission in the third year after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; underlines that neither Galileo nor GMES – the two main EU space programmes – is to benefit from extra funding by the end of the current MFF and that the Galileo funding is decreasing between 2011 and 2012; reiterates the need to introduce some specific, visible measures in support of tourism, given the economic relevance of this sector, which represents the third industrsocio-economic activity in Europe in terms of size and revenueemployment and GDP creation, and regrets that the Commission is not proposing a new legal basis to replace the three preparatory actions in this field which cannot be extended in 2012; asks that appropriate resources be allocated for the tourism sector in 2012 and 2013 as well as in the future multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines the absence of a specific budget allocation to the Programme to support the further development of an Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP), which should be operational by the end of this year and will need operational credits for 2012;