5 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2012/2092(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU transport policy is key to achieving the priority of sustainable growth of the Europe 2020 Strategy and facilitating the functioning of the EU internal market; recalls that the transport sector accounts for 6,3% of the Union's GDP and for approximately 13 million jobs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds fiscal consolidation efforts undertaken by most Member States in national budgets; considers that the draft budget strikes an appropriate and reasonable balance between the fiscal austerities on the one side and need to implement EU programmes and deliver EU added value on the other one; points out that austerity policies will bear fruit only if they are backed by growth-enhancing measures;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for interoperability between all modes of transport and for the further development of intelligent transport systems, allowing in particular a smart use of logistics, as ‘; considers that 'decarbonising’' the transport sector and making it sustainable will require innovation, new technologies and financial resources;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Express its concern and its disappointment at the position adopted by Coreper on 11 July 2012 on the draft 2013 budget, as it places the Commission at risk of being unable to fulfil its transport-related obligations steming from the Union's legislation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Deplores the cut in payments (-EUR 23 million as compared to DB) by the Council affecting the financial support for projects of common interest in the Trans-European transport network; highlights that this programme, through investment in high European added value infrastructures, is essential to raise the competitiveness of the EU as a whole and directly contributes to growth and employment; underlines that the programme performs well in terms of implementation and that the year 2013 will be crucial as it is meant to prepare for the entry into force of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); therefore calls for maintaining the level of commitments and payments proposed in the DB;