22 Amendments of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Serve to meet the 20-20-20 climate and energy targets and raise the emission reduction target to 30%;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Given that the EP advocates the Community method and is seeking to secure the maximum added value from EU resources, encompass all funds and measures, especially those related to the environment, civil protection, climate action, and food security;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. To enable the EU to achieve its overall biodiversity goals, provide co- financing for the management of the Natura 2000 network;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Be in line with the Commission proposal to transfer food security funding to Heading 3 of the budget;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Provide the necessary means to Environment and Climate action, better using the appropriate instruments, strengthening energy safety, building a resource-efficient and climate resilient economy and enhancing Union competitiveness with more and greener jobs strengthen energy security and bring health benefits through cleaner air;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the need to strengthen integration of EU environmental, public health and climate legislation and objectives into sectoral policies (including the CAP, cohesion policy, consumer policy, the CFP and development policy); suggests, therefore, mainstreaming EU finances to ensure compliance with EU environmental and public health legislation and the active contribution of spending through the EU budget to its environmental policy objectives and, as suggested by the Commission’s budget review, include an obligation to identify in a transparent manner where sectoral programmes have promoted climate objectives specified in the Europe 2020 Strategy; underlines the importance of future research and innovation programmes in delivering the EU’s objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Secure environment and climate investments, combining mainstreaming and a dedicated instrument (LIFE), suggesting an earmarking of 20% MFF funds forBe based on what has to be a cross- cutting approach aimed at coordinating measures to combat climate change in all relevant areas of operations, including external policies, and accordingly earmark 30% of the amount allocated to each of the policies and activities to be financed under it for the goal of combating climate policychange;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stress the importance of strengthening the LIFE+ programme, especially where climate is concerned;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AllocMust ensure thate funds to thefor Global Climate and Biodiversity Funshould be quantified;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Incorporate – and put a figure on – the projected international climate financing for developing countries, which, as agreed at the UNFCCC negotiations, is to total $100 000 million a year by 2020;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly supports the Commission’s proposal to mainstream measures to combat climate change, leading to at least 20% of climate-related expenditure1, across the whole EU budget; believes that the EU budget will be able to mobilise investment for a sustainable and prosperous low-carbon economy, provide adequate support for achieving the EU 2020 targets for climate, energy, resource- efficiency and biodiversity, and benefit the EU’s citizens by ensuring a more healthy environment; __________ 1 20% of climate-related spending have been proposed by the Commission in its Communication on 'A Budget for Europe 2020', COM(2011) 500 final Part II.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcome the Commission proposal to renew the Civil Protection Financial Instrument (CPI) to provide financial support for activities addressing the different aspects of the disaster management cycle, namely a more coherent and better integrated response in case of emergencies, improved preparedness to deal with disasters and innovative actions to reduce the risk of disaster. The CPI will also be used for the creation of the European Emergency Response Capacity, with the participation of all Member States civil protection assets, so as to generate enhanced cost-effectiveness through coordinated availability of civil protection assets.
Amendment 59 #
7b. Support the renewal of the Civil Protection Financial Instrument (CPI) so as to enable financial support to be granted for activities entailed in the different aspects of the disaster management cycle. The amount allocated to this instrument will need to be managed flexibly in order to allow scope for increases whenever the circumstances demand;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Considers that the creation of the European Emergency Response Capacity will primarily build on existing Member State capacities, thereby avoiding additional costs. At the EU level, the establishment of the European Emergency Response Centre with strengthened planning and coordination functions will bring a gain for the whole EU by generating savings at Member State level which should outweigh the costs to the EU budget, although of course the benefits of fast and effective disaster response in terms of human lives saved cannot be measured in purely financial terms.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Recalls the overall objectives of EU cooperation in the field of civil protection are to ensure better protection of people, the environment, property and cultural heritage in the event of major natural, technological and man-made disasters. EU cooperation in the field of civil protection aims at: a) Facilitating a rapid and efficient response to disasters; b) Ensuring sufficient preparedness of civil protection actors to emergencies; and c) Developing measures for the prevention of disasters.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms, in this context, its position in favour of a significant increase - notably through the Connecting Europe Facility - in the funding available for the Union programmes in the fields of competiveness, SMEs and sustainable infrastructures, which are at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy; strongly believes that further cuts with respect to the Commission proposal will seriously jeopardise the EU’s credibility and its political commitment in favour of growth and jobs;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the importance of research and innovation in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable, world- leading, knowledge-based economy which uses its natural resources efficiently and responsibly; calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to agree on a specific roadmap for achieving the 3 % GDP target of investment in research; points to the massive economic commitment that this target would entail, in terms of additional expenditure totalling EUR 130 billion, annually and funded from all sources; stresses, consequently, the need to enhance, stimulate and secure the financing of research and innovation in the Union via a significant increase in expenditure, and notably in EU research and innovation funding;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that EU cohesion policy is a strategic tool for investment, sustainable growth and competitiveness, with an undisputed EU added value; insists that, in order to effectively reduce macroeconomic imbalances within the EU and contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it should be able to rely on a stable, solid and sustainable financial framework; reaffirms its position that cohesion policy funding should be maintained at least at the level of the 2007-2013 period;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget year 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas, to managing the environment and preserving biodiversity, and to enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises that strengthening the well targeted and effective Union programme for environment and climate is indispensable and that integrated spending for climate and environment should be actively supported within relevant Union funds;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the introduction of (ex-ante and ex- post) conditionality provisions, thorough environment and climate impact assessments of programmes and projects, cross compliance rules as well as climate and biodiversity tracking to ensure that EU funding, particularly in respect of the Cohesion Fund, the Structural Funds and the rural and fisheries funds as well as investments under the Connecting Europe Facility, are better targeted to the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives; believes that if their implementation is based on a reinforced partnership principle through the stronger involvement of local and regional authorities, these conditionality provisions could avoid incoherent investments and improve the legitimacy, cost-efficiency and effectiveness of EU support;