3 Amendments of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that regions situated on the internal borders of the single market are the first to experience the consequences of removing those borders; asks the Commission to take into account concerns regarding the ‘threshold effect’ between border regions that enjoy comparable degrees of development but receive significantly different levels of financial support under the Union's regional policy; calls for a debate on creating a fair intermediate category between the current ‘convergence’ and ‘regional competitiveness and employment’ objectives, in which connection it must be ensured that, in particular, regions whose GDP since the EU’s enlargement to the East has amounted to more than 75% of the EU’s mean GDP per capita should receive targeted support, while poorer areas within the richest regions of the EU, such as poorer districts within towns, likewise require special support;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to clarify the ‘conditionality principle’ mentioned in the debate on the future of the Union's regional policy, which, if it is not adequately implemented, could lead to the imposition of damaging and uselesmay possibly have an adverse impact on those to whom it is wrongly addressed, such as enterprises sanctions on potential beneficiaries under regional policy, i.e. enterprises and EU citizensd EU citizens; stresses, however, that, in the extreme case, failure to implement necessary structural reforms and to comply with the Stability Pact could also lead to sanctions in the field of regional funding, as, without the requisite structures and budgetary discipline, this funding is liable to be dissipated ineffectively;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the proposed creation of a European Foundation Statute; calls for the creation of a European Association Statute in order to facilitate cross-border citizens’ initiatives and to contribute to the development of EU citizenship beyo; calls in this context for it to be possible to design all these forms of citizens’ activity, within their legal framework, in a manner which is free in terms of substance and should be treated by the Commission with the appropriate seriousness, and fprontiersmoted by it, as participation by citizens in political life;