Activities of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2022/2147(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

2023/02/10
Committee: BUDG
Dossiers: 2022/2147(INI)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(46 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'José Manuel FERNANDES', 'mepid': 96899}]

Amendments (6)

Margarida MARQUES, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission, given the outermost regions’ location in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean basin, South America and the Indian Ocean, to continue to treat them as a unique asset for the EU’s external relations, for making the EU a truly global player and for the projection of the Union's interests and values worldwide; considers that in line with the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, cooperation with neighbouring countries and territories is essential for these regions’ economic development and regional integration; therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate the implementation of projects jointly financed by the ERDF, Global Europe, and the Decision on the Overseas Association, in coordination with beneficiaries while including these regions in appropriate consultation mechanisms, as proposed by the outermost regions;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Underlines the very specific social challenges that ORs face with higher unemployment rates and lower GDP per capita than the EU average; welcomes the Commission’s emphasis on addressing poverty, fostering equality and inclusion and access to adequate housing, water, internet and affordable transport and energy and healthcare as well as, on implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights; calls for additional support to be provided on top of the current financial programming;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the key role of cohesion policy in unlocking ORs’ potential and offsetting the impact of their permanent constraints; stresses the need to better account for ORs’ specific features in cohesion fund programming, while ensuring they can fully benefit from provisions enabling greater flexibility, namely higher co-financing rates and access to pre-financing; stresses the need to factor ORs’ specific circumstances fully in to delivery of the Green Deal and to tap into their potential to develop their strategic autonomy by diversifying supply chains and to achieve self- sufficiency from renewables by providing adequate support;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Highlights the success of the programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI) and calls on the Commission to replicate this instrument for other sectors, such as transport, with additional financial allocations in the post-2027 MFF; reiterates the importance of increasing allocations for POSEI agriculture in the future;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes the specific vulnerability of ORs to natural disasters; welcomes the Commission’s intentions for further support actions on risk prevention and resilience; regrets that the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve’s annual ceiling is not adequate to respond to emergencies, notably in ORs, which reduces EU support much below the potential aid amount that could be needed, and highlights the need to reconsider the architecture of the European Union Solidarity Fund mechanism to render it speedier, more flexible and more agile;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Underlines the importance of taking into account these regions’ specificities in the revision of State aid regulations and guidelines across sectors;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

Activities of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2022/2147(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

Amendments (6)

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