2016/2245(INI) Deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | REGI |
GARCÍA PÉREZ Iratxe ( S&D)
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VALCÁRCEL SISO Ramón Luis ( PPE),
PORĘBA Tomasz Piotr ( ECR),
JAKOVČIĆ Ivan ( ALDE),
ROPĖ Bronis ( Verts/ALE),
D'AMATO Rosa ( EFDD)
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| Committee Opinion | FEMM |
GERICKE Arne ( ECR)
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Angelika MLINAR ( ALDE),
Ángela VALLINA ( GUE/NGL),
Anna ZÁBORSKÁ ( PPE)
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Lead committee dossier:
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RoP 54Events
2018/03/22
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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The European Parliament adopted by 506 votes to 103 with 77 abstentions, a resolution on the deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change.
Reacting to demographic change : Members recalled that demographic change is a key challenge , not only at European and global level, but also for local development and territorial enhancement policies in the EU.
Parliament felt that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities and civil society representatives, taking into account the role of cities, rural areas and coastal and rural areas, fisheries, as well as areas facing specific problems related to their geographical or demographic situation.
While demographic change is creating new issues, it also opens development prospects at the local level. In this context, Parliament felt that the importance of smart specialisation strategies should be stressed to support regions and local territories in identifying high value-added activities and for building attractive innovation ecosystems that incorporate the circular economy into regional planning.
Characteristics of demographic change in the EU : stressing the disruption of the age pyramid, Members stated that one of the main objectives of an EU demographic policy should be to take into account all territories having to contend with demographic imbalances and the specificities of those territories. They suggested support for small and medium-sized mountain and rural farms, which produce products with specific quality characteristics and could serve to reverse or decrease depopulation in those areas .
The resolution stressed the steady increase in the number of elderly people – around 2 million people every year reach the age of 60 – which impacts on spatial, housing and transport planning and on other types of infrastructure and services. Regions have to adapt service provision, infrastructures and policy-making to those demographic patterns and trends.
Coordination of EU policies : Parliament called for a greater coordination of EU instruments , in particular the common agricultural policy (CAP), ESI Funds, including the Cohesion Fund, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change.
The Commission should propose a strategy on demographic change which gives priority to the following areas:
provision of new paid employment opportunities to maintain populations; infrastructure development as a factor in setting up businesses; the extension of information and communication technology (ICT) coverage in sparsely populated areas; the provision of basic state services and local public transport to ensure access to public services; policies designed to ensure sustainable generational renewal and appropriate care for dependent persons; policies on the reception, integration and return of migrants and refugees under international protection; the extensive use of new, more attractive settings for conveying information about rural life.
Members suggested:
incorporating demographic considerations throughout the policy spectrum, including in its budget headings , in order to enable the development of these policies, particularly in cohesion, employment, agriculture, environment, the information society, RDI (research, development and innovation), employment, education, social policy, and transport; creating, at a pan-European level, of networks for the exchange of good practices and experiences through which local and regional authorities, as well as civil society stakeholders, can educate each other on addressing issues created by demographic change.
Enhancing the effectiveness of European funds : Parliament stressed that ESI Funds must address demographic change more effectively in the next programming period:
the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) should make a greater contribution to and provide more support towards helping areas with high aging, rurality and population outflow indices to improve their transport and telecommunications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide (including between generations), and enjoy better public services; t he European Social Fund (ESF) should step up its work in training and educating young people , and should promote employability and help people strike a better work-life balance and combat the social and digital exclusion of elderly persons.
In general, the regions should use ESI Funds more proactively in order to tackle youth unemployment. Cohesion policy should also promote the employability and inclusion of women.
Members take the view that consideration of a special status for demographically disadvantaged regions should be discussed in the development of post-2020 cohesion policy.
The Commission was asked to: (i) consider the allocation of specific resources , within existing funds, to cover areas with serious and permanent demographic disadvantages; (ii) consider defining new criteria for distinguishing territories facing demographic challenges; (iii) incorporate a flagship demography initiative into the Europe 2020 Strategy, funded by existing ESI Funds.
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2017/11/14
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2017/11/13
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2017/10/23
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Regional Development adopted the own-initiative report by Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES) on the deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change.
Demographic change entails major economic, social, fiscal and environmental pressures on Member State governments and regional and local authorities. These pressures will be exacerbated by a declining active population and a higher dependency ratio.
According to Members, this issue should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities with the involvement of civil society representatives.
Account should be taken of the specific challenges posed by the outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and islands, cross-border and mountain regions. The importance of smart specialisation strategies should be stressed to support regions and local territories in identifying high value-added activities and for building attractive innovation ecosystems that incorporate the circular economy into regional planning.
Characteristics of demographic change in the EU : stressing the disruption of the age pyramid, Members stated that one of the main objectives of an EU demographic policy should be to take into account all territories having to contend with demographic imbalances and the specificities of those territories, factors which cohesion policy has long been seeking to adapt to, and will have to do much more to adapt to after 2020.
There is a steady increase in the number of elderly people – around 2 million people every year reach the age of 60 – which impacts on spatial, housing and transport planning and on other types of infrastructure and services. Regions have to adapt service provision, infrastructures and policy-making to those demographic patterns and trends.
Coordination of EU policies : the report called for a greater coordination of EU instruments , in particular the common agricultural policy (CAP), ESI Funds, including the Cohesion Fund, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change.
Members highlighted the importance of the EU incorporating demographic considerations throughout the policy spectrum, including in its budget headings , in order to enable the development of these policies, particularly in cohesion, employment, agriculture, environment, the information society, RDI (research, development and innovation), employment, education, social policy, and transport.
The EU demographic policy should aim to be more complete and more coordinated with Member States and horizontally. The report called for the creation, at a pan-European level, of networks for the exchange of good practices and experiences through which local and regional authorities, as well as civil society stakeholders, can educate each other on addressing issues created by demographic change.
Enhancing the effectiveness of European funds : Members stressed that ESI Funds must address demographic change more effectively in the next programming period and that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) should make a greater contribution to and provide more support towards helping areas with high aging, rurality and population outflow indices to improve their transport and telecommunications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide (including between generations), and enjoy better public services.
The European Social Fund (ESF) should step up its work in training and educating young people , and should promote employability and help people strike a better work-life balance and combat the social and digital exclusion of elderly persons. The Commission is called upon to consider setting up a specific envelope , within the scope of existing funds, dedicated to addressing areas experiencing severe and permanent demographic disadvantages.
Members expressed regret that the EU Youth Guarantee has made limited progress .
In order to avoid territorial divides, Members considered that the EFSI should benefit regions with the most unfavourable demographic dynamics by means of greater investment in EU priority areas such as energy, transport, education, business, innovation research, SMEs, education or social infrastructure. They take the view that consideration of a special status for demographically disadvantaged regions should be discussed in the development of post-2020 cohesion policy.
The future of cohesion policy to address demographic change : although cohesion policy provides the right tools with which to address demographic change, it should play a more prominent role to support regions and provide flexibility in adapting to demographic change.
Regions should use ESI Funds more proactively in order to tackle youth unemployment and give young people the opportunity to start a proper career. Cohesion policy should also promote the employability and inclusion of women.
The Commission is called on to:
consider defining new criteria with which to distinguish territories facing demographic challenges; conduct studies on potential socio-economic and environmental indicators; incorporate into cohesion policy new, dynamic indicators, such as a demographic indicator, and in particular the EU Regional Social Progress Index, so as to provide a more complete picture of the specific challenges facing these regions; incorporate a flagship initiative on demographics into the Europe 2020 strategy, financed by existing ESI funds.
Lastly, Members underlined the added value of the single community-led local development (CLLD) methodology across all ESI Funds for developing and implementing integrated and tailor-made bottom-up solutions. However, they regretted the fact that CLLD is only mandatory for the EAFRD and that local and participatory approaches are declining in the ERDF, ESF and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). They called on the Commission to make the use of CLLD obligatory across all ESI Funds.
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2017/10/09
EP - Vote in committee
2017/07/03
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/06/22
EP - Committee opinion
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2017/05/29
EP - Committee draft report
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2017/04/20
EP - GERICKE Arne (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2016/10/06
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2016/07/14
EP - GARCÍA PÉREZ Iratxe (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in REGI
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)52
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0427/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0329/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE606.298
- Committee opinion: PE606.232
- Committee draft report: PE604.887
- Committee draft report: PE604.887
- Committee opinion: PE606.232
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE606.298
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)52
Activities
- Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
- Nicola CAPUTO
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- Georgios EPITIDEIOS
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- Bruno GOLLNISCH
- Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO
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- Takis HADJIGEORGIOU
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- Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA
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- Notis MARIAS
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- Momchil NEKOV
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- Branislav ŠKRIPEK
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- Csaba SÓGOR
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- Adam SZEJNFELD
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- Ángela VALLINA
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- Anna ZÁBORSKÁ
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Votes
A8-0329/2017 - Iratxe García Pérez - Résolution 14/11/2017 12:49:51.000 #
2017/11/14 Outcome: +: 506, -: 103, 0: 77
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231 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2016 on the special situation of islands,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European population has been characterised by increasing longevity and low fertility rates for several decades, which implies side-effects of a shrinking work
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that the gender dimension of demographic change should be taken into account in a cross-cutting manner, as regions experiencing demographic decline also suffer from gender and age imbalances due to out- migration; believes that the challenges presented by demographic change can and must be addressed within a policy framework propitious to gender equality, which is why that aspect must be factored into the debates on all matters connected with demographic issues;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to carry out a gender analysis and to work with gender budgeting with the aim of achieving gender-equal allocation of financial resources;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Considers that the challenges of declining and ageing populations will require objective, thorough and comprehensive reassessments of many established economic, social and political policies and programmes, which will need to incorporate a long-term perspective;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Points out that women within marginalised communities face multiple discrimination, putting them at even greater risk of poverty and social exclusion, especially in accessing employment, education, healthcare and social services;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to see intergenerational dialogue and solidarity between generations as a tool for achieving equality between women and men;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7 e. Points out that the female unemployment rate is underestimated given that many women are not registered as unemployed, particularly those who live in rural or remote areas or help out in family businesses and farms;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7 f. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote women's entrepreneurship in rural areas;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 g (new) 7 g. Emphasises the need for facilities providing childcare and care for other dependants to be available throughout rural areas, and urges the Commission to support the Member States, including through the provision of available EU funding, in creating such facilities in a form that is accessible to all;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that the Europe 2020 Strategy addresses demographic challenges in most of its seven flagship initiatives, which were designed to overcome the problems and establish vital priorities for the EU in the fields of employment, innovation, education, poverty reduction, and climate and energy; points out that a fundamental part of implementation of the Strategy and its flagship initiatives is based on financial support through cohesion policy instruments, including provisions to tackle population change and ageing,and that these dimensions need to be stressed in all European Union instruments;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments, in
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European population has been characterised by increasing longevity and low fertility rates for several decades, which
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, including the Cohesion Fund, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies, more effective coordination between existing policy instruments, the promotion and dissemination of best practice in encouraging populations to remain in given areas and maximise the positive impact o
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies and maximise the positive impact on European citizens; considers that as the mechanisms employed so far have not succeeded in holding back the advance of demographic imbalances, an in-depth review of current policies and the functioning of all the aforesaid mechanisms is required;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; welcomes, in this context, the efforts to maximise synergies between the ESI Funds and EFSI in the omnibus proposal and the EFSI 2.0; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies and maximise the positive impact on European citizens;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies and maximise the positive impact on European citizens; stresses that investments through synergies between the Funds should take into account demographic trends;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a greater coordination of EU instruments in the different policy areas, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, European Territorial Cooperation, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to ensure a more comprehensive approach to demographic change and mark out specific policy goals; reiterates its call for the Commission to adopt a European strategy on demographic change that will deliver synergies and maximise the positive impact on European citizens;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls once more on the Commission to adopt a strategy on demographic change which prioritises the following fields:decent employment and good quality industrial relations, paying special attention to new forms of work and their social role;the territorial aspect of policies promoting economic activity and employment, as opposed to the current dominant focus on sectors;promotion of infrastructure as a factor in business location, so territories suffering demographic challenges become accessible and competitive;widespread ICT cover with quality and price both competitive in territories with a lower population density;provision of basic welfare state services in territories suffering demographic challenges;public transport at a local level to ensure access to public services;youth emancipation policies, particularly in regard to conditions for access to the labour market and housing;family support policies and boosting the birth rate, including policies on work-life balance and care for dependent persons;policies on reception, integration and return of immigrants;and dissemination of new, more attractive, settings for passing on information about rural life;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines the importance of existing initiatives such as the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, Ambient Assisted Living and the EIT Knowledge Innovation Centres Digital and Health;calls on the Commission to take into account the solutions already developed by these initiatives when addressing demographic challenges faced by European regions;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning as a way of supporting education and training in areas at risk of depopulation;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas, as it is the case in most post-industrial societies, the European population has been characterised by increasing longevity and low fertility rates for several decades, which implies side- effects of a shrinking workforce and an ageing population;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt family mainstreaming as the underlying principle of all policy proposals;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Considers that the 'better regulation' agenda should require the impact analysis conducted prior to any EU legislative initiative to include the effects the latter may have on demography;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of a cross-cutting
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of a cross-cutting EU approach by mainstreaming demographic considerations throughout the policy spectrum, including cohesion, employment, agriculture, environment, infrastructure, transport, healthcare, youth and education, family support, social inclusion, innovation and ICT policies, with a view to favouring a new
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of a cross-cutting EU approach by mainstreaming demographic considerations throughout the policy spectrum, including cohesion, employment, agriculture, environment, infrastructure, transport, healthcare, youth and education, family support, social inclusion, innovation and ICT policies and gender equality, with a view to favouring new policy developments;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Is of the opinion that special attention should be paid to rural areas which face these demographic problems in a stronger way;highlights, in this context, the potential of the Smart Villages initiative, whereby with modern technologies such as 5G and innovation, rural communities can be revitalised;stresses, in addition, the importance of a strengthened cooperation between rural and urban areas;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Highlights the importance of providing universal access to high quality, affordable and decentralised social and public services and infrastructures, especially for children and the elderly, in order to foster social inclusion, ensure gender equality and alleviate the effects of demographic change;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the importance of providing new opportunities for paid employment, particularly in areas at risk of depopulation, especially for women, in order to preserve communities, at the same time creating the conditions to facilitate a satisfactory life-work balance;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Believes it is important to insist that the global vision for the territory views urban and rural areas as complementary functional spaces;stresses that greater integration between the various funds is needed, in order for there to be genuine participative and sustainable local development;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the economic crisis which has affected the entire European Union has had a strong impact on many areas and regions, particularly in the countryside, and has especially generated poverty and caused depopulation;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. points out that EU demographic policy in its current form is incomplete, insufficient and coordinated neither with the Member States nor horizontally;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Recalls to mind that the European Union does not just contribute funds for regional development but that, in regulating the internal market through competition law, public procurement and state aid, it also shapes to a large extent the capacity of local and regional authorities to use their own funds to combat social territorial inequalities;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Believes that the EU, Member States and regions should step up their efforts to combat youth unemployment, especially in the regions experiencing long-term depopulation, so as to improve the social inclusion of young people, ensure the balanced development of regions and alleviate the effects of demographic change;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Underlines the opportunities brought forward by the transition to low- carbon economies and the promotion of the circular economy in terms of creation of new local jobs that cannot be outsourced;calls therefore to increase the share of ESI Funds earmarked for such priorities in the future;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Stresses that even if, as a result of modernising state aid, those exceptions for which notification is not required have been simplified and increased in number, the current framework is still very complex and burdensome for smaller regional and local authorities;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Considers that, even if public procurement regulations were simplified in 2014, there are still too many obstacles for small local and regional authorities to be able to give preference to local providers, which would help improve the economy of these sensitive areas;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that effective EU support for immigration policies in the Member States can mitigate population loss in declining areas; considers that local and regional authorities should be
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas a persisting gender pay gap and an increasing pension gap strongly hinder the participation of women in the labour market;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that effective EU support for immigration and inclusion policies in the Member States can mitigate population loss in declining areas; welcomes the introduction of the reception and inclusion of migrants and refugees as a new cross-cutting objective of ESI Funds; considers that local and regional authorities should be empowered in devising and implementing policies to promote social inclusion and multiculturalism;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that effective EU support for immigration policies in the Member States, without encroaching on their sovereignty or infringing the subsidiarity principle, can mitigate population loss in declining areas; considers that local and regional authorities should be empowered in devising and implementing policies to promote social
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that effective EU support for immigration and integration policies in the Member States can mitigate population loss in declining areas; considers that local and regional authorities should be empowered in, and provided with sufficient resources for, devising and implementing policies to promote social inclusion, integration, and multiculturalism;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Takes the view that local and regional authorities must be active participants in measures taken to address demographic challenges as part of the European Semester, and must be considered in the recommendations made for Member States;calls for the annual growth survey and the country-specific recommendations to consider regional disparities and imbalances between regions within Member States;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that in border regions this cooperation must reflect both the wishes and the scope for cross-border initiatives;suggests that training programmes be developed in this field in order to create a better understanding and awareness of the issues involved;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Promote the establishment of special economic zones in areas where severe demographic imbalances exist which are caused in particular by loss of economic competitiveness, promoting processes of remediation, regeneration and industrial conversion;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the importance of local and regional authorities in implementing policies and measures that would provide employment and self-employment possibilities, especially for women, which would stem the trend of out-migration;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Considers that tackling demographic problems must have an integral approach on the whole Europe and that the solving of the problem in one part of Europe should not have a negative effect on other European territories;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10a. Calls for the creation, at a pan- European level, of networks for the exchange of good practices and experiences through which local and regional authorities as well as civil society stakeholders can educate each other on addressing issues created by demographic change;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it is projected that 132 out of 273 NUTS level 2 regions will see a decrease in population between 2015 and 205019 but with different and diverging trends expected in rural, urban and metropolitan areas; _________________ 19 Eurostat, ‘Eurostat Regional Yearbook’, 2016 edition.
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that there is a need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; considers that
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that there is a need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; welcomes the fact that demographic challenges are considered as a cross-cutting objective of cohesion policy, but considers that a greater focus on the topic
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that there is a need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; considers that a greater focus on the topic as a priority area is necessary, together with guidelines to support Member States and
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that there is a need to increase the overall budget and enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; considers that a greater focus on the topic as a priority area is necessary, together with guidelines to support Member States and regions in addressing demographic challenges in devising and implementing partnership agreements and operational programmes;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that there is a need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds in tackling demographic challenges; considers that a greater focus on the topic as a priority area is necessary, together with guidelines to support Member States and regions in addressing demographic challenges in devising and implementing partnership agreements and operational programmes; encourages the provision of technical support and training to local stakeholders and the managing authorities for the implementation of effective policies addressing demographic change at the national, regional and local level;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Takes the view that, in some Member States, subsidies at NUTS 2 level often conceal socio-territorial, intra- regional and even supra-regional inequalities;calls for the EU's maps to use a scale sufficient to reflect territory- related problems so that they may help target support to the most disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for greater complementarity and coordination between cohesion policy funding and EAFRD funding with the aim of promoting policies for the establishment of production plants in the rural areas worst affected by demographic imbalances, particularly promoting enterprise by young entrepreneurs;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Stresses that the ageing will lead to significant increases in public expenditure, in particular on pension, health and long-term care;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it is projected that 132 out of 273 NUTS level 2 regions will see a decrease in population between 2015 and 205019; whereas this decrease will affect Local Administrative Units in particular; _________________ 19 Eurostat, ‘Eurostat Regional Yearbook’, 2016 edition.
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the fact that the European Regional Development Fund can assist regions experiencing depopulation
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the fact that the European Regional Development Fund can assist regions experiencing population change by boosting transport, telecommunications
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the fact that the European Regional Development Fund can assist regions experiencing population change by boosting transport, telecommunications and public service infrastructure; calls on the Member States and regions to better target available investments to address demographic changes and their impact;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Highlights the fact that the European Regional Development Fund can assist regions experiencing population change by boosting transport, telecommunications and public service infrastructure; stresses in this context the importance of the field of e-health;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Urges the Commission to use cohesion policy measures to put a brake on increasing emigration from sparsely populated regions, where adequate infrastructure and an adequate level of services are essential preconditions particularly for retaining families with children;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve education, training and employment prospects in declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migration;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects in declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migration; therefore, calls for providing funding to improve access to childcare, training for workers, particularly older workers; encourages to utilize the experience, knowledge and know-how of older people, for example in coaching programmes;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the top priority for the European Union and for all the Member States is to promote growth that is at once smart, sustainable and inclusive;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects in declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migration; in consideration of the pivotal role of the European Social Fund in dealing with social exclusion and poverty, asks the European Commission to not reduce its budgetary allocation in the post-2020 framework;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Stresses that the European Social Fund can improve employment prospects in declining regions and serve to stem trends of out-migration; points out, in that connection, that care will be taken, when using the European Social Fund to support the outermost regions, to ensure a better balance between work life and family life;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Welcomes the publication of the new "work-life balance package" by the Commission in that better conditions for working parents and carers to reconcile their private and professional lives will improve their participation in the labour market, thereby alleviating the effects of a shrinking working population;urges the Member States to provide adequate funding, including from the use of ESI Funds, to support the provision of high quality, accessible, affordable and decentralised public health, educational (including pre-school and child care) and care services and infrastructures across all territories;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to consider setting up a specific fund dedicated to addressing areas with severe and permanent demographic disadvantages, or bringing them within the scope of existing funds by means of targeted action, deadlines and specifically defined implementation areas which cannot be circumvented by other authorities;asks for disbursement of the fund to be according to a strategic action plan, underpinned by genuine land-use planning arrangements prioritising lines of action in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes that the Cohesion Fund has been essential in ensuring better land use in regions, economic development and bringing people from different regions – including sparsely populated regions – closer;stresses, therefore, the importance of including the Cohesion Fund in future strategies to address demographic change, recalling that the fund was established with a view to strengthening the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Believes it important for far greater support to be provided through the ESF for small organisations which develop and run innovative social projects, as well as pan-EU transnational pilot projects that address social and employment issues, so as to facilitate innovative regional, cross-border, transnational and macro-regional cooperation and hence respond to the challenges created by demographic change;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Regrets that, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors Special Report No 5/2017, the EU Youth Guarantee, which should be aimed to help young people without jobs, training or education, has made limited progress, and its results fall short of initial expectations;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Stresses the important role of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in ensuring the necessary funding to maintain and improve access to public and social services and infrastructures in rural areas, preserving the rural environment and ecosystems, and providing opportunities for rural youth, thereby combatting rural desertification;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas geographic or demographic features make development problems worse which is why the Treaty of Lisbon added territorial cohesion to the economic and social cohesion goals;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that the EFSI can benefit declining regions by boosting investment in energy, transport, educational, business and ICT infrastructure, as well as in research, SMEs, education and social infrastructure;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that the EFSI can benefit declining regions by boosting investment in energy, transport and ICT infrastructure, as well as in research, innovation, SMEs, education and social infrastructure;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Takes the view that a special status for demographically disadvantaged regions should be considered in the development of post-2020 cohesion policy;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to use regional funds to improve decentralised birth care;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic change, especially in connection with other EU, national and regional policies ;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic change, and help them develop integrated territorial strategies that promote and fully exploit the specific potential of each region and make shrinking regions more attractive for people to live, work and build their future;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Believes that cohesion policy should play a more prominent role to support regions in adapting to demographic change; calls for greater integration of the activities promoted by the different Structural Funds and greater flexibility in their use to enhance complementarities and consistency, in order to tackle demographic challenges;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Stresses that cohesion policy should promote the employability and inclusion of women, especially mothers who struggle with finding employment, calls, therefore, for women to be given access to training and learning programmes, however, points out that the qualifications obtained should respond to the need of the labour market;stresses the importance of helping young mothers to return to work by providing reliable all- day childcare facilities for children of all ages, including facilities for pre-school learning, in order to stop depopulation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Highlights the importance of urban-rural linkages, and invites the Commission to reflect on the opportunity to complement integrated sustainable urban development strategies by partnerships for sustainable urban-rural development;is of the opinion that such partnerships could promote synergies between funds and programmes (in particular ERDF, EAFRD and ESF) in order to achieve balanced and sustainable territorial development throughout the EU and respond to common social, environmental and demographic challenges;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Considers that the Commission should take proactive measures to prevent the adverse effects of demographic change and provide technical assistance to the regions most affected by depopulation;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Believes that in order to address demographic challenges, the regions should use ESI Funds in a more pro- active manner in order to tackle youth unemployment and give them the opportunity to start a proper career;notes that this could be achieved by supporting training programmes and entrepreneurship among young people;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for the establishment of a
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 March 2017 entitled 'An Initiative to support work-life balance for working parents and carers' (COM(2017)0252),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all regions in a uniform manner, with the majority of urban areas experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas experiencing a decline; whereas s
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for the establishment of an EU-wide
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for the establishment of an EU-wide legal framework that specifically recognises all territories facing demographic disadvantage; reminds, the significant regional divergence in demographic patterns will most likely generate a substantial asymmetric socio- economic impact on European territories, which might further increase regional disparities in Europe;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for the establishment of an EU-wide legal framework that specifically recognises all territories facing demographic disadvantage; stresses a more pro-active and dedicated approach in demographic policy-making;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the strengthening and administrative streamlining of the new instruments for enhancing the bottom-up approach and multi-level governance – such as community-led local development (CLLD) and integrated territorial investment (ITI) – so as to increase local and regional involvement as part of an integrated and holistic approach to regional development;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls for the new types of business models to emerge, such as portal-based services, and assist existing rural businesses to connect, integrate and cooperate better with urban based business;moreover, intelligent logistics networks would allow villages to provide their products and services more efficiently on urban and global markets;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Points to the importance of taking greater account, under the future cohesion policy, of specific territorial characteristics which manifest themselves at subregional levels;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Stresses that a lack of capacity and robust governance within many local and regional authorities is a major obstacle to the success of EFSI programmes;takes the view that EU funds should be endowed with a capacity-building instrument for the use of any competent authority responsible for managing or implementing this funding, with a view to ensuring sound financial management and compliance with rules on public procurement and state aid while facilitating the transfer of know-how among management and implementation bodies;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all regions in a uniform manner, with the majority of urban areas experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas experiencing a decline, with a resultant serious lack of public services and especially hospital and welfare services; whereas such imbalances represent major challenges both for regions suffering from depopulation and for those experiencing a population influx;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria, such as depopulation trends or the direction of internal migration, that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges; considers that
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges; considers that GDP and population density are not sufficient indicators in this regardand that other criteria should therefore be added, including social capital, life expectancy and quality of the environment, etc.;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Invites the Commission to consider the establishment of new criteria that could pinpoint the territories facing demographic challenges ; considers that GDP and population density are not sufficient indicators in this regard and notes that other indicators across three broad dimensions of social progress- Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity- would allow for a better understanding of the economic and social challenges all over Europe;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses the importance of having reliable, up-to-date, disaggregated statistics for the purposes of a more efficient and objective political administration, particularly for a more detailed understanding of the intrinsic features of the EU's various sparsely populated areas;calls, therefore, for Eurostat to provide greater detail in statistics of relevance for devising a suitable European demographic policy, especially demographic, family-related, social and economic indicators, and thus urges them to be broken down at at least subregional – i.e. NUTS III – level.
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that cohesion policy should include specific instruments for the areas most affected by demographic disadvantage,
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that the future cohesion policy should upheld demographic challenges as one of its cross-cutting objectives and continue to include specific instruments for the areas most affected by demographic disadvantage, such as allowing for greater flexibility as regards co-financing rates
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers that cohesion policy should include specific
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all countries and regions in a uniform manner
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Calls on the Commission to consider as a new ex ante conditionality the existence of a national strategy for demographic development;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to inc
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to include a new flagship initiative on demographic change in the Europe 2020 strategy, which should be designed as a cross-cutting instrument and linked to
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Welcomes the EU Action for "Smart Villages" which calls for policies to pay particular attention to overcoming the digital divide between rural and urban areas and to develop the potential offered by connectivity and digitisation of rural areas;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework should give a decisive impetus to the promotion of solutions for tackling demographic challenges, through targeted measures
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework should give a forceful, decisive impetus to
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework should give a decisive impetus to the promotion of solutions for tackling demographic challenges, through targeted measures and an ad hoc budget with
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Underlines the added value of the single community-led local development (CLLD) methodology across all ESI Funds to develop and implement integrated and tailor-made bottom-up solutions;regrets however that CLLD is only mandatory for EAFRD and that local and participatory approaches are declining in ERDF, ESF and EMFF;calls therefore on the Commission to make the use of CLLD obligatory across all ESI Funds;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for services and infrastructure reinforcing social inclusion to be strengthened under the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy, intended to foster rural development and financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and for a reversal of trends towards social and economic decline and depopulation in areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all regions in a uniform manner, with the majority of urban areas experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas experiencing a decline; whereas such imbalances represent major challenges both for regions suffering from depopulation and for those experiencing a population influx; draws attention, in that connection, to the effects of 'suburbanisation', which puts pressure on both the local and the regional authorities around big cities;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Calls on national, regional and local authorities to exchange experience, best practices and new approaches to preventing the negative consequences of demographic change;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Believes that the trans-European transport networks (TEN-T) and the motorways of the sea (MoS) should serve areas with severe and permanent demographic handicaps;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all regions in a uniform manner, chiefly as a result of migratory movements, which are primarily driven by economic considerations, with the majority of urban areas experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas experiencing a decline; whereas such imbalances represent major challenges both for regions suffering from depopulation and for those experiencing a population influx;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas demographic change does not affect all regions in a uniform manner, with the majority of urban areas experiencing a population gain and most rural and remote areas experiencing a decline; whereas such imbalances represent major challenges both for regions suffering from depopulation and for those experiencing a population influx; whereas isolated areas and ones to which access is limited are the most exposed to democratic decline;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas European regions are not unbroken expanses of territory; whereas they can contain pockets of unemployment or poverty and face particular challenges, especially as regards demographic change, making it vital to set up targeted instruments to reduce subregional disparities and help bring about a better territorial balance in terms of urban, peri-urban, and rural areas;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas women, and especially single mothers, are more exposed to poverty and exclusion;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas access to childbirth services, adequate maternal healthcare infrastructures and the guarantee of safe childbirth is lacking in rural areas;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) E c. whereas the role of women in agriculture and family-owned farms is still an important, invisible and in many cases unpaid one;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the Commission Communication of 6 May 2015 "A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe" (COM(2015)0192),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process of societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies and has repercussions on infrastructure and the accessibility and quality of services, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process of societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity and service accessibility, which translate into connectivity divides or medical deserts;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process of societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process of societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity and service accessibility; whereas such challenges call for new forms of solidarity at European, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas demographic change is exacerbating the process of societal fragmentation and the polarisation of our societies, with growing disparities in terms of economic capacity and service accessibility, which is often the result of insufficient links between urban and rural populations;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the already scarce provision of services in sparsely populated areas has been considerably worsened by the economic crisis and austerity measures;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change involves major policy challenges in different areas linked to a wide range of cohesion policy fields; whereas regional policy, and its European Structural and Investment Funds, including the Cohesion Fund, is a key instrument for addressing this change;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas demographic change involves major policy challenges in different areas linked to a wide range of cohesion policy fields; whereas regional policy is a key instrument for addressing this change; whereas regional policy should contribute to youth and family oriented policies in order to increase the effectiveness of pro-demographic measures especially in the rural and remote areas;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas non-urbanised areas in the European Union are home to 113 million people, 12 million farms and 172 million hectares of agricultural land. and contribute widely to European economies, cultures and ecosystems;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas demographic change is one of the main challenges for local development in the EU today, together with uncontrolled globalisation, climate change and the challenges posed by the technological shift
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas adequate infrastructure and an adequate level of services are important factors in managing the population structure in regions that are sparsely populated or suffering from emigration, where the importance of investment and jobs is greater;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas territorial disadvantages affect the immigrant population most particularly and their ties to a local or regional setting depend on the same variables as the rest of the population;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas proper infrastructure and access to public services and high-quality jobs are important factors influencing the decision whether or not to stay in a particular area;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas women are more exposed to poverty and social exclusion than men – all the more so when they are aged over 60;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas demographic change has a greater impact on regions which are lagging behind;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas demographic change affecting rural areas has economic and social consequences, causes territorial fragmentation and affects quality of life and the environment, all in addition to its serious demographic consequences;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas gender equality is a fundamental right, a common value of the EU and a necessary condition for the achievement of the EU objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) G c. whereas gender equality represents an important tool for economic development and social cohesion;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G d (new) G d. whereas the negative demographic change increases the demand for stronger solidarity between generations;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that demographic change entails major economic
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas demographic change is a genuine issue in Europe and across the globe and a key challenge representing one of the main challenges for local development in the EU today, together with globalisation, the technological shift, climate change and inclusiveness;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that demographic change entails major economic and social pressures on regional and local authorities in terms of providing public services and building and managing infrastructure; stresses that those pressures
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that demographic change entails major economic and social pressures on Member State governments and on regional and local authorities in terms of providing public services and infrastructure; stresses that those pressures will be exacerbated by a declining active population and a higher dependency ratio;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that demographic change entails major economic and social pressures on regional and local authorities in terms of providing public services, especially welfare and social services, and infrastructure; stresses that those pressures will be exacerbated by a declining active population and a higher dependency ratio;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Underlines the crucial role of high-quality public and private services, especially for women;underlines the importance of accessible high-quality and affordable public and private services as a tool for ensuring gender equality;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Is strongly of the opinion that strong, good quality public services are the only way of achieving the aim of maintaining population levels and curbing population loss in rural areas;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities; is of the opinion that such a coordinated and integrated answer should aim at improving the quality of life for and providing better economic opportunities to citizens, and investing in the quality, availability and affordability of social and public services in the regions concerned; highlights that all partners and stakeholders, including from civil society, should be properly involved;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities; considers that they ought to take steps to provide sparsely populated regions with economic support, accepting that living conditions in these regions are different from those in urban areas and that, therefore, they have to ensure provision of public services and infrastructure;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities and by pursuing differentiated adaptation strategies reflecting local and regional realities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas demographic change is one of the main challenges for local
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities, furthermore the representatives of civil society and other stakeholders should be involved;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities and preparing a common European strategy for challenging demographic progress;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that demographic change should be tackled in a coordinated manner through the action of all European, national, regional and local authorities, within the limits of their competences;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that a comprehensive approach of any kind has to reflect the role of cities, rural areas, fishing and coastal areas as well as areas confronted with specific problems connected with their geography or demographic situation, and that, therefore, said approach will also have to take account of the specific challenges posed by the outermost regions, northernmost regions with very low population density and island, cross- border and mountain regions, as expressly acknowledged in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take into account the effects of different policies on gender equality and demographic change;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes that the instilling of a community spirit has a key role to play in the management of democratic change;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level through the potential of sectors such as ecotourism, e-commerce and the silver economy; underlines in this respect the
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level through the potential of sectors such as ecotourism, wine tourism, spiritual and religious tourism, enhancing the value of of domestic agricultural or non- agricultural products, such as handicrafts, embroidery and ceramics, via a European system of protection of geographical indications, e-commerce and the silver economy; underlines in this respect the relevance of smart specialisation strategies to help regions identify high value-added activities and build attractive ecosystems;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas demographic change is one of the main challenges for local development in the EU today, together with globalisation, the industrial and technological shift, climate change, transition towards low-carbon economies and inclusiveness;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level through the potential of sectors such as ecotourism, e-commerce and the silver economy; underlines in this respect the relevance of smart specialisation strategies to help regions identify high value-added activities and build attractive ecosystems; points out that agro-tourism, which helps to maintain a dynamic lifestyle in rural areas, is also a significant sector;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that demographic change, while creating new challenges, also brings development opportunities at a local level through the potential of sectors such as ecotourism, e-commerce, community based services and the silver economy; underlines in this respect the relevance of smart specialisation strategies to help regions identify high value-added activities and build attractive ecosystems;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Is concerned by the impact of austerity policies on the financing of services of general interest and public infrastructures;stresses in particular that the expansion of medical deserts reinforces the phenomenon of spatial fragmentation already exacerbated by the effects of demographic change;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls the decision of the European Ombudsman in Case OI/8/2014/AN on respect for fundamental rights in the implementation of EU cohesion policy;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Stresses the importance of regional and local level of authority in confronting and tackling demographic challenges;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Highlights the importance of social dialogue and the inclusion of social partners together with other local stakeholders and authorities at all stages of programming and implementation of ESI Funds in order to better anticipate the effects of demographic change on local labour markets and develop new strategies addressing those challenges;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively use the European Structural Funds as tools for enhancing gender equality;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas demographic change is one of the main challenges for local development in the EU today, together with employment-related issues, globalisation, the technological shift, climate change and inclusiveness;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulationassociated with the mass movement of people to big urban centres in search of jobs and insufficient social, health and transport infrastructure and services;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulation; stresses the importance of framing national policies to promote a higher birth rate and provide support for families;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulation caused by the lack of job opportunities in rural areas;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulation, especially of working-age population;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the main problems relating to the demographic change currently experienced by many EU regions are decreasing population densities, an ageing population and shortage of skilled workforce due to structural changes in the age period, falling birth rates and gradual depopulation;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Emphasizes that demographic change will potentially impact on regional growth through a shrinking labour force, stresses, furthermore, that the extent to which a shrinking labour force will constitute a growth will largely depend on the educational attainment, productivity of the labour force and on future participation rates;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out, however, that the situation varies greatly from one region or territory to the next, especially in the outermost regions, some of which are having to cope with growing population pressure caused by a high birth rate and large-scale irregular migration;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas rural towns and villages, and especially mountainous areas, are hit particularly hard by population loss through demographic change linked to agricultural policies that are causing small and medium-sized farms to disappear;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that one of the main objectives of an EU demographic policy should be to take into account all the territories having to contend with demographic imbalances and the specificities of those territories, factors which cohesion policy has long been seeking to adapt to, and will have to do much more to adapt to after 2020;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that one of the main objectives of an EU demographic policy should be to coordinate national demographic policies and take into account all the territories having to contend with demographic imbalances and the specificities of those territories;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses the need to promote and support small and medium-sized mountain and rural farms which, by using traditional techniques and production methods that exploit natural resources – such as pastures and different types of forage crops – in an integrated and sustainable manner, produce products with specific quality characteristics and could contribute to inverting or decreasing the depopulation in these areas;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that those demographic phenomena affecting the Union are not new, but have now increased with an unprecedented intensity, in particular as a result of social and economic pressures;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Draws attention to the steady increase in the number of elderly people - around 2 million people every year reach the age of 60 - which impacts on spatial, housing and transport planning and on other types of infrastructure and services;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. notes with concern that regions where the sharp decline in working-age population is coupled with a relatively low educational attainment will be particularly hardly hit by demographic challenges;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. recognises that the lack of investment, poor infrastructure, low connectivity rates, limited access to social services and a lack of jobs are key contributory factors to depopulation;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. stresses that demographic changes can have a strong impact on environmental sustainability, as both depopulation of rural areas and the increasing urbanization affect eco- systems, nature conservation and the use of natural resources, with particular implications for urban land use, infrastructure, housing markets and greenery;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that the gender dimension of demographic change should be taken into account in a cross-cutting manner, as regions experiencing demographic decline also suffer from gender and age imbalances due to out- migration; considers therefore that the implementation of gender mainstreaming within all ESI Funds should be further strengthened in the future, for instance by introducing clear requirements on gender indicators, gender impact assessments and gender budgeting in the adoption and implementation of partnership agreements and operational programmes;
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