5 Amendments of Jozo RADOŠ related to 2018/2038(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that, thanks to all the measures taken so far, total EU contributions, according to the information currently available, amount to over EUR 5.9 billion, representing more than 28 % of the total EU allocation to Greece for the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out the rate of payments to beneficiaries, which according to the available data exceeds 17 %, while the project selection rate is currently 48 % of available funds for the period 2014- 2020, does not deviate significantly from the EU average;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out the differences between and the unequal absorption rates among the available ESI Funds;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the ESIFs have a significant impact on GDP in several Member States, and that investment supported by cohesion policy and rural development policies in Greece is estimated to have increased GDP in 2015, at the end of the previous programming period, by just over 2% above the level it would have been in the absence of the funding provided; recalls that the use of EU structural funds shouldmust always focus on achieving real EU added value and go beyond mere GDP growth;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges that by supporting public investment and deploying EU investments flexibly, through the reprogramming of funds or by raising the cofinancing rate, regional policy mitigated the impact of the financial crisis and of sustained fiscal consolidation in several Member States; reiterates nevertheless that cohesion policy should be seen primarily as a catalyst to attract additional public and private funding, and that measures resulting in a reduction in the national cofinancing quotas required for receiving funding for operational programmes financed by the Structural Funds should be duly justified and only envisaged on an exceptional basisadopted and implemented only on an exceptional basis, such as in the case of the financial situation in Greece;