Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 budgetary procedure: joint text (A8-0333/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the funding planned for the transport sector is justifiably linked to other policies such as cohesion, competition, tourism and security, and that transport infrastructures are at the service of the overall development of the European Union; recommends using forward-looking economic measures as a contribution to a real structural evolution of the European economy; points out that all Member States recognised, during the discussion on the Juncker Plan, that investments in strategic infrastructure contribute to the growth and, therefore, cannot be slowed down by the Stability Pact.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests, bearing in mind that there is no direct budgetary line for tourism, using the EU budget for the transport sector as a factor in promoting the tourist attractiveness and competitiveness of the whole ‘Old Continent’; stresses that an efficient cross-collaboration between the numerous sectorpolicies and EU funds concerned is desirablecrucial in this field, and should also take into consideration public - private - partnerships (PPPs).
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the introduction of a direct budgetary line for Tourism in the EU’s Budget for 2016.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Given the financial contribution of the tourism activity to the EU’s GDP and its impacts on job creation, calls to increase the budget for actions in the tourism sector under the COSME programmes in 2016 to 13 million Euro. Calls to avoid further cuts in the budget for the actions in the tourism sector in the current multiannual financial framework (MFF).
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to assist the local, regional, national authorities and stakeholders to explore existing and new EU funding opportunities for public transport and to develop innovative public-private partnership schemes; stresses that the European Structural and Investment Funds should be used more systematically for cities that have developed an integrated local transport plan, such as a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), and have identified appropriate actions, in accordance with the criteria in the relevant legislation.