11 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2017/2208(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas some lagging regions, particularly in Italy and Greece, are under considerable migratory pressure and are also forced to use the Structural and Investment Funds to cope with the current emergency; whereas, furthermore, the contribution of the ESI Funds in tackling this challenge can only be effective if accompanied by the effective application of the principles of solidarity and the equitable redistribution of migrants;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that, particularly for lagging regions, the share earmarked for technical assistance and aimed at strengthening the administrative capacity of the Member States in the use of Community funds should also be maintained in the new programming period and contain new performance indicators;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. stresses that the proper training of national, regional and local administrations in the analysis and application of the complex rules relating to the Structural and Investment Funds is crucial for improving the quality of projects and increasing the take-up rate of the Funds;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers it necessary to distinguish and clarify the concept and scope of application of structural reforms in the context of cohesion policy; underlines, in this regard, that measures relating to the improvement of administrative capacity, the fight against corruption, the implementation of more effective strategies against tax evasion and the transparency of public procurement have a functional role to play both with regard to increasing the take-up of Community resources and to improving the quality of the projects;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that structural reforms intended as privatisation processes, interventions in the labour market and any measures aimed at undermining the welfare state of Member States should in no way be set as a conditionality - or as punitive measures in the event of failure to implement the above-mentioned actions - in the current or new post-2020 cohesion policy framework;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to consider reviewing the investment clause to enable regional and national investments co-financed through ESI Funds to be excluded from the calculation of national deficits in the framework of the European Semester;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that access to credit is harder in lagging regions, especially those that are also low-income regions because of the high interest rates charged by banks; stresses the importance of ensuring easier access to credit to assist small and medium-sized businesses in difficulty and to promote new business models;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that, particularly for lagging regions, there should be no binding target for the use of financial instruments in the new programming period; stresses, in this regard, that low- risk financial instruments are preferable to equity, trust funds and some types of bond and proposes promoting loans at a subsidised rate - preferably with sufficiently long payback times - and regulating and facilitating forms of crowd funding and peer-to-peer and social lending;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly reaffirms opposition to macroeconomic conditionality, given that it penalises regions and social groups already weakened by the crisis, involving suspension of payments with possibly serious repercussions, especially in lagging regions; supports, in this regard, the need to thoroughly review the very rationale of the link between the European Semester and the cohesion policy, thus eliminating any provision for penalties which are unjust, unnecessary and penalise in particular regional and local authorities and project beneficiaries;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that in the new programming period there must be a necessary balance between simplification requirements, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, and controls; considers furthermore that the reduction of gold plating must be accompanied by an adequate consultation of public administrations and other economic and social players in the regions, since, especially in certain contexts, more stringent rules (for example on anti- corruption issues) may be necessary precisely in order to increase the transparency and the correct execution of calls for tender;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for cohesion policy to continue to be a priority for the Union and accordingly provided with adequate funding, keeping in mind the review of the post-2020 multiannual programming framework. considers that the total allocation for the only truly redistributive EU policy should not be cut and that the percentage share should at least remain the same even in a new framework possibly endowed with fewer resources;