20 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2007/2191(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 3 a (new)
Indent 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 9 February 2005 on the Social Agenda (COM(2005)0033)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 10
Indent 10
- having regard to Articles 3, 123 and 141 of the EC Treaty, which require the Member States to ensure equal opportunities for all citizens,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the economic success of the European internal market is concentrated in the centres of gravity and whereas even in these centres, some sectors of society do not share in the advantages but must struggle increasingly with poverty,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cohesion policy has, up to now, made an effective contribution in helping the poorest regions and urban areas to catch up in terms of socio-economic development,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in some Member States economic growth tends to beis concentrated around capital cities and large urban centres leaving peripheral and ruralother areas with uneven socio- economic development,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas equal development means that every region and urban area must be given the chance, based on its particular potential, to determine its development in accordance with its needs,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the poorest territories lack the necessary financial resourcesit falls to the Member States to ensure that their poorest territories are able to match the Community funding they are eligible for and moreover these territories most often lack the administrative capacity and human resources to make good use of the funding granted,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, due to its strong territorial impact, rural development policy should be integrbetter coordinated intowith regional policy in order to foster synergies and complementarities between these policies,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas poverty and exclusion have a strong territorial character with a concentration of segregated vulnerable groups in deprived territories and whereas all territories of the Union should benefit from similar development opportunities,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas most of the least favoured micro-regional territories are facing complex multi-dimensional problems related to their peripheral location, lack of infrastructure, socio-economic under- development, de-industrialisation processes, low levels of education and training, lack of administrative capacity, generational unemployment, deteriothe Social Agenda requires that Member States combat poverty and exclusion, ensure that every citizen receives a minimum income, actively integrate all individuals suffering from exclusion into the labour market and guarantee every citizen unrestricted access to education, trating housing and living conditions, low access to services of general interest and concentration of segregated minorities and vulnerableother services of general interest; whereas ethnic minorities and women immigrants often belong to particularly disadvantaged groups,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that, in order to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion, there is a common political task to give an equal opportunity to every citizen, irrespective of territorial location and social standing, to combat social exclusion and, in particular, the perpetuation of poverty across generations in particularly disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises in this connection that horizontindividual actions alone are not sufficient to overcome the problems of territorial exclusion and recommends therefore that the Member States apply a holistic territorial development strategy, putting the cross-sector integrated approach into practice and focusing on the potential of these territories while also taking into consideration their geographical handicaps;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of involving regional and local authorities as well as the economic and social partners and relevant NGOs in the planning and implementation of integrated micro-regional development strategies and the importance of supporting bottom-up initiatives;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make available comparable micro-regional statistical data for all regions of the EU, with special regard to social indicators in order to identify clearlyMember States to support the most underdeveloped territories below traditional NUTS 2 level and to highlight the scale ofso as to cope with the growing intra-regional disparities;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. In this connection takes the view that Calls on the Commission in this connection to examine the extent to which new quantifiable development aindicators such as social indicators other than GDP per capita should be used in order to indicate intra- regionalmight in future better show development disparities, evaluate implementation and policy efficiency and be used as guidance for development planning;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Council and the Commission to address territorial development disparities through smaller comparable territorial units; recommends in this respect NUTS 4 (LAU 1 and LAU 2) level territorial units be targeted with a new instrument that is sufficiently funded and dedicated to cope with intra-regional disparities in order to avoid the growing exclusion of peripheral and least favoured areasmmission to examine, in the framework of the Green Paper on territorial cohesion, whether the NUTS 2 level is appropriate for pursuing a differentiated policy to achieve the objective of territorial cohesion;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present a specific proposal aimed at addressing in a concrete manner the territorial and social exclusion of vulnerable communities and groupMember States to be more attentive to the tasks and agreements of the Social Agenda and link social cohesion measures to economic and environmental investment so as to achieve sustainable development successes through an integrated approach, particularly in poor regions and urban areas; notes in particular that the groups concerned must be actively involved in planning and implementing these measures and that administrative actions must be oriented towards such participatory processes;