5 Amendments of Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA related to 2021/2079(INI)
Amendment 40 #
1a. Insularity is a constant disadvantage for geographical reasons. This is why strategies for integration need to be developed to enable islands to confront the challenges and overcome the barriers their insularity causes;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the deficit in terms of population, raw materials and resources of all kinds, and notes that in many islands access to drinking water, sanitation is a central issue in people’s lives, the sustainability of the island and its tourism carrying capacity;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls for priority to be given to greater investment into basic infrastructure to improve access of all households to drinking water and sanitary services.
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. The current de minimis rule restricts competitiveness. The European Union's islands should all be exempted from application of the de minimis rule so that they are at less of a disadvantage. Subsidies to remedy insularity ought not to be considered as state aid but as compensation to put island regions on an equal footing with their continental counterparts;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
3b. The distance criterion (150 km) used to classify islands as border regions eligible for financing under cross-border cooperation programmes coming under the cohesion policy's territorial cooperation objective or the European Neighbourhood Policy needs to be dropped. If some kind of limit has to be established, it would be more appropriate, in the case of island regions, for the cross- border territory condition to be applied at maritime basin level;