19 Amendments of Clare DALY related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an ambitious budget for the EU transport sector, which takes into account emerging challenges and the current political priorities in terms of EUthe need to deeply and quickly switch to a very low carbon transport policymodel;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that transport is the main economic sector where greenhouse gas emissions are still growing; stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europedevelop sustainable transport modes, secure jobs in the transport sectors affected by the ecological transition, including in the more remote geographical areas; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that EU transport policy is essential for Europe’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability; strongly requests, therefore, that EU transport policy receive adequate and sufficient funding in order to secure growth, jobs and competitiveness in Europe, including in the more remote geographical areas, particularly in the outermost regions, by creating a POSEI for transport; requests additional investments in research and innovation, and in social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
The importance of transport, in particular of public transport, in achieving the goals of the Green Deal;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that not a single reference is made, in the entire European Green Deal, to the promotion and improvement of public transport systems, with a view to changing mobility profiles; stresses that public transport is central to the promotion of socially, environmentally, climatically and economically sustainable societies;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that transport must contribute to achieving 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, therefore, that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility and in implementing the Green Deal’s legislative priorities through measures based on new technologies, boosting multimodal transport, the development of automated and connected multimodal mobility and an increase in the production and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels; stresses that financial and fiscal supports shall not be given to so-called biofuels that have not fully proven their sustainability and compete with food agriculture;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Argues that the existence of environmentally, climatically, economically and socially sustainable societies is possible only with the existence of mobility and transport policies that favour the consolidation and utilisation of public transport systems; calls in this regard for increased support for transport infrastructure and the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; urges also that funding for local and regional transport infrastructures not be neglected but actively encouraged; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need to support such transport infrastructures in outlying countries;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly requests to stop financing environmental and climate harmful mega projects with EU funds, such as airport extensions, highways and some high- speed train lines;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights the experience of a number of EU cities with free public transport systems, resulting in a larger number of users, accompanied by a substantial decrease in automobile traffic; recommends that studies be carried out to assess the effects of these arrangements regarding factors such as variations in passenger numbers, travel times, the number of traffic accidents and casualties or impact on climate change; stresses that these studies should lead to formulation of action plans facilitating the replication of free public transport systems in different urban areas;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a reorientation of EU funds for public investment in transport infrastructure; rejects, in this regard, the use of the EU budget for public-private partnerships and the promotion of privatisation and deregulation of the sector - as in the case regarding these funds;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy, strengthening the support component for the development and modernisation of secondary, regional and local links, and not just links between major EU economic centres;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that cohesion policy funding for transport infrastructure should aim at pursuing the Treaty-based objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion; highlights the crucial role that EU transport policy and investment plays in promoting and enhancing territorial, social and economic cohesion in the EU; requests, therefore, that the funding of TEN-T be maintained as part of cohesion policy;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that transport projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by the Cohesion Fund (CF) mustshould give priority to the completion of TEN-T cosustainable transport modes and projects that foster terridtorsial cohesion;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of agencies and joint undertakingpublic-public partnerships in improving the transport sector’s performance and in fostering a reduction of transport emissions based on technological progress and rules; points out the importance of these agencies and joint undertakingpublic- public partnerships receiving adequate financial and human resources;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights in particular the crucial role of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking in achieving a lasting shift from road to rail; stresses that the Shift2Rail undertaking plays a key role in making rail transport cheaper, more efficient and more attractive;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15