9 Amendments of Álvaro AMARO related to 2022/2032(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the key role that farmers and the agri-food sector play and have played, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in ensuring access to quality and affordable food, especially through short supply chains and trade in locally grown food;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas during the pandemic, the risk of unemployment, increased poverty and the gender gap were particularly pronounced in less developed EU regions;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas infrastructure and public service quality differs vastly between urban and rural regions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the role that a long- term vision for the EU’s rural areas should play in fostering synergies between different EU policies by establishing a framework for cooperation between authorities and stakeholders and by implementing the initiatives provided for in the Rural Action Plan; recalls that EU cohesion policy, which seeks to promote the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, is vitally important to rural areas, acknowledging as it does the important role of agriculture and involving all levels of governance;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the regional innovation divide has grown and education, training and skills gaps between more and less developed regions are often wide;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that cohesion policy can only continue to play its present role as a vector for investment and job creation and a solidarity mechanism for all EU regions if it has solid funding based on the principle of partnership, specific approaches tailored to individual regions and multi-level governance; stresses that this implies providing for the same level of funding as in the 2021-2027 financial period, topped up with the Just Transition Fund (JTF) II budgetary resources;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas by valuing their diversity and potential, stimulating job creation, improving transport connectivity and high-speed broadband, and helping them meet challenges such as rural desertification, the decline ofdepopulation, ageing, rural abandonment and desertification, the decline of communities in general, including city- centre communities and insufficient healthcare; s and insufficient healthcare and other services; welcomes the presentation of the Commission communication entitled ‘A long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas’, which it hopes to see implemented in practice within a multi- level governance framework for the promotion of specific and integrated territorial approaches;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that these ‘middle- income trap’ regions need more investments in education and training; urges the Commission to define these regions and to allocate higher amounts to them under the ESF+ in the next programming period;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that investment in people is crucial to helping them activate their skills, encouraging their creativity and stimulating innovation; believes that quality employment should be maintained or created in order to combat poverty, encourage the integration of migrants and refugees, strengthen social cohesion and ensure that no one is left behind;