8 Amendments of Lucia VUOLO related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has impacted fisheries from several perspectives, notably disrupting fishing activities in the Black Sea, with temporary bans set up for security reasons in certain Member States’ waters, such as in the Romanian waters bordering Ukraine in Danube Delta, with similar disruptions occurring, especially in the Mediterranean, as a result of the increased cost of fuel occasioned by the conflict;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Russia’s military aggression has led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices, which has hit small-scale fisheries particularly hard, requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures; calls on the Commission to further increase such efforts with the aim of compensating the sharp increase of fuel prices and other additional costs, which since March 2022 have doubled compared to the average price in 2021; welcomes the amending of the EMFF1 regulation1 aiming at alleviating the consequences of the war on the sector and on the markets; _________________ 1 COM(2022)179 final
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools in a comprehensive way to maximise their effect on recovery while ensuring adequate long-term funding of Union transport projects, improved accessibility and connecting cities with their surrounding areas, focusing more on the most disadvantaged regions of the EU with a GDP per capita of less than 75 percent of the EU average;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard, and from which the sector is still recovering; calls on the Commission, therefore, to effectively support the most distressed fishing areas, such as the Western Mediterranean, which is also reeling from the impact of a 6% reduction in the 2022 fishing effort for demersal stocks;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools to train regional and local authorities on mechanisms and opportunities offered by the European Union in the field of transport and tourism, and calls on the Commission to ensure the exchange of good practices in this regard;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development and timely completion of a high performance trans- European network that is sustainable and interconnected; acknowledges the slight increase in the CEF-transport budget for 2023 compared to 2022 although notes that the increase is impaired by the current economic situation; underlines that the CEF should also support actions related to safe and secure infrastructure and mobility and improve citizen involvement in the evaluation of the EU road network, as prescribed by Directive (EU) 2019/1936;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attention to the international dimension of the CFP and its economic, social and environmental benefits and calls on the Commission to devote adequate resources to Oceans governance of the oceans and seas; stresses the importance of international cooperation to achieve EU’s commitimplement EU agreements;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets that the comprehensive network, resulting from updating and adjusting the current TEN-T, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, has still retained criteria excluding from the network important nodes and links located in peripheral areas that would have a strong need to join the network and benefit from EU financial tools;