Activities of Vlad GHEORGHE related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the Union transport sector is essential for the Union’s economic, social and environmental development and its sustainability, and it ensures the territorial accessibility and connectivity of all regions of the Union, with particular attention for peripheral, rural, insular and outermost regions and other disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas transport is key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050; whereas more investment is needed to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart mobility in line with the Green Deal, including the initiatives under the ‘Fit- for-55’ package and the REPowerEU Plan;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas high inflation rates might hamper the financial soundness of infrastructure projects for project promoters and transport operators due to unexpected increases of costs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools in a comprehensiveHighlights that appropriate funding for transport projects will be instrumental in boosting EU recovery and advancing towards the green and digital transition; calls on the Commission and Member States to use the available financial tools - CEF, RRF, Cohesion Fund, InvestEU, ERDF - in an articulate and complementary way to maximise their effect on recovery while ensuring adequate long-term funding of Union transport projects;
Amendment 28 #
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, including truck parking areas, and sustainable mobility;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the role of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and related national plans in stimulating recovery in the transport and tourism sectors; welcomes the REPowerEU proposal according to which EUR 20 billion from of the revenues resulting from the auctioning of emissions trading system (ETS) allowances would complement the RRF funding under the REPowerEU module of the RRF as well as increased flexibility to Member States to transfer resources to the REPowerEU chapter of the RRF;
Amendment 38 #
4. Welcomes the increase in the Cohesion Fund allocation to the CEF for transport in 2023; calls for further strengthening of the Fund to accommodate the modernisation needs of the transport sector, reduce its CO2 footprint and put in place new infrastructure elements, such as safe cycling lanes;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the increase in the InvestEU budget and its important reinforcement from NextGenerationEU by almost EUR 2,5 billion in 2023; invites the Commission to maintain a high level of investment after 2024 to maintain InvestEU’s role in fostering sustainable and safe infrastructure; recalls the Commission that adequate funding of InvestEU beyond the operation period of NGEU and through the MFF 2021-2027 is key to foster sustainable and safe infrastructure, mobility solutions and equipment and for the deployment of innovative technologies and alternative fuels;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the funding of the Just Transition Fund under the Just Transition Mechanism for 2023 and highlights the role of the Mechanism in disadvantaged regions; stresses the need to support the up-and reskilling of workers and jobseekers in the transport sector, as well as productive and sustainable investment in SMEs; stresses the need to facilitate the access to bank loans for SMEs in tourism;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes with great concern that the proposal on the EU Chips Act proceeds to a reallocation of funds from the CEF transport and digital envelopes to this new initiative by reducing EUR 400 million of the CEF budget, including EUR 150 million from CEF Digital and EUR 250 million from CEF Transport to be reallocated to the financing of the EU Chips Act; stresses that any new European policy needs to come with a new allocated budget and not a reshuffle within the current MFF;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the modest increase in the military mobility budget for 2023 and the attempt to adapt parts of the TEN-T networks for a dual use of the transport infrastructure; regrets that the increase is not sufficient to compensate for the cut in the final envelope on the newly created military mobility budget line under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) programme 2021-2027 especially with regards to the current security situation in Europe determined by the Russian war in Ukraine; calls to increase military mobility budget for 2023 to strengthen the resilience of the bordering Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates Parliament’s request for the creation of a specific programme on sustainable Union-wide tourism of a specific budget line that reflects both the importance of the sector in the Union economy and its needs in the aftermath of the past and current crises; stresses that the cost of travel disruptions should not fall on the shoulders of passengers and that such disruptions should be prevented by means of anticipation of the passenger flow;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines that a dedicated tourism budget line should e.g. serve the goal of forecasting the travellers' influx and adapting the transport service provision in line with the trends;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the slight increase in the budgets of the transport Joint Undertakings;Joint undertakings the Clean Aviation, Europe’s Rail, Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research Joint Undertaking 3 (SESAR 3) and Clean Hydrogen highlights the importance of their work in boosting research and innovation and improving theransport sector’s performance and sustainability of the transport sector.and calls for adequate funding;