9 Amendments of Pascal ARIMONT related to 2018/2054(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the removal of only 20 % of the existing obstacles in the border regions would bring about an increase in their GDP by 2 %, or around EUR 91 billion, which would translate into approximately one million new jobs; highlights that territorial cooperation including cross-border cooperation have been widely acknowledged as bringing genuine and visible added value to, in particular, European citizens living along internal borders.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the special situation of cross-border workers, who are most seriously affected by the challenges present in the border regions, including, in particular, the recognition of diplomas and other qualifications, healthcare, transport and access to information on job vacancies, social security and taxation systems; calls, in this context, on the Member States to step up their efforts to overcome these obstacles and allow for greater powers and sufficient flexibility for regional authoritieto approximate neighbouring national legal and administrative systems in border regions to improve the quality of life of cross-border workers;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that cross-border transport services are still insufficiently developed in the border regions, which hampers cross- border mobility; stresses, furthermore, that cross-border transport infrastructure is also particularly adversely affected by complex regulatory and administrative arrangements; awaits the forthcoming Commission study on missing railway links along internal EU borders; underlines that any such study or future recommendations should be based on information and experience from local and regional authorities;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets that different and complex procedures of prior authorisation of healthcare services and their payments/reimbursements, administrative burdens for patients in dealing with cross- border consultations with specialists, incompatibilities in the use of technology and in the sharing of patients' data as well as lack of unified accessible information, not only limit accessibility from both sides of the border and therefore hamper the full use of the health care facilities, but also impede emergency and rescue services in carrying out their cross-border interventions.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of education, and, in particular, the opportunities to step up efforts to promote multilingualism in border regionmultilingualism and urges Member States, regions and municipalities along the internal borders to introduce mandatory second language teaching into their curricula from preschool and to make bilingual education compulsory throughout a pupil's school career; stresses, moreover, the importance of promoting a bilingual approach at all administrative levels;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the eGovernment Action Plan 2016-202013 as a tool to achieve an efficient and inclusive public administration, and recognises the particular value of this plan for simplification measures in the border regions; is, however, concerned by the patchy implementation of the plan in some Member States; is also concerned about the often inadquate interoperability of the authorities' electronic systems and the low level of online services available for foreign entrepreneurs to start doing business in another country; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 19 April 2016 entitled ‘EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 – Accelerating the digital transformation of government’ (COM(2016)0179).
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to ensure genuine cooperation in the field of cross-border healthcare, in order to ensure that patients’ rights are respected, as provided for in the Cimprove complementarity of their health services in border regions and to engage in cross-border collaboration in order to facilitate access to safe and high quality cross-border healthcare; Calls on the Member States, regions and municipalities to conclude bilateral or multilateral framework agreements on cross-border healthcare cooperation and, in this context, draws attention to so called ZOAST areas (Zones Organisées d'Accès aux Soins Transfrontaliers) where residents of six border territories can receive health care on both sides of the border in designated health care institutions without any administrative or financial barriers and which have become benchmarks for cross-Bborder Hhealthcare Directive;cooperation across Europe.
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the positive role of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) programmes in the development and cohesion of border regions; calls onwelcomes the Commission's proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 to preserve ETC as an important objective, with a more distinct role within cohesion policy post-2020, as well as a significantly increased budget; underlines ETC's perceptible European added value and calls on the Council to adopt the appropriations proposed in this regard; underlines at the same time the need to simplify the programmes and reduce the administrative burdens for beneficiaries;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission to put forward a new legislative proposal for a European cross-border convention (ECBC), which would allow, in the case of a territorially circumscribed cross- border infrastructure or service (e.g. a hospital or tramline), to apply the national normative framework and/or the standards of just one of the two or several countries concerned.