3 Amendments of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2017/2225(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas following the creation of the first PEACE programme in 1995, more than EUR 1,5 billion has been spent with the dual aim of promoting cohesion between communities involved in the conflict in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, as well as economic and social stability;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that management and control systems in the regions are functioning properly and that EU financial assistance is therefore being spent effectively; stresses nevertheless that in addition to compliance, the underlying objectives of the PEACE programme must always be taken into account when assessing the performance of this programme;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the UK government’s proposal in August 2017 to explore a potential successor to PEACE IV for the post-2020 period with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government1a; highlights the positive response set out in the Joint Report of December 2017, in which both the negotiators of the European Union and the UK government agreed to examine possibilities for future support of the PEACE and INTERREG funding programmes1b; notes moreover, the Commission’s intention to propose the continuation of these programmes in its proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework1c; _________________ 1aNorthern Ireland and Ireland: position paper, Paragraph 17, August 2017. 1bJoint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the United Kingdom’s orderly withdrawal from the European Union, paragraph 55, December 2017. 1cCommission Communication on the state of progress of the negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, Page 9, December 2017.