16 Amendments of Francisco José MILLÁN MON related to 2011/2310(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Atlantic area is composed of a rather disparate collection of regions and many of these regions have still not reached the Community's average income level, and thus remain under the convergence objective for the purposes of European cohesion policy;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas we must secure environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development for the above regions;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that cohesion policy is a key instrument for tackling the challenges of the EU's territorial policy and boosting endogenous development in the regions within the macro-region;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for consideration to be given to the creation of a permanent maritime spatial planning structure for the Atlantic area to coordinate the management of maritime affairs from an intersectoral and transnational perspective;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that fishersea-fishing and aquaculture activities must play a key role in maritime planning policies;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an improvement in risk prevention and risk management capacities in the Atlantic in connection with maritime and land-based accidents, natural disasters and criminal activities, and for sufficient and flexible mechanisms to be available to cover replacement and compensation for any damage;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the territorial dimension of the strategy is essential and should focus on opening up the Atlantic regions and making them more accessible, connecting the transport, energy and information networks, developing the rural and urban parts of the hinterland, and improving land- sea links, without forgetting the outermost and island regions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that there is no Atlantic corridor in the Commission proposals on the core network of trans-European transport networks and that too few Atlantic ports are proposed in this core network; considers it necessary to include other Atlantic ports as hub ports and intends to put forward proposals to this effect;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that the strategy should contain an ambitious social dimension in order to promote training and access for young people to maritime professions, as well as the consolidation of employment structures currently linked to the sea and their role in enabling the population to remain in coastal areas;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the strategic importance of maritime transport along the Atlantic seaboard; calls on the Commission to propose measures to simplify the administrative formalities in ports, without losing the ability to control and verify the correctness of operations and cargoes;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the economic importance of the maritime industries in the Atlantic regions, especially the ship-building industry, which is experiencing an extremely difficult situation in some Atlantic regions, and for which the Commission needs to facilitate solutions; calls on the Commission to relaunch the LeaderSHIP 2015 initiative in order to strengthen the sector’s ability to compete on the global market;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises the importance of fishersea- fishing activities and aquaculture in the Atlantic regions, and is in favour of public support for the updating and modernisation of fishing vessels and of special differentiation as regards the characteristics and potential of artisanal coastal fishing and shellfishing;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the action plan to be linked to the EU’s regional policy and Integrated Maritime Policy; is of the opinion that efforts should also be made to facilitate synergies with other European policies in the areas of research and innovation, transport, the environment, energy, fisheries and aquaculture, and international cooperation;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Invites the national, regional and local authorities to look for synergies between their policies and the priorities of the action plan; and supports the express recognition and incorporation of pre-existing interregional cooperation strategies, projects and experiences, which may offer lines of action and political and operational priorities for the future Atlantic macro-region;