12 Amendments of Pedro GUERREIRO related to 2008/2174(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cohesion policy and its associated financial resources should be used to promote economic, social and territorial development and should not therefore be subordinated to competition and deregulation under the ‘Lisbon Strategy’;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas competitiveness should not be a substitute for convergence in the Member States and regions which are lagging behind in their socioeconomic development;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas, despite progress made in terms of convergence in the EU, absolute disparities remain high, as do differences in the levels of prosperity of the various Member States, some of which have been in a state of ongoing divergence for several years;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the primary and principal objective of structural policy should be to reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions, promote real convergence and stimulate growth and employment, and that structural policy should be an instrument of redistribution and compensation for the increased costs of the single market, Economic and Monetary Union and the liberalisation of international trade for the least developed countries and regions of the European Union;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that cohesion policy should not be regarded simply as an instrument for achieving the objectives of other sectoral policies, given that it is a Community policy with high added value which has its own raison d’être: cohesion;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new) (before title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
Paragraph 10 a (new) (before title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
10a. Considers that the current Community financial resources for cohesion policy are insufficient to respond to the requirements of real convergence, regional disparities, high levels of unemployment, income inequalities and poverty in the European Union; therefore reiterates the need for an increase in the Community budget, with the central and primary objective being to promote economic and social cohesion at EU level;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new) (before title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
Paragraph 10 b (new) (before title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
10b. Considers that the existence of a strong and well-financed European regional policy is a sine qua non for tackling successive enlargements and for achieving social, economic and territorial cohesion in an enlarged EU;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
Paragraph 10 c (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
10c. Emphasises that the territorial dimension should not counteract or dilute the primary objective of regional policy which is to promote economic and social cohesion, in other words to reduce disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the lagging behind of the least-favoured regions; underlines that new Community financial resources should be provided for the new objectives and priorities;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
Paragraph 10 d (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
10d. Underlines that territorial cohesion should not dilute or diminish the central objectives of cohesion policy, particularly at economic and social level, and that it should instead help to reinforce these objectives, by promoting the convergence of Member States and regions which are lagging behind in their development;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
Paragraph 10 e (new) (after title "Analysis of the concept of Territorial Cohesion")
10e. Underlines that land management and planning are responsibilities of the Member States;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that EU cohesion policy, in its various dimensions, should be adapted, by adopting specific measures, to the outermost regions, as established in Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty; asks the Commission to propose permanent, flexible and adequately financed policies and measures capable of meeting the needs of each outermost region and helping to tackle the permanent development challenges faced by these regions;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Draws attention to the situation of regions which, despite being among the poorest in the EU-15, are now excluded from the group of poorest regions in the EU-27, solely for statistical reasons; recommends that attention is paid to the specific situation of these regions which suffered cuts in payments in the current financial framework; considers that this framework should be revised so that the regions affected by this ‘statistical effect’ can receive the same level of support that they would have received if the eligibility criterion had been based on the EU-15;