Activities of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ related to 2024/0284(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. HUnderscores that the European continent is warming faster than the rest of the world and that the risks posed by climate change will grow more intricate and challenging to address over; highlights the increasing number of severe and, destructive and deadly natural disasters in Europe; calls on Member States to invest more in climate mitigation and adaptation measures, as well as emergency preparedness; underlines that without additional protection and preventative measures, hundreds of thousands of people could die following extreme disasters like floods or heatwaves; considers that the budget of the EUSF or its equivalent should be expanded in view of the upcoming Commission proposal on the new Multiannual Financial Framework and subsequent inter- institutional negotiations;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the EUSF is only a curative instrument and that the Union should also continue to address climate change adaptation and mitigation by supporting European and national policies to prevent natural disasters; underlines that the EEA Report No 1/2024 ‘European Climate Risk Assessment’ warned that the Union is unprepared for the effects of climate change even if the world manages to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and stresses the need for action to avoid that the climate risks identified reach critical levels; calls on Members States and the Commission to take the necessary measures to bring the Union to achieve the commitments made in the Paris agreement; recalls the need for effective synergies with other Union policies and programmes and underlines that Member States should make best use of funding opportunities in particular, of the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund+ and the Rural development programmes; underscores that assistance provided under the EUSF should not be to the detriment of European funding received by Member States under other Union policies or programmes;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Commission has submitted on 21 October 2024 a legislative proposal for regional emergency support to reconstruction following a natural disaster10 and for specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters11 with the aim to provide further flexibilities in the use of the funds; calls on Member States to take into consideration that climate risks disproportionately affect vulnerable populations due to socio-economic factors further hampering the ability of vulnerable groups to recover from disasters; _________________ 10 Proposal by the European Commission of 21 October 2024 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council RESTORE – Regional Emergency Support to Reconstruction amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 (COM(2024)0496). 11 Proposal by the European Commission of 21 October 2024 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 as regards specific measures under the EAFRD to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters (COM(2024)0495).