Activities of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2015/2347(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improving connection and accessibility of transport infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe (A8-0282/2016 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba) CS
Amendments (13)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of coordinated project planning byamong Member States based on national mastertransport plans, realistic assessment of transport needs, cost-benefit analysis and stakeholder consultation;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the disparities in terms of infrastructure developments and quality between the CEE region and the rest of Europe can only be reduced through a clear, concrete and integrated EU-wide strategy;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission to provide Member States in the CEE region with technical assistance, in light of the fact that some of these countries have little experience in working with financial instruments and with involving the private sector in large projects;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Stresses that the development of combined transport in central and eastern Europe requires improving the characteristics of freight rail corridors and supporting the construction of publicly accessible intermodal terminals;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the urgent need to enhance the road infrastructure network along the eastern border of the EU, starting in Estonia, passing through Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria and ending in Greece; considers that such efforts should build on the long-standing planning done already under the Via Carpatia project; believes that the possibility of opening the Rhine-Danube corridor to the north of the EU through the Via Carpatia should be exploited;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that the quality of road infrastructure has a direct impact on road safety; feels, therefore, that traffic safety should also be assessed when constructing road infrastructure; is concerned that road fatalities remain relatively high in many central and eastern Member States; underlines that measures to improve road safety should be further promoted at Member State and EU level;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of further developing rail transportconstructing and modernising railway lines for coherent, sustainable growth of rail transport and cohesion in the central and eastern parts of the EU; expects such efforts to have positive impacts on industrial development, freight logistics and passenger mobility; calls on the Member States to eliminate cross-border and national bottlenecks and to expand operational capacities;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Criticises the lack of mature projects and underinvestment in cross- border railway lines an, which consequently lead theo low level oftraffic levels for passenger rail services in many border areas; calls on the Member States to (re-)establish missing connections;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets that travel times between the main cities in Eastern and Central Europe are still inordinately long, which undermines railway competitiveness;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Draws attention to the supplements that are commonly used in central and eastern Europe in cross- border regional passenger rail transport, which are often imposed by rail companies as a part of international rail fares, resulting in a decrease in the attractiveness of using cross-border rail links;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need to ensure the interconnection of the countries of central and eastern Europe with the high-speed rail network in western Europe in order to increase the competitiveness of the rail transport sector and support economic growth in that region;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of inland waterway transport as a cost-effective and sustainable means for multimodal transport and for logistics across the EU; reminds also the necessity for Member States to maintain the operability of the inland waterways which are under their responsibility;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the Member States to increase their efforts to restorimprove and maintain class IV navigability of other inland waterway infrastructures, in particular river sections in the TEN-T core network;