6 Amendments of Kerstin WESTPHAL related to 2017/2279(INI)
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas in all their diversity, by valuing their potential, improving transport connectivity and very high-speed broadband and providing support to help them meet the challenges they face: rural desertification, the destruction of city- centre communities, social exclusion, lack of work and affordable housing, areas without health care, etc.;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the introduction of integrated strategies for sustainable urban development has been a success and should therefore be expanded and be replicated in other sub-regional territories, for example by setting an integrated territorial objective alongside the thematic objectives;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that a major challenge for future cohesion policy will be to provide appropriate support to these regions, and that cohesion policy must both reduce disparities and prevent vulnerable regionterritories from falling behind, by taking account of the different trends and dynamics;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports a strong thematic concentration on a limited number of priorities linked to major European political objectives, leaving managing authorities the task of drawing up their territorial strategies on the basis of their needs; stresses that employment, social inclusion, innovation, support for SMEs, climate change, affordable housing and the circular economy should constitute priority areas for the future cohesion policy in future;.
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission to put forward ideas for improving the response of cohesion policy to unforeseen events and reiterates in this context its call for a kind of reserve which would give the regions additional flexibility without jeopardising the long-term goals of operational programmes;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the largely positive results of the Juncker investment plan, which when implemented needs to invest in an even more transparent and targeted manner if it is to iron out regional inequalities; stresses that cohesion policy and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) are complementary, but that one cannot be a substitute for the other, irrespective of the level of development of the regions, as the EFSI, unlike the Structural Funds, operates on the basis of loans;