9 Amendments of Maria da Graça CARVALHO related to 2010/2211(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the flagship initiatives highlighted in the EU 2020 Strategy; calls for a broad political concept for a competitive, social and sustainable future for the EU; underlines that the EU flagship initiatives described in the EU 2020 Strategy require solid, credible and sustainable EU financial support if the EU's key 2020 objectives are to be met, addressing, simultaneously, the present fragmentation of EU funding instruments; Asks that the post 2013 multiannual financial framework includes reference amounts for the flagships in the various headings;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to secure long-term financial provision in the next MFF for existing and new long-term flagship programmes in the area of competitiveness for growth and development and, in particular, for any strategic follow-up to the existing long-term programmes; recalls that their implementation requires intensive monitoring and evaluation, as well as budgetary flexibility and simplification in order to achieve higher performance of the European programmes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that long-term challenges relating to EU competitiveness and sustainable growth must be reflected in budgetary resources, which should not jeopardise existing funding for ongoing EU programmes; stresses the importance of research, innovation, information society and energy to tackle major societal challenges such as economic growth, climate change, energy and resource scarcity, health and ageing;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that EU spending should concentrate on policies with European added value, in line with principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and solidarity; underlines that research, energy and ICT infrastructures are examples of European added value;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the new multiannual financial framework should reflect the EU's political priorities as outlined in the EU 2020 Strategy; emphasises that the Union needs a long-term vision for an efficient and sustainable energy policy to 2050; notes that substantial investments in the European energy infrastructure are needed, in order not to jeopardise achieving the EU 2020 targets; welcomes the plancalls for an increase in the EU budget share for energy with a view to contributing to the funding of key European priority energy infrastructure projects where such projects cannot be financed by the market with the aim of bridging the investment gap of about EUR 60 billion identified by the European Commission, as well as for increasing European funding for research on new and renewable energy technologies; takes the view that energy efficiency and energy savings should remain key priorities in any future energy strategy, reducing the need for new additional energy infrastructures;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to secure the long-term financing of the development of the innovative, low-carbon energy technologies that will be needed over the long term, which are essential to sustainable development and creating new markets for EU industry; welcomes the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) describing concrete actions for research in the field of clean, sustainable and efficient low-carbon energy technologies; underlines the need to increase finance in research, technologic development and demonstration in the area of energy in order to develop clean, affordable and available energy for all;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to maintainenhance, stimulate and secure the financing of research, innovation and development in the EU via appropriate programme management and funding amounting at least to the percentage of the total EU budget that FP7 will have when it ends; calls for a significant increase in research expenditure from 2013, with an EU target of 1% of GDP for public funding significant increase in research expenditure from 2013 and continuing efforts on simplifying research, innovation and development funding and appropriate programme management; calls for increased international cooperation on R&D;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that innovation is one of the main contributors to competitiveness and growth; calls for a stronger link between basic research and industrial innovation; stresses the success of the RSFF and encourages the making of more funds available to the RSFF; believes that the whole chain of innovation should be taken into consideration, from frontier research, technological development, demonstration, dissemination, valorisation of results and rapid integration of research results into markets;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that Europe should play a leading role in creating and applying ICT; believes that the use of ICT contributes to underpinning current structural challenges, achieving a sustainable economic growth; stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access to fixed and mobile high-speed broadband for all citizens and consumusers by 2020;