Activities of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2010/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) - Evaluation of progress made and new challenges PDF (238 KB) DOC (165 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. Whereas the IMP approach represents a clear response to the question of how to achieve greater coherence between the ecosystem approach within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the different sectoral policy areas,action led under different policies operating in seas and coastal areas and the need for environmentally friendly use of resources of these ecosystems;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Europe's coasts and outermost islands play a special role as regards security and protection against environmental impacts and criminal acts,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the Commission that our ‘strong maritime tradition’ is one of the strengths of Europe; calls therefore on the European Commission and the Member States to further develop the potential offered by the different maritime sectors particularly by making the sector more attractive for young people through training actions and to put a renewed focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth, employment and innovation;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission, therefore, to come up with an overarching, cross- sectoral strategy for sustainable growth in coastal regions and maritime sectors by 2013, based on a broad investigation of potentials and policy options and on broad stakeholder consultation; considers that one element of this strategy should be a new, integrated approach to strengthening Europe’s world leadership in marine and maritime research, technology development and maritime engineering across sectors such as shipbuilding, sustainable development of marine resources, off-shore energy development and technologies;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to learn the lessons of the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, to submit a coordinated European action strategy for emergency preparedness and for tackling disasters caused by drilling rigs and tankers, to identify all possible legislative loopholes at EU and Member State level and to adjust as quickly as possible all relevant EU legislation accordingly, taking into account the various circumstances of the Gulf of Mexico and European coastal regions and seas;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to ensure that the new IMP will receive appropriate funding in the next financial perspective, and to study,, to this end, to study all possible options, including as one option, the Committee of the Regions’ proposal of a coastal fund;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees with the Commission that stakeholder involvement in maritime policy-making should also be enshrined more permanently in governance structures; invites to this end all coastal Member States which have not as yet done so to answer positively the Commission’s request to designate national contact points for IMP, and stresses the necessity to activate this operational network as soon as possible; supports the formation of a cross- sectoral platform for stakeholder dialogue on maritime affairs, asks for arrangements to be introduced for a concrete partnership between the Commission and the Regions and reiterates its support for European Maritime Day;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the regional sea-basin initiatives and strategies proposed so far by the Commission; recognises that the implementation of the IMP principles requires that they be translated into targeted strategies and specific measures tailored to the specificities of each sea basin, and in the case of the Mediterranean, the various sub-regions present therein; calls for further dialogue and co-operation in order to improve the governance of the marine space and coastal areas in the framework of a multi-level approach in the different maritime sea basins, including the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean area, and asks the Commission to implement the proposed actions;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the factNotes that a large part of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea is outside the areas under the jurisdiction or sovereign rights of coastal States, and that consequently these States do not have prescriptive and enforcement powers to regulate human activities beyond such areas in an integrated manner;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the view that the management of intensifying and increasingly competing sea uses on an eco-system basis requires coordinated, streamlined and cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning as a neutral tool, which has the potential to contribute significantly to the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and to facilitate the harmonious coexistence of different sea uses;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the road map on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), based on an ecosystem approach and the development of the ten planning principles, considers this cross-sectoral policy tool essential for the implementation of IMP; asks the Commission to submit in 2011 a draft directive on MSP or to propose the type of instrument most suitable for ensuring coherence between MSP and the other existing initiatives (ICZM, Natura 2000, Marine Strategy Framework Directive”);
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Suggests to evaluate opportunities of co-utilization of maritime space by different sectors (e.g. shipping, renewable/wind energy and aquaculture);
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Expects that a well coordinated and integrated cross-pillar, cross-sectoral, and cross-border approach towards maritime surveillance will improve protection of the interests of Member States and the European Union and protection against marine pollution and illegal actions by making available, to authorities operating at sea, monitoring and surveillance information across various sectors of activity, thereby generating more efficiency;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recognises that the seas have become a disposal site for immense and fast-growing volumes of waste material, much of it of plastic origin, as well as of lost shipping containers; calls on the Commission to promote a European and international debate to explore means by which it can be reduced;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Asks the Commission to support the launch of a pilot project "Maritime Erasmus" to develop the mobility of young people in training in the maritime sector;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the Commission to develop a fleet renewal programme for the very old coastal shipping fleet, thus increasing the safety, environmental performance and competitiveness of shipping in the common maritime space without borders, while making full use of the competitive shipbuilding capacity of Europe for this purpose and using environmentally sound technologies and alternative shipping fuels to promote 'green shipping';
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to come up with a strategy for sustainable coastal and marine tourism, making full use of the new provisions on tourism in the Lisbon Treaty, which, in protected regions such as the Wadden Sea world heritage site, accord with the objectives of protection;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the European Marine and Maritime Research Strategy as well as the joint calls under the Research Framework Programme on ‘Oceans of Tomorrow’ as concrete signs of an integrated approach to implementing of the IMP; proposes making sea-related sciences a priority in the 8th Framework Programme for Research;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Agrees that building an interdisciplinary scientific and technological knowledge base on Europe’s seas and coasts is essential; asks the Commission and the Member States in cooperation with regional and local actors to assess the existing databases and observation programmes and to accelerate their efforts to make the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODNET) operational as soon as possible;