Activities of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2013/2145(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 – all sections
Amendments (3)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU budget contribution to the transport-related agencies should be commensurate with the additional responsibilities allocated to them by the EU co-legislators; underlines, in this regard, that the EU decisions on surveying marine pollution and offshore oil and gas installations, in the framework of the competences of the European Maritime Safety Agency, should be matched with adequate budgetary funding; recalls that, following the agreement on TEN-T and CEF, particular attention should also be paid to the budget of the TEN-T Executive Agency;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the incoherence between the financial cuts proposed by the Council in the context of the MFF, CEF and TEN-T negotiations and the long wish lists of large transport infrastructure projects also proposed by the Council; recalls, furthermore, that during the negotiations the Council refused to give the necessary leverage to better use financial instruments, which in some cases may allow greater funding;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for interoperability between all modes of transport and for the further development of intelligent transport systems, allowing for, in particular, the smart use of logistics and the development of the requisite infrastructure for electric mobility, including trains, tramways, trolleybuses, electric bikes and e-car and other green transport technologies; believes that financial resources and innovative technologies will be needed for the transport and tourism sectors to achieve sustainable greenhouse gas reductions;