6 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2020/2140(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the launch in2019 of the “Greening the blue” project that aims at reducing emissions and producing more efficient propulsion systems with a foldable windsail solution; notes that it was funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund;
Amendment 5 #
5. Notes that by the sixth year of the current programming period 2014-2020 only around 31% of the funds initially awarded had resulted in payments by January 2020, putting into question the full implementation of CEF; calls on Member States to significantly speed up investments and on the Commission to step up its monitoring in view of the urgent need for infrastructure investment for the speedy recovery from the Covid-19 related economic downturn; calls on the Commission to ensure the long-term and coherent planning of commitments and calls and to enhance the link between funding and the achievement of projects milestones in order to ensure the timely completion of the core TEN-T networks; notes the need to prioritize the global network when using the ESIF available for road projects in complementarity to the core network.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its support to the addition of a pillar of military mobility to TEN-T policy with adoption of the Action Plan in March 2018; regrets that the proposal by the Commission and European Parliament to include a new envelope dedicated to military mobility needs of EUR 6,5 billion under the CEF budget for 2021-2027 has been drastically reduced; notes the importance of increasing our capacities to react to emergency situations that military mobility could support;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to further develop its mechanism and tools enabling awareness and information to citizens and stakeholders on the tourism and transport projects it funds under the European Regional development Fund and cohesion Funds”
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the Parliament’s request for the creation of a new budgetary line for Tourism, to support this sector severely hit by the Covid-19 crisisin order to finance a tourism fit for the future, digitalized and sustainable; welcomes that the Court has launched an audit to assess tourism projects co-funded with EUR 6.4 billion in 2007-2013 and EUR 4 billion so far in 2014-2020 ERDF and Cohesion Fund money, which will help improving EU Tourism policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that the Court of Auditors points out the underuse of the cohesion fund to finance kilometres of railway lines in its 2019 audit; regrets that there is no clear trend towards more sustainable modes of transport ; underlines the importance of investing in sustainable transport networks