1 February 2022
FINAL VOTING LIST - Short version
Guidelines for the 2023 Budget – Section III
Rapporteur: Vlad Gheorghe
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Paragraph 1
CA 3 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 12, 14, 15 and
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Greens, ECR, Left
37 fall
Paragraph 2
CA 4 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 16, 17, 18, 19
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Greens, ECR, Left
and 20 fall
Paragraph 3, 3a,
CA 5 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 21, 23, 22, 26,
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3b, 3c, 3d, 4, 4a
ECR
27, 29, 28, 32 and 51 fall
Paragraph 3 a
24 Cuffe
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(new)
Paragraph 3 a
25 Furore, Ferrara
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(new)
Paragraph 5, 5a,
CA 6 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 30, 31, 33, 34,
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5b, 6
Greens, ECR, Left
35, 36 and 38 fall
Paragraph 6 a
39 Cuffe
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(new)
Paragraph 7, 7a
CA 7 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 40, 41, 42 and
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Greens, ECR, Left
50 fall
Paragraph 8, 8a,
CA 8 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 45, 47, 43, 44,
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8b, 8c
Greens, ECR, Left
46, 48, 57, 58, 59, 60 and
61 fall
Paragraph 8 a
49 Rookmaker
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(new)
Paragraph 9, 9a,
CA 9 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 13, 52, 53, 54,
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10, 10a
Greens, ECR
56, 55 and 62 fall
Recital A
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Recital A a (new)
2 Cuffe
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Recital B, C
CA 1 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
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Greens, ECR, Left
fall
Recital D, Da
CA 2 EPP, S&D, Renew,
If adopted, 8, 9 and 10 fall
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Greens, ECR, Left
Recital E a (new)
11 Cuffe
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Compromise Amendments
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 1 (the following AM are covered or fall: 3, 4, 5, 6 and
7)
Recital B, C
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
B.
whereas transport will be key to
B.
whereas
making
transport
achieving climate neutrality by 2050;
sustainable will be key to achieving
whereas sufficient investment is needed
climate neutrality by 2050
and the
to accelerate the shift to sustainable and
intermediate targets established in the
smart mobility in line with the goals of
European
Climate
Law;
whereas
the European Green Deal;
sufficient
and targeted investment is
needed to accelerate the shift to
sustainable and smart mobility
, in line
with the goals of the European Green
Deal;
C.
whereas the Union has to make
C.
whereas the Union has to make
sustainable transport a reality while
sustainable transport a reality while
ensuring the functioning of the internal
ensuring the functioning of the internal
market and the competitiveness of the
market and the competitiveness of the
EU worldwide; whereas the transport
EU worldwide; whereas the transport
sector is one of the largest employers in
sector is one of the largest employers in
Europe and the challenges it faces
Europe and the challenges it faces
should be tackled in such a way as to
should be tackled in such a way as to
deliver benefits for job creation and
deliver benefits for
the creation of well-
improve the conditions of workers,
paid jobs,
ensure fairness and that no
notably their safety;
one is left behind and improve the
working
conditions
and safety of
transport workers;
whereas further
efforts need to be made to make the
profession of transport workers more
attractive;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 2 (the following AM are covered or fall: 8, 9 and 10)
Recital D, Da
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
D.
whereas tourism, which directly
D.
whereas tourism, which directly
or indirectly employs some 27 million
or indirectly employs some 27 million
workers, is an essential sector for the EU
workers, is an essential sector for the EU
economy and its fourth-largest export
economy and its fourth-largest export
industry, and plays an important role for
industry, and plays an important role for
the EU economy, competitiveness,
the EU economy, competitiveness,
employment and the promotion of social
employment and the promotion of social
well-being;
well-being;
whereas a continued and
swift shift towards more sustainable,
quality and unseasonal tourism models
is required; whereas many enterprises
in the sector are SMEs and family-
owned with difficult access to bank
loans and the financial markets;
D a.
whereas the economic activity
and social cohesion of many EU
regions depends heavily on tourism and
these regions have therefore been
particularly severely hit by the COVID-
19 pandemic;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 3 (the following AM are covered or fall: 12, 14, 15 and
37)
Paragraph 1
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
1.
Welcomes the Commission’s
1.
Welcomes the Commission’s
adoption of the Fit for 55 package in July
adoption of the Fit for 55 package in July
2021 and the upcoming negotiations that
2021 and the upcoming negotiations that
will help to deliver the sustainable and
will help to deliver the sustainable and
smart mobility strategy; reiterates the
smart mobility strategy
and ensure a
need for sufficient funding for the
just transition towards the goal of
strategy’s
priorities, in particular the
climate neutrality by 2050; reiterates
reduction
of
carbon
emissions,
the need for sufficient funding for the
connected and automated multimodal
strategy’s flagship projects, objectives
mobility, and enhanced transport safety
and
initiatives, in particular the
and security;
reduction of carbon emissions and other
negative externalities, the production
and
deployment
of
sustainable
alternative
fuels
together
with
recharging points, the promotion of
connected, interoperable and automated
multimodal mobility, and enhanced
transport safety and security; reiterates
that appropriate funding for transport
projects will be instrumental in
boosting the sector’s recovery and
accelerating the shift to sustainable and
smart mobility;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 4 (the following AM are covered or fall: 16, 17, 18, 19
and 20)
Paragraph 2
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
2.
Reiterates that the digital and
2.
Reiterates that the digital and
green transition should be just, inclusive
green transition should be just, inclusive
and non-discriminatory in order to
and non-discriminatory in order to
ensure that the workforce, business, and
ensure that the workforce, business, and
small and medium-sized enterprises
small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) in the transport sector can adjust
(SMEs) in the transport
and tourism
to this transition, and to support the
sector
s can adjust
in a timely manner to
regions and communities most affected
this transition, to support the regions and
by
working
together
with
local
communities most affected by working
authorities and sharing best practices;
together with local authorities and
considers it important to allocate proper
sharing best practices, and
to ensure that
funding for this adjustment process, as
the mobility needs of the most
well as for training and for equipping the
vulnerable will be met; considers it
sector’s workforce with new expertise
important to allocate proper funding for
and skills for future job prospects and
this adjustment process, as well as for
needs;
training and for equipping the sector’s
workforce with new expertise and skills
for future job prospects and needs;
highlights the latter will help to
increase the attractiveness of the
transport sector and address the ageing
of the workforce, the increase of
women representation in this sector
and the shortages of labour force;
points out the need to further include
women in the different areas of the
transport
sector
workforce
and
management;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 5 (the following AM are covered or fall: 21, 22, 23, 26,
27, 28, 29, 32, 37 and 51)
Paragraph 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4, 4a
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
3.
Reiterates the crucial role of the
3.
Reiterates the crucial role of the
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in
fostering the development of a high-
fostering the development
and timely
performance Trans-European Transport
completion
of a high-performance
Network (TEN-T) that is sustainable,
Trans-European
Transport
Network
safe, multimodal, interoperable and
(TEN-T) that is sustainable, safe,
interconnected across transport, energy
multimodal,
interoperable
and
and digital services infrastructure;
interconnected across transport, energy
reiterates that appropriate funding for
and digital services infrastructure;
transport projects will be instrumental in
reiterates that appropriate funding for
boosting the sector’s recovery and
transport projects,
including
those
accelerating the shift to sustainable and
contributing to achieving the 60%
smart mobility; regrets, in this regard,
climate spending target in CEF and in
the
reduction
of
CEF
transport
line with the priorities of the European
commitment appropriations in 2022
Green Deal, will be instrumental in
when compared with 2021 and the
boosting the sector’s recovery and
previous
multiannual
financial
accelerating the shift to sustainable and
framework;
smart mobility; regrets, in this regard,
the
reduction
of
CEF
transport
commitment appropriations in 2022
when compared with 2021 and the
previous
multiannual
financial
framework;
recalls the importance of
presenting calls that can specifically
benefit outermost regions to address the
digital and green transitions;
3 a.
Calls on the Commission and
Member States to ensure an articulate
and complementary approach for the
use of the available funds ( CEF, RRF,
ERDF, Cohesion Fund, InvestEU) to
maximise their effect on recovery while
ensuring adequate long-term funding
of EU projects, as well as the timely
implementation of the TEN-T;
3 b. Welcomes the Commission
proposal for a revision of the TEN-T
policy, which aims at making the TEN-
T network fit for the future and to
further align the development of the
TEN-T network to the completion of the
single market, the creation of a Single
European
Transport
Area,
the
European Green Deal objectives and
the climate targets of the EU Climate
Law;
3 c.
Calls on the Commission to
conduct
the
necessary
impact
assessments and cost-benefit analysis,
including life cycle assessments when
drawing
up
its
new
legislation
concerning the decarbonisation of all
modes of transport; highlights that
decarbonisation efforts should not lead
to a substantial increase in the cost of
transport for passengers;
3 d.
Calls on the Commission to
swiftly deliver a Multimodal package
for ensuring an integrated approach of
transport policies;
4.
Notes that the slight increase in
the Cohesion Fund contribution to the
CEF for transport in 2022 is insufficient
to compensate for the reduction in 2021;
4.
Notes that the slight increase in
requests that this contribution be further
the Cohesion Fund contribution to the
increased in the 2023 budget to reflect
CEF for transport in 2022 is insufficient
the crucial role played by EU transport
to compensate for the reduction in 2021;
and tourism policy in enhancing
requests that this contribution be further
territorial,
social
and
economic
increased in the 2023 budget to reflect
cohesion
; calls for a clear calendar for
the crucial role played by EU transport
further actions to achieve the full
and tourism policy in enhancing
completion of the TEN-T within the
territorial,
social
and
economic
agreed deadlines that will facilitate
cohesion;
cross-border connections, stimulate
economic growth, social and territorial
cohesion in Europe, foster transport
safety and create jobs;
4 a.
Notes,
despite
the
drastic
reduction of its ambitions in the MFF
negotiations, the slight increase in the
military mobility budget in 2022 which
aims to adapt parts of the TEN-T
networks for a dual use of the transport
infrastructure with a view to improving
both civilian and military mobility;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 6 (the following AM are covered or fall: 30, 31, 33, 34,
35, 36 and 38)
Paragraphs 5, 5a, 5b, 6
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
5.
Welcomes
the
increase
in
5.
Welcomes
the
increase
in
financing for the InvestEU programme
financing for the InvestEU programme
on
2021 given the programme’s
in 2022 compared to 2021 given the
important role in fostering sustainable
programme’s important role in fostering
and
safe
infrastructure;
stresses,
sustainable and safe infrastructure;
however,
that
this
increase
was
stresses, however, that this increase was
necessary to compensate for the
necessary to compensate for the
considerable reduction in 2021 and calls
considerable reduction in 2021 and calls
for the programme to be funded properly
for the programme to be funded properly
in 2023;
in 2023;
5a. Calls for increased research and
investments
in
innovation
and
digitalisation, in order to support the
deployment of innovative transport
solutions, modal shift, low-emission
mobility solutions and
sustainable
alternative fuels;
5 b.
Recalls
the
importance
of
transparency of EU funding in the
transport sector; recalls that public
investment
in
infrastructure
is
particularly sensitive to fraud; stresses
the importance of guaranteeing a
transparent and competitive tendering
process
for
large-scale
transport
infrastructure projects financed by the
EU; considers it essential to put in
place adequate control mechanisms in
terms of quality of materials and
construction techniques, to prevent any
compromise on safety;
6.
Welcomes the role of the
6.
Welcomes the role of the
Recovery and Resilience Facility and
Recovery and Resilience Facility and
related national plans in stimulating the
related national plans in stimulating the
recovery in the transport and tourism
recovery in the transport and tourism
sectors while advancing the Union’s
sectors while advancing the Union’s
priorities
of a green and digital
priorities; calls on the Commission to
transition; calls on the Commission to
support
the
Member
States
in
support
the
Member
States
in
implementing the relevant projects,
implementing the relevant projects,
including with expertise and technical
including with expertise and technical
assistance;
assistance
with special attention for
cross-border projects;
calls on the
Commission and Member States to
ensure that the tourism sector receives
a proper share of assistance from the
RRF;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 7 (the following AM are covered or fall: 40, 41, 42 and
50)
Paragraph 7, 7a
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
7.
Calls on the Commission to take
7.
Calls on the Commission to take
all the necessary action and mobilise
all the necessary action and mobilise
sufficient funding to reinforce transport
sufficient funding to reinforce transport
safety and security, in particular
safety and security, in particular
improving
the
maintenance
of
improving
the
maintenance
of
infrastructure, rolling out safe and secure
infrastructure
with
a
particular
parking areas, better integrating road
emphasis on vulnerable road users,
safety into the guidelines for the
rolling out safe and secure parking
sustainable urban mobility plans, and
areas in on-highway and off-highway
issuing recommendations on speed
areas, better integrating road safety into
limits in residential areas;
the guidelines for the sustainable urban
mobility
plans,
issuing
recommendations on road safety in
residential areas
and taking into
account
upcoming
mobility
developments such as drones; calls on
the Commission to regularly scrutinize
the progress of the Member States in
this regard and to provide technical
assistance at the request of relevant
authorities;
7 a.
Stresses that Member States
should facilitate additional investment
into the infrastructure works and the
deployment of safe and secure parking
areas, i.a. by reducing bureaucratic
burdens and the time required for
administrative procedures;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 8 (the following AM are covered or fall: 43, 44, 45, 46,
47, 48, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61)
Paragraph 8, 8a, 8b, 8c
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
8.
Takes note of the funding
8. Takes note of the
EU funding
possibilities available to the tourism
possibilities available to
the tourism
sector and the increase in support for
ecosystem (SMEs, microenterprises,
tourism SMEs in the 2022 budget;
workers) and the increase in support for
reiterates, however, its urgent and
tourism SMEs in the 2022 budget;
repeated request for the creation of a
reiterates, however, its urgent and
specific EU programme on sustainable
repeated request for the creation of a
tourism and a dedicated budget line to
specific EU programme on sustainable
reflect the importance and needs of the
tourism and a dedicated budget line to
sector;
reflect the importance and needs of the
sector;
recalls the request made by the
European Parliament to set up a
European Agency for Tourism;
8 a. Calls therefore on the Commission
to take all the necessary action and
mobilise sufficient funding within the
2023 budget for the swift development
of a roadmap for sustainable tourism ;
stresses that diversifying the offer and
boosting cooperation can contribute to
attracting a wider range of tourist and
increase market share while reducing
the
climate
and
environmental
footprint of the sector; highlights the
attractiveness
of
pan-European
touristic products and services such as
transnational itineraries; calls for
additional support to the digital
transition as a building block to a
resilient tourism sector and EU
economy;
8 b.
(1) Notes that despite the
intensified Commission
efforts to
facilitate EU funding for the tourism
sector,
enterprises
face
serious
difficulties in accessing EU funding;
reiterates calls on the Commission to
create an EU mechanism to monitor the
provision
of
support
to
micro
enterprises and SMEs, to facilitate their
modernisation and the implementation
of innovative and sustainable projects,
while
ensuring
transparency,
accountability
and
administrative
simplification;
8.c (2) Notes that sustainable tourism
should take account of current and
future
economic,
social
and
environmental impacts of the tourism
and travel sectors, addressing the needs
of
visitors,
the
industry,
the
environment and local communities;
highlights
the
need
to
devise
sustainable and flexible solutions for
multimodal transport and to develop
policies for preserving natural heritage
and
biodiversity,
respecting
the
sociocultural authenticity of host
communities, ensuring sustainability
and delivering socio-economic benefits
to all stakeholders such as local, high
quality, permanent jobs within the
sector;
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT 9 (the following AM are covered or fall: 13, 52, 53, 54,
55, 56 and 62)
Paragraph 9, 9 a, 10, 10 a
Draft opinion
Proposed compromise
9.
Requests that the funding for
9.
Requests that the funding for
European transport agencies and joint
European transport agencies and joint
undertakings match their level of
undertakings match their level of
responsibility; stresses the particular
responsibility; stresses the particular
need to increase the budget of the EU
need to increase the budget of the EU
Agency for Railways in order to provide
Agency for Railways in order to provide
it with the necessary means to act as an
it with the necessary means to act as an
efficient authority, with particular regard
efficient authority, with particular regard
to the implementation of the fourth
to the implementation of the fourth
railway package, and to provide
railway package, and to provide
additional
support
for
TEN-T
additional
support
for
TEN-T
completion objectives, notably the
completion objectives, notably the
European Rail Traffic Management
European Rail Traffic Management
System and cross-border sections;
System and cross-border sections;
recalls, in addition, the role of the EU
recalls, in addition, the role of the EU
Agency for Railways in working to
Agency for Railways in working to
achieve a lasting shift from road to rail
achieve a lasting shift from road to rail
together with the Shift2Rail joint
together with the Shift2Rail joint
undertaking; commends the guidance
undertaking; commends the guidance
issued to the aviation sector by the EU
issued to the aviation sector by the EU
Aviation Safety Agency throughout the
Aviation Safety Agency throughout the
COVID-19 crisis; commends the fact
COVID-19 crisis
and calls for the right
that the Single European Sky Air Traffic
level of resources for the Agency in
Management Research (SESAR) and
view of its responsibilities ; commends
Clean Sky 2 joint undertakings were able
the fact that the Single European Sky Air
to maintain their level of ambition in
Traffic Management Research (SESAR)
spite of the circumstances; reiterates the
and Clean Sky 2 joint undertakings were
role that a better resourced European
able to maintain their level of ambition
Maritime Safety Agency could play in
in spite of the circumstances; reiterates
supporting Member States in mitigating
the role that a better resourced European
shipping-related environmental risks
Maritime Safety Agency could play in
and improving the sustainability of the
supporting Member States in mitigating
maritime sector;
shipping-related environmental risks,
particularly GHG emissions and heavy
marine
pollution,
improving
the
sustainability of the maritime sector
and
contributing to the overall efficiency of
maritime
traffic
and
maritime
transport, so as to facilitate the
establishment of a European Maritime
Transport Space without barriers ;
9 a.
Reiterates that EASA, classified
as a “European Strategic Investment”
agency, received in 2018 significant
new core tasks with regard to
cybersecurity in aviation, drones and
urban air mobility, environmental
protection, research and development,
international
cooperation;
calls,
therefore, for an adequate budget of the
Agency; underlines its role of the
Agency in the Green Deal through its
work to reduce the environmental
impact of aviation, among others
through the development of new CO2
standards,
the
monitoring
of
Environmental Fraud prevention, the
concept of an EcoLabel programme
and of LifeCycle, reducing the non-
CO2 effects of aviation, and
the
promotion of the use of duly certified
Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF),
as well as the green renewal of
airlines' fleets;
10.
Salutes the establishment of the
10.
Salutes the establishment of the
Clean Aviation, Europe’s Rail and
Clean Aviation, Europe’s Rail and
SESAR 3 joint undertakings and the
SESAR 3 joint undertakings and the
Clean Hydrogen partnership; calls for
Clean Hydrogen partnership; calls for
these endeavours to be properly funded
these endeavours to be properly funded
to enable them to fulfil their role in
to enable them to fulfil their role in
boosting innovation and research and
boosting innovation and research and
improving the performance, safety and
improving the performance, safety and
sustainability of the transport sector
;
sustainability of the transport sector.
points
out
that
EU
financing
programmes such as Horizon Europe
could play a key role in promoting
partnerships with EU countries, the
private sector, foundations and other
stakeholders; welcomes in that regard
the increase in the budget of the
Horizon Europe research programme
in 2022 and calls on the Commission to
maintain a high level of funding in
2023;
10 a. Reiterates the need to reflect on
ways to promote sustainable modes of
transport including through budgetary
incentives taking into consideration the
example of the initiative of the
European Year of Rail 2021; asks the
Commission to encourage synergies
between the European Year of Youth
2022 and the DiscoverEU initiative in
order to promote sustainable and smart
mobility among youngsters;
