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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment10c. Emphasises that the EU Agenda for Cities and the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy will only succeed if implementation conditions are adapted to the practical realities faced by urban projects on the ground; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment10d. Stresses the need to promote local public transport as a pillar of territorial cohesion, social inclusion and European competitiveness that is indispensable to small and medium-sized municipalities and inland areas; stresses the need to promote a strategic approach that recognises public transport as the backbone of a genuine European industrial strategy and directs investment towards the development of internal industrial supply chains for electric, hydrogen and rail vehicles; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment10d. Calls for simplified and harmonised rules, proportionate audit requirements, broader use of simplified cost options, greater legal certainty, sufficient pre-financing, realistic timelines for implementation, and a single, user-friendly portal bringing together EU funding opportunities relevant to cities; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; calls for greater support for cities in their effort to provide programmes and events promoting free or affordable grassroots sport, in close partnership with local sports clubs building, modernising and maintaining community sport infrastructure and facilities, particularly for children and young people, recognising the contribution of sport to public health, social inclusion and community development; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion, strengthening social cohesion, supporting active lifestyles and fostering stronger local communities; calls for greater investment in accessible and affordable sports and recreational infrastructure, recognising its contribution to public health, the well-being of citizens and the attractiveness of cities for families and future generations; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; stresses that access to sport infrastructure and public physical activity spaces helps improve public health, strengthen social cohesion, integrate communities and increase the attractiveness of cities and calls for these investments to be supported with European funding; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being, social inclusion and the participation of young people in urban community life; stresses the importance of ensuring accessible, safe and quality sporting infrastructure in cities of all sizes, including through the Cohesion Fund and European funds; |
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion, especially the organized municipal programs for physical activity, disease prevention, healthy eating, and an active lifestyle. |
| Motion for a resolution | AmendmentAlso, calls for increased investment in accessible sports infrastructure; |
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being, social inclusion and the participation of young people in local community life; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion, particularly for youth and vulnerable groups; |
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| Motion for a resolution11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting health, well-being and social inclusion; | Amendment11. Recognises the role of sport as a tool for promoting mental and physical health, well-being and social inclusion; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11a. Highlights the importance of accessible, high-quality and community-based public services in cities; stresses that cohesion policy should continue to support investments in modern, inclusive and accessible community infrastructure such as green areas, playgrounds and community gardens, particularly for children, older persons, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, thereby strengthening communities and improving citizens' quality of life in cities and urban areas; |
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marcos Ros Sempere
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11a. whereas tourism directly accounts for approximately 5 % of the EU’s GDP, acknowledges the increasing pressure it places on local communities in touristic destinations; particularly on housing affordability and availability, reaffirms the need to alleviate this burden by promoting sustainable, socially responsible and balanced tourism models that protect residents’ quality of life, ensure fair distribution of economic benefits, and support local economies and public services; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11a. calls on Member States and local authorities to involve community stakeholders, including sports clubs, in co-designing urban plans; highlights the importance of a form of 'community-based sports welfare' which ensures that minors and teenagers enjoy universal and continuous access to physical activity in vulnerable neighbourhoods, and which acts as a tool for tackling educational poverty and fostering the inclusion of persons with disabilities; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11a. Highlights the contribution of culture, cultural heritage and creative sectors to social cohesion, local identity, economic development and the attractiveness of cities; calls for adequate support for cultural infrastructure, local public and private cultural initiatives and the preservation of traditions, particularly in small and medium-sized cities where budgetary constraints often threaten cultural activities and community life. |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11a. Calls for increased investment in youth entrepreneurship, innovation hubs, volunteering programmes and youth participation in local decision-making; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11b. Recognises the essential role of culture in fostering social cohesion, strengthening local identities in cities; highlights the contribution of cultural institutions, including theatres, museums, libraries and cultural centres, as well as festivals and other cultural events, to urban regeneration, tourism, education and community engagement; stresses the importance of creating synergies between cohesion policy and the AgoraEU programme to support cultural infrastructure, cross-border cultural cooperation and access to culture across European cities; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment11b. Highlights the importance of cultural and creative activities in attracting and retaining young people, skilled workers and entrepreneurs; encourages local authorities to integrate cultural policies into broader urban development and competitiveness strategies; |
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; the development and utilization of digital health systems and telemedicine applications; the support of smart municipal health systems (Smart Municipal Health Systems), the protection of the environment and natural resources, the improvement of energy efficiency and the reduction of energy consumption in cities, as well as the promotion of sustainable urban development and the resilience of local communities |
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; supports the promotion of smart cities projects and the application of AI and advanced digital tools in the development of urban policies; considers that automatic verification technologies such as Blockchain and smart contracts could be useful in implementing, monitoring and measuring the impact of projects funded by the EU. |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services, while ensuring technological neutrality, cybersecurity and full respect for data protection; encourages cities to make greater use of digital solutions, including artificial intelligence, where appropriate, in order to improve public services, reduce administrative burdens and increase the efficiency of urban governance; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including access to community-based health services by means of telemedicine and the digitalisation of ambulatory care; calls for Ultra-Broadband to be extended to mountainous regions and neighbouring villages – a measure which, by reducing congestion in large urban areas, is a key precondition to fostering remote working; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; calls for support for smart mobility solutions, including intelligent traffic management systems, smart parking infrastructure and the integration of active mobility solutions into existing transport networks in order to reduce congestion and emissions while improving accessibility and safety; |
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marcos Ros Sempere
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI to improve urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services, in advancing the digital and sustainable transition, while ensuring a people-centred approach that promotes citizens’ well-being; underlines the importance of accessible and inclusive digital public services for all, in particular for persons with disabilities and elderly citizens; |
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; Highlights that the development and use of artificial intelligence must maintain a human-centric approach, placing the individual and their rights at the heart of innovation. |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; | Amendment12. Highlights the potential of innovation, digitalisation and AI including digital twins and data-driven urban development in improving urban planning, energy efficiency, air quality, mobility, and public services, including health services; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment12a. Stresses the importance of promoting the principle of energy proximity in the environmental transition policies of urban areas and their surrounding territories, ensuring that the development of renewable energy installations generates direct, tangible and redistributive benefits for host territories and communities; Stresses, in this regard, the importance of supporting the uptake of renewable energy communities, collective self-consumption systems and smart grids at local level in order to reduce energy costs for vulnerable households, combat energy poverty and ensure that the transition is not perceived as an extractive process but as an opportunity for fair territorial development; |
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marcos Ros Sempere
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment12a. Stresses the need for cities to ensure equal access and non-discrimination, in particular for persons with disabilities and reduced mobility; underlines the key role of urban authorities in addressing the specific needs of these communities, as well as the importance of urban accessibility in enabling persons with disabilities to fully exercise their rights to mobility, education and employment, and calls on the Commission to support inclusive urban development through accessible funding instruments; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment12a. Encourages cities to integrate safety-by-design principles into urban planning and regeneration projects, including through improved public lighting, accessible public spaces, digital safety solutions and community-based approaches aimed at preventing crime, reducing social tensions and enhancing citizens' sense of security; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment12a. stresses the need for urban resilience and public health protection policies to promote the gradual transformation of urban areas into cardioprotected cities, understood as urban areas with an integrated network of rapid first aid for cardiac events; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment12a. Highlights the importance of strengthening sustainable urban entrepreneurship and innovative industrial ecosystems, supporting SMEs, start-ups, social enterprises, industrial innovation districts, clean manufacturing and local value chains contributing to Europe's competitiveness; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters, and to strengthen cities’ capacities through access to adequate equipment, technologies and resources, including dual-use solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, space, connectivity and emergency management, in order to improve cities’ preparedness, resilience and response capacity; stresses the need to take into account the characteristics unique to the most isolated cities, in particular in the outermost regions, including through tailored mechanisms for the pre-positioning, sharing and rotation of civil protection assets and resources; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; emphasises that investments in research must go hand in hand with strengthening the administrative capacity of local authorities, developing early warning systems, modernising critical infrastructure and with the exchange of best practices between Member States, so as to increase territorial resilience and reduce the impact of disasters on citizens and local economies; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; stresses that the prevention of hydrogeological risk at urban level requires priority upstream projects in mountain river basins which fully implement the Nature Restoration Regulation by promoting the restoration of grasslands and forests and freeing watercourses from obsolete artificial barriers; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; highlights the increasing impact of climate change on urban areas, including heatwaves, flooding and deteriorating air quality; calls for greater investment in urban green infrastructure, nature-based solutions and climate adaptation measures aimed at improving resilience and protecting public health; |
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention, preparedness and management of natural disasters, including extreme weather conditions such as heatwaves, thunderstorms, floods, droughts and wildfires, and for making cities more resilient and better adapted to the impacts of climate change; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; recognises the role of cities as testbeds for innovation and encourages the exchange of innovative solutions capable of improving the delivery of public services and increasing urban resilience; |
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters and extreme climate events by bolstering the resilience and adaptive capacity of European cities; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as of the prevention and management of natural disasters, including the ones related to the climate crisis; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters; | Amendment13. Stresses the need to support research and the development of innovative solutions for the prevention and management of natural disasters, while reiterating that the Cohesion Policy is not a crisis instrument; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting population retention and combating depopulation in cities, particularly smaller ones located in outermost regions, by enhancing the attractiveness of these areas, including by creating jobs, promoting innovation, ensuring quality public services and developing new economic opportunities, thus contributing to the sustainability of the surrounding areas; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Stresses the crucial importance of an integrated, circular and resilient water cycle management approach under the EU Agenda for Cities that views green and blue infrastructure as strategic networks; calls for the promotion of urban depaving plans and the adoption of nature-based solutions, such as rain gardens, with a view to mitigating the effects of extreme rainfall and promoting water reuse; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Highlights the severe and escalating threat of water scarcity, prolonged droughts, and desertification facing urban areas, particularly in the EU's southern periphery; urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that cohesion policy investments explicitly target urban water resilience, funding innovative water management systems, sustainable desalination technologies, and wastewater recycling infrastructure; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Stresses that, where appropriate and in accordance with national institutional frameworks, cities and functional urban area bodies should be given substantive responsibility for implementing integrated territorial and urban development strategies, including through roles such as intermediate bodies or managing authorities, so as to bring decision-making closer to the level of implementation; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Highlights that poor air quality remains one of the most significant environmental health challenges affecting urban populations; calls on the Commission and Member States to support local authorities in implementing measures that reduce pollution and improve air quality, particularly in densely populated urban areas; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Recognises that European cities are characterized by their rich cultural heritage and historical identity; stresses the importance of preserving their architectural, cultural and historical character while promoting sustainable urban developments; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13a. Calls for the creation of local integrated risk assessments, the development of resilient infrastructure and the strengthening of the administrative and financial capacity of cities to respond to multiple and cascading climate hazards; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13b. Stresses the importance of integrated long-term urban planning strategies that combine environmental sustainability, economic development and social inclusion, enabling cities to address demographic change, climate challenges and infrastructure needs in a coherent manner; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13c. Recognises that demographic ageing places increasing pressure on healthcare, social services and local infrastructure; calls for targeted support to help cities adapt to demographic change and promote active and healthy ageing; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13d. Highlights the social and economic consequences of industrial transformation, including the transition away from coal and other highly polluting industries, which has disproportionately affected certain cities and regions through job losses, poverty and social exclusion; calls for continued, structured support for economic diversification, reskilling programmes and the creation of quality employment opportunities |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13e. Expresses concern over the impact of industrial relocation and deindustrialisation on local economies and municipal revenues; stresses the need to strengthen economic resilience, support innovation and attract sustainable investment in affected cities and regions; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment13f. Recognises the growing importance of metropolitan governance and functional urban areas as tools for coordinating housing, transport, economic development, environmental protection and public services across administrative boundaries; encourages the Commission and Member States to support governance models that facilitate cooperation between cities and surrounding villages; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the active role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, through operational models which foster more direct and simplified dialogue and implementation between the Commission, central authorities and municipalities and which reduce administrative burdens and streamline intermediate chains; emphasizes the need to ensure the systematic involvement of local authorities not only in the implementation phase, but also in defining the strategic priorities and financial programmes of future cohesion policy, with a view to ensuring that investments are guided by means of interoperable geo-referenced digital monitoring systems (GIS tools) and are used to do more than just react to emergencies; |
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; stresses that such involvement must take place under the primary responsibility of the Member States concerned, in accordance with their national constitutional and administrative structures, and must not create parallel decision-making channels between the Commission and local or regional authorities; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; calls for a strong alignment between the Agenda and Cohesion Policy post-2027, in particular under the National and Regional Partnership Plans and European Regional Development Fund, avoiding duplication of instruments while preserving the place-based nature of cohesion policy investments; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities and regions at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a binding and structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; warns that any recentralisation of cohesion policy at national level would undermine that role and reduce the effectiveness of place-based investment; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, while respecting Member States´ institutional arrangements and regional competences,, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; |
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities, stakeholders and civil organisations active in urban areas in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; |
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| Motion for a resolution14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle and multilevel governance, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; | Amendment14. Notes that the success of the EU agenda for cities depends on the role of cities at all stages of the decision-making process; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the partnership principle, multilevel governance and the role of the place-based approach in future EU policy, ensuring a structured role for local and regional authorities in shaping, scheduling and implementing EU policies; |
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendmentconsiders that, owing to their permanent structural constraints (insularity, if not double insularity, their distance from the mainland, the cost of imported materials, their constrained topography and increased vulnerability to extreme weather events and seismic risks), the outermost regions (ORs) of the European Union require specific urban strategies to achieve orderly, sustainable and resilient urban development under Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment14a. Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility was designed and implemented in a predominantly top-down manner, with successive consultations by the Committee of the Regions and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions showing that most local and regional authorities had little or no influence on the objectives, reforms and investments of the national plans and that consultations, where they took place, had minimal impact; notes that cities were thereby often reduced to implementing agendas set at national level, without a genuine bottom-up contribution; insists that this model must not be replicated in the national and regional partnership plans and calls for binding safeguards for the involvement of cities from the design stage onwards; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment14a. Calls for the involvement of local and regional authorities to be compulsory, prompt, documented and significant, covering the preparation, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and revision of national and regional partnership plans; calls also for the compulsory inclusion in these plans of territorial and urban chapters that reflect the priorities and project portfolios of local authorities; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment14a. Highlights the importance of fostering regular political exchanges between local leaders and European leaders, in order to ensure that EU policymaking remains grounded in the realities and priorities of local governance; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment14b. Stresses that the implementation of the EU Agenda for Cities and the future urban dimension of Cohesion Policy must be based on a reinforced partnership principle, ensuring the timely, meaningful and documented involvement of cities and functional urban areas in the design, implementation, monitoring, review and amendment of national and regional investment plans; calls on the Commission to ensure that partnership with local and urban authorities becomes a practical safeguard for effective delivery, rather than a formal consultation exercise; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment14c. Highlights that strengthening local capacity is directly linked to better policy delivery, increased trust and stronger democratic resilience and emphasises that capacity-building programmes developed for cities should be flexible, hands-on and responsive to the specific challenges faced by cities; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding including through peer-learning, technical assistance and the European Urban Initiative and URBACT initiatives; stresses that administrative capacity building should include long-term institutional capacity, strategic planning, digital skills, procurement capacity and urban governance, particularly for small and medium-sized cities; emphasises that the future legislative framework should provide clear provisions on the support available to cities under the EU Facility, ensuring transparency, predictability and effective access to relevant instruments; stresses that technical assistance must be maintained and further strengthened as a key tool to support cities in preparing and implementing quality projects, while ensuring the continuity of the structured dialogue promoted by the Commission under the EU Agenda for Cities; considers that these mechanisms are essential to reinforce multilevel governance, strengthen the partnership principle and ensure the effective participation of cities in the design and implementation of Union policies; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding, particularly for small and medium-sized cities and inland areas; calls for the inclusion of targeted simplification measures for small municipalities which foster and support stable models of institutional cooperation and associated management between local authorities, such as unions of municipalities, joint design offices and local central purchasing bodies, with a view to improving technical capacities and ensuring that the most vulnerable territories are not excluded from European programmes; |
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities by enhancing their human, technical and financial capacity, including through targeted technical assistance, capacity-building measures and the exchange of best practices; calls for further simplification of access to and implementation of EU funding, including by reducing unnecessary administrative burdens and streamlining procedures, in order to deliver tangible benefits for final beneficiaries; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding, by reducing the number and complexity of reporting requirements, implementing the single audit principle, increasing harmonisation, minimising administrative barriers; digitalising reporting and monitoring procedures across all cohesion policy instruments and ensuring interoperability between national, regional, and EU digital systems; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding, in particular small and medium-sized cities; urges the European Commission and the Member States to cut the red tape and simplify procedures to access and implement the European funding; underlines the importance of clear templates, simplified procurements and reduced permitting requirements; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses that national and regional partnership plans should address not only urban investments but also urban reforms needed to strengthen local delivery, including administrative capacity, multi-level governance, fiscal and investment capacity, public-sector innovation, data systems and the ability of city administrations to implement EU legislation effectively; |
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; points out that investment in residential construction and municipal infrastructure in particular requires planning certainty, stable funding conditions and simple and reliable permitting and financing procedures; |
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities through dedicated technical assistance, permanent advisory structures, digitalisation of administrative procedures and to simplify access to EU funding and targeted support for small and medium-sized municipalities with limited administrative resources ; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding and provide greater flexibility in the management and implementation of EU instruments, in order to allow for more effective responses tailored to cities’ unique characteristics and needs; |
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; Calls on the Commission to consider using NUTS level 3 as a reference when allocating funding for cities and urban areas to better address local disparities within a region; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; calls for the reduction of administrative burdens, faster approval and reimbursement procedures and stronger technical assistance for local authorities; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and regions and to substantially reduce administrative burden, cut red tape and simplify access to EU funding, in particular for small and medium-sized municipalities with limited resources; |
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; highlights that simplification must bring about a genuine reduction in administrative burdens, particularly for small and medium-sized cities; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities and to simplify access to EU funding; | Amendment15. Stresses the need to strengthen the administrative capacity of cities by reducing unnecessary administrative burdens, avoiding excessive requirements and preventing regulatory gold-plating, and to simplify access to EU funding; |
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendmentstresses the importance of orderly and sustainable urban development within the framework of cohesion policy to foster the regeneration of urban areas, with a particular focus on urban areas in the ORs, which have to contend with high land pressure and a premium on building materials; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Recognises the New European Bauhaus as a strategic framework for promoting sustainable, inclusive and high-quality built environments, which also embraces effective climate action, social inclusion, accessibility, affordability and community participation; stresses that the New European Bauhaus principles should be integrated into Integrated Territorial Development Strategies and Sustainable Urban Development Strategies, contributing to the design and implementation of place-based solutions that improve the quality of the built environment; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Insists that access to cohesion and urban development funding be based on clear, stable and objective criteria and not be subject to new political conditionalities that delay disbursement, create legal uncertainty for local authorities or penalise regions and cities for decisions taken at national level; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Stresses the need to make it easier for cities to access EU funding directly, where appropriate and compatible with the governance model adopted, thus providing implementation of funds at a more local level, more flexibility and a more effective response, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Calls for urban authorities to be granted the right to adjust, within a limit of 15 % of the approved urban earmark, budgets and projects included in the integrated strategy, through a simplified notification procedure, when the objectives, indicators and integrated nature of the intervention are maintained; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Stresses the important role played by networks of cities, federations of municipalities and local associations in reinforcing local cooperation, participating in consultation processes, collecting petitions and opinion from cities, and acting as a common forum for cities; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15a. Stresses that the announced high-level dialogues must be conducted regularly and in a meaningful manner; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the implementation of the New European Bauhaus through dedicated calls for proposals and direct support to cities, regions and local communities, enabling the development, testing and scaling-up of innovative territorial solutions; calls on the Member States to support the continuation of the New European Bauhaus as an autonomous initiative within the future Multiannual Financial Framework, ensuring its long-term visibility and contribution to sustainable territorial development; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15b. Emphasises that the success of the EU Agenda for Cities and the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy will depend on implementation conditions that reflect the reality of urban projects; calls for simplified and harmonised rules, proportionate audits, wider use of simplified cost options, stronger legal certainty, adequate pre-financing, realistic implementation timelines and a single user-friendly portal for EU funding opportunities relevant to cities; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15b. Highlights that the Technical Support Instrument should include a dedicated urban strand, directly accessible to cities and functional urban areas, to support administrative capacity, public sector innovation, project preparation and reforms needed to deliver the EU Agenda for Cities; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15b. Emphasises that capacity building offers developed for cities should be flexible, hands-on, and responsive to the specific challenges faced by cities; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15c. Welcomes the establishment of an annual high-level political dialogue bringing together the European Commission and cities to ensure a continuous dialogue on urban challenges and opportunities; stresses that, given the strategic role of cities in the implementation of Union policies, the European Parliament should also be fully involved in equal footing with the Commission in this high-level political dialogue, ensuring democratic accountability and strengthening the link between urban realities and the Union decision-making process; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment15d. Calls for the implementation of a regular dialogue with the European Committee of the Regions on the implementation and further development of the EU Agenda for Cities to be complemented by a structured dialogue with the European Economic and Social Committee, ensuring that the perspectives of local and regional authorities, social partners and organised civil society are appropriately reflected in the future development of the EU Agenda for cities; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop covering all Union actions and initiatives relevant for cities and bringing together information on funding opportunities, technical assistance, urban knowledge, territorial data, policy guidance, peer learning, networking opportunities, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; stresses that the successful implementation of such a platform requires adequate financial and human resources; calls on the Commission to support and complement the digital dimension of the platform with dedicated support services for cities and functional urban areas, including regular direct assistance and dialogue with urban authorities in Brussels, and to promote peer-to-peer cooperation and exchange between cities, including through support for joint projects, partnerships and the transfer of innovative solutions across the Union; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; calls on the Commision to streamline reporting obligations affecting cities by applying the once-only principle, improving data interoperability, promoting digital reporting tools and eliminating unnecessary duplication across Union legislation and funding programmes; calls for practical capacity-building measures focusing on project preparation, procurement, financial management and the implementation of Union-funded projects; |
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop, in close collaboration with cities and networks of cities, the future EU Cities Platform as a genuine and innovative EU one-stop shop structured around three mutually reinforcing pillars: funding and financing, capacity-building and public innovation, and regulatory and legislative support; stresses that the Platform should help cities move from project ideas to concrete investments, while also supporting policy implementation, evidence-sharing, peer learning and simplification; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop, in close collaboration with cities and networks of cities, the future EU Cities Platform as a genuine and innovative EU one-stop shop structured around three mutually reinforcing pillars: funding and financing, capacity-building and public innovation, and regulatory and legislative support; stresses that the Platform should help cities move from project ideas to concrete investments, while also supporting policy implementation, evidence-sharing, peer learning and simplification; |
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; Calls on the Commission to create a Call centre to support and attend local authorities when addressing different issues related to the design, application and implementation of EU funding instruments and EU tenders; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; calls on the Commission to avoid imposing additional reporting, monitoring or governance obligations on cities without providing adequate financial and administrative support; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments, in conjunction with the Single Gateway established by Regulation (EU) [XXX] [Performance Regulation]. |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments, making effective use of and integrating platforms that already exist at EU level; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, including in areas like procurement, permitting design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; |
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop, in collaboration with cities and networks of cities, the future platform for cities as a genuine and innovative EU one-stop shop built around three mutually reinforcing pillars: funding and financing, capacity-building and public innovation, and regulatory and legislative support; |
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| Motion for a resolution16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments; | Amendment16. Calls on the Commission to develop the future platform for cities as a genuine EU one-stop shop bringing together information on available funding, technical assistance, design support and exchange of good practices, in order to turn project ideas into concrete investments best serving local needs; |
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendmentcalls on the Commission and the Member States to adapt the instruments of the Urban Agenda for the European Union to better address the ORs' considerable accessibility and insularity/double insularity challenges, by making it easier to finance clean urban transport infrastructure, resilient water supply networks and developments that can withstand major climate hazards. In practice, urban European tools are often designed for continental Europe. A financial and methodological approach tailored to the ORs should therefore be sought, paying particular attention to the issue of double insularity (access to services for towns on outlying islands) and resilience to extreme weather events and seismic risks; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Considers it essential for cities to promote, in keeping with the commitments in the EU Covenant of Mayors and the models of the Climate City Contract, an integrated environmental transition by focusing on deep energy retrofits of building stock and the development of multimodal and active urban mobility systems; stresses the importance of enhancing public planning in order to accelerate the electrification of local transport and the deployment of safe infrastructure for soft mobility (walking and cycling), all while safeguarding territories by putting a stop to land take, fostering the re-use of existing spaces and ruling out service privatisation; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Believes it is important to avoid competition among cities and urban centres when designing EU funding instruments; Supports that there should be a distinction between large metropolitan areas and medium and small-sized cities when allocating resources; stresses that the administrative capacity, resources and the availability of trained personnel differ between cities depending on their size; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise, within cohesion policy, investments for connecting big urban centres through high-speed rail networks, ensuring their integration with regional and local transport networks, with a view to strengthening the Union's competitiveness, sustainable mobility and territorial cohesion. |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Emphasises that the success of the EU Cities Platform should not solely depend on the allocated resources in the next MFF and should be supported with adequate resources in the relevant services of the European Commission, including the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, as well as adequate resources in the sectorial DGs; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Stresses the importance of strengthening institutional empowerment, staff upskilling and modernisation in local public administration, in order to improve cities' capacity to plan, implement and manage effective public policies that are close to citizens and tailored to the characteristics unique to each area; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Recognises sustainable tourism as an important driver of local economic development; calls for sustainable short-term rentals, cultural heritage protection, diversification of tourism products, seasonality management and the resilience of local tourism ecosystems; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Stresses that the Platform should help cities move from project ideas to concrete investment, while also supporting simplification and the implementation of policies, evidence-sharing and peer learning. |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment16a. Calls on the Commission to assess the territorial impacts of future Union initiatives affecting cities and urban development, making greater use of Territorial Impact Assessments where appropriate; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; stresses that the future multiannual financial framework must retain a minimum binding earmark for sustainable urban development, at least at the level established for the 2021-2027 programming period; stresses also the need to put in place mechanisms that are specifically designed for cities and address the specific challenges faced by the latter, including by issuing calls for proposals in relevant fields, with a view to reducing intra- and inter-regional disparities and strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and guaranteeing the right to remain; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; reiterates that cohesion policy should remain a distinct Union policy with its own objectives, governance and budget and should not be absorbed into a broader competitiveness instruments; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; stresses that support for cities under cohesion policy remain predictable, place-based and implemented under shared management while preserving the overall objectives and territorial dimension of cohesion policy; |
Ľubica Karvašová, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; calls, in this regard, for supporting the implementation of territorial and local cooperation initiatives, and considers that at least 20% of the total ERDF amount allocated to the Member State within its NRP Plan, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to integrated territorial and urban development strategies; |
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; stresses that increased support for urban development must not result in reductions in funding for rural areas, villages, small municipalities, border regions or less developed regions, and that Member States must retain sufficient flexibility to allocate resources according to their national, regional and local priorities; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate, predictable and ring-fenced resources for sustainable urban and regional development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated and insisting that at least an equivalent binding threshold be maintained after 2027; stresses that the flexibility of the new financial architecture must not be used to reduce the resources available for cohesion policy or to divert them towards centrally managed instruments; |
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure ringfenced resources for sustainable urban development and a dedicated urban chapter in the national and regional partnership plans; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility; supports increasing the minimum allocation for sustainable urban development under the ERDF post-2027 from the current 8% to 13%, reflecting the growing responsibilities entrusted to cities; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development based on economic, social and economic criteria; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development; calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated; | Amendment17. Stresses that the future multiannual financial framework (MFF) must ensure adequate resources for sustainable urban development, including through direct calls, global grants and the entrustment of cities and functional urban areas as intermediate bodies or managing authorities, so that place-based investment does not depend solely on decisions taken at national level; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Recognises that the cumulative impact of Union legislation may increase the cost of housing, urban infrastructure and construction projects, place additional financial and administrative burdens on public authorities, businesses and citizens, and reduce the capacity of cities to deliver timely and affordable investment; calls on the Commission to review the cumulative impact of Union legislation on housing affordability, construction costs and urban investment and, where appropriate, to present simplification and deregulation measures that reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens while supporting the competitiveness of European cities; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. calls on the Member States to demonstrate greater ambition in allocating resources dedicated to cities under the future national and regional partnership plans and the EU Facility; calls for a strengthened and protected urban earmarking, with at least 15 % of ERDF resources allocated to Sustainable Urban Development as a benchmark, while ensuring that urban investments are also mainstreamed across other relevant shared-management funds, recalling that in the 2021-2027 period a minimum threshold of 8 % of ERDF resources to be allocated for this purpose was indicated and overshot to above 12 %; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Stresses the importance of defining stable and long-term integrated strategies for urban policies geared towards children and teenagers in future national and regional partnership plans; stresses that these strategies must view the most vulnerable urban micro-territories and peripheries as priority areas for action and integrate ERDF resources for urban regeneration with ESF+ resources for combating social exclusion; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Draws attention to the unique vulnerabilities of cities located in peripheral or island regions that suffer from energy isolation; calls on the Commission to prioritise targeted financial support for urban energy resilience in these areas, specifically facilitating local grid modernisations, the deployment of decentralised renewable energy, and integration into broader European energy networks; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Stresses that, where appropriate and in line with national institutional frameworks, cities and functional urban area bodies should be entrusted with substantive responsibilities in the implementation of integrated territorial and urban development strategies, including as intermediate bodies or managing authorities, in order to align decision-making with the level closest to implementation; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Calls for urban authorities to be effectively involved in the design, preparation and implementation of the National and Regional Partnership Plans 2028-2034, especially when using integrated territorial and urban strategies in line with structured multilevel governance and in accordance with the partnership principle; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17a. Considers that investments in high-capacity public transport systems, including metro and metropolitan train networks, must be recognised as strategic investments for the competitiveness of European cities, the reduction of emissions and increased labour mobility; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17b. Calls on the Member States to ensure a stable and long-term funding framework for measures tackling territorial disparities and educational poverty, ensuring full complementarity between national resources and cohesion policy support, in particular through the strategic use of the ERDF and the ESF+; is concerned about the impact of the funding cuts in certain Member States for community-based social services and for social inclusion initiatives in vulnerable urban areas; reiterates the importance of considering investments in suburban regeneration, education and children as strategic social infrastructure that can ensure territorial cohesion, and the importance of shielding these investments from restrictive fiscal policies; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17b. Stresses that national and regional partnership plans should address not only urban investments but also urban reforms needed to strengthen local delivery, including administrative capacity, multi-level governance, fiscal and investment capacity, public-sector innovation, data systems and the ability of city administrations to implement EU goals effectively; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17b. Stresses that the EU Facility under the next MFF should include a dedicated and adequately resourced urban programme, with a minimum of EUR 4 billion for urban innovation, capacity-building, technical assistance, peer learning and the implementation of the EU Cities Platform; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17c. Stresses that monitoring systems should be based on clear indicators and territorial data, with the direct involvement of local authorities, in order to better reflect on-the-ground realities and improve policy feedback loops; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment17d. Calls for integrated urban water management policies promoting water efficiency, reuse of treated wastewater, smart monitoring systems, flood prevention, drought resilience and protection of water ecosystems as strategic priorities under cohesion policy. |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; calls for stronger cooperation and exchange of best practices between cities of different sizes and across different Member States, making greater use of existing European networks and programmes; encourages the further development of peer-learning and city-to-city exchanges as cost-effective instruments for sharing good practices and improving the implementation of Union policies; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights that the challenges faced by cities require a coherent and integrated approach across Union policies and funding instruments; highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and the exchange, practice and replication of knowledge and good practices between cities; calls for the European Urban Initiative and URBACT to be maintained and further strengthened under the future EU Facility; |
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; stresses the need to provide adequate resources for urban development and special support for small and medium-sized cities, island cities and networks involved in the development of joint projects; |
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative, the URBACT programme and other programmes such as ESPON URDICO in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; Calls on the Commission to ensure operating online and offline expert groups focusing on exchange of good practices and peer-to peer platforms between cities; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; calls for the simplification of its processes to appeal for funding and assistance, as they are overly complex and technical, disproportionately impacting small and medium-sized cities; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role and added value of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities and calls on the European Commission to ensure their continuation; |
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role and added value of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities and calls on the European Commission to ensure their continuation; |
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities and the World Health Organization’s National Healthy Cities Networks |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices between cities; | Amendment18. Highlights the key role of the European Urban Initiative and the URBACT programme in supporting innovation, experimentation, administrative capacity building and exchange of good practices and strong partnerships between cities; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Stresses that the EU Agenda for Cities should build on and strengthen the Urban Agenda for the EU by ensuring that the recommendations, actions and evidence produced by Urban Agenda partnerships are systematically considered in EU policy design, regulatory simplification, funding implementation and future work of the EU Cities Platform. The implementation of the EU Agenda for Cities should be continuously monitored and evaluated based on specific qualitative indicators; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Stresses that the successful implementation of the EU Agenda for Cities requires a clear and complementary governance and financing architecture, with Cohesion Policy remaining its principal investment arm, complemented by the European Urban Initiative, URBACT, the future Cities Platform and other relevant Union programmes, ensuring synergies, avoiding fragmentation and facilitating access for urban authorities; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Stresses that it is important for urban planning to have a strong grounding in science and statistics; suggests stepping up Eurostat’s involvement in urban partnerships so as to foster the co-production of standardised statistical indicators of the social and environmental impact of cohesion policies at local, regional and functional urban area (FUA) level; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Encourages the use of digital technologies, data and artificial intelligence to improve urban planning, make public services more efficient, optimise mobility, reduce energy consumption and increase quality of life, in full respect of fundamental rights, data protection rules and the principles of transparency; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Encourages the exchange of best practices between cities concerning urban regeneration, affordable housing, climate adaptation, urban safety, demographic resilience, social inclusion, innovative mobility solutions and the revitalisation of former industrial areas, building on the experience of the European Urban Initiative and URBACT; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Calls for stronger synergies between urban development strategies and regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) in order to maximise the impact of public investment and innovation; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18a. Underlines the value of the principle of subsidiarity and inter-municipal cooperation, as well as the importance and rights of local self-government; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18b. Welcomes the scientific contribution of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and its Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies; stresses, however, the need to make its work directly accessible in EU Agenda for Cities partnerships by developing simplified and free technical assistance tools that make the practical use of open data easier for local authorities, in particular small and medium-sized cities; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18b. Stresses that the future EU Agenda for Cities must promote a place-based approach, enabling investments and policies to be adapted to local needs and challenges and strengthening complementarity between cohesion policy and other Union policies; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18b. Welcomes the establishment of a Seal of Excellence for high-quality projects submitted under the European Urban Initiative, allowing projects that cannot be financed because of budgetary constraints to benefit from alternative Union or Cohesion Policy funding while avoiding duplication of evaluation procedures; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18b. Highlights the importance of political exchanges between local leaders and European leaders and the importance of technical exchanges between local practitioners and European policy makers to better understand local realities; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18c. Emphasises that the announced technical dialogues shall bring a meaningful platform which adds value to existing formats of exchange; Calls on the Commission to make sure the announced political and technical dialogues represent a more structured governance mechanism, strongly linked with the Urban Agenda for the EU, in order to ensure continuity, follow-up and coordination across Commission services, Member States, cities and city networks; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18c. Stresses that the current geopolitical context, characterised by the war at the Union’s borders, the intensification of hybrid threats, pressures on energy security and economic volatility, requires the EU Agenda for Cities to be adapted so that it helps strengthen the resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy of urban communities; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18c. Welcomes the pilot projects aimed at implementing the concept of ‘child-friendly cities’ in urban settings; supports, in this regard, the deployment of integrated initiatives which bolster the safety and sustainability of home-to-school routes by promoting active mobility and limiting private vehicle traffic near schools; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18d. Calls on the Commission to support, through cohesion policy, investment in green-blue infrastructure as an essential element of modern urban development, by developing green spaces and capitalising on watercourses and riparian areas, helping to make cities more attractive, functional and resilient; |
on behalf of The Left Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment18d. Calls on the Commission to enhance, as part of the EU Agenda for Cities and through territorial cooperation programmes such as URBACT, the sustainable urban development co-design models that involve younger generations, thereby ensuring that the latter's needs are integrated into local planning; |
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; calls for the creation of a follow-up and scale-up mechanism through which urban projects that are tested or approved within Horizon Europe, European missions, the European Urban Initiative, LIFE, Interreg and other directly managed programmes, can benefit from ERDF funding for implementation and scaling; calls for the recognition of technical assessments that have already been carried out and the avoidance of starting the entire assessment and justification process all over again; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support from different Union initiatives for cities should be complementary and should be ensured through cohesion policy including National and Regional Partnership Plans, European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and Interreg and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus +, AgoraEU, Global Europe and the Competitiveness Compass; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; stresses that stronger coordination between these instruments is essential to maximise European added value, strengthen territorial cohesion and ensure that cities can effectively benefit from complementary sources of support; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; recalls that access to Union competitiveness instruments should also ensure an appropriate geographical balance between Member States and regions; stresses that strengthening European competitiveness begins with strong and resilient cities offering affordable housing, reliable infrastructure, high-quality public services and a secure environment for citizens and businesses; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured primarily through cohesion policy and, in a complementary manner, through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; stresses that these instruments must complement and not replace or absorb cohesion funding and that centrally managed programmes must not deprive regions and cities of resources under shared management; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment while ensuring that they do not become a substitute for adequate public funding; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that the EU Agenda for Cities should strengthen the role of cities as partners in Europe’s research, innovation and competitiveness ecosystem ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU and by developing a stronger EU city–science interface to help cities translate research, experimentation and innovation into policy-ready solutions and scalable investment; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; |
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Connected Europe Facility, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment including the development of urban nodes to strengthen multimodal transport contributing to the Union’s territorial cohesion; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus +, the Connecting Europe Facility, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; |
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment, support innovation and bolster urban competitiveness; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through all the EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus +, European Social Fund +, Connecting Europe Facility and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, European Social Fund Plus, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; |
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| Motion for a resolution19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus + and AgoraEU; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; | Amendment19. Emphasises that support for cities must be ensured through cohesion policy and through other EU instruments, including the European Competitiveness Fund, Horizon Europe, Erasmus +; encourages, furthermore, the use of public-private partnerships to mobilise additional investment; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19a. Highlights that the EU Agenda for Cities should reinforce the position of cities as key partners within Europe's research, innovation and competitiveness ecosystem, notably by improving their access to Horizon Europe, the European Competitiveness Fund and other relevant programmes, and by building a stronger EU city–science interface that helps cities turn research and innovation into policy-ready solutions and scalable investment. |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19a. Underlines that the contribution of cities to the energy transition and climate resilience must remain socially and economically sustainable, respect the principle of technological neutrality, take account of the different starting points of Member States and regions, and not impose disproportionate costs on citizens, families and local budgets; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19a. Calls to Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities to increase their support for climate adaptation, biodiversity, nature restoration and climate resilience in cities through integrated territorial development strategies; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19a. Calls on the Commission to promote the organisation of international solution contests for urban development and regeneration projects in order to encourage innovative and functional projects of high architectural quality; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19b. Highlights the essential role of green spaces, parks, sports facilities and recreational areas in promoting the physical and mental well-being of urban residents, strengthening social cohesion and improving quality of life; moreover, calls on urban authorities to invest in accessible, inclusive and high-quality public spaces that encourage physical activity, community engagement and contact with nature, while enhancing urban resilience to climate change through increased greenery and biodiversity; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19b. Calls for integrated urban projects to be able, within a single framework, to finance physical investments, design, consultation and co-creation, community activation, behavioural change measures, data collection and analysis, impact monitoring and initial operating and maintenance costs; calls for these costs to be eligible for a transitional period of up to five years based on a clear sustainability plan; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19c. Calls for the establishment of components and calls for proposals specifically for cities and functional urban areas under programmes managed directly by the European Commission, with the possibility for local authorities and metropolitan structures to participate as lead applicants; calls for the simplification of the conditions for access, of the requirements for establishing consortia and of administrative obligations, as well as for the creation of mechanisms for transferring approved projects to other sources of funding in the event of the calls for proposals budgets being exhausted; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment19d. Stresses that financial instruments and public-private partnerships must complement and not replace non-reimbursable funding; Calls for keeping in place grants for public infrastructure without sufficient income, for affordable housing, education, social inclusion, regeneration of marginalised communities, public spaces, sustainable mobility and adaptation to climate change; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of using and implementing integrated territorial instruments (ITI) and community-led local development (CLLD), which help to reduce intra-regional development gaps by involving all relevant actors at local level, and leveraging local opportunities, contributing to the implementation of the ‘right to remain’ principle; highlights also the importance of integrated place-based approaches and cooperation at the level of functional areas in order to effectively address common challenges faced by neighbouring cities and territories; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); stresses that Functional Urban Areas should be taken into account where appropriate, recognising that challenges related to housing, labour markets, transport and innovation frequently extend beyond administrative boundaries; calls on the Commission and the Memebr States to further promote integrated planning and investment at the level of Functional Urban Areas where appropriate, making better use of ITI and other place-based instruments; |
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); Calls for the possibility for a metropolitan project to be submitted and implemented through a single coordinating beneficiary, including an inter-community development association, on the basis of a single financing contract, a consolidated budget and indicators established at the level of the functional urban area; calls for the avoidance of artificial fragmentation of investments between participating administrative-territorial units; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI), community-led local development measures and other place-based instruments in delivering integrated urban strategies combining social and public housing, neighbourhood regeneration, public space, energy-efficient renovation, climate adaptation, innovation, sustainable mobility, accessibility to essential services and social infrastructure; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI), calls for their increased use and stresses that EU support for cities should enable integrated urban strategies that bring together housing, climate adaptation, transport and energy infrastructure, social inclusion and economic development, rather than only relying on project-based calls, which are often fragmented; |
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); urges Member States to make greater use of such instruments; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI); | Amendment20. Highlights the value of integrated territorial investments (ITI) and other place-based territorial instruments; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment20a. Notes that cities form functional economic, living, working and cultural spaces together with rural areas and that their development is closely linked; emphasises that small and medium-sized cities in particular play a key role in territorial cohesion by regularly ensuring certain public services also in parts of rural areas; calls on the Commission to closely interlink the EU agenda for cities with the long-term vision for rural areas in order to ensure a coherent territorial development policy that systematically takes into account interdependencies; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment20a. Stresses that, where appropriate and in line with national institutional frameworks, cities and functional urban area bodies should be entrusted with substantive responsibilities in the implementation of integrated territorial and urban development strategies, including as intermediate bodies or managing authorities, in order to align decision-making with the level closest to implementation; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment20a. Highlights the need for integrated approaches at the level of functional urban areas, recognising their importance in effectively managing common challenges such as sustainable mobility, the housing crisis, spatial planning and the green transition, and in ensuring real territorial cohesion between big urban centres and surrounding communities; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment20a. Encourages stronger voluntary cooperation between neighbouring municipalities in addressing common challenges related to housing, mobility, infrastructure and spatial planning; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment20b. Points out that millions of citizens commute between cities and their surrounding areas every day; stresses, therefore, the role of high-performance regional transport networks and digital infrastructure; |
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; stresses the demographic challenge and population displacement in small and medium-sized cities; emphasises the effects of these shrinking population in the availability of resources and services in these urban areas; considers that enhanced connectivity and essential services are key elements to retain population in small and medium-sized cities. |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; emphasises in particular the challenges faced by small and medium-sized cities undergoing demographic decline, industrial transition or population outflows, and the need to preserve quality public services, cultural life, employment opportunities and attractive living conditions for younger generations; |
Daniel Buda, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas and cities in the eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities that help diversify the local economy, increase competitiveness, create and maintain jobs and reduce disparities with big urban centres; |
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for particular attention to small and medium-sized cities, rural municipalities, villages, peri-urban areas, island and coastal communities and other territorially disadvantaged areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring that they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; stresses the importance of balanced urban-rural development and of strengthening functional links between cities and their surrounding rural communities; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; recognises that small and medium-sized cities often face disproportionately high administrative and financial barriers when accessing Union funding and therefore require targeted technical assistance and simplified procedures; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, urban and metropolitan areas, shrinking cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; recognises the importance of functional urban areas and urban-rural partnerships in strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion; |
Piotr Müller, Waldemar Buda
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities, mountain, border and inland areas, as well as the rural areas functionally linked to them, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges, including depopulation, and ensuring they have simple, direct and adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; |
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities, including through tailored financial allocation mechanisms that offset permanent geographic disadvantages; |
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Ľubica Karvašová, Dan Barna, Elsi Katainen
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, and cities in Eastern border regions, recognising their specific demographic, economic, security and territorial challenges, including those referred to in article 174 TFEU, and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; |
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, mountain, sparsely populated, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic, social, health access and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities, cities in outermost regions, and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; |
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marcos Ros Sempere
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| Motion for a resolution21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island and coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; | Amendment21. Calls for a particular focus on small and medium-sized cities, island, rural, coastal cities and inland areas, recognising their specific demographic, geographic, economic and territorial challenges and ensuring they have adequate access to EU funding and development opportunities; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Urges the Commission to develop a new European strategy for the Atlantic, adapted to the current geographical and geopolitical reality, which recognises the strategic role of coastal cities and outermost regions as points that link the EU with the American and African continents via the Atlantic, promoting investments in scientific research, the sustainable blue economy, ocean monitoring, maritime security, connectivity and territorial resilience, contributing to the Union’s strategic autonomy and competitiveness, and which, at the same time, contains an approach for border security and defence and combating transatlantic narcotrafficking, which has been degrading many of these cities and communities; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Recognises that sustainable urban mobility requires a mix of transport modes, including walking, cycling, public transport, shared mobility services, such as car sharing, while ensuring accessibility, affordability and safety for all users; emphasises the importance of promoting multimodal transport systems that reduce congestion, improve air quality, strengthen social inclusion and contribute to climate neutrality objectives in cities; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Recognises that cities undergoing industrial transition face specific economic, social and demographic challenges, including industrial restructuring, job losses, skills shortages and the need to modernise infrastructure; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide targeted support to strengthen their competitiveness, resilience and long-term economic development; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to medium-sized cities facing population decline, brain drain and demographic ageing; stresses the need for integrated strategies combining employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality public services, cultural vitality and sustainable mobility in order to retain and attract talent; |
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Welcomes the fact that the proposed platform has the potential to empower cities who may lack expertise in areas of intervention such as: leveraging procurement opportunities; industry-city dialogue; strategic combination of different sources of funding alongside expertise and technical support, lifecycle project development, and investment portfolio development; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21a. Highlights the importance of political exchanges between local leaders and European leaders; stresses that the announced high-level dialogues shall be conducted in a recurring and meaningful way; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21b. Recognises the growing importance of urban diplomacy and city-to-city cooperation in addressing shared challenges and promoting sustainable development, innovation and social inclusion; encourages the strengthening of partnerships between twin cities and other forms of municipal cooperation as valuable instruments for the exchange of best practices, cultural dialogue, economic cooperation and mutual learning, while fostering European values and international solidarity at local level; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the regional and local authorities to increase their support to these inititiatves; calls to the Commission and to the European Committee of the Regions to increase their support to the EU Local Councillors Network; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21b. Urges the Commission to establish a POSEI transport programme aimed at addressing the permanent constraints faced by the outermost regions, recognised in Article 349 TFEU, in particular as regards accessibility, connectivity and mobility, ensuring solutions adapted to the unique characteristics of the outermost regions’ cities, including more sustainable road, air and maritime connections, in order to strengthen the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion, and promoting the full integration of these areas into the single market and improving their competitiveness; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21b. Stresses that EU-city dialogues under the EU Agenda for Cities should be linked to the EU policy cycle, ensuring that cities and their representative networks are involved at an early stage in the preparation, implementation and review of EU legislation where local delivery is expected; calls on the Commission to explore the systematic use of urban impact checks and implementation dialogues to ensure that EU rules are workable for city administrations; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that future Union initiatives affecting cities are subject to proportionate territorial impact assesssments in order to better evaluate their effects on housing affordability, land use, infrastructure, competitiveness and social cohesion, while respecting Member States´competences in spatial planning; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21b. Stresses that the competitiveness and long-term sustainability of European cities depend on their ability to attract, develop and retain talent; highlights the importance of universities, research centres, SMEs, innovation ecosystems, cultural opportunities and quality public services in achieving this objective; |
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21c. Emphasises that the announced technical dialogues shall bring a meaningful platform which adds value to existing formats of exchange; calls on the Commission to make sure the announced political and technical dialogues are not one-off exercises but represent a more structured governance mechanism, strongly linked with the Urban Agenda for the EU, in order to ensure continuity, follow-up and coordination across Commission services, Member States, cities and city networks; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the EU Agenda for cities contributes to simplifying rather than complicating the delivery of cohesion policy by reducing the unnecessary administrative burdens, promoting proportionate and risk-based controls, encouraging the use of digital tools and simplified cost options, and avoiding duplicative governance structures or parallel implementation mechanisms; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21c. Stresses the importance of strengthening links between cities, rural areas and coastal areas, recognising the strategic role of agriculture, fisheries and the blue economy in sustainable development, food security and territorial cohesion, taking into account the characteristics unique to outermost regions, where urban and rural areas are often interconnected; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21c. Stresses the importance of evidence-based urban policymaking through harmonised urban data, territorial impact assessments and local monitoring capacities, enabling better evaluation of Cohesion Policy investments and improving the design of future urban policies; |
Dan Barna, Ľubica Karvašová
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21c. Calls for stronger monitoring of the implementation of the EU Agenda for Cities through measurable indicators focused on outcomes, while avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens for beneficiaries; |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21d. Urges the Commission to restore POSEI Fisheries, recognising its strategic importance for coastal cities in the outermost regions and for local fishing communities, and to ensure POSEI Agriculture is maintained and strengthened as an essential tool for food security, the sustainability of local farming systems and the economic and territorial resilience of the outermost regions; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21d. Calls on Commission to regularly assess the implementation of the EU Agenda for cities in close cooperation with Member States, regional and local authorities, while avoiding additional reporting burdens for beneficiaries; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21d. Considers that the future EU Agenda for Cities should become a strategic political framework guiding the Union´s urban dimension; |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21e. Calls on the Commission and the Council to foster a permanent European debate on the future of urban and territorial development models, involving relevant institutions such as Union institutions, national, regional and local authorities, universities, social partners and relevant stakeholders; calls, furthermore, for the Union to strengthen its participation and visibility in relevant international fora, including UN-Habitat and the World Urban Forum, ensuring that European cities and territories are appropriately represented and that European experience contributes to the global debate on the future of cities; |
Klara Dostalova, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Tamás Deutsch, André Rougé
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21e. calls on the Commission to improve the accessibility of Union funding by providing a clearer overview of available instruments and guidance while avoiding duplication of information across different Union initiatives; calls for targeted support enabling first-time applicants, particularly small and medium-sized cities, to participate more effectively in Union programmes through simplified procedures and technical assistance; stresses the importance of ensuring that expertise and administrative capacity developed through Union-funded projects remain within local administrations after project completion |
Paulo do Nascimento Cabral
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| Motion for a resolution | Amendment21e. Urges the Commission to ensure that the characteristics unique to cities in the outermost regions are duly taken into account in cohesion policy, including through tailored measures, derogations and applying suitable top-ups when justified by their permanent constraints under Article 349 TFEU; stresses the importance of Interreg and LEADER programmes and Local Action Groups as essential tools for promoting the territorial cooperation, connectivity and sustainable development of cities in the outermost regions. |
Marcos Ros Sempere, Hannes Heide, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Marko Vešligaj, Sérgio Gonçalves
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| Motion for a resolution22. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission. | Amendment22. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee and the national Parliaments of the Member States; |