Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2017/2052(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the briefing paper of the European Court of Auditors on the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 from 2016;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing countries must increaserefore EU development cooperation must keep its focus on long term objectives such as the eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting democratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that a dedicated development instrument is the best option for a high quality development policy in the interest of developing countries, particularly the least developed ones, with the primary objective of eradicating poverty while respecting internationally agreed development and aid effectiveness principles;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the discussion about the next MFF as an opportunity to prepare the ground for a stronger Europe through one of its most tangible instruments, the Union budget; believes that the next MFF should be embedded in a broader strategy and narrative for the future of Europe and structured in a way that ensures compliance with its international obligations, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD); considers therefore that, at least 50% of the post2020 MFF should be Climate-related; calls on the commission to present a clear methodology to calculate the climate-related spending in order to ensure a proper monitoring over the next MFF; proposes furthermore to introduce a gender mainstreaming in the next MFF in order to really combats gender discriminations and inequalities in order to ensure the protection of women's rights as laid down in the treaties; calls on the commission to present a clear methodology in order to properly and effectively ensure its monitoring;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need to fulfil the EU commitment to allocate 20% of its development spending to both social inclusion and human development;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for reconfirming the EU commitment to gender mainstreaming in the next MFF and to ensure that policy coherence for development is respected throughout all EU policies;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for the next MFF to be sustainability proofed as a practical way of ensuring policy coherence for development in EU funding decisions; such an approach should ensure that EU internal and external funding is in line with development cooperation objectives and maximises the effectiveness of the whole EU budget by preventing contradictory and wasteful spending;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states and insists that the EU should honour its commitment to reach 0.20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries (LDCs) by 2030, in order to leave no one behind; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, provided that they take place in a framework respecting sustainable development criteria, also in countries where the needs are great, but the risks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a result;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that an in-depth assessment of the financial and development additionality and human rights, social and environmental impact of the European Fund for Sustainable Development is conducted before engaging more ODA resources into these types of modalities;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the EU budget in the context of an overall increase of the total of EU-managed ODA; insists that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget should not lead to a reduction of overall spending for the EU's development assistance;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that Heading 4 resources have been very much under strain during the current MFF and that development funds have been increasingly used as a reserve for emerging priorities in other policy fields; calls for the next MFF to foresee sufficient flexibility in order to react to crisis situations, possibly through a global MFF margin, while allowing for full scrutiny by the European Parliament;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights that developing countries are most vulnerable and mostly affected by climate change; calls in this context on the Commission to mainstream climate change considerations into all financing instruments and to increase the current goal which foresees that 20 % of all EU financing is spend on climate change related actions;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the EU to scale up its assistance to sustainable agriculture to cope with climate change, targeting its support to small-scale farmers, crop diversification, agro-forestry and agro- ecological practises;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Agrees that the search for European added value should be one of the main principles guiding the EU institutions when deciding about the type of spending in the next MFF; points out, however, the existence of multiple interpretations of the concept and calls for a clear definition of the criteria thereof that should be based on sustainability and the balanced approach to environmental, social and economic aspects and take territorial specificities into account;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Underlines that the ‘health check’ of EU spending cannot provide for a reduction in the level of EU ambition or a sectoralisation of EU policies and programmes, nor should it lead to a replacement of grants by financial instruments with a view to generating some savings, as the great majority of actions supported by the EU budget are not suitable to be funded by the latter and would limit access by civil society, therefore the mix of funding modalities, grant sizes that suit the variety of applicants should be increased;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Advocates also a real simplification of sectorial implementation rules for beneficiaries and a reduction of administrative burdens whilst ensuring a harmonised interpretation and incorporate easier access to grants through less administrative burden and simpler procedures across all funding instruments, together with more capacity building, information and technical assistance especially for small applicants, while ensuring proper use of fund through clear spending rules, monitoring and evaluation at the same time;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Insists1a on2a the importance of the MFF for sectors relying on long-term investment, such as the sustainable transport sector; highlights that transport infrastructures are the backbone of the single market and the basis for sustainable growthdevelopment and job creation; notes that accomplishing a single European transport area connected to neighbouring countries requires major transport infrastructure and must be treated as a key priority in terms of the EU’s competitiveness and for economic, social and territorial cohesion, including for peripheral areas; considers, therefore, that the next MFF should provide for sufficient funding for projects that contribute in particular to the completion of the TEN-T core network and its corridors, which should be further extended; stresses that an updated and more effective CEF programme should cover all modes of transport in line with the EU's climate and energy commitments and focus on interconnections and the completion of the network in peripheral areas while using common standards; to further connectivity and restoration of habitats, the trans-European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) should be established and financed inter alia through CEF; __________________ 1aparagraph to be placed under the chapter ''Investing in the future'' 2a AM suggested by NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Stresses the importance of the EU’s leading role in tackling climate change and its internal and external biodiversity commitments and goals; asks for appropriate financial resources to be provided to implement the Paris agreementat LIFE + is one key programme in order to contribute to the shift towards a resource-efficient, low- carbon and climate- resilient economy, to the protection and improvement of the quality of the environment and to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, including the support of the Natura 2000 network and tackling the degradation of ecosystems; asks for tripling its budget and to spend, at least, 1% of the EU budget for LIFE +; furthermore asks for appropriate financial resources to be provided to implement the Paris agreement, the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and thorough climate and environment mainstreaming of future EU spending; recalls that the next MFF should help the Union to achieve its 2030 climate and energy framework objectives; underlines that the EU should not finance projects and investments that are contrary to the achievement of these goals;
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Stresses that the world is confronted with multiple challenges including conflicts, cyber-attacks, terrorism, disinformation, natural disasters, climate change and environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, human rights violations and protracted crises; believes that the Union has a particular political and financial responsibility which is founded on rules-based foreign policy, cooperation with partner countries and development effectiveness principles, poverty eradication and crisis response; expects the EU, given the universality of the 2030 Agenda and its treaty obligation to ensure Policy Coherence for sustainable Development, to support policies and funding which are consistent and not detrimental to partner countries’ efforts in achieving sustainable development;
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Emphasises that substantial additional funding is necessary for the Union to play its role in the framework of its global strategy and of its neighbourhood, development and enlargement policies and to address the most pressing needs of people and communities who face the multifaceted challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, poverty and inequality, including gender inequality; draws attention to the commitment by the EU and its Member States to increase their official development assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of GDP by 2030; expects the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs of neighbourhood countries struggling with conflicts and the consequences of the challenges presented by migration and refugees, as well as the needs for humanitarian aid as a result of natural and manmade disasters; expects the next MFF to deliver on EU’s international commitments on climate and biodiversity, increasing the current benchmark for climate relevant spending in external instruments, ensuring a balance between adaptation and mitigation funding, focusing on the most vulnerable developing countries, as well as to follow through on the commitment in the EU development consensus to mainstream climate and environment in EU external financing and to maintain and extend support to civil society;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Notes with interest the proposal put forward by the President of the EIB to establish a European Development Bank; calls for a thorough assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the current European actors; calls for an open and transparent debate with all stakeholders in order to develop the best possible architecture for such operations in order to bring about the best development impacts;