4 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2009/2218(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that all EU policy areas with an external impact must be designed to support the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals as well as the fulfilment of human rights, including social, economic and environmental rights and gender equality; demands a moratorium on those treaties, negotiations and other agreements between the EU and third countries that are not conducive to the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Council’s decision to select five broad areas for the PCD exercise in 2009 shouldmust not replace monitoring of the 12 traditional policy areas; furthermore calls on the Commission to identify incoherencies whenever they occur and suggest solutions; calls on the Commission to create mechanisms for including other policy areas on the existing list where necessary, should European policy have a negative impact on development;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that the ‘ODA-plus approach’ entails a risk that the EU will be deprived of its roadmap to reach the 0.7% ODA/GNP target for 2015 and that it undermines the definition of ODA and its focus on poverty eradication because it exaggerates the role of other financial flows for development; is critical of the fact that the transfer payments in the ‘ODA-plus approach’ contain no legal commitment to poverty eradication or assistance in achieving the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is concerned that the capital outflow from developing countries into the EU caused by incoherent policies under the ‘ODA-plus approach’ are not mentioned and the damage inflicted on developing countries by unfair tax competition and illegal capital outflow is not taken into account;