3 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls its position that the goals and objectives of the European Neighbourhood Instrument, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights should be preserved independently due to their specific nature; recalls that poverty eradication, strictly civilian conflict solution and prevention as well as gender sensitive policies need to be the focus of EU foreign policy; doubts that the merger of instruments can safeguard these priorities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that reform of the current architecture of external financing instruments should enhance accountability, transparency, democratic and parliamentary oversight, efficiency and coherence; stresses that these objectives cannot be achieved without a solid governance structure that allows for political control, is strategy-driven, inclusive and accountable, and includes clear objectives, benchmarks and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms as well as the increased involvement of civil society; regrets that the Commission’s proposal for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) contains virtually no such provisions on governance aspects;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that expenditure from the defence cluster should only be spent on defence purposis not in line with Article 41(2) TEU which clearly states that any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget; therefore demands the termination of programmes such as the defence- related part of actions under the Connecting Europe Facility, the European Defence Fund and the Horizon Europe programme.