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31 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2020/2045(INI)

Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, the EUTFs, on the one hand, are not always more efficient than traditional development aid and, on the other, are less transparent;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas Turkey is using the FRT to challenge and to blackmail the EU and its Member States;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Turkey Facility is made up of two tranches of EUR 3 billion each; regrets the fact that, unlike in the first tranche 2016-2017, where the EU budgetMember States via the EU administration contributed EUR 1 billion and Member States directly provided another EUR 2 billion, in the second tranche 2018-2019 the ratio of contributions was reversed, to the detriment of existing Union projects;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Continues to expresses concerns over the limited role of Parliament in the supervision and scrutiny of the UnionMember States contributions to the EUTFs; recalls Parliament’s request to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee, and calls on the Commission to provide in good time detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committee and to ensure that Parliament is represented at its meetings;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Bêkou Trust Fund has proven its value as an important tool to address the post-conflict situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); notes that the EUTF made a major contribution to the nexus approach of development and humanitarian needs in the CAR;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the emerging security challengeproblems in the CAR will require well- targeted, flexible EU support under the NDICI-Global Europe to enhance peace and security, democratisation and strengthening democratic institutions in the CARlocal interventions by the concerned parties in order ensure that a process towards peace and stability can start in earnest;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Madad EUTF has proven its added value in response to the crisis and for the EU in terms of higher external visibility and clout, increased control, coordination and leverage of funds from various sources, as compared to national level or other international channels; notes that its spending was aligned with the legal bases or the Union instruments used;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomNotes the rapid and flexible reaction of the Trust Fund in support of partner countries and communities during the coronavirus outbreak, showing active engagement in the realignment and refocusing of activities, not only in the domain of health, but also in other areas, such as livelihoods, protection, education or social cohesion in Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of continuous support for refugees, internally displaced persons and, for vulnerable host communities and combatting asylum fraud, both inside Syria and in the wider region, affected by the continued conflict, by means of a mix of longer-term, predictable and rapidly deployable funding under instruments established for the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and potential contributions from the Member States as external assigned revenue, taking into account all financial instruments provided under the Financial Regulation;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the Trust Fund for Africa represents an important tool to provide a swift, flexible and targeted response to emerging challenges and underlines that common, global challenges, such as migration and forced displacement, the impact of climate change and economic crises in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, make this flexibility and rapidity more necessary than everjust one tool of many to provide a response to emerging problems;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the generallyattempt to create a stronger degree of local ownership, by the involvement of local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs) in projects supported by the EUTF for Africa;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the EUTF for Africa made a major contribution to attempt to strengthening resilience and implementing the humanitarian-development nexus in fragile contexts; notes further that it also fosteredttempted to create cooperation between different stakeholders, and allowed contributions from non-EU donors, which in the post- Brexit context have acquired particular importance, and increased the visibility of the issue of mass-immigration and forced displacement and the EU’s lack of response to it;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the Trust Fund for Colombia has proven its value and represents, under the current circumstances, an important tool to support the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC); points out that the extension of the Colombia EUTF has further reaffirmed the EU’s commitment and provided much-needed support to the Colombian peace process;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. CongratulaNotes Colombia on it´s efforts, despite its own challenges with the implementation of the peace agreement, to provide support for over 1.7 million Venezuelan migrantrefugees who have fled the oppressive regime of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in their homeland to Colombia, in particular by granting them a 10-year temporary protection status;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the involvement of the Republic of Chile as a donor in the Trust Fund; notes that the participation of regional partners is of high value added, and has increased both local recognition and the legitimation of the EU’s engagement and cooperation;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the EU FRT has proven its value as an innovative pooling tool and important coordinating mechanism for assisting Turkey in swiftly responding to the immediate humanitarian and development needs of refugees and their host communities;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the EU FRT has proven its valuEU´s inability to handle the mas an innovative pooling tool and important csive and protracted crisis and security threat for European nations due to the massive volumes of economic immigrants floordinating mechanism for assisting Turkey in swiftly responding to the immediate humanitarian and development needs of refugees and their host communitiesg into Europe via Turkey, that the establishment of the EU FRT can only be viewed as giving in to the threats and aggressive actions from Turkey and placing the burden on the EU taxpayers to fund the legal obligations the Turkish state has towards the minority of refugees and the majority of illegal immigrants present on Turkish territory;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Questions the legal basis for authorising the establishment of the Trust Funds in its evaluation and implementation between 2014 and 2018 in the absence of sufficient parliamentary oversight during that period;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its deep regret that Parliament was not formally consulted or askrequested to give its approval to the creation or extension of this Facility; notes the non-transparent and undemocratic actions by the unelected administrators of the Commission and was only involved as one arm of the budgetary authority, thereby undermining thedepriving the FRT of any democratic accountability of the FRT;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its deep regretoutrage that Parliament was not formally consulted or asked to give its approval to the creation or extension of this Facility and was only involved as one arm of the budgetary authority, thereby undermining the democratic accountability of the FRT;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its request that Turkey respect the principle of non-refoulement, in particular on the Syrian border, and that it not use the flows of refugees against the EUand assumes her full responsibility for the international agreements she has concluded and take full responsibility for all undertaken and planned illegal moments of third country nationals towards the EU external border and immediately cease all hostilities towards Greece;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses that this aid has been misused by Mr Erdogan to blackmail the EU, which completely delegitimises this aid, as irregular migratory flows have been used as levers of power serving the geopolitical strategies of the Turkish President;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that Turkey, through a continuous instrumentalisation of the refugee crisis, is taking advantage of the RFT in order to obtain some leverage for political, economic or military concessions, to justify its aggressive behaviour towards the EU Member States and to pursue its foreign policy ambitions;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Recalls that in 2018 the European Court of Auditors severely criticised the management of this fund: lack of communication of the list of final beneficiaries, questionable use of funds or lack of efficiency of humanitarian projects, which raises questions about the extension of this fund until 2025;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to take on board the lessons learned in the establishment, management and implementation of the Trust Funds and the FRT in order to apply them to the new generation of external financial instrumentsand the last 50 years of aid and development policies funded by the Member States in order to apply them while rethinking the volumes of funds and what interventions Member States should be involved in; is of the opinion that the actions for which the taxpayers lend support must become more efficient, and the funds for aid and development must be reduced dramatically;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates Parliament’s long- standing insistence that external assistance be financed in full from the Union budget and be implemented in a coherent way, following a streamlined set of rules, based on co-legislated instruments and in full respect of Parliament’s legislative, budgetary and monitoring prerogatives, and of the principles of accountability, transparency, effectiveness and sound budgetary management;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Expects the Commission to fully make use of the possibilities afforded by the programme-based approach under the geographic pillar of the NDICI-Global Europe and IPA III, complemented by global thematic programming, rapid response funding and the large unprogrammed reserve under the NDICI- Global Europe;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Is confident that the NDICI- Global Europe will allow for increased flexibility and responsiveness, allowing it to continue the activities of the existing Trust Funds and thereby safeguard the unity of the Union budget;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. In the event of any proposed greater needs in the MFF 2021-2027, advocates increasing the NDICI-Global Europe envelope through a revision of the MFF and the NDICI- Global Europe regulations, or a strengthenstates that no increasing of the relevant NDICI- Global Europe budget lines with contributions in the form of external assigned revenue; stresses that, should a need for a duly justified new Trust Fund nevertheless arise, it insists that Parliament must be fully involved from the very outsetenvelope will be possible;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the nexus approach in the implementation of the NDICI-Global Europe, and calls for the cooperation between EU humanitarian and development actors, notably in post-crisis settings and in protracted crises, to be increased in order to better adapt to local needs and deliver more efficient results;deleted
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Acknowledges that cooperation wiallowing the representatives of local communities, including local religious leaders, in settings affected by conflict to be in charge of any transitional justice process or similar process is crucial to foster reconciliation, dialogue and peace;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG