9 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2021/2213(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls in particular for strict implementation of the provisions of the agreement on migration, particularly Articles 70 to 75 (Title VI, Part II), in addition to Annex 1, which relates to returns and readmissions;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises the need to enhance cooperation on migration and mobility, including addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacements, as well as to facilitate legal pathways for migratnd improving cooperation on returns and readmissions;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that benefiting from EU development cooperation, as well as from the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences, must be made conditional on effective cooperation on the part of beneficiary countries as regards returns and readmissions;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Takes note of the strengthened provisions on migration in the Samoa Agreement, but stresses that the efficiency and effectiveness of those provisions will depend in part on the ability to apply negative conditionality with regard to development cooperation;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Warns of the brain drain impact on the development of vulnerable countries, for example in the medical sector in sub-Saharan Africa;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of ensuring development effectiveness and results; believes that the implementation of the agreement requires substantial and sustainable mobilisation of financial resources; welcomes, therefore, the recognition that the means of cooperation should be diversified, encompassing a range of policies and instruments from all available sources and actors, and points out that development funding cannot be limited to official development assistance alone, but should involve in particular the private sector and direct money transfers by emigrants and diaspora communities (‘remittances’);
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that ‘the share of government revenue in national wealth, as measured by the tax-to-GDP ratio, was 16.6 % in Africa, compared to 21 % in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, 22.7 % in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 33.4 % for OECD countries’ in 2019 and that there is an urgent need for developing countries, especially the least developed among them, to improve tax collection; 0 a _________________ 0 a 'Mobiliser les recettes fiscales en Afrique, un enjeu central pour le développement', Suzanne Bonmartel, Sébastien Markley, Arthur Minsat, Dossina Yeo, 'L'économie africaine 2023', CAIRN.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is concerned that ‘about twenty countries’ in Africa are ‘regarded as overindebted or as becoming overindebted’ 1 a and that ‘in sub-Saharan Africa, public debt stood at 57 % of gross domestic product at the end of 2022, a level unseen since the early 2000s’, 1 b stresses that China, which is a major creditor to vulnerable countries, must bear its fair share of any global debt relief effort, and takes note, 1 c in this regard, of the payment deferrals and restructurings already granted; 1 d 1 e 1 f _________________ 1 a 'L’Afrique retombe dans le piège de la dette', Marie de Vergès, 'Le Monde', 18 June 2023 (via Factiva). 1 b See above. 1 c ‘G20: les États-Unis font pression sur la Chine pour alléger la dette des pays pauvres', 'La Tribune', 15 November 2022 (via Factiva). 1 d 'L’Ethiopie attend toujours une restructuration de sa dette', Noé Hochet- Bodin, 'Le Monde', 18 June 2023 (via Factiva). 1 e 'Accord trouvé pour une restructuration de la dette zambienne', Julien Peyron, 'Le Point', 22 June 2023. https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/exclusif- accord-trouve-pour-une-restructuration- de-la-dette-zambienne-22-06-2023- 2525836_24.php 1 f 'China holds at least 21 percent of African debt'; https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ 2021/02/26/pandemic-has-worsened- africas-debt-crisis-china-other-countries- are-stepping/
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for optimum management of the OACPS budget, in particular as regards operating expenditure, and for clarification of the controversy over the organisation’s headquarters in Brussels; 2 a _________________ 2 a 'EU sinks EUR 4M into non-existent renovation for OACPS’ Brussels HQ', Vince Chadwick, 'Devex', 22 December 2022.