Activities of Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ related to 2015/2317(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2015 Report on policy coherence for development (A8-0165/2016 - Cristian Dan Preda)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU 2015 Report on Policy Coherence for Development PDF (336 KB) DOC (135 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that, although PCD was endorsed in the UN Millennium Declaration4 , the Lisbon Treaty and the Busan Forum on Aid Effectiveness5 , little progress has been made as to its concrete implementation; believes that, especially considering the framework of the 2030 Agenda, more prominence must be given to PCD, which has to be mainstreamed and implemented at an international, national and local level; __________________ 4 http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ ares552e.htm 5 http://www.oecd.org/development/effectiv eness/49650173.pdf
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for an EU-wide debate on PCD in the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, so as to understand better how the concept might fit with the more universal concept of PCSD; recalls that PCD requires policy changes both in internal and external policies;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the inclusion of PCSD as a core issue in the coming debates on EU policies, particularly on the Global strategy, and the mid-term review of the Multi-annual Financial Framework;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that PCD must be made a clear priority for the EEAS and the Delegations by further strengthening the EU's policy dialogue with CSOs, local parliaments and other stakeholders, by asking them to gather evidence on lack of either inconsistency or incoherence, by improving PCD references in programming documents and making them operational, and by developing a training programme for all new EEAS staff to ensure that they are able to understand and apply PCD; believes that adequate resources for this task must be allocated;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes that in preparation for that summit, the Commission and the EEAS should address a paper to the EU heads of state and government with concrete recommendations on how to implement PCD and how to define more clearly the responsibilities of each EU institution in achieving PCD commitments; believes that such a process should be as inclusive, involving as possible, involving local and regional governments, civil society organisations and think-tanks;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the mechanisms used by EU delegations to provide feedback to the Commission’s 2015 PCD Report should be extended to all EU delegations, and that this should become a yearly exercise; considers furtheralls on EU delegations to ensure that PCD ishould be on the agenda of the respective bilateral meetings and joint assembly meetings, such as the yearly meeting of EU Heads of Delegations in Brussels;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that although impact assessments represent a significant tool for achieving PCD, assessments of development impacts remain few in number; hopes that the Better Regulation Package and its guidelines will improve this situation; believes that impact assessment have to be made public before the policy proposal, in order to open up opportunities for external stakeholders, including CSOs and developing country stakeholders, to comment and put forward evidence-based material that should be taken into account; considers the need to establish more systematic ex-post assessment of the impact of EU policies on developing countries during policy implementation;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for more participatory impact assessments, to allow relevant stakeholders, including developing countries, civil society and NGOs to participate effectively in the IA process and give their views;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the proposal for an independent system within the Union for receiving complaints by people or communities affected by the Union's policies;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to produce a regular analysis of the cost of incoherencies and toblacklist of incoherencies and a regular analysis of their cost by developing adequate monitoring and progress-tracking mechanisms on PCD;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that the EU needs greater harmonisation of migration and asylum policies, both within the Union itself and with its international partners; suggests that a truly efficient and holistic migration policy has to fully integrate EU internal and external policies, including particular within EU working structures;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for an inclusive approach to tackle the root causes of migration, including local stakeholders in the first instance; emphasises the need to ensure that development and tackling root causes of migration will be the main approaches leading to a sustainable settlement of the current migration crisis;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Insists that EU policies which seek to manage migration should be compatible with those that seek to reduce poverty in developing countries and to tackle the root causes of migration; considers that development aid programmes and budgets should not be used for migration control purposes;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the EU and its Member States remain the most important Aid for Trade donor in the world (EUR 11.7 billion in 2013 - SWD(2015)0128); welcomes the Commission’s aims to make trade agreements development-friendly, while recognising that Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a key source of financing for sustainable development, if mobilised efficiently; recalls the commitment by Member States to make concrete efforts towards the target of 0.7 percent of gross national product (GNP) as ODA to developing countries;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Strongly believes that EU trade policy must take into account the realities and development situation of developing countries in order to achieve PCD objectives; recalls the right of development countries to establish their own development strategies without being exposed to unfair competition;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Supports an efficient, fair and transparent tax system in line with good governance principles; welcomes the package of tax transparency measures presented by the Commission on 18 March 2015 and the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package presented on 28 January 2016, including its Communication on an external strategy to promote tax good governance internationally; considers that international cooperation is vital for tackling illicit financial flows and tax evasion;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that EU tax policies can have negative impacts on developing countries, and reiterates its call to conduct a spill- over analysis of all national and EU tax policies, in order to assess the impact on developing countries and remove policies and practices which negatively affect them;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for an evaluation of the impact of price subsidies for exports, tariffs and trade barriers on developing countries;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls that efforts to secure access to raw materials from developing countries must not undermine local development and poverty eradication but support developing countries in translating their mineral wealth into real development;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States properly to ensure a fair treatment of developing countries when negotiating tax treaties, taking into account their particular situation and ensuring a fair distribution of taxing rights between source and residence countries; calls Member States, in this regard, to adhere to the UN model tax convention rather than the OECD model, to conduct comprehensive impact assessments ensuring that negative impacts are avoided, to desist from reducing withholding tax rates and to ensure transparency around treaty negotiations;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EU to evaluate systematically the impact of, among others, EU agricultural, trade and energy policies – such as biofuel policy – on food security in the developing world; urges the Commission to continue to concentrate on small- and medium-scale farming, and to promote sustainable and agro-ecological practices; recalls the need to ensure that the deployment of CAP measures do not jeopardise the food production capacity and long-term food security of developing countries; stresses that substantive issues of policy coherence and impact need to be addressed in the ongoing monitoring of the EU’s Food Security Policy Framework (COM(2010)0127);
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for a consideration of the impact of fisheries agreements on the food security of developing countries;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for determined action from the EU in implementing the Paris Agreement6 ; stresses that the EU and the other developed countries must continue to support climate action to reduce emissions and build resilience to climate change impacts in developing countries; recalls the crucial importance of the provision of adequate climate finance in this context; supports the process of EU energy transition and the shift towards renewable energy in this regard; welcomes the proposal to mainstream environmental concerns into development cooperation programmes; __________________ 6 https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop2 1/eng/l09r01.pdf
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for determined action from the EU and governments at all levels in implementing the Paris Agreement6 ; stresses that the EU and the other developed countries must continue to support climate action to reduce emissions and build resilience to climate change impacts in developing countries; recalls the crucial importance of the provision of adequate climate finance in this context; __________________ 6 https://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop2 1/eng/l09r01.pdf
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the EU to strengthen its capacities for crisis prevention and to reinforce the synergies between the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and development instruments, finding a balance between short-term responses to crises and longer-term development strategies; suggests that creating a new instrument dedicated to the development-security nexus might limit incoherencies and increase the efficiency of PCD; calls for the inclusion of governmental and civil society actors' concerns, priorities and policies of the regions and countries concerned into the elaboration of EU strategies for security and development;