Activities of Elly SCHLEIN related to 2017/2052(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Amendments (32)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation , focusing on long-term objectives such as eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting developing countries must increasemocratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that EU Development Cooperation has as its primary objective the eradication of poverty as enshrined in article 208 TFEU; calls for the next MFF to maintain the integrity of development and humanitarian aid, which should support the capacity and interests of developing countries in line with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, in this context, the need to focus on the health, food, education, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure and governance SDGincrease the level of resources allocated to development cooperation in order to implement Agenda 2030 in an integrated and holistic way; emphasises the need to fulfil EU commitments to allocate 20% of its ODA to social inclusion and human development with a focus on education and health; recalls EU commitment to gender mainstreaming in the next MFF and the need to invest in powerful enablers to sustainable human development such as sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, also in countries where the needs are great, but and recalls EU commitment under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to reach 0,20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries, abiding by the prisks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a resultnciple of leaving no one behind;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the next MFF also to reflect the unprecedented needs for humanitarian aid, caused by natural and man-made disasters driven, inter alia, by climate change and human insecurity, conflicts and forced displacement; calls in particular for maintaining a separate instrument for humanitarian aid with its own legal basis, budget and long term funding strategy, as well as a substantial humanitarian aid reserve;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the next MFF should enable the Union to provide solutions and emerge strengthened from the crises of the decade: the economic and financial downturn, the phenomenon of migration and refugees, climate change and natural disasters, terrorism and instability, persistent poverty, increasing inequality, to name but a few; underlines that these global, cross-border challenges with domestic implications reveal the interdependency of our economies and societies, and point to the need for joint actions; stresses in this context the obligation to align the EU’s budgetary framework with the Sustainable Development Goals which provide a global roadmap for more sustainable, equitable and prosperous societies within planetary boundaries; recalls that all EU member states and the European Commission itself had signed up the SDG Declaration in November 2015
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out the need to reinforce the essential role of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in promoting European values worldwide and consolidating human rights and democracy in EU external action;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the next MFF to adequately resource the EEAS and EU Delegations, in order to allow them to meet their objectives and obligations in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the next MFF to be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, underlines the need of scaling up financing for climate action in developing countries, supporting climate mitigation and adaptation and the protection of biodiversity; calls for effective mainstreaming of climate change and environment issues in EU external financing instruments;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that losses of fUnderlines that the United Kingdom’s contribution amoundts forto 15 % of the EU’s development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the EU budget in the context of an overall increase the total of EU-managed ODA; aid budget, calls for a review of existing tools and instruments that can allow for a future UK collaboration in EU development policy; emphasises that eventual losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its position that the European Development Fund (EDF) should be integrated into the Union budget; stresses, however, that such integration should be conditional to a geographical allocation of funds based on countries’ needs and an ambitious upward revision of the ceilings to avoid a reduction of the current EDF resources;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the ODA commitments entered into by thCalls for the next MFF to enforce EU’s and itsthe Member States international commitments, including that of increasing their ODA to 0.7 % of GNI by 2030 in a timely manner; recalls that EU-managed ODA contributes towards the honouring of Member States’ commitments and can significantly increase the development effectiveness of ODA expenditure, including through reduced fragmentation and the facilitation of an incentive-based approach with partner countries.;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that a genuine simplification of EU external financing instruments could enhance coherence and facilitate democratic control and scrutiny; stresses however that such simplification should respect European Parliament’s right of scrutiny and development effectiveness principles, and that EU development funding should retain its fundamental objective of poverty eradication, focusing in particular on LDCs and fragile contexts;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has constantly been fully mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for flexibility to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness principles and aid predictability, in detriment of those instruments designed to serve long- term development goals, or short-cutting parliamentary scrutiny and consultations with partner countries and civil society;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes that the promotion of peace, security and justice in developing countries is crucial and recognises the need for security-related expenditure to deliver on SDG 16;reiterates that the creation of a specific and separate instrument in support of capacity building for security and development should avoid the securitization of development instruments and funding;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers that the proliferation of Trust Funds, rendered necessary due to the lack of resources and flexibility, undermines the unity of the budget and entails risks on democratic ownership, transparency, accountability and aid effectiveness; believes that the use of these instruments should be clearly justified, complementary, of limited duration and aimed at addressing specific objectives rather than serving long-term development goals;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Strongly believes that Trust Funds benefitting of development funds, such as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, should serve genuine long-term development objectives and respond to partner countries’ development needs; considers that the mobilisation of the EU budget to respond to the migration challenge should be accompanied by a common policy on this field and that actions taken in this area should not come at the expense of EU's development policies;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Notes that development assistance can play an important role in the area of migration in tackling the causes of forced displacement and enhancing the benefits of migration and mobility for development; considers however that ODA should not be used to cover in-donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of partnership and cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees; stresses, however, that private sector engagement shall abide by strong transparency and accountability standards, bringing in measurable and additional development impact with solid social, environmental and human rights safeguards in place;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Union to assume its role in twohree emerging policy areas with internal and external dimensions, which have appeared in the course of the current MFF: on the one hand, by develop– by developing and funding a comprehensive asylum, migration and integration policy and addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in third countries and on the other hand, by providing security to European citizens and promoting stability abroad, notably by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence; on the other hand, promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation; – by promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation, and development of the adequate infrastructures and logistic capacities which guarantee the needed mobility – by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence, stresses that actions taken in this areas should not come at the expense of EU’s development policies, preventing diversion of ODA from its main objective of poverty eradication
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Reiterates its unequivocal call for continued and increased EU support and funding for CSOs as development actors in their own right, and for their full and free involvement in political dialogue as well as in programming and implementation across EU cooperation instruments;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers also that, when a certain share of off-budget operations is deemed necessary to achieve certain specific objectives, for example through the use of financial instruments or trust funds, these should be kept at a limited level and duration, be fully transparent, and backed by strong decision- making and accountability provisions;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls, therefore, for a substantial increase in the overall budget earmarked for the FP9 programme in the next MFF that should be set at a level of at least EUR 120 billion; considers this level to be appropriate for securing Europe’s global competitiveness, scientific and industrial leadership, for responding to societal challenges, and for helping to achieve the EU’s climate goals and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 581 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Expects that in the post-2020 period, the European Union will move from crisis-management mode to a permanent, European policy in the field of asylum and migration; stresses that the actions in this field should be covered by a dedicated instrument, i.e. the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; emphasises that the future fund, as well as the relevant Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, must be equipped with an adequate level of funding for the whole of the next MFF to address the comprehensive challenges in this area; believes, furthermore, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) should be complemented by additional components tackling this issue under other policies, in particular by the cohesion funds and the instruments financing external actions, as no single tool could hope to address the magnitude and complexity of needs in this field; recognises, moreover, the importance of cultural, educational and sports programmes in integrating refugees and migrants into European society; asks the Commission to assess whether the role of European cities within the European asylum policy could be strengthened by introducing an incentive scheme that offers financial support for refugee accommodation and economic development directly to cities in return for receiving refugees and asylum seekers;
Amendment 613 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 b (new)
Paragraph 88 b (new)
88b. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has been constantly mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for more flexible procedure to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness and aid predictability, or short-cutting parliamentary scrutiny and consultations with partner countries and civil society;
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Emphasises that substantial additional funding is necessary for the Union to play its role in the framework of its global strategy and of its neighbourhood, development and enlargement policies; draws attention to the commitment by the EU and its Member States to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to increase their official development assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of GDP by 2030; expects the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs of neighbourhood countries struggling with conflicts and the consequences of the challenges presented by migration and refugees, as well as the needs for humanitarian aid as a result of natural and manmade disasters;
Amendment 621 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 b (new)
Paragraph 89 b (new)
89b. Recalls that EU Development Cooperation has as its primary objective the eradication of poverty as enshrined in article 208TFEU; calls for the next MFF to maintain the integrity of dedicated instruments for development and humanitarian aid in order to serve the interests of developing countries in line with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles; recalls EU commitments to allocate 20% of its ODA to social inclusion and human development, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, to reach 0,20 % of ODA to Least Developed Countries, to gender mainstreaming and to ensure that Policy Coherence for Development is respected throughout all EU policies;
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 c (new)
Paragraph 89 c (new)
89c. Calls for the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs for humanitarian aid, caused by natural and man-made disasters driven, inter alia, by climate change, through an increased allocation; underlines that humanitarian aid must be delivered according to the humanitarian principles enshrined in the Treaty and the European Consensus, and in a predictable, timely and flexible manner; calls for a separate instrument and an own budget line for humanitarian aid; draws the attention to the need to avoid any gap between commitment and payment appropriations for humanitarian aid;
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Is ready to consider a streamlined architecture of the external financing instruments, as long as the Commission and the High Representative clearly demonstrate the expected advantages of such changes such as enhanced coherence and democratic scrutiny, and provided that the specificities autonomy and objectives of the underlying Union policies, in particular EU Development Cooperation and Humanitarian aid are respected; notes that such architecture should include a budgetised EDF, a more transparent incorporation of trust funds and facilities guided by the key principles of democratic ownership and development effectiveness, as well as a possible continuation of the External Investment Plan based on its evaluation demonstrating its development additionality and human rights, social and environmental impact; could consider, as part of an overall increase in the external financing instruments, a larger unallocated reserve aimed at increasing in-built flexibility, but stresses that this should not be achieved at the expense of long-term geographic and thematic priorities; in addition, considers that the streamlined architecture calls for proper check and balances and transparency, including an enhanced strategic policy input and scrutiny of implementation by the EP.
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Notes that development assistance can play an important role in the area of migration tackling the causes of forced displacement and enhancing the benefits of migration and mobility for development; considers, however, that ODA should not be used to cover in-donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 b (new)
Paragraph 90 b (new)
90b. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees; stresses, however, that private sector engagement shall abide by strong transparency and accountability standards, bringing in measurable and additional development impact with solid social, environmental and human rights safeguards in place;
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 c (new)
Paragraph 90 c (new)
90c. Reiterates its unequivocal call for continued and increased EU support and funding for CSOs as development actors in their own right, and for their full and free involvement in political dialogue as well as in programming and implementation across EU cooperation instruments;[