Activities of Elly SCHLEIN related to 2018/2279(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) PDF (231 KB) DOC (85 KB)
Amendments (40)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s Reflection Paper “Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030” of 30 January 2019;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the 2018 Global Compact for Migration and Global Compact for Refugees;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the 2030 Agenda has the potential to be transformative and sets out universal, ambitious, comprehensive, indivisible and interlinked goals, aimed at eradicating poverty, fighting discrimination and promoting prosperity, environmental responsibility, social inclusion, gender equality and respect for human rights, and strengthening peace and security; whereas these goals require immediate action with a view to fullimmediate action together with and effective European implementation strategy, monitoring and review mechanism are essential to achieve the SDGs;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas many of the SDGs and the 169 targets encompassed in the 2030 Agenda directly concern the powers and responsibilities of the Union in addition to national, regional and local authorities and their implementation therefore requires a truethe 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals represent a great challenge; whereas the goals and the 169 targets require coordination between the EU and its Member States, the European Parliament and national Parliaments and a multi-level governance approach, withalso based on active and broad-based public, civil society and private sector engagement;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Parliament, the Council and the European Council have called for a comprehensive strategy to implement the 2030 Agenda and have underlined that this strategy should include timelinesthe Commission has not yet established a comprehensive strategy to implement the 2030 Agenda encompassing EU internal and external policy areas with detailed timeline up to 2030, objectives and concrete measures toas reflect the 2030 Agenda in all relevant EU internal and external policies; whereas common indicators and benchmarks are required to measure and to monitor systematically the implementation of such a strategy and to identify shortcomings, both now and in the futurequested by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Council; whereas the Commission has not fully taken up a general coordination role for the actions taken at national level;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Commission has not yet succeeded in mainstreaming the SDGs in EU internal and external policy areas; whereas the Commission has not fully included the SDGs as an overarching framework in the revised Better Regulation Guidelines published in 2017;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas an effective EU implementation and a monitoring and review mechanism are essential in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); whereas common indicators and benchmarks are required to measure and to monitor systematically the implementation of EU strategy and to identify shortcomings, in the present and in the future;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas ex-ante assessments and ex-post evaluations are crucial tools to avoid negative impact of EU policies on sustainable development, in particular on developing countries, and ensure that their positive impact is maximised; whereas assessments and evaluations should be published in order to ensure full transparency and accountability;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas the Agenda 2030 is a universal agenda that should be implemented in every country; whereas the principle of universality requires every country to consider the impact of its action in relation to the others in order to ensure policy coherence for development, which -given the complexity and the fragmentation of EU policies - represents a great challenge for the Union;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas effective mobilisation of domestic resources is an indispensable factor in achieving the 2030 Agenda; whereas developing countries are particularly affected by corporate tax evasion and tax avoidance;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the United Nations High- Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will meet at summit level, under the auspices of the UN General Assembly in September 2019, to take stock of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda as a whole, and at ministerial level in July 2019 to review progress on SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals); and annually thereafter to afford progress review of also SDG 1: (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure); SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 14 (Life BelowWater), SDG 15 (Life on Land);
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the narrative on migration is predominantly negative while the Agenda 2030 emphasises the role of migration as potential driver of development; whereas art. 208 of TFEU establishes that eradication of poverty is the primary objective of EU development policies;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the principle of "leaving no one behind" is at the core of the 2030 Agenda; whereas inequalities are stagnating or increasing across and around the EU and its Member States, with 22.5% of the EU population at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas inequalities have several social consequences as large differences in well- being and quality of life, including with regard to professional opportunities and health care;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the aim of the 2030 Agenda is to achieve greater well-being for all, leaving no-one behind, within the limits of one planet, and that the three pillars of sustainable development, (social, environmental and economic development) as well as its governance dimension, are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); underlines the fact that sustainable development is a fundamental objective of the Union, as laid down in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and should play a central role in the debate on and the narrative for the future of Europe;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Union should renew its commitment to being a global frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and in close cooperation with its international partners; underlines that the 2030 Agenda must further catalyse a joined-upcoordinated approach between the EU’s external action and its otherits policies and coherence across Union financing instruments for a global response and commitment towards sustainable growth and development;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that in 2015 all European countries, both EU and non-EU, committed to the 2030 Agenda; believes that, in the context of the debate on the future of Europe, consideration should be given to the development of a pan- European framework for the achievement of the SDGs between EU Member States, the EEA, signatories to EU association agreements, EU candidate countries and, following its withdrawal, the United Kingdom; believes that, in the context of the future of Europe, a truly sustainable Europe is the only way forward for the prosperity and well-being of its citizens and the Planet;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the publication of the Commission´s Reflection Paper "Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030" which sets out three scenarios for how the EU might take forward the SDGs; regrets that only the first scenario would constitute progress from the current position and that the Commission has not taken a clear stand in favour of this scenario and for the establishment of a overarching strategy and clear roadmap for the implementation of 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to identify clearly existing gaps in all relevant policies in order to assess what needconduct an in-depth gap analysis of existing policies, their implementation as well as synergies and incoherencies between them ; invites the Commission to clearly identify, without further delay, the steps to be donetaken by 2030 in terms of EU policies, legislation, governance and implementation and to submit a full report on those gaps without further delay so as to presentstatistics and disaggregated data collection, governance and implementation in order to establish a comprehensive strategy before the achievement of Agenda 2030 by the end of 2019;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to proposedraw up an ambitious, transformative, overarching and all-encompassing EU 2030 strategy for the implementation of the SDGs, which should2030 Agenda, fully integrateing these goals within the EU’s policies and governance, in order to reinforce the Un Sustainable Development Goals in EU policies and governance, providing guidance for both the EU institution’s ability to fulfil its engagements with regard to the 2030 Agendand the Member States in their implementation, monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda, and outlining a clear roadmap with timelines, short, medium and long term objectives; asks the Commission to ensure that this strategy addresses the interlinkages of the SDGs and their environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that all SDGs are relevant for the fulfilment of the rights of children; stresses the importance of implementing the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in the context of EU external relations; asks the Commission to monitor and report on child rights progress in EU external programmes;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that ensuring tax justice and transparency, fighting tax avoidance and evasion, eradicating illicit financial flaws and tax heavens and increasing Domestic Resources Mobilisation is crucial for financing the 2030 Agenda; reiterates its call to assess the spill over impact of national and EU tax policies on developing countries ensuring policy coherence for development;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Stresses the importance of addressing social and economic inequalities and promoting gender equality within the European Union and worldwide; recalls the underlining principle of the Agenda 2030 of “leaving no one behind”; calls therefore on the Commission to pay a particular attention to the most marginalized and vulnerable categories of the society ensuring full inclusiveness;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Recalls the importance of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a key instrument for eradicating poverty; calls on the EU and its Member States to recommit without delay to the 0.7% of the gross national income target and to submit a timeline for gradually increasing ODA in order to reach this target;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Recognizes the positive impact that migration can have on our societies and on development policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to realign their migration policy with the Agenda 2030, and in particular with SDG 10, and adopt an evidence-based narrative on migrants and asylum seekers;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Calls on the Commission to promote sustainable global value chains with the introduction of due diligence systems for companies, with a focus on their entire supply chain, which would encourage businesses to invest more responsibly and stimulate amore effective implementation of sustainability chapters in free trade agreements, including anticorruption, transparency, anti-tax avoidance and responsible business conduct;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need for clear identification and differentiation of the governance level at which the targets should be implementedof the steps to be taken at each governance level for the implementation of the goals and targets, while stressing that the principle of subsidiaritypolicy coherence for development should be respected;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the publication of the second Eurostat monitoring report on sustainable development in the EU, which represent a step forward towards the creation of a fully-fledged EU monitoring mechanism; regrets that report fails to provide for an assessment of the impact of EU legislation on third countries and an evaluation of the distance between the current results and the achievement of goals and targets;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need for the EU to develop an integrated and participatory monitoring, accountability and review framework that gathers information and relevant disaggregated data at national and subnational levels, while acknowledging that Eurostat alone cannot comprehensively capture all dimensions of SDG progress, taking into as progress in a single policy area does not necessarily entail progress in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda; underlines the need to take account of spill- over effects and of the need forinterlinked and indivisible nature of the goals; stresses the need for a wide range of indicators, which areshould not be purely economic in nature, but defined and measured by data disaggregated by sex, age and other factors;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and its goals; recalls the necessity of engaging with citizens and civil society organizations throughout the implementation and monitoring processes; stresses the important role played by the European Parliament and national parliaments;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses that the Multiannual Financial Frameworks (MFF) should be designed in such a way as to enable the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, of its goals and targets and EU contribution to the achievement of SDGs worldwide; calls on the Commission to ensure that the next MFF mainstreams sustainable development priorities throughout EU budget, with all financial instruments allocating sufficient funds for the EU to be able to meet its 2030 commitments;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of better coordination and cooperation between and within decision-making bodies, different organisations and relevant stakeholders, local authorities and civil society organizations in order to implement the 2030 Agenda and to achieve greater Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission and its Member States to reaffirm their commitment to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as an important contribution towards achieving broader Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) in its actions for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; stresses the need to enhance mechanisms for policy coherence within all EU institutions and policy-making and to ensure that the principle is adequately respected in regular ex-ante impact assessment and by introducing adequate mechanisms for accountability, mitigation and redress;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the establishment of a working party on the 2030 Agenda under the General Affairs Council; calls for the establishment of SDG coordination and cooperation mechanisms between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, ands well as within the institutions in order to ensure policy coherence; asks for the involvement of all three institutions in athe future work of the SDG multi- stakeholder platform on sustainable development;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to mainstream SDGs into its Better Regulation Agenda and underlines the potential for using the Better Regulation tools strategically in order to evaluate EU policy coherence with regard to; calls on the Commission to incorporate a stronger focus and more explicit mentioning of the sustainable policy-making approach in the Better Regulation Guidelines, which have the potential to ensure the alignment of EU policies, laws and regulations with the 2030 Agenda; calls onasks the Commission to establish an SDG mechanism to ensure full policy coheckrence of all new policies and legislation and to ensure full policy coherence in the implementation of the SDGs, whileidentify and promotinge synergies, gaining co-benefits and avoiding trade-offs, both at Union and Member State level;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls for the establishment of a cross-committee coordination mechanism in the European Parliament, with the mandate of overseeing and following up on the EU’s implementation of its 2030 Agenda commitments; stresses that Parliament must commit to setting up such coordination structures as soon as possible (e.g. annual stocktaking in plenary on the basis of progress reports, a group of focal points across all committees or a dedicated intergroup);
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the rolimportance of regular and adequate ex-ante impact assessments; recalls the Treaty obligation to take into to ensure a better mainstreaming of the 2030 Agenda and ensure adequate results; underlines the importance for this assessments to evaluate the short and long term consequences of policies and their potential contribution to sustainable development; recalls the obligation, enshrined in art.208 of TFEU, to take account of the objectives of development cooperation in allthe EU policies likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for the alignment of the European Semester economic monitoring process with the Agenda 2030;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls the Commission to position itself as a role model in the HLPF process; invites the Commission to engage with Third Countries in progressing towards the achievement of 2030 Agenda, including through the UN Economic Commission for Europe;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the upcoming in-depth review of SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals) and the future in-depth reviews of SDG 1(No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and expects the Union to comprehensively contribute to the review in full;