5 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the SDGs 2030 must be reflected in the budget for 2019, while focusing onthereby demonstrating the priority given to long- term efforts to eradicate poverty, as stipulated in Article 208 TFEU;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its firm rejection of the use of development funds for non- development objectives such as border management or military capacity building and underlines that funding that does not fulfil official development assistance (ODA) criteria must be entirely sourced from other instruments than the DCI and/or EDF; reiterates that to be effective in combating poverty over the long-term, and in accordance with Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, actions tackling the deep-rooted causes of poverty should be chosen in preference to others that meet the criteria for official development assistance;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, while the flexibility and rapidity with which the sums concerned can be used is an advantage in terms of good management of the funds, these advantages cannot in any way justify development funds being diverted elsewhere, constraints on the power of scrutiny of Parliament, the only democratically elected body, or the systematic scheduling of actions for the long term; calls therefore for the creation of extraordinary instruments, such as the fiduciary funds, to be restricted as much as possible and for these principles to be taken into account in structuring the next MFF;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Given the dramatic situation in the field of humanitarian aid, insists to mobilise more funds from the emergency aid reserve; reiterates that education plays a key role in preventing man-made humanitarian crises by avoiding conflicts and welcomes that already a significant amount of humanitarian aid is spent on education in emergencies; calls, however, for a steady increase of this share, as in emergency situations education is essential for the population’s development after the emergency stage has passed, not forgetting that this emergency stage can sometimes even last for several years;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the effects of climate change have a tangible impact on several aspects of human life and are increasingly being felt in the development countries; calls for an increased allocation in climate action, which better reflects the strong commitment to and increased engagement in climate diplomacy in order to tackle climate change; calls for Member States and others to hold to the commitments they have made on combating global warming and climate change.