Activities of Bodil VALERO related to 2017/2083(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development (debate) SV
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development
Amendments (16)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasizes the importance of moving away from a traditional donor- recipient relationship and the need for a stronger and more political partnership between the EU and Africa, including the Northern African members of the African Union in the spirit of “Africa as one”, human rights-centred and based on shared values and interests, and a specific financial framework in order to tackle global issues such as migration, climate change, persisting starvation, poverty and inequality, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, environmental degradation, unemployment, terrorism and organised crime.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are very different regions with specific interests and challenges that cannot easily be accommodated through the overarching Cotonou structure; therefore takes the view that future cooperation with Africa should be based on existing regional and sub-regional organisations, notably the African Union;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for a stronger and more political partnership between the EU and Africa, including the Northern African members of the African Union in the spirit of “Africa as one”, human rights-centered and based on shared values and interests, and a specific financial framework in order to tackle global issues such as climate change, persisting starvation, poverty and inequality, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, environmental degradation, unemployment, terrorism, organised crime and migratory flowsion, and to promote a rule-based global order based on a strong UN;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Suggests to re-name the upcoming EU-Africa Summit “EU-African Union Summit”;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the EU should re- centre development cooperation exclusively on the fight against the root causes of poverty, should end conditionality of aid relating to achieving migration objectives in bilateral and multilateral negotiations and should delink development cooperation from assistance on readmission and migration management.EU external migration policies should be based on dialogue and positive incentives, with human rights at their core centre;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for continuedmuch stronger EU support to African partners in the area of peace and- building, security and conflict prevention, including through specific instruments such as CSDP operations , Europeand the African Peace Facility; highlights the importance of fostering security and stability by helping our partners to build more resilient states and societies, including through capacity building and security sector reforms, the creation of more and better jobs, especially for young people, the empowerment of women and the support of educationroop and police contributions to UN missions, the EU's measures in the field of implementing UNSCR 1325, the African Peace Facility and security sector reforms, in particular with regards to good governance in the sector, parliamentary oversight and accountability, boosting activities in the field of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of former combatants in line with the 2006 concept;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that violent conflicts, persecution, inequality, terrorism, repressive regimes, natural disasters, climate change and chronic poverty have led to increased mobility in recent years; stresses that refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of fostering security and stability by helping our partners to build more resilient states and societies, including through capacity building for food security, notably small scale farming, climate change adaptation, the creation of more and better jobs, especially for young people, the empowerment of women and the support of education;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for increased EU support to Africa in the area of debt reduction and debt sustainability and underlines the need for international legislation and the setting up of debt auditing commissions on cases of ‘odious’ debt; calls for Member states to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Debt and Human Rights, the UNCTAD Principles on Promoting Responsible Lending and Borrowing by making them legally binding;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the EU European companies invested in Africa to live up to their corporate social responsibilities and to respect European standards concerning consumer, labour and environmental rights and to uphold the rights of the indigenous population and calls the EU and the AU member states to actively participate in the UN negotiations for an international binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of recognising the contribution of migration to development and cooperation and calls for the establishment of safe and legal channels for migration as well as initiatives to render the transfer of remittances easier and less costly;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for strengthened and genuine cooperation on the establishment of safe and legal ways for people to migrate, including for workers in medium and low-wage sectors and calls for the establishment of more flexible rules enabling family reunification;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of the effective implementation of external EU policies that are able to address the real root causes of migration through genuine cooperation for social development; calls for increased joint efforts to implement the Valetta Action Plan based on a fair and true partnership with third countries of origin and transit; recalls the importance of a balanced approach in the new partnership framework; stresses that the new partnership framework with third countries must not become the only pillar of EU action on migration and should extend beyond a quantitative approach focused mainly on border management providing safe and legal channels;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for effective, strengthened and systematic cooperation with African countries of origin, transit and destination, including a strong and real resettlement policy and financial investigation, in the fight against trafficking and smuggling of human beings;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the creation of an enabling regulatory framework for cross- border payments, the introduction of incentives for lowering the cost of remittances and the improvement of undocumented migrants’ access to formal remittances by addressing the issue of identification;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises that by 2050, Africa’s population will be 2.4 billion of predominantly young people[1];encourages EU to further identify and support initiatives inspired by youth promoting democracy, rule of law and human rights1a; _________________ 1a UN, World population prospects, 2015.