Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the development assistance from the EU budget needs to be kept at least at the level foreseen in the MFF and maintain its focus on long-term efforts to eradicate poverty; welcomes the phasing out of ODA for and on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); considers that since the majority of the world’s poorest people (some 75 per cent) live in middle-income countries, in which inequalities persist among different geographical areas and between urban and rural areas, and affect women and minorities in particular, withdrawing aid to middle -income countries would be a backward step as regards the achievement of SDGs in such countries;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that an increase in the investment in access to sexual and reproductive health careand rights is necessary to help counter the negative impact of the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU budget is not the adequate tool for financing migration policies, as most Member States remain reluctant to launch a common policy in this field; stresses that development aid must not be made conditional on cooperation in migration matters such as border management or readmission agreements;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deplores the lack of parliamentary scrutiny over the new trust funds;reiterates the importance of ensuring that trust funds do not respond to specific geopolitical interests of the EU but are pro sustainable development while being fully aligned with the principle of policy coherence for development and the internationally agreed principles of development effectiveness;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the EU and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, confirmed in 2015, to raise their ODA to 0.7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to preparesent binding timelines for progressive increases towards this level.