4 Amendments of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2016/2202(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes, in principle, the setting- up of the EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) for Africa but regrets that no prior consultation of Parliament took place although Parliament enjoys reinforced oversight of EDF programming based on a political commitment made by the Commission; notes that the Commission announced it was committing a total of EUR 1,5 billion from the 11th EDF to the EUTF while other donors pledged EUR 81,5 million but that by mid-November 2016 it had paid only EUR 47,14 million; welcomes the efforts to enhance the transparency of decisions and accountability with regard ton EUTF projects but underlines the fact that an adequate format for the regular consultation of Parliament is still lacking;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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2. Observes that while the Commission has proposed substantial simplifications to the Financial Regulation applicable to the General Budget, each EDF is still governed by its own respective financial regulation; believes that a single financial regulation would reduce the complexity in managplanning managing, monitoring and implementing the various EDFs; stresses, furthermore, that Parliament has long called for the integration of EDFs into the EU budget;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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3. Supports the use of budget support but stresses that the contribution to desired development outcomes must be clearly demonstrated, for example through performance clauses, and its use must be made conditional on the improvement of public finance management and on democratic oversight and accountability as well as full transparency towards national parliaments, the supervisory authorities and citizens of recipient countries;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission to incorporate an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for- more principle taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy and development funding; believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should accordingly receive from the EU; stresses that this “positive conditionality” approach, accompanied with a strong focus on financing small-scale projects for rural and semi-urban communities, can bring a real change and guarantee that EU tax payers’ money is spent in a more sustainable and effective manner;