Activities of Javier COUSO PERMUY related to 2016/2053(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020 (A8-0263/2016 - Norbert Neuser) ES
Amendments (5)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. HEmphasises that the history of the ACP-EU partnership has demonstrated the failure of the Lomé and subsequently the Cotonou agreements to achieve their avowed objective of sustainable development and poverty reduction; reiterates its opposition to agreements requiring the implementation of structural adjustment and stringent austerity programmes in signatory countries, to the detriment of the investment in public services that is essential for the sustainable development of the countries in question and of measures to achieve food sovereignty and provide education for all, social security and universal healthcare; highlights the need to rebuild the EU-ACP relationship on fresh foundations as a fair partnership between equals, respecting countries’ heterogeneity and sovereignty; stresses that the partnership must have as its objectives the United Nations SDGs, the meeting of basic needs and respect for human rights;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that since 2008 land- grabbing by multinationals in the agri- food sector has risen exponentially, affecting, according to the FAO, between 50 and 80 million hectares of agricultural land in developing countries, two-thirds of which was in sub-Saharan Africa; takes the view that one of the key priorities in future ACP-EU relations should be funding for small famers with a view to guaranteeing the continent’s food security and sovereignty and building up production stocks for the benefit of the local population;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b.Stresses the importance of mobilising resources by means of fair, redistributive tax systems and effective measures to combat tax fraud and illegal capital flows;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that official development assistance (ODA), as defined by the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the United Nations ‘Addis Ababa Action Agenda’ on financing development, remains crucial for ACP countries, in particular the least developed countries (LDCs); insists that this issue be fully integrated in future ACP-EU relations after 2020; notes the European Union’s commitment to allocating development assistance to ACP countries; asks that assistance from the EU and Member States be provided in the form of grants rather than loans (subject to repayment at a later date) in order not to increase the debt burden; deplores the fact that many EU Member States did not reach the target of allocating 7% of their gross national product (GNP) to ODA in 2015; calls on all partners to fully honour their commitments; urges that development assistance should not be used to control borders or secure the readmission of migrants;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UStresses that the military intervention and the meddling by Western and NATO countries in recent years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, the Central African Republic, and elsewhere have only added to the instability on the African continent as a whole, especially as a result of violence perpetrated by ‘coalition’ forces, the movement of weapons, the partitioning of countries and the proliferation of armed groups; reaffirms the inalienable right of peoples to self- determination and to choose their political, economic and social system; underlines the importance of putting an end to foreign interference in the internal affairs of ACP countries, and to neocolonial policies; supports, and of basing future ACP-EU relations on respect for international law; supports, therefore, the idea of dismantling all foreign military bases.