6 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2015/2272(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the aim of the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy to be comprehensive, enhance coherence between internal and external policies and improve coordination between institutions and with Member States; recalls in this context the Treaty obligation to considerRecalls the Treaty obligation to respect the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and minimiseavoid any contradictions between development and non-development policies that have an impact on developing countries; calls on the Member States and the EC therefore to establish and consolidate systems of coordination between respective Ministries and among the whole College of Commissioners respectively, and to further involve national Parliaments in the PCD agenda, and calls on the EU to reinforce a coordination mechanism for identifying the potential implications of policies on development objectives, integrating development aspects into policy initiatives from the outset and introducing a more systematic measurement of impacts and progress as regards PCD calls, in this regard, the EC to develop complaint mechanism for human rights abuses resulting from any EU external policy;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the development cooperation goals – in particular those of promoting good governance, human rights, democracy and justice, combating poverty, reducing inequalities and social exclusion, tackling barriers to economic growth, and improving health and education – all contribute to addressing the root causes of recent security and migration challenges; stresses in this context that in ordersustainable and inclusive economic growth to the profit of the whole population by respecting social, environmental rights and labour rights, gender equality and women empowerment, including right to save abortion, and improving public health and public education – all contribute to addressing the security-development nexus properly, dedicated mechanisms with flexible financing must be developedroot causes of recent migration challenges;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a revision of the European consensus on development as an important contribution to an updated, coherent global EU strategy; underlines that such a revision should take into consideration new global challenges, address EU implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and reiterate underlying values such as respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but also key development effective principles such as ownership of development strategies by partner countries, enhance of partner countries country systems accountability and differentiation based on needs but also performance criteria based on sustainable development objectives;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes with concern the increase of debt unsustainability bout in developed and developing countries; calls the EC to enhance the principle of common responsibility of borrowers and lenders, recalls the EC to effectively follow and promote the UNCTAD Principles on responsible borrowing and lending in all its policy areas; calls, in this regard, the EU and its Member States to constructively engage on the UN work towards a sovereign debt workout international mechanism;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it regrettable that a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacking, which allow certain States and companies to circumvent them with impunity; Calls for the EU and Member States to engage actively in the work of the UN's Human Rights Council and of the UNEP on an international treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses and violations of environmental standards;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by enhancing an equal partners policy, respecting the democratic policy space of sovereign countries governments to take policy decisions in favour of their populations and upgrading the principle of good governance as an essentials elements of the post-Cotonou agreement and by building strongereffectively enhancing links between EU development, objectives on trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the security and prosperity of both partieswills of both parties and the challenges they face.