Activities of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2020/2045(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Amendments (19)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the revision of the Financial Regulation in 2018 introduced weak and insufficient provisions strengthening Parliament’s scrutiny powers when new EUTFs are established or the current ones are extended; whereas this presents a serious circumvention of budgetary scrutiny of the European Parliament as enshrined in the treaties;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the establishment of both the EUTFs and the Facility for refugees in Turkey (FRT) have been justified by the need for a flexible and swift reaction not possible under the classical institutional framework; whereas the extra-budgetary instruments such as the EUTFs, as well as extraordinary tools such as the FRT, pose challenges with respect toundermine democratic accountability, including the role of the European Parliament and also the integrity of the EU budget;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament, while acknowledging their value-added, has repeatedly voiced the need for enhanced parliamentary scrutiny of the EUTFs and the FRT;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is of the opinion that the trust funds are not the appropriate instrument to finance projects, humanitarian and development aid from the EU transparently and with clear targets; on the contrary, the construct of the trust funds circumvents democratic control, co- decision and transparent policy approaches; Is particularly concerned about the use of funds and the policy approach of the Trust Fund for Africa and the FRT, as they serve the security and political interests of the EU only;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Bêkou Trust Fund has proven its value as an important tool to address the post-conflict situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); notes that the EUTF made a major contribution to the nexus approach of development and humanitarian needs in the CAR;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Expresses concern on the ongoing military presence of the EU in the Central African Republic through the European Union Training Mission (EUTM-RCA), particularly given the reports, including by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, of human rights violations involving the CAR’s army; expresses the need for the EU to promote full accountability regarding the ongoing violence in the CAR;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the EU to engage in dialogue with the Syrian Government in order to ensure that the Madad EUTF adequately contributes to the situation of internally displaced people in Syria;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Expresses concern on the use of the EUTF for Africa for human rights’ violations; deplores the funding of the militias known as the ‘Libyan coastguard’, responsible for grave violations of human rights of migrant people and involved in slave trade; deplores the funding of security and police forces in charge of border control in countries such as Sudan or Eritrea with governments involved in grave violations of human rights; calls for the immediate evaluation and cancellation of all ongoing projects funded by the EUTF for Africa which involve human rights violations, such as the road reconnecting Ethiopia and Eritrea in which it has been denounced that the Eritrean authorities are using slave labour;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the generally strong degree of local ownership, the involvement of local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs) in projects supported by the EUTF for Africa; calls for the stop of funding to governments or institutions responsible for human rights violations either directly or indirectly from the EUTF for Africa;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Congratulates Colombia on its efforts, despite its own challenges with the implementation of the peace agreement, to provide support for over 1.7 million Venezuelan migrants who have fled to Colombia, in particular by granting them a 10-year temporary protection statusExpresses concern regarding the implementation of the peace agreement, particularly in light of the increase of murders of social and political leaders, calls on the Colombian authorities to fully implement the Peace Agreement, including parts which have not been developed yet such as those concerning access to land;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Rejects the EU FRT together with “EU- Turkey statement” as they are an instrument to seal off the EU border for refugees and migrants and de facto abolish the right to seek asylum; considers further that Turkey is not a safe third country, since parts of the Turkish population as well as migrants and refugees are at risk of discrimination, violence and persecution, refugees and their children are at risk of exploitation, racism and lynch law;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its request that Turkey respect the principle of non-refoulement, in particular on the Syrian border, and that it not use the flows of refugees against the EU; recalls that EU agencies such as Frontex as well as Member State authorities are also bound by the principle of non-refoulement; calls on an immediate end of any form of refoulement to Turkey from EU land and waters;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Is of the opinion that the political approach and the use of funds in particular of the EUTF for Africa and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey are wrong and must be terminated or reallocated; rejects the use of the EUTF for Africa for border management and anti-migration policies, demands the reallocation of these funds for real development aid and eradication of root causes; calls for the termination of the so called EU-Turkey agreement and of the Fortress-Europe policy;