5 Amendments of Anne VAN LANCKER related to 2008/2050(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to implement a clear division between development spending and spending on foreign policy interests; also asks Member States to make a clear distinction in their ODA figures between genuine development assistance and spending in Europe on welcoming foreign students, receiving refugees and debt cancellation;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that reductions in Member States´ reported ODA should not take place again; points out that the EU will have given EUR 75 billion less than was promised for the period 2005-2010 if the current trend continues;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses serious concern that soma majority of the Member States (especially Latvia and the Czech Republic) are falling behind in reaching ODA commitments for 201018 out of 27) are unable to raise their level of ODA between 2006 and 2007 and that there has even been a dramatic reduction of over 10% in a number of countries such as Belgium, France and the United Kingdom; calls on Member States to fulfil their ODA volumes as committed; notes with satisfaction that some Member States (Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) are certain to reach the ODA targets for 2010, and is confident that these Member States will maintain their high levels of ODA;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the approach of some Member States to develop multi-annual timetables for increasing ODA levels to meet the UN target of 0,7% by 2015; asks Member States that have not yet done so to disclose their multi-annual timetables as quickly as possible; stresses that Member States should adopt these prior to the forthcoming International Conference on Financing for Development and fulfil their commitments;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. calls on the European Commission to review the sustainability of, and arrangements for, introducing a European levy on currency transactions which, by its own estimates, could raise between EUR 7 and 11 billion each year if the levy were set at 0.01%; calls on Member States to follow the example of Belgium and Austria in introducing a levy on currency transactions that enters into force once all Eurozone Member States have brought this into their legislation;