Activities of Hildegard BENTELE related to 2021/2106(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 – Section III, Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the replacement of the Development Cooperation Instrument with the Global Europe-NDICI Instrument coincides with a dramatic reversal of the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and with rapid aggravadue to the COVID19 pandemic and with enhanced ambition of the globalEU to fight climate crisishange; insists that in the implementation of the Global Europe-NDICI Instrument, maximum efficiency in the response to these incomparably important challenges must be sought;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Global Europe Instrument’- NDICI's spending target for climate change and protection of biodiversity of 30% and its spending target of 20% for human development and social inclusion is aare minimum targets; calls for substantially higher expenditure in this area, given the crucial importance of health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for the realisation of human rights and of a life in dignity for all, the devastating impacts of the COVID pandemic and the human rights- based approach laid down in the Global Europe - NDICI regulation, the implementation of which Parliament will scrutinise;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors in its annual report, in particular that international organisations must grant the Court complete, unlimited and timely access to documents, and not just in read- only format; calls on the Commission to take action on this matter;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Insists that the newly established Geopolitical Dialogue's impacts on programming and budget decisions and that international initiatives of relevance to the EU, e.g. in the framework of the G7 and International Climate Conferences, should be properly discussed and implemented according to existing legislative procedures and with full respect for Parliament's role as one of the two arms of the EU's budgetary authority;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the joint coordination of European aid as part of the Team Europe approach and insists that that become the standard method, as it has the potential to address the problem of a lack of visibility of European action and lack of coordination with Member States;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Reiterates its request of 20131a and 20171b and asks the Commission to submit, on the basis of Articles 209 and 210 TFEU, a proposal for an act concerning regulatory aspects on EU donor coordination on development aid; _________________ 1a P7_TA(2013)0558 1b P8_TA(2017)0026
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls for a regular review of partner countries in the light of the development objectives achieved and asks for resolve to end cooperation once these objectives are not met over a longer period of time; calls also on the Commission to inform the European Parliament of the countries and respective sectors in which the EU is the largest donor and whether this is in line with the EU’s geopolitical strategy;