11 Amendments of Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE related to 2023/2001(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the CETA Joint Committee Recommendations on Trade and Climate, Trade and Gender and Trade and SMEs,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020) 152 final),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to the EU-Canada strategic partnership on raw materials,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 23 June 2022 on the future of EU international investment policy (2021/2176(INI)),
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that CETA relies on a fair and predictable rules- and values- based relationship which promotes a more secure and stable economic environment between the trading partners, which is particularly important in the context of heightened geopolitical uncertainties, built on the principles of sustainable development and respect for human rights and labour and environmental standards; considers that such predictability fosters economic growth, the exchange of goods, the provision of services, participation in public procurement, the attractiveness of investment, quality employment, the creation of more and better-paid jobs, and improved working conditions and living standards;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of labour mobility facilitation granted under CETA as it helps ensure an adequate skills transfer between the EU and Canada and avoid shortages of qualified labour; welcomes in this regard the successful conclusion in 2022 of the first Mutual Recognition Agreement under CETA for architects’ qualifications; takes the view that the EU Blue Card could further facilitate exchanges between two developedcompetitive economies with a highly educated population; underlines that exchange programmes between the EU and Canadian academic institutions can further contribute to necessary labour mobility in the long run;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the EU-Canada strategic partnership on raw materials; stresses that cooperation on access to critical raw materials is essential in the current geopolitical landscape, as well as for the green and just transition, and constitutes an important element of the European economic security strategy; is convinced that raw materials extraction needs to occur with respect for environmental standards, labour and human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the adoption of the recommendation on Trade and Gender by the CETA Joint Committee as early as 2018, which includes a commitment to share methods and procedures for the collection of gender disaggregated data, the use of indicators, monitoring and evaluation methodologies, and the analysis of gender-focused statistics related to trade; underlines that trade should benefit all, and specifically strengthen women’s economic empowerment; strongly encourages the CETA Joint Committee to continue monitoring the impacts of the Agreement on gender; takes the view that the work carried out under the jointly adopted action plan can serve as an example for other trade agreements, even when there are no dedicated chapters on trade and gender in the agreement itself; encourages the Commission to publish more easily accessible gender disaggregated data on the usage of the agreement;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that CETA provides a framework that fosters both trade and climate action by including commitments to cooperate on trade-related environmental issues of common interest such as climate change, as demonstrated by the recommendation on trade, climate action and the Paris Agreement; welcomes the growth of the environmental goods trade by 27 % since provisional application started; underlines the importance of Canadian-based global power production accelerating the clean energy transition by producing energy from renewable resources;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the active involvement and monitoring of CETA implementation by the domestic advisory groups (DAGs) and the Civil Society Forum, gathering hundreds of representatives from across the EU and Canada, including businesses, environmental and labour organisations, civil society, academia as well as indigenous people’s’ representatives from Canada, and actively contributing to the work of in particular the Trade and Sustainable Development Committee through their joint statements;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the parties to review CETA in order to introduce a suitable and effective dispute settlement mechanism, including the consideration of, among various enforcement methods, sanctions as a deterrent to be used, as a last resort, in the case of serious breaches; highlights its wish to institutionalise the ongoing cooperation on Trade and Gender in this review; stresses that this review should also introduce specific strong provisions on the rights of indigenous peoples, including ILO Convention 169 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as is standard practice in other EU trade agreements; underlines the inclusion of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as an essential element of the agreement in the context of the review of the TSD provisions;