Activities of Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ 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 (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the replacement of the Development Cooperation Instrument with the Global Europe Instrument coincides with a dramatic reversal of the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and with rapid aggravation of the global climate crisis; insists that in the implementation of the Global Europe Instrument, maximum efficiency in the response to these incomparably important challenges must be sought; calls on the Commission to increase efforts in climate change mitigation that allows to reduce the impact on vulnerable people;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the quality of ECHO’s implementation of humanitarian aid for education, as found by the Court in its Special Report 2/20211 ; insists that education must be a priority in contexts of disasters, and that the EU shall keep financing it, integrating education in emergency situations to avoid school abandonment, especially in conflicts prolonged in time; Recalls that in these contexts, the EU shall keep financing and providing text books and materials in line with UNESCO's recommendations; _________________ 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocIt em.aspx?did=57652
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that at the end of 2020, the Global Europe heading had 29 billion euros of pending payments;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls the importance of rising humanitarian aid efforts and funding given the growing financial gap due to the increasing number of humanitarian crises, partly due to climate change, and that vulnerable people are the ones who suffer more from these crises; calls for more and more specific measures for vulnerable persons, especially for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Stresses that in the upcoming years, Member States shall keep investing in Covid-19 and other vaccines for developing countries, as well as to help improving distribution chains;