5 Amendments of Vincent PEILLON related to 2009/2218(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas EU export subsidies for European agricultural products have a disastrous effect on food security and the development of a viable agricultural sector in developing countries,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists that the European Union, the Member States and the EIB assume a leading role in this and make investments through tax havens less attractive by adopting rules on public procurement contracts and the granting of public funds that prevent any company, bank or other institution registered in a tax haven from benefiting from public funds; with a view to this, asks the Commission and the Member States to use the mid-term review of EIB external lending activity to make concrete improvements to its capabilities for evaluating the beneficiaries of its loans and to ensure its investments in developing countries actually contribute to eradicating poverty;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Recalls that 75 % of the world’s poor population lives in rural areas, but that only 4 % of official development assistance (ODA) is dedicated to agriculture; pledges to substantially increase the share of ODA devoted to agriculture and food security; therefore calls on the Commission, Member States and developing countries to address the issue of agriculture more effectively in their development policies;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Firmly recalls the Commission and Member States that ODA has to remain the backbone of the European development cooperation policy aiming at eradicating poverty; therefore, underlines that if innovative sources of development financing are to be widely promoted, they must be additional, used in a pro-poor approach and cannot be used to replace ODA in any way;