12 Amendments of Vincent PEILLON related to 2010/2105(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at the last High-Level$300 billion will be necessary to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in 2015; regrets that, despite their recent statements at the September 2010 UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) government, most of the industrialised countries areaffirmed failing to honour their 2005 commitments to achieving the development goals by 2015, but that the reality is that a much more concerted effort has to be madeincrease public development aid; therefore considers that the use of innovative financing is essential to achieve the Millennium Development Objectives; underlines that it is not acceptable that innovative financing mechanisms (IFMs) might be seen as an encouragement for certain countries to renounce Official Development Assistance (ODA), which must on the contrary be extended to them;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it fair that activities which benefit substantially from trade globalisation, such as the financial and transport sectors, should contribute to the protection of global public goods and the resolution of major global challenges, in particular development and measures to combat climate change;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the fundamental objective of IFMs is the allocation of additional financial resources to meet the major global challenges in the areas of climate change and development policy; notes that these mechanisms, which have the advantage of providing more stable and predictable resources than public development aid, are particularly well adapted to funding non-commercial services, such as health and education systems;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that the Final Declaration of the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Objectives, adopted on 22 September 2010, for the first time refers specifically to the role of innovatory financing in order to fulfil the MDOs;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the success of innovatory financing mechanisms to date, in particular the UNITAID international facility for the purchase of drugs, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) and the advance market commitment (AMC) for vaccination against pneumococcal disease, which have to date raised over $2 billion; notes that other innovatory financing mechanisms have also proved effective, for example debt-for-nature or debt-for-health swaps or bunker fuel taxes;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that a global tax of 0.05% on financial transactions would generate income of over $500 billion, which could be used to fund development and measures to combat climate change in southern countries;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Notes that a number of Member States have come out in favour of a tax on financial services;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Recalls the firm support given by a number of European Heads of State for the implementation of a tax on financial transactions at the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Objectives in September 2010 and expects decisive action from them in support of this commitment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Supports firmly the implementation of a tax on international and European financial transactions; urges the Commission accordingly to promote this measure actively within the G20 and to present without delay legislative proposals for the introduction of this tax at European level;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Calls on the Member States which have not yet done so to join the pilot group on innovatory financing set up in 2006 and participate in all existing mechanisms, including the solidarity contribution on airline tickets;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Urges the Commission to propose the implementation of innovative development financing mechanisms at EU level;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Calls on the institutions and EU governments to examine closely the possibility of creating a worldwide lottery to fund measures to combat hunger, as proposed by the World Food Programme, in the form of the Food Project;