19 Amendments of Vincent PEILLON related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation , focusing on long-term objectives such as eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting developing countries must increasemocratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that EU Development Cooperation has as its primary objective the eradication of poverty as enshrined in article 208 TFEU; calls for the next MFF to maintain the integrity of development and humanitarian aid, which should support the capacity and interests of developing countries in line with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, in this context, the need to focus on the health, food, education, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure and governance SDGincrease the level of resources allocated to development cooperation in order to implement Agenda 2030 in an integrated and holistic way; emphasises the need to fulfil EU commitments to allocate 20% of its ODA to social inclusion and human development with a focus on education and health; recalls EU commitment to gender mainstreaming in the next MFF and the need to invest in powerful enablers to sustainable human development such as sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, also in countries where the needs are great, but and recalls EU commitment under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to reach 0,20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries, abiding by the prisks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a resultnciple of leaving no one behind;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the next MFF also to reflect the unprecedented needs for humanitarian aid, caused by natural and man-made disasters driven, inter alia, by climate change and human insecurity, conflicts and forced displacement; calls in particular for maintaining a separate instrument for humanitarian aid with its own legal basis, budget and long term funding strategy, as well as a substantial humanitarian aid reserve;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out the need to reinforce the essential role of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in promoting European values worldwide and consolidating human rights and democracy in EU external action;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the next MFF to adequately resource the EEAS and EU Delegations, in order to allow them to meet their objectives and obligations in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls for the next MFF to be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, underlines the need of scaling up financing for climate action in developing countries, supporting climate mitigation and adaptation and the protection of biodiversity; calls for effective mainstreaming of climate change and environment issues in EU external financing instruments;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that losses of fUnderlines that the United Kingdom’s contribution amoundts forto 15 % of the EU’s development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the EU budget in the context of an overall increase the total of EU-managed ODA; aid budget, calls for a review of existing tools and instruments that can allow for a future UK collaboration in EU development policy; emphasises that eventual losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its position that the European Development Fund (EDF) should be integrated into the Union budget; stresses, however, that such integration should be conditional to a geographical allocation of funds based on countries’ needs and an ambitious upward revision of the ceilings to avoid a reduction of the current EDF resources;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the ODA commitments entered into by thCalls for the next MFF to enforce EU’s and itsthe Member States international commitments, including that of increasing their ODA to 0.7 % of GNI by 2030 in a timely manner; recalls that EU-managed ODA contributes towards the honouring of Member States’ commitments and can significantly increase the development effectiveness of ODA expenditure, including through reduced fragmentation and the facilitation of an incentive-based approach with partner countries.;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that a genuine simplification of EU external financing instruments could enhance coherence and facilitate democratic control and scrutiny; stresses however that such simplification should respect European Parliament’s right of scrutiny and development effectiveness principles, and that EU development funding should retain its fundamental objective of poverty eradication, focusing in particular on LDCs and fragile contexts;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has constantly been fully mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for flexibility to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness principles and aid predictability, in detriment of those instruments designed to serve long- term development goals, or short-cutting parliamentary scrutiny and consultations with partner countries and civil society;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes that the promotion of peace, security and justice in developing countries is crucial and recognises the need for security-related expenditure to deliver on SDG 16;reiterates that the creation of a specific and separate instrument in support of capacity building for security and development should avoid the securitization of development instruments and funding;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers that the proliferation of Trust Funds, rendered necessary due to the lack of resources and flexibility, undermines the unity of the budget and entails risks on democratic ownership, transparency, accountability and aid effectiveness; believes that the use of these instruments should be clearly justified, complementary, of limited duration and aimed at addressing specific objectives rather than serving long-term development goals;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Strongly believes that Trust Funds benefitting of development funds, such as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, should serve genuine long-term development objectives and respond to partner countries’ development needs; considers that the mobilisation of the EU budget to respond to the migration challenge should be accompanied by a common policy on this field and that actions taken in this area should not come at the expense of EU's development policies;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Notes that development assistance can play an important role in the area of migration in tackling the causes of forced displacement and enhancing the benefits of migration and mobility for development; considers however that ODA should not be used to cover in-donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of partnership and cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees; stresses, however, that private sector engagement shall abide by strong transparency and accountability standards, bringing in measurable and additional development impact with solid social, environmental and human rights safeguards in place;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Reiterates its unequivocal call for continued and increased EU support and funding for CSOs as development actors in their own right, and for their full and free involvement in political dialogue as well as in programming and implementation across EU cooperation instruments;