4 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2012/2092(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1
Section 1 – paragraph 1
1. Underlines that worldwide development efforts in 2013 will critically determine whether the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) can still be met in 2015; reminds Council of the EU's responsibility towards its developing partners and the clear commitments EU donors, both individually and collectively, have made in terms of their contributions to fighting poverty in the developing world; calls on the Member States and the Commission, therefore, to establish a definite time frame for meeting the target of 0.7% of GDP to be allocated to development aid;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it essential to increase budget flexibility to enable the Union to meet the new global challenges effectively; wider flexibility margins are indeed crucial for a better allocation of resources for cooperation and development;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. Is particularly concerned at the proposed cuts in the areas of food security, health and education, which are key sectors for achieving the MDGs; recalls, in addition, that structural interventions in agriculture, food security and nutrition, as well as specific measures to eradicate the phenomenon of land grabbing, are essential for promoting inclusive and sustainable growth and for preventing food crises in vulnerable regions such as the Sahel and the Horn of Africa from recurring year after year;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the need to lay down rules at EU and international level targeted at economic and financial institutions with the aim of reducing the volatility of markets and prices, especially with regard to food commodities, and the need to introduce mechanisms for taxing income from short-term financial speculation and to strengthen current efforts to abolish the system of financial and tax havens;