9 Amendments of Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA related to 2017/2027(INI)
Amendment 1 #
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1. Stresses that 175 million people are living in poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a region that has experienced significant economic development in recent years, and both poverty and inequality levels have fallen; stresses, however, that 175 million people are still living in poverty; notes that inequality is the maina significant obstacle to the region’s development; stresses that economic growth together with inclusive social development is the key to addressing itcrucial in order to reduce these levels;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers that since the European Union is the largest donor of aid to the LAC region, withdrawing it, including aid to middle-income countries, would be a backward step that would impede the region’s future development; calls on the Commission and Council to make an unambiguous commitment with LAC (particularly MSME), taking due account of the future EU / ACP partnership, to leave no one behind and alleviate the impact on countries that have recently achieved middle-income status or are in a process of transition towards it;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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5a. Condemns the action taken by the governments of some countries which have refused to accept international humanitarian assistance, thereby making it impossible for those countries’ most basic needs to be addressed; calls on the HR/VP to urge the relevant authorities to allow the entry of such assistance and to put forward an assistance plan for each country;
Amendment 28 #
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6. Stresses the need to step up efforts to combat corruption and impunity, to ensure the separation of powers and equal access to an independent, professionalised and impartial judicial system and to strengthen administration;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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7. Believes public policies, private initiative and public education and training to be fundamental in order to opening up opportunities for the nearly 30 million young people not in employment, education or training to be fundamental;
Amendment 39 #
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8. Highlights the importance of looking into ways of increasing the involvement of the private sector and foreign investment, within a framework upholding human, environmental and labour rights, guaranteeing the legal certainty of investments and the principle of corporate social responsibility and in which investors sign up to and apply the United Nations principles for responsible investment;
Amendment 48 #
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10. Stresses that economic growth and trade alone are not sufficient to reduce poverty and inequalityre key elements in achieving the sustainable development goals; calls for policies that contribute to achievreducing dipoversified,ty and inequality through sustainable and inclusive growth, with a strong emphasis on social issues;
Amendment 56 #
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11. Points out that LAC is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, a majority of which are attributable tos a result of its geographical and geological situation combined with the consequences produced by climate change; calls on the Commission and the LAC countries to tackle the underlying causes and to take climate-resilience measures and to pay particular attention to the speed, mobilisation and amount of humanitarian assistance in the event of emergencies;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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13. Urges for better coordination between policies and programmes supporting the LAC region, as well as the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories; calls for the political commitments made at the EU- LAC regional summits to be honoured, and, to that end, formet and accompanied by the allocation of the necessary financial resources to be provided.;