9 Amendments of Harlem DÉSIR related to 2009/2218(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission and the ACP countries to include in Article 13 of the ACP-EU agreement on migration the principles of circular migration and its facilitation by granting circular visas; stresses that the article in question emphasises respect for human rights and equitable treatment of nationals of ACP countries, but that the scope of these principles is seriously compromised by bilateral readmission agreements with transit countries in a context of externalisation by Europe of the management of migration, which do not guarantee respect for the rights of migrants and which may result in 'cascade' readmissions which jeopardise their safety and their lives;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the cessation of export subsidies; irrespective of the successful conclusion of the ‘Doha Round’, to avoid dumping of EU products on markets in developing countries and the economic loss that this generaten this view, recalls the commitment made in Doha in 2001 by all WTO members to conclude a Development round of negotiations aiming at rectifying the existing imbalances in the trade system and aiming to put trade at the service of development, contributing to poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the Commission to revise the Global Europe strategy, as the trade component of the Lisbon strategy, in order to make of international trade a tool for job creation, poverty eradication and sustainable development worldwide;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Asks that the "aid for trade" strategy benefit all developing countries, and not only those agreeing to a greater liberalisation of their markets, notably in the context of Economic Partnership Agreements;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission, during trade negotiations, not to encourage developing countries to agree to liberalisation beyond their existing WTO commitments, and stresses in particular that the ‘Singapore issues’ should under no circumstances be imposed in negotiations against the wishes of developing countries;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Asks the Commission to include legally binding social and environmental standards systematically in trade agreements negotiated by the European Union, to promote the objective of trade working for development;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Asks the Commission to start the impact assessments earlier, i.e. before the drafting process of policy initiatives is already far advanced and to base them on evidence-based studies, and to systematically include social, environmental and human rights dimensions ; asks the Commission to include the results of the impact assessments in the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)’s Regional and Country Strategy Papers ;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines the importance of inter- committee cooperation in the European Parliament ; to this end, suggests that, when a sensitive issue regarding PCD is discussed by a committee, the other relevant committees must be closely associated, and when a committee organizes an expert audition on a sensitive issue concerning PCD, the other relevant committees must be part of the organization of the audition ;