64 Amendments of Luisa MORGANTINI
Amendment 2 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the EU-Africa strategy could have been an inclusive, bottom-up and participatory process of developing a partnership of equals but the pressure to adopt it at the Lisbon Summit prevented citizens of both continents from being adequately included,
Amendment 5 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there has been minimal involvement of civil society, particularly on the African side, in the development and implementation of the Joint Strategy, therefore resulting in a lack of ownership of the strategy by civil society in both continents,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commissions and the Member States of the EU and the AU to complete as a matter of priority this institutional architecture by developing the parliamentary and civil society components that should drive and sustain the process by giving it transparency, ownership and democratic legitimacy;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to develop appropriate capacity building tools for African civil society organisations specifically aimed at enhancing their capacity to engage with the strategy´s implementation;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the European Union and the African Union to start a serious reflexion aimed at clarifying the potential contradiction between the Pan-African approach of the Strategy and the existing different relationships with Northern African countries, Sub-Saharan countries and South Africa; also asks for clarification on the future of the Cotonou agreement and of the ACP as a group;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers, as regards the partnership on trade and regional integration, that under the right conditions, increasing trade is an essential driver of economic growth, provided trade policies are coherent with development objectives;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists, as regards the partnership on the MDGs, that even with more and better aid it will be difficult to meet these goals, and therefore urges EU Member States to uphold the commitments they recently restated at the Doha Conference on Financing for Development, as well as at the Accra High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, particularly as regards the volume of their aid, policy coherence, ownership, transparency and division of labour between donors;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to create a specific financial instrument for the implementation of the strategy; stresses that such an instrument should provide additional funding and should not take money away from existing instruments; underlines the importance of joint EP- PAP parliamentary scrutiny of such a new instrument;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2305(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 4 #
2008/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that today's open trading system could stimulate economic activity between China and developing countries to the benefit of both sides and could be an unprecedented opportunity for economic growth and for their integration into the world economy, on the condition that trade policies are consistent with development objectives and that economic growth translates into poverty reduction;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Hopes that the Chinese authorities will live up to the promises they made before the Olympic Games in 2008 on human and minority rights, democracy and the rule of law; and remains deeply concerned about the continuing repression of Tibetans and other minorities in China, as well as the ongoing restrictions on, as well as freedom of expression in the media and politics in China;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. DWhile fully aware of the need for China to continue on its development path, deplores the lack of ecological and environmental planning in China which has led to huge problems in air, water and soil pollution which are a major threat to the sustainability of industrial and agricultural activity as well as a threat to the health of the population; calls on the Chinese authorities to meet stricter targets for CO2 emissions and to impose tight restrictions on industrial and urban polluters; recalls the Joint Declaration on Climate Change of 2005 between China and the EU, which established a Partnership on Climate Change, and the need to speed up its implementation;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes Chinese investment in Africa and Latin America but calls on the Commission to monitor developments closely to ensure that such activities, as well as EU activities, are not to the financial, environmental or social detriment of the local populations in the least developed countries, whereas imports of Chinese consumer goods have proved to undercut local production and cost African jobs; therefore calls on the Commission to initiate a dialogue in this regard through the EU-China-Africa trialogue swiftly and to forge a partnership of equals aimed at enhancing African ownership and at addressing common challenges;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas accountability, transparency and managing for results are among the main principles guiding development cooperation according to several international conventions including the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the DCI requirement1 that budget support programmes should be accompanied by support for partner countries' efforts to develop parliamentary control and audit capacities and increase 1 DCI Article 25(1)(b) transparency and public access to information; points out that work in this area should also be carried out when "budget support" is delivered by other donors or MDTFs and stresses the important role that civil society organisations can play in the monitoring of such budget support;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses extreme concern about the risks to which personnel working on development cooperation in Afghanistan are exposed, highlighted by the deaths in August 2008 of four such staff members; considers that the security of civilian aid workers is jeopardised by the blurring of the distinction between military and civilian operators due to the use of military Provincial Reconstruction Teams to carry out development actions in the provinces; calls therefore for the re-establishment of a clear distinction between military and civilian personnel;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that relations between Non-State Actors (NSAs) and the government of Afghanistan do not always run smoothly and calls for every effort to be made to improve relations; points also to the need to establish a strict definition of not-for- profit NSAs at national level, after consulting the NSAs themselves;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the particular problemsoppression and discrimination faced by the women of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime and subsequently1the problems they are facing now, and observes that even if cultural attitudes built up at that time can only gradually be changed; calls on the Commission to take into account gender aspects in all its development actions in the country; 1 Described in Paragraph 33 more should be done by the current government to defend their rights; calls ofn the European Parliament resolution of 8 July 2008 on stabilisCommission to allocate specific human resources in its delegation tof Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community. to better incorporating gender aspects into all its development actions in the country; Or. en
Amendment 2 #
2008/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the development of a European Action Plan on the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and asks the European Commission to urge partner countries and EU Member States to develop National Action Plans; suggests a review of EU guidelines on the defence of human rights in order to ensure full compliance with UNSCR 1325;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas violent conflicts, beyond having a tragic impact on development and human rights, also deter foreign investors, substantially reducing growth,
Amendment 49 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the stimulation of private economic initiative must take place through the application of the principles of competition, low taxation, minimal regulationsound institutional framework and stable currencies,
Amendment 62 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the concept of "Responsibility to Protect" must be considered as a form of enhancing the national sovereignty of citizens and not as a means of reducing itshould focus on actions of prevention, use of civilian means and support to partner countries in order for them to be able to protect their own populations;
Amendment 70 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that every effort must be made to ensure minimum standards of basic services for those populations affected by conflict, in particular in relation to access to food, clean water and sanitation, medicines, health care (including reproductive health) and personal security;
Amendment 83 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Calls the European Commission, the Council and Member States to effectively implement the European Strategy to combat illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition;
Amendment 94 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that local ownership of the peace building process is an essential tool for ensure lasting institution buildingsolutions and long-term stability; stresses that institutions, electoral processes, voter registration and electoral rolls, voter identification and anti- corruption mechanisms must be as transparent and accountable as possible, as they are a prerequisite for defending the rule of law, human rights, democratic institutions, and the dignity of the population as well as for economic development, investment and trade;
Amendment 102 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that societies are best built from "the bottom upwards"; therefore political and financial support to local communities, families, civil society organisations including women's organisations, micro-credit organisations and local networks are preconditions for any successful development policy;
Amendment 118 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that justice for victims of conflict is essential and that national courts, as long as the judicial system is functioning, independent and impartial, are better placed than international war crime tribunals to ensure ownership of national judicial processes and punishment of perpetrators; takes the view that judicial reform may be required so as to implement properly the rule of law and ensure transparency; in this framework proposes, in post conflict contexts, to explore the possibility of carrying out a mapping of past human rights violations perpetrated during the conflict;
Amendment 122 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers it crucial to end impunity of gender-based crimes of violence and to exclude these crimes, where feasible, from amnesty provisions; also considers that every effort must be made to prosecute the perpetrators of sexual violence, ensuring that all victims, particularly women and girls, have equal protection under the law and, equal access to justice, full access to sexual and reproductive health services and to sensitisation programmes which will support those women in tackling the stigmas they face;
Amendment 125 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13a (new)
Paragraph 13a (new)
13a. Welcomes the adoption of UNSC resolution 1820, in particular its recognition that sexual violence is a threat to international peace and security;
Amendment 128 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to continue the fight against impunity as the most effective means of preventing future human rights abuses also by supporting the operation of internationally established tribunals;
Amendment 131 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that relevant civil society organisations can be used as a forumfacilitators for dialogue among conflicting groups when twinned with training in nonviolent conflict resolution and peace education;
Amendment 135 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need for a conflict sensitive approach when designing development programmes on the basis of the ownership of the partner country, in order to improve their efficiency and take into account the dynamicthroughout the entire cycle of planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating of development programmes, in order to maximise their positive and minimise their negative impacts on the conflict dynamics; emphasises the importance of systematically carrying out conflict analysis and understanding the key drivers of a conflicts; considers that the introduction of benchmarks is a useful tool in the evaluation of the impact of development cooperation actions;
Amendment 139 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19a (new)
Paragraph 19a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Commission to designate conflict prevention as a cross-cutting issue in development cooperation and to integrate conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis into existing and new policies, into Country and Regional Strategy Papers, and into all the relevant financial instruments for external cooperation;
Amendment 147 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21a (new)
Paragraph 21a (new)
21a. Stresses that all EU missions (mediation and negotiation teams, police and peace-keeping forces etc) should include gender advisers, gender mainstreaming training and at least 40% of women at all levels, including at the most senior levels;
Amendment 152 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers it crucial that the EU direct resources to building necessary capacities including internal audit offices reporting to national parliaments, so that they are empowered to monitor EU budgetary support, particularly in post conflict countries where conflict sensitivity to EC programming is high;
Amendment 156 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23a (new)
Paragraph 23a (new)
Amendment 157 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23b (new)
Paragraph 23b (new)
23c. Recommends the enforcement of the code of conduct for UN personnel serving in post-conflict zones and calls for zero- tolerance of sexual violence committed by peacekeepers or NGO staff;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Commission and the Member Sates to exclude debt cancellation, particularly cancellation of export credit debts, and money spent in the European Union on students and refugees from ODA figures ;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the fact that consultation with partner governments, national parliaments and civil society organisations is crucial in the decision making on ODA volumes and destinations;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Sa (new)
Recital Sa (new)
Sa. whereas the role of civil society is essential, both as a partner in the political dialogue on aid effectiveness and setting aid priorities, and as “watchdog” for monitoring government spending,
Amendment 27 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ua (new)
Recital Ua (new)
Ua. whereas the European Consensus on Development recognises gender equality as a goal in its own right and commits the EU to strengthening its approach to gender equality in all EU development cooperation and whereas the EC Communication on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development Cooperation commits EU donors to ensure the effective implementation of strategies and practices that genuinely deliver for women,
Amendment 29 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission together to make every effort to ensure that the EU speaks with one voice, to align aid delivery with partner countries' priorities and to make their actions more harmonized, transparent and collectively effective;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Commission will need to maintain the integrity of the development agenda and a clear focus on the ultimate objective of poverty eradication and emphasise the effective implementation of priority policies, including a clear focus on results;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the importance that better reporting of the results to the European Parliament, civil society and the Member States can help build confidence in Community programmes, increase accountability and permit more strategic forms of oversight; in this respect, calls on the Commission to propose a new indicator (the 'Paris Declaration 13th indicator') to monitor Parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5d (new)
Paragraph 5d (new)
5d. Supports the choice of the Commission to increasingly use budget support, but at the same time encourages the Commission to further investigate the challenges of this aid modality;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to continue to simplify procedures, including aid delivery processes, to further decentralise responsibility and to provide the delegations with sufficient capacity (staff and skills) and more control or influence over the shape and approval procedure of the thematic and regional budget lines to fulfil their responsibilities; suggests including partner governments, parliaments and civil society organisations in a mapping of cumbersome procedures and possible solutions;
Amendment 60 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to improve the clarity of the definitions (ODA sectorial allocation) so as to improve consistency of the results and reduce the transaction costs of managing the Commission and Member States data at country level; urges the Commission and the Member States to exclude debt cancellation, particularly cancellation of export credit debts, money spent in Europe on students and refugees from aid figures from ODA;
Amendment 67 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to respect real democratic ownership of the development process by phasing out economic policy conditionality and by aligning to partner countries' priorities as identified by local governments, parliaments and CSOs;
Amendment 74 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the need to intensify the Commission's consultations with civil society partners in headquarters and in the field through better structured meetings on policy, strategic programming and aid effectiveness issues including requirements for calls for proposals, disbursement procedures, financial control of projects, monitoring and evaluation processes;
Amendment 85 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to make a multi-year (3 years or more) aid commitments by the Commission and the Members States based on clear and transparent criteria agreed with partner countries, and the delivery of those commitments on schedule, in a transparent manner; welcomes the MDG contract as one of the possible ways to increase the predictability of aid;
Amendment 91 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that Aid reform is only one of the steps that the EU must take along with making its trade, security, migration, agriculture and other policies coherently work with development objectives in order to benefit developing countries and promoting a fair international financial and trade system in favour of development;
Amendment 96 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that the aid effectiveness debate should not be understood as against the scaling up of aid as both issues are closely interrelated; urges the Commission and the Member States to reconfirm their commitment of achieving its collective target of 0.56% in 2010 and 0.7% in 2015, to scale up aid and to set ambitious multi- annual timetables to measure the gradual rise in aid budgets;
Amendment 97 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25a (new)
Paragraph 25a (new)
25a. Stresses the importance of including a strong gender perspective at every stage of the programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation levels;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that, to date, no evaluation or impact assessment has been carried out on EU sanctions policy and that it is therefore extremely difficult to gauge the policy's impact and effectiveness on the ground and thus to draw the necessary conclusions; calls on the Council and the Commission to carry out this evaluation work; 1considers, however, that the sanctions policy used against South Africa proved effective in helping to end apartheid; Or. fr OJ L 26, 31.1.2006, p. 28.
Amendment 40 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. AcknowledgesWelcomes the fact that the overall EU sanctions instruments are generally deployed flexibly in accordance with needs on a case-by-case basis, which prevents them from being perceived as a 'European Penal Code' under which certain actions would automatically trigger a certain type of sanction; deplores, however, the fact that the EU has often applied its sanctions policy inconsistently, by treating third countries differently even though their human rights and democratic records are similar, and thus triggering criticism for applying 'double standards';
Amendment 45 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that the European Union sanctions against the Palestinian Government formed in February 2006 following elections which the EU recognised as free and democratic have undermined the consistency of Union policy and proved seriously counterproductive by making the political and humanitarian situation considerably worse;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the implementationappropriate measures implemented within the framework of the human rights clause cannot be regarded as an entirely autonomous or unilateral EU sanction, as it stems directly from the bilateral or multilateral agreement, which establishes a reciprocal undertaking to respect human rights; considers that appropriate measures taken in accordance with this clause exclusively concern the implementation of the relevant agreement in giving either party the lawful basis for suspending or annulling the agreement; considers, therefore, that the implementation of human rights clauses and autonomous or unilateral sanctions necessarily complement each other;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that failure to take appropriate or restrictive measures in the event of a situation marked by persistent human rights violations seriously undermines the Union's human rights strategy, sanctions policy and credibility; in this connection, believes that the persistent violations of international law by Israel call for urgent action on the part of the Union;
Amendment 59 #
2008/2031(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. InsistWelcomes, therefore, on the systematic inclusion of human rights clauses and insists on the incorporation of a specific implementation mechanism in all new bilateral agreements signed with third countries; recalls, in this connection, the importance of the recommendations issued with a view to more effective and systematic implementation of the clause, namely the formulation of objectives and reference criteria, regular evaluation, involvement of the European Parliament and civil society at all stages of the clause's implementation;
Amendment 1 #
2007/2217(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in absolute terms the holding of elections cannot be considered as the sole indicator of democracy, but that nevertheless it might have a positive effect on the democratisation process as measured by improvements in civil liberties, provided that political pluralism, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of expression, equal access to the media, secret ballots and respect for human rights are secured;
Amendment 3 #
2007/2217(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU election observation activities can be regarded as a fully-fledged tool of EU external action only if they are structurally linked to an overall EU action geared to a particular country and region and when their preparation and follow-upif all EU external policies are consistent with the objective of democratisation and institution building; it is also crucial that their preparation, including training of observers, and follow-up, including monitoring to what extent the local government takes account of the EU Election Observation Mission's recommendations, are adequate;
Amendment 6 #
2007/2217(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of EU short- and long-term observers abstaining from any behaviour that could be perceived by the local population as patronising, superior or disrespectful of local culture; in this context, and where appropriate, EU observers should link up with local observers;
Amendment 7 #
2007/2217(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly believes that EU election observation activities must go hand in hcan only be effective if they go hand in hand with appropriate long-term development policies and with firm and substantial EU support for strengthening the democratic political mechanisms in place, in particular through capacity-building for the national parliaments, political parties, non-State actors and civil society, and through the promotion of human rights and good governance;
Amendment 13 #
2007/2217(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for serious consideration to be given to the added-value of carrying out ACP-EU joint election observation delegations and missions in the broader context of EU external action but also in relation to other national and international observation missions.