4 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the European Union as a global player has the responsibility toU and its Member States should contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability, economic development and respect for fundamental values and human rights throughout the world;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Warns that the EU risks international marginalisation if its foreign policy remains underfundedthe economic crises unfolding in several Member States are not dealt with it in a timely manner;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a clear strategy for the Palestine, linking the European Union's financial assistance to an increased political role for the EU in the peace process; to this end, points out that the financial assistance to Palestine should reflect the Middle East's strategic importance for the European Union; Authority area; points out that, when contemplating financial assistance to the PA, the EU and its of the view that, when programming the assistance needed, the Commission should build on past experience and estimated needs, and should therefore be able to allocate the funding required to contribute to the viability ofMember States, mindful of the recent rapprochement between the Palestinian aAuthoritiesy and to the Middle East peace process; therefore insists that the amount envisaged for 2012 should, as a minimum, beHamas, must take additional steps to ensure that no funding reaches the sHame as that spent in 2011errorist organisation;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that increased budgetary resources are necessary but not suall EU budgets need to be reduced in view of the financial crisis afflicient to guarantee the effectiveness of EU external action – greater flexibility and rapidity in disbursing financial assistance are also required; calls therefore for greater flexibility between headings and above such headings in the financial perspective; is in favour of a revisting so many Member States and that spending on the EU external action service vastly exceeds what is acceptable; deplores in particular the massive salaries of senionr of the financial perspective that would enable the EU to react rapidly to crises, taking full account of political prioritiesficials and the expansion of EU delegations abroad;