25 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2010/2026(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the export of smart and high quality products promoted in the Europe 2020 strategy requires solvent customers, whereas it is in the interests of the European economies to increase the absorption capacities of the Latin American markets,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas GDP per capita in the region ranges from 1.211 USD in Haiti or 2.635 USD in Nicaragua, to 11.225 USD in Brazil or roughly 15.000 in Argentina, Chile and Mexico,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the Lisbon Treaty defines EU trade policy as an integral part of the Union's overall external action and that that policy therefore must address development, environmental and social objectives as well as contribute to meeting to the other objectives set out in the Treaty on the European Union; considers that modern European trade policy has to play an important role in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals and international commitments to human rights, food security and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the aim of closera deepened integration of the European and Latin American economic spheres must be a win-win situation for both sides; stresses that intensified and fair trade relations should create more and better jobs in both regions and must be supportive to the aim of more resource- efficient and greener economies;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SCalls on the Commission to actively supports the development of fair- trade schemes and trade in sustainably managed resources;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the fact that both the EU and Latin American countries share the view that public services are a key element to build solid economic and social development; calls on the Commission to favour cooperation between the public sectors of both regions;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that it is necessary to promote the implementation of country-specific, complementary policies to amplify the opportunities of trade exchanges among stakeholders in conformity with the specific development goals; believes that mobilizing Aid for Trade and harnessing trade intensification for development is crucial;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the developments in Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia, where new trade and resource policies seem to have contributed to the reduction of inequality, documented by the improvement of their Gini coefficient, as illustrative of the conditions under which trade reforms may have progressive distributive effects;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that in Latin America new and ambitious forms of economic cooperation, such as ALBA, are being explored, which are linked with socio-economic policies; calls on the Commission to support such approaches to South-South integration and to avoid clauses in EU trade agreements that would harm the positive effects of the respective integration approaches;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the contribution of an open and fair rules-based multilateral trade system in promoting the recovery from the economic crisis and in promoting growth and development, in line with the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the European Union should seek to make the more attractive offer aimed at serving the economic development interests of our partners in order to ensure its exchanges in the region, beside the presence of the US and China; believes that this should include complementary offers, for instance regarding capacity building and technology transfer; stresses also the need for respectful treatment of our partners and acknowledgement of asymmetric needs;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers that it is necessary to give to our trade partnership a truly European dimension, increasing the exchanges of Latin American countries with all countries, including countries in Central and Eastern Europe; considers it necessary to integrate a wider scope of economic activities in our exchanges;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the implementation of the EU-Central America Association Agreement must take into account the interests of the people concerned; stresses that parliaments still have to ratify the Agreement as a whole, including all its pillars: political dialogue, cooperation and trade;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to closely involve the Parliament in the negotiations related to the necessary update of the agreements with Chile and Mexico;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to make trade negotiations more transparent by giving early access to key documents and draft agreements to all social partners of sectors that are potentially affected by the outcome of trade agreements and to establish an ongoing and formalized process of consultation with them;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Draws attention to the important role that the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) couldis play in the futureg;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of establishing close cooperation between the two continents in order to develop a new Latin American railways network;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the decision to set up the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC); points out that regional integration is an essential process to help Latin America adjust to the new global challenges;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to support the partners in Latin America in establishing competitive value-added production facilities; proposes the establishment of regional trade academies both in Latin American regions and across EU Member States aimed at capacity building among SMEs by providing training sessions on the preconditions for trading agricultural products, goods and services with the partner region;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Encourages EU support for EU- Latin American trade fairs in the various European and Latin American countries to provide a stage for contacts and partnership agreements, in particular among SMEs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the next reform of the generalised system of preferences (GSP) should be reformed towill make it more efficient and stable to ensure that Latin America producers will reap the potential benefits of this preferential scheme; considers that, when the Commission negotiates trade agreements with countries already benefitting from the GSP + scheme, negotiations should start from this level of preferences and that countries that consider that it is better for their development not to negotiate a FTA with the EU should be able to continue to benefit from the GSP+ scheme;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recognizes the importance of the audit of the external debt of Ecuador held by an international commission and encourages other countries to undertake similar processes; calls on the Commission and the Council to accelerate the solution of the problem of the external debts of some countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, both bilaterally and in the international finance institutions;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the European Union to support the new concept of supporting environmental protection by compensating for the loss in potential trade revenues and to co-finance the creation of the Yasuni-ITT Trust Fund under the auspices of UNDP as proposed by the Ecuadorian Government, which is intended to compensate the Ecuadorian people for abstaining from the extraction of oil from the fields located in the Yasuni National Park;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its certification regarding the production of bio-fuels prevents land formerly used to grow food from being used to produce bio-fuel instead with food production being pushed into the forest;