7 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Union has an increasingly ambitious trade agenda, as outlined in the ‘Trade for all’ strategy; stresses that the funding for Aid for Trade initiatives should be increased, including measures to support local and intra- regional trade, and sufficient resources should be allocated to DG Trade of the Commission to enable it to carry out the increasing number of activities; insists that this be done without reducing or redirecting the budget allocated to development cooperation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note of the announcement by Commissioner Malmström that the Commission aims to negotiations for free trade agreements of the European Union and its Member States with Japan, with MERCOSUR, with Mexico, and with Chile conclude before the end of this year, and that the Commission wants to propose that the FTAs with Singapore and with Vietnam be ratified in 2017; points out that this would mean a dramatic reduction of own resources income for the Union’s budget in 2018 and the coming years; underlines the urgent need for a thorough reorganisation of the Union budget and its structure in the context of the review of the MFF and with regard to the trade policy agenda, and calls on the Commission to take the initiative on this vis à vis the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the citizens of the Union are asking to be more involved and engaged with Union trade policy and that the Commission has made this citizens’ interest a priority; considers that it is crucial that enough financial and human resources are allocated to actively involve citizens in Union trade policy-making, through informed active engagement in stakeholder meetings on the basis of publicly available mandates and negotiating texts, in online and offline communication initiatives, supported by the translation of fact sheets, negotiation texts and position papers;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls the announcement of Commissioner Malmstrom and that the Commission has expressed the intention to conclude before the end of 2017 the negotiations for freetrade agreements between the Union and its Member States with Japan, with MERCOSUR, with Mexico, and with Chile, and that the Commission wants to propose still in 2017 ratification of the FTAs with Singapore and with Vietnam; points out that this would mean a dramatic reduction of own resources income for the Union’s budget in 2018 and the coming years; underlines the urgent need for a thorough reorganisation of the Union budget and its structure in the context of thereview of the next MFF and with regard to the trade policy agenda, and calls on the Commission to take the initiative vis- à - vis the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that fair international trade is a core tool for Union foreign policy which, if it is sufficiently funded and implemented by means of coherent strategies, contributes to sustainable development, particularly in developing countries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that despite the trade- related technical support and economic assistance provided by the European Neighbourhood Policy to Union partners in the East borderern Partnership and to the post- Arab-Spring countries make an important, stability in those regions has not been achieved; reiterates that vis-à-vis partner countribution to stabilityes, the Union’s objective must change to, above all, tangible and sustainable improvements to the living conditions of ordinary people in those regions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that a higher funding level of the Macro Financial Assistance is required to ensure that all future requests for logrants can be accommodated if they are justified, and provided conditions created by Parliament are met; stresses that Macro Financial Assistance should not create a fresh dependency for recipient countries through corresponding repayment conditions;