Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2015/2105(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A forward-looking and innovative future strategy for trade and investment (A8-0220/2016 - Tiziana Beghin) FR
Amendments (10)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that open trade liberalisation is an engine for economic integration and growth, development and, wealth creation and job creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the importance of the potential contribution of trade policy to sustainable development was recently reaffirmed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; recalls that the Sustainable Development Goals include several trade-related targets across a number of policy areas; calls on the European Union to exploit the potential for development cooperation to the full in order to strengthen the market in developing countries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs)), urges the European Union to step up its support for creating business opportunities for the agricultural sector and for increasing populations' purchasing power in developing countries;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. StressesPoints to the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity- building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; notes, however, that without serious efforts by the countries directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constraints; calls on the European Union to boost its support programmes in the areas of good governance, natural- resource management and taxation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points up the importance of infrastructure facilities, transport and new technologies within trade and investment; calls on the European Union to back the establishment of high-calibre infrastructure facilities and transport and improved access to new technologies in developing countries;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points to the role of banking services in the development of trade and investment; calls on the European Union to support action to foster access to banking services in developing countries;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a key development and regional-integration instrument for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run; stresses, however, that their scope is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growth; calls on the European Union to encourage the signing of definitive EPAs;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that corruption is a major non- tariff barrier in developed and developing countries; welcomes the Commission’s intention to include ambitious anti- corruption provisions in all future trade agreements; calls on the European Union to back the introduction of measures to enhance legal certainty for investment.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the necessity of ensuring a favourable environment enabling SMEs, real drivers for innovation and global growth, to become international;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the new digital age reinforces the need to protect the right of access to personal data, the rights to rectification, to be forgotten or to erasure as well as the right to privacy;