Activities of Louis MICHEL related to 2015/2341(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU Trust Fund for Africa: implications for development and humanitarian aid (A8-0221/2016 - Ignazio Corrao) FR
Amendments (4)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a more holistic solution to be found for emergency funding as part of the MFF review/revision, which includes a revision of the ceiling and of crisis mechanisms and, as part of an integrated approach, achieves synergies between the Union budget, the EDF and bilateral cooperation; urges the Commission to take immediate steps to improve the involvement of the budgetary authority and to better align the trust funds and other mechanisms with the budgetary norm, notably by making them appear in the Union budget.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the EU’s financial allocation for the EUTF for Africa comes mainly from the 11th EDF; stresses that the EUTF was established because the EU budget lacks the resources and the flexibility needed to address crises such as those in question promptly and comprehensively; calls for the EU to agree to find a more holistic solution for emergency funding in the framework of next year’s revision of the 2014-2020 MFF, with a view to increasing the effectiveness and reactivity of humanitarian and development assistance available under the EU budget;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that trust funds, which are intended to provide a more flexible and efficient form of joint support in fragile and conflict-ridden situations, must contribute to achieving the long-term objectives of ensuring peace and strengthening governance in recipient countries.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to show greater coherence when acting in the field of international cooperation for development, from a twofold point of view: the EU and Member States should, on the one hand, act responding to their commitments and, on the other, exhibit overall coherence in their development policies, with particular regard to the co-management spirit of the EU-ACP Cotonou Agreement; from the latter perspective, considers that the Trust Fund should reflect the principle of policy coherence for sustainable development, complementarity between all development stakeholders and should avoid any contradiction, while at present it is mixing development aims with concerns relating to security, policing and EU internal migration, with neither a clear strategy nor the relevant transparency;