4 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that adequate appropriations should be allocated to the trade-related budget lines to enable the Commission to pursue its ambitious trade agenda as outlined in the "Trade for all" strategy, which implies also a re-allocation of adequate resources in order to enable for better monitoring and assessments of trade agreements, in particular with regards to their contribution to the fight against poverty and adverse impacts on sustainable development and human rights, in order to ensure that the obligations of the Union and its trading partners in this regard are implemented and enforced;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that trade is an important foreign policy tool of the Union which can help to tackle migration causes if it is underpinned with the necessary financial means and implemented with respect for the principle of policy coherence for development; underlines that the funding of trade-related aid and programs for the mitigation of the refugee crisis should not be deduced from Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the Union budget to respond to multiple crises, financed in part from the Union budget through cuts of programmes under Heading IV; insists that such funding instruments must adhere to the established criteria of aid effectiveness, such as ownership and alignments and must remain an exception and should eventually be included in the Union budget to allow for proper democratic control;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to assess and improve the existing tools aimed at promoting SME internationalisation regarding coherence with other SME support instruments such as COSME as well as subsidiarity, non-duplication and complementarity in relation to respective Member State programmes; underlines that SME funding programs need to be assessed against compliance with ILO and Human Rights standards;