8 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2016/2053(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an effective post-Cotonou framework adapted toTakes the view that a post-Cotonou agreement can be an effective framework to deal with global challenges, if based on ownership by the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and in line withunderlines the paramount role of the Sustainable Development Goals in a global strategy for development; stresses that a revised general framework agreement, together with the different economic and trade choices taken by the ACP countries, among them regional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and other trade instrumentregimes, must support fair and sustainable trade and, ultimately, sustainable development and poverty reduction, and contain enforceable mechanism to ensure human rights observance;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the decisions on the Post-2020 relations between the ACP countries and the EU have to give satisfactory answers to problems left unsolved under the Lomé and Cotonou Conventions, adding a number of trade- related challenges such as climate change, indebtedness and an unprecedented outflow of IFF (Illicit Financial Flows),
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is convinced that a Post-2020 Framework has to be integrated in global structures of managing and delivering support for development to avoid duplication of efforts, in order to guaranty compliance with the imperative of the Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that thea post-Cotonou process should offer a framework within which to also discuss trade issues with all the ACP countries; calls for a strengthening of trade cooperation, with a values-driven approach, and improved Policy Coherence for Development; believes that inclusive growth, job creation, the development of the private sectors convinced that trade relations with developing countries need to be integrated in the concept of Policy Coherence for Development; believes that inclusive growth, job creation, a strong public sector, sufficient policy space for Governments, the protection of vulnerable groups, multilevel democracy, the development of the private sector, clear and transparent taxation rules, obligations for investors, improvement of domestic revenues, and regional integration must be central in a future economic partnership;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned about the recent announcement by the European Commission to implement trade sanctions against ACP member countries for allowing refugees to flee their respective country; underlines its position that trade sanctions should only be implemented in case of human rights violations and not to deter refugees; (1) COM(2016) 385 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK on establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for strong, legally binding sustainable development provisions; asks for the human rights 'essential elements' clause to be linked to international legislation, including recent and future ones, and remain in the future agreement so that the linkage clauses in the EPAs continue to function after 2020; is of the opinion that nevertheless the EPAs themselves must comprise effective and enforceable human rights provisions;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that civil society involvement is a must throughout the decision process on EPA ratification and possible EPA implementations, as well as of othe EPAsr trade regimes, and the post- Cotonou process; notes the importance of a renewed ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly andcalls on the Commission to ensure independent civil society participation in the formal EU-ACP relations; defends strong parliamentary oversight of the future framework; asks for results-oriented monitoring of ACP-EU cooperation, especially with regard to trade and sustainable development;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the Financing for Development commitments; calls for the EU to ensure more and effectivadequate funding for Aid for Trade to support the ACP countries’ efforts to move up the global value chain, while the funding of the Sustainable Development Goals must not be jeopardized, underlines that any EU commitment has to be checked against the aim of not increasing public debt and reducing the existing one.