Activities of Michèle RIVASI related to 2021/2164(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Policy Coherence for Development
Amendments (15)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the ACP-EU JPA Resolution of 2 November 2022 adopted in Mozambique (Maputo) on ensuring market access for OACPS commodity- producing countries by enhancing sustainable consumption and production patterns,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU’s political commitment to PCD was reaffirmed in the 2017 New European Consensus on Development, which identified PCD as a ‘crucial element of the [EU’s] strategy to achieve the SDGs and an important contribution to the broader objective of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD)’, with special attention paid to trade, finance, environment and climate change, food security, migration and security;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and climate change, biodiversity crisis and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the objectives of PCD as set in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union include primarily the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; Reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; underlines that PCD should be applied across all policies and all areas covered by the 2030 Agenda; calls for a step change in efforts to implement PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided or minimised, and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges that the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy have geopolitical dimension and thereby present both opportunities and challenges for OACPS producers, notably in LDCs; calls therefore on the EU and its Member States to take appropriate actions to mitigate potential negative impacts, notably on smallholders, farmers and forest communities, such as climate funding, technical and financial assistance, technology transfer and capacity-building;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Sectorial policy areas (new sub-title)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that many cases of policy inconsistencies prevail in various EU sectoral areas, notably related to food, energy, trade and taxation policy, with particularly worrying negative consequences for developing countries;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Deplores the discrepancy between the EU’s pledges towards climate change, while still relying on new fossil fuel imports and projects from third countries, notably in Africa, which are i.e. backed by EU corporate investment; recalls that Africa is the continent most plagued by energy poverty and that the transition of the African continent to a green, resilient and sustainable economy entails that the EU, as in the case of developed countries, meet their climate finance commitments, redirect their investments away from fossil fuels into renewable energy alternatives, lifts Africa’s rising debts (through debt relief), and show a strong political will and determination against tax avoidance and evasion, in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Recalls that the EU energy transition, which will generate a surge of extraction of metals and minerals linked to renewable energy sources and digital economy, represents challenges for developing countries, as mining is a sector linked to severe environmental destruction (including in protected and indigenous territories); freshwater contamination and depletion; human rights abuses (including gender violence); forced displacement; loss of livelihoods; violent conflict; unsafe working conditions; worker exploitation (forced labour, child labour and human trafficking); and illicit financial flows; emphasises accordingly that PCD shall be strictly implemented while a “Just Transition” lens must be applied across the entire renewable energy value chain;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Stresses that war in Ukraine has sparked a third global food price crisis in 15 years, thereby undermining hopes of eradicating hunger by 2030, a key milestone in achieving the UN SDGs; notes with concern that poor implementation of PCD resulted in several circumstances to undermining food security, as in the case of EU fat- filled milk powder exports in West Africa, which jeopardised their local production, or EU massive imports of fishmeal and fish oil produced in West Africa;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4 f. Urges the EU to conduct an agricultural and trade policy consistent with the global right to food and to assess, on a regular basis, the compliance of the CAP and trade policy with Policy Coherence for Development; calls, furthermore, on the EU to recognise the right of food sovereignty to developing countries and to crack down effectively commodity speculation; in addition, reiterates that EU funding and external assistance on agriculture is in line with the transformative nature of Agenda 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity and to prioritise, accordingly, investments in agroecology, agroforestry and crop diversification both inside and outside the EU;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Urges the EU to improve policy coherence for development throughout its trade policy; regrets, in particular, the asymmetry of international investment agreements (IIA) whereby only investors can launch investment cases against States, while governments, workers and affected communities are unable to take transnational corporations that fail to respect human rights or labour and environmental laws to arbitration; in particular, stresses the need to oblige the investor to support sustainable investment in the host state, i.e. by supporting the local economy through technology transfer and by utilising local labour and inputs, and to oblige the home state of the investor to allow victims to seek justice; urges equally the EU to ensuring a fair distribution of taxing rights while negotiating tax and investment treaties with developing countries;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4 h. Recalls that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); highlights the potential risks of violating human rights, notable those of indigenous peoples and local communities in the name of conservation; accordingly, calls on the EU to develop conservation programme in consultation with local communities, indigenous peoples and women, as well as other marginalised groups to truly contribute to the fight against deforestation and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)