Activities of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2009/2213(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The EU strategy for relations with Latin America (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Article 1
Article 1
1. Asks the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to redirectbase their cooperation towards human rights protection as a solution to the crisison the protection of human rights and redirect their dialogue on addressing and mitigating the effects of the economic, fincluding the three categories of fundamental rights: political, environmental and cultural rights; ancial, environmental and social crisis; acknowledges that a shared view on the fight against protectionism in developed countries and financial regulation and supervision would be conducive to such cooperation; calls for a reinforced dialogue in the area of the reform of international financial institutions in order to secure fairer representation for the countries involved;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an end to large mining, hydraulic engineering, agrofuels and GM crop projects, which destroy ecosystems, lead to people being driven off their land and threaten the internal security of countries;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Article 4
Article 4
4. Calls for the fight against climate change to become a key focus of the EU-LAC strategy, and suggests developing a new economic model based on the conservation of forests and natural resources and on sustainable agriculture; asks both regions to work towards a common negotiating position on the climate change talks leading up to the Mexico summit and to stay watchful and open to the proposals of the World People's Climate Summit to be held in Cochabamba in April 2010;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Article 6
Article 6
6. Emphasises the need to give priority to establishing and extending short transport circuits (for passengers, goods and energy) as part of the development of renewable energies and inter-connectivity in the context of the Latin America Investment Facility (LAIF); insists that the LAIF should not be included within the DCI programme, but should be given a new budget line;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Article 7
Article 7
7. Calls for an end to bifair and regulaterald agreements and multilateral trade agreements that focus solelybetween the two regions, based on free trade, to the detriment of human rights, or have the effect of fragmenting regional blocs such asspect for human rights, respect for the rule of law and the safeguarding of regional integration, especially in the Andean Communityregion;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Article 8
Article 8
8. Calls, in the context of the strategy developed with a view to arriving at a global interregional partnership agreement by 2015, for agreements and investment to be redirected to the poorest countries in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goalsonsiders the Millennium Development Goals to be one of the main important objectives to be achieved by 2015, by focusing investment on the poorest countries and most vulnerable peoples, and calls for both regions to find common ground ahead of the MDG high-level meeting to be held in September 2010;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for the full inclusion and involvement of all those concerned in the whole process of designing and screening programmes to combat poverty and climate change, by means of a detailed mechanism drawn up jointly by the parties involved;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
11b. Welcomes the recent ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Campo Algodonero feminicides in Mexico as a precedent for the whole region; calls on the governments of the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean to use the ruling as a guideline for their future work, and that their strong condemnation of violence against women be accompanied by properly funded protection, prevention and restorative justice programmes; also calls for a strong commitment to combating gender violence in general, and appropriate investment in reproductive health and in programmes designed to promote gender equality, sex education and access to methods of family planning, in accordance with the ICPD Programme of Action (1994);