Activities of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2011/2286(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on defining a new development cooperation with Latin America PDF (251 KB) DOC (156 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the EU's development cooperation strategy towards Latin America, as designed in the Regional Strategy Programme 2007-2013, is based on the assumption that open markets, trade liberalisation and investment will promote economic growth, which in turn will reduce poverty; underlines however that the links between growth, trade, development and poverty reduction are neither simple nor automatic; in light of this, encourages the European Commission in the context of the debate on the future development cooperation policy of the EU to undertake a broad and deep reflection on the current development model it aims to promote to alleviate effectively poverty;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges the Commission prior to definition of its cooperation towards Latin America to assess the actual impact of EU policies on development goals; in particular, calls on the Commission to draw lessons from the past decades, in particular from Latin America's experience in implementing policies under the so-called Washington Consensus that generated economic growth but had negative impacts in most countries in terms of increasing inequality, while reducing and limiting policy space;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that while social cohesion is considered to be a central objective in EU cooperation with Latin America, the EC's call for inclusive growth fails to provide concrete measures to ensure that economic growth will contribute to the overall objective of poverty reduction;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. CStresses that social cohesion is closely linked to other policies such as trade, investment and finance; considers that the DCI must integrate social cohesion objectives more efficiently in its thematic, national and regional programming, mainly by supporting fairer fiscal, tax and social policies which promote equality, access to public services and decent work;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes with concern that the EU's Association/Free Trade Agreements with Central America, Colombia and Peru include less binding multilateral standards on social, labour and environmental rights than the GSP+; in particular, deplores that these Agreements do not include effective mechanisms to condition commercial preferences on the fulfilment of these rights, thereby making it more difficult to confront their violations;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Points out that the EU's Association/Free Trade Agreements with Central America, Colombia and Peru shall in no circumstances conflict with the objective of Policy Coherence for Development; accordingly, urges the Commission to rebalance its agreements with Latin America to specifically ensure that development needs and concerns are properly reflected in trade-related chapters such as financial services, government procurement and intellectual property rights, be it in any ongoing negotiation process (Mercosur), before its ratification (Central America, Columbia/Peru) or at the moment of its revision (Mexico, Chile);
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the EU to ensure that resources earmarked for development are not diverted to the promotion of other EU interests, such as security and trade;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. REmphasises that the new DCI should foster the regional integration process; in this respect, recalls that the Association Agreements arcan be a powerful incentive in regional integration;, but argues that the lack of coherence between policies jeopardises this process; notes also that while interregional relations have decreased for the benefit of bilateral relations, this shift towards bilateralism tends to increase the fragmentation and rivalry within Latin America´s regional blocs;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Is therefore appalled, that in the newly negotiated Association Agreement and FTA with Latin American countries, civil society consultation is explicitly limited to issues related to the Sustainable Development chapter;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Asks the Commission to strongly support consultation processes of the local communities concerned by extractive projects, such as the new law on prior consultation in Peru and to play an active role in preventing criminalization of protests; reiterates also, in this context, the importance of ensuring country-by- country reporting of extractive industries, as foreseen in the proposal of the Directive on accounting and Transparency, as a tool to clamp down on corruption, bribery and tax evasion;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Asks the EU to make the fight against impunity an absolute priority of its development with Latin America, and to present by the end of 2012 a Communication on that topic with chapters on judicial cooperation, on financial cooperation and information exchange, and on victims' protection;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Expresses its concern about increased violence against women; asks the Commission to establish clear responsibilities within the EEAS and coordinate relevant actions of EU delegations with those of Member States' embassies in the countries at stake to convert the Declaration of the High Representative Catherine Ashton on feminicide of June 2010 into concrete policies allocated with sufficient resources;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Asks the Commission to provide political and financial support to the work of the Inter-American System of Human Rights in the issue of feminicide and contribute to the implementation of its sentences;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Invites the Commission to actively take part in and regularly raise the topic within political dialogues, and in particular the existing human rights dialogues, and offer cooperation in the search for remedies to eliminate violence against women and feminicide in the context of the bi-regional partnership.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Insists that the EU does not promote or support large scale agrofuel production through its development cooperation, due to its negative impacts on food security, deforestation, access to land and the environment;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. EmpNotes that mechasnises the importance of the Investment Mechanism for Latin Americams such as the Latin American Investment Facility are meant to become increasingly important in EU development cooperation, the priorities of which are energy efficiency, renewable energy, transport, protection of biodiversity and support for SMEs, and; highlights its important role in regional integration and in the region's international competitiveness agendathat civil society plays a central role of scrutiny of development policies; but notes that there is no mechanism foreseen within the LAIF structure to ensure civil society representation and participation; accordingly, calls on the Commission to ensure that civil society representation and participation is guaranteed in order to ensure effective monitoring and follow-up of EC development cooperation funds;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU, by means of the Association Agreements and its development aid, continues toshall provide significant support for the development and stabilisation process in the region; whereas the possibility that it may no longer do so when the results of this process are consolidated is a cause for serious concern;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the fight against poverty, inequality, exclusion and discrimination, – especially of women and minority ethnic groups–, as well as the promotion of social cohesion and human rights, shall continue to be a key priority of the EU-LA strategic partnership;