19 Amendments of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2016/2053(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to rebuildadapt and strengthen the EU-ACP relationship on fresh foundations as a fair partnership between equals, respecting countries’ heterogeneity and sovereignty; stresses that the partnership must have as its, taking account of the new challenges posed by and the new characteristics of the international environment, in particular globalisation and regionalisation; stresses that meeting the objectives of the United Nations SDGs, the meeting of basic needs and respect for human right should be at the heart of the partnership; stresses that the new SDG approach can help us to get past the donor-receiver paradigm in ACP-EU relations;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to its previous resolutions on policy coherence for development (PCD),
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the vital importance of consistency between the Union’s external policies and of consistency between the objectives of its internal and external policies, in particular in the areas of trade, agriculture, the environment, energy, security and migration; adds that it is still important that the countries in the ACP group should take full ownership of the ACP-EU partnership and that the review should give the partnership fresh political impetus, over and above any technical or institutional adjustments required;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the negative effects ofat the association agreements on the economies of ACP countries; takes the view that the new partnership will need to be based on developing the countries’ productive capacities, completing the most advantageous regional integration processes, protecting traditional agriculture, and combating land grabbing, the privatisation of national natural resources and public services, and over-exploitationwith ACP countries contribute to regional integration processes, to achieving development objectives and to promoting human rights, the rule of law and good governance; calls, therefore, for human rights clauses to be incorporated into these agreements; stresses the importance of ensuring that there is greater transparency in the negotiations on these agreements and proper monitoring of their implementation, so that they can contribute effectively to meeting development objectives;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the future of ACP-EU relations should be based on a new reflection on the potential and the obstacles ahead for EU-ACP cooperation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is convinced that the review of the ACP-EU partnership should take account of the growing importance of regionalisation in order to avoid simply imposing a Union political framework; emphasises that it is crucial that the countries which make up the ACP group should play a full part, as a group and as regions, in the review process; emphasises, in that connection, the role of regional organisations, such as the African Union or the African regional economic communities;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b.Calls for the political dimension of the ACP-EU partnership to be strengthened, in particular with a view to carrying out joint actions and exerting greater influence in international forums;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas there is a clear need to ensure that human rights conditionality is maintained and to strengthen political dialogue in the new agreement;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites ACP countries to audit their debts with a view to their complete elimination, and invites them to claim reparations for the spoliation of natural resources by foreign multinationals, and for the wars that have been sparked; supports the United Nations working group on an international framework for sovereign debt restructuring; supports the United Nations working group on an international framework for sovereign debt restructuring; stresses that eradicating poverty requires the emergence of a dynamic private sector that will foster sustainable economic development; points out that, without respect for the rule of law and functioning political institutions, the private sector will not be able to achieve this goal;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the universality of the human rights enshrined in international law,ACP-EU cooperation should be stepped up in areas of common interest such as security, conflict prevention including intern relational law on migrants and refugees, must be respected, along with the Geneva Convention; urge to reducing hunger and the effects of climate change, human rights, the rule of law and democracy; points countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their familiest in this connection that the possibilities for political dialogue within the framework of Articles 8 and 96 of the Cotonou agreement have not been fully exploited by either the EU or the ACP side; highlights the important role of the ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in this context;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that both the common framework and the regional agreements should be legally binding; underlines that, in order to strengthen effectiveness and, reduce duplication and avoid overlapping policy frameworks, the regional agreements with Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific should be designed in a way that takes into account existing regional and sub-regional organisations, e.g. the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, and regional agreements such as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), and should allow the inclusion of additional countries, such as northern African countries, or the creation of groupings in accordance with specific interests or needs (e.g. development status, as in the case of LDCs, or geographical peculiarities, as in the case of small island developing states);
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the inclusion of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the review of the ACP-EU cooperation framework as a single, universal set of development goals applicable to all; believes that the joint ACP-EU Council should give concrete recommendations on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the framework of the ACP-EU cooperation;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the review of the ACP-EU cooperation framework needs to respond to the fast and deep changes in an increasingly global and multi-polar world in accordance with the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy; calls the ACP countries to be fully involved in the review process in order to achieve a comprehensive, strategic and forward-looking review;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its view that policy coherence for development (PCD) is a key element for achieving the new sustainable development agenda; believes that the comprehensive nature of the Cotonou Agreement promotes PCD and should therefore be safeguarded in a new agreement; points out the need to maintain specific provisions on PCD and to strengthen dialogue on related issues in the framework of the new agreement; recalls its proposal of instituting standing PCD co-rapporteurs in the framework of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the reinforcement of the political dimension of the ACP-EU partnership will allow the EU-ACP agenda to be more visible and will help the EU and ACP countries to play a greater role and undertake joint actions on the international scene;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that future ACP-EU relations must be of a political nature, e.g. working towards common political projects in different international fora, and not mainly of a donor-recipient nature; stresses, therefore, that EU development aid principles must be applied on an equal basis to all developing countries, and that advanced ACP countries must therefore graduate out of receiving EU development aid on the same terms as non-ACP countries; considers that a higher degree of self-financing by the ACP countries would be in line with the ACP ambitions to be an autonomous player;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the EPAs constitute a basis for regional cooperation and that they must be instruments for development and regional integration; highlights, therefore, the need for legally binding sustainability provisions (on human rights and social and environmental standards) in all EPAs, and underlines the importance of creating effective monitoring systems that include a wide range of civil society in order to avoid the negativmitigate the effects of trade liberalisation;