Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2017/2052(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Amendments (8)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affect global stability and that can only be tackled with long-term and holistic external actions; recalls the ambition of EU leaders as expressed in the Rome Declaration to strive towards a Union that is ‘big on big issues and small on small ones’; callsunderlines the significant added value for the EU’s citizens of a common European external and security policy; calls therefore for the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a realityirror this high added value by substantially increasing external action appropriations (Heading 4), thereby making common foreign policy a core EU function;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased funding is needed for an effective European response to modern challenges and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, which are reflected in the EU Global Strategy and, the renewed European Neighbourhood policy, includingenlargement policy and the European Defense Action Plan, including security threats, armed conflicts, disinformation campaigns and cyberattacks, terrorism and radicalisation, development aid, human rights violations, bad governance, security threats and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issues;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the establishment of new priorities in the area of external action and defence cooperation at the EU level should be accompanied by new resources, both at an operational and administrative level, in order for the external action to be credible and effective;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the existing EU Trust Funds should also prove their added value in their ability to mobilise additional funding; notes that a simple relabeling of existing EU funding for political purposes does not represent increases per se, and creates an additional layer of complexity in terms of democratic oversight and budgetary scrutiny; emphasises the needimportance of strengthening the unity of the EU budget, and therefore of reducing the use of ad hoc financial instruments outside it, and strongly calls for increased parliamentary scrutiny of activities under the existing EU Trust Funds and the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Maintains that EU external financing instruments are essential for effective EU external action in particular in the European Neighbourhood (European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)) and pre- accession countries (Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance II (IPA II)); points out that the ENI should take account of the increased emphasis on stabilisation, peace processes, post-crisis reconstruction and resilience, both in the East and the South; stresses that the result-oriented approach of IPA II available for candidate and potential candidate countries should be reinforced in order to efficiently contribute to the democratisation of those countries and their economic and social development, especially given the worrying political developments in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the potential inherent in the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace for promoting the EU’s security and border integrity and contribute to peace and stability worldwide;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strengthened support for the rule of law, democracy and human rights as a cross- cutting issue in EU instruments in view of ongoing developments in the Western Balkans, European Neighbourhood and beyond; points out in particular the role of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, including its support for election observation.
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Underlines the need for an increased engagement with the private sector when it comes to the external policies and the support to our partners; building on the evaluation of the existing models and the cooperation with the relevant stakeholders and financial institutions, calls for a more effective and efficient delivery model to promote public and private investment abroad;