Activities of Maurice PONGA related to 2016/2094(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Revision of the European Consensus on Development (debate) FR
Amendments (27)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the 2030 Agenda sets out to achieve sustainable development within the planetary boundaries, building partnerships putting people at the centre, providing them with vital resources such as food, water and sanitation, health care, energy, education and employment opportunities and promoting peace, justice and prosperity for all; whereas a rights-based approach is a prerequisite for sustainable development;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas climate change is a phenomenon that has to be treated urgently, as it hits the poor and most vulnerable countries to a greater extent;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas SMEs and microenterprises are the backbone of economies worldwide, are a fundamental part of the economy of developing countries and, along with well- functioning public sectors, are a key factor in furthering economic, social and cultural growth; whereas often SMEs face restricted access to capital, particularly in developing countries;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas oceans play a vital role for biodiversity, food security, energy, jobs and growth but whereas marine resources are under threat from climate change as well as from overexploitation and unsustainable management;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas deforestation and forest degradation are depleting ecosystems and are important contributors to climate change;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the European Consensus on Development in providing a joint and coherent position at both EU and Member State levels on the objectives, values and principles and main aspects of development cooperation, including its implementation; believes that the Consensus acquis and in particular its holistic approach and the clear primary objective of fighting poverty must be safeguarded in its revision; recalls that Member State and EU-level development policies should reinforce and complement each other;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 2030 Agenda and the economic, social – in particular cultural – and environmental dimensions of sustainable development to cut across all internal as well as external EU policies and to be put at the heart of the Consensus; calls for the fight against poverty and hunger to remain the overarching and primary goal for EU development policy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that combating inequalities in and between countries, discrimination – in particular gender-based discrimination, injustice and strife and promoting peace, democracy, good governance and human rights as well as inclusive societies and, sustainable growth and climate change related issues must be objectives cutting across every area and every action of EU development policy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for EU development policy to continue to prioritise support to least developed and low-income countries (LDCs and LICs) and small island developing States (SIDS) while also finding new ways of cooperation with the middle- income countries (MICs) in which the majority of the world’s poor live;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for gender equality and women’s rights to be a cross-cutting goal in EU development policy in accordance with the EU Gender Action Plan, coupled witha point made by the Council in its Conclusions on Gender in Development of 26 May 2015; calls for specific policy-driven action to target challenges in this area; calls for further EU efforts to promote the important role of women and youth as agents of development and change; underlines in this regard, that gender equality comprises women and men and girls and boys and that programmes should encourage equal co-participation of rights and services, for example as in the case of access to education;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for specific EU development strategies to better target, protect and support women and vulnerable and marginalised groups such as women and children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, linguistic and ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, in order to offer them the same opportunities and rights as everyone else, in line with the principle of Leaving No- one Behind;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Draws attention to the need to promote, protect and safeguard all human rights and to fully and effectively implement the Beijing Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the conclusions of their review conferences; reaffirms, in that context, the EU’s commitment to promoting, protecting and safeguarding the right of every individual to have control over and freely take responsible decisions concerning their own sexuality and sexual and reproductive health without facing discrimination, constraints or violence; stresses the need to guarantee universal access to affordable, comprehensive and high-quality information and education on sexual and reproductive health, including comprehensive sexual education and healthcare services;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Emphasises the role culture plays in sustainable human, social and economic development and insists that account be taken of the cultural dimension as a fundamental aspect of solidarity, cooperation and EU development aid policies; calls for the promotion of cultural diversity and support for cultural policies and for local circumstances to be taken into account where this can help to achieve the objective of promoting sustainable development;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that for an EU development strategy to be effective, it must promote a better distribution of prosperity through national budgets, i.e. within as well as between countries; highlights that European development aid should first and foremost differentiate between individual countries’ situations and development needs, and not on the basis of a signed political agreement;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the progress made but calls for further efforts by the EU and its Member States towards step up, and broaden the scope of, joint programming of external anid as well as joint implementation efforts in order to pool resources, improve the in- country division of labour, reduce transaction costs, avoid overlaps and aid fragmentation, raise the EU’s profile at local level and promote country ownership of development strategies; stresses how important it is for the joint programming process to be carried out by European stakeholders and opened up to other donors only were the local situation so warrants, but without diluting European ownership of the process; calls on the EU and its Member States to further coordinate their actions with other donors and organisations;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) is fundamental in order to achieve the SDGs; underlines that PCD should be seen as an important component of PCSD and should by no means be replaced by it as a concept and an objective;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Reiterates the direct link between security and development; stresses that the objective of peaceful and inclusive societies with access to justice for all should translate into EU external action buildingwhich, by supporting all local stakeholders who can help bring this about, builds resilience, promotinges human security, strengthenings the rule of law, restoringes confidence and tacklinges the complex challenges of insecurity, fragility and democratic transition;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Believes that synergies between the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and development instruments need to be fostered in order to find the right balance between conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation and development; stresses that external policy programmes and measures to this end have to be comprehensive, tailor-made to the country situation and, when financed through means foreseen for development policy, correspond tohelp to achieve core development objectives as defined under ODA; underlines that the core tasks of development cooperation remain to support countries in their endeavour to create stable and peaceful states that respect good governance, the rule of law and human rights, and to seek to establish sustainable functioning market economies with the purpose of bringing prosperity to the people;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Points out that, given the recent European policy measures to fight the root causes of migration, European development policy must fall within the OECD-DAC definition and must be based on development needs; stresses further that development aid must not be made conditional onbe consistent with cooperation in migration matters such as border management or readmission agreements;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9 a (new)
Subheading 9 a (new)
Climate and development
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Draws attention to the undertakings entered into by the EU at COP 21, in particular the commitment to allocate 20% of its 2014-2020 budget (some EUR 180 billion) to efforts to combat climate change, including through its external and development cooperation policies;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Calls for the EU, as the largest ODA donor, to support developing countries in implementing the Paris agreement and to promote a balance between climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation funding;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Strongly believes that the global presence of the EU and its Member States makes them well placed to continue to play a leading international role in addressing global public goods and challenges (GPGC); calls for a GPGC chapter to be included in the revised Consensus, clearly outlining the priority areas to be tackled, among them insecurity and state fragility, migration, health and education, demographic challenges and urbanisation, the environment – with a special focus on water (sustainable access and sanitation for all and integrated water resource management) –, energy and climate change, food security, and new technological challenges, barriers and opportunities;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40e. Calls on the EU to promote global initiatives aimed to address challenges linked to fast increasing urbanisation and to create safer, more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities; welcomes in this context the recent adoption of the New Urban Agenda by the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) which aims to explore better ways of planning, designing, financing, developing, governing and managing cities to help fight poverty and hunger, improve health and protect the environment;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 g (new)
Paragraph 40 g (new)
40g. Calls for further EU efforts to protect to protect the oceans and marine resources; welcomes in this context recent European Commission initiatives to improve international governance of the oceans in order to promote better management and to mitigate the impact of climate change on the seas and ecosystems;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 k (new)
Paragraph 40 k (new)
40k. Calls on the EU to support developing countries in creating conditions conducive to economic development and to drawing up appropriate strategies and policies in order to stimulate the development of the private sector in general and SMEs and family businesses in particular;