8 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affectand hybrid challenges and situations that threaten global stability and that can only be tfackled with strategic, long- term and holistic external actions; recalls that EU external action is built on a values-based foreign policy; 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’; calls for the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a realityshow ambition by substantially increasing external action appropriations (in strategic sectors for Heading 4), thereby making common foreign policy a core EU functionelement of the EU;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas having regard to the draft report on the implementation of the EU external financing instruments: mid-term review 2017 and the future post-2020 architecture(2017/2280(INI));
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased fundingand targeted funding in strategic areas is needed for an effective European response to modern challenges and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, some of which are reflected in the EU Global Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy, including development aid, human rights violations, bagood governance, security threatsand hybrid threats, propaganda and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issues;
Amendment 36 #
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 fundingcan have added value by pooling funding for specific situations; 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; reiterates that the original objectives of EU financial instruments cannot be changed when placed under a Trust Fund heading; emphasises the need for increased parliamentary scrutiny of activities under EU Trust Funds and the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 44 #
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); points out that the ENI should take account of the increased emphasis on stabilisation, peace processes, post-crisis reconstruction and resilience; recalls the value of the ‘more for more’ principle and calls on the Commission in this regard to actively make use of the possibilities provided by the relevant regulations; calls on the Commission to come up with the legal means to put funds to government bodies on hold in cases of serious and continuous political backsliding; calls on the Commission to put funds for Turkey under IPA II on hold until clear benchmarks are met and to where possible reroute funds to Turkish civil society organisations; reiterates the need to establish monitoring and evaluation systems to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of EU funding; stresses that under all instruments, the EU should strive to make EU projects and initiatives more visible, both in third countries and at home;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strengthenedat support for the rule of law, democracy and human rights as ashould remain the cornerstones of EU foreign policy and takes the view that these issues should remain cross- cutting issues in all EU instruments and foreign policy objectives, especially in view of ongoing developments in the European Neighbourhood and beyond.
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Stresses that the world is confronted with multiple challenges including conflicts, cyber-attacks, hybrid warfare, terrorism, disinformation, natural disasters, climate change, human rights violations and protracted crises; believes that the Union has a particular political and financial responsibility which is founded on rules-based foreign policy, cooperation with partner countries, poverty eradication and crisis response;
Amendment 625 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Is ready to consider a streamlinedRecalls that the European Parliament is already engaged in the post- 2020 architecture of the EU's external financingal instruments, as long as the Commission and the High Representative clearly demonstrate the expected advantages of such changes and provided that the specificities of the underlying Union policies are respected; reiterates that the objective of a modelling of the current structure should be increased transparency, accountability, efficiency, coherence as well as flexibility; stresses the need for EU external action to be policy, rather than instrument driven; notes that such architecture should include a budgetised EDF, a more transparent incorporation of trust funds and facilities, as well as a possible continuation of the External Investment Plan based on its evaluation; could consider, as part of an overall increase in the external financing instruments, a larger unallocated reserve aimed at increasing in- built flexibility, but stresses that this should not be achieved at the expense of long-term geographic and thematic prioritiesincreased flexibility cannot be detrimental to funds allocated for pre-defined goals and objectives, including in the field of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, support to civil society, conflict resolution, fragile states, development policy, economic and social development and support to countries in various stages of EU accession;