6 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2013/2148(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Takes the view that in devising their long-term and medium-term development strategy the ASEAN countries ought to address without delay major social, urban and environmental challenges they face in regard to natural resource management, food security and climate change, and calls on the Commission to support the efforts of ASEAN countries in this respect;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Stresses that the EU’s actions in the region need to be prepared in collaboration with the authorities in the countries in question, in a way that is consistent with the new reality and the needs of the region and that at the same time takes into account the individual needs and situation of each country, such that EU aid contributes to balanced growth in the region;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Takes the view that, in a context in which the economic development of these countries will in future focus less on exports and more on domestic consumption, efforts by ASEAN countries to combat poverty among marginalised and vulnerable social groups and to include them in society may provide these countries with huge development potential;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5b (new)
Paragraph 5b (new)
5b. Urges the Commission to carry on helping ASEAN countries to continue to reduce disparities between countries and to accompany them along the path of political, economic and institutional integration at regional level, paying special attention to the LDCs (Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar), as well as to promote access to financing, via microcredits in particular, for vulnerable sections of the population, such as women and ethnic minorities, in the ASEAN countries;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen measures intended to promote the development of the ASEAN countries' administrative capacities and that of their regional integration bodies and to promote improvements in their governance;