4 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2016/2053(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the simultaneous expiry of the Cotonou Agreement and of the Union’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) provides an opportunity to finally decide the budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF), with the condition of clear guarantees of ring- fencing for ACP-EU cooperation and maintaining the level of financing; believes that the current set-up of the EDF is an anomaly at the root of several shortcomings; stresses that budgetisation will boost the legitimacy, efficiency and predictability of development aid while ensuring better policy coherence and visibility; recalls that even if budgetised the EDF should include benchmarks that are aligned with EU cooperation, such as the current ones dedicated to human development and climate change;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the Union budget already provides instruments targeted at specific partners and that EDF budgetisation can be designed so as to reflect and promote the privileged ACP-EU relationship with a view of promoting sustainable development; calls on the Commission to present a roadmap which addresses the abovementioned issues, prior to presenting the necessary proposals for the next MFF;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes note of the Commission communication of 7 June 2016 on a new partnership framework with third countries under the European agenda on migration; notes that the EU budget and EDF contribution to the package of EUR 8 billion is exclusively composed of aid which was already planned; calls for not jeopardizing development assistance to beneficiaries and for financing migration- related initiatives with fresh appropriations;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports blending grants with financial instruments in order to maximise the impact of development assistance and address market failures and investment gaps; stresses that innovative financing must not replace grants, nor must it replace the responsibility of developed countries regarding official development assistance (ODA) or of developing countries to provide public essential services; notes the intention to launch an external investment initiative for Africa and callsplan in Africa and the Mediterranean building on the example of the European Fund for Strategic Investment; calls for a clear additionality vis-à-vis the existing financial instruments and blending platforms, including via fresh appropriations, and for the full involvement of Parliament in its establishment.