Activities of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2023/2029(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe
Amendments (9)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls its long-standing position that the Heading 6 ceiling is insufficient to allow the Union to achieve its ambitions on the global stage; stresses, in particular, the need for the EU budget to make a tangible contribution to the reconstruction in Ukraine; calls, therefore, on the Commission to present a revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) with an upward revision of the ceiling and sufficient funding for Heading 6, since the current financial programming is insufficient for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and for the geopolitical ambitions of the European Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the financial programming of Heading 6 has been frontloaded for the current MFF, accounting for 17 billion for the current year, and will be reduced down to 14.6 billion for 2026, together with major negative impact of the current striking inflation, further affects the ability of EU budget to deliver on the EU external action in the coming years;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to provide detailed figuRegrets that, for 2021, the shares onf the implementation of the horizontal objectives, in particular on climate and migration; recalls that the Commission must respect the horizontalcommitted amount contributing to the migration and forced displacement targets was defin14%, exceed in Regulation (EU) 2021/9471 ; _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).g largely the 10% target, and that the share of the committed amounts contributing to climate objectives was 18,5%, drastically below the 30% target; urges the Commission to provide detailed figures on the implementation of the horizontal objectives and the programmation for the remaining period, in particular on climate and migration;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls at least 85 % of new actions implemented under the NDICI should have gender equality as a principal or a significant objective and at least 5 % of those actions should have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal objective;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that the Commission must respect the horizontal targets as defined in Regulation (EU) 2021/947[1a] and urges the Commission to present a strategy to respect the horizontal targets and for catching-up on the existing gaps; _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that the Union should support civil society organisations in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union; is concerned that the support from the thematic programme towards Civil Society Organisation will be reduced for the remaining period;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the recent Macro- financial assistances adopted to support several countries and notably Ukraine to face the consequences of the Russian’s aggression in Ukraine; regrets the lack of information given to the budgetary authorities on the management the financing of the interest costs of the MFA; worries that the current financing of the interest costs of the MFA through the mobilisation of the NDICI cushion, rather than through fresh appropriations, risk to exhaust most of, if not all, the NDICI cushion for the remaining period, leaving the NDICI with no ability to respond to unforeseen challenges, and therefore, underlines the need to find sustainable long-term financing solutions, while preserving the ability to cope with future challenges;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets the lack for clarity on the financing for the new Global Gateway strategy and recalls that such new initiatives should be financed through fresh appropriations and the related upward revision of the ceiling for Heading 6;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the new status of candidate countries for Ukraine and Moldova, and notes that both will require further financial and technical assistance, including to enhance the countries’ resilience and prevent and counter hybrid threats; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to include Ukraine and Moldova on the list of beneficiaries of the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA III), which would reduce the pressure lying on the NDICI;