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2015/2317(INI) EU 2015 report on policy coherence for development
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/06/06
Lead committee dossier: DEVE/8/04874
Legal Basis RoP 052
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2016/06/06
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | DEVE | PREDA Cristian Dan (EPP) | FRUNZULICĂ Doru-Claudian (S&D), LUCKE Bernd (ECR), GOERENS Charles (ALDE), SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY Lola (GUE/NGL), HAUTALA Heidi (Verts/ALE), CORRAO Ignazio (EFD) |
| Opinion | INTA | SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY Lola (GUE/NGL) |
Legal Basis RoP 052
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2016/06/06
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2016/05/02
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2016/04/20
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/11/26
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
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2015/2317(INI)
2016/02/22
INTA
72 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Recalls Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, establishing reduction, and in the long term, eradication of poverty as the primary goal of Union development cooperation policy, and emphasizing that this goal has to be taken into account in all EU policies, including trade policy,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and could have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not accompanied by re-distribution through fair and progressive tax systems; urges the EU to work towards the reinforcement of international fiscal cooperation, supporting the establishment of a new intergovernmental body under the auspices of the UN on international cooperation on tax matters and provide the resources necessary to allow the body to operate effectively;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that t
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets that EU unilateral as well as bilateral trade measures, such as the GSP scheme, and in particular the GSP+ scheme, as well as free trade agreements with developing countries, including the EPAs, often do not meet policy coherence criteria in practice and lack satisfactory monitoring, once in force; underlines that these criteria should be much more explicitly enshrined in the terms of reference for ex-ante and ex-post- sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) of these policy measures;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that fair and properly regulated trade if aligned with SDGs could have potentialities for development; calls the Commission to strengthen the binding enforceability of SDGs and include comprehensive sustainable development chapters in all trade agreements;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes that the Commission, in its recent communication "Trade for All", reaffirms the principle of policy coherence for development and aims at 'a more responsible' trade and investment policy, namely by contributing to the SDGs and the inclusive growth in developing countries;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Commends the EU for being the frontrunner in providing Duty-Free- Quota-Free access to all goods (except arms and ammunition) from LDCs through the Everything-But-Arms Initiative (EBA) as part of the EU's Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that Brazil has introduced in the WTO working group on Trade, Debt and Finance a demand to deal with the effects of persistent currency exchange rate misalignments and the impact on the level of protection of ad valorem duties;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Urges the Commission to align all EU trade-related instruments to the SDGs: free trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreement with African countries, plurilateral and multilateral agreements under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), Aid for Trade, EU Regulations, as well as international standards and code of conducts;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Urges the EU to continue efforts in proceeding with the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) as they have a specific development focus, including development cooperation as an essential element of implementation, and in line with the principles of PCD;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that trade and finance is one of the five priority areas of policy coherence for development; stresses that for PCD to be successful it requires the full commitment of all stakeholders involved both from the EU side and also from the partner countries.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Recognizes that one-third of total development aid (ODA) currently supports trade related needs; urges the EU to remain the global leader in providing support to Aid for Trade (AfT) programmes that are conceived to help developing countries reap the benefits of new trade deals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to take measures to prevent the potential negative effects of mega trade deals, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), on developing countries; urges, in this regard to revise EPA´s and EGA´s ensuring they are negotiated in a balanced manner and taking into account the views and concerns of CSOs and trade unions, from both the EU and the partner country;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that tax avoidance and tax evasion by European companies, which carry out economic activities themselves or via subsidiaries in developing countries, have considerable negative effects on national income not only in Europe, but also in those countries, as pointed out by recent OECD and UNCTAD reports, and that monitoring schemes such as country-per-country- reporting should be promoted and more largely applied;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Urges the Commission to step up efforts to advance in democratic multilateral fora on trade issues in where all countries are represented on equal footing and to position itself as the defender of the interest of developing countries on trade issues;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Regrets that the level of ambition displayed by successive TSD chapters in EU trade agreements has often not met the best standards; stresses the importance of ensuring proper monitoring and enforcement of the provisions contained in such chapters, and calls for the full involvement of civil society organisations and social partners in this respect, both in partner countries and in the EU;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that trade and finance is one of the five priority areas of policy coherence for development, a concept enshrined in article 208 TFEU; recalls that all EU external policies, including trade and investment, must be aligned with Article 21 of the TEU and must not undermine sustainable development goals, human rights and gender equality; recalls the principles mentioned in article 24, paragraph 2 of the Council Regulation No 260/2009;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Insists that tariff escalation is in open contradiction to the principle of policy coherence;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls the EC to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the EC to enhance corporate social responsibility and due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, for other sectors; thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls the European Commission's commitment to carry out Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) on all trade negotiations; regrets that SIAs have not been carried out in a timely fashion; calls on the Commission to deliver on its commitment and to ensure that the impact of potential trade agreements on developing countries is properly taken into account;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Points at the ongoing legislative process concerning conflict minerals and insists that many more natural resources have to be included in similar binding schemes with the aim to increase EU policy coherence;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls for EU Aid for Trade and technical assistance to have an aim to empower poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women equality and women empowerment and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact while acknowledges that important challenges remain and need to be addressed; calls on the Commission to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the Commission to go beyond corporate social responsibility and propose a mandatory legal framework for due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, for other sectors, thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Is of the opinion that special attention should be paid to globalised value chains, that labour and environmental conditions in these global value chains need clear regulation at all stages of assembling, and that CSR must be further developed in this respect,
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Calls the EU and its Member States to commit to increase Aid for Trade (AfT) support for developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs), while addressing fair and ethical trade in the upcoming revision of its Aid for Trade strategy, as announced in the communication "Trade for All"; calls EU Aid for Trade and technical assistance to empower poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women-led enterprises and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the right of countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries, eventually proclaimed in agreement preambles, and avoid contradictions of this right with concrete policies spelled out in other parts of agreements; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries’ efforts to increase the domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chains, and asks the Commission to include an evaluation of this aspect into its regular reports on implementation of bilateral agreements;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls likewise the EUʼs commitment to mainstream gender in all its policies and the importance of guaranteeing that men and women benefit equally from social changes, economic growth and the creation of decent jobs, doing away with discrimination and promoting respect for womenʼs rights in the world
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the right of countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the right of countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries’ strategic economic sectors and do not challenge partner countries efforts to increase the domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chains;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the right of countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries’ efforts to increase the domestic value added, in order to upgrade along the global value chains, and to create decent jobs locally, prioritising the contribution of women to economic development, especially in rural areas, as essential elements for endogenous development;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that trade agreements negotiated with partner countries, in particular neighbourhood countries, have the clear aim of fostering the economic and social development of those countries;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the WTO's Bali and Nairobi Packages, namely with regard to the elimination of agricultural export subsidies at multilateral level, the decisions of specific benefit to the LDCs as well the Agreement on Trade Facilitation;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. In this sense, stresses that capacity building and technical assistance should continue to be made available to developing and least developed countries, in order to enable them to benefit from a bigger share of the value added in global value chains;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGs; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of development finance institutions (DFIs), and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development of their projects;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Emphasises that efforts to strengthen the capacity of developing countries for mobilising private resources must of necessity be accompanied by measures to create environments that are favourable to responsible and sustainable entrepreneurship and investment, starting with the eradication of political corruption and with fair taxation, accompanied by firm action to fight tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Calls on the Commission to further lead efforts to support and facilitate universal access to medicines at affordable prices, while striking a right balance with IP rights, and to take political action to raise visibility of public health and universal access to medicines in international trading relations; in this same direction, calls on the Commission to support the designation of a European Year of Health and Access to Medicines;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for the establishment of an EU- Africa co-development partnership focusing on strategic issues such as energy, sustainable management of natural resources and innovation;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of participation through broad and transparent consultations of
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of participation through broad and transparent consultations of civil society organisations and trade unions, both from the European Union member states and from third countries, in the negotiation, implementation and monitoring of EU
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance of participation through broad and transparent consultations of national parliaments, civil society organisations and trade unions in the negotiation, implementation and monitoring of EU trade and investment agreements and policies;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to further promote the involvement and the empowerment of civil society organisations in, and through, trade negotiations and to develop a complaint mechanism
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to develop a complaint mechanism as a basis for sanctions to channel the voices of those whose human rights are jeopardised by EU trade policies and which will form an essential element of the EU’s role in the implementation of the sustainable development goals; thus systematically building on and enlarging the EU focal points on OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to non-OECD countries;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasizes that trade remains crucial for economic growth and sustainable development and has helped to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty; recognizes, however, that not all developing countries have enjoyed such gains and that least developed countries (LDCs) in particular remain marginalised in global trade;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to develop a complaint mechanism
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to take the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact as an example to exploit and further develop in the future for similar situations in other developing countries;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in its work towards an international treaty that would hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses, and recalls that the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (the so called Ruggie principles "Protect, Repair, Redress") still fail to be fully implemented in EU policies.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to follow UNCTAD´s Comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments and to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in its work towards an international treaty that would hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the multilateral debate on investment treaties, to take into account UNCTAD´s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments, as well as to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in its work towards an international treaty that would hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the EU and its Member States to actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to assess existing trade and investment agreements thoroughly in order to identify any areas which may negatively affect development, whether directly or as a side-effect and, especially, those provisions which may have an impact on universal access to goods and services of general interest, such as those related to health, education, water, combating hunger and energy poverty, and gender equality;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. In parallel to multilateral efforts to achieve compulsory Corporate Social Responsibility Schemes, urges EU Member States to draw up national business and human rights plans in order to deliver, without further delay, on the commitment made by the European Council in 2013 through the ʽEU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracyʼ;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. In the same path, calls on the Commission to encourage EU and third country governments to use public procurement policy to promote the adhesion and respect by enterprises to international guidelines and principles of Corporate Social Responsibility, by considering the past record of companies as regards responsible business conduct in the award of public procurement contracts;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that trade liberalisation
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Stresses the importance of using trade policies as a tool to further empower consumers, so that they may turn consumption into a political act, as well as a responsible and sustainable practice;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Calls on the Commission to set up product traceability systems as well as an EU register of businesses involved in EU development projects, in order to make their actions more transparent and enable citizens to monitor the actions of EU businesses outside the EU, while at the same time facilitating the dissemination of experience on an international scale and, equally important, the visibility and positive image of EU businesses;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Further, calls on the Commission to promote the creation of coordination fora and joint meetings for international businesses, public authorities and civil society organisations, both in the EU and in third countries, in order to foster the exchange of good practices and the configuration of synergies conducive to inclusive growth and development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and could have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not accompanied by
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that trade
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2016/03/09
DEVE
141 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union, which states that the Union's action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Regrets that, although PCD was endorsed in the UN Millennium Declaration4 , the Lisbon Treaty and the Busan Forum on Aid Effectiveness5
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Recalls that efforts to secure access to raw materials from developing countries must not undermine local development and poverty eradication but support developing countries in translating their mineral wealth into real development;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the Member States properly to ensure a fair treatment of developing countries when negotiating tax treaties, taking into account their particular situation and ensuring a fair distribution of taxing rights between source and residence countries; calls Member States, in this regard, to adhere to the UN model tax convention rather than the OECD model, to conduct comprehensive impact assessments ensuring that negative impacts are avoided, to desist from reducing withholding tax rates and to ensure transparency around treaty negotiations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Stresses the need for EU trade and development policy to respect the political and economic policy space of developing countries in order for them to establish the necessary policies to promote sustainable development and dignity for their people;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 d (new) 16d. Calls for a human needs-based approach to debt sustainability through a binding set of standards to define responsible lending and borrowing, debt audits and a fair debt workout mechanism, which should assess the legitimacy and the sustainability of countries' debt burdens and the possible cancellation of unsustainable and unjust debt;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 e (new) 16e. Asks the EU to engage constructively in the UN negotiations on a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring with a view to alleviating debt burdens and avoiding unsustainable debt;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that achieving global food security will require PCD at all levels, particularly if the more ambitious targets of Agenda 2030, namely to fully eradicate
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that achieving global food sovereignty and nutrition security will require PCD at all levels, particularly if the more ambitious targets of Agenda 2030, namely to fully eradicate hunger and end all forms of malnutrition, are to be met;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EU to evaluate systematically the impact of EU agricultural, trade and energy policies – such as biofuel policy – on food security in the developing world; urges the Commission to continue to concentrate on cooperatives, micro, small- and medium- scale farming, and to promote sustainable and agro-ecological practices; stresses that substantive issues of policy coherence and impact need to be addressed in the ongoing monitoring of the
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EU to evaluate systematically the impact of EU agricultural, trade and energy policies – such as biofuel policy – on food security in the developing world; urges the Commission to continue to concentrate on small
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reiterates the importance of PCD in achieving the new sustainable development agenda; points out that the human rights-based approach should lead to a deepened understanding of PCD, since without addressing the obstacles to the realisation of rights there can be no progress towards sustainable development and the eradication of poverty;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EU to evaluate systematically the impact of EU agricultural, trade and energy policies – such as biofuel policy – on food security in the developing world; urges the Commission to continue to concentrate on small- and medium-scale farming, and to promote sustainable and agro-ecological practices; stresses that substantive issues of policy coherence and impact need to be addressed in the ongoing monitoring of the EU’s Food Security Policy Framework (COM(2010)0127); stresses that the EU must support the establishment of processing industries in the agricultural sector and the improvement of food storage techniques;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the EU to evaluate systematically the impact of, among others, EU agricultural, trade and energy policies – such as biofuel policy – on food security in the developing world; urges the Commission to continue to concentrate on small- and medium-scale farming, and to promote sustainable and agro-ecological practices; recalls the need to ensure that the deployment of CAP measures do not jeopardise the food production capacity and long-term food security of developing countries; stresses that substantive issues of policy coherence and impact need to be addressed in the ongoing monitoring of the EU’s Food Security Policy Framework (COM(2010)0127);
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Emphasises that the CAP is the largest share of the EU budget, accounting for around 40% of total spending, and for the most part is comprised of direct subsidies to farmers and landowners; stresses that subsidising EU farmers can distort trade to the disadvantage of the agricultural sector in developing countries; urges the Commission to recognise in their upcoming 2017 report on PCD that the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is partially incoherent with the SDGs target goal 2b and goal 8 on inclusive growth;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls for a consideration of the impact of fisheries agreements on the food security of developing countries;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Underlines that eradication of hunger also requires stopping speculation on food and combatting land grabbing; calls on the EU and its Member States to contribute to the prevention of land grabs by supporting developing countries in the national implementation of the UN Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Stresses the need for developing countries to assign priority in their budget funding to establishing sound health systems, constructing sustainable health infrastructure and providing basic services and quality care; calls on the EU to support the establishment of universal health cover, which will guarantee the mutualisation of health risks in developing countries;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for determined action from the EU in implementing the Paris Agreement6 ; stresses that the EU and the other developed countries must continue to support climate action to reduce emissions and build resilience to climate change impacts in developing countries; recalls the crucial importance of the provision of adequate climate finance in this context; supports the process of EU energy transition and the shift towards renewable energy in this regard; welcomes the proposal to mainstream environmental concerns into development cooperation programmes; __________________ 6
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for determined action from the EU and governments at all levels in implementing the Paris Agreement6 ; stresses that the EU and the other developed countries must continue to support climate action to reduce emissions and build resilience to climate change impacts in developing countries; recalls the crucial importance of the provision of adequate climate finance in this context; __________________ 6
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Underlines that climate change poses a major threat to poor and least developed countries (LDCs); stresses that failure to limit global warming to below 2°C may undermine development gains such as poverty eradication, inequality reductions and sustainability;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers PCD as a key element of the EU´s responsibility for delivering and achieving the SDGs;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Commission to recognize that some actions for climate protection like the EU "biofuel policy" or the "carbon tax on aviation" can have negative unintended consequences for developing countries;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses the need to reconcile domestic policies with the global agenda to make PCD effective; to this effect, calls on the EU to design and implement binding climate, energy efficiency and renewable energy targets and measures in all relevant EU policies in line with the recent COP21 – Paris climate agreement which calls for a limit to the temperature increase of 1.5°C;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Recognises that private finance in the context of climate finance cannot replace public finance; emphasises the need for transparent reporting and accountability and to ensure the implementation of relevant social and environmental safeguards regarding private climate finance, and calls for a framework in which any infringement has to be prosecuted, without accepting impunity;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19c. Calls on the EU to assume a pro- active role in addressing the global climate crisis by establishing climate challenges as strategic priorities at all levels and across all sectors in domestic and external policies and actions;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 d (new) 19d. Calls for women to be recognised as development actors and enablers, therefore, insists on the need to adopt gender budgeting principles and methodologies, in order to address the different needs and interests of women and men so gender equality and women's empowerment is boosted;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 e (new) 19e. Calls on the EU to effectively mainstream gender equality and women's empowerment through all its policies, in order to guarantee women's rights, including their right to free and safe abortion;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 f (new) 19f. Calls on the EU to promote the equality of LGTBi people and combat their discrimination worldwide through all EU external policies;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 g (new) 19g. Notes that the majority of people living in poverty are women; recalls that international trade agreements should not undermine poor people's livelihoods and should instead support the gender equality agenda;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Recognises that there can be no sustainable development or poverty eradication without
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for an EU-wide debate on PCD in the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its new 17 universal and indivisible SDGs, so as to understand better how the concept might fit with the more universal concept of PCSD;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the fact that absence of security characterises mainly those countries where there are inequalities, poverty and breaches of human rights. Therefore, calls for the strengthening of actions leading to disarmament, ensuring public health care, food security and connected policies that ensure security and development;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Highlights the importance of guaranteeing policy coherence and coordination between the EU's external action, security, defence, trade, humanitarian aid and development cooperation policies;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the EU to strengthen its capacities for crisis prevention and to reinforce the synergies between the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and development instruments, finding a balance between short-term responses to crises and longer-term development strategies; suggests that creating a new instrument dedicated to the development-security nexus might limit incoherencies and increase the efficiency of PCD; calls for the inclusion of governmental and civil society actors' concerns, priorities and policies of the regions and countries concerned into the elaboration of EU strategies for security and development;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the EU to strengthen its capacities for crisis prevention and to reinforce the synergies between the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and development instruments, finding a balance between short-term responses to crises and longer-term development strategies; suggests that creating a new instrument dedicated to the development-security nexus might limit
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the EU to strengthen its capacities for crisis prevention
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Welcomes the use of the Political Framework for Crisis Approach (PFCA) as an important tool to allow a common early understanding of a crisis; calls for a reinforced collaboration between the European Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to deliver a comprehensive analysis that enables an informed choice between CSDP and non-CSDP actions when dealing with a crisis;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Believes that the Strategy for Security
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to continue improving links between humanitarian aid, development cooperation and resilience to disasters so as to enable a more flexible and effective response to growing needs;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for an EU-wide debate on PCD in the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, so as to understand better how the concept might fit with the more universal concept of PCSD; recalls that PCD requires policy changes both in internal and external policies;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to re-assess the selection process of the five priority areas migration, trade and finance, food security, climate change and security; emphasises that these priority areas are not the only ones possible and suggests the incorporation of health, education and governance as additional priority areas;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that the new Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy is a unique opportunity for the EU to place development objectives at the centre of its international action;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that the sustainable development goals apply both to the developed and the developing countries and that they should be taken into consideration in external relations as well as in internal policies of the European Union;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the inclusion of PCSD as a core issue in the coming debates on EU policies, particularly on the Global strategy, and the mid-term review of the Multi-annual Financial Framework;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the European Parliament to consider how this wider policy coherence can be covered comprehensively in its decision-making;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need to develop governance processes to promote PCD at the global level;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for PCD to be discussed at a European Council meeting
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the European Consensus on Development of December 2005,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points to the fact that only 8% of the impact assessments of Commission proposals that could affect developing countries address the potential impact on these countries;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that PCD must be made a clear priority for the EEAS and the Delegations by further strengthening the EU's policy dialogue with CSOs, local parliaments and other stakeholders, by asking them to gather evidence on lack of either inconsistency or incoherence, by improving PCD references in programming documents and making them operational, and by developing a training programme for all new EEAS staff to ensure that they are able to understand and apply PCD; believes that adequate resources for this task must be allocated;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to create a list of existing incoherencies between different policies in the five priority areas in their upcoming 2017 report on PCD; considers that the Commission should analyse different methods and instruments to remedy these incoherent policies;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission to develop a binding complaint mechanism as a basis for sanctions to channel the voices of those whose human rights are jeopardised by EU trade policies, and which will form an essential element of the EU's role in the implementation of the sustainable development goals;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Proposes that in preparation for that summit, the Commission and the EEAS should address a paper to the EU heads of state and government with concrete recommendations on how to implement PCD and how to define more clearly the responsibilities of each EU institution in achieving PCD commitments; believes that such a process should be as inclusive
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Proposes that in preparation for that summit, the Commission and the EEAS should address
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that an arbitration system, to be operated by the President of the Commission, must be established to bring about PCD, and that in the event of divergences among the various policies of the Union, the President of the Commission should fully shoulder his political responsibility for the overall approach and have the task of deciding among them on the basis of the EU’s commitments with regard to PCD;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to systematically consult human rights organisations at an early stage of and throughout the policy-making process and to put in place stronger safeguards and mechanisms to better balance stakeholders' representativeness and specifically avoid the dominance of the private sector in public consultations; recalls that public interests must always prevail over private interests;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes the creation of a group of Commissioners involved in external relations; calls for regular reporting on the work of this group by the VPC/HR to the DEVE Committee;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the mechanisms used by EU delegations to provide feedback to the
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 b (new) – having regard to the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness outcome document of December 2011 on partnership for Effective Development Co-operation,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for Member States to adopt legally binging action to operationalise Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) and integrate its strategies to better implement SDGs, through the inclusion of effective mechanisms to ensure transparency and act against conflicts of interest and incoherencies within governments;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets the fact that although impact assessments represent a significant tool for achieving PCD, assessments of development impacts remain few in number; hopes that the Better Regulation Package and its guidelines will improve
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Regrets the fact that although impact assessments represent a significant tool for achieving PCD, assessments of development impacts remain few in number;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for more participatory impact assessments, to allow relevant stakeholders, including developing countries, civil society and NGOs to participate effectively in the IA process and give their views;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Believes that more emphasis must be put on institutional coordination, whether between EU institutions or with Member States; calls on governments of Member States to embed PCD in a legally binding act and to define a Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) action plan to operationalise it; considers that national parliaments should be further involved in the PCD agenda in their capacity to hold their government accountable and to scrutinise progress in this field;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the proposal for an independent system within the Union for receiving complaints by people or communities affected by the Union's policies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the important role that Parliament must play in the process of promoting PCD by giving it priority in Parliament’s agendas, by increasing the number of meetings between committees and between parliaments relating to PCD, by promoting exchanges of views on PCD with partner countries and by fostering dialogue with civil society;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes that some Member States have established an effective inter-ministerial coordination mechanism with a specific mandate on PCSD; call for Member States to follow and exchange the good practices already adopted by other Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recognises that implementing PCD correctly will require an appropriate level of resources and staff; urges that
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Emphasises the importance of preventing the PCD approach and the SDGs from resulting in red tape and overregulation for EU citizens and enterprises;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the EU must take the lead in promoting PCD;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Takes the view that Parliament’s Committee on Development and its standing rapporteur on PCD are the right points of contact to gather complaints and suggestions made by members of the public or by the communities affected by EU policies;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines that national Parliaments play an essential role for the Implementation of PCSD to ensure political commitments, monitoring and the full involvement of CSOs through periodical, including impact assessment reports by governments;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission to produce a
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Points out the need to strengthen PCD in the context of the revision of the European Consensus for Development and of the discussions on the post- Cotonou Agreement;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to include concrete strategies for the implementation of PCD in their upcoming 2017 report on PCD; emphasises that these strategies should propose answers on how to avoid and cope with incoherencies between different policies;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Welcomes the EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020; emphasises the utmost importance of the therein stipulated institutional culture shift in ensuring PCD, and encourages the monitoring and implementation of its objectives in all EU external action, including in EU-funded projects at country level;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Acknowledges that the EU is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II; stresses that
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Acknowledges that the EU is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas 1.5 billion people are still living in poverty with deprivation in health, education and living standards; whereas most of them are women;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Acknowledges that the EU is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II; stresses that strengthening the link between migration and development policies is essential to address the root causes of this phenomenon;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Believes that the attitude shown by EU institutions and Member States to the refugee crisis is primarily focused on security, border controls and economic concerns rather than an effective approach to deal with the root causes of migration through development;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls that the current migration crisis is partly a consequence of EU external action which has impoverished people and increased insecurity;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes the adoption of the European Agenda on Migration, which develops a comprehensive response to the crisis (COM(2015)0240) and believes that its implementation should accompany concrete actions to boost economic, social development and good governance in the countries of origin;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Stresses the importance of EU Member States' agreements with third countries to ensure the safe movement and respect of international workers' rights; call for an effective use of the new European Agenda on Migration to develop a legal framework that facilitates brain gain instead of brain drain and greater mobility for both highly skilled and low-skilled workers;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises that the EU needs greater harmonisation of migration and asylum policies, both within the Union itself and with its international partners; suggests that a truly efficient and holistic migration policy has to fully integrate EU internal and external policies, in
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises that the
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for an inclusive approach to tackle the root causes of migration, including local stakeholders in the first instance; emphasises the need to ensure that development and tackling root causes of migration will be the main approaches leading to a sustainable settlement of the current migration crisis;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. In order to enhance coherence between migration and development policies, calls the European Union and its Member States not to report refugee cost as ODA as doing so has a huge opportunity cost at the expense of development programmes which effectively tackle root causes of migration;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Emphasises that it is important to understand the causes and consequences of international migration from a gender perspective, including the process of decision-making involved and the mechanisms leading to migration; recalls that women and girls, as refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable when they find themselves in situations where their security cannot be ensured and where they may be subject to sexual violence or exploitation;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the fiscal space of developing countries is de facto constrained by the requirements of global investors and financial markets; whereas developing countries have been offering various tax incentives and exemptions to attract or retain investors, leading to harmful tax competition and a 'race to the bottom';
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Insists that EU policies which seek to manage migration should be compatible with those that seek to reduce poverty in developing countries and to tackle the root causes of migration; considers that development aid programmes and budgets should not be used for migration control purposes;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Highlights the positive contribution of migrants to the development of their countries of origin and calls for more effective and innovative cooperation in migration policy between origin and destination countries; draws attention to the significant and growing financial flows represented by remittances; calls for further efforts to bring down transfer costs, as remittances are an important source of financing for development;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Recalls that trade agreements should be used as leverage to promote values like sustainable development, human rights, fair and ethical trade and the fight against corruption around the world;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that the EU and its Member States remain the most important Aid for Trade donor in the world (EUR 11.7 billion in 2013 - SWD(2015)0128); suggests that EU Aid for Trade and technical assistance must aim to empower poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women's equality and empowerment and cooperatives in order to boost the benefits of trading in local and regional markets; welcomes the Commission’s aims to make trade agreements development-friendly, while recognising that Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a key source of financing for sustainable development, if mobilised efficiently;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that the EU and its Member States remain the most important Aid for Trade donor in the world (EUR 11.7 billion in 2013 - SWD(2015)0128); deems that Aid for Trade should help promote processing and diversification of production; assist regional integration and technology transfers; and help facilitate the establishment or development of domestic productive capacity and the reduction of income inequality; welcomes the Commission
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that the EU and its Member States remain the most important Aid for Trade donor in the world (EUR 11.7 billion in 2013 - SWD(2015)0128); welcomes the Commission’s aims to make trade agreements development-friendly, while recognising that Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a key source of financing for sustainable development, if mobilised efficiently; recalls the commitment by Member States to make concrete efforts towards the target of 0.7 percent of gross national product (GNP) as ODA to developing countries;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that the EU and its Member States remain the most important Aid for Trade donor in the world (EUR 11.7 billion in 2013 - SWD(2015)0128); welcomes the Commission’s aims to
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not, per se, positive for poverty eradication because it can have negative effects on sustainable development;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to submit an annual report to Parliament and the Council on the implementation of EU aid for trade in developing countries, giving details of the amounts and source of the funding allocated, both under Chapter 4 of the EU budget and under the EDF; takes the view that such a report would provide a sound basis for biannual EU reports on PCD;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Recalls that SDG target 17.15 acknowledges the need to respect each country's policy space for poverty eradication and sustainable development; reiterates the right of developing countries to regulate investment so as to ensure obligations and duties for all investors, including foreign, with the aim of protecting human rights, labour and environmental standards; to this end, calls on the EU and its Member States to initiate participatory reviews of their investment agreements to eliminate inconsistencies of these treaties with international human rights obligations, namely the UN Global Compact on human rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO core labour standards, environmental standards, and the UN Convention Against Corruption;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the EU has a direct and historical responsibility in its dealings with partner countries;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Stresses that the potential benefits of trade, in order to contribute to poverty reduction, must be accompanied by a distribution of positive impacts and the redistribution of wealth through fair and progressive tax systems;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Recalls that fair and properly regulated trade respects the needs of the developing countries, and if aligned with SDGs can have potentialities for development;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 d (new) 14d. Calls the Commission to strengthen the binding enforceability of SDGs and include comprehensive development chapters in all trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls the EC to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the EC to extend corporate social responsibility and due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, to other sectors, thereby ensuring that the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 f (new) 14f. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGS; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of DFIs in order effectively to track and monitor the flows, debt sustainability and the added value for their projects of sustainable development;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 g (new) 14g. Recalls ODA´s unique role in achieving effective development results; calls for the development focus and nature of ODA, including a transparent and accountable reporting system, to be protected; recalls that untying aid is a necessary condition to opening up opportunities for developing country socio-economic actors, such as local firms or technical assistance experts, and calls for boosting the use of developing country procurement systems as the first option for aid programmes in support of activities managed by the public sector to enhance the local private sector;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 h (new) 14h. Urges the EU and its Member States to re-commit without delay or negotiation to the 0.7 % of GNI target and set binding timeframes to achieve this historic commitment; calls for achieving the OEDC DAC recommendation of reaching an average grant element in total ODA of 86%;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls, however, that aid alone is not sufficient; believes that innovative and diversified sources of financing must be considered and be always aligned with development effectiveness principles and that coherence should be strengthened between public, private, international and domestic financing; recognises the essential role of the local private sector, when properly regulated, in this regard;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls, however, that aid alone is not
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls, however, that aid alone is not sufficient; believes that innovative and diversified sources of financing must be considered and that coherence should be strengthened between public, private, international and domestic financing; recognises the essential role of the private sector in this regard; emphasises that it is important to create the right conditions for private enterprise in developing countries, and to promote the establishment of political and legal frameworks that are conducive to the development of the use of bank accounts and the creation of digital infrastructure;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the current European framework for development lacks effective mechanisms to prevent and remedy incoherencies arising from the policies pursued by the Union;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Emphasises that investors should be able to rely on independent national courts system for their protections through the inclusion of a resolution mechanism under which human right and public interest considerations have precedence over any other interest; believes, therefore, that the transparency and accountability of those mechanism should be ensured;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Draws attention to the challenge of good governance in developing countries; insists that PCD should make it possible to promote the establishment of the rule of law and of impartial institutions that are able to assume the full range of basic state functions, and properly manage both natural resources and the people’s access to basic public services;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Strongly believes that EU trade policy must take into account the realities and development situation of developing countries in order to achieve PCD objectives; recalls the right of development countries to establish their own development strategies without being exposed to unfair competition;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the EU to set up a mandatory and enforceable regulatory framework to govern the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards; regrets that current human rights clauses in free trade agreements and other economic partnership agreements are usually not respected; reiterates its call for the European Commission to be more committed to promoting binding and non-negotiable human rights and social and environmental clauses in the negotiation of international agreements;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls for EU Member States to engage in the process of adopting an international binding treaty tool in transitional cooperation and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and the UN Human Rights Council;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Considers it regrettable that a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacking, which allow certain states and companies to circumvent them with impunity; calls for the EU and Member States to engage actively in the work of the UN's Human Rights Council and of UNEP on an international treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses and violations of environmental standards;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Supports an efficient, fair and transparent tax system in line with good governance principles; welcomes the package of tax transparency measures presented by the Commission on 18 March 2015 and the Anti-Tax Avoidance Package presented on 28 January 2016, including its Communication on an external strategy to promote tax good governance internationally; considers that international cooperation is vital for tackling illicit financial flows and tax evasion;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Supports an efficient, fair and transparent tax system in line with good governance principles; welcomes the package of tax transparency measures presented by the Commission on 18 March 2015; considers that international cooperation is vital for tackling illicit financial flows and tax evasion; and therefore, that the EU should push for the establishment of a new intergovernmental body under the auspices of the UN on international cooperation on tax matters and provide the resources necessary to allow the body to operate effectively;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Supports an efficient, fair and transparent tax system in line with good governance principles; welcomes the package of tax transparency measures presented by the Commission on 18 March 2015; considers that international cooperation is vital for tackling illicit financial flows and tax evasion;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) 1. Recognises that PCD is an essential element of the EU's response to key development challenges and to the achievement of inclusive and sustainable development; calls for a clear shift from a sector-by-sector, "do-no-harm" approach, to a more proactive one, based on a common understanding of PCD and on fostering policy synergies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure and operationalise PCD in the area of taxation, through assessing the impact of any new tax legislation on developing countries;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Considers that international cooperation is vital for tackling illicit financial flows and tax evasion; welcomes the commitments made during the Addis Ababa Financing for Development conference that took place in July 2015, such as the review of multilateral development finance and the Addis Tax Initiative that aims to help developing countries build up their domestic resourcing systems;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses the EU's responsibility to promote and operationalise globally the principle of PCD in tax matters; to this effect, urges the EU to strive for the establishment of a new intergovernmental body under the auspices of the UN on international cooperation on tax matters, to enable developing countries to participate equally in the global reform of existing international tax rules;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Recalls that EU tax policies can have negative impacts on developing countries, and reiterates its call to conduct a spill- over analysis of all national and EU tax policies, in order to assess the impact on developing countries and remove policies and practices which negatively affect them;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses that trade and investment agreements concluded by the EU and its Member States must not undermine, either directly or indirectly, development objectives as regards the promotion and protection of human rights in partner countries;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for an evaluation of the impact of price subsidies for exports, tariffs and trade barriers on developing countries;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to take effective actions actively to crack down on tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flows; supports the setting-up of an intergovernmental body for tax cooperation under the auspices of the UN with the effective participation of developing countries, rather than seeing OECD as the only relevant forum, and calls for the provision of the necessary resources to allow the body to operate effectively;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the EU to make full use of the OECD Model Tax Convention which includes an optional provision for assistance in tax collection, which can be included in bilateral conventions where each country agrees to help in the collection of taxes levied by the other country;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to promote binding measures to ensure that multinational corporations pay taxes in the countries in which value is extracted or created and to promote compulsory country-by-country reporting by the private sector, thus enhancing the domestic resource mobilisation capacities of countries; calls for spill-over analysis to study possible profit-shifting practices;
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