2021/2164(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic~~, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine,~~ and some of the health measures taken in response to this pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and the consequences of this conflict for food security and climate change, and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 100 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1

- analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and ~~initiative~~trade agreements, by identifying affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations, including with civil society organisations, trade unions and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1

- analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and initiatives, by identifying affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations, including with civil society organisations, local and regional inhabitant groups and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them;

Amendment 102 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1

- analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and initiatives, for example in the field of trade, by identifying affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations, including with civil society organisations and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1 a (new)

- strengthen public and private communication on the effectiveness of PCD, on the efforts of the EU on ensuring PCD and on the positive results of development cooperation as a whole, in third countries and within the EU, so as to increase visibility of and support for the EU in partner countries;

Amendment 104 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2

- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries; encourage their governments to strive for coherence of their own policies and actions, so as to maximise the development effectiveness of EU support as well as other activities;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2

- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries and in multilateral organizations;

Amendment 106 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2

- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries’ state and non-state actors;

Amendment 107 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed reporting on PCD, including through a chapter dedicated to PCD, analysing the EEAS’s role and accountability, in the “EEAS Annual Activity Report”;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed reporting on PCD for, inter alia, the European Parliament and the competent Member State representations;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact and progress of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed, transparent and regular reporting on PCD;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, ~~and~~ climate change, refugee crisis, increasing energy prices, global debt distress and threats to global food security, and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 110 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies and trade agreements on developing countries and contribute to detailed reporting on PCD;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed bi-annual reporting on PCD;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on the Commission and member states to engage internationally to tackle developing countries external debt, to end and prohibit financial speculation on food and agricultural commodities, to combat tax evasion and illicit financial flows in developing countries; calls on international and European financial institutions to avoid macroeconomic conditionality linked to development and financial aid that promote policies in contradiction with the PCD and the SDGs, such us privatizations of public services and deregulation of financial markets;

Amendment 113 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recognises the important role of Parliament and the Council as co- legislators, and calls for both institutions to carefully assess the impact on developing countries of their amendments to the Commission’s legislative proposals; stresses the need to invite UN and OECD experts to provide the co-legislators with their knowledge during the trilogues so as to facilitate a maximum degree of PCD; notes that this work will be facilitated by a better quality of initial Commission impact assessments;

Amendment 114 #

Beata KEMPA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Recognizes the crucial role of Member States in ensuring PCD in their national policies, as well as of their commitment to PCD in their external policies and actions;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3

- devote appropriate expertise and resources, and establish coordination mechanisms, in their national administrations to effectively implement PCD and report on its implementation and to establish better coordination between and among Member States and their relevant ministries on PCD, to hold regular peer-reviews on even ground and to implement the recommendations made in previous reports and evaluations on PCD;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3

- devote appropriate expertise and resources, and establish coordination mechanisms, in line with their budgetary capacity, in their national administrations to effectively implement PCD and, where necessary, report on its implementation;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 4

- organise, in cooperation with the - Vice-President / High Representative and the EEAS, ~~an annual~~regular ministerial-level discussion on PCD at the Foreign Affairs Council, in its development configuration, ~~and precede this wi~~or to address this issue during the re~~porting on PCD implementation~~gular Foreign Affairs Council meetings as necessary and as dictated by the items on the agenda;

Amendment 119 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5

- adopt ~~annual~~ Council conclusions on ~~the requested Commission report on the EU’s development po~~each of Commission's annual Accountabilicty ~~commitments and the implementation of PCD~~Reports called for;

Amendment 12 #

Hildegard BENTELE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and climate change, whereas the European Union is facing a severe energy crisis, and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5 a (new)

- Ensure, at the beginning of each Council presidency, that awareness on significant PCD issues in current and planned policies is raised, that problems and potential problems are identified and that solutions are sought, using existing formats for meetings between Council presidencies and Parliament when sufficient and adding specific meetings, with Commission participation;

Amendment 121 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5 a (new)

- to resume holding meaningful and regular exchanges with the Commission and the Parliament on PCD during high- level and inter-ministerial working group meetings;

Amendment 122 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1

- instructs ~~DEVE~~the European Parliament and most notably the DEVE Committee to clarify the role of its Standing Rapporteur for PCD and its cooperation with other committees;

Amendment 123 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)

- Recommends all parliamentary committees to evaluate and commit to screening all of its future own initiative reports and legislative reports, for alignment with PCD as established by the commission and as set out in this report;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 2

- calls for a ‘PCD mainstreaming network’ involving Members of all committees acting as focal points, in particular those involved in EU legislation, as well as parliamentary delegations for relations with developing countries; include PCD in the agenda of all outgoing parliamentary missions and ad hoc delegations to developing countries;

Amendment 125 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3

- instructs Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) to regularly screen the Commission’s Work Programme for PCD issues, systematically analyse how PCD is dealt with in Commission impact assessments and relevant proposals, and to ~~report~~without delay alert the Development and other relevant Committees when important weaknesses or omissions are found;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3

- instructs Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) to regularly screen the Commission’s Work Programme and European Parliament Own Initiative Reports (INI) for PCD issues, systematically analyseing how PCD is dealt with in Commission impact assessments and relevant proposals, and to report when important weaknesses or omissions are found;

Amendment 127 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4

- intends to strengthen its own awareness and expertise on PCD at political level by providing, if necessary and in accordance with the needs expressed, training and information on PCD for new and sitting MEPs, provided that they sit on the relevant parliamentary committees, in particular the Committee on Development, and at administrative level, in particular among the staff of bodies involved in legislation and according to the needs expressed;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4

- intends to strengthen its own awareness and expertise on PCD at political level by providing voluntary training and information on PCD for new and sitting MEPs, and at administrative level, in particular among the staff of bodies involved in legislation;

Amendment 129 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls for more attention to PCD in strategic and budgetary decision making processes; suggests to involve sectoral Commissioners in the annual structured dialogue and in the geopolitical dialogue on the NDICI implementation in order to improve the exchange and to put more emphasis on PCD;

Amendment 13 #

Janina OCHOJSKA, Beata KEMPA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and its consequences, and climate change, and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 130 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Council of the European Union to rapidly conclude the signing and ratification of the draft new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) (post-Cotonou Agreement);

Amendment 131 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Recalls that the implementation of PCD is in part dependent on good governance in partner countries; encourages the Commission to ensure a level playing field and cooperative framework with partner countries, by establishing common goals and measures to ensure PCD in policy fields in which partner countries are directly affected; calls on the Commission to share best practices on PCD with partner countries;

Amendment 132 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Calls for the inclusion of the private sector in the future of the PCD framework;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and climate change, biodiversity crisis and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas many developing countries have expressed their disappointment with the EU's development policy, with the way in which developing countries have been taken into account when defining EU policies that affect them, and with the repeated failure by the EU and other developed countries to honour certain promises, such as the promise of 100 billion annual financing for climate adaptation in developing countries made in 2009 at COP 15 in Copenhagen; whereas over the last years geopolitical competitors have taken advantage of this situation and have managed to present themselves in many developing countries as alternative partners to the EU for development, mainly by granting loans for public infrastructure, thus extending its influence in many regions of the world; whereas PCD is an essential tool to ensure the credibility and reliability of the EU in partner countries against geopolitical competitors;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas policies that contribute to increasing debt in developing countries, financial deregulation and privatization of public services, are in contradiction with the PCD and the SDGs; whereas speculation on financial markets and their liberalization has an impact on food prices for developing countries and is one of the causes of the food crisis;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas avoiding over-declaration of development aid is essential to achieve PCD and ensure the credibility of the EU development policy in the eyes of partner countries;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

— having regard to the ACP-EU JPA Resolution of 2 November 2022 adopted in Mozambique (Maputo) on ensuring market access for OACPS commodity- producing countries by enhancing sustainable consumption and production patterns,

Amendment 20 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, moreover, improvements could also be made in the coordination of sustainability impact assessments and free trade agreement negotiations, so that such assessments are genuinely able to influence the outcome of such negotiations;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas a lack of a clear definition of PCD in policy creation undermines the creation of concrete goals, achievements and agenda-setting and its translation into reality; whereas this can lead to negative effects of PCD;

Amendment 22 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the expertise of any consultants involved in and selected to carry out impact assessments and other ex-ante studies must correspond to the fields and specifications of the analyses and studies concerned, and they must also have genuine autonomy in carrying out their tasks ;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas despite the obvious F. relevance of PCD for important EU initiatives such as the European Green Deal, trade policy, global and EU corporate taxation standards, or corporate sustainability due diligence, ~~ironically PCD’s~~there is a distinct lack of visibility onf the E~~uropean agenda has decreased in~~ U's efforts in PCD, its results and its usefulness, throughout the EU and in partner countries in partnership agreements; whereas this has the potential to undermine the EU's efforts in development cooperation, both from within the EU and from non EU countries; whereas this undermines the support for the standards set out in Policy Coherence~~nt year~~ for Development in new partnership agreements with third countries;

Amendment 24 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas despite the obvious relevance of PCD for important EU initiatives such as the European Green Deal, trade policy, global and EU corporate taxation standards, or corporate sustainability due diligence, ironically PCD’s visibility on the European agenda has decreased in recent years and it is no longer given a particularly prominent place in the European Parliament's debates;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas EU delegations and EU Member States' diplomatic missions play a key role in ensuring PCD in partner countries; whereas there is, however, no clear approach towards applying PCD through EU delegations and EU Member States' diplomatic missions in partner countries;

Amendment 26 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas individual approaches to PCD and sector specific partnership agreements can undermine the effectiveness of PCD;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas accountability ~~is an G.~~, visibility and transparency are important aspects of development cooperation and must be applied to PCD; whereas a specific ‘EU report on PCD’ produced by the Commission every two years has been discontinued since 2019 in favour of an EU report on the implementation of the SDGs produced every four years; whereas Commission’s reporting is mostly of a general descriptive character and of little help for assessing the effectiveness of PCD; whereas this underlines the need for clear PCD targets and indicators and transparent monitoring;

Amendment 28 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas accountability is an important aspect of development cooperation and must be applied to PCD; whereas a specific ‘EU report on PCD’ produced by the Commission every two years has been discontinued since 2019 in favour of an EU report on the implementation of the SDGs produced every four years, which is regrettable and leads to confusion between policy coherence for development and policy coherence for sustainable development, which is a much broader concept;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas a lack of accountability reports within the EU Commission and the Council, without follow-up action on conclusions and recommendations of previous reports undermines the credibility of the actions of the EU in development cooperation; whereas there is a lack of willingness on the part of the Council to raise PCD as a priority;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas effective coordination, integration and evaluation of all EU policies regarding its impact on developing countries is essential to achieve PCD;

Amendment 30 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the involvement of the European Parliament in the evaluation of policy coherence for development and, in particular, the European Commission's actions in this field, remain insufficient;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas a 2018 external evaluation report for the Commission concluded that there was no clear evidence of the effectiveness of PCD; whereas this has since not been addressed by the European Commission or Council;1a whereas the Council no longer holds regular exchanges with the Commission on Policy Coherence for Development; _________________ 1a 'External Evaluation of the European Union's Policy Coherence for Development (2009-2016), Final Report - Volume 1: Main Report', Evaluation carried out on behalf of the European Commission, July 2018 (C. Nunez-Borja, E. Baudelet, and T. Picarello), and O. Horký-Hluchan, and C Burry, 'Ensuring Transparent and Impactful Policy Coherence for Development', Report prepared by the European Parliament's Policy Department for External Policies, n.d.

Amendment 32 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, as co-legislator and a contributor to policy-making, Parliament bears much of the responsibility for the EU’s implementation of PCD; whereas its Committee on Development (DEVE) plays a key role in this through opinions to other committees; whereas for PCD to work properly a ‘whole-of-Parliament’ approach is needed, with active contributions from all parliamentary committees involved in different policies, which has so far rarely been the case, and, furthermore, Parliament unfortunately does not have the room for manoeuvre necessary to rigorously evaluate the Commission's action on policy coherence for development;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, as co-legislator and a contributor to policy-making, Parliament bears much of the responsibility for the EU’s implementation of PCD; whereas its Committee on Development (DEVE) plays a key role in this through opinions to other committees; whereas for PCD to work properly a ‘whole-of-Parliament’ approach is needed, with active contributions from all parliamentary committees involved in different policies, which has so far rarely been the case; whereas there is a need for a strengthened coordination on PCD between the committees in the EP;

Amendment 34 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the private sector plays an integral part in development cooperation, most notably through private and blended funding;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas EU trade policy could have devastating impacts on developing countries’ economy and their poorest communities.

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Affirms that policy coherence for development is a substantive requirement that negative impacts of EU policies on poor and vulnerable people in developing countries be avoided, "Do no harm", and that possibilities to achieve synergies be sought and exploited, in line with the "Leave no one behind" and "Address the needs of those furthest behind first" principles of the UN's Agenda 2030;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; calls for a step change in efforts to implement PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided or minimised, and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives, and that the consequences of major EU initiatives are generally based on good quality ex-ante analyses and studies, where appropriate carried out by consultants with the necessary expertise and autonomy, and available sufficiently in advance of the decision to have a real impact on it;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the objectives of PCD as set in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union include primarily the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; Reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; underlines that PCD should be applied across all policies and all areas covered by the 2030 Agenda; calls for a step change in efforts to implement PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided or minimised, and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU’s political commitment to PCD was reaffirmed in the 2017 New European Consensus on Development, which identified PCD as a ‘crucial element of the [EU’s] strategy to achieve the SDGs and an important contribution to the broader objective of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD)’, with special attention paid to trade, finance, environment and climate change, food security, migration and security;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative, trade negotiations and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; calls for a step change in efforts to implement PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided ~~or minimised,~~ and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives;

Amendment 42 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Acknowledges that the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy have geopolitical dimension and thereby present both opportunities and challenges for OACPS producers, notably in LDCs; calls therefore on the EU and its Member States to take appropriate actions to mitigate potential negative impacts, notably on smallholders, farmers and forest communities, such as climate funding, technical and financial assistance, technology transfer and capacity-building;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to work closely with the OECD and Member States to establish a common approach to the implementation and respect of PCD, also with regards to developing countries; Calls on the Commission to partake in the exchange of best practices with developing countries on PCD so as to establish good governance and a more coherent multilateral approach to the achievement of the SDGs;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the definition and role of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an time-bound action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators, division of tasks, mandates and timelines to measure the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States and ensure the evidence base for accountability by including this in a new framework for monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published before the end of the current Commission’s mandate;

Amendment 45 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the definition and role of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States and ensure accountability by including this in a new framework for transparent monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published before the end of the current Commission’s mandate;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the definition and role of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States and ensure accountability by including this in a new framework for monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published b~~efore~~y the en23rd of ~~the current Commission’s mandate~~June 2023;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that a precise methodology should be developed for impact assessments and other ex-ante evaluations and studies of trade agreements;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Reiterates its call for a high-level EU strategy for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Age~~stresses that SDGs are at the heart of PCSD anda andre the ~~SDGs; considers that PCD, which represents a unique EU contribution to the broader objective of PCSD,~~refore relevant to the principle of the European Union's policy coherence for development, and therefore must be a central pillar of this strategy;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its call for a high-level EU strategy for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the SDGs that should be ambitious and integrated, be grounded in human rights frameworks, work to leave no one behind, respect inter-generational equity, and realize progress within planetary boundaries; underlines the need to ensure coherent action across the Commission and Member States towards the implementation of the SDGs, and for proper engagement with civil society and scientists during the drafting of a high- level EU Strategy for the implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda and the SGDs; considers that PCD, which represents a unique EU contribution to the broader objective of PCSD, must be a central pillar of this strategy;

Amendment 5 #

Karsten LUCKE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the policy coherence for development has been affirmed by the European Commission and certain Council conclusions, as well as by some national policies of certain Member States, but there is a marked lack of progress in the implementation of this principle;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its call for a high-level EU strategy for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the SDGs; considers that PCD, which represents a unique EU contribution to the broader objective of PCSD, must be a central pillar of this strategy and should be adequately included already in the EU’s 2023 voluntary national review of its implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy and ~~calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to~~and that this principle must play a ~~leading~~central role in ~~promoting PCD globally, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN~~any negotiations on free trade or other trade agreements;

Amendment 52 #

Janina OCHOJSKA, Karsten LUCKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy ~~and calls for it to be given more visibility~~, especially at a time of increased geopolitical competition that requires credibility and reliability in the eyes of developing countries; calls for PCD to be given more visibility, since it is a key component of public diplomacy, and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and at the UN; highlights, with a view to avoiding the over-declaration of development aid, the need to promote a more precise definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in order to avoid counting concepts such as debt relief, reallocation to developing countries of IMF Special Drawing Rights or aid to refugees in DAC countries as ODA;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy and calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN, as well as through significant international agreements, in particular the post- Cotonou agreement, but not limited to it;

Amendment 54 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy and calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, most notably within multilateral organisations, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that taking into account policy coherence for development in trade negotiations requires, inter alia, high- quality ex-ante analyses and studies, carried out by persons with the necessary specific qualifications and a satisfactory degree of autonomy, and available sufficiently in advance of the negotiations, and that the Commission should be transparent about how it takes into account the recommendations resulting from such analyses and studies and how it assesses these recommendations;

Amendment 56 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Reiterates that PCD must apply to all external policies of the Union, including trade policy; calls on the Commission to carry on a deep impact assessment of its trade agreements, especially the EPAs with ACP countries, and to review them according to PCD principles;

Amendment 57 #

Beata KEMPA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Underlines that Policy Coherence for Development, in view of the current geopolitical situation and newly emerged crises, should serve as a tool to effectively address these challenges through multi- stakeholder and multi-sectoral cooperation;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls the necessity for the EU to advocate for establishing a clear multilateral framework for PCD within the UN and to establish a more substantial cooperation between the EU and the UN on PCD;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

Sectorial policy areas (new sub-title)

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the 2018 external evaluation revealed serious shortcomings in the implementation of PCD; including a limited role of EU Delegations, whereas a recent study commissioned by Parliament found that major problems persist;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Regrets that many cases of policy inconsistencies prevail in various EU sectoral areas, notably related to food, energy, trade and taxation policy, with particularly worrying negative consequences for developing countries;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Deplores the discrepancy between the EU’s pledges towards climate change, while still relying on new fossil fuel imports and projects from third countries, notably in Africa, which are i.e. backed by EU corporate investment; recalls that Africa is the continent most plagued by energy poverty and that the transition of the African continent to a green, resilient and sustainable economy entails that the EU, as in the case of developed countries, meet their climate finance commitments, redirect their investments away from fossil fuels into renewable energy alternatives, lifts Africa’s rising debts (through debt relief), and show a strong political will and determination against tax avoidance and evasion, in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Notes with concern that while climate change will exacerbate water- related challenges, the EU is the largest virtual water “importer” in the world, notably through its imports of agricultural products and its biofuel policy, which impact upon local water availability1a; highlights equally the potential risks of water grabbing and water pollution associated to EU foreign direct investments in large-scale land acquisitions for agriculture and extractive industries; accordingly, stresses the importance to implement PCD and a fully-fledged Human Right Impact Assessment related to the EU biofuel policy and to any agricultural and energy investment projects financed by the European Fund for Sustainable Development; stresses equally the need to enact water-related mandatory due diligence and reporting standards for corporations; _________________ 1a “The Human Right to Drinking Water: Impact of Large-Scale Agriculture and Industry”, Policy Department for External Policies study commissioned by DROI (2021)

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Recalls that the EU energy transition, which will generate a surge of extraction of metals and minerals linked to renewable energy sources and digital economy, represents challenges for developing countries, as mining is a sector linked to severe environmental destruction (including in protected and indigenous territories); freshwater contamination and depletion; human rights abuses (including gender violence); forced displacement; loss of livelihoods; violent conflict; unsafe working conditions; worker exploitation (forced labour, child labour and human trafficking); and illicit financial flows; emphasises accordingly that PCD shall be strictly implemented while a “Just Transition” lens must be applied across the entire renewable energy value chain;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Stresses that war in Ukraine has sparked a third global food price crisis in 15 years, thereby undermining hopes of eradicating hunger by 2030, a key milestone in achieving the UN SDGs; notes with concern that poor implementation of PCD resulted in several circumstances to undermining food security, as in the case of EU fat- filled milk powder exports in West Africa, which jeopardised their local production, or EU massive imports of fishmeal and fish oil produced in West Africa;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4 f. Urges the EU to conduct an agricultural and trade policy consistent with the global right to food and to assess, on a regular basis, the compliance of the CAP and trade policy with Policy Coherence for Development; calls, furthermore, on the EU to recognise the right of food sovereignty to developing countries and to crack down effectively commodity speculation; in addition, reiterates that EU funding and external assistance on agriculture is in line with the transformative nature of Agenda 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity and to prioritise, accordingly, investments in agroecology, agroforestry and crop diversification both inside and outside the EU;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4 g. Urges the EU to improve policy coherence for development throughout its trade policy; regrets, in particular, the asymmetry of international investment agreements (IIA) whereby only investors can launch investment cases against States, while governments, workers and affected communities are unable to take transnational corporations that fail to respect human rights or labour and environmental laws to arbitration; in particular, stresses the need to oblige the investor to support sustainable investment in the host state, i.e. by supporting the local economy through technology transfer and by utilising local labour and inputs, and to oblige the home state of the investor to allow victims to seek justice; urges equally the EU to ensuring a fair distribution of taxing rights while negotiating tax and investment treaties with developing countries;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)

4 h. Recalls that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); highlights the potential risks of violating human rights, notable those of indigenous peoples and local communities in the name of conservation; accordingly, calls on the EU to develop conservation programme in consultation with local communities, indigenous peoples and women, as well as other marginalised groups to truly contribute to the fight against deforestation and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 j (new)

4 j. Deplores the practice of exporting banned toxic chemicals and pesticides to poorer nations that lack the capacity to control the risks and denounces the double standard policy of the EU towards pesticides, in full contradiction with PCD; in 2018 alone, more than 81,000 tonnes of pesticides containing 41 different hazardous chemicals banned for agricultural use in the EU, were exported by European corporations1a; recalls that in 2017, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and the Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, published a report stressing that excessive use of pesticides are very dangerous to human health, to the environment and it is misleading to claim that they are vital to ensuring food security; reminds the legal opinion by the Center for International Environmental Law concluding that exporting banned or unapproved pesticides constitutes a breach of international human rights obligations; in France, the ban on the production, storage and circulation of certain plant protection products containing active substances not approved at European level for reasons related to human or animal health and the environment came into force on 1 January 2022; against this background, urges the EU and its Member States to lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, introduce an EU legislative proposal to ban the export of hazardous chemicals banned in the EU; _________________ 1a Public Eye, Unearthed Greenpeace investigation, 2020; https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/pestici des/banned-in-europe

Amendment 69 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that PCD should be consistently applied to all relevant proposals, including those relating to trade policy; notes examples which have taken account of PCD, such as the recent proposal on products associated with deforestation or the directive on corporate due diligence;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas Policy Coherence for Development is recognized within the institutions and within multilateral frameworks as a tool with which to achieve sustainable development and legitimacy of external action and policy creation, through the achievement of concrete goals in all policy related sectors;

Amendment 70 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recommends the establishment of an EU platform for PCD, to allow for better coordination between the relevant European Institutions, the UN, the OECD, the World Bank and with developing countries, to ensure alignment and cooperation on PCD, to better cooperate on the achievement of the SDGs, and to find new synergies on development cooperation between the EU and its Member States and with third countries;

Amendment 71 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the European Commission and the European Parliament to establish a clear definition and reachable goals for PCD, which can be translated into reality through effective reporting, the establishment of partnership agreements and internal coordination and evaluation by the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1

- ensure that the necessary awareness, competence and resources for the effective implementation of PCD are present in all its DGs and the Secretariat- General; the Secretariat-General should play a special high-level political arbitration role between DGs particularly concerning the impact of non-external action measures on developing countries;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)

- clarify the overall responsibility for the application of the PCD principle within its services by attributing this responsibility to its General Secretariat and instruct it to closely cooperate with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships in the carrying out of this task,

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2

- systematically screen all planned Commission policy and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; instruct every Directorate-General in charge of the preparation of a specific policy initiative to consistently pay due attention to possible PCD aspects, at the "inception impact assessment" stage and onwards; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2

- systematically screen all planned Commission policy and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of meaningful consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations, research institutes, local and indigenous communities, and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries; stresses, in this regard, the need to establish a PCD coordination centre that undertakes all these tasks;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2

- systematically screen all planned Commission policy and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations, supporting groups of local and regional inhabitants to make their interests heard, and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2

- systematically screen all planned Commission policy, trade negotiations and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)

- ensure that at least one member of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board has adequate experience and qualifications for analysing whether PCD aspects have been properly dealt with in initiatives under review, using in particular tool 35 in the Better Regulation Toolbox;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3

- make widespread use of ex post evaluations to identify the impact of EU policies on developing countries ~~and~~, improve the quality of future impact assessments and propose policy changes in those areas where negative effects have been identified;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, moreover, some expert studies have highlighted the shortcomings of impact assessments for the evaluation of the development policies of major European policy initiatives;

Amendment 80 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3

- make widespread use of systematic and transparent monitoring and ex post - evaluations to identify the impact of EU policies on developing countries and improve the quality of future impact assessments;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new)

- to provide for an assessment of the current state of play of PCD in EU Policy, which includes a re-evaluation of the effectiveness of PCD, by the 23rd of June 2023;

Amendment 82 #

Karsten LUCKE, Carlos ZORRINHO, Maria NOICHL, Janina OCHOJSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4

- resume the publication of a specific annual ~~report on the EU’s performance in all its development policy commitments and~~Accountability Report on the EU's and its Member States performance in relation to the EU's commitments and its Member States' collective commitments affecting development policy objectives, ensureing that it adequately covers the implementation of PCD and ~~any~~the challenges met in that context;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4

- resume the publication of a specific annual report on the EU’s performance in all its development policy commitments and ensure that it adequately covers the implementation of PCD and any challenges met, increasing transparency and accountability towards the citizens and the European Parliament;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4

- resume the publication of a specific annual report on the EU’s performance in all its development policy commitments and ensure that it adequately covers the implementation of PCD and any challenges met, and that this publication is subject to parliamentary debate;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4

Amendment 86 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)

- define, on the basis of studies that are to be carried out, potential responsibilities, including deriving from international agreements and in this light, respect the polluter pays principle, including for restoration and compensation;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)

- to establish clear mid- and long- term goals for the effective translation in reality and achievement of PCD;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; and: - calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; - welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these impacts should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; - calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units; - proposes that a future edition of the European Development Days is dedicated to PCD, bringing together all relevant stakeholders in a visible manner;

Amendment 89 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units; is of the opinion that DG INTPA should be responsible for the PCD coordination centre that would lead the screening of planned policies and legislative initiatives;

Amendment 9 #

Beata KEMPA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas Policy Coherence for Development aims at ensuring that foreign relations are economically and socially coherent and international co- operation for international development more effective;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units; calls on the European Parliament to consider the establishment of a similar coordination unit in its administration;

Amendment 91 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives and to involve DG INTPA in the process, also when it comes to impact assessments, as soon as an inter-service group (ISG) is created; welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units;

Amendment 92 #

Karsten LUCKE, Maria NOICHL, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe has limited resources and could only be used as very last resort to prevent and minimise thabsolutely unavoidable negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiatives~~, when these cannot be avoided,~~; stresses that relying on development anid ~~to build positive synergies in developing countries~~should never be seen as valid alternative to avoiding negative impacts in the first place; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD; calls for the strengthening of research and knowledge generation by local institutes in developing countries to deal with the complexity of PCD issues in order to contribute to EU consultations;

Amendment 93 #

Janina OCHOJSKA, Beata KEMPA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that~~Believes that, if in spite of determined efforts, an adverse impact of an EU policy on the pursuit of a development policy objective cannot be fully avoided, the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe could be used to ~~prevent and~~ minimise these negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiatives, ~~when these cannot be avoided,~~ and to build positive synergies in developing countries; emphasises, however, that possibilities of such action should only be considered in the last resort and never as an alternative to endeavours to avoid adverse impacts; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD;

Amendment 94 #

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe cshould be used to prevent and minimise the negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiatives, when these cannot be avoided, ~~and~~ to build positive synergies in developing countries and to effectively evolve from a donor-recipient relationship to a partnership between equals; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that~~Calls for better alignment of the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe ~~could be~~with PCD, to used t~~o prevent and minimise the negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiative~~he NDICI-Global Europe to mitigate negative impacts of EU policies, to prevent and minimise their negative impacts, whenre these cannot be avoided, and to build positive synergies in developing countries; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe could be used to prevent and minimise the negative impacts of new EU legislation, trade or policy initiatives, when these cannot be avoided, and to build positive synergies in developing countries; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part

9. Underlines the critical role of EU delegations in implementing PCD and calls on the Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS) to ensure that delegations have the necessary expertise and ~~resour~~competences to be involved from the outset in any new EU policy, initiative, for example in trade negotiations, or legislation affecting developing countries; eu delegations in developing countries should, in particular:

Amendment 98 #

Hildegard BENTELE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1

- analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and initiatives, by identifying sustainable development gaps, affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations, including with civil society organisations, research institutes, partners from the Global South, research institutes, local and indigenous communities, and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them;

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2023/01/17 DEVE 14 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the 2018 external evaluation report for the Commission revealed serious shortcomings in the implementation of PCD, including a limited role for EU delegations; whereas a recent study commissioned by Parliament found that major problems persist; whereas the absence of an adequate response to the findings of the external evaluation report and the lack of proof that appropriate action has been taken undermine the credibility of the EU’s actions on development cooperation; whereas the Council no longer holds regular exchanges with the Commission on PCD;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; and: - calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; and calls for DG INTPA to be involved in impact assessments, as soon as an inter-service group is created; - welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these ~~should instea~~impacts should be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; - calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work ~~of thematic units;~~ within the DG’s thematic units, and to ensure DG INTPA’s continuous support for building and maintaining PCD awareness and competence in other DGs and in the Secretariat-General; - proposes that a future edition of the European Development Days be dedicated to PCD, bringing together all relevant stakeholders in a visible manner;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that~~Believes that, if, in spite of determined efforts, an adverse impact of an EU policy on the pursuit of a development policy objective cannot be fully avoided, the Neighbourhood, dDevelopment and iInternational cCooperation iInstrument – Global Europe could be used to prevent and minimise the negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiatives, when these cannot be avoided, and to build positive synergies in developing countries; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD, which has limited resources, could be used to minimise only absolutely unavoidable impacts and to build positive synergies in developing countries; stresses, however, that opportunities for such action should only be considered as a very last resort and that relying on development aid should never be seen as a valid alternative to avoiding negative impacts; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD; calls, in this context, for research and knowledge of local institutes in developing countries to be strengthened to enrich EU consultations;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part

9. Underlines the critical role of EU delegations in implementing PCD and calls on the Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS) to ensure that delegations have the necessary expertise and resources to be actively involved from the outset in ~~any new~~the preparation of EU policy orand legislation affecting developing countries; euconsiders that EU delegations in developing countries should, in particular: - analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and initiatives, by identifying affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations~~, including with civil society organisation~~ in partner countries, including with research institutes, civil society organisations, local and regional communities and inhabitants, indigenous peoples and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them; - systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries~~; - regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed reporting on PCD;~~ ’ local, regional and state authorities and a broad range of non-state actors, as well as in multilateral organisations; encourage the governments of partner countries to strive for consistency in their own policies and actions, so as to maximise the development effectiveness of EU support and other activities; share best practices between the EU and partner countries, given the importance of international cooperation and of common goals and measures for the implementation of PCD; - regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and the progress of those policies and contribute to detailed, transparent and regular reporting on PCD, including through a chapter in the EEAS annual activity report dedicated to PCD, analysing the role and accountability of the EEAS; - strengthen communication in third countries and within the EU on the EU’s PCD, its implementation and its results, so as to help increase the visibility of and support for the EU in partner countries;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part

11. ~~Calls~~Recalls the commitment to PCD affirmed by the Member States in the European Consensus on Development and stresses the importance of this commitment being honoured in the Member States’ national policies; calls, therefore, on the Council and onthe Member States to: – regularly include PCD on the agenda of the Working Party on Development Cooperation and International Partnerships (CODEV-PI) and the Working Party on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; promote further joint collaboration between these working parties in closely monitoring the implementation of PCD; – strengthen the cooperation between the CODEV-PI Working Party, the 2030 Agenda Working Party and other preparatory bodies to ensure that PCD is implemented in the Council’s position on relevant legislative initiatives; - devote appropriate expertise and resources, and establish coordination mechanisms, in their national administrations to effectively implement PCD and report on its implementation; underline that national parliaments have the potential to play an important role in promoting PCD; - establish better coordination between and among Member States and their relevant ministries on PCD, to hold regular peer reviews and to implement the recommendations made in previous reports and evaluations on PCD; – organise, in cooperation with the Vice-President / High Representative and the EEAS, an annual ministerial-level discussion on PCD at the Foreign Affairs Council, in its development configuration, and precede this with reporting on PCD implementation; - adopt ~~annual~~ Council conclusions on ~~the requested Commission report on the EU’s development policy commitments and the implementation of PCD~~each of the Commission’s annual accountability reports called for by Parliament; - ensure that, at the beginning of each Council presidency, awareness is raised on PCD issues in current and planned policies, problems are identified and solutions are sought; - hold meaningful and regular exchanges on PCD among the Council, Parliament and the Commission using existing formats and adding specific meetings when necessary;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Declares its commitment to enhance its own PCD work, and for this purpose: - instructs DEVE to clarify the role of its Standing Rapporteur for PCD and intends to improve PCD cooperation among its committees; - calls for a ‘PCD mainstreaming network’ involving ~~all~~Members of committees~~, in particular those~~ involved in EU legislation, ~~as well as parliamentary~~other committees and delegations for relations with developing countries; acting as focal points, in close cooperation with DEVE; recommends includeing PCD in the agenda of all outgoing parliamentary missions and ad hoc delegations to developing countries, and calls on all committees to consistently apply PCD in their legislative and other work where relevant; - instructs the European Parliament’sary Research Service (EPRS) to regularly screen the Commission’s Work Programme for PCD issues, systematically analyseing how PCD is dealt with in Commission impact assessments and relevant proposals, and to ~~report when important weaknesses or omissions are found~~without delay alert DEVE and other relevant committees when important weaknesses or omissions are found; instructs the EPRS to support all committees in applying PCD in their reports; - calls for more attention to be paid to PCD in strategic and budgetary decision-making processes; suggests involving sectoral commissioners in the annual structured dialogue and in the geopolitical dialogue on the NDICI implementation; - intends to strengthen its own awareness and expertise on PCD at political level by providing training and information on PCD for new and sitting MEPs, and at administrative level, in particular among the staff of bodies involved in legislation;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the principle of PCD is laid down in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and is recognised within the EU institutions and within multilateral frameworks as being a tool to pursue sustainable development and as being important for the credibility and reliability of the EU in partner countries; whereas PCD aims to ensure that external action policies that are likely to affect developing countries are economically and socially consistent with the objective of EU development cooperation, whose primary objective remains reducing and, in the long term, eradicating poverty, as well as increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the current global geopolitical context is marked, in particular, by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and its consequences, including a severe energy crisis, the refugee crisis, global debt distress and threats to food security and biodiversity, as well as climate change, and these problems are seriously threatening the global achievement of the SDGs such that a comprehensive response is necessary; whereas this further increases the need for effective implementation of PCD and of coherence and consistency between different policies, as in the case of the humanitarian-development nexus;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recitals E, F and F a (new)

E. whereas PCD mechanisms in the Commission include, among others, inter- service groups, stakeholder and public consultations, a PCD screening (tracker) of the Commission Work Programme, Tools 19, 27 and 35 in the impact assessment guidelines (revised Better Regulation Agenda), and the sustainability impact assessment of trade agreements; whereas the extent to which these arrangements are used varies and the quality of PCD work can only be measured by its concrete results; whereas there is no central organ in the Commission responsible for the implementation of PCD; whereas in some cases the PCD analyses in the Commission’s impact assessments for recent legislative proposals are still superficial (e.g. the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, and the Environmental Crime Directive) or have not been conducted despite the clear need for them (e.g. anti-money laundering package, the directive and regulation on corporate sustainability reporting); whereas this clearly shows that more action on the recommendations of the 2018 external evaluation of the PCD is needed; whereas EU delegations and EU Member States’ diplomatic missions should play a stronger role in ensuring PCD in partner countries; whereas the lack of a holistic approach towards and a clear definition of PCD can undermine its objectives and effectiveness; F. whereas despite the obvious relevance of PCD for important EU initiatives such as the European Green Deal, trade policy, global and EU corporate taxation standards, or corporate sustainability due diligence~~, ironically~~ ; whereas nevertheless, PCD’s visibility on the European agenda and in partner countries has decreased in recent years; Fa. whereas private sector involvement, including through blending projects, that serves development policy objectives can, in effect, enhance PCD;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. RAffirms that PCD is a substantive requirement in order to avoid negative impacts of EU policies on poor and vulnerable people in developing countries and to seek and take advantage of opportunities to achieve synergies, in line with the principles of Agenda 2030 entitled ‘Leave no one behind’ and ‘Address the needs of those furthest behind first’, and in pursuit of the development objective of reducing and, in the long term, eradicating poverty; reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; underlines that PCD should be applied across all policies and all areas covered by the 2030 Agenda; calls for a step change in ~~efforts to~~the implementation of PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided or minimised, and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the ~~definition and role~~application of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an time-bound action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators to ~~measure~~enable it to reach its goals, and with a division of tasks, mandates and timelines to allow the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States to be measured and to ensure the evidence base for accountability by including this in a new framework for transparent monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published b~~efore the end~~y 31 December 2023; calls ofn the ~~current~~ Commission~~’s mandate~~ to provide a new external evaluation of the implementation of the EU’s PCD by 1 July 2024;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its call for a high-level EU strategy for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, which should be ambitious, integrated and grounded in human rights frameworks and should respect inter-generational equity; considers that PCD, which represents a unique EU contribution to the broader objective of PCSD, must be a central pillar of this strategy and should be adequately included in the EU’s 2023 voluntary national review of its implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s ~~foreign policy~~external relations and calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, most notably within multilateral organisations, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN, as well as through significant international agreements, in particular the post- Cotonou agreement, but not exclusively; recommends the establishment of an EU platform for PCD to allow for better coordination between the relevant EU institutions, multilateral institutions, non- state actors and developing countries to ensure alignment and cooperation on PCD, to better cooperate on achieving the SDGs and to find new synergies on development cooperation between the EU and its Member States and with third countries;

Amendment 9 #