Activities of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2009/2150(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation
Amendments (2)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the significant decrease in export revenues in many developing countries, and in particular in the least developed countries, is threatening to shatter the growth and development of the South; calls on the Commission – when negotiating and implementing trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreements – to strengthen EU Policy Coherence for Development and, inter alia, the promotion of decent work and to ensure adequate asymmetry and transitional periods in trade commitments as well as respect for the priorities of each country and adequate consultation of key actors and civil society;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that a balanced, fair and development-oriented conclusion of the Doha Round in 2010 could help the WTO in aidingwould accelerate the economicy recovery from the crisis and continuing the fight against protectionism and could contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries, the creation of good- quality jobs and the reduction of consumer prices; is therefore deeply concerned by the lack of progress in the Doha Round negotiations;