Activities of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2012/2002(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Future of EU development policy - 2015 - European Year for Development (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon, the implementation of development policy should be cohesive, and the measures aimed at encouraging economic growth in developing countries should contribute, first and foremost, to combating poverty and exclusion, particularly through access to education and healthcare,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Agenda for Change is innovative in that it focuses, inter alia, on harnessing budgetary resources, combining subsidies and loans and promoting the private sector; considers that the use of these mechanisms should contribute, principally, to lifting the inhabitants of developing countries out of extreme poverty and dependence and to the dissemination and application of principles of good administrative and fiscal governance;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Commission makes poverty a central issue in its new policy of ‘differentiation’; observes, however, that 70 % of people whose income is below the poverty threshold live in middle-income countries, and hence deplores the fact that the poor in those countries continue to be deprived of access to education, healthcare and the benefits of economic growth;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes it essential for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, thereby enabling the European Union to gradually scale back its current development programmes to benefit the poorest countries while maintaining a close partnership with middle-income countries in areas of social policy;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the Union should fully assume the responsibility incumbent upon it as the world’s leading donor of development aid and turn its political potential to better effect and further develop its leading role at international level on development issues, particularly by spreading the principles of good governance and training local actors, by making resolute use of the powers conferred on it by Article 210 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to take every appropriate initiative to foster the coordination of the development cooperation policies of the EU and its Member States and to synchronise their aid programmes;