6 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2016/2053(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights the need to rebuild the EU-ACP relationship on fresh foundations as a fair partnership between equals, respecting countries’ heterogeneity and sovereignty; stresses that the partnership must have as its objectives the United Nations SDGs, the meeting of basic needs and respect for human rights; stresses that this should be done without interfering in the domestic affairs of sovereign states and in a manner consistent with existing bilateral and multilateral agreements;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises the negative effects of association agreements on the economies of ACP countries; takes the view that the new partnership will need to be based on developing the countries’ productive capacities, completing the most advantageous regional integration processes, protecting traditional agriculture, and combating land grabbing, the privatisation of national natural resources and public services, and over- exploitation, without interference in sovereign states' domestic affairs and taking account of the bilateral or multilateral agreements that already exist between sovereign states.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that the universality of the human rights enshrined in international law, including international law on migrants and refugees, must be respected, along with must be respected and account must be taken of the customs and history of each sovereign country, with particular regard to migrants and refugees, and to the Geneva Convention; urgesuggests to the various countries tohat they ratify the United Nations Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
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5. Supports the decision by the United Nations to create a legal instrument to ensure that businesses respect human rights and the sovereignty of states, in order to put an end to labour exploitation, neo- slavery, illicit capital flows and the financing of armed conflicts;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
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6. Underlines the importance of putting an end to foreign interference in the inrespecting each country’s sovereignty and the old bilateral and multilaternal affairs of ACP countries, and to neocolonial policies; supports the idea of dismantling all foreign military basescooperation agreements that still exist and have proven to be effective; takes the view that these old agreements are particularly useful in the field of defence and the fight against terrorism.