10 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2023/2029(INI)
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that the MTE provide legal and political clarity with regard to the listing of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia as beneficiaries under the neighbourhood chapter of the Instrument; notes that these countries have become candidates for accession to the EUUkraine and the Republic of Moldova have been granted EU candidate status, while a decision on Georgia is pending, and should therefore be listed as beneficiaries with the adequate budgetary transfer of bilateral financial envelopes to the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA III) Regulation10 ; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Ukraine facility to meet immediate needs, but stresses the importance of using a long- term instrument; _________________ 10 Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2021 establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA III) (OJ L 330, 20.9.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that COVID-19 was a wake-up call for low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to accelerate progress towards building universal, publicly financed health systems; requests that grants and public sector promotion are prioritised to assure development aid reaches people first in the programming of the Instrument; stresses the importance of continuing to commit enough budget for improving social outcomes and addressing systemic issues ;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Worries that the Instrument was underfunded since the start of the MFF 2021-2027, in particular the thematic envelope; emphasises that the EU’s purchasing power has been reduced due to inflation, funding for key thematic programmes emptied due to COVID-19, and overall funds reduced due to the frontloading of resources in 2021 and 2022; asks that the long-term budget must be adapted to protect the EU’s positive impact, influence and credibility on the global stage; calls for funds which are urgently needed for humanitarian response, ODA, crisis response, Ukraine reconstructions and climate finance;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the long-term NDICI thematic and geographic programmes dedicated to sustainable development are not cut down or reallocated; underlines that the lack of funds creates a dangerous gap between the EU’s ambition and its ability to deliver on its promises; recalls that insufficient funding will also create damaging competition between short-term needs and long term investments, and between core development sectors, ultimately hampering the effectiveness of EU aid and its contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Worries that already 80% of the funding available in the Instrument’s cushion for emerging challenges for 2021-2027 has been earmarked only €1.92 billion (21%) is left until 2027; recalls that 100% of the funding available in the margin of Heading 6 for 2021-2023 has been used for the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey; regrets that the Flexibility Instrument, used for Heading 6 in the past years, will no longer be available for external action ;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Team Europe approach and its aim of increasing the coherence, impact and visibility of EU development projects, and calls for more joint actions with the Member States, in particular Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs); underlines the need for better communication campaigns to enhance the EU’s visibility among the citizens and public officials in countries receiving EU assistance, notably in countries which do not align with the EU's foreign policy; calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the approach and to inform Parliament of its findings;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the European Commission’s recent proposal for a new and dedicated Ukraine facility by combining all future support to Ukraine in a separate single instrument under heading 6 of the MFF ;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Requests that the MTE be used to the fullest extent possible in order to update either the Instrument or its delegated acts on priority areas and to reassess the validity of the geographic and thematic MIPs, including more prominent conditions relating to compliance with international law, alignment with the EU’s foreign policy and the application of the associated suspension mechanism, as a last resort, where the foreign policy of an Instrument beneficiary country diverges completely from EU foreign policy; calls for the suspension or significant reduction of assistance to countries that openly support aggressor states and their policies, in particular the Russian Federation in its war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for much-needed and sufficient funding to address food shortages worldwide, particularly in countries such as Afghanistan, where EU development aid has been suspended; calls for prevention of the loss of life due to hunger and malnutrition by empowering local civil society organizations that provide food, health care and education services;