9 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2014/2239(INI)
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that local authorities remain the best level at which to carry out the remit of affording access to drinking water;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that water and sanitation services should be removed from any trade agreements the EU is negotiating or considering and urges the Commission to grant a legally binding exclusion for water services in the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the preconditions for draft free trade agreements which the Union wishes to negotiate should be established, including genuine access to drinking water for the people of the third country to which the agreement pertains;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that the exploitation of shale gas by means of hydraulic fracturing technology endangers the supply of drinking water to people because it uses large quantities of water and chemicals, residues of which are to be found in the water distributed downstream of the areas exploited;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the successful efforts of some municipalities, such as that of Paris, to enhance public participation in improving water service provision and the protection of water resources, and stresses that 30% of drinking water goes to waste from unsuitable and obsolete distribution networks; recalls that local institutions are best placed to decide water resource management;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that access to water should not be provided free of charge and should require at least a symbolic payment, taking into account both the cost to the community and the economic capacities of people living in the least well supplied regions and in developing countries;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recalls that intensive farming, particularly industrial livestock farming, is a major consumer of water, and calls on Member States to support more sustainable methods of arable and livestock farming;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls that access to water must not be used as a geopolitical weapon against civilian populations;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls the need to assist the creation of the conditions for access to water for people in developing countries, particularly to prevent mass displacements of ‘water refugees’;