Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (2)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil official development assistance criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the importance of ensuring human rights standards in all cooperation under the DCI and insists that in order to successfully combat poverty in the long-term, the Union must address the causes of poverty and inequalities; stresses that the programmes and actions organised under the DCI must be consistent with the European Union’s political objectives, particularly with regard to migration;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the use of budget support in general to assist developing countries in their reform efforts and in achieving the SDGs, urges, however, the Commission to more clearly assess and define the development outcomes to be achieved through budget support in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy. and arrangements for assessing the results of the actions organised;