Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Council to finalise its negotiating mandates on the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), and points out that the least developed countries must remain a priority for EU development aid;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that improving cohesion between Member States and deepening solidarity with our partners will be our objectives for the forthcoming budgetary exercise and emphasises, in particular, that more Member States need to attain the objective of earmarking at least 0.7 % of GNI for official development assistance, but points out, at the same time, that certain conditions on the use of funding, migration control, etc., need to be imposed on the countries in receipt of the development aid;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitments, notably on the 0.7 % objective, the SDGs and targets for health and education. , and emphasises that, in 2018, only four Member States – one of which was the UK, which is no longer in the EU – attained the objective of earmarking 0.7 % of GNI for official development assistance, but nevertheless welcomes the progress made by other Member States, especially France, Hungary, Malta and Sweden, which increased their official development assistance between 2017 and 2018.