4 Amendments of Maria HEUBUCH related to 2016/2202(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Regrets that the European Court of Auditors was unable once more to deliver a positive declaration of assurance on EDF spending in 2015; highlights the comparatively high error rate of 5.8 % if non error-prone spending like budget support and payments to international organisations are left out; notes that this error rate is substantially higher than the error rate of Global Europe spending from the Union budget and requests the Commission to explain this fact;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes, in principle,Notes the setting- up of the EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) for Africa but regrets that no prior consultation of Parliament took place although Parliament enjoys reinforced oversight of EDF programming based on a political commitment made by the Commission; notes that the Commission announced it was committing a total of EUR 1,5 billion from the 11th EDF to the EUTF while other donors pledged EUR 81,5 million but that by mid-November 2016 it had paid only EUR 47,14 million; welcomes the efforts to enhance the transparency of decisions on EUTF projects but underlines the fact that an adequate format for the regular consultation of Parliament is still lacking;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the primary importance for an effective Union development policy of internationally agreed development effectiveness principles subscribed to by the Union such as ownership, untied aid, mutually agreed conditionalities, alignment to beneficiary countries' priorities; regrets a worrying trend by the Union to ignore these principles and give preference to projects more guided by short term political Union interests, as in the case of migration; considers this to be a threat to fulfilling development objectives;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that the Commission does not trust the implementation of the African Peace Facility, which has been operational for years; in this context it is surprised by the proposal of the Commission to divert even more development funds to security actions in Africa; underlines also that the financing of the African Peace Facility from EDF has been a provisional solution for 15 years now; stresses that development funding has made a very important financial contribution to African security policies over all those years whereas Union security spending for development purposes is non existing;