9 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2017/2280(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Urges a separate instrument for humanitarian aid, with its own regulation and budget so that the integrity of mandates and objectives and the independence of decision making are preserved;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for an Human Rights and Democracy Instrument, with a separate regulation, to advance and consolidate human rights and democracy in the EU’s external action and to preserve the independence of that action;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Recommends a dedicated instrument to support conflict prevention and peacebuilding, with a focus on human security and civilian action and excluding any military expenditure. At the same time, the EU should also ensure that conflict sensitivity is better mainstreamed in other external financing instruments, to enable greater complementarity;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls for an increase in the resources available for development aid. The 0.7% GNI to ODA is a commitment of the EU that so far has never been met and falls short of the financial resources needed to implement Agenda 2030;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that the EU Partnership Instrument should be removed from the external heading;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Requires transparency, accountability, scrutiny, development additionality, respect for aid/development effectiveness principles and strong environmental, human rights, and social safeguards when using development aid to leverage private sector investment;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Transparency and accountability should be at the cornerstone of EU’s approach to private sector in development given that blended finance tends to be much less transparent and accountable than pure public concessional funding, as shown by the experience of the EU’s blending facilities. It is crucial to ensure that private entities which benefit from EU ODA - through blending or guarantees - respect human rights, social and labor standards, and the environment.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights the country aid allocations should not be dependent on migration deals with the EU, and there should be no diversion of finance from poor countries and regions to the migrants’ countries of origin, or of transit to Europe, on the sole basis that they are on the migration route;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls for an increase support to role of CSO in policy dialogue and programming, the recognition of the civil society organisations is absent from the DEVE draft opinion as the European Parliament is the only EU institution elected by the EU citizens;