7 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. StresRecognises that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affect global stability and that can only be tackled withboth internal and external, many of which affect regional and global stability, which require long- term and holistic external actionsaction to resolve; recalls the ambition of EU leaders as expressed in the Rome Declaration to strive towards a Union that is ‘big on big issues and small on small ones’; and calls for the multi- annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a reality by substantiallysupport this ambition in optimising existing funding to address the stated challenges, with targeted increases ing external action appropriations (under Heading 4), thereby making common foreign policy a core EU function only where necessary to safeguard Member State interests where existing funding is not already sufficient;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased funding is needed forexisting funding must be optimised to enable an effective EuropeanMember State response to modern challenges, and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, which are reflected in the EU Globalhat increases in funding should be unlocked as and when deemed strictly necessary to tackle potential threats to Member Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy security and integrity in the future, including development aid, human rights violations, bad governance, security threats and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issuesccording to the priorities laid out in the EU Global Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that there is great scope for existing instruments to improve their efficiency before further funding is to be deployed; in this regard, emphasises that the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) has, at the time of its mid-term review, not proven its efficiency over and above that of its predecessor (IPA I), nor has it justified its total allocation of EUR 11.5 billion, in the context of improvements for Member State security, Union integrity or in achieving social, juridical and financial reforms in pre-accession countries;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the wider enlargement policy of the Union has functioned as a siphon for Member State funding for many years, with lamentably less benefit than might have been hoped, and points to the misappropriation of existing Union funding by potential enlargement countries, notably in the Eastern Neighbourhood, as clear evidence that increased funding for external aid must only come once existing instruments and funding allocations have been maximised upon; considers that the procedure for improving the efficiency of existing funding instruments constitutes a critical concern that has not been adequately addressed; and considers furthermore that the entire policy of Union enlargement ought to be reconsidered in view of historic failures and misappropriations of Union funding;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the existing EU Trust Funds should also prove their added value in their ability to mobilise additional funding; notes that a simple relabeling of existing EU funding for political purposes does not represent increases per se, and creates an additional layer of complexity in terms of democratic oversight and budgetary scrutiny; emphasises the need for increased parliamentary scrutiny of activities under EU Trust Funds and the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strengthened support for the rule of law, democracy and human rights as a cross- cutting issue in EU instruments in view of ongoing developments in the European Neighbourhood and beyond.; given the critical nature of these issues, recommends that the deployment of financial aid through such instruments be reassessed with a view toward maximising benefit for Member States and target countries from existing funding, recalling that increasing funding alone does not solve humanitarian crises, rule of law inadequacies or improve Member State security, and that a more concerted effort to sensibly allocate existing funding must be made;