Activities of Clare MOODY related to 2017/2130(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Eastern Partnership: November 2017 Summit (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) to ask the Commission together with the European Investment Bank to propose arrangements for the implementation of a new European Investment Plan for Ukraine, for Georgia and other Eastern Partnership countries that have made the most progress on reforms towards gradual economic and political integration with the European Union, by increasing the lending capacity of the European Investment Bank from the current EaP levels of EUR 1.6 billion per year and by taking into account EEIP provisions in carrying out its investment mandate; to request as a first step in this regard the establishment of a separate investment window in the form of a trust fund for Ukraine based on the best practices of multi-donor instruments, stressing that this trust fund should focus on private and public investments, in particular on social and economic infrastructure and those aimed at boosting investment absorption capacity, and on the coordination of IFIs and international donor support on the ground;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
(k) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit will also provide a renewed impetus to boost sustainable economic growth, trade and investment opportunities, including intra-regional opportunities and with a particular emphasis on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs); in this regard to devise targeted assistance for SMEs to assist them to fully absorb the potential of the DCFTA, to adapt to its requirements and to support business operators and individual entrepreneurs from the EaP partner countries; to establish contacts with business organisations in the EU; to use EU assistance tools, such as the EU4Business brand and the new EU External Investment Plan to support the modernisation of associated countries’ economies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) to support the development of the necessary transport and connectivity infrastructure, including through an ambitious investment plan for the TEN-T core network, and to also promote intra- regional trade; to engage through appropriate investment facilities and increased grant components in infrastructure projects, providing new opportunities for trade and communication between the EU and the partner countries, as well as between the partners;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) to consider an attractive ‘EaP+’ model for associated countries, based on the highest possible common denominator, that would include joining the customs union and Schengen area, further EU internal market access, access to the emerging digital market, increased participation in other EU programmes and agencies, increased involvementcooperation in the CSDP, as well as more immediate measures such as additional unilateral tariff preferences, the abolition of roaming tariffs between the partners and the EU and the development of high- capacity broadband; to open the ‘EaP+’ model to other EaP countries once they are ready for such enhanced commitments;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) to provide support to reform education, to address the research and innovation gap, and to support effective participation in EU programmes, through instruments of the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participations Programme under Horizon 2020;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
(ac) to maintain that EU support should be tailor-made to match the level of shared ambition regarding cooperation with each partner following the principles of both ‘more for more’ and ‘less for less’; to call in particular for the EU to align budgetary instruments such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the European Fund for Sustainable Development to political ambitions, notably within its annual and multiannual budgetary procedures; as well as to develop a new instrument for the associated countries which will take into account best IPA experience and will be more focused on the direct beneficiaries and citizens;