Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2016/0275(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 466/2014/EU granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union
Amendments (12)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The international community faces an unprecedentemigration and refugee crisihallenges which requires solidarity, efficient mobilisation of financial resources and the need to confront and surmount the existing challenges in a concerted manner. All actors need to work together to apply sustained, medium and long-term policies and an efficient use of existing processes and programmes in order to engineer and support initiatives which contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to addressing root causes of forced migration (poverty, inequality, climate change, human rights violations and war).
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) All attempts to link development finance with border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements should be avoided.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) A new results-oriented partnership framework with third countries, aligned with the development effectiveness principles, which takes account of all Union policies and instruments shouldall be developed. As part of thatis new partnership framework, the External Investment Plan shouldall be established in order to support investments in regions outside the Union, while contributing to the achievement of the sustainable development goal. It should also fulfil the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentsustainable investments which aim to achieve the SDGs. It should also fulfil the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, including the promotion of domestic resources mobilization, and the objectives pursued by the other financing instruments for external action.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to allow the ELM to respond to potential upcoming challenges and Union priorities, as well as to provide a strategic response addressing root causes of migration, the maximum ceiling for the EIB financing operations under the EU guarantee should be increased to EUR 32 305 830 000 000 by releasing the optional additional amount of EUR 3 000 000 000. Under the general mandate, the amount of EUR 1 400 000 000 should be earmarked for projects in the public sector directed to refugees and host communities wards the development of public social services, with a focus on the promotion of peoples' wellbeing and human dignity, while respecting crisis affected areasountries' democratic policy space to regulate.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Under the new private sector lending mandate, the maximum amount of EUR 2 300 000 000 should be dedicated to projects addressing root causes of forced migration and sustainable development, within the maximum increased ceiling and should benefit from the Comprehensive Guarantee by the Union.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) A revision of the external lending mandate to ensure its alignment with development effectiveness principles and the SDGs should be carried out.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10 b) Support for MSMEs and local private sector development is one of the EIB's main objectives under the ELM. With a view to enabling MSMEs to make an easier, inclusive and sustainable transition from the volatile informal economy to the formal sector in order to promote social cohesion, and people's dignity, a concerted effort is required for EIB operations to focus on: improving access by MSMEs' to sustainable finance and credit, providing technical assistance, promoting social entrepreneurship and ensuring the adequate provision of financial services to households and firms.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Addressing root causes of forced migration shouldand contributing to long-term sustainable development objective, namely poverty eradication and inequality reductions shall be added as a new objective of the mandate.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Complementarity and coordination with Union initiatives addressing root causes of forced migration and sustainable development should be ensured, including with Union support for the sustainable reintegration of returned migrants in the countries of origin.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The EIB should develop and implement a set of indicators in its Results Measurement framework for projects in the public sector and in the private sector directed to refugees and host communitiesaddressing root causes of forced migration and sustainable development. Therefore, an assessment of the contribution of EIB financing operations addressing root cautowards theses of migrationbjectives should be included in the Commission's annual reporting to the European Parliament and to the Council on EIB financing operations. The EIB shall take all necessary steps to ensure its accountability to the European Parliament, through transparency and access to information, by publishing the results, evaluations and impact appraisals of projects on a systematic basis via the Results Measurement framework as well as the analysis of their compliance with the development effectiveness principles.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) a maximum amount of EUR 30 003 530 000 000 under a general mandate, of which an amount of up to EUR 1 400 000 000 is earmarked for projects in the public sector directed to refugees and host communitiesaddressing root causes of forced migration and promotion of sustainable development;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) a maximum amount of EUR 2 300 000 000 under a private sector lending mandate for projects addressing root causes of forced migration. and the development of long-term social and economic infrastructure to the benefit of forcibly displaced people and host communities, implemented under the EIB Resilience Initiative;