Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Interim report on MFF 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position in view of an agreement
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls the necessity to increase the current levels of EU ODA in the future external heading of the MFF, and welcomes the modest increase (in 2018 prices) proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the proposal for a Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) reflects a new approach to foreign and development policy; recalls that sustainable economic development, good governance and peace and security are essential for achieving the goal of eradicating poverty;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the EU's commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development and the Paris climate agreement must guide European development policy; considers that the EU's support for such implementation in developing countries must retain the rights-based approach and a focus on long-term objectives such as the eradication of poverty, tackling inequality, injustice and exclusion, promoting democratic governance and human rights and gender equality, including through promoting the space for civil society, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs);
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes with concern the lack of explicit reference in the objectives to sustainable development, the Sustainable Development Goals and combating inequality in the NDICI. For the new approach outlined in the proposed instrument to deliver on the Consensus for Development, these priorities must be reflected explicitly in the objectives of the proposed instrument;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the European Union's international commitments to increase its official development assistance to 0.7% of GNI and to contribute at least 0.2% of GNI towards Least Developed Countries by 2030 and to provide new and additional funding for climate action in developing countries; asserts that these commitments must be properly reflected in MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes and calls to maintain the proposed 92% ODA-eligibility for the instrument; calls to ring-fence at least 20% ODA, across all programmes, geographic and thematic, annually and over the duration of the NDICI for social inclusion and human development, in order to support and strengthen the provision of basic social services, such as health -including nutrition, education and social protection, particularly to the most marginalised including women and children; calls to dedicate at least 85% of ODA to actions that have gender equality and women's and girl's rights and empowerment as a principal or significant objective, across all programmes, geographic and thematic, annually and over the duration of its actions. In addition, 20% of these actions should have gender equality and women's and girl's rights and empowerment as a principal objective; calls to contribute with 50% of the overall instrument to climate and environment related objectives and actions;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that 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 migrants' countries of origin or of transit to Europe on the sole basis that these lie on the migration route;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its support for the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) in the EU budget, with provision also being made for the total additionality of the funds thus transferred; stresses the opportunity that the NDICI represents for boosting the development of the sub-Saharan region through a more targeted neighbourhood policy.