4 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2023/2029(INI)
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that the MTE provide legal and political clarity with regard to the listing of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia as beneficiaries under the neighbourhood chapter of the Instrument; notes that these countries have become candidates for accession to the EUUkraine and the Republic of Moldova have been granted EU candidate status, while a decision on Georgia is pending, and should therefore be listed as beneficiaries with the adequate budgetary transfer of bilateral financial envelopes to the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA III) Regulation10 ; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Ukraine facility to meet immediate needs, but stresses the importance of using a long- term instrument; _________________ 10 Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2021 establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA III) (OJ L 330, 20.9.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Team Europe approach and its aim of increasing the coherence, impact and visibility of EU development projects, and calls for more joint actions with the Member States, in particular Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs); underlines the need for better communication campaigns to enhance the EU’s visibility among the citizens and public officials in countries receiving EU assistance, notably in countries which do not align with the EU's foreign policy; calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the approach and to inform Parliament of its findings;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Requests that the MTE be used to the fullest extent possible in order to update either the Instrument or its delegated acts on priority areas and to reassess the validity of the geographic and thematic MIPs, including more prominent conditions relating to compliance with international law, alignment with the EU’s foreign policy and the application of the associated suspension mechanism, as a last resort, where the foreign policy of an Instrument beneficiary country diverges completely from EU foreign policy; calls for the suspension or significant reduction of assistance to countries that openly support aggressor states and their policies, in particular the Russian Federation in its war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for much-needed and sufficient funding to address food shortages worldwide, particularly in countries such as Afghanistan, where EU development aid has been suspended; calls for prevention of the loss of life due to hunger and malnutrition by empowering local civil society organizations that provide food, health care and education services;