2 Amendments of Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA related to 2017/2280(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that funds previously earmarked for development cooperation are used to fund policies under the European Agenda on Migration in order to influence third countries as regards their policies on the management of migration towards the EU without addressing the underlying causes driving such migrations, such as climate, poverty, military conflict and social or political discrimination, or the tiered consequences which need to be dealt with in the event of migrations: as regards their origin, the movement of persons, their reception and integration in the host countries. The policies elaborated neither prevent nor limit the negative consequences but exacerbate them.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls also for trust funds and other financial instruments to play an ever- diminishing role, given that they are established with public guarantees to finance private initiatives where, in the end, if they fail, the cost is borne by the tax-payer, but if they are successful, they contribute to private profit. European external action should be an expression of international solidarity and mutual collaboration and this type of instrument only makes sense for non-strategic actions and for those which cannot be shouldered by public initiatives alone so that the risk must be shared with private initiative.