3 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2013/2017(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that increased resources should be provided to ensure the Commission's capacity to negotiate, check and translate its trade agreements as fast as possible; stresses that, in the framework of trade negotiations, the staff of the Commission has to be increased in order to conduct negotiations at eye level, especially in the case of strong negotiation counterparts; notes that this raise is all the more vital that the EU's bilateral agenda has been expanded recently to further key bilateral trade negotiations (e.g. US and Japan) whose ambition and potential for EU growth deserve the allocation of more resources to the Commission; stresses, in this regard, the need to have more officials dealing with trade in the EU delegations in third countries, in particular in those countries with whom we are negotiating key bilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that the EU's objectives of enhancing trade inclusiveness and international economic cooperation and stability must be reflected in the budgetary allocations for the Aid for Trade, the Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Macro-Financial Assistance; opposes therefore decreasing the allocation of the European Globalization Fund.; supports, in this regard, the allocation of specific funds to compensate losses suffered by developing countries in specific economic sectors as a result of signing a free trade agreement with the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that more resources should be provided to ensure the legitimacy and transparency of EU trade policy-making towards civil society and the general public; supports, in this regard, the creation of a platform involving business representatives, academics, NGOs and trade unions to follow ongoing trade negotiations: