13 Amendments of Erik MARQUARDT related to 2022/2046(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) lacks a sufficiently endowed Heading 6 and, therefore, the available margins have been very limited and shrinking since the first year, including an early depletion of the cushion and the need to use the single margin also to cover commitments under Heading 6; is deeply concerned that the MFF is already pushed to its limits and it is not fit to continue addressing the multiple internal and external crises in a sustainable manner; highlights that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is generating unprecedented needs for EU external action, both in neighbouring countries and worldwide, as a result of the food, climate and energy and economic crises, which are undermining progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in early 2023, an ambitious MFF revision proposal that substantially increases the resources for Heading 6; urges the Member States to agree to a significant increase in ceilingsconduct an in-depth review of the functioning of the current MFF and proceed with a legislative proposal for a comprehensive revision of the MFF as soon as possible, and not later than the first quarter of 2023, that substantially increases the resources for Heading 6; urges the Member States to agree to a significant increase in ceilings; calls on the Commission to create an effective crisis response mechanism to tackle the new challenges without jeopardizing priorities established under co-decision in the relevant programmes, in particular as regards climate and development aid;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the global humanitarian funding gap continues to grow while the unpredictability and the impacts of climate and human-induced disasters continue to arise; underlines that the numerous and consistent top-ups of the EU’s annual humanitarian budget over the past years of the current MFF have proven the initially allocated funding to never be sufficient to cover the humanitarian needs for the entire year; stresses that the humanitarian aid instrument must receive significantly more funding in the revised MFF to match the EU’s ambition to be a leading humanitarian donor and enable humanitarian partners and local responders to deliver timely and adapted responses to the increasing needs;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the MFF revision to provide additional funds to the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe instrument, particularly to reinforce the budget lines most in demand recently to counter the current food crisis and climate related disasters impacting developing countries, but also anticipate and prevent similar situations in the future, and to meet the additional needs caused by the Russian war against Ukraine without diverting money from other geographic regions;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Points out the need to finance climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in partner countries; urgently calls for more investments in climate adaptation measures to help better prevent impacts of climate change and more expenditures in addressing those impacts; calls, in particular, to make use of geographical programmes and the Global Challenges ‘Planet’ thematic programme of the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation to help implement anticipatory and medium to long-term locally-led climate adaptation actions to increase the resilience of small-scale local food production, and to compensate for climate change induced loss and damage;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that the war in Ukraine has further exacerbated the already severe situation caused by COVID-19 and put additional pressure on global food security; calls for additional funding for geographic programmes as well as for the 'Prosperity' and ‘Planet’ thematic programme of NDICI-Global Europe to encourage the transition of developing countries towards more self-sufficient food production systems which safeguard developing countries’ right to food sovereignty, promote small-scale producers and local communities and reduce their dependence on food imports; welcomes and encourages further EU investments in partnership with developing countries in agro-ecology, agroforestry and crop diversification and reiterates that EU-supported investment in agriculture, forestry is in line inter alia with the FAO/CFS Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (VGGTs) and the FAO/CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls for an increase in appropriations for the protection of biodiversity under NDICI-GE given the fact that reaching the 2026 and 2027 MFF biodiversity targets remains insufficient; stresses that new investment tools to support resource mobilisation can be used to this end (e.g biodiversity- relevant taxes, fees and charges); calls on scaling up investments to better track, reform and phase-out subsidies harmful for biodiversity and channelling them towards biodiversity friendly activities, in line with Agenda 2030; recalls that biodiversity and its associated services – pollination, predators of pests, increased resilience of agroecosystems to erosion, droughts and flooding, soil formation and carbon sinking – are essential to provide sustainable food production;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to evaluate the projects and priorities funded under the NDICI 10% migration target from the perspective of SDGs, aid efficiency principles and the targets of the Global Compacts on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and Global Compact for Refugees, to ensure that at a time when the global number of forced displacement internally and cross- border is the highest since the second world war, the EU reacts by fulfilling its international obligations with solidarity, durable solutions and by facilitating access to protection for those in need and to legal pathways for persons on the move, instead of hindering mobility and reducing global solidarity;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently evaluate, in coordination with their international partners and relevant international institutions, all the means available to avoid any default in the balance of payments of importer countries, including direct funding and restructuring of their debt; stresses the importance of prioritising grant-based financing as the default option, especially for least developed countries;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Recalls that article 4.2 of the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation provides for the creation of geographic programmes of continental or trans- regional scope, including an ACP programme; considers that such programme will complement EU programming at regional and country level in these parts of the world and shall be designed so as to support the OACPS in a way that incorporates the parliamentary dimension of the EU- OACPS partnership, namely in terms of human resources being dedicated to the joint parliamentary and regional assemblies set up under the Cotonou Agreement and the future Partnership Agreement respectively;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the comprehensive and ambitious MFF revision should be accompanied by the necessary legislative changes to the NDICI – Global Europe Regulation. including more clear programming cycles, enhanced transparency of funding decisions and reinforced engagement of civil society and local actors;
Amendment 45 #
6 a. In a general context of global rise of extremist discourse that threatens the upholding of human rights, and in particular, women’s rights, calls on the EU to ensure adequate support to further strengthen gender mainstreaming throughout all programmes for external actions, alongside increased funding to civil society organisations in order to support programmes to advance gender equality, aimed at women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women, girls, LGBTIQ+, human right defenders, minorities and other marginalised populations;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Urges the Commission to clarify the development objectives of the Global Gateway strategy, which draws on the financing instruments of the MFF, including the NDICI- Global Europe Regulation, and the EU budget; calls for the necessary legislative changes to the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation and the revision of the MFF to take into account the evaluation of the results and development impact of the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy and related guaranteed investments made through the European Fund for Sustainable Development+ (EFSD+) and supported by the External Action Guarantee; underlines that the evaluation of the use and the functioning of the External Action Guarantee shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council and accompanied by an opinion of the Court of Auditors and that both the evaluation report and the opinion of the Court of Auditors shall be made publicly available;