4 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2021/2158(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the context in which official development assistance (ODA) is now provided, marked by the COVID pandemic, the aggravating climate crisis, the relentless growth of the needs of humanitarian aid, developing countries’ woefully inadequate financial and other resources to respond to the challenges they face, the reversal of the progress towards key Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement, including those to eradicate poverty and hunger, and the continued global failure to scale up climate action to the urgent need;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the Union and its Member States scale up their ODA and climate finance while upholding high standards for the responsible financing of sustainable development, impact management, and transparency, so as to honour their commitments, that maximum efficiency of the spending be sought, that policy coherence for development (PCD) be practiced in a more convincing way and that new efforts to create an enabling international environment for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) be made; takes the view that well-functioning PCD and support for DRM to reduce structural gaps and expand fiscal space to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and boost investments for a sustainable and inclusive recovery, should be considered part and parcel of sound financial management as these are means to increase the efficiency of EU action which do not need to imply significant additional costs to the Union budget;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses disappointment about the continued absence of major action by the Commission on the recommendations of the external evaluation of the Union’s PCD1 , ordered by the Commission and received in 2018; regrets the lack of transparency in public procurement procedures; _________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/system/files/pcd-main- report_en.pdf
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that, with the NDICI- Global Europe instrument, the Commission has effectively limited the European Parliament’s control and scrutiny role, thereby limiting transparency and accountability;