6 Amendments of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affect global stability and thatare of external origin and therefore can only be tackled with long- term and holistic external actions; recalls the ambition of EU leaders as expressed in the Rome Declaration to strive towards a Union that is ‘big on big issues and small on small ones’; calls for the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a reality by substantially increasing external action appropriations (Heading 4), thereby making common foreign policy a core EU function in line with modern challenges and Europe’s new priorities;
Amendment 31 #
3. Recalls the importance of enhanced flexibility that allows for the mobilisation of additional resources to respond to unforeseen situations; stresses, however, that increased flexibility should not be achieved at the expense of long-term policy objectives; calls for a considerable strengthening of the flexibility mechanisms (‘special instruments’) under the MFF, reiterating its support for the Commission’s proposal for a permanent EU Crisis Reserve, in order to avoid ad hoc solutions such as the setting-up of trust funds;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. TStresses that trust funds were established because the EU budget lacks the resources and flexibility needed for a rapid and comprehensive response to major crises; takes the view that the existing EU Trust Funds should also prove their added value in their ability to mobilise additional funding; notes that a simple relabeling of existing EU funding for political purposes does not represent increases per se, and creates an additional layer of complexity in terms of democratic oversight and budgetary scrutiny; therefore emphasises the need for increased parliamentary scrutiny of activities under EU Trust Funds and the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey; recalls that such ad hoc instruments should only be resorted to if the Commission can provide clear proof that requirements in terms of EU added value and additionality are met; reiterates the importance of the unity of the EU budget as a core principle;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Maintains that EU external financing instruments are essential for effective EU external action in particular in the European Neighbourhood (European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)) and pre- accession countries (Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance II); points out that the ENI should take account of the increased emphasis on stabilisation, peace processes, post-crisis reconstruction and resilience of societies and refugee and IDP communities, enhancing coherence and promoting a more balanced political dialogue with partner countries; stresses the need for rapid response of the financing instruments to political developments and, whenever democracy and rule of law are not respected, to focus on supporting civil society;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of strengthened support for the rule of law, democracy and human rights as a cross- cutting issue in EU instruments in view of ongoing developments in the European Neighbourhood and beyond.; calls for an increased attention to enhancing support for freedom of expression within the financing instruments in order to build resilience to disinformation;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates its support to improving the EU’s tools for action on the security- development and humanitarian- development nexus; and, in particular, calls for enhanced support to partners, including non-state actors and international organisations, to build more resilient states, authorities, societies and refugee and IDP communities, including through capacity building and security sector reforms.