2 Amendments of Pier Antonio PANZERI related to 2017/2280(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Believes that the EU must show leadership and ambition by deploying an overarching policy for mainstreaming its support to democracy in all its external relations; considers therefore the funding attributed to democracy support must be increased accordingly in particular in the light of current attacks on democracy worldwide; insists on the need to ensure that the spending on objective 1 for the Country Based Support Scheme (CBSS) reaches effectively and efficiently those human rights defenders most at risk; urges in this regard the EU delegations to deploy all the needed support;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Recalls that the EIDHR was established on the request of the European Parliament and has become, since 2006, the concrete expression of the EU commitment to support and promote democracy and human rights in third countries; moreover, its strengthening in 2014 and the achievements obtained and consolidated under the previous programming period has made of the EIDHR the largest pro-democracy and human rights programme worldwide; underlines therefore the importance to keep the EIDHR as a separate instrument for being the unique financing tool active to allow the EU to intervene without the consent of governments, in support of registered and non-registered NGOs, and in areas not always covered by EU Member States, rightly needed in contexts of shrinking space for civil society;