5 Amendments of Willy MEYER related to 2011/2286(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of close relationships with Latin American countries and the need to develop new forms of cooperation with emerging and middle-income countries in Latin America through the Development Cooperation Instrument and the new Partnership Instrumentthese with mutual respect, as equal to equal;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underscores the fact that social cohesion and the fight against economic and social inequality should remain a key principles of the development cooperation strategy towards Latin America, on account not only of itstheir socio-economic implications, but also of itstheir importance in terms of consolidating the democratic institutions in the region and the rule of law, the social state based on the rule of law and the guaranteeing of human rights;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to enhance coordination between the European Union and Latin America in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly the actions aiming at combating poverty, at job creation and at the social inclusion of marginalised groups; stresses that the MDG aiming at a global partnership for development (MDG 8) should be at the centre of the EU’s cooperation policy with Latin America, with areas being selected in which to implement the new strategy of "‘inclusive growth"’ in these countries; hopes that the development of cooperation between the EU and Latin America will lead countries that have not yet done so to ratify ILO Convention 169 regarding migrant workers;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the positive regional integration synergies deriving from comprehensive Association Agreements between the EU and the various sub-regional groups; calls for new visions for bi- regional cooperation with a view to the 7th EU-LAC Summit of Heads of State and Government, to be held in Chile in January 2013; welcomes the existence of regional integration mechanisms such as ALBA, Banco del Sur, Unasur and the recently created Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC);
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deplores the Multiparty Agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru as being a free-trade agreement that takes no account of complementarity or of economic and social imbalances; believes that the EU should not sign agreements with third countries in which, as in Colombia’s case, systematic violations of human rights occur;