Activities of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2017/2028(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on corruption and human rights in third countries
Amendments (12)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that corruption is inextricably linked to harm to human rights, equality, social justice, development and the environment; emphasises how corruption, with the severe disruption and obstruction it engenders, blights economies, societies and trade;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that certain EU trade policy measures, such as the inclusion in trade agreements of sustainable development chapters and the promotion of EU values, offer means of combating corruption; urges greater transparency in commercial transactions and public procurement procedures; stresses that one of the requirements of the GSP+ scheme is that international agreements on good governance, including the UN Convention against Corruption, be ratified and implemented;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that trade policy contributes to the protection and promotion of the values for which the EU stands, as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, including democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms, and equality; stresses that consistency between the Union’s external and internal policies is vital, particularly in relation to combating corruption, given the existing body of relevant EU law;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Points out that corruption threatens countries’ economic development and their ability to open up to trade; emphasises that corruption impedes access to fair and equitable trade and to investment;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that trade agreements should be seen as a key mechanism for promoting anti-corruption measures and good governance, through commitments to international standards and benchmarks, better cooperation in this regard and a strengthening of anti-corruption resources; calls for such agreements to include commitments to multilateral anti- corruption conventions in all trade deals, especially to the UN Convention against Corruption, and for them to contain complementary cross-cutting provisions making for a comprehensive approach, in keeping with the multifaceted nature of the fight against corruption;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that passing legislation is in itself insufficient and that implementation is the key; points out that legislative reform needs to be accompanied by training of the judiciary, public access to information and transparency measures; calls for Member States to cooperate more in combating corruption;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the lack of effective enforcement and monitoring of the implementation of anti-corruption provisions in current EU trade agreements; calls on the Commission to negotiate enforceable anti-corruption provisions in all future tradeCalls on the Commission to negotiate enforceable anti-corruption provisions in all future trade agreements and to ensure that they are monitored, given the absence of such provisions in trade agreements currently in force, and in line with its declared intentions in the Trade for All strategy; calls on the Member States, to that end, to support the inclusion of anti-corruption provisions in negotiating mandates, in line with the Commission’s proposals in draft mandates submitted to them; welcomes the presence of anti-corruption provisions in the negotiating mandate for the updating of the EU-Mexico agreements;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that EU trade partners lose benefits granted by trade agreements where they fail to comply wiPoints out the importance of maintaining ongoing and regular dialogue with EU trade partners throughout the implementation of agreements in order to ensure that the agreements generally as well as the anti- corruption commitments or with international standardprovisions are monitored and implemented properly; notes the Commission’s proposal in its Trade for All strategy, to introduce mechanisms for consultation in cases of systemic corruption and failures of governance, and calls ion the field of anti-Commission to envisage suspending the benefits of an agreement in such cases of systemic corruption; calls on the Commission to set clear and relevant conditions and performance indicators allowing better assessment and demonstration of results; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to respond firmly, proportionally and quickly where the beneficiary government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has been agreit is proven and obvious that anti- corruption provisions and international commitments are not being observed.;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Union to continue and intensify its international cooperation with third countries, particularly within international organisations such as the United Nations, the OECD and the WTO, in combating corruption.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, the European External Action Service and the Member States, taking into account the body of EU law in the area of combating corruption, to take the lead internationally and to promote the fight against corruption among the EU’s partner countries;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission to devise joint programming on human rights and corruption, in particular initiatives on improving transparency, fighting impunity and strengthening anti-corruption agencies; considers that these efforts should include supporting the capacity of NHRIs to act in corruption cases, including through investigative capacity to establish links between corruption and human rights violations, cooperation with anti-corruption agencies and referrals to prosecution or law enforcement agencies; calls, furthermore, on the EU and the Member States to step up their judicial cooperation programmes with third countries so as to promote the exchange of best practices and effective tools in the fight against corruption;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes with concern that electoral fraud and corruption linked to electoral processes and the functioning of elected representative bodies and assemblies seriously undermine trust in democratic institutions and weaken civil and political rights by preventing equal and fair representation; emphasises, in that regard, how important European and international election missions are in monitoring the proper conduct of elections in third countries;