Activities of Michael CASHMAN related to 2011/2111(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the BRICS countries are too diverse for the EU to pursue a single policy towards them; suggests instead that the EU should try to find coherent patterns and areas of BRICS interest (technical cooperation and assistance, alignment of legislative requirements, etc.) which could allow the EU to establish itself as a primary BRICS partner and to exploitmaximise its comparative advantages, such as advanced environmental legislation, experience in regional cooperation and expertise in setting up systems for reducing social inequalities (e.g. efficient tax and social protection systems);
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the EU must decide whether it wants to establishshould formulate its position regarding a closer relationship with BRICS; acknowledges the trade-offs that this would entail, with the EU having to accept that its preference for binding commitments and institutionalised regimes will not necessarily be shared by those countries;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CHighlights that the advantages of signing up to the aid effectiveness principles are also relevant for emerging donors and calls on the Commission to define specific areas of cooperation with BRICS in the field of development policy, e.g. cooperation in the fight against AIDS, which is not only important within China and other BRICS countries themselves but also a focus of their development cooperation;