7 Amendments of Louis MICHEL related to 2017/2280(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Citation 4
Citation 4
— having regard to the Rules of Procedure of the Development Cooperation Instrument Committee (DCI Committee), the purpose of the instrument being to improve development assistance,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– whereas the amalgamation of the geographical and thematic instruments into a single development cooperation financing instrument has to meet clarity and transparency criteria in order to improve development cooperation;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
– whereas the DCI has to conform to the principles of effectiveness, differentiation, consistency, and predictability and be encompassed within the EU's global strategy, without negating the values specific to development cooperation;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points, as the Cotonou Agreement is about to be reviewed, to the importance of remaining strictly within the time- frames for the continental-scale projects provided for in the Pan-African Programme intended to underpin the strategic partnership between the EU and Africa;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, equally, for enhanced parliamentary scrutiny mechanisms for all EFIs intended for countries outside the EU, as well as for vehicles for their implementation such as trust funds, which enable Parliament to genuinely engage in the programming of funds and in the examination of their implementation.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it important that Parliament should be placed on an equal footing with the Council for the purposes of exercising the power of democratic control.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for trust funds, which are out of range of Parliament's scrutiny, to be included in the EU budget.