12 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2012/2002(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Regrets that the Agenda for change failed to put forward proposals to implement Policy Coherence for Development in practice by linking development aid with other EU policy areas, such as agriculture, fisheries, trade, tax, climate change, investment, access to raw materials;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Observes that the blending mechanism, as it stands now, is proposed to mix public grants with financial institutions loans and other risk-sharing mechanisms, in a time of financial crisis implying budget constraints for development; therefore requests the Commission to provide clear information on how this mechanism serves the purpose of a development policy based on ODA criteria and how the scrutiny power of the EP will be exercised;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that the Commission maintained its inclusive growth policy, while evidence has shown that economic growth can take place in a country without having a real impact on poverty reduction; requests the EU to review this policy in favour of sustainable development policies including fair trade, redistribution of wealth and social justice so as to improve the living and working conditions of the whole population, both in urban and in rural areas;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that the Agenda for change should bring a real policy shift, by focusing on a rights based policy approach fulfilling individual and collective rights of the population in developing countries, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Declaration on the Right to Development, as well as the Treaties to protect the environment;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. While recognising the development- security nexus, is convinced that the EU budget for development should remain separate from the financing of security related issues, which is a matter of home affairs;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Requests the Commission to clarify the development-migration nexus and insists that development budgets in this field should only support the purpose of an integrated regional development plan on the main immigration areas, such as job creation, installation of infrastructure for drinking water, electricity, health centres, schools ...etc;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Insists that national parliaments play a leading role, as they are the best placed to identify priority sectors for budget allocation, demands therefore that national parliaments adopt Country Strategy Papers and multiannual budget allocations in consultation with civil society, prior to a policy dialogue with EU in order to empower parliamentary scrutiny and to make ownership a reality;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is of the view that sustainable development implies effective domestic tax collection; automatic disclosure of transnational corporations’ profit and tax payment in each individual developing countries where they operate; fight against abuses of tax havens, tax evasion and illicit capital flights; welcomes in this regard the EU draft legislation on country by country and project by project reporting, which should be included in the EU Agenda for Change policy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Believes that the EU Aid for Trade and trade facilitation instruments, which currently target only the export sectors, need to change in order to facilitate trade for local markets;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Reiterates its demand to include in the Agenda for Change the obligations and the duties of foreign investors operating in developing countries to respect human rights, environmental and ILO core labour standards; considers that EU companies should be legally liable in their home countries for violation of these obligations and duties by their subsidiaries abroad and for the entities they control;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls on the EU to recognise the right of developing countries to regulate investment, favour investors who support the partner country’s development strategy, give preferential treatment to domestic and regional investors to promote regional integration;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Regrets that the Agenda for Change has not addressed the issue of land leasing in developing countries, which threatens local food security; expresses its deep concern about the current farmland acquisition by government backed foreign investors including from the EU, which risks undermining the EU policy to combat poverty;