5 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2010/2037(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that achieving the MDGs shouldmust remain a key objective for the European Union despite the fact that progress towards it is threatened by the financial and economic crisis, negative or stalling economic growth, diminished resources and possible reductions ; emphasises that poverty reduction through the achievement of the MDGs must be recognised unambiguously as the overarching framework for EU policy and that this must be reflected clearly in all relevant policy, including trade policy, and legislative proposals; believes that the MDGs should not be seen as a technical matter which will be resolved simply by providing more money or more trade opportunities without identifying aind flows from donor nationstackling the underlying causes of poverty;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that trade can be a powerful engine of economic growth; believes that the slow progress of the Doha Round negotiations is hampering the contribution of the international trading system to the MDGs; stresses that a positive conclusion of the Doha Round would deliver an economic sin certain cases and under certain conditions be a powerful complement to national economic growth; takes note of the host of studies by UNCTAD and other institutions that show that the extensive trade liberalisation in LDCs has seldom translated into sustained and substantial poverty reduction, and has contributed to a decline of the terms of trade of developing countries, in partimculus package globallyar of African countries;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that improving the trade capacity of developing and least-developed countries could help them develop the trade-related skills and infrastructure that is needed to implement and benefit from WTO agreements, expand their trade, take advantage of new and exist; asks the Commission in the wake of the global economic and financial crises to take initiatives ing trade opportunities, implement new agreements and adapt to a changing external trading environmenthe WTO framework on the stabilization of commodity prices, including the review of international supply management mechanisms, and to support proposals to include commodity prices in the current Round of WTO negotiations;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to revise negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements with ACP partners to ensure they are instruments for ACP development and poverty eradication, inter alia through the continuation of non-reciprocity in market access, priority to food security over further liberalisation, a focus on supply side constraints and safeguards for sensitive products, and the strengthening of existing regional integration efforts;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to enhance the development content of current WTO and bilateral FTA negotiations through a focus on food sovereignty and rural employment as among the most effective elements in poverty eradication, and through a complete end to subsidies for EU agricultural exports;