9 Amendments of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2013/2058(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union states that EU action on the international scene must promote fundamental principles and objectives such as respect for human rights and the eradication of poverty in developing countries;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy adopted in 2012 states that the EU will work in favour of human rights in all areas of its external action without exception;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas PCD is now recognized as an obligation and regarded as a tool of a comprehensive policy and a process which seeks to incorporate the multiple dimensions of development at all stages of policy formulation;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union, the Member States and their partner institutions to ensure that the new ‘post- 2015’ framework includes a PCD objective which makes it possible to develop reliable indicators to measure the progress of donors and southern partners and to assess the impact of the various policies on development, in particular by applying a ‘PCD lens’ to key issues such as population growth, global food security, illicit financial flows, migration, climate and green growth;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to maintain its commitment to the field of development and to the respect for economic, social and human rights of the populations, and recalls the Commission’s role in imparting impetus to the Union’s policies and coordinating them; considers that the Commission should actively promote a coherent and modern vision of human development in order to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the follow-up post-2015 framework and the human rights, and honour the commitments given;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for systematic assessment of the impact of the common agricultural policy on the local economies of developing countriesand Trade policies, including the ongoing negative effects of current EU biofuel policy on food security, on the local economies of developing countries as well as on social, economic, environmental and human rights of the population;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. While recognizing the attention paid to several aspects of policy coherence for development within the annual report on the implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative, calls upon the Commission to include in this report also information on the impact of new agreements, programs and initiatives on resource rich developing countries, with special attention to economic diversification and social and environmental aspects of natural resources exploitation;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that in the light of PCD, the EU should take concrete steps in combatting tax evasion and tackling tax havens, in order to support their efforts to raise domestic resources;