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Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the Commission's strategy paper entitled 'Global Europe: Competing in the world' is by no means a contribution towards Policy Coherence for Development, but instead underlines the predatory nature of the trade promoted by the EU in the interests of EU-based multinationals;deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises the importance of coherence between trade and development policies for better development and tangible implementation, and welcomes in this respect the EU 2009 Report on Policy Coherence for Development (COM(2009)0461) and the balanced approach taken by DG Trade in implementing trade agreements that not only promote the strategic economic interests of the EU but also underline the need for good governance and the implementation of fundamental European values;

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the neo-liberal agenda of trade liberalisation, implemented forcefully by all major economic powers over the past 20-25 years, has led to an ever greater gap opening up between rich and poor globally;deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the European Union is by far the biggest aid donor in the world (EU aid rose to €49 billion in 2008, representing 0.40% of GNI), and that aid volumes are expected to increase to €69 billion in 2010 to meet the collective promise of 0.56% of EU GNI made at the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005; points out that this would release an additional €20 billion for development objectives;

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that according to the Commission's Aid for Trade (AfT) monitoring report 2009 (COM(2009)160 final, p. 30), the EU's AfT commitments to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States fell from €2975 million in 2005 to €2097 million in 2007, that the ACP's share of the EU's overall AfT commitments fell from 50% to 36% over the same period, and that this is not consistent with prior promises to prioritise poverty eradication and development;deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes, in this connection, all the existing initiatives in the area of trade with developing countries at EU and WTO levels, in particular the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative, GSP and GSP+ , the asymmetry and transitional periods in all existing European Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the Aid-for-Trade Work Programme 2010- 2011, and calls for the revision of the last of these, with a view to giving it greater leverage to foster sustainable growth;

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that there has been mass opposition by the trade union movement and civil society, for example in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal, to the introduction of EPAs and stresses that trade should be conducted in the interests of working people and the poor masses in Europe and around the world;deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need to take relevant aspects of Policy Coherence for Development into account in bilateral and regional trade agreements and multilateral trade agreements firmly anchored in the rules-based WTO system, and in this connection urges the Commission and the Member States to actively engage with all other relevant WTO partners that can contribute to bringing about a balanced, ambitious and development-oriented outcome to the Doha Round in the very near future;

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the fact that the so-called 'Singapore issues', such as liberalisation of services, investment and government procurement, the introduction of competition rules and stronger enforcement of intellectual property rights, do not serve the aim of achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals;deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the developing countries, especially those that benefit most from EU aid, to ensure good governance in all public matters, and especially in the management of aid received, and urges the Commission to take all necessary steps to ensure transparent and efficient aid implementation;

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores the TRIPS+ provisions included in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement, and in the agreement that is being finalised with the countries of the Andean Community, provisions which create barriers to access to essential medicines.deleted

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission, in order to ensure that DG Trade has a coherent mandate for trade negotiations, to take due account of Parliament's preconditions for giving its consent to the conclusion of trade agreements.

2010/02/02
Committee: INTA

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