1 Amendments of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 1012/2026(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that boosting regional security and combating terrorism and piracy, while essential, must not eclipse the absolute necessity of supporting as a first priority the eradication of poverty in the region, particularly since the European Union has an obligation under its founding Treaty to take account of the objectives of development cooperation – foremost among which are the reduction and eradication of poverty – in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries (Article 208(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union); notes that all the countries of the Horn of Africa are developing countries and as such – apart from Sudan and South Sudan, which have not signed the Cotonou Agreement – have received EUR 2 billion in development aid (of which EUR 644 million went to Ethiopia alone) for indicative national and regional programmes under the 10th EDF (2008- 2013); notes that, during the same period, again under the 10th EDF, the East Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region is receiving EUR 62519 million (mainpartly for the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development(IGAD)) to eradicate poverty in the countries of the region and help them attain the Millennium Development Goals; recalls, finally, that the African Peace Facility, a sub-instrument of the EDF, gives financial support to the African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM);