15 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2009/2218(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
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– having regard to Title V of the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 21(2) thereof, establishing the principles and objectives of the EU in international relations, and Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Lisbon Treaty) that reaffirmsing the EU shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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– having regard to the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 18 May 2009 on supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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– having regard to the Commission communication ‘Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis’ (COM(2009)160),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the OECD has proposed defining the concept of policy coherence for development (PCD) meanas ‘working to ensure that the objectives and results of a government’s development policies are not undermined by other policies of that government, which impact on developing countries, and that these other policies support development objectives, where feasible’1, and whereas the EU has developed a concept of policy coherence for development aimed at building synergies between EU policies other than aid and development objectives,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishes poverty reductionTreaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishes the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty as the primary objective of EU development policy and whereas PCD works towards the Union’s development cooperation objectives through all its policies,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas constraints for PCD are lack of political support from all players involved in development aid, unclear mandates, insufficient resources, as well as absence of effective monitoring tools and indicators, as well as the lack of prioritisation of PCD over conflicting interests,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that all EU policy areas with an external impact must be designed to suppornot contradict the fight against poverty as well as the fulfilment of human rights, including social, economic and environmental rights and gender equality;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Council’s decision to selectupport the Commission proposal on adopting a more targeted, more strategic and partnership-based approach to PCD focusing its attention in particular on five broad areas for the PCD exercise in 2009 should not replaceaffect monitoring of the 12 traditional policy areas; furthermore calls on the Commission to identify incoherencies whenever they occur and suggest solutions;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that it is necessary to provide for a procedure for complaintsset up a platform both in the EU and developing countries against failures of the Union to respect its PCD commitment; notes that the European Ombudsman, who is independent of the European Commission, drafts an annual report and has investigative powers, including on his/her own initiative in respect of complaints coming from outside the EU when these fall within his/her mandgiving details of all the PCD measures taken by the European Union and development players so that the synergies can be better coordinated;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that, if actions and measures within the EU’s development policy do not respect the principles and objectives laid downof the EU’s external action listed in Article 2081 of the Lisbon TreatyTreaty on European Union, this constitutes a breach of an obligation under the treatiesfor which an action may be brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union under Articles 263 and 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to give the Commissioner for Development solthe responsibility of coordination for the programming and implementation of aiddevelopment assistance in all developing countries;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls forSuggests an inclusion of specific PCD commitments in every Presidency’s work programme;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Encourages the existing joint parliamentary assemblies, such as the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, to appoint standing rapporteurs for PCD and to draft an a biennuial PCD report in order to detect policy incoherencies;