1 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2011/2020(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the establishment of a specific cooperation instrument for the overseas countries and territories – separate from the European Development Fund – bearing in mind that the aim of their association with the European Union, as provided for by Article 198 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is not to combat poverty but to promote economic and social development and establish close economic relations between the territories concerned and the Union as a whole;