11 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate Agreement must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing countries must increase;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing countries must increase; underlines, in this context, the need to focus on the health, food, education, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure and governance SDGs;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, in this context, the need to focus on the health, food, education, environment and climate, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure and governance SDGs;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the role of European Consensus on Development as the framework for a common approach to development policy applied by EU institutions and the Member States and implementation of SDGs; notes that the MFF should reflect the key priorities in development spending in line with this statement, mainstreaming aid effectiveness and policy coherence for development (PCD) principles;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, also in countries where the needs are great, but the risks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a result; stresses in this regard that development programming on a geographical or thematic basis should follow a multi-annual approach, as well as use different and complementary modalities and modes of aid delivery, based on the country’s capacities, needs and performance;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states - notably in Africa; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, also in countries where the needs are great, but the risks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a result; stresses the need to have predicable and flexible financing for development cooperation.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the European Commission's proposals on strengthening disaster response at EU level, notably through the forthcoming implementation of the 'rescEU' autonomous reserve capacity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise that existing national infrastructure has a European dimension, and thereby manifest their support for preparatory action on the establishment of a European network of civil protection and risk management hubs;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the EU budget in the context of an overall increase the total of EU-managed ODA under two conditions i) a guaranteed ring-fencing of developing funds to maintain the level of financing for developing countries, and ii) a permanent solution for EU financing of security expenses that are linked to and in coherence with development cooperation;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a specific structure to be set up for the OCTs in the next multiannual financial framework so they may benefit from financial assistance tailored to the ambitions of the OCT-EU Partnership and based on the interests and challenges they share with the European Union, as provided for in Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as members of the EU family and members of regions that are strategically important to the EU, while furthering their regional integration.
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Stresses the socioeconomic and ecological importance of the fisheries sector, the ‘blue economy’ and their contribution to the food autonomy of the EU; points out that the common fisheries policy is an exclusive EU competence; emphasises, in this respect, the need to keep a specific, substantial, independent and accessible fisheries fund to implement this policy; calls for the reestablishment of the Program of Options Specifically relating to Remoteness and Insularity in Fisheries (POSEI Fisheries), as this is a very important program for the European Outermost Regions; calls, at least, for the level of financial appropriations dedicated to the fisheries sector under the current MFF to be maintained and, if new needs arise, to increase the financial appropriations for maritime affairs; warns about the possible negative impacts of a hard Brexit on this sector; notes that other financial instruments, in addition to non- repayable aid, could provide complementary financing possibilities;