5 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2010/2211(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as well as for collectively reaching official development assistance (ODA) of 0.7% of GNI by 2015, falls within the next multiannual financial framework period; recalls also that the MDGs are minimum aspirations and that, even if all targets are met, significant funding will still be required to fight poverty and improve health and education standards for the world's poor;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the EU to increase its efforts towards social cohesion in third countries, especially in regions with high inequalities, such as Latin America and the Caribbean, and taking into account the EU strategic partnerships;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that, in accordance with Article 208 of the TFEU, the EU respects its Policy Coherence for Development commitments, including significantly reform and downscale agricultural subsidies and, in particular, put an end to exports of surpluses taken off the European market through price innovation mechanisms and export refunds, in view of their harmful effects on farmers in the developing world;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Suggests that the EU reassess its donor relationship with middle-income countries, since many emerging economies have outgrown traditional development cooperation; looks instead to the EU to concentrate funding on the poorest countries, especially least-developed countries, and on the neediest populations within thoseneediest populations within those countries, and on the poorest countries, especially least- developed countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls the Council and the Commission to promote and work towards the implementation of the following innovative financing instruments for development: a financial transaction tax, transport levies, the fight against illicit capital flows, the reduction or alleviation of the remittances costs, and the debt moratorium or cancellation.