6 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2017/2258(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has been constantly mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for more flexible procedure to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness and aid predictability nor of long-term geographic and thematic priorities;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Draws the attention to the need to avoid any gap between commitment and payment appropriations for humanitarian aid;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the European Development Fund (EDF), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and the Humanitarian Aid Instrument are characterised by positive budget execution and are key to demonstrating international solidarity, while contributing to the credibility of the EU on the global stage; considers that, irrespective of possible structural changes or mergers with regard to these instruments, including the possible budgetisation of the EDF, the overall appropriations for the next MFF should be increased, while the official development assistance (ODA) criteria should not be diluted; and that the future architecture of the external financing instruments should include a more transparent incorporation of trust funds and facilities guided by the key principles of democratic ownership and development effectiveness, as well as a possible continuation of the External Investment Plan based on its evaluation demonstrating its development additionality and human rights, social and environmental impact;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the importance of these instruments for the provision of global public goods such as climate change, conflict prevention, stability and the Sustainable Development Goals; stresses in this context the obligation to align the EU’s budgetary framework with the SDGs;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending, grants and loans and providing guarantees;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the objectives of development policy are distinct from and may not be conflated with or subordinated to general foreign policy or migration management; points out, in this respect, that ODA should not be used to cover in- donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin;