10 Amendments of Paul MURPHY related to 2012/0195(CNS)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The special relationship between the Union and the OCTs should move away from a classic development cooperation approach to a reciprocal partnership to support the OCTs' sustainable development. Moreover, the based on solidarity between the Union and the OCTs should be based on their unique relationship and their belonging to the same ‘European family’.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The contribution of civil society to OCT development can be enhanced by strengthening civil society organisations, especially trade unions and other workers' organisations, in all spheres of cooperation.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The association should aim at ensuring the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and ecosystem services as a key element for the achievement of sustainable development. Stresses in this regard the importance for OCTs to take into democratic public ownership all natural resources to guarantee respect for the environment and the interests of the general population.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The effects of the OCTs' remoteness constitute a barrierchallenge to their competitivenesseconomic development and thus it is important to improve the accessibility of the OCTs.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The Union and the OCTs recognise the importance of education as a lever for the OCTs' sustainable development. Underlines of the importance of free, universal, accessible and state funded public education, at all levels, primary to tertiary as the best way to guarantee the right to education.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Further economic and social development of the OCTs should be mutually supportive and aim at strengthening competitiveness of the OCTs'the local economyies, as well as attaining social welfare and inclusion, in particular as regards vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities. To that end, cooperation between the Union and OCTs should include exchange of information and best practice in the relevant areas, including skills development and social protection, and promote the rights of persons with disabilities, bearing in mind the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Moreover, the association between the Union and OCTs should contribute to the promotion of decent work, including best practice in social dialogue, as well as respect for core labour standards, equal opportunities, non- discrimination and accessibility in the OCTs and regions where they are located.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) a crucial aim of cooperation should be improving working conditions, labour and trade union rights. Underlines the important role to be played in the process by trade unions and other workers' representatives.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Global changes, reflected in the continuing process of trade liberalisation, broadly implicate the Union, the principal trading partner of the OCTs, their ACP neighbours and other economic partners. Notes that the ongoing process of liberalisation has benefitted the strong economies most and has had detrimental effects on the people in 'the global south', as well as working class and poor people in the rest of the world. Stresses therefore the need to break with neoliberal globalisation and the need to develop the global economy through genuine international solidarity and cooperation.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21 a) Austerity policies have had detrimental effects on employment and the livelihoods of millions of workers and poor around the world, stresses the need for cooperation between OCTs and the Union to break from these policies and advance ambitious programmes of public investment as the only way of guaranteeing decent living and working conditions for the majority of the population in both OCTs and the Union.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30 a) OCTs can play a crucial role in the fight against tax havens. Stresses in this regards the need to move towards genuine transparency of the financial sector. Furthermore states the need take the financial sector into democratic public ownership and control, as a public financial sector would be best placed to cater to the needs of ordinary people and redevelop the economy through a system of cheap lending while guaranteeing the savings of ordinary consumers.