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2015/2632(RSP) Resolution on the state of play of the Doha Development Agenda in advance of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference

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Lead INTA ZALBA BIDEGAIN Pablo (icon: PPE PPE), LANGE Bernd (icon: S&D S&D)
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RoP 132-p2

Events

2016/04/05
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2016)105
2015/11/26
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2015/11/26
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 500 votes to 125, with 23 abstentions, a resolution prepared by the Committee on International Trade on the state of play of the Doha Development Agenda in advance of the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference.

Members reiterated their full commitment to the enduring value of multilateralism and called for a trade agenda based on free and fair trade for the benefit of all, which should have development at the centre of the process.

Negotiations : Members stressed the importance of taking full account in the negotiations of the special needs and interests of low-income developing countries and least developed countries (LDCs). There is a need to ensure that the principle of special and differential treatment (S&DT) constitutes an integral part of the negotiations, reflecting the varying economic development levels of WTO members. Meaningful S&DT provisions must be made more precise, subject to periodic reviews and targeted to respond to the need of those developing countries and LDCs which are most in need.

They supported a structural reform of the WTO, in order to better guarantee an open, fair and non-discriminatory trading system based on shared and applied rules, which takes greater account of the role and interests of a variety of economic operators , such as SMEs, microenterprises and innovative start-ups.

Members considered that trade liberalisation is an important tool to ensure sustainable economic growth and development, but that it needs to be accompanied by appropriate flanking policies encompassing macro- and micro-economic measures, including budget transparency, fiscal policies and tax equity, administrative simplification, education and training, institutional reforms and social policies, so as to maximise and distribute better the benefits of trade reforms and effectively counterbalance any negative effects.

Facilitation of exchanges : Members called upon all WTO members for speedy ratification and implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement so that it can enter into force in time for MC10. This agreement will bring significant benefits to all WTO members, and in particular to developing countries and to relevant economic operators. They encouraged the WTO membership to proactively support the WTO’s efforts in establishing effective and efficient working links and deeper cooperation with other international organisations whose work has a bearing on world trade talks, in particular the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organisation, and the UN and its agencies and bodies, as well as the IMF, the World Bank and the OECD, etc.

They supported efforts aiming for the adoption of international standards and regulatory cooperation.

Take account of the varying of situations : Members are convinced that the failure to take into account sufficiently the widely varying economic development levels and specific needs between developing countries, could be an obstacle to adopting effective measures to benefit these countries in accordance with the stated objective of the Doha Round and is to the detriment of those developing countries that are most in need. They urged advanced developing countries to take their share of responsibility already during the current round and to make contributions commensurate with their level of development and sectoral competitiveness. They recalled the importance of using effective criteria to differentiate, by not only taking into account GNP growth, but also indicators such as the economic vulnerability index and the trade and development index.

Promote the inclusion of the European Parliament in the context of the negotiations : Members stressed the crucial importance of the WTO for regulations-based world trade and as regards implementing and enforcing binding commitments and settling trade disputes. Members called on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament continues to be closely involved in the preparation of MC10, is promptly updated and, if necessary, is consulted during the Ministerial Conference. The Commission is called upon to continue to make the case to other WTO Members for increasing the importance of the parliamentary dimension of the WTO.

Lastly, Parliament called on the WTO Members to ensure democratic legitimacy and transparency by strengthening the parliamentary dimension of the WTO. It stressed, in this connection, the need to ensure that parliamentarians have better access to trade negotiations and are involved in the formulation and implementation of WTO decisions.

Documents
T8-0415/2015
2015/11/26
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2015/11/23
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B8-1230/2015
2015/11/23
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2015/09/29
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE567.835
2015/05/07
   CSL - Debate in Council
Documents
3384
2015/05/07
   CSL - Council Meeting
2015/03/11
   EP - ZALBA BIDEGAIN Pablo (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2015/03/11
   EP - LANGE Bernd (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in INTA

Documents

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Votes

B8-1230/2015 - Résolution #

2015/11/26 Outcome: +: 500, -: 125, 0: 23
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Total
62
85
44
59
26
48
16
21
19
21
13
64
18
11
12
9
21
6
6
13
7
5
5
5
9
17
6
19
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Italy PPE

12

Germany PPE

31

Poland PPE

21

Romania PPE

10

Spain PPE

15

Bulgaria PPE

7

Belgium PPE

4

Czechia PPE

6

Portugal PPE

7

Slovakia PPE

6

France PPE

17

Hungary PPE

10

Croatia PPE

5

Finland PPE

3

Lithuania PPE

2

Netherlands PPE

4

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Malta PPE

3

Sweden PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

5

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Latvia PPE

For (1)

Inese VAIDERE
1

Ireland PPE

4

Austria PPE

5

Cyprus PPE

2

Greece PPE

6
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168

Italy S&D

25

Germany S&D

23

Poland S&D

5

United Kingdom S&D

20

Romania S&D

12

Spain S&D

13

Bulgaria S&D

4

Belgium S&D

4

Czechia S&D

4

Portugal S&D

8

Slovakia S&D

4

France S&D

12

Hungary S&D

4

Croatia S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Netherlands S&D

2

Denmark S&D

2

Malta S&D

3

Sweden S&D

4

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Tanja FAJON
1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Latvia S&D

1

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Austria S&D

4

Cyprus S&D

2

Greece S&D

3
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Germany ALDE

4

Romania ALDE

2

Spain ALDE

7

Bulgaria ALDE

3

Belgium ALDE

6

Czechia ALDE

4

Portugal ALDE

2

France ALDE

7

Croatia ALDE

2

Finland ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

3

Netherlands ALDE

6

Denmark ALDE

For (1)

Morten PETERSEN
1

Sweden ALDE

3

Estonia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Latvia ALDE

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1
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Italy ECR

1

Germany ECR

7

Poland ECR

15

United Kingdom ECR

16

Romania ECR

For (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Belgium ECR

4

Czechia ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

3

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Finland ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Denmark ECR

2

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Greece ECR

Against (1)

Notis MARIAS
1
icon: EFDD EFDD
37

Italy EFDD

17

Poland EFDD

1

United Kingdom EFDD

16

Czechia EFDD

For (1)

Petr MACH
1

France EFDD

1

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1
icon: NI NI
13

Germany NI

2

Poland NI

Abstain (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Diane DODDS
1

France NI

3

Hungary NI

2

Greece NI

4
icon: ENF ENF
32

Italy ENF

5

Poland ENF

Abstain (1)

Michał MARUSIK
1

United Kingdom ENF

Against (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Romania ENF

Against (1)

Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

France ENF

16

Netherlands ENF

3

Austria ENF

4
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42

Germany Verts/ALE

11

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

France Verts/ALE

5

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

Croatia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Finland Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Slovenia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
43

Italy GUE/NGL

2

Germany GUE/NGL

7

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Spain GUE/NGL

10

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Portugal GUE/NGL

4

France GUE/NGL

3

Finland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Sweden GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

3

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

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