Charles GOERENS

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Luxembourg Parti démocratique 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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ALDE Member of the Bureau Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/20 - 9999/12/31

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Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Member of	Committee on Development	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering	2012/03/28	9999/12/31

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Development	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	2009/07/27	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis	2010/01/28	2011/07/31
Substitute of	Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013	2010/06/17	2011/06/30
Member of	Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs	1999/07/21	1999/08/06
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	1999/07/21	1999/08/06
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	1994/11/14	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament	1994/11/07	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy	1994/11/07	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	1995/01/18	1997/01/15

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/17	9999/12/31

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	2009/09/16
Chair of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1999/07/22	1999/08/06
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1997/01/30	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1997/01/16	1997/01/29
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1995/10/13	1997/01/15
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1995/10/11	1995/10/12
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with Bulgaria and Romania	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1994/11/29	1995/01/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	1983/04/11	1984/07/23

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Parlement européen
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Altiero Spinelli 09G157
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Rapporteur

Responsible	2013/2058(INI)	EU 2013 report on policy coherence for development
Shadow	2012/2289(INI)	Millennium Development Goals - defining the post-2015 framework
Opinion	2012/2263(INI)	Situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU
Responsible	2012/2002(INI)	Agenda for change: the future of EU development policy
Opinion	2011/2184(INI)	Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management
Opinion	2011/2020(BUD)	2012 budget: all sections
Opinion	2011/2019(BUD)	2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
Opinion	2011/2014(INI)	Budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan
Opinion	2011/0177(APP)	Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
Opinion	2011/0097(NLE)	EC/Cape Verde Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution. EU/Cape Verde Protocol from 1 September 2011 to 31 August 2014
Responsible	2010/2300(INI)	Future of EU budget support to developing countries
Opinion	2010/2204(DEC)	ECA special reports in the context of the 2009 Commission discharge
Responsible	2010/0059(COD)	Financing instrument for development cooperation: banana accompanying measures
Opinion	2010/0057(NLE)	EU/Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela Geneva Agreement, and EU/US Agreement: trade in bananas
Opinion	2009/2217(INI)	New strategy for Afghanistan
Opinion	1998/2141(INI)	Strengthening of the Union's Institutions with a view of creating an area of democracy and freedom
Opinion	1997/2286(REG)	EP Rules of procedure: amendment after the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam
Opinion	1997/2243(COS)	Amsterdam Treaty: increased cooperation
Opinion	1997/2016(COS)	Human rights and democratic principles, implementation of measures. 1995 report
Opinion	1997/0062(CNS)	EC/Lao agreement: cooperation agreement
Opinion	1997/0060(CNS)	EC/Cambodia agreement: cooperation agreement
Opinion	1996/2013(COS)	Amendment of the Treaty on European Union: convening an intergovernmental conference under art. N of the TUE
Responsible	1995/2149(INI)	Improving the effectiveness of Community aid

Born

1952/02/06 Ettelbruck

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
1	2009/2133(INI) Institutional aspects of creating a European service for external action 2009/12/10 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas the Lisbon Treaty singles out development cooperation as an autonomous policy area with specific objectives and on an equal footing with other external policies, in no way subordinated to foreign, security or defence policies, acknowledging the importance both of policy coherence for development and of consistency between different EU external actions, which also requires the revival of a proper Council of development and cooperation ministers, source: PE-430.282
1	2009/2150(INI) Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation 2010/10/02 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 42 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls the international commitments given with regard to the attainment of the MDGs and stresses the priority character of the objective of earmarking 0.7% of GDP, which it is essential to achieve; source: PE-438.374
1	2009/2165(INI) Second revision of the Partnership Agreement ACP-EC (Cotonou Agreement) 2009/11/20 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 10 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Encourages the enhancement of the role of national parliaments in the ongoing process of revision and further reviews in order to improve democratic legitimacy and ownership; source: PE-430.765
7	2009/2182(INI) Financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken. Mid-term report 2010/06/23 CRIS 3 amendments... Amendment 25 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the ~~crisis is above all a catastrophe for the women and men on the planet that it affects, particularly~~industrialised countries are primarily responsible for climate change and the economic and financial crisis which is having a disastrous impact on the most vulnerable sectors of society, Amendment 106 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new) Ma. whereas certain EU Member States intend to reduce their development aid budgets, while it is not certain that it will be possible to attain the Millennium Development Goals, Amendment 107 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital M b (new) Mb. having regard to the adverse impact of the political inconsistencies of the European Union on developing countries, source: PE-443.108 2010/06/24 CRIS 4 amendments... Amendment 224 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes with concern th~~e impact of the crisis~~at close to 40% onf developing countries~~, especially the poorest among them~~ are directly exposed to the impact of poverty caused by the crisis and that this could jeopardise the progress made over recent years in eradicating poverty and combating hunger and infant mortality; Amendment 701 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. Considers that in the aftermath of the crash European citizens are hoping to rediscover the political meaning of the European project, and that this is inseparable from solidarity between territories and generations within each Member State, between Member States and internationally, which means that the G20 will have to be expanded to include more developing countries; Amendment 767 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 87 a (new) 87a. Points out, in this regard, the European Union’s particular responsibility as the largest lender to developing countries; Amendment 768 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 87 b (new) 87b. Calls, too, on those in charge of coping with climate change to promise that the funding announced at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference will be additional to monies already allocated for development purposes; source: PE-443.102
2	2009/2199(INI) EU policies in favour of human rights defenders 2010/03/18 AFET 2 amendments... Amendment 106 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25a (new) 25a. Urges the 27 Member States to follow the same line with regard to the issuing of visas for human rights defenders; Amendment 110 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Emphasises the need to accompany these emergency visas with possibilities of temporary protection and shelter in Europe for human rights defenders; welcomes the Shelter Cities initiative promoted by the Czech Presidency, and ~~requests~~calls for it to be further advanced while not, however, taking responsibility away from other cities; calls for further support to other existing initiatives in this regard; source: PE-439.882
4	2009/2213(INI) EU strategy for the relations with Latin America 2010/02/26 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 3 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Article 1 1. ~~Asks~~Calls on the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to ~~redirect their cooperation towards human rights protection as a solution to the crisis, including the three categories of fundamental rights: political, environmental and cultural right~~improve their partnership and cooperation mechanisms, taking into account the protection of human rights, including the cultural rights of indigenous minorities; Amendment 8 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Article 3 3. Calls for an acknowledgement of the Union’s ecological debt to the LAC countries, and for the EU to support the development of projects such as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative launched by the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, provided that it does not damage the surrounding environment orUrges the European Union and the LAC countries to strengthen their partnership in order to face ecological challenges, and calls on the EU to support the development of projects such as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative provided that it does not infringe the rights of those living there; Amendment 16 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Article 5 5. ~~Calls for the recognition of food sovereignty and an end to policies involving the exploitation of natural resources for export; calls, therefore, for an en~~Stresses the importance of food security for the LAC countries and of adequate food sto ~~major hydraulic engineering, mining and forestry projects, biopiracy and the appropriation of land (especially~~rage capacities to face for th~~e purpose of producing biofuels, which are not a sustainable solution to climate change)~~coming challenges in food supply; Amendment 24 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Article 7 7. ~~Calls for an end to~~Stresses that bilateral agreements and multilateral trade agreements ~~that focus solely on free trade, to the detriment of human rights, or have the effect of fragmenting regional blocs such as the Andean Community~~must take the human rights situation into account and must be considered in the light of their impact on social and regional cohesion; source: PE-439.310
13	2009/2215(INI) Union for the Mediterranean 2010/03/31 AFET 13 amendments... Amendment 9 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, in a multipolar world, ~~only~~ large regional ~~bloc~~integrations will be ~~in a~~better positioned to play a leading role and to cope with social, cultural, economic, environmental and political changes, Amendment 35 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, for the last 15 years or so, Mediterranean countries have been developing new trading and economic ~~partners (~~relations (e.g. with Russia, China, India, Brazil and the Gulf ~~monarchi~~states) and their societies have been undergoing ~~radic~~substantial changes (in terms of consumption patterns, mobility, demographic transitions and so on) with implications for internal territorial balances, Amendment 44 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital F F. having regard to the significant disparities between European Union Member States and Mediterranean third countries and the worrying structural problems of a socio-economic and institutional nature, which call for strong responses in the shared interest of all the states participating in the UfM; noting the need for an improved South-South regional integration, Amendment 46 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the regional context in which the UfM is taking shape continues to be characterised by conflicts and political tensions, which have slowed down its establishment since the Paris Summit of July 2008; whereas the Middle East Peace Process has come to a standstill, Amendment 64 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the implementation of projects announced by the UfM ha~~ve suffered from general underfunding since the Paris Summit~~s progressed only slowly since the Paris Summit, also due to general underfunding, Amendment 89 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the governments of the UfM member countries to establish an ongoing and open political dialogue characterised by mutual respect and understanding, and reaffirms its desire to see the promotion of democracy and respect for human rights and individual and collective freedoms made the central focus of that dialogue; it believes that respect of women's rights, gender equality and sexual orientation require particular attention; Amendment 92 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls the 2008 Year of Intercultural dialogue and calls on all UfM member countries to renew their efforts to increase religious and cultural dialogue among their populations, notably through educational exchange programmes and their continued commitment to the UN Alliance of Civilizations; Amendment 101 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is of the opinion that political tensions and regional conflicts in the Mediterranean basin must not hinder tangible progress towards multilateral cooperation in specific sectors, and that it is through the implementation of major integration projects that the UfM will help to develop a climate of trust conducive to pursuing common security goals in a spirit of solidarity and peace; at the same time notes that a climate of trust is essential to the success of the UfM and its projects; a strong determination of UfM member countries is needed for the continuation of the Middle East Peace Process; calls for a stronger EU engagement on the solution of the matter; Amendment 140 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 - point 2 - emphasises that, in the period leading up to the end of the 2007-2013 financial perspectives, any financial contributions made by the Union should not affect existing or planned Euro-Mediterranean regional projects; underlines the need to increase ~~substantially~~ the funds allocated to the UfM in the EU’s forthcoming financial perspectives for 2014-2020; Amendment 170 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Believes that increased South-South bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation would result in tangible benefits for the citizens, as well as improve the political climate in the region; Amendment 194 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is keen to see new projects in the cultural field put on the UfM’s agenda in the very near future; suggests that the dimension of higher education and research of UfM should be strengthened, where priority should be given to ~~setting up a~~upgrading the Euro- Mediterranean ~~junior~~component of the Erasmus Mundus programme ~~called ‘Averroës’, as a way of stepping up exchanges between secondary school pupils in UfM member countries~~, as well as ensuring enhanced cooperation of partner Institutions within the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), so that it becomes a centre of excellence and intercultural dialogue; Amendment 206 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Considers that progress in the area of prevention of sea pollution is of immediate importance; believes that particular attention should be given to enclosed seas where pollution has most far-reaching and damaging consequences for ecosystems and populations; Amendment 213 # Ivo VAJGL, Kristiina OJULAND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Welcomes the recent establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) and calls for efforts to ensure proper coordination between the ARLEM’s activities and those of the EMPA~~, in particular through joint meetings or reciprocal invitations for members of their respective bureaux to attend working meetings~~; source: PE-439.937
1	2009/2217(INI) New strategy for Afghanistan 2010/04/21 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 4 # Charles GOERENS, Norbert NEUSER Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Points out that any breach of the principle of impartiality which humanitarian actors invoke in their work makes the latter more vulnerable on the ground, particularly as they will continue to be present on the ground long after NATO troops have been withdrawn; takes the view, therefore, that military personnel should distribute humanitarian aid only in entirely exceptional circumstances, in recognition of the impartial nature of the work of humanitarian actors; source: PE-441.045
4	2009/2218(INI) EU Policy Coherence for Development and the 'Official Development Assistance plus concept' 2010/05/03 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 13 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital B B. ~~whereas~~recalling the European Union’s commitment to take measures to encourage policy incoherence ~~may lead to ineffectiveness, inefficiency and the loss of credibility of development policies~~for development, in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council in 20051, Amendment 54 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Is concerned that the ‘ODA-plus approach’ entails a risk that the EU will be deprived of its roadmap to reach the 0.7% ODA/GNP target for 2015 and that it undermines the definition of ODA and its focus on poverty eradication because it exaggerates the role of other financial flows for developmentRecalls its vital international commitments towards the 0.7% ODA/GNP target for 2015, which must be devoted exclusively to poverty eradication; Amendment 68 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that it is necessary to provide for a procedure for complaints both in the EU and developing countries against failures of the Union to respect its PCD commitment; notes that the European Ombudsman, who is independent of the European Commission, drafts an annual report and has investigative ~~powers, including on his/her own initiative in respect of complaints coming from outside the EU when these~~and initiatory powers in cases that fall within his/her mandate; Amendment 98 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Welcomes the mechanisms to enhance PCD within the Commission, namely the inter-service consultation system, the Impact Assessment process, the Sustainability Impact Assessment and the Interservice Quality Support Group; asks, however, which criteria DG Development used when deciding to overturn incoherent policy initiatives and asks for greater transparency as regards the outcome of inter-service consultations; demands, furthermore, that the European Parliament, the national parliaments and developing countries should be more closely involved in these mechanisms; source: PE-439.417
11	2010/0059(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation: banana accompanying measures 2010/09/16 DEVE 11 amendments... Amendment 19 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) The EU supports the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States on their path to poverty reduction and to sustainable economic and social development, and recognises the importance of their commodity sectors. The EU also acknowledges that efforts are required to effectively improve the standard of living of the people concerned and to improve compliance with labour and safety standards. The EU further acknowledges the need to ensure that assistance is allocated in a way that does not distort competition on the market, but nevertheless supports farmers, who are at the beginning of the production chain and yet only receive a very small percentage of the final price paid by European consumers purchasing bananas grown in the ACP countries. Amendment 23 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The financial assistance measures to be adopted under this programme should aim at improving the living standards and living conditions of people in banana growing areas and banana value chains, as well as complying with labour and occupational health and safety standards by supporting the adaptation and/or restructuring of areas dependent upon banana exports through sector-specific budget support or project-specific interventions. The measures should aim to provide for social resilience policies, economic diversification or investment to improve competitiveness, where this is a viable strategy, taking into account the results of and experiences gained through the Special System of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas7 and the Special Framework of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas8. Amendment 24 # Patrice TIROLIEN, Maurice PONGA, Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) The financial assistance measures to be adopted under this programme should aim at supporting the adaptation and/or restructuring of areas dependent upon banana exports through sector-specific budget support or project-specific interventions. The measures should aim to provide for social resilience policies, economic diversification, income support for growers or investment to improve competitiveness, where this is a viable strategy, taking into account the results of and experiences gained through the Special System of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas7 and the Special Framework of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas8. Amendment 26 # Patrice TIROLIEN, Charles GOERENS, Maurice PONGA Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The programme should accompany the adaptation process in ACP countries which have exported significant volumes of bananas to the EC in recent years and which will be affected by liberalisation in the framework of the WTO9 and by the bilateral and regional agreements concluded, or in the process of being concluded, between the EU and Latin American countries, which are the leading exporters of bananas. The programme builds on the Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) for traditional ACP suppliers of bananas. It is in conformity with the EU’s international obligations in the framework of the WTO ~~and has a clear~~, focuses on restructuring and ~~hence~~boosting competitiveness, and is consequently temporary in nature, with a ~~maximum~~ duration of four years (2010-2013), . Depending on the situation of ACP banana exporters at the end of the current programme, another programme may be launched in 2013 to continue addressing the impact of further cuts in customs duties, Or.fr Justification Amendment 27 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 a (new) La(5a) The Commission européenne a récemment conclu (Colombie/Pérou) ou est en voie de conclure (Amérique centrale) des accords commerciaux bilatéraux, qui consacrent encore davantage le démantèlement du tarif douanier de la banane négocié à l'OMC en décembre 2009. Ces concessions douanières impacteront donc durablement les pays ACP encore exportateurs de bananes, concurrents des pays NPF de loin les leaders de ce marché. En conséquence, l'Union européenne doit, par l'intermédiaire de cet instrument financier, soutenir en priorité la compétitivité des pays ACP encore exportateurs de bananes, tout en permettant aux pays désireux de sortir de la dépendance de ce produit, de restructurer et de diversifier une partie de leur économie. Enfin, et comme la Commission s'y était engagée par écrit au Ministre du Commerce du Cameroun (coordinateur des ACP sur la banane), selon la situation des filières bananes ACP à l'horizon 2013, il conviendra d'envisager de maintenir ce type d'instrument afin de répondre aux effets induits par la poursuite de la réduction du droit de douane.has carried out an evaluation of the SFA programme but has not carried out an impact assessment of the banana accompanying measures (BAMs). Or.en Amendment 30 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point -1 (new) Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Recital 27 (-1) Recital 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "(27) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of Geographic Strategy Papers, Multi-annual Indicative Programmes and Strategy Papers for thematic programmes and the accompanying measures, as they supplement Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and are of general application. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level." Amendment 34 # Maurice PONGA, Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 2 Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Article 17a – paragraph 2 2. Within the amount referred to in Annex IV, the Commission shall fix the maximum amount available to each eligible ACP banana-supplying country for financing the actions referred to in paragraph 1 ~~on the basis of a set of objective indicators. The indicators shall include~~according to the needs of each country, placing particular emphasis on ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) status within the WTO, and on the basis of the following objective, weighted indicators: firstly, trade in bananas with the EU; secondly, the importance of banana exports to the economy in the ACP country concerned;, andlong with the country’s level of development. The measurement of the allocation criteria shall be based on ~~data from years preceding 2009~~representative data preceding 2010 and covering a period not longer than five years. Amendment 36 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Article 17a – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall adopt multi- annual support strategies by analogy to Article 19, and in accordance with Article 21. It shall ensure that such strategies complement the geographic strategy papers of the countries concerned, and the temporary nature of these banana accompanying measures. The multi-annual support strategies ~~may be reviewed ad hoc, if necessary, but shall not be submitted to a mid-term~~for banana accompanying measures shall include: a) an environmental profile of the country with regard to the banana industry; b) a set of specifications stating when the banana accompanying measures were first implemented and the terms of reference for their review; c) indicators to assess progress in relation to disbursement conditions, when budget support will be chosen as the form of financing; d) the expected results of the assistance; e) a time schedule of support activities and of expected disbursements for each recipient country; f) the ways in which progress will be achieved and monitored in meeting internationally-agreed ILO core labour standards and appropriate occupational safety and health conventions; g) the support strategies shall be subject to an independent ex ante review and, if necessary, an ad hoc review.’ Amendment 38 # Charles GOERENS, Maurice PONGA, Patrice TIROLIEN Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Article 25 – paragraph 2 (3a) Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "2. Union assistance shall not in principle be used for paying taxes, duties or charges in beneficiary countries." Amendment 39 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 5 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Article 35 (5a) Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "Article 35 Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Article 17(2), 17a and 21 shall be conferred on the Commission for the period of application of this Regulation. 2. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 35a and 35b." Amendment 40 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 5 b (new) Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 Article 35 a (new) (5b) The following Article is inserted: "Article 35a Revocation of the delegation 1. The delegation of power referred to in Article 17(2), 17a, and 21 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. 2. The institution which has commenced an internal procedure for deciding whether to revoke the delegation of power shall endeavour to inform the other institution and the Commission within a reasonable time before the final decision is taken, indicating the delegated power which could be subject to revocation and possible reasons for a revocation. 3. The decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect immediately or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union." source: PE-448.898
1	2010/0171(COD) EC Staff Regulations of officials and other servants: European External Action Service personnel policy; new terminology (amend.) 2010/09/09 AFET 1 amendments... Amendment 35 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 8 a (new) (8a) Staff working for the Western European Union (WEU) should enjoy the same priority status for recruitment purposes as that granted to diplomats from the Member States until 30 June 2013. It will thus be possible for WEU staff, who have considerable experience in common security and defence policy matters and will shortly be made redundant, as the WEU is set to be disbanded following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, to be recruited to the EEAS on the same terms as these diplomats. source: PE-448.785
10	2010/2002(BUD) 2011 budget: draft mandate for the draft budget conciliation procedure before the first reading 2010/12/05 BUDG 10 amendments... Amendment 128 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 a new 50a. Welcomes the agreement of EUR2.4 billion a year for mitigation and adaptation to climate change but insists that this 'fast start' climate finance package must be genuinely additional and does not come at the expense of existing development cooperation programmes; requests confirmation that the EU share of this package — EUR 65 million proposed for 2011 — is not redeployed from the Development Cooperation Instrument and is therefore additional; is concerned that the draft budget for 2011 foresees over EUR 1 million less for the environment and sustainable management of natural resources than in 2010; Amendment 133 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a new 51a. Firmly rejects any attempts to finance the programme for ACP banana- producing countries through redeployment of development appropriations within heading 4, in particular from the budget lines for development cooperation; is particularly opposed to the proposal in the draft budget to redeploy for this purpose EUR 13 million from the Development Cooperation Instrument and EUR 5 million from the Civil Protection Financial Instrument; Amendment 134 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 b new 51b. Welcomes the proposal to amend the regulation creating an instrument for industrialised countries1 but resolutely opposes its being financed with appropriations programmed for use under the Development Cooperation Instrument; stresses that funds earmarked for development cooperation must target poverty alleviation; is extremely dissatisfied that of the EUR 70,6 million total appropriations earmarked for this new instrument in the draft budget, EUR 45 million are taken from the Development Cooperation Instrument; 1 Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation EC N° 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries and other high-income countries and territories Amendment 141 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 a new 52a. Welcomes the recognition under the Treaty of Lisbon of humanitarian aid as a European policy in its own right; underlines the increasingly serious consequences of natural or man-made disasters, particularly those linked to climate change, to the changing nature of conflicts and to violations of international humanitarian law; calls therefore for an increase in humanitarian aid funding, incorporating disaster risk reduction; Amendment 146 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 a new 53a. Is surprised at the reduction in appropriations, over 2010, proposed in the 2011 draft budget for Article 23 03 06 on civil protection in third countries when the recent disaster in Haiti clearly demonstrated the need to bolster the Community civil protection mechanism; calls in addition on the Commission to provide details of the specific measures it proposes to put in hand in setting up a preparatory action for a European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps; Amendment 147 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 b new 53b. Welcomes the proposed 30% increase in the contribution to the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria but considers that supporting basic health services is ultimately more effective than such than vertical health funds when it comes to improving health standards in developing countries; Amendment 148 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 c new 53c. Notes the vital contribution played by improved access to financial services, such as microfinance schemes, in helping smallholder farmers, particularly women, achieve food self-sufficiency and food security; welcomes the success of financing in the 2009 and 2010 budgets to support such schemes and stresses the need for this to be continued and extended; Amendment 149 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 d new 53d. Calls on the Commission to extend and increase funding for existing preparatory actions that target developing countries' specific needs, such as improving water management and combating the economic and financial crisis in non-ACP developing countries; asks the Commission, where necessary, to change the legal basis of these initiatives in order to give them permanent status; Amendment 150 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 e new 53e. Points out to the Council the increasing discrepancy between the chronic underfunding of heading 4 and the Council's new political commitments, particularly where development policy is concerned; demands a revision of the heading 4 ceiling for the years 2011-13; Amendment 151 # Thijs BERMAN, Gay MITCHELL, Catherine GRÈZE, Charles GOERENS, Michèle STRIFFLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 f new 53f. Insists that the Commission and Council refrain from reducing heading 4 administrative spending budget lines, as these are necessary for full and effective implementation of the multiannual programmes; sincerely regrets that the Commission's draft budget proposes significant cuts to administrative expenditure for development programmes; source: PE-441.198
11	2010/2037(INI) Progress towards the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 2010/04/16 DEVE 11 amendments... Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Indent 15 a (new) - having regard to the Council Conclusions on Progress on the European Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis through External Action (2007-2011), Amendment 30 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to meet the obligations to which they agreed as part of the European Consensus on Development; Amendment 32 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on ~~all Member States to meet their 0.7%~~the Commission to ensure that official development assistance (ODA) is fully transparent, aind ~~promises by 2015 at the l~~accordingly asks it to publish the amounts spent on ODA by the Member Statest; Amendment 37 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the EU ~~and the OECD not to broaden~~ to provide it withe de~~finition of development aid (ODA) and not to~~tails of the impact of developing country debt cancellation o~~r other non-ODA financial flows as aid spending~~n ODA spending by Member States; Amendment 42 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 ~~6. Calls on all Member States to introduce a new client-optional 'poverty charge' on luxury goods to finance MDG spending;~~deleted Amendment 49 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on ~~all Member States to apply an interest-free debt moratorium~~the Commission to work towards alleviating the burden onf debt ~~repayments until 2015 for developing countries and to make renewed efforts to write off debts of LDC~~on developing countries, in particular the least-developed countries; Amendment 62 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on all Member States to ensure that the EU continues to work through a wide array of existing financial instruments at global and country levels in addition to budget support, including the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and other relevant organizations and mechanisms, in particular civil society organizations and communities; Amendment 63 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on all Member States to co~~ntinue to improve donor coordination and division of labou~~mply with the Paris and Accra declarations, in particular as regards the need for anid to ~~untie all their ai~~be consistent and untied; Amendment 68 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the EU to ~~put an end to agricultural export subsidies and other harmful aspects of our farm policy as soon as possib~~defend the principle of food security in developing countries and, during the current WTO negotiations, to urge all players to comply with this principle; Amendment 74 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on all Member States and the Commission to ~~allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education, to increase contributions to the global health fund~~improve their contributions in order to ensure a fully funded Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria during its upcoming replenishment and to prioritisezing maternal health and combating infant mortality; Amendment 100 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Intends, ~~when codecid~~during the upcoming revision ~~of the European Investment Bank's external mandate, to seize the opportunity to turn the EIB into an effective, pro-poor lending institution~~, to seize the opportunity to gear EIB resources more closely to the needs of developing countries; source: PE-441.004
3	2010/2048(BUD) Amending budget ex-3/2010: Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) for ACP countries 2010/06/10 BUDG 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Anne E. JENSEN, Göran FÄRM, Thijs BERMAN, Francesca BALZANI, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas, in substance, the Parliament is ready, in conciliation, to negotiate with the other branch of the budgetary authority, ~~on the exact breakdown between redeployment and mobilisation of the flexibility instrument,~~ Amendment 3 # Anne E. JENSEN, Göran FÄRM, Thijs BERMAN, Francesca BALZANI, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital J J. Whereas the proposed redeployment of 17.4 million from the facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries envelope is acceptable in order to maintain the overall financing of 1 billion,deleted Amendment 6 # Anne E. JENSEN, Göran FÄRM, Thijs BERMAN, Francesca BALZANI, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to present a new proposal for the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for the remaining part of EUR ~~56 7~~74 124 470, source: PE-450.623
12	2010/2070(INI) Health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health 2010/07/15 DEVE 12 amendments... Amendment 11 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds the international community of its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, and the EU of its undertaking to step up support for health services in sub-Saharan Africa; Amendment 18 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that every child has the right to have access to vaccination and immunisation programmes; points out, too, that 8.8 million children under the age of five (half of them in sub-Saharan Africa) are still dying every year of preventable or curable illnesses; Amendment 19 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that pneumonia and diarrhoea are the main causes of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa; Amendment 31 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Is deeply concerned about the circulation on the African market of medicines that are past their sell-by date, adulterated or counterfeit, and about the inadequate response of national authorities and the international community; Amendment 32 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Is concerned by the severe shortage of well trained medical staff and the fact that many doctors do not remain in their own countries; suggests that doctors be offered multi-entry visa arrangements to enable them to pursue training in Europe while continuing to be based in Africa; Amendment 42 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Believes that strategic alliances need to be forged among the main parties involved at local, national and international levels and that institutional dialogue between government, service providers and mutual insurance organisations is vital in defining health policy and shaping the way it is introduced; Amendment 43 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Shares the WHO’s view that the extension of healthcare must necessarily be associated with a system of social security based on prepayment and sharing, rather than direct payment by users, and that reforms aimed at establishing universal cover are a prerequisite for fairer health provision; Amendment 46 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Encourages the efforts being made by certain states which, aware of local circumstances and needs, are supporting initiatives for specific sections of society (e.g. farmers, coffee growers and women’s or neighbourhood groups), ethnic groups or communities, or traditional-type schemes such as tontine funds; Amendment 48 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Emphasises that there could be a role for members of the diaspora from sub- Saharan Africa in helping to raise awareness in their countries of origin about the benefits of mutual health insurance and the adoption of such schemes; Amendment 50 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Vincent PEILLON Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls on the Member States and on European laboratories, in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, to negotiate a ‘partnership approach’ respecting patent protection in developed markets and covering voluntary licensing agreements, support for health programmes, technology transfer arrangements and an increase in local production capacity with a view to reducing the price of medicines in low- income countries (through tiered or differential pricing); Amendment 55 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 33b. Asks the Commission to support the introduction of health cards in the EU’s partner countries and to work with the countries concerned – at regional level if necessary – to ensure that resources are available to meet the needs in this field; Amendment 66 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Calls on all the Member States and the Commission to allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education, to increase their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and their funding for other programmes designed to strengthen health systems, and to prioritise maternal health and efforts to combat infant mortality; source: PE-443.136
8	2010/2071(INI) Civilian-military cooperation and the development of civilian-military capabilities 2010/05/10 AFET 8 amendments... Amendment 17 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that present-day crises and security threats ~~can rarely~~are complex, and should be considered from a ~~purely~~civilian, military or ~~civilian~~a combined civil-military viewpoint, and that effective responses to these situations and threats need to be able to draw on both civilian and military capabilities as dictated by the situation; recalls that the development of the EU'’s comprehensive approach and of its civilian crisis- management capabilities have been distinctive features of the CSDP and represent its core added value; Amendment 40 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Fully supports the transfer of the CSDP structures, including the Crisis Management Planning Directorate, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, the EU Military Staff and the Situation Centre, to the EEAS, under the direct authority and responsibility of the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; recalls the pledge made by the Vice-President/High Representative to ensure that they work in close cooperation and synergy with the relevant Commission units transferred to the EEAS which deal with the planning and programming of crisis response, conflict prevention and peace-building; assumes that Vice-President/High Representative’s full authority can be used to direct these structures in their coordinated development and concrete crisis management situations, this being done either through appointing one common director for all these structures or through appointing to Vice- President/High Representative’s cabinet deputy head of cabinet with full competence to represent and assist Vice- President/High Representative in all crisis management functions; Amendment 45 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Charles GOERENS, Carl HAGLUND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Draws attention to the role of the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre in facilitating disaster-relief coordination and highlights the need for close links between the centre and the EEAS; calls for improved coordination of military assets in the context of disaster relief, based on the lessons learned in Haiti; assumes that Vice-President/High Representative in her capacity of the vice president of Commission takes care that there is an appropriate coordination structure and function between external (EEAS) and internal (Commission) crisis management in planning and in concrete crisis management situations; Amendment 70 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. In the context of the follow-up to the Headline Goals 2010, calls on the Member States to concentrate on the concrete delivery of capabilities and to focus on the areas ofthat necessitate civilian-military synergies, especially those already identified, in order to achieve genuine progress as soon as possible; Amendment 81 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Stresses the need for appropriate pre- deployment training to be provided, which shcould include participation by civilian personnel in military exercises and military personnel in civilian training and/or exercises; strongly recommends that Member States maintain rosters of deployable civilians, in particular those trained for missions carried out alongside military forces; welcomes the practice employed by certain Member States of having a dedicated centralised agency responsible for the recruitment and training of all deployable civilian personnel, such as the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Finnish Crisis Management Centre (CMC Finland), Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and the UK Stabilisation Unit; Amendment 90 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Emphasises, in line with the 2008 Council recommendations, the enhanced role the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) should play in the field of training for crisis management in the light of the setting-up of the EEAS; urges the Council to improve the training facilities and staffing of the ESDC, including by providing it with a permanent seat, in order to guarantee sustainable training at the strategic, operational and tactical levels for civilian and military personnel of ~~the~~ Member States and EU institutions; Amendment 119 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Calls on the Member States to look further into developing interoperability of training and practice, along with dual-use capabilities for CSDP civilian missions and military operations, making better use of existing capabilities and interlinking the civilian and military capability- development processes where appropriate; Amendment 135 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Riikka PAKARINEN, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Emphasises the critical importance of having assessment mechanisms to determine the impact of missions, and further underlines the need to integrate such mechanisms in all field missions; source: PE-449.027
14	2010/2072(INI) Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 2010/06/25 BUDG 14 amendments... Amendment 7 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, however, 10 Member States have yet to make use of the EGF, the amounts mobilised remain well below the ~~amounts~~maximum annual amount of EUR 500 million available and most applications are for regions in which per capita GDP is above the EU average and where the unemployment rate is relatively low; whereas, in view of this, it may be concluded that, although the improvements made to the original regulation were substantial, they remain limited when set against the increase in the number of collective redundancies recorded over recent years, Amendment 13 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas, according to the Commission's interim report on the functioning of the IAA34, the need for the two arms of the budgetary authority to take a specific decision to mobilise the EGF ~~is one of the factors behind the slownes~~should not prevent speeding up decisions ofn the ~~procedure, 1 COM(2010)0185 of 27 April 2010. 2 COM(2010)0185 of 27 April 2010. 3 COM(2010)0185 of 27 April 2010. 4 COM(2010)0185 of 27 April 2010.~~mobilisation of the EGF, Amendment 14 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas reliable and consistent data on the implementation of the EGF since its modification after 2009 is not yet available and taking the strong view that transparency and regular reporting duties need to be established, Amendment 19 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas, ~~in addition to having a cyclical dimension resulting from~~keeping in mind the original core task of the EGF of addressing mass redundancies resulting from globalisation, as well as the added task of addressing effects of the economic and financial crisis, the difficulties arising oin the labour market in most Member States are also due to ~~structural~~ factors which European and national recovery plans can only partly address; whereas, therefore, the increase in the number of applications for EGF funding may ~~be said to be a long-term trend~~continue to rise, Amendment 23 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that the EGF's added value as an EU social policy instrument lies in the fact that it provides specific ~~and~~, targeted and temporary financial support for personalised programmes for the reskilling and re- integration into employment of workers affected by collective redundancies in sectors or regions undergoing severe economic and social disruption; Amendment 25 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to submit forthwith a report on the use made to date of the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, setting out in particular a detailed account of to what extent the appropriations have been used in support of redundancies caused by globalisation as opposed to those resulting from the economic crisis, and what proportion of overall funding they accounted for in relation to other national and company- specific support measures; also calls on the commission to incorporate in that report an analysis on the relationship between the EGF and the ESF, and particularly on any duplications that may exist between these; calls on the Commission to draw initial conclusions from that report and formulate proposals for the future of the fund; Amendment 27 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Takes the view that the long-term increase in the number of applications for EGF funding and the difficulties experienced in implementing the EGF mobilisation and deployment procedure call for improvements to be made to the fund's procedural and budgetary arrangements at the earliest opportunity; notes the lack of awareness of the existence of this fund among the employers in Member States (only 17 countries have applied so far) and calls on the Commission to introduce the tools that could improve the visibility of the fund; calls, accordingly, on the Commission to bring the submission of its mid-term evaluation forward to 30 June 2011 and to submit at the same time a proposal for the revision of the EGF Regulation, in order to remedy the fund's most obvious shortcomings before the end of the current multiannual financial framework; Amendment 41 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that the time required to mobilise the EGF could be halved and that, to this end, applications for mobilisation of the EGF should be drawn up by Member States as soon as a collective redundancy has been announced, and not after it has taken place, so as to reduce the 10-week period Member States have in which to forward their applications once the intervention criteria have been fulfilled; considers that Member States should forward their applications in their own language and one of the European institutions' working languages so that the Commission department responsible for scrutinising applications may do so without delay, and that the Commission should - respecting the principles of budgetary neutrality - assign additional staff to processing applications submitted by Member States and should scrupulously observe the time limit of 15 days between the adoption of a mobilisation decision and the payment of the financial contribution to the Member State; Amendment 43 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Undertakes, for its part, to simplify its decision-making process by stipulating that, in the absence of objections by the Committee on Budgets or the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Commission proposals will be voted on at the first part-session following the month in which they are submitted, where appropriate grouped into batches, as explicitly provided for in the regulation establishing the EGF;Delete Amendment 46 # Charles GOERENS, Carl HAGLUND, Alexander ALVARO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that these immediate steps to simplify and give added flexibility to the EGF mobilisation procedure could, if warranted in the light of the experience gained by then, be incorporated into the regulation when it is revised; any of these steps should not in any way limit or decrease the power of the Parliament as the one of the arm of the budgetary authority while deciding on the mobilisation of the fund; Amendment 47 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that these immediate steps to simplify and give added flexibility to the EGF mobilisation procedure could, if warranted in the light of the experience gained by then, be incorporated into the regulation ~~whe~~upon it is revisedion; Amendment 55 # Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Takes the view that, over and above these improvements to the procedure, the period of validity of the derogation inserted in 2009 with a view to assisting workers who lose their jobs as a result of the economic and financial crisis should be extended until the end of the current multiannual financial framework and that the co-financing rate should be raised from 50% to 65%, given that the underlying causes on which their approval was based are very far from having been removed, and that ESF Convergence Objective regions should be eligible for 75% co- financing under the EGF, in order to diminish the current bias in favour of the ESF; also calls on the Commission to revise the criteria for granting EGF funds in order to take into account the size of the working- age population in the region concerned, instead of only an absolute number of redundancies; Amendment 59 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. ~~Wishes the EGF to be made a permanent fund in the next multiannual financial framework,~~Upon the revision of the regulation and in the course of the discussions on the next multiannual financial framework, the question of a more permanent solution for the EGF with its own commitment and payment appropriations~~, instead of on which depends~~ could be examined in light onf the ~~non- utilisation or under-utilisation of appropriations from previous financial years~~EGF ending with the current MFF; Amendment 64 # Alexander ALVARO, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 10. Stresses that the conversion of the EGF into a permanent means of support for active job-seeking measures would show a political will to develop a European social pillar that would be complementary to Member States' social policies and capable of revitalising the European approach to professional training; with this in mind,upon the revision of the regulation and in the course of the discussions on the next multiannual financial framework, the question of a more permanent solution for the EGF and whether the EGF should remain separate from the ESF and the European lifelong learning programmes, given that the fund focuses on enhancing the abilities of each of the workers assisted, rather than on providing a response to the concerns of businesses or on the delivery of across-the- board services to training establishments could be examined; bearing in mind that in the spirit of good financial discipline, the doubling of structures should be avoided at all costs and that the EGF ends with the current MFF; source: PE-443.137
4	2010/2096(INI) Setting up an EU rapid response capability 2010/10/18 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 13 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Ivo VAJGL, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a a) acknowledges that the inclusion of civil protection and humanitarian aid within the portfolio of a single Commissioner ~~can~~responsible for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response creates better synergies within the Commission and ~~can~~ helps enhance the coherence of the overall EU disaster response; Amendment 15 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Ivo VAJGL, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b b) calls however for a clear distinction and demarcation of roles and mandates between civil protection and humanitarian aid in order to preserve their specific features and respective identities to enhance efficiency; Amendment 20 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 point d d) asks the Council and the Commission to ~~clarify the arrangements for~~agree on a perspicacious command structure and a central hub of information both on the ground, as well as in the Commission and in the Council, to promote effective cooperation and coordination between the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission ~~for~~in the management of a large- scale disaster response outside the territory of the European Union; Amendment 23 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Ivo VAJGL, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 point d a (new) (da) suggests localized coordination efforts, in cooperation with the national government of the affected state, using EU and Member States' representatives on the ground to ensure targeted and competent response to affected localities; source: PE-450.626
4	2010/2100(INI) EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges 2011/06/23 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 3 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the Commission Communication "The CAP towards 2020" Amendment 46 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the EU to assess the development impact of its CAP reform proposals in order to improve coherence between CAP and EU development policy’s objectives; Amendment 86 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. ~~Calls for the recognition of the concept of food sovereignty, defin~~Stresses that domestic production capacities in some development countries may not cover needs asnd th~~e capacity of a country or a regi~~at achieving long t~~o democratically implement its own agricultural and food policies, priorities and strateg~~erm food security requires reducing of import dependencies; Amendment 154 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls for the ~~complet~~progressive phasing-out of export subsidies as well as for the removal of all other incentives in the CAP which result in trade-distorting measures; source: PE-467.250
2	2010/2110(INI) EU-Agriculture and International Trade 2010/11/15 DEVE 2 amendments... Amendment 3 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the gradual reduction of export subsidies and ~~calls for further reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) including the complete elimination of these subsidies, which were reintroduced in 2009 for dairy products. P~~hopes that the Doha negotiations will soon be concluded; points out that export subsidies have, in the past, allowed the dumping of cheap EU products in developing countries, distorting competition with local producers and undermined their productive capacity; Amendment 9 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Encourages a radical reduction of tariffs on agricultural imports from all developing countries and the limitation of non-tariff barriers in order to provide real market-access opportunities for developing countries;deleted source: PE-452.695
7	2010/2202(INI) Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union's policy on the matter 2010/10/18 AFET 7 amendments... Amendment 8 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Charles GOERENS, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Citation 5a (new) - having regard to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the activities of the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders as well as the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, Amendment 76 # Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, Charles GOERENS, Niccolò RINALDI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7a (new) 7a (new). Recognises that non- governmental organisations are essential to the development and success of democratic societies, the promotion of mutual understanding and tolerance as well as initiating and sustaining actionable policy priorities and shared solutions to the challenges to democratic development; Amendment 107 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Charles GOERENS, Niccolò RINALDI, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15a (new) 15a (new). Underlines the fact that the definitions of human rights adopted by the international community from the end the Second World War have proven sufficiently flexible to include new developments of human progress, but stresses the need to codify new rights to respond to new threats to freedom, such as those relating to freedom of science, conscience and knowledge, gender identity or sexual orientation and all the rights relating to the digital domain, starting from universal access to the Internet; Amendment 108 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Charles GOERENS, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15b (new) 15b (new). Stresses the importance of strengthening the rationalization and if possible coordination of international bodies with jurisdiction over human rights and of their procedures, with the goal of always better granting an effective promotion and defense of the fundamental rights as contained in the related international instruments; Amendment 144 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Charles GOERENS, Niccolò RINALDI, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20a (new) 20a (new).Regrets the weakening of the EU's policy and conduct towards the Burmese junta, underlines that the current attitude is not helpful in fighting against the tragic political, social and human situation in which the Burmese people are forced to live since the beginning of the military rule and risks to appear a sort of appeasement with the dictatorship; Amendment 195 # Charles GOERENS, Niccolò RINALDI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40a (new) 40a (new). calls on the Commission, the Council, the Member States to activate all political and institutional means in order to support initiatives aiming at the adoption as soon as possible of a resolution by the UNGA calling on a worldwide moratorium on female genital mutilation; Amendment 391 # Charles GOERENS, Niccolò RINALDI, Leonidas DONSKIS, Marielle de SARNEZ, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 82a (new) 82a (new). Continues to be concerned that the human rights dialogue with Iran has been interrupted since 2004 due to a lack of cooperation from Iran and considers that time has come for the international community to act in support of Iranian civil society at this crucial juncture in the history of the country’s democratic movement; calls on the Council, the Commission as well the Member States to support and strengthen – through peaceful and non-violent means – those processes that can provide support to democratic reforms, ensure their sustainability and consolidate the involvement of Iranian human rights defenders and civil society representatives within policy-making processes, reinforcing the role of civil society within the general political discourse; source: PE-450.657
7	2010/2211(INI) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe 2011/04/27 SURE 1 amendments... Amendment 1062 # Louis MICHEL, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 116 116. Considers that the main aim of the reform is to achieve a fairer, more transparent and simpler system; stresses that phasing out of the existing exceptions and correction mechanisms and introducing one or several genuine own resources for the Union are indispensible steps towards this end; believes that the ~~long-term aim should~~aim must be for the Union to collect directly its own resources thereby achieving a more autonomous and transparent financing system; source: PE-462.732 2011/05/04 SURE 5 amendments... Amendment 4 # Guy VERHOFSTADT, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS, Giommaria UGGIAS Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy: ‘The European Consensus’1, signed on 20 December 2005, __________________ 1 OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1. Amendment 21 # Guy VERHOFSTADT, Carl HAGLUND, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Charles GOERENS, Giommaria UGGIAS Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the challenges faced by the Union and its citizens, such as the global economic crisis, the rapid rise of emerging economies, the transition to a low-carbon society and resource efficient economy, ageing populations threatening the sustainability of its social model, the shift in the global distribution of production and savings to emerging economies, the fight against poverty, as well as the threats of terrorism and organised crime, require a strong response from the Union and its Member States, Amendment 36 # Guy VERHOFSTADT, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS, Giommaria UGGIAS Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the MDGs are in line with the reduction of poverty, one of the EU’s primary policy objectives under the Lisbon Treaty, Amendment 833 # Charles GOERENS, Louis MICHEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 82 82. ~~Recalls that the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and~~Deplores that some EU Member States are currently scaling back their aid budgets despite their collective Official Development Aid (ODA) target of 0.7 % of gross national income (GNI), fall within the next MFF period; stresses, accordingly, that an appropriate overall level of development aid and funding is required for the Union to meet its international development commitmentsmmitment to spending 0,7% of gross national income (GNI) as provided by the European Consensus on Development; Amendment 853 # Guy VERHOFSTADT, Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS, Giommaria UGGIAS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 83. Calls once again for the budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF); insists, however, that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget must ~~not~~ lead to an overall ~~reduction in development spending and must guarantee predictability~~increase of the EU budget by the amount initially foreseen to finance the EDF; source: PE-462.731 2011/08/04 SURE 1 amendments... Amendment 557 # Guy VERHOFSTADT, Carl HAGLUND, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 b (new) 56b. Insists that existing and future spending pledges aimed at helping developing countries to combat climate change or to adapt to its effects must be additional to current development budgets, with an adequate level of coherence being maintained between the two policies; calls therefore for a clear structure defining the allocation of funds to the development sector on the one hand and to the mitigation of the effects of climate change for developing countries on the other hand; source: PE-462.730
11	2010/2300(INI) Future of EU budget support to developing countries 2011/12/04 DEVE 11 amendments... Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS, Maurice PONGA, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES, Martin KASTLER Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas many donors consider general and sectoral budget support as a means of fostering partner countries’ ownership of development policies and reform processes, strengthening national accountability institutions and systems, and facilitating growth, poverty reduction and the achievement of development objectives, Amendment 16 # Charles GOERENS, Maurice PONGA, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the European Union has hitherto referred more frequently to violations of human rights (‘first- generation rights’) in partnership agreements ~~rather~~ than to violations of socio- economic rights (‘second-generation rights’), Amendment 23 # Charles GOERENS, Maurice PONGA, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the need to use sectoral budget support wherever appropriate in order to ensure better targeting of basic social sectors including health, education, and assistance for the most vulnerable groups, in particular persons with disabilities; Amendment 25 # Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Draws attention to the EU’s innovative role in the field of budget support and ~~stresses that the EU has a responsibility to develop a methodology and conditionality arrangements that also apply to other donors~~the added value which the Commission brings owing to its expertise in this area; Amendment 29 # Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Maurice PONGA, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES, Martin KASTLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that the Union has a responsibility to pass on its experience to other institutional stakeholders, in particular at the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan; Amendment 36 # Charles GOERENS, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need to strengthen both the Commission’s monitoring mechanisms and parliamentary and civil-society scrutiny in countries in receipt of budget support; stresses also that optimum procedures must be established for auditing the public finances of recipient countries as a precondition for any disbursement of funds; Amendment 45 # Charles GOERENS, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that, with a view to enhancing mutual accountability, the Commission should step up its role as a facilitator between government, members of parliament and civil society, and considers, to that end, that a percentage of the budget support earmarked for technical assistance to sectoral ministries could also be used for capacity building in parliaments and civil society in order to enable them to play their budget support oversight role to the full; Amendment 47 # Charles GOERENS, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Is concerned at the effects of macro- economic destabilisation and the impact on the most vulnerable sections of the population which a sudden break in budget support might cause; proposes that, on the basis of concerted action by donors and following consultation of the civil society and parliament of the partner country concerned, a mechanism be set up for the gradual reduction of budget support payments, which could attenuate such impacts, encourage political dialogue and enable concerted solutions to be found to the difficulties encountered; Amendment 58 # Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Maurice PONGA, Nirj DEVA, Bart STAES Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Points out that, when granting budget support to banana-supplying ACP countries benefiting from accompanying measures in this sector, it is important to include in the variable tranche based on governance indicators the specific conditions contained in the new Article 17a ofthat Parliament is proposing be inserted in Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 (DCI Regulation), as set out in an amendment in the position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 3 February 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation1; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TAC2- COD(20110)003059. Amendment 60 # Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Maurice PONGA, Bart STAES, Martin KASTLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Takes the view that, in principle, MDG contracts are an example of high- quality, results-oriented budget support (long-term, predictable, targeted at social sectors, etc.); calls accordingly on the Commission to publish an assessment of MDG contracts in 2011 and to look into the feasibility of extending them to a larger number of countries; Amendment 66 # Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Maurice PONGA, Bart STAES, Martin KASTLER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States to show greater consistency at national and Community level as regards development aid policy; calls on the Member States to make use of the European External Action Service to strengthen their coordination with the Commission as regards budget support so as to avoid duplication and inconsistency; source: PE-462.826
4	2010/2301(INI) EU and China: unbalanced trade? 2011/11/14 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 21 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that there is great potential in mutual market access, liberalisation and deepening trade and investment cooperation between Europe and China, provided that rules guaranteeing fair competition are introduced; Amendment 44 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to move away from traditional development cooperation and aid, through a gradual reduction in ODA (official development assistance) as from 2013, towards a more commercially oriented relationship with China in the interests of both sides; Amendment 50 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to treat China as a partner, with respect for its cultural traditions and values, whilst supporting China's transition to an open socirty based on the rule of law and respect for human rights and insisting that it comply with the ILO's basic labour standards; considers that such an approach will help to overcome current tensions, intensify further exchanges and increase mutual investment; Amendment 55 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. WCalls for rapid conclusion of DOHA negotiations; stresses that China has to meet urgently international environment standards and its WTO obligations, in particular the respect of intellectual property rights; warns against the creation of a protectionist climate, as this would be harmful to the EU and Chinese economies in the long run and would go against EU development goals as defined in the EU 2020 strategy; source: PE-475.912
1	2011/0167(NLE) EU/Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and United States Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2012/10/05 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS, Ivo VAJGL, Fiona HALL Proposal for a decision – The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that Parliament decline to give its consent. source: PE-489.411
2	2011/0177(APP) Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 2012/05/10 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 115 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Reiterates its position that the new responsibilities conferred on the EU by the Treaties will require appropriate additional funding compared to MFF 2007-2013, so as to allow the Union to fulfil its role as a global actor whilst upholding the undertakings it has already given, notably the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; stresses that the Commission proposals for "Global Europe" and the European Development Fund must be considered the bare minimum to achieve Europe's ambitions in the world; underlines the complementary nature of EU assistance to that provided by the Member States, and its catalyst effect in terms of intervening in regions where bilateral assistance is not delivered; is particularly supportive of joint programming between Member States and EU actions; source: PE-496.663 2012/07/24 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the 2015 deadlines for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and the collective target of 0.7 % of gross national income to be provided as official development assistance (ODA/GNI) both fall due within the 2014-2020 MFF period; underlines that, after witnessing severe drops in ODA levels from 2010 to 2011 in 14 EU Member States and a decrease in the collective ODA/GNI level from 0.424% to 0.42%, the next MFF constitutes a critical opportunity for EU donors to get back on track with their international commitments; emphasises that the EU's development budget complements the efforts of Member States and helps them to reach these targets, with a particularly significant leverage effect on the aid budgets of smaller Member States; source: PE-494.612
3	2011/0261(CNS) Common system of financial transaction tax 2012/09/03 DEVE 3 amendments... Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS, Louis MICHEL Proposal for a directive Recital 1 (1) The recent financial crisis has led to debates at all levels about a possible additional tax on the financial sector and in particular a financial transactions tax (FTT). This debate stems from the desire to ensure the financial sector contribute to covering the costs of the crisis and that it is taxed in a fair way vis-à-vis other sectors for the future; to dis-incentivise excessively risky activities by financial institutions; to curb speculation, in particular on commodity markets, thus limiting food price volatility and its impacts on food security; to complement regulatory measures aimed at avoiding future crises and to generate additional revenue for general budgets or specific policy purposes. Amendment 8 # Charles GOERENS, Louis MICHEL Proposal for a directive Recital 1 a (new) (1a) The revenue of the FTT must not be used to disregard the national development aid commitments of 0,7% of GNI; Copenhagen agenda and the fight against climate change in developing countries have to be financed by these additional means. Amendment 18 # Charles GOERENS, Louis MICHEL Proposal for a directive Article 17 a (new) Article 17a Use of revenue as own resource for EU budget Part of the revenue arising from the FTT in the Union should be used as own resources for the EU Budget, of which a significant percentage should be invested in financing the fight against climate change in developing countries. source: PE-485.838
2	2011/0405(COD) European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-2020 2012/04/26 BUDG 2 amendments... Amendment 50 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 13 The list of beneficiary countries in the annex to this regulation may be updated following political decisions made by the Co~~uncil~~-legislators on the scope of the Neighbourhood policy. A modification of the Annex shall be adopted through a delegated act in accordance with Article 14. Amendment 51 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. In duly justified circumstances and to ensure the coherence and effectiveness of Union financing or to foster regional or trans-regional cooperation, it~~he Commission~~ may be decided to extend the eligibility of actions to countries, territories and regions which otherwise would not be eligible for financing. The decision shall be taken by the Commission through a delegated act in accordance with Article 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8(1) of the Common Implementing Regulation, natural and legal persons from countries, territories and regions concerned may participate in the procedures ~~implementing such actions. implementing such actions.~~ source: PE-487.927
3	2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020 2012/07/06 BUDG 2 amendments... Amendment 27 # Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1; reiterates that regardless of realisable savings and reallocations, sufficient additional resources are needed in the next MFF in order to enable the Union to fulfil its existing policy priorities and the new tasks provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, as well as to respond to unforeseen events; challenges the Council, if it does not share this approach, to clearly identify which of its political priorities or projects could be dropped altogether, despite their proven European added value; _______________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266. Amendment 72 # Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 The funding will be made available through 2 multiannual allocations only covering the first 4 years and the remaining 3 years respectively. This funding will be reflected in the multiannual indicative programming of these instruments, in line with the identified needs and priorities of the countries concerned, and it will only be allocated for purposes for which development aid may be granted. The allocations can be revised in case of major unforeseen circumstances or important political changes in line with the EU external priorities. source: PE-491.164 2012/07/17 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 246 # Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) This Regulation should ~~provide an enabling framework for programming, allowing enhanced consistency between Union policies by using a joint framework document as a basis for programming~~allow for enhanced consistency between Union policies while respecting the overall requirement of Policy Coherence for Development. It should enable full alignment with partner countries and regions by ~~rely~~using, where ~~appropriate, on~~possible, national development plans or similar comprehensive development documents as the basis for the programming of the Union's action; and pursue a better coordination amongst donors, in particular between the Union and its Member States, through joint programming. It should enable structured annual meetings between representatives of national parliaments of Member States and the European Parliament to ensure consistency in the spending of development aid. source: PE-492.895
1	2011/0414(CNS) Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2014-2020 2012/07/06 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 15 # Carl HAGLUND, Charles GOERENS Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls its resolution of 8 June 2011 on Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe1; reiterates that, regardless of realisable savings and reallocations, sufficient additional resources are needed in the next MFF in order to enable the Union to fulfil its existing policy priorities and the new tasks provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, as well as to respond to unforeseen events; challenges the Council, if it does not share this approach, to clearly identify which of its political priorities or projects could be dropped altogether, despite their proven European added value; _____________ Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0266. source: PE-491.180
9	2011/2019(BUD) 2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue 2011/05/05 DEVE 9 amendments... Amendment 4 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that, world-wide, public aid to poorer countries has increased in 2011, without however matching undertakings and needs; rejects the Commission’s proposal to reduce DCI by 70 million and calls for the EU’s commitment to may be maintained in 2012 despite the difficult budgetary situation; Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Point~~Calls outn th~~at funds earmarked for development cooperation must target poverty allevi~~e Commission to concentrate development aid on the poorest countries, including fragile states, and, within these countries, on the least favoured and most vulnerable sections of their populations; calls for all cooperation with developing countries which does not meet the OECD Development Assistance Committee's criteria to be funded through instruments other than those earmarked for development cooperation; Amendment 9 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that ~~the~~responsibility for reducing poverty in emerging economies - India, China and Brazil - should no longer be reliant on official development assistance, given that poverty in those countries can be combated with own resources generated by high-growth economiesuntries lies primarily with their governments and that EU official development assistance to such countries should therefore gradually be diminished; Amendment 13 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 ~~5. Calls on the Commission to concentrate development aid on the poorest countries and on the least favoured sections of their populations;~~deleted Amendment 16 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Regrets the 33% reduction in the budget line 'European Neighbourhood and Partnership –– Financial assistance to Palestine, the peace process and UNRWA’ proposed by the Commission in the 2012 budget; points out that this is liable to jeopardise UNRWA’s payment of salaries to more than 28 000 members of the local staff (based in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan) working inter alia in the educational, social and health sectors; Amendment 20 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. underlines that, following the international community's consensus and the EU's renewed commitments in politically and financially prioritising support of maternal and child health at the G8 and the UN summits in 2010, health funding under the DCI must be protected against any budgetary cuts; Takes the view that, owing to the efforts of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, substantial progress has been made in combating these evils; regards the amount allocated to the Global Fund for this purpose as insufficient, however; Amendment 22 # Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS, Eleni THEOCHAROUS, Thijs BERMAN, Nirj DEVA, Filip KACZMAREK Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of zinc for the treatment and prevention of diarrhoea and malnutrition in order to improve the survival, growth and brain development of young children; urges the EU and the Member States to allocate the necessary funds to provide zinc supplementation in developing countries which could save the lives of 450,000 children under the age of five every year; Amendment 25 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 11 ~~11. Calls on the Commission to set up - in-house - a permanent, autonomous and high-quality strategic think tank on development policy and on how it will evolve in the future;~~deleted Amendment 28 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Considers that a permanent, autonomous and high-quality strategic think tank established within the Commission would be in a better position to clarify budgetary and strategic programming in development policy; source: PE-464.817
1	2011/2023(INI) Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance 2011/05/27 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) telecommunications capacity including satellites, in order to give rescue teams access to rapid and detailed information to facilitate the effective distribution of basic necessities and of equipment essential for reorganisation in7a. Invites the Commission to develop a communication and information network, exploring in particular the ~~wak~~use of ~~disasters;~~ source: PE-465.024
3	2011/2032(INI) EU external policies in favour of democratisation 2011/04/13 DEVE 3 amendments... Amendment 7 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 ~~2. Notes that European aid channelled as budget support to authoritarian states does not guarantee democratic development,~~deleted Amendment 15 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. ~~Encourages aid donors to treat democracy building as a political and ethi~~Takes the view that only a good-quality basic education system caln p~~rocess, rather than a technical exercise~~ave the way for the development of genuine democracy and should be a major objective of any development policy, Amendment 21 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises that the democratisation process calls for a stronger partnership between the public sector, the private sector and civil society organisations and associations, source: PE-462.737
9	2011/2047(INI) Increasing the impact of EU development policy 2011/04/18 DEVE 9 amendments... Amendment 4 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the Commission Green Paper of 19 October 2010 on the future of EU budget support to third countries, Amendment 5 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) – having regard to the ongoing ‘Structured Dialogue – For an efficient partnership in development’ process, Amendment 11 # Charles GOERENS, Filip KACZMAREK, Gay MITCHELL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes efforts to develop European Country Strategy documents in order to achieve better coordination between the Commission and the Member States; emphasises that the programming process must ensure that the aid effectiveness agenda is implemented, and that Parliament’s right to exercise democratic scrutiny as defined by the Lisbon Treaty in article 290 is respected; Amendment 21 # Patrice TIROLIEN, Charles GOERENS, Vincent PEILLON Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that in keeping with the concept of democratic ownership, parliaments, local and regional authorities, civil society and other stakeholders should be supported in their efforts to play their proper role in defining development strategies, holding governments to account and assessing development results; further insists on the fact that the territorial approach of development allows a better ownership by the beneficiaries; Amendment 30 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Insists that ~~needs~~poverty eradication must remain athe crucial criterion for the allocation of EU development aid; calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the scope of financing instruments and to focus the disbursement of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the poorest countries, and on reaching the poorest layers of society and to programme a phasing out period of ODA- allocations for emerging countries; Amendment 143 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the proposal to focus development cooperation on sustainable energy; insists that water supply and access to energy for the poor and in connection with the provision of public services and local development must be prime objectives of EU-supported projects; Amendment 154 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Supports more systematic efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures; and calls for improvement of regulations concerning waste transfer and illegal logging; Amendment 169 # Gabriele ZIMMER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Reiterates its position that the EU should focus its development assistance on promoting sustainable small-scale agricultural production in order to ensure food self-sufficiency of the population as the first objective and to implement the right to food; emphasises the need to ensure, in particular, access for small farmers to the means of production ~~(land, credit, consultancy and advisory services)~~, to processing and marketing opportunities and to local, regional, national and cross- border markets in order to guarantee sales opportunities for their production; Amendment 179 # Gabriele ZIMMER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 b (new) 23b. Underlines that facing food insecurity means the implementation of many actions, from diverse sectors, such as the management of local natural resources, the reinforcement of production and manufacturing, training, the structuring of professional organisations, the implementation of a safety net for the most vulnerable, the education on nutrition and also the diversification of rural jobs beyond agriculture to enhance the income of rural families, which are the first victims of hunger; source: PE-462.861
3	2011/2051(INI) CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future 2011/03/29 DEVE 3 amendments... Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.~~Notes the widespread concern on the decreasing but accumulated negativ~~ Calls on the FAO to give an opinion on the impacts of the CAP on developing countries~~; regrets that the Commission communication~~ and to evaluate all onf the ~~CAP towards 2020 does not mention such impacts; calls for the new CAP to include the principle of "do no harm" to~~other factors weighing on the agricultural and food situation in developing countries ~~as a core objective~~; Amendment 26 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~To alleviate the accumulated negative impacts of CAP on developing countries, c~~(del) Calls on the EU through its trade and development policies to contribute to promoteing sustainable farming practices ~~and food sovereignty~~(del) in developing countries; safeguarding food security for LDCs and Net Food Importing Developing Countries, eliminating land grabbing, securing the property rights of smallholders, indigenous farmers, ending seed monopolies and dependency on specialised pesticides ~~are essential~~(del) in accordance with the principle of partnership stipulated by the Cotonou Agreement; Amendment 43 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that, in the context of tackling international speculation in agricultural commodity prices, the new CAP should establish appropriate mechanisms and rules ~~to govern trade~~(del) in agricultural commodity derivatives and enhance transparency; believes that the EU should lead by example, by establishing within its territory local auctioning agricultural markets and local distribution systems, which increase the bargaining power of smallholders in the food supply chain; source: PE-462.581
10	2011/2185(INI) Annual report on human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy 2012/02/22 AFET 10 amendments... Amendment 33 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas different EU Member States have unique experiences to offer in terms of overcoming authoritarian regimes in their own past, and whereas this transition experience should be better utilised in the Union's relations with partner countries in strengthening democracy and human rights; Amendment 37 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Stresses, too, that the Union's policies ~~must not only~~should be consistent~~, but also exemplary, in order to maximise its moral authority globall~~ and exemplary; insists that a clear indication that the recommendations made in the 2007 Fava report on the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners will be implemented, and welcomes the initiative to draw up a follow-up Parliamentary report; Amendment 68 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Believes that the promotion and support of non-violence reflects an international value that should constitute a priority for the EU's human rights and democracy policies, particularly considering that the non-violent methodology offers an effective and appropriate means and outcomes in terms of the prevention of conflict and support for democracy, rule of law and civil society around the world; Amendment 73 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. ~~Invit~~Urges the HR/VP in her drafting of future Annual Reports to consult actively ~~and~~, systematically and in a transparent fashion with Parliament, and to report on the way that Parliament's resolutions have been taken into account; asks the HR/VP to more regularly provide information on the stage of preparation of future Annual Reports whenever requested to do so by Parliament; Amendment 90 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Further recommends that, whenever a gross breach of human rights occurs by a partner country with which an international agreement such as a PCA has been concluded, the EU takes bolder steps in carrying out the appropriate sanctions as stipulated in the human rights clauses of the agreement, including possible temporary suspension of the agreement; Amendment 167 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that the application of the clause as it currently stands , for example with the Colombia/Peru Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) due to come before Parliament, provides an opportunity for the European Parliament itself to explore the potential for setting human rights benchmarks in advance of ratification, in order to achieve concrete and verifiable progress in respect for human rights; encourages the Commission to draft a new ‘model clause’ referring to the parties' international obligations, comprising a procedure for consultation and specifying political and legal mechanisms to be used in the event of a request for cooperation to be suspended on the grounds of repeated or systemic human rights violations in breach of international law; recommends that a clear system of sanctions ~~short of suspension~~ be developed; insists strongly on the need for Parliament to be a joint decision-maker with the Commission and the Council in this respect; Amendment 230 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 57 a (new) 57 a. Is concerned that in Egypt, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has failed to conduct an investigation into reports of sexual assault of female protestors, including the so- called 'virginity checks' and death threats against female protesters; Amendment 231 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 58 58. Welcomes the ~~indefatigable championing of~~emphasis put on women's empowerment by the HR/VP and calls on her to institutionalise the EU Inter- institutional Informal Task Force on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) by providing it with a full- time chair, who will also act as the gender focal point in the EEAS, as part of allocating adequate human and financial resources to its task; Amendment 276 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 a (new) 66 a. Recommends initiatives for EU legislation to ensure attention is paid in EU human rights policy and instruments of cooperation to eliminate caste discrimination, and action in caste- affected countries, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Yemen; Amendment 314 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Marietje SCHAAKE, Charles GOERENS, Metin KAZAK, Kristiina OJULAND, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah Motion for a resolution Paragraph 80 80. Recognises the need for human rights concerns to be mainstreamed through the work of all parliamentary committees and delegations dealing with external relations; recommends that Members of the European Parliament systematically meet with human rights defenders during official missions to third countries, including with imprisoned activists wherever possible, to provide the latter with greater visibility; welcomes the decision to augment the resources available to the Subcommittee on Human Rights in the light of the changes arising from the Treaty of Lisbon; source: PE-480.864
7	2011/2186(INI) European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010 2012/01/20 DEVE 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Whereas EIB's activity outside the EU has developed primarily in middle income countries, with limited staff resources particularly for upstream work and for project monitoring, as well as limited local presence compared to the level and complexity of financing activities outside the EU; Amendment 2 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that in 2010, the EIB lent EUR 5 bn of the total 72 bn EIB lending to developing countries (1.2 bn to Asia and Latin America (ALA), EUR1 bn to ACP (973m) and South Africa (50m), EUR 2.55 bn to the Mediterranean countries and EUR 328 mn to Central Asian countries) of which only EUR 467 mn for projects directly aiming at achieving the MDGs; Amendment 4 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. CRecalls that a narrow focus on GDP-led growth does not automatically deliver inclusive and sustainable development and reduce inequality; in this context, calls on the EIB to link its financing projects more directly to poverty reduction and the achievement of the MDGs, human rights, corporate social responsibility, decent work and environmental principles and good governance, through the implementation of Decision No° 1080/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; accordingly, takes the view that adequate concessional finance and staff resource is necessary for enabling EIB to support more effectively EU development cooperation objectives; Amendment 5 # Bart STAES, Thijs BERMAN, Maurice PONGA, Gabriele ZIMMER, Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EIB to actively support projects aimed at financial inclusion, i.e. facilitating equal access to financial services such as loans and savings and insurance schemes, for instance through supporting microfinance institutions; Amendment 6 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes EIB's commitments and policy developed regarding non- cooperative jurisdictions; however, expresses its concern about the lack of transparency regarding the way "global loans" are allocated and monitored in terms of tax governance; recalls that the EIB should ensure that recipients of its loans do not avail themselves of tax havens or use other harmful tax practises such as abusive transfer pricing which may lead to tax evasion or avoidance; in this context, calls on the EIB to request that financial intermediaries make public any use of the global loans they receive, including a report of their activities in any individual country in which they operate; Amendment 7 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Regrets that the EIB is not prioritising investment in local companies in ACP countries; Deems that monitoring of global loans or loans for SMEs should be improved, to ensure that financial intermediaries properly implement ~~properly~~ the EIB's requirements, ~~and~~ to ensure accountability, transparency and environmental sustainability in the use of funds ~~granted~~ to local SMEs; takes the view that the definition of SMEs used in each external region should be clarified, taking into account of the structure of the local economies; Amendment 8 # Bart STAES, Maurice PONGA, Thijs BERMAN, Charles GOERENS, Gabriele ZIMMER Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) ~~setting-up of an "EU Platform for External Cooperation and Develop~~7a. Welcomes the initiative of concluding a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the European Parliament" and t~~o guarantee transparency in the process;~~he EIB; in this context, stresses upon the need to involve closely the EP in the process of discussion on the source: PE-480.600
8	2011/2286(INI) Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America 2012/03/23 DEVE 8 amendments... Amendment 17 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Deplores the~~Expresses its concern about the lack of rigour on the implementation of the established eligibility criteria; takes note on Commission proposal on the DCI, which withdraws access to bilateral programmes from eleven LAC MICs; recalls that thsome countries of Latin America are among the most unequal in the world in terms of per capita income and that persistent inequality occurs in a context of low socio-economic mobility; stresses that they are a group of very heterogeneous countries and differentiated cooperation should therefore be maintained, based on coordination and political dialogue; Amendment 21 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 ~~9. Stresses, taking account of those indicators, that the EU should continue bilateral cooperation under the future DCI, at least with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru;~~deleted Amendment 28 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 1 – an explicit link between the objectives and the sectoral concentration of bilateral aid in order to strengthen social cohesion, especially through the co-financing of active policies and programmes to reduce inequality in terms of income and opportunities, as well as other more advanced programmes supporting competitiveness and promoting sustainable development, including the promotion of technological and scientific cooperation and innovation, as well as technical assistance, priority access to thematic programmes, moves towards reimbursable aid and scholarship programmes; Amendment 55 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recalls that the Association Agreements and the Multiparty Trade Agreements are a powerful incentive in regional integration; argues that the lack of coherence between policies jeopardises this process; Amendment 61 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that civil society plays a ~~central~~n important role in the consolidation of democracy and the shaping, implementation and scrutiny of development policies in Latin America; deplores the scant importance given to civil society in current cooperation programmes and the low level of resources allocated; Amendment 67 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Expresses its concern at the social impact of the high levels of crime and violence in the region, in particular femicide; considers it necessary to define a strategy that will tackle its economic, social and political causes; Amendment 107 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the definition of a new cooperation policy must take account of the specific priorities and needs of each country and the EU must collaborate with ~~the Middle Income C~~all Latin American countries ~~(MICs)~~ when leading the fight against poverty and for development at the regional and global level; Amendment 141 # Renate WEBER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas some of the countries in Latin America isare among the most violent ~~regions of~~in the world, and criminality associated with phenomena such as drug trafficking and organised crime continues to be a serious problem in the region, posing a threat to its development; source: PE-483.728
6	2011/2318(INI) External dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy 2012/02/16 DEVE 6 amendments... Amendment 4 # Maurice PONGA, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Isabella LÖVIN, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the SFAs concluded by the EU with developing countries are based on a true spirit of partnership under which the cost of access to fishery resources is a fair reflection of their value and developing countries’ fishery resources, ecosystems and marine biodiversity are sustainably conserved; Amendment 5 # Maurice PONGA, Isabella LÖVIN, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Takes the view that European fleets’ catches in developing countries’ waters which are provided for in the SFAs should be based on the existence of a surplus which cannot be caught by local fishing fleets and that ‘local catches’ should be understood within the meaning of Article 70 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which stipulates that they also include the catches of coastal States whose geographical situation makes them dependent upon the exploitation of the living resources of the exclusive economic zones of other States in the subregion or region; Amendment 6 # Maurice PONGA, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Isabella LÖVIN, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Highlights the importance of the joint scientific groups responsible for providing scientific opinions on the state of fishing resources on the basis of the best information available and insists that those groups should have appropriate financial, technical and human resources to carry out their tasks and to work together with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMO); Amendment 15 # Maurice PONGA, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Isabella LÖVIN, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to include a governance clause in future SFAs which acknowledges not only the rights of developing countries to develop their local fisheries sectors sustainably, but also the principles of good governance, transparency and the fight against corruption; Amendment 17 # Maurice PONGA, Isabella LÖVIN, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points to the importance of the joint committees for proper implementation of SFAs and calls for those committees to be open to the fishery sector actors and parliamentarians developing countries and the EU in order to improve transparency and contribute to good governance at SFA level; Amendment 18 # Maurice PONGA, Isabella LÖVIN, Charles GOERENS, Kriton ARSENIS, Nirj DEVA Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage third-country partners to gather and publish any relevant information, if not already available, on fishing activities carried out in their waters; source: PE-480.890
47	2012/2002(INI) Agenda for change: the future of EU development policy 2012/06/06 DEVE 47 amendments... Amendment 1 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the Council’s conclusions on: ‘Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change’1, __________________ 1 3166th Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 14 May 2012: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13024 3.pdf Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the Council’s conclusions on: ‘The Future Approach to EU Budget Support to Third Countries’2, __________________ 2 3166th Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 14 May 2012: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_Data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/13024 1.pdf Amendment 3 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) - having regard to the Council’s conclusions on: ‘Policy Coherence for Development’3, __________________ 3 3166th Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 14 May 2012: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/130225 .pdf Amendment 7 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to its Resolution of 27 September 2011 on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges5, __________________ 5 Texts adopted on this date, P7_TA(2011)0410 Amendment 9 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 11 c (new) - having regard to the DAC Peer Review of the Development Cooperation Policies and Programmes of the EU, published on 24 April 2012 by the Development Aid Committee (DAC) of the OECD7, __________________ 7 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/61/46/5015 5818.pdf Amendment 10 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Consensus for Development, signed by the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament is an acquis, and recalling the importance and the scope of this document, which enshrines the European Roadmap for development, as well as the acquis and the guidelines arising from it, Amendment 11 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas 2015 is the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, Amendment 13 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas globalisation, a major source of wealth, particularly in middle-income countries, has not, however, contributed sufficiently to reducing insecurity or indeed poverty, Amendment 16 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas development cooperation consists of promoting human development and the fulfilment of human beings in all their dimensions, including their cultural dimension, Amendment 18 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas reinforcing synergies and establishing a strategic link between humanitarian aid and development aid is a necessary condition for developing resilience and initiating a process of sustainable development in fragile or transition countries whose populations are among the poorest and most vulnerable, Amendment 19 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas, pursuant to Article 2(3) of the Treaty on European Union, one of the aims of the Union is to encourage a sustainable social market economy and this approach applies to both development policy and neighbourhood policy, Amendment 23 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. recalling the willingness of the Commission to cease ODA to middle- income countries within the scope of the differentiation as provided for in the Agenda for Change, Amendment 25 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas since the objective of the Agenda for Change proposed by the Commission is to strengthen the impact of current development policy, achievement of the Europe 2020 strategy and the other interests of the European Union in the area of the Union’s external activity should be planned in accordance with the objectives of its development policy, Amendment 26 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E e (new) Ee. whereas at international level, particularly within the G20, there is a democratic deficit in decision-making structures based on a form of governance that excludes the poorest developing countries, Amendment 27 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E f (new) Ef. having regard to the Commission’s analysis of the current deficiencies in development policy (fragmentation of aid and duplication, since the division of labour among donors is far from ideal), Amendment 28 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital E g (new) Eg. whereas the new Agenda includes a limited number of priorities, making it better able to meet new challenges, including the impact of the financial crisis, climate change, energy problems and recurring food crises, Amendment 31 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Agenda for Change is innovative in that it focuses, inter alia, on harnessing budgetary resources, combining subsidies and loans and promoting the private sector; considers that the use of these mechanisms should contribute, principally, to lifting the inhabitants of developing countries out of extreme poverty and dependencegratulates the Council on having taken account, in its conclusions of 14 May 2010, of both basic principles underlying EU development cooperation and some of the positions expressed by the European Parliament in its recent resolutions on development cooperation; Amendment 32 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the Agenda for Change is innovative by focusing, among other things, on the use of budget support, on combining grants and loans and on promoting the private sector; believes that using these mechanisms should essentially contribute to lifting the citizens of developing countries out of extreme poverty and dependence; Amendment 35 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes the Commission’s intention to promote ‘inclusive and sustainable growth in the service of human development’, but regrets that the document does not contain any explicit references to the need to promote more equitable distribution of the wealth produced and emphasises that, from a development perspective, this new instrument should have no objective besides that of the economic and social advancement of the most deprived; Amendment 42 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Reaffirms its commitment, in this regard, to social inclusion, and the decision to allocate at least 20 % of EU aid in its entirety to basic social services as defined by the United Nations in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Amendment 44 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 ~~4. Invites the Council to play a leading role in the interinstitutional dialogue with the Commission and Parliament, and to do so in the spirit of the European Consensus on Development;~~deleted Amendment 45 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Warns that exclusive attention to economic growth and excessive confidence in the effects of automatic redistribution of development in the private sector could lead to unbalanced, non-inclusive growth; Amendment 50 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Emphasises the responsibility of all state and non-state actors to focus their strategies on eliminating poverty; stresses, on the one hand, the responsibility of the EU to meet its target of 0.7 % by 2015 and, on the other, the essential fight against poverty in emerging economies using means relevant to their internal solidarity; in this regard, welcomes the conclusions of the Council, which encourage the Union to ‘continue its political dialogue on poverty reduction and the fight against inequalities with more advanced countries’; Amendment 58 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes it essential for middle-income countries to commit an increasing proportion of their revenue to social purposes, particularly through developing taxation systems and other internal redistribution and social protection systems, thereby enabling the European Union to gradually scale back its current development programmes; Amendment 59 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Request~~Approves of the concept of differentiation; invites the Commission, ~~therefore~~however, to negotiate a roadmap for the gradual reduction of Official Development Assistance (ODA) with middle-income countries, to limit itself in time to granting only technical assistance to these countries and to involve them progressively in North–South–South triangular cooperations; Amendment 70 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) ni10a. Believes that the new Strategy on Human Rights, which focuses on economic, social and cultural rights as well as those codified in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, should have an impact on budget support methods; advocates positive and weighted conditionality in this area, based on a dynamic approach – concerned with safeguarding the gains won after years of partnership – and which should take place within the framework of a partnership based on a political dialogue on the use of various methods of implementation of European Union financial support; Amendment 74 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Agrees with the Council’s call for the adoption of a rights-based approach to development, through which the European Union recognises, in particular, the right to universal, non- discriminatory access to basic services, participation in democratic political processes, transparency and accountability, justice and the Rule of Law, with an emphasis on poor and vulnerable groups; Amendment 75 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Regrets, however, that in the Commission communications human rights mainly appear as part of a broader good governance conditionality, which seems to have only instrumental value for development; points out that a human rights-based approach to development cannot be limited to conditionality, and that an integrated understanding of human rights is needed, whereby equal attention is paid to civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights and development is understood in the first place as human development; Amendment 76 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 g (new) 10g. Recalls, in this context, the importance of recognition by the EU of the right to development of these partner countries and the obligations arising from this right for donor countries; Amendment 77 # Michael CASHMAN, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 h (new) 10h. In line with the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, calls on the Commission to continue supporting a rights based approach to the population and development agenda, notably through collaboration with CSOs and UN agencies like UNFPA; Amendment 80 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 k (new) 10k. Believes that the imposition of conditions for the use of certain kinds of ODA disbursement should go hand in hand with democratic monitoring of budgets by parliaments, the courts of auditors, civil society and regional and local authorities in recipient countries and with guarantees from the European Union on the continuity and predictability of aid provided by the Union, and welcomes the fact that the Council has included these recommendations in its conclusions; stresses the need to continue and expand the ‘MDG contracts’ system; Amendment 81 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 l (new) 10l. Believes that the official ODA publication does not sufficiently reflect the means that are truly available in this regard; Amendment 83 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 n (new) 10n. Emphasises the need to strengthen political dialogue, particularly among the three institutions of the EU, in order to strengthen the existing level of consensus and involvement regarding the adoption of the ‘European Consensus on Development’ in 2005; believes, therefore, that the new programme can only be an instrument that is compatible with the ‘Consensus’, leading to a more effective development policy that serves the overarching cooperation development objective of the European Union, which is to eradicate poverty – in particular, through efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – in a context of sustainable development; Amendment 84 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 o (new) 10o. Wishes to preserve the consensual character of all EU institutions regarding cooperation development as defined on 20 December 2005 and, in this spirit, calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to add her signature to the European Consensus on Development, since the European External Action Service over which she presides assumes significant programming responsibilities; Amendment 86 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Regrets that the Commission has only called on the Council to approve its Agenda for Change, despite the fact that democratic control, as provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon, should be fully applied in the field of development policy implementation; stresses that in order to become operational, all changes in the geographic, thematic and sectoral development priorities of the Union must be decided through codecision by the Parliament and the Council within the framework of instruments for the financing of development cooperation which fall within the ordinary legislative procedure; Amendment 90 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Calls on the Commission to develop the tools necessary to guarantee a strategic link between humanitarian aid and development in situations of fragility, crisis and post-crisis, so as to strengthen the resilience of the populations of the countries concerned; Amendment 92 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new) 11g. Considers it essential to highlight the comparative advantages of the EU’s development cooperation policy and, in this regard, calls on the Commission, with the aid of the OECD, to define a methodology that will allow it to assess the impact of its own policy and compare it with that of the policies of other actors, particularly the so-called ‘emerging’ economies; Amendment 93 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new) 11h. Recalls the need for a consistent approach by the 28 actors that have already been united by the Consensus and calls for a common reading of the situation and a common perception of the strategic issues; believes that, to this end, a strategic think tank at European Union level might be indispensable; Amendment 94 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new) 11i. Calls for the creation of an independent think tank, administratively linked to the Commission, with the objective of developing analytical and advisory abilities for all European cooperation actors in order to ensure the added value of a well-coordinated, consistent policy; Amendment 95 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new) 11j. Supports the Commission’s intention to focus activities led by the EU in each partner country on a limited number of priority sectors, but recalls that, in order to achieve the best results, it is necessary to identify these priorities in the partnership framework and to respect fully the ownership and priorities of the partner; Amendment 96 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. ~~Regrets that the Agenda for Change tends to alter the acquis that made for cohesive development policies that sought to satisfy the common interests of the EU and its partners~~Supports the Council’s recollection of ‘the Treaty obligation to take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies which are likely to affect developing countries, and to pursue these objectives in the overall framework of the Union’s external action’; Amendment 99 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Deplores the lack of political dialogue between institutional actors, which is particularly harmful to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD); deplores, in this context, the fact that the Commission’s communication does not include the three policies of the Union that have the greatest impact on developing countries, namely the trade policy, agricultural policy and fisheries policy of the Union; in this regard, agrees with the Council’s observation ‘that close cooperation between the European External Action Service and the European Commission is necessary to ensure greater consistency of EU external action and PCD’; Amendment 102 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that an active civil society is the best guarantee – in the countries of the North and of the South – of good democratic governance, the protection of vulnerable groups of people, particularly persons with disabilities, private sector responsibility and an improved capacity to distribute the benefits of economic growth; Amendment 109 # Charles GOERENS, Thijs BERMAN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Expresses its hope that development cooperation will be a more prominent topic during the course of 2015, a key year in which deep reflection will be required, particularly with regard to following up on the MDGs; would like to see the Commission name 2015 the ‘European Year for Development’; Amendment 114 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Believes that certain new challenges, particularly climate change and universal access to energy, are not sufficiently covered by the sectors of intervention selected in the Commission’s proposal; Amendment 118 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 f (new) 15f. Stresses the need to take account of the cross-sectional dimension of culture and the importance of including it in all foreign policies of the EU in general and in the development policy in particular; Amendment 119 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 g (new) 15g. Believes that the Commission must maintain the monopoly of programming in the area of development and cooperation policies; source: PE-491.146
1	2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue 2012/05/16 DEVE 1 amendments... Amendment 1 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Insists that the EU and the Member States must take seriously their partnership with DCI-funded developing countries which receive funding under the DCI and that long-term predictability is an essential element of this partnership; insists that the poorest and most vulnerable populations in DCI beneficiary countries should not be made to bear the brunt of the substantial increases in funding of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument in response to the Arab Spring; draws attention to the commitment made in connection with the Agenda for Change to gradually scale back the EU programmes still in progress in middle- income countries, starting from the next multiannual financial framework (2014- 2020); source: PE-489.499
6	2012/2063(INI) EU 2011 report on policy coherence for development 2012/08/28 DEVE 6 amendments... Amendment 8 # Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas the new development policy framework presented in the Agenda for Change aims for policy coherence not only within the Union but also with regards to the Union and its Member States by advocating joint-programming and emphasising the role of the EU as coordinator, convener and policy maker; Amendment 12 # Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) A g. whereas the EU is committed to reaching the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) in official development assistance (ODA) by 2015; Amendment 15 # Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital A j (new) A j. whereas the Agenda for Change (COM (2011) 637) in its aim to increase the impact of EU development assistance reiterates that the objectives of development, democracy, human rights, good governance and security are intertwined; Amendment 35 # Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Member States and their national parliaments to promote PCD through a specific working programme with binding timetables, in order to improve the European PCD work programme; calls for the introduction of structured annual meetings between representatives of national parliaments of EU Member States and the European Parliament to ensure consistency in the spending of development aid; Amendment 44 # Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Asks the High Representative ~~to acknowledge~~ and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to confirm their important roles in making PCD a reality ~~through the EEAS~~; Amendment 47 # Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to deepen the cooperation with the European Parliament and national parliaments on Policy Coherence for Development by engaging in more exchanges with them on the subject and by accompanying them in acquiring specific analytical capacity to contribute to promoting PCD in the EU; proposes that these exchanges between national parliaments, the European Parliament and the Commission should come in the form of structured annual meetings which include clear objectives along with task monitoring activities with the goal of strengthening PCD in the EU; source: PE-494.579
6	2012/2137(INI) EU-China relations 2012/07/11 AFET 6 amendments... Amendment 50 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas China emphasises social human rights ~~(e.g., food, clothes, economic development), while the EU stresses individual human rights (e.g., freedom of speech, religion, association)~~and attaches no particular importance to first-generation human rights; Amendment 56 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas ~~China is a country that is passionate about~~ the internet has experienced tremendous growthe in~~ternet, with more than 500 million user~~ China, but is subject to extremely strict controls; Amendment 112 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas ~~nowhere in the world is~~ China’'s ~~explosive growth more visible than in Africa, as illustrated by the impressive rise of China’s mutual trade volume by 80 % to USD 166.3 billion between 2009 and 2011, according to Chinese statistics~~presence in Africa is increasingly intrusive; Amendment 208 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Admires the courage and the social responsibility of numerous Chinese citizens for defending precious social rights in their country, but denounces the tragic state of affairs whereby several of them are being officially persecuted and punished for their efforts to correct well-known social dangers/criminal acts such as corruption, abuse of office, environmental damage, AIDS infection, food poisoning, construction fraud concerning schools, illegal land and property expropriation, often committed by local party authorities; urges the Chinese leadership to encourage civil responsibility for observing social human rights and to rehabilitate officially persecuted and punished defenders of these rights; ~~also expects a responsibl~~reminds the Chinese leadership to comply strictly with individual human rights; Amendment 224 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that the Chinese Government is tightening its surveillance of the internet by way of a new law that forbids betrayal of state secrets, harming of national pride, endangering the ethnic unity of the country or making calls for ‘illegal protests’ or ‘mass meetings’; ~~criticises the fact~~notes that thesre ~~prohibitions are rather obscurely formulated and thus clear the way for unbridled~~is therefore no longer any real limit to censorship; Amendment 227 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Is concerned about the entry into force of the new provisions relating to control of the internet legalizing the closure of blogs, but also providing stiff penalties for bloggers, journalists and lawyers who defend them; source: PE-497.775
27	2012/2145(INI) Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter 2012/02/10 AFET 27 amendments... Amendment 17 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) - having regard to the draft UN Principles and Guidelines on effective elimination of discrimination based on Work and Descent published by the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/11/CRP.3), Amendment 18 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Citation 22 b (new) - having regard to observations and recommendations on caste discrimination by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Treaty Bodies and UN Special Procedures, noting in particular the Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance of 24 May 2011 (A/HRC/17/40), Amendment 41 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas democracy isand the rule of law are the best safeguard of human rights and fundamental freedoms, tolerance of all groups in society and equality of opportunity for each person; Amendment 103 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Reiterates its strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue their political, diplomatic, logistical and financial backing of the ICC and other international criminal tribunals, including the ad hoc international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; calls on the EU Member States to continue to provide judicial support and the assistance of their police forces in serving arrest warrants approved by the ICC and other international courts; Amendment 129 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Underlines, further to the Arab Spring, the importance of developing a coherent and nuanced EU policy on transitional justice, ~~including the linkage to~~and of promoting the ICC a’s a ~~court of last resort~~dditional role, to help countries in transition address the past human rights violations and to fight against impunity; Amendment 131 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Recommends that the EU and its Member States take all the measures necessary to prevent the commission of international criminal offences established by the Rome Statute of the ICC; Amendment 136 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the EU’s efforts in the field of IHL and to ensure accountability by documenting any abuses of IHL and supporting accountability mechanisms, as well as its pledges to combat enforced disappearances, continue support for the ICC, work towards further participation in the principal IHL instruments, promote respect for fundamental procedural guarantees for all persons detained in armed conflict, and support international instruments seeking to address humanitarian hazards of explosive remnants of war, cluster munitions, improvised explosive devices and anti- personnel landmines; condemns, in general, the use of indiscriminate, irreversibly lethal or unnecessarily cruel weapons and continues to promote a ban on their manufacture and proliferation; Amendment 143 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. ~~Reiterates its commitment to the principle of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P), stressing~~Stresses the importance of external actors, including the EU, addressing gross human rights violations in third countries when the governments of these countries are unable or unwilling to protect their own citizens; stresses the importance of engaging in R2P actions under the auspices or authorisation of the UN whenever possible; Amendment 149 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. ~~Commends, in this context,~~Deplores the lac~~tions of several Member States which took the lead in~~k of a concerted EU response to prevent~~ing~~ further violence against civilians in Libya during the course of 2011~~, but regrets the lack of a concerted response at EU level~~; Amendment 171 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Condemns severely the acts of violence by the Syrian Government against its own people; Amendment 183 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Underlines that a longer-term approach covering the whole election cycle is required to appropriately follow up on the reports and recommendations of the EU Election Observation Missions; stresses the importance of drawing up realistic and achievable recommendations and of ensuring that these recommendations are monitored and become part of political dialogue and assistance by the EU delegations; considers that Parliament's standing delegations and the joint parliamentary assemblies should also play an enhanced role in following up these recommendations and analysing progress with regard to human rights and democracy; Amendment 207 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Stresses that despite some steps taken by the Chinese authorities in the right direction, the human rights situation continues to deteriorate and is marked by widening social unrest and the tightening of control and repression of human rights defenders, lawyers, bloggers, and social activists, as well as by targeted policies aimed at marginalising Tibetans and their cultural identity; urges the Chinese authorities to engage seriously with the Tibetan people to assess the underlying causes of self-immolations of Tibetan monks and nuns and cease harassment and intimidation of Tibetans who exercise their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, end all use of unnecessary excessive force in facing protestors, investigate all instances of human rights violations, and allow independent monitors into areas of protest; Amendment 208 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 b (new) 40b. Reiterates its call for the need to appoint an EU Special Representative for Tibet who would be responsible for the defence of human rights and, among other topical issues, the right to freely practice one's religion and culture in China; Amendment 234 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Notes that the EU is developing a human rights monitoring mechanism to be included as part of new partnership and cooperation agreements, and other trade agreements, with a number of countries; is concerned that these monitoring mechanisms are not ambitious enough and not clearly defined, compromising the EU's treaty commitment to the promotion of human rights and democracy in the world; is particularly concerned in this regard about the PCA with Uzbekistan and the pending PCA with Turkmenistan; Amendment 244 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) 51a. Stresses that religious beliefs should be respected; however, this should not impede the freedom of expression which must be used responsibly; Amendment 255 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 53 a (new) 53a. Welcomes Council decisions to ban the export of certain information technologies and services to Syria and Iran and urges the European Union to consider these cases as precedents for future restrictive measures against other repressive regimes; strongly supports the proposal to include human rights violations in the EU dual-use export control system as a reason for which non- listed items may be subject to export restrictions by Member States; Amendment 296 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 70. Strongly regrets that homosexuality remains criminalised in 78 states, including five in which it is subject to the death penalty; calls on these states to decriminalise homosexuality without delay, to free those imprisoned on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity and not to execute them; calls on the EEAS to make full use of the LGBT Toolkit to protect the rights of LGBTI people; calls on the Council to work towards binding guidelines in this area; calls on the EEAS and Member States to assist LGBTI human rights defenders in countries where they are at risk, and calls on the VP/HR to continue making clear the European Union's firm commitment to equality and non-discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in the world, including by launching and supporting initiatives at bilateral, international and UN level on these matters; repeats its call on the Commission to issue a roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity; Amendment 298 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Jörg LEICHTFRIED, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 a (new) 70a. Calls on Member States to grant asylum to people fleeing persecution in countries where LGBT people are criminalised, on the basis of applicants' well-founded fears of persecution, and relying on their self-identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex; Amendment 299 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Jörg LEICHTFRIED, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 b (new) 70b. Reasserts that the principle of non- discrimination, including on grounds of sex and sexual orientation, is a fundamental element in the ACP-EU partnership; Amendment 300 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Jörg LEICHTFRIED, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 70 c (new) 70c. Underlines that for the EU's foreign policy to be credible and coherent in the field of fundamental rights, equality and anti-discrimination, the Council should adopt the directive on equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and enlarge the application of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to cover other targeted groups, such as LGBT persons; Amendment 301 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 71 71. Condemns the continued human rights violations committed against people suffering from caste-based discrimination, including the denial of equality and access to justice, continued segregation and caste- induced barriers to the achievement of basic human rights; requests the Council, the EEAS and the Commission to take joint action on caste-based discrimination, including in EU human rights communications, frameworks and country- based strategies and dialogues, wherever appropriate, and to promote the draft UN Principles and Guidelines for the elimination of discrimination based on work and descent as a guiding framework to eliminate caste discrimination, and work for their endorsement by the UN Human Rights Council; Amendment 303 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 71 a (new) 71a. Requests the High Representative and the Special Representative for Human Rights to give full recognition to caste discrimination as a cross-cutting human rights and poverty predicament affecting most severely women; Amendment 307 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 72 a (new) 72a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities established in 2006 within the framework of the UN both within and outside the European Union; Amendment 309 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 72 a (new) 72a. Emphasises the importance of the right to citizenship as one of the most fundamental rights, since in many countries only full citizens are granted all the conditions to fulfil and exercise their basic human rights, including public security, wellbeing and education; Amendment 321 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 75. Urges the EU to enhance its action to end the practices of female genital mutilation (FGM), early and forced marriages, and gender-selective abortion; insists that these policies should be essential elements in EU approach to development cooperation; stresses the importance of adequate access to medical means, and of information about sexual and reproductive health and rights, to the wellbeing of women in all countries; Amendment 327 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Richard HOWITT, Marie-Christine VERGIAT, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 75 a (new) 75a. Notes that there continues to be insufficient attention given to sexual and reproductive rights violations that undermine efforts towards the Cairo Programme of Action (ICPD) commitments; underlines that progress on reproductive health has been limited in some contexts by violations such as child, early and forced marriage and failure to enforce a legal minimum age of marriage, coercive practices such as forced sterilisation or FGM, as well as denial of autonomy to women and girls to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health free of discrimination, coercion and violence; Amendment 400 # Leonidas DONSKIS, Baroness LUDFORD, Sarah, Charles GOERENS, Kristiina OJULAND, Metin KAZAK, Marietje SCHAAKE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 a (new) 83a. Recalls that in a number of countries the prohibition, confiscation and destruction of both places of worship and religious publications, and prohibition of the training of clergy, are still common practice; urges the EU institutions, in their contacts with the relevant governments, to counter such violations; source: PE-496.431
3	2012/2222(INI) Preparation of the multiannual financial framework regarding the financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Overseas Countries and Territories for the 2014-2020 period (11th European Development Fund) 2012/11/12 BUDG 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls once again for the budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF), as this would contribute to the more effective promotion of Union priorities and thematic support and would enhance the visibility, as well as the consistency, of the EU's actions as the world's largest donor of development aid; invites the Commission to present a roadmap for the budgetisation of the EDF after 2020, containing details on the timeline and procedure for its inclusion in the Union budget; Amendment 2 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Insists however that the incorporation of the EDF into the EU budget ~~should not influence the~~must lead to an overall fin~~ancial allocation for the other priority areas and policies of the Union~~crease of the EU budget by the amount initially foreseen to finance the EDF; Amendment 8 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that the 2015 deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and the collective Official Development Aid (ODA) target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI), fall within the next MFF period; stresses, accordingly, that an appropriate overall level of development aid and funding is required for the Union and its Member States to meet its international development commitments; urges Member States to take immediate action to meet their ODA targets and fulfil their development pledges; source: PE-501.984
1	2012/2253(INI) 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS. Recommendation to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, to the Council and to the Commission 2013/08/02 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Rec~~ommends low-cost, high-efficiency strategies, such as~~alls that the EEAS cannot be considered as a 28th diplomatic service but must aim at enabling savings to be made in all Member States and improving diplomatic high-efficiency strategies between the European Union and its Member States through the pooling and sharing of expertise and know-how with Member States' ministries and diplomatic services, a focused effort to remove any duplication in tasks, functions and resources with other European institutions, and closer cooperation with international organisations and international financial institutions; source: PE-504.365
6	2012/2263(INI) Situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU 2013/03/21 DEVE 6 amendments... Amendment 1 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the importance of a coherent development of the EU policies on immigration, asylum and children's rights, - concerning both minors in the EU and in third countries - taking due account of their impact on developing countries; recalls the obligation of Policy Coherence (PCD) enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty; Amendment 4 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that action to combat trafficking in human beings and to prevent illegal immigration by addressing its root causes is a vital prerequisite in addressing the issue of unaccompanied minors; Amendment 7 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Points to the obvious protection gap at EU level as regards the reception of and provision of assistance to unaccompanied minors; considers that, in view of this, the EU should continue: (a) to provide increased resources to support full implementation of improvements in recent EU legislation and policies, including through strengthened implementation of the current EU Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors; (b) to plan for renewing efforts in this field through a further action plan post 2014, and (c) to introduce a common and binding regulatory framework with clear rules to address the challenge in its entirety, in order to correct the current shortcomings and the disparities existing between Member States, such as age assessment, guardians, access to services and the identification and implementation of durable solutions; Amendment 11 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 5 ~~5. Calls for an increase in EU funding to address this problem; regrets that child protection is significantly and consistently underfunded in comparison with other humanitarian sectors;~~deleted Amendment 16 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that preventing the rnee~~stablishment of family ties, return and measures to~~d for, and reducing the risks of unsafe migration, identification, family tracing, assessing family circumstances, fostering opportunities for return and reintegration where this is in the best interests of a minor, combating trafficking in human beings and strengthening child protection systems are matters to be discussed in the EU's regular dialogues with partner countries and must form an integral part of the agenda of the European External Action Service and of the Commission delegations; Amendment 17 # Charles GOERENS Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Considers it essential to introduce a coordinated EU-wide method of data collection, including both quantitative and qualitative data, by reinforcing the role of Frontex and Europol and with the involvement of the European Migration Network. source: PE-507.982
20	2012/2289(INI) Millennium Development Goals - defining the post-2015 framework 2013/03/26 DEVE 20 amendments... Amendment 9 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 7 – having regard to the work of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the outcome of the Rio+20 conference, Amendment 11 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Citation 8 – having regard to the Commission communication of 12 April 2005 entitled ‘Policy Coherence for Development’ (COM(2005)0134), and the Council conclusions 'Policy Coherence for Development', 3166th Foreign Affairs Council meeting of 14 May 2012, Amendment 21 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the European Consensus for Development, signed by the Commission, the Council and the Parliament is an acquis; recalling the importance and scope of this document, which enshrines the European Roadmap for development, as well as the acquis and the guidelines arising from it; Amendment 28 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas global challenges remain – hunger, restricted access to medication, insufficient health care, lack of proper and safe sanitation, insufficient levels of primary education, and gender inequality; Amendment 42 # Charles GOERENS, Philippe BOULLAND Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is projected that in 2015 more than 600 million people will still be using unimproved water sources which pose a risk to health and that one billion people will be living on less than USD 1.25 per day; whereas declaring 2015 the European Year for Development will thus help raise public awareness in Europe of the importance of the new MDGs; Amendment 46 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the achievement of the MDGs before the deadline will depend largely on the fulfilment of the Global Partnership for Development, and whereas the EU and its Member States should stick to their commitments and not allow the current economic and financial crisis to halt the progress that has been made; Amendment 53 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the lack of peace, security, democracy, respect of human rights and political stability, together with corruption, prevents poor countries from fulfilling their development potential; Amendment 57 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the situation in middle-income countries (MICs) should not be overlooked when reviewing the MDGs while taking into account the principle of differentiation as agreed in the new development agenda; Amendment 76 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Considers that this unified approach requires due coordination between the EU and its Member States before the New York Autumn Summit presentation and high visibility during the negotiation process under the leadership of the European Commissioner for Development; calls on the EU, which is the major donor worldwide, to fully assume its role as the main actor on the post-2015 agenda; Amendment 88 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for a renewed approach to poverty eradication which takes into consideration the importance of inclusive growth, decent work, professional training, fair redistribution of wealth, environmental sustainability, human rights and good governance; Amendment 134 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Urges the international community to pay special attention to creating an environment enabling civil society organisations (CSOs) to– which are basic service providers – to take on their responsibility for framing policies and monitoring their implementation and thus play a proper role in the post-2015 framework; Amendment 176 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Points out that promoting universal access to safe water and modern, reliable, affordable, climate-friendly and sustainable energy services for all is a key driver of poverty eradication and inclusive growth; Amendment 186 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Recalls the commitment made to allocate 0.7 % of gross national income (GNI) to official development assistance (ODA) by 2015; stresses that this level ~~should at least~~has to be maintained in a future framework; Amendment 189 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Recalls the focus on poverty reduction as the main element of development and cooperation policies; recalls the proper implementation of the differentiation principle enshrined in the new development agenda; urges the emerging countries to assume their responsibility in redistributing wealth between their citizens in order to get them out of the poverty gap; Amendment 191 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21 b. Recalls that the challenge of climate change has to be phased by allocating additional financial means; Amendment 199 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 ~~24. Calls on the EU gradually to step up the attention given to non-ODA financing for development;~~deleted Amendment 215 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27 a. Calls on the private sector to set up a code of conduct to ensure responsible financial standards and inhibit tax avoidance; Amendment 221 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30 a. Calls on the EU to develop relevant baselines, indicators and targets for measuring the impact of PCD; Amendment 241 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the EU to continue to pay particular attention ~~to the clear linkages between PCD and~~, ensuring that PCD is firmly incorporated into the post-2015 ~~MDGs~~framework, in particular into the following priority areas: trade and finance, climate change, agriculture, health care, food security, migration, energy, and peace and security policies; Amendment 251 # Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – point a a. the architecture of the post-2015 development agenda should ~~reflect new global and national realit~~provide answers for a world that has fundamentally changed and in which the gap between rich and poor in every country continues to widen, particularly in developing countries; source: PE-508.032

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