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"Greater consistency is needed in EU development aid and cooperation policy, particularly with regard to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. This is even more important now, when these countries are faced with enormous pressures – and even blackmail – from the EU to accept impositions in the form of the ‘Economic Partnership Agreements’ that threaten their interests and compromise the effectiveness of the support provided under instruments such as the European Development Funds (EDF).
The rapporteur maintains that the incorporation of the EDF into the Union budget will strengthen democratic control, accountability and transparency of financing. We would stress the warning that this incorporation of the EDF into the EU general budget must not lead to an overall reduction in development spending with regard to the two current finance instruments.
As the rapporteur mentioned it, we would also stress the need to study and assess the best ways to increase destination countries’ capacities for absorbing EDF aid, which immediately means the profound involvement of both governments and peoples in outlining and implementing programmes, and in setting priorities. As the rapporteur says, full knowledge of appropriate expenditure is also necessary."@en1
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