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"The report criticises the fact that the European Development Fund (EDF), as the EU’s main financial instrument for development cooperation, is not included in the EU budget. The rapporteur calls on the Commission to propose including the EDF in the EU budget during discussions on the upcoming multiannual financial framework; that is not happening with the present Commission proposal, for now. There have been demands for this change for some time. It would provide EU development cooperation and development aid policy with funding that would be more robust and predictable, as well as making it easier for the institutions responsible for approving the budget to scrutinise. However, we do not share the view that the European External Action Service should ‘fully exercise its political role by active participation in developing the political goals of the recipient countries’. We are also unable to accept the paragraphs mentioning that ‘sound and well-functioning trade relations in line with [World Trade Organisation] principles is [sic] key’ to developing countries’ social and economic development, and those calling on the Commission to resolve outstanding conflicts concerning the proposed economic partnership agreements and free trade between Europe and African, Caribbean and Pacific states."@en1
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