Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-06-07-Speech-2-716-000"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20160607.39.2-716-000"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spoken text |
"Mr President, I welcome this communication. It was understandable that priority was accorded to negotiations with Turkey, but other more vulnerable countries also need our attention, something which was acknowledged today. But when Member States have contributed just 80 million to the 1.8 billion Trust Fund for Africa, the European Parliament must insist that genuine new money be provided and that development aid in particular should not be diverted, as otherwise more for more risks becoming more for less. It is one reason why the Italian proposal for eurobonds as part of the compact should be considered. These bonds would be not just financial bonds, but bonds of solidarity between Europe and the wider world.
Following the UN Conference on Financing for Development, the pledge is made for climate finance at COP21 and Europe’s own support for a financial transactions tax. We have to be open to creating new innovative forms of international finance to meet new international challenges.
I admit that the idea of a grand bargain with third countries to halt refugee flows is distasteful to many. You do not bargain over people’s lives. But let us face it, the EU has done precisely that, linking visa and trade concessions to readmission agreements over many years. So if the money is genuinely additional, if we recognise that 86% of refugees are in the global South and not making their way to Europe, if this new money first and foremost improves the lives and livelihoods of those refugees and of all peoples in the countries to which they have fled, if Europe honours its promise of safe routes for legal migration, then we should give it our support.
Finally, this communication on first reading does appear to fall into the trap of assuming that Europe in its external policy is much more effective as a funder than as a political actor. I praise the commitments in the communication to global diplomacy on migration, but would have liked to see more emphasis on the EU’s diplomatic role in conflict resolution, as well as on active efforts to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian law are upheld, not just saying it, but doing it. Nevertheless, I know that to be the personal commitment of the High Representative/Vice-President and on this and other issues she and First Vice-President Timmermans have our support."@en1
|
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata | |
| lpv:videoURI |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples