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Document CJ19-AM-789068 · COM(2025)0551 – 2025/0227(COD)
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| (33) Complementarity should be ensured among the Union’s external financing instruments, in particular with Council Decision (EU) 2021/176416 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the Union, the European Instrument for International Nuclear Safety Cooperation - Decommissioning established by Council Regulation (Euratom) [XXX] [INSC-D]17 , the common foreign and security policy including, where relevant, the Common Security and Defence Policy, and the European Peace Facility, established by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/50918 , which is financed outside the Union budget. | (33) Complementarity should be ensured among the Union’s external financing instruments, in particular with Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764[1] on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the Union, the European Instrument for International Nuclear Safety Cooperation - Decommissioning established by Council Regulation (Euratom) [XXX] [INSC-D][2], [1] Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 of 5 October 2021 on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland) (OJ L 355, 7.10.2021, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/1764/oj). [2] Council Regulation (Euratom) [XXX] of [ establishing the European Instrument for International Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948 (OJ […], […], p. […]). |
| 16 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 of 5 October 2021 on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland) (OJ L 355, 7.10.2021, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/1764/oj). | |
| 17 Council Regulation (Euratom) [XXX] of [ establishing the European Instrument for International Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948 (OJ […], […], p. […]). | |
| 18 Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 of 22 March 2021 establishing a European Peace Facility, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/528 (OJ L 102, 24.3.2021, p. 14–62) |
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| (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. | (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. Recognising the Union's evolving security environment and the geopolitical nature of the Instrument, expenditure under the Europe Pillar referred to in Article 6(1), point (a), including in particular expenditure linked to security sector reform, sanctions enforcement capacity-building, strategic infrastructure, and critical raw materials supply chains, should be excluded from the assessment of the Official Development Assistance target referred to in Article 6(5). |
A 90% ODA target locks the Union out of using its largest external instrument to fund security sector reform, sanctions-enforcement capacity, and critical-infrastructure investments that serve Union security as much as recipient development. Carving out the Europe Pillar (enlargement and Neighbourhood East, where Union strategic interests are most acute) is the most defensible architecture and preserves DAC reportability for the bulk of the Instrument while creating fiscal space for the Europe Pillar to operate as a geopolitical tool.
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| (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. | (34) Union resources should be used for purposes that are more clearly defined than previously and which are proven to be effective. The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources, including among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries that does not engender long-term dependence on aid. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. Stringent conditionality and transparency would have to be ensured in relation to macroeconomic financial assistance, as well as ensuring that the aid does not maintain any inefficient or corrupted structures. |
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| (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. | (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s values and to ensure policy coherence for sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. |
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| (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and interests as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. | (34) The Union should seek the most efficient use of available resources among its financing instruments. In this respect, the Instrument should allow for both contributions to and from other Union programmes, as well as the combination of funding with them. This should contribute to the Union’s priorities and commitments as well as to sustainable development in the Union’s partner countries. This includes coherence and complementarity with macro-financial assistance, where relevant. |
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| (34a) Efficient use of financial resources should encompass the establishment of strategic partnership with local organisations, in particular churches and faith based organisations providing healthcare and quality education complementing public education sector, contributing with that to integral human development in line with the values common to all Member States, on which the Union is founded; |
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| (35) This Regulation should lay down an indicative financial envelope for the Instrument. For the purpose of this Regulation, current prices are calculated by applying a fixed 2% deflator. | (35) This Regulation should lay down an indicative financial envelope for the Instrument. For the purpose of this Regulation, current prices are calculated by applying a fixed 2% deflator. The financial envelope should be subject to a mandatory mid-term review by the European Parliament and the Council assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and value for money of expenditure, with a view to reducing allocations where results cannot be demonstrated. The financial envelope should not be increased by means of delegated or implementing acts without explicit legislative authorisation. |
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| (35a) The Instrument should support access to inclusive, equitable and quality education in partner countries, as a key driver of job creation, economic growth and social stability. It should contribute to strengthening human capital, promoting opportunities, including for girls and vulnerable groups, and fostering resilient and peaceful societies. In line with the European Parliament Resolution 2023/2067, the Instrument should ensure adequate and predictable support for education, including through partnerships with local actors, such as Churches and faith-based organisations providing education inclusive and complementary to national education systems and with international initiatives promoting access to education. |
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| (36) In a rapidly changing economic, social and geopolitical environment, recent experience has shown the need for a more flexible multiannual financial framework and Union spending programmes. To that effect, and in line with the objectives of this Regulation, the funding should duly consider the evolving policy needs and Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents published by the Commission, in Council conclusions and European Parliament resolutions while ensuring sufficient predictability for the budget implementation. | (36) In a rapidly changing economic, social and geopolitical environment, recent experience has shown the need for a more flexible multiannual financial framework and Union spending programmes. To that effect, and in line with the objectives of this Regulation, the funding should duly consider the evolving policy needs and Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents published by the Commission, in Council conclusions and European Parliament resolutions while ensuring sufficient predictability for the budget implementation and ensuring maximum degree of continuity for civil society and partner countries. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (36a) In order to address the current international situation, EU external action requires a comprehensive and holistic approach throughout all Headings under the MFF. The EEAS and its Delegations, playing a central role, need to be adequately funded and resourced, which would prevent the structural underfunding of the EEAS. Failure to do so would result in weakened capabilities to complement actions under this Instrument, including the fight against foreign information manipulation and interference, as well as improving relations with non-EU countries at a moment of rapid geopolitical change. |
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| (36a) Flexibility of financing under the Instrument should not undermine transparency and accountability. Financial actions should be reported to the European Parliament and to the Council with sufficiently detailed, project level information. All relevant information must be made available regularly to the Parliament, and reporting on programming, commitments and project implementation should be published on the Commission’s website. |
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| (36a) Simplification should enhance the effectiveness and inclusiveness of the Instrument, in particular by streamlining procedures, reducing reporting requirements and ensuring proportionate controls, especially for small and local actors and organisations operating in fragile and conflict-affected environments. |
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| (37) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/…19 (MFF Regulation) allows to mobilise the necessary appropriations in the Union budget over and above the ceilings of the multiannual financial framework to honour the debt liabilities of the Union related to the loans to Ukraine. This financially enables the authorisation under this Regulation of financial assistance to Ukraine in the form of loans in accordance with Article 223(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/250920 . | deleted |
| 19 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… of … laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 (OJ L.., p.). | |
| 20 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj). |
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| (37) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/…19 (MFF Regulation) allows to mobilise the necessary appropriations in the Union budget over and above the ceilings of the multiannual financial framework to honour the debt liabilities of the Union related to the loans to Ukraine. This financially enables the authorisation under this Regulation of financial assistance to Ukraine in the form of loans in accordance with Article 223(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/250920 . | deleted |
| 19 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… of … laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2028 to 2034 (OJ L.., p.). | |
| 20 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj). |
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| (38) In view of the budgetary coverage under the Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… (MFF Regulation), it is appropriate not to reduce the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering budgetary guarantees and financial assistance in the form of loans under this Regulation by the amount of financial assistance in the form of loans provided to Ukraine under this Regulation. It is also appropriate not to establish provisioning and, by way of derogation from Article 214(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, not to set a provisioning rate for loans to Ukraine under this Instrument. | deleted |
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| (38) In view of the budgetary coverage under the Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… (MFF Regulation), it is appropriate not to reduce the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering budgetary guarantees and financial assistance in the form of loans under this Regulation by the amount of financial assistance in the form of loans provided to Ukraine under this Regulation. It is also appropriate not to establish provisioning and, by way of derogation from Article 214(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, not to set a provisioning rate for loans to Ukraine under this Instrument. | deleted |
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| (38) In view of the budgetary coverage under the Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… (MFF Regulation), it is appropriate not to reduce the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering budgetary guarantees and financial assistance in the form of loans under this Regulation by the amount of financial assistance in the form of loans provided to Ukraine under this Regulation. It is also appropriate not to establish provisioning and, by way of derogation from Article 214(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, not to set a provisioning rate for loans to Ukraine under this Instrument. | (38) In view of the budgetary coverage under the Regulation (EU, Euratom) …/… (MFF Regulation), it is appropriate not to reduce the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering budgetary guarantees and financial assistance in the form of loans under this Regulation by the amount of financial assistance in the form of loans provided to Ukraine under this Instrument, provided that appropriate safeguards, including risk-based audit procedures, transparency of terms and conditions, and reporting obligations to the budgetary authority, are established to ensure sound financial management and accountability of Union funds. It is also appropriate not to establish provisioning and, by way of derogation from Article 214(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, not to set a provisioning rate for loans to Ukraine under this Instrument. |
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| (39) As for Union support to Ukraine other than in the form of loans, this Regulation should be financed by the (Ukraine Reserve) as provided for in the Council Regulation [(EU, Euratom) 20XX/XXX * [MFF Regulation] for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034. The commitment appropriations and corresponding payment appropriations from the (Ukraine Reserve) should be mobilised annually through the budget procedure. Additionally, it should be possible to use appropriations mobilised for the purposes of this Regulation from the reserve referred to in Article 6 of Regulation Council Regulation [(EU, Euratom) 20XX/XXX * [MFF Regulation] ) to provide support to Ukraine under Regulation (Euratom) […] (INSC-D). | deleted |
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| (39) As for Union support to Ukraine other than in the form of loans, this Regulation should be financed by the (Ukraine Reserve) as provided for in the Council Regulation [(EU, Euratom) 20XX/XXX * [MFF Regulation] for the period from 1 January 2028 to 31 December 2034. The commitment appropriations and corresponding payment appropriations from the (Ukraine Reserve) should be mobilised annually through the budget procedure. Additionally, it should be possible to use appropriations mobilised for the purposes of this Regulation from the reserve referred to in Article 6 of Regulation Council Regulation [(EU, Euratom) 20XX/XXX * [MFF Regulation] ) to provide support to Ukraine under Regulation (Euratom) […] (INSC-D). | deleted |
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| (39a) Stresses that the EU and its Member States have provided over EUR 193 billion (including EUR 69 billion in military assistance) to Ukraine, and are about to provide the EUR 90 billion Ukraine support loan; expresses concern that based on the Commission’s plans for the post-2027 multiannual financial framework, Ukraine would receive 20 % of the total resources of the seven-year budget, and the Commission has already validated Ukraine’s estimates for reconstruction, which amount to USD 800 billion for civilian needs and USD 700 billion for rearmament; notes that the Commission plans to provide a significant part of this effort; highlights and regrets that such over-ambitious aid would create a long-lasting debt spiral for future generations and would absorb a large part of the EU budget for decades to come; insists, therefore that all financial resources should be allocated from the MFF in light of these considerations, even if this requires substantial revision and reassessment. |
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| (39b) Stresses that on 10 November 2025, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) carried out a large-scale operation in Ukraine’s strategic energy sector, involving over 70 searches and the seizure of more than USD 4 million in cash; points out that investigators alleged that the scheme involved around USD 100 million in illicit proceeds over time and the investigation remains ongoing; these revelations raise serious concerns regarding governance, transparency and the oversight of EU aid to Ukraine. |
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| (39c) Highlights that the war in Ukraine, excessive loans and financial instruments, and the misguided sanctions policy have contributed to record-high energy prices, significant burdens on European businesses and households, and serious concerns regarding the security of European taxpayers; stresses that Ukraine’s forced and accelerated EU accession does not serve the interests of EU citizens, and would create serious concerns for the agriculture sector and the labour market; |
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| (40) In the framework of the Union’s restrictive measures, adopted on the basis of Article 29 TEU and 215(2) TFEU, no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies. Therefore, such natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, as well as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them should not be supported by the Instrument. | (40) In the framework of the Union's restrictive measures, adopted on the basis of Article 29 TEU and 215(2) TFEU, no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies. Therefore, such natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, as well as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them, including through complex corporate structures, nominee arrangements or chains of subcontracting, should not be supported by the Instrument. To that end, beneficial ownership transparency should be a precondition for participation in actions financed under the Instrument. Recipients, partners, contractors and subcontractors at all tiers, whose individual award value exceeds EUR 500 000, should disclose their ultimate beneficial owners within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/849. Enhanced due diligence should apply where any recipient, partner, contractor or subcontractor is established in, or has beneficial owners established in, a jurisdiction identified by the Financial Action Task Force as subject to a 'call for action' or as 'jurisdiction under increased monitoring', or in a jurisdiction listed in Annex I or Annex II to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The Commission should be empowered to suspend payments or exclude the entity concerned where ultimate beneficial ownership cannot be reliably established. |
Article 40 of the proposal as drafted only catches directly designated persons. The principal vehicle for sanctions circumvention in EU-financed external action is layered ownership via offshore jurisdictions and chains of subcontractors, particularly in respect of Russian-controlled entities. The threshold of EUR 500 000 mirrors the threshold used in the EU Anti-Money-Laundering Package (Regulation (EU) 2024/1624). FATF and EU tax-list anchors make the obligation objective and avoid Commission discretion.
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| (40) In the framework of the Union’s restrictive measures, adopted on the basis of Article 29 TEU and 215(2) TFEU, no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies. Therefore, such natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, as well as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them should not be supported by the Instrument. | (40) In the framework of the Union’s restrictive measures, adopted on the basis of Article 29 TEU and 215(2) TFEU, no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies. Therefore, such natural or legal persons, entities or bodies, as well as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them may not be supported by the Instrument under any circumstances. |
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| (40a) In consideration of the Union’s obligations under Article 21TEU, no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of nations or entities considered under international law to be engaged in the illegal occupation of territory or control of a non-self-governing territory without the consent of the people of this non-self-governing territory. |
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| (40a) The Union and the beneficiaries are required to exercise due diligence to ensure that funds and other resources from the Instrument do not go, either directly or indirectly, to entities owned or controlled by adversaries, in particular as contractors or subcontractors carrying out entrusted tasks, nor in any other form that could lead to their support or strengthening. |
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| (40a) Particular care must be taken to ensure that no aid is targeted at players whose activities conflict with the strategic interests of the EU and its Member States. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Leire Pajín
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from rogue actors openly challenging and undermining the long-standing multilateral order based on international law, climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, the absence of a global migration governance system rooted in the respect of international law and international human rights law, or economic and trade disruptions and weaponisation of trade, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. This global situation puts a further constrain on the EEAS, due to the global nature of its work and presence, which requires appropriate funding. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be available to provide transitional support to actors in cases of democratic openings and to address situations of democratic backsliding, and should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. Therefore, the emerging challenges and priorities cushion should in particular guarantee adequate resources for a rapid response funding tool for support to civil society organisations, including independent media, in situations of rapid backsliding of democracy and rule of law or of fast-increasing shifts towards authoritarianism and the shrinking of civic space in partner countries. |
Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Silvia Sardone
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context characterised by intense geopolitical and geoeconomic competition and confronted with multifaceted challenges ranging from the alarming loss of biodiversity to growing tensions over scarce natural resources, the Union must demonstrate strategic foresight and leadership. The European Parliament therefore calls for a decisive and ambitious increase in investment in Union research and innovation programmes, with the clear objective of positioning Europe at the very forefront of global technological excellence. By developing and deploying cutting-edge technologies that address the most pressing planetary challenges, the Union can offer concrete, sustainable solutions that benefit both its citizens and the wider international community. This forward-looking approach must replace the current practice of indiscriminate, across-the-board financial disbursements around the world – the so-called “watering-can principle” – which too often lacks sufficient oversight, accountability and measurable impact. Strategic research investment, underpinned by robust control mechanisms and clear performance criteria, represents a far more responsible, effective and future-oriented use of European resources. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be available to provide transitional support to actors in cases of democratic openings and to address situations of democratic backsliding, and should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. Therefore, the emerging challenges and priorities cushion should in particular guarantee adequate resources for a rapid response funding tool for support to democratic institutions, democratic political parties and political foundations, civil society organisations, including independent media, in situations of rapid backsliding of democracy and rule of law or of fast-increasing shifts towards authoritarianism and the shrinking of civic space in partner countries. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. Any single mobilisation of the cushion exceeding EUR 500 000 000, or 5% of the relevant pillar allocation, should require the adoption of a delegated act in accordance with Article 30, providing the European Parliament and the Council with a non-extendable three-month objection period. Mobilisations below those thresholds should remain subject to the information procedure set out in Article 7(2). Funds drawn from the cushion should not be used to reduce binding allocations for Ukraine or for the Neighbourhood East region. |
A delegated-act threshold above EUR 500 million or 5% of a pillar gives the European Parliament and the Council a meaningful veto over major mobilisations while preserving Commission flexibility for genuinely small adjustments. The final sentence prevents the cushion from being used to circumvent ring-fences elsewhere in Article 6.
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. Therefore, the emerging challenges and priorities cushion should in particular guarantee adequate resources for a rapid response funding tool for support to democratic institutions, democratic political parties and political foundations, civil society organisations, including independent media, in situations of rapid backsliding of democracy and rule of law or of fast-increasing shifts towards authoritarianism and the shrinking of civic space in partner countries. |
Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Malik Azmani, Helmut Brandstätter, Nathalie Loiseau, Marjan Šarec, Hilde Vautmans, Charles Goerens, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Petras Auštrevičius
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be available to provide transitional support to actors in cases of democratic openings and to address situations of democratic backsliding, and should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation, to guarantee adequate resources for rapid response funding. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, humanitarian crisis, democratic backsliding and global attacks to core EU values such as human rights including gender equality, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from Russia’s aggressive and expansionist foreign policy, Communist China’s growing aspirations to power, climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, illegal migration and continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, and health emergencies and pandemic risks, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, or economic and trade disruptions, persistent food and nutrition security, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, protracted migration dynamics or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. | (41) In a global context where the Union is confronted with high geopolitical and geoeconomic competition, marked by global challenges, ranging from biodiversity loss to tensions around scarce resources, technological dependencies, continuing migratory pressure or economic and trade disruptions, in addition to security threats and fragility, external action has to continuously and rapidly react to emerging needs, as well as to act to advance strategic priorities, in order to effectively pursue the Union’s and partners’ priorities. To increase the ability of the Union to respond to unforeseen needs and adapt its partnerships to emerging priorities, building on the experience of the European Development Funds and Regulation (EU) 2021/947, an amount should be left unallocated as an emerging challenges and priorities cushion. It should be mobilised in accordance with the procedures established in this Regulation. |
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| (41a) The emerging challenges and priorities cushion should be operated as a strict reserve, not as a discretionary top-up mechanism. Its mobilisation should be limited to circumstances that are unforeseen at the time of programming, exceptional in nature, and not anticipated by existing geographic or thematic envelopes. The cushion should in particular not be used to finance complementary support associated with the conclusion of a trade, investment or strategic agreement with a partner country, nor to compensate for the absence of standard macro-financial assistance procedures under Regulation (EU) 2024/792 or its successor instrument. Mobilisations of the cushion should be subject to enhanced ex-ante and ex-post parliamentary scrutiny in accordance with Articles 7 and 30. |
The cushion under the predecessor instrument was largely consumed within the multiannual financial framework, often through mobilisations that were not strictly emergency in nature. The new EUR 14 808 000 000 cushion creates an even larger discretionary pool. This recital, read together with the operative provisions in Article 7, establishes a clear interpretive line: the cushion is a strict reserve, not a discretionary top-up. The cross-reference to Regulation (EU) 2024/792 ensures that the cushion cannot serve as a parallel macro-financial assistance channel, bypassing the standard legislative procedure applicable to macro-financial assistance acts and the parliamentary scrutiny that procedure entails.
Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, António Tânger Corrêa, Jaroslav Bžoch, Harald Vilimsky, Georg Mayer, Silvia Sardone
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| (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. | (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order. Rejects any alignment of the Global Europe with the UN’s Agenda 2030 and its sustainable development goals, as well as the Paris Agreement. |
| 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). | |
| 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. | |
| 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). | |
| 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). |
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| (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. | (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The Instrument should support the work of the key actors promoting and preserving international law, such as the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court, as well as that of their partner organisations and entities contributing to their mandates. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. |
| 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). | 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). |
| 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. | 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. |
| 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). | 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). |
| 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). | 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). |
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| (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. | (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The implementation of the Instrument should also be guided by the “European Consensus for Development” which provides the framework for a common approach to development cooperation by the Union and its Member States to implement the principles and objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. |
| 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). | 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). |
| 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. | 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. |
| 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). | 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). |
| 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). | 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). |
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| (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based and value-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework22 , the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development23 and the Pact for the Future24 , is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The Instrument should pay particular attention to interlinkages between sustainable development goals and to integrated actions that can create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. | (42) The overall context for action should be the pursuit of a rules-based global order, with multilateralism as its key principle and the United Nations (UN) at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 21 (the ‘Paris Agreement’), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 22, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development[23] and the Pact for the Future[24], is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. The implementation of the Instrument should also be guided by the “Consensus”, which provides the framework for a common approach to development cooperation by the Union and its Member States to implement the principles and objectives set out in the 2030 Agenda. |
| 21 Council Decision (EU) 2016/1841 of 5 October 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 1–3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1841/oj). | |
| 22 “The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”, adopted by the 15th conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022. | |
| 23 “Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development”, adopted on 16 June 2015 and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313). | |
| 24 “The Pact for the Future”, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 September 2024 (A/RES/79/1). |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Andrey Kovatchev, Christian Ehler
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| (42a) The European Union should remain a strong supporter of the multilateral system with reformed United Nation’s system at its core. The Union should engage with the United Nations in a way that directly contribute to the Union’s policy objectives and higher visibility of the EU’s funding attributed to the United Nations. |
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| (43a) The implementation of the Instrument should also be guided by the European Consensus on Development of 8 June 2017 (the ‘Consensus’), which provides the framework for a common approach to development cooperation by the Union and its Member States for the purposes of implementing the 2030 Agenda. The Consensus promotes a people-orientated and rights-based approach to development wherein individuals, including their rights and well-being, are placed at the forefront. In that connection, action designed to eradicate poverty, to combat discrimination and inequality, to ensure that no one is left behind, to protect the environment, to combat climate change and to strengthen resilience is at the heart of development cooperation policy and should underpin implementation of the Instrument. |
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| (43a) The Instrument should ensure that signatory parties of the Samoa Partnership Agreement fulfil their obligation related to the return and readmission of citizens illegally staying in their territories. |
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| (44) The Union should ensure policy coherence for development as required by Article 208 TFEU. The Union should take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the Union policies that are likely to affect developing countries and territories. Ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development requires taking into account the impact of all Union policies on sustainable development at all levels — nationally, within the Union, in other countries and at global level. | deleted |
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| (44) The Union should ensure policy coherence for development as required by Article 208 TFEU. The Union should take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the Union policies that are likely to affect developing countries and territories. Ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development requires taking into account the impact of all Union policies on sustainable development at all levels — nationally, within the Union, in other countries and at global level. | (44) The Union must ensure policy coherence for development as required by Article 208 TFEU. The Union should take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the Union policies that are likely to affect developing countries and territories. Ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development, as embedded in the 2030 Agenda, requires taking into account the impact of all Union policies on sustainable development at all levels — nationally, within the Union, in other countries and at global level. |
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| (44) The Union should ensure policy coherence for development as required by Article 208 TFEU. The Union should take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the Union policies that are likely to affect developing countries and territories. Ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development requires taking into account the impact of all Union policies on sustainable development at all levels — nationally, within the Union, in other countries and at global level. | (44) The Union should ensure policy coherence for development as required by Article 208 TFEU. The Union should be guided by the objectives of development cooperation in the Union policies that are likely to affect developing countries and territories. Ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development requires taking into account the impact of all Union policies on sustainable development at all levels — nationally, within the Union, in other countries and at global level. |
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| (44a) The Instrument should contribute to the effective cooperation on combating illegal migration, facilitating return and strengthening border control in partner countries. |
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| (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts. | (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts and be subject to regular reporting to the European Parliament and ex-post evaluation, with clear, measurable targets to ensure transparency, accountability, and the effective use of Union funds, including oversight by independent auditors. |
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| (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts. | (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability, as well as alignment and harmonisation In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be assessed regularly focusing on results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts on partner countries. |
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| (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts. | (45) The Union should critically evaluate the effectiveness and costs of its development cooperation policy, which has been ongoing for decades. In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely responsible use of taxpayers’ money, ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be monitored closely for its expected results, outputs and impacts. |
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| (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their collective assistance for partner countries and regions. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts. | (45) In accordance with its international commitments, the Union should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries and territories, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability and reciprocity of benefits. In that regard, the Union and its Member States should maximise the value added of their cooperation with partner countries and regions for the Union and its Member States in accordance with their strategic interests alongside development goals. The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by its expected results namely outputs, outcomes and impacts. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Rasa Juknevičienė, Christian Ehler
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| (45a) In order to guarantee budgetary control and democratic accountability, representatives of the European Parliament should be members of the Global Europe Investment Board which should also function as the Global Gateway Board, defining and selecting Global Gateway projects, and in the Committee elaborating implementing acts under this Instrument; a Global Europe dialogue comprising all Commissioners in charge of implementing the Instrument with the European Parliament should be established once per year reviewing progress towards the common and specific geographic and horizontal objectives; progress should be measured on the basis of established indicators and the procedures as formulated in the Performance Regulation in its adapted version for external affairs purposes. |
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| (45a) In view of the scale of the financial envelope for the Instrument, performance measurement should prioritise impact over outputs. Impact indicators, such as measurable development outcomes per euro spent, poverty reduction attributable to Union support, economic growth generated, and leverage ratios for financial instruments, should take precedence over output indicators, such as volumes disbursed or numbers of projects funded. The Commission should publish annual performance summaries in a machine-readable format, including clear and user-friendly overviews. Funding streams that consistently fail to demonstrate measurable impact should be subject to review and, where appropriate, reallocation to more effective instruments or returned to the Union budget. |
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| (45a) The extent to which funding has delivered mutually beneficial and tangible results across each area covered by the Instrument should be regularly and rigorously assessed, monitored, and reported. This analysis is particularly important for assessing the effectiveness of fund use and is vital for decision-making on revision of the Instrument and future financial allocations. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Andrey Kovatchev, Christian Ehler
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| (45b) In line with the simplification and competitiveness agenda of the Union, all deadlines and durations with regard to decision-making in the implementation of this Instrument should be examined and shortened. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close, inclusive, accessible and structured consultation and meaningful partnerships with local authorities, civil society and trade unions, as well as support their meaningful participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local, national and regional level. The Union should also support, promote and protect an enabling and secure environment for civil society, including for women’s and LGBTIQ+ organisations in which these organisations can carry out their work as independent actors effectively and safely. The Instrument should provide Union political and financial support to civil society organisations and local authorities, taking into account their multiple roles and specific needs in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations, trade unions and local authorities should be actively and meaningfully engaged at all stages of a program process and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be meaningfully engaged in programming, monitoring and policy dialogues. To this end, a clear share of the total budget for programmable actions should be dedicated to civil society organizations with the aim of supporting them in their diversity and their own right. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should conduct close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should protect and promote civic space that enables civil society, to carry out their work effectively and safely. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities taking into account their specific context and needs with the aim to support them in their diversity and their own right. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly actively consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. Such consultation should also include local and regional governments, their associations and decentralised cooperation actors, in recognition of their role in territorial development, policy coherence for development, local ownership and the implementation of the Union’s external action. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close consultation and an open, transparent and regular dialogue with local authorities, civil society, as well as with Churches and religious associations or communities, and support their participation in contributing to an integral human sustainable development and to promote respect for human dignity. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, including faith-based organisations, as well as for Churches and religious associations or communities, in which these stakeholders can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to local authorities as well as to Churches and religious associations or communities in order to pursue security, education, health care and other dimensions of integral human development. Civil society organisations, local authorities as well as Churches and religious associations or communities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. Focal points in EU delegations for civil society, local authorities, as well as for Churches and religious associations or communities, could contribute to creating an effective channel for a regular dialogue and cooperation. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations, including those working in exile, and local authorities taking into account their specific needs in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations, including those working in exile, and local authorities taking into account their specific needs in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. |
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to the development of democracy and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society and local authorities, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close and structured consultation with civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. | (46) The Union should foster close consultation with local authorities and civil society, as well as support their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the sustainable development goals at local level. The Union should also support an enabling environment for civil society, in which these organisations can carry out their work effectively. The Instrument should provide Union funding and support to civil society organisations and local authorities in order to pursue the values, interests and objectives of the Union. Civil society organisations and local authorities should be duly consulted and have timely access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. |
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| (46a) Local authorities embrace a large variety of sub-national levels and branches of government, including municipalities, communities, districts, counties, provinces, regions and their associations. In line with the Consensus, the Union should foster the systematic and structured involvement of local authorities and their associations in the drafting process of the future multiannual indicative programmes and action plans under Global Europe, and in Global Gateway’s roll out, ensuring they have timely access to information and are duly consulted to guarantee that funding strategies are aligned with local needs and contexts. The Union should recognise the multiple roles played by local authorities as promoters of a territorial approach to local development, including decentralisation processes, participation and accountability, and acknowledge their participation in contributing to sustainable development and to the implementation of the SDGs at local level, in particular regarding democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, social justice and as providers of basic social services. The Union should further enhance its support for local authorities’ capacity building in order to strengthen their voice in the sustainable development process and advance political, social and economic dialogue, as well as promote decentralised cooperation. Support to local authorities under the geographic programmes should amount indicatively to at least EUR 500 000 000. |
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| (46a) The Union should strengthen mechanisms for effective coordination between secular and religious entities in order to optimise resources, avoid duplication, and ensure coherent and complementary action. Given their long-standing presence, extensive networks, and substantial resources in local communities, religious entities — including church organisations — represent invaluable assets. The Instrument should therefore actively involve them in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes. |
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| (46a) The importance of granting funding under a specific programme to civil society organisations promoting gender equality, combating gender-based violence and promoting women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights and the rights, of LGBTIQ+ persons is emphasised and should be ensured, specially where such organisations face political pressure, legal restrictions, funding cuts or attacks. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Rasa Juknevičienė, Christian Ehler
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| (46a) The Union should foster close and structured consultations while programming and implementing the Instrument with regional and local authorities reflecting the principle of subsidiarity and accountability and the fact that central basic services and competencies like urban planning, permits, infrastructure and education lie within the realm of regional and local authorities. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (46a) The Union should support and take particular account of the effects of its actions on local economies, by ensuring access to finance and financial inclusion, reinforce local capacities and avoid distorting the local economy. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (46b) In order to ensure effective, transparent and inclusive implementation of this Regulation, the Commission should promote meaningful participation by relevant stakeholders in partner countries throughout the preparation, implementation and monitoring of actions supported under the Instrument. To that end, civil society organisations, local authorities and other relevant actors should be duly consulted in a timely and appropriate manner and should have access to relevant information allowing them to be adequately engaged. The implementation of actions under this Instrument should respect internationally recognised human rights standards, including the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples. Where relevant, the Commission should also encourage structured dialogue with implementing partners to ensure adherence to this principle and to equivalent standards of transparency, participation and accountability in the execution of Union funding under the Instrument. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 , and other international commitments such as the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action and the outcome of the review conferences, including commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and UN Security Council resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions and commitments Strengthening targeted and mainstreaming actions promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. The implementation should prevent and combat all forms of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence and address and prevent multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the action. |
| In order to ensure this, the programme should keep the same commitments as its predecessor ensuring that at least 85 % of new actions implemented under the Instrument should have gender equality as a principal or a significant objective, as defined by the gender equality policy marker of the OECD Development Assistance Committee. At least 5 % of those actions should have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal objective. | |
| The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their rights, needs and empowerment, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, and it should promote child participation in policymaking. It should ensure the protection of children and the prevention of all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation and child labour, and promote equal access to quality education, healthcare and social protection, in particular for the most marginalised children and young people. It should seek to prevent and combat all forms discrimination, including intersecting forms of discrimination based on gender, age, ethnic or racial background, religion and belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics in order to ensure a human rights based approach to tackling inequalities. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26, Gender Equality Strategy27, EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions, including the Council conclusions on Women, Peace and Security of 10 December 2018 and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28. Investing in gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights for women, ensuring women’s access to economic and political responsibilities enhances the effectiveness, sustainability and profitability of investments including under the Instrument. In line with the UN Women, Peace and Security Agenda, women have a documented role in promoting democracy and fundamental rights, as well as providing essential services while contributing to societal and geopolitical stability. To achieve gender equality and ensure effectiveness of the Instrument, spending targets should be set for gender mainstreaming and targeted funding should be specifically dedicated to women’s rights organisations. The Instrument should also implement the relevant targets from the applicable EU Gender Action Plans. Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. The Union should promote a conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive approach in all actions and programmes under the Instrument. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ rights and should seek to protect, promote and fulfil women’s rights in line with international commitments, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action and the outcome of the review conferences, including commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and UN Security Council resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions and commitments outlined in the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26, Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, including the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . The implementation should prevent and combat all forms of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence and address and prevent multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. Strengthening targeted and mainstreamed actions on gender equality and women’s rights in the Union’s external action and reaching the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans, including spending targets, should lead to a gender responsive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation, critical to achieving sustainable development and peace and security. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26, Gender Equality Strategy, EU Gender Action Plans27, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28. Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of equality between women and men, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights. Special focus should be put on the fight against racism and xenophobia. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 and other relevant Council conclusions and international conventions. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation, including concrete measures to close the gender pay and pension gaps by boosting women’s labour market participation, supporting female entrepreneurship and access to finance, investing in skills and quality jobs, and promoting fair, transparent and merit-based pay systems. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions with clear targets and measurable outcomes. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of guaranteeing equal rights for women and men, |
| of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect women’s rights as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in international human rights instruments to which the Union or its Member States are parties; | |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. The Union should promote a conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive approach in all actions and programmes under the Instrument with particular attention to post-conflict recovery and reintegration of women and girls affected by war. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with relevant Council conclusions and international conventions28. Strengthening the equality of men and women and empowerment of women and girls in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the relevant Council conclusions and international conventions. Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across the relevant actions. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
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| (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to a gender sensitive and transformative approach in all Union external action and international cooperation. Gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment should be mainstreamed under the Instrument and adequately reflected across all the actions. | (47) The implementation of the Instrument should be guided by the principles of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment and of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and should seek to protect and promote women’s rights in line with the Roadmap on Women’s Rights26 , Gender Equality Strategy27 , EU Gender Action Plans, relevant Council conclusions and international conventions, including the Istanbul Convention on violence against women28 . Strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Union’s external action and increasing efforts to reach the minimum standards of performance indicated by the EU Gender Action Plans should lead to positive transformations in the Union external action and international cooperation. Equality between men and women should be mainstreamed under the Instrument in line with the competences conferred upon the Union by the treaties or in a way that reflects international obligations, standards and concepts that are endorsed and ratified by all Member States. |
| 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. | 26 Communication (COM/2025/97 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Roadmap for Women's Rights. |
| 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. | 27 Communication (COM/2020/152 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. |
| 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. | 28 “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence”, (CETS No. 210) entered into force on 1 August 2014, https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list?module=treaty-detail&treatynum=210. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Leire Pajín
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| (47a) Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental human rights, inseparable from the right to health, the right to life and the principle of gender equality, and are essential to human dignity, gender equality, public health and sustainable development. The current global rollback on SRHR, including the withdrawal of major donors from SRHR financing, risks undermining access to essential and life-saving services, particularly for women, girls and persons in vulnerable situations, especially in fragile, crisis and conflict-affected settings. In line with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the Beijing Platform for Action and their review conferences, the Union should step up its commitment to universal access to SRHR services, in full compliance with international human rights law. Support for SRHR should be maintained and increased in all contexts, including humanitarian settings and fragile states, where the risk of sexual and gender-based violence is highest and access to services most restricted, and funded through the instrument. |
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| (47a) Binding anti-corruption compliance clause should require from all public authorities and regulated entities to implement and enforce effective measures for preventing, detecting, and sanctioning corruption in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, while addressing Implementation Review Mechanism shortcomings by mandating transparency of reports, structured civil society participation, and compulsory follow-up with measurable outcomes and sanctions for non-compliance. In the European context, it should further ensure alignment with the standards of the Council of Europe and the monitoring and recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption, including requirements on integrity systems, conflict-of-interest rules, and public accountability. |
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| (47a) The Instrument should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and ensure targeted and dedicated measures to support the rights of persons with disabilities and that all funded programmes mainstream the specific needs of persons with disabilities. |
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| (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29 . | (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their rights, needs and empowerment in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the Youth Action Plan in EU External Action, as well as UN Security Council Resolution 2250 (2015) on Youth, Peace and Security. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation in order to ensure a human rights-based approach to tackling inequalities. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 29 . |
| 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. | 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29 . | (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their rights, needs and empowerment, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, including through access to inclusive, equitable, and quality education and skills development. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29. |
| 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. | 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. |
Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Malik Azmani, Helmut Brandstätter, Marjan Šarec, Hilde Vautmans, Charles Goerens, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Petras Auštrevičius
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| (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29 . | (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their rights, needs and empowerment in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29 and to promote child participation in EU policymaking. |
| 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. | 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. |
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| (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29 . | (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment, including through access to inclusive, equitable and quality education and skills development. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29. |
| 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. | 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. |
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| (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29. | (48) The Instrument should support children and youth as key agents of change, giving particular attention to their needs, rights and empowerment. It should seek to prevent and combat discrimination-based on age, ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability or sexual orientation. It should promote the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the UN Convention to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities29. |
| 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. | 29 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), entered into force on 3 May 2008 https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/crpd/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd#Fulltext. |
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| (48a) Highlights the importance of strengthening the role of families, communities and national traditions in supporting the development and well-being of children and young people; stresses that youth empowerment should respect the cultural, educational and constitutional frameworks of partner countries and avoid the imposition of external ideological approaches; emphasises that policies targeting young people should prioritise access to quality education, employment opportunities and social stability as the foundations of long-term resilience; notes that particular attention should be given to preventing youth emigration and brain drain, which undermine the sustainable development and demographic stability of partner countries; underlines that young people should be encouraged to contribute to their local communities and national development, thereby strengthening social cohesion and civic responsibility; |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (48a) The Instrument should support access to inclusive, equitable and quality education in partner countries, as a key driver of job creation, economic growth and social stability. It should contribute to strengthening human development, promoting equal opportunities, including for girls and vulnerable groups, and fostering resilient and peaceful societies. The Instrument should ensure adequate and predictable support for education, including through global initiatives, as part of the Union’s external action. |
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| (48a) The Instrument should support post-conflict recovery efforts, including measures facilitating the safe and sustainable return of displaced populations, support for veterans and civilian victims of war, and actions contributing to social and economic reintegration, reconstruction and long-term resilience. |
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. |
| Countries such as India, Nigeria, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — together with other nations that bear primary responsibility for chronic waste mismanagement and large-scale environmental degradation — must be held to account through targeted sanctions or binding conditionality. These countries should be required to implement and enforce credible, measurable solutions to their pollution crises before receiving any further international funding or development assistance. Only by adopting such principled leverage can the European Union fulfil its global responsibility: to protect the planet from systemic environmental harm in a truly effective and sustainable way, rather than burdening its own citizens with symbolic gestures like tethered plastic bottle caps that merely irritate the public while leaving the world’s greatest polluters untouched. |
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution as well as water scarcity have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, it is crucial to ensure that the mainstreaming of climate action across EU external policies gives appropriate priority to supporting partner countries’ adaptation efforts, particularly those most affected and most vulnerable. This requires ensuring coherence, complementarity and, where relevant, the bundling of climate-adaptation support with actions across key sectors, including sustainable agriculture and food systems, health, social protection, water resource management and disaster risk reduction, to strengthen resilience in a comprehensive and integrated manner. The Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. |
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. Union funding in this area should respect the principle of technological neutrality, allowing partner countries and the market to determine the most cost-effective pathways to decarbonisation. Climate-related expenditure under the Instrument should be subject to cost-benefit analysis and assessed by measurable emissions reduction outcomes rather than prescriptive technology preferences. |
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone. The Instrument should promote cooperation whereby partner countries voluntarily implement measures that bring them closer to the high standards of the Union. |
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognises that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone. The Instrument should support partner countries in pursuing sustainable development pathways that are consistent with their own development needs and priorities, without imposing Union environmental standards as conditions for funding. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler, Andrzej Halicki
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| (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. | (49) Recognising that the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution as well as water scarcity have worsened over the last decade and cannot be solved by the Union alone, by supporting international cooperation the Instrument should play an essential role to meet multilaterally agreed climate and environmental goals. In that regard, the Union should support the most vulnerable countries, in particular the small island developing states and the least developed countries. |
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| (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. | deleted |
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| (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. | (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action and biodiversity conservation across all policies and programmes including through an ambitious spending target of at least 35% of the Instrument budget to climate action and 15% to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation across all policies and programmes. It must apply the ‘do no significant harm’ principle in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] [Performance Regulation], including through the exclusion of financial support for environmentally harmful investments such as new fossil fuel infrastructure. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity loss by 2030 and to zero-deforestation supply chains, leveraging the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. |
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| (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. | (50) The Instrument may contribute to sustainable development actions where such actions are consistent with the primary strategic and economic objectives of the partner countries and where partner countries express a commitment to such cooperation. |
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| (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. | (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to partner countries voluntarily implementing climate action, because climate action implemented only by the Union cannot solve a global problem. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Christian Ehler
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| (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. | (50) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and to achieve the sustainable development goals, the Instrument should contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union policies. Relevant actions should be identified during the implementation of the Instrument, and the overall contribution from the Instrument should be part of relevant monitoring evaluations and review processes. The Instrument should contribute to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity building on the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity goals. |
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| (50a) Particular attention should be paid to island and coastal regions of partner countries and Member States facing challenges of connectivity, water scarcity and climate vulnerability, including through investments in sustainable maritime transport, water management and resilient energy infrastructure. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | deleted |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | deleted |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union external action should promote access to affordable and reliable energy for partner countries, recognising that energy security is a precondition for economic development. The alignment of all external funding with the 1.5°C temperature goal is not a legally binding requirement and should not be used to exclude energy infrastructure projects that are necessary for partner countries' energy security or economic development from funding. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Henceforth, funding should not support activities inconsistent with these objectives, such as new fossil fuel exploration or production. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance, including progress towards effective protection of at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 and the elimination of harmful fisheries subsidies. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment advancing environmental protection by implementing robust environmental, social, and human rights safeguards and ensuring the meaningful participation of civil society and local communities. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Christian Ehler
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability and foster climate resilience. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should be common-sense based and support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30, the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation and restoration of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30 , the Instrument should promote the preservation and restoration of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
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| (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a just transition to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30, the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. | (51) Union action in the area of climate change and biodiversity should support a voluntary transition by partner countries to a climate-neutral, climate resilient, resource efficient and circular economy. It should notably favour the adherence to and implementation of the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In particular, funding allocated in the context of the Instrument should be coherent with and support the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Instrument should be coherent with the objective to increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, reduce vulnerability, foster climate resilience and align with the objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. In line with the European Ocean Pact30, the Instrument should promote the preservation of the ocean and strengthen international rules-based ocean governance. Particular attention should be given to actions that create co-benefits and meet multiple objectives, including for climate, biodiversity and the environment. |
| 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. | 30 Communication (COM/2025/281 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Ocean Pact. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler, Andrey Kovatchev
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| (52) Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 requires programmes and activities to be implemented, where feasible and appropriate, without doing significant harm to the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/85231 (the ‘do no significant harm principle’). To ensure a consistent implementation of that principle throughout the budget, the Instrument should apply the do no significant harm principle in line with the common rules established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Performance Regulation] and following the single technical guidance ('do no significant harm guidance'), | (52) Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 requires programmes and activities to be implemented, where feasible and appropriate, without doing significant harm to the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/85231 (the ‘do no significant harm principle’). |
| 31 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13–43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj). | 31 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13–43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj). |
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| (52) Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 requires programmes and activities to be implemented, where feasible and appropriate, without doing significant harm to the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/85231 (the ‘do no significant harm principle’). To ensure a consistent implementation of that principle throughout the budget, the Instrument should apply the do no significant harm principle in line with the common rules established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Performance Regulation] and following the single technical guidance ('do no significant harm guidance'), | (52) .Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 requires programmes and activities to be implemented without doing significant harm to the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/85231 (the ‘do no significant harm principle’). To ensure a consistent implementation of that principle throughout the budget, the Instrument should apply the do no significant harm principle in line with the common rules established by Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Performance Regulation] and following the single technical guidance ('do no significant harm guidance') to all actions financed, including guarantees and investment operations under Global Gateway, without exception. |
| 31 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13–43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj). | 31 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13–43, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj). |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (52a) In order to protect the financial interests of the Union and to promote good governance, the rule of law and sustainable development, actions supported under this Instrument should be implemented in compliance with effective anti-corruption standards and safeguards. Partner countries, public authorities, beneficiaries and entities participating in the implementation of the Instrument should therefore establish and apply appropriate measures to prevent, detect, investigate and address corruption-related practices, in line with the principles and obligations arising from the United Nations Convention against Corruption. For actions in Europe, consistency should be ensured with the standards and recommendations developed within the framework of the Council of Europe, including the monitoring work carried out by the Group of States against Corruption, in particular as regards integrity frameworks, conflict-of-interest safeguards, transparency requirements and public accountability mechanisms |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33 . | (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33 . The Instrument should benefit from the guidance of an EU AI strategy for external action, that defends a human-rights based, ethical and responsible AI ecosystem, governed by common democratic standards, rooted in the overarching respect of international law, and managed at multilateral level, with the UN at its core and the EU as a leading actor. In this regard, it should deploy actions to mobilize international partners, unions, companies, academia, scientists and civil society to avoid dependencies from unethical systems and autocratic models. |
| 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. | 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. |
| 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. | 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. |
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| (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33 . | (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33. It should not be acceptable to implement projects such as Digital Cuba, which, through the purchase of equipment and other capabilities, enable dictatorships to exercise even greater surveillance and control over society. |
| 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. | 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. |
| 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. | 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. |
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| (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33 . | (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33 the Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, Artificial Intelligence Act and all other relevant legislation regulating data protection rights. |
| 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. | 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. |
| 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. | 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. |
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| (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33. | (53) The Instrument should promote digital cooperation with partner countries and their voluntarily implemented digital transition, in line with the International Digital Strategy for the European Union32 and the Competitiveness Compass33. |
| 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. | 32 Joint Communication (JOIN/2025/140 final) to the European Parliament and the Council – An International Digital Strategy for the European Union. |
| 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. | 33 Communication (COM/2025/30 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A Competitiveness Compass for the EU. |
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| (54a) The Instrument should ensure diversified participation of Member States in implementation. |
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| (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. | (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. Consultations and frequent exchanges of information on the ground between Union Delegations and embassies of Members States, including coordination with Member States not present in the partner country, are particularly relevant. |
| 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. | 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. |
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| (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. | (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. Consultations and frequent exchanges of information on the ground between Union Delegations and embassies of Members States, including coordination with Member States not present in the partner country, are particularly relevant. |
| 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. | 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler
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| (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. | (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , by aiming at jointly programming their actions to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance and to enhance clarity and effectiveness for partners. |
| 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. | 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. |
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| (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. | (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. The European Parliament should be sufficiently informed and involved. |
| 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. | 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. |
Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Dan Barna, Abir Al-Sahlani, Irena Joveva, Fabienne Keller, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
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| (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach34 , thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. | (55) The Union’s and Member States’ international cooperation policies should operate in a Team Europe approach in accordance with the institutional framework and legal provisions governing the Union’s external action, thereby complementing and reinforcing each other to improve the effectiveness, impact and value added of their collective assistance. |
| 34 Joint Communication (JOIN/2024/25 final) to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - Building sustainable international partnerships as a Team Europe. |
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| (55a) The effective cooperation of partner countries with the Union on migration management, including the conclusion and implementation of readmission agreements and cooperation on border management, should be taken into account in programming decisions under the Instrument. Union external action funding should serve as leverage for the Union's strategic interests, including the return and readmission of illegally staying third-country nationals. The Commission should regularly assess the degree of cooperation of each partner country on migration management and reflect the findings in the allocation of funds under the Instrument. |
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| (56) The Union, its Member States, Member States’ implementing agencies and financial institutions, including development finance institutions and Member States export credit agencies, the European Investment Bank (the ‘EIB’) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the ‘EBRD’) should seek to support partner countries and Union strategic interests outside the Union through jointly identified and implemented actions. This approach should be inclusive and open to like-minded partners and stakeholders to pool resources and jointly contribute to the achievement of common goals including through the use of the budgetary guarantee and blending. | (56) The Union, its Member States, Member States’ implementing agencies and financial institutions, including development finance institutions and Member States export credit agencies, the European Investment Bank (the ‘EIB’) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the ‘EBRD’) should seek to support partner countries through jointly identified and implemented actions. This approach should be inclusive and open to like-minded partners and stakeholders to pool resources and jointly contribute to the achievement of common goals including through the use of the budgetary guarantee and blending. All financial intermediaries involved in all levels of the action should be judged by the same standards of transparency, accountability, due diligence and respect for human rights, and should disclose the information of the projects in an accessible and comprehensive manner. |
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| (56) The Union, its Member States, Member States’ implementing agencies and financial institutions, including development finance institutions and Member States export credit agencies, the European Investment Bank (the ‘EIB’) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the ‘EBRD’) should seek to support partner countries and Union strategic interests outside the Union through jointly identified and implemented actions. This approach should be inclusive and open to like-minded partners and stakeholders to pool resources and jointly contribute to the achievement of common goals including through the use of the budgetary guarantee and blending. | (56) The Union, its Member States, Member States’ implementing agencies and financial institutions, including development finance institutions, the European Investment Bank (the ‘EIB’) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the ‘EBRD’) should seek to support partner countries and Union strategic interests outside the Union through jointly identified and implemented actions. This approach should be inclusive and open to like-minded partners and stakeholders, including civil society organizations and local authorities, to pool resources and jointly contribute to the achievement of common goals in accordance with development effectiveness principles, including through the use of the budgetary guarantee and blending, where justified, and with ex ante assessment of debt sustainability. |
The reference to export credit agencies should be deleted from the regulation because their mandate and operating logic are not aligned with the objectives of EU external action and development cooperation. Export credit agencies primarily support national commercial and export interests, whereas the instrument must remain focused on poverty reduction, sustainable development and needs-based external action in line with Articles 208 TFEU and 21 TEU. Including them risks diverting ODA-funded resources towards commercial priorities and weakening the development and humanitarian rationale underpinning the instrument.
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| (56a) The expanded use of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) should be accompanied by safeguards to ensure that export-credit objectives do not override development objectives, recognising that export-credit logic and development-finance logic are distinct and that alignment with ODA principles cannot be assumed. In commercially attractive sectors and large strategic packages, clear additionality criteria should be established and systematically applied to demonstrate that public support addresses genuine market gaps rather than displacing private capital. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (56a) Partnerships with the private sector should be in line with development objectives as laid out in Article 208 TFEU, while blending and guarantees must not replace grant-based support - which should be earmarked - in fragile or vulnerable contexts. |
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| (56b) To protect core development principles, the upstream role of ECAs and pre-selected firms in project origination should be carefully limited and subject to stronger oversight, ensuring that local ownership, inclusiveness, competition, and transparency are preserved throughout the project cycle. Mechanisms should be introduced to guarantee meaningful participation of local firms, civil society organisations, and non-European partners in setting priorities and shaping project design, so that broader development outcomes are not undermined by upstream concentration of influence. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States. Such cooperation should prevent illegal immigration, human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and contribute to enhancing border management. Cooperation should be made more effective in relation to returns and readmission. The key goals should be the eradication of illegal migration, the reinforcement of border security, and the viability of effective return systems. These goals should also be promoted by outsourcing asylum applications and by setting up return centres outside the Union. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on mobility and all aspects of migration, and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing forced displacement. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of forced displacement, facilitate orderly, safe, regular migration and mobility, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, with a focus on the protection of victims and working on dignified and sustainable returns, and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting and expanding legal migration pathways, such as resettlement, family reunifications and humanitarian visas. Increased coherence between migration, and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated,holistic and structured approach to migration, while explicitly rejecting the use of development cooperation as leverage for migration control or the externalisation of EU borders, since such practices are counterproductive in addressing the root causes of migration, divert resources from genuine development objectives, undermine the effectiveness of development aid, and fail to reflect the priorities of partner countries for which migration and remittances are key drivers of inclusive growth and poverty reduction. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries' effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Partner countries' cooperation, in particular on readmission of their own nationals, should be reflected both positively and negatively in the design of Union assistance: where cooperation is satisfactory within the meaning of Article 25a of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, partner countries should benefit from enhanced engagement and, where applicable, visa-facilitation measures; where cooperation is insufficient, the Commission should draw the operational consequences for assistance financed under this Instrument and, in accordance with Article 25a(5) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, propose proportionate visa measures. The Union should ensure full coherence between the Instrument and visa policy, so that financial assistance and visa leverage operate as a single, integrated framework. |
Article 25a of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 already provide the Union with a graduated visa-leverage mechanism on the basis of a Commission assessment of readmission cooperation. This amendment ensures that the Instrument's financial leverage and the Union's visa leverage are operated as a single integrated framework. The positive branch - enhanced engagement and, where applicable, visa-facilitation measures for cooperating partner countries - introduces a clear incentive dimension that is currently absent from the Instrument. The negative branch ensures that the Commission, where cooperation is insufficient, draws the operational consequences for assistance financed under this Instrument and proposes proportionate visa measures.
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive, proactive and results oriented engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe, orderly and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to significantly step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to effective international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, countering the role of both state and nonstate actors facilitating or instrumentalising irregular migration and working on effective, timely, dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ tangible, measurable and effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage, in line with the objectives set out in the European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a mutually beneficial engagement on mobility and all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and human manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while fully respecting fundamental rights of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing forced displacement. Such cooperation should contribute to address the root causes of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on safe, fair, dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration to countries of origin on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. The Instrument should contribute to a human rights based, coordinated and structured approach to migration. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of asylum, mobility, migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, facilitating orderly, safe, regular migration and mobility, fighting against trafficking in human beings and criminal migrant smugglers, with a focus on the protection of victims, and working on safe, dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of international humanitarian law and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting and expanding legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, recognising that orderly, safe, and regular migration and mobility, peace, good governance, stability, inclusive growth and sustainable development are strongly interlinked, and pursuing synergies within the various dimensions |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should make effective cooperation on migration a primary and non-negotiable condition for access to funding under this instrument for countries of origin, transit or departure of irregular migrants bound for the Union. It is essential to further strengthen cooperation on migration with partner countries while fully respecting the competences of Member States, effectively preventing irregular migration and ensuring secure and orderly border protection. Such cooperation should contribute to enhancing border management, preventing irregular migration, fighting trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and ensuring effective returns, readmission and reintegration, on the basis of mutual accountability and in accordance with international and Union law, while supporting displaced persons primarily in their regions of origin. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area, in particular on return and readmission, should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries in managing migration effectively and reducing migratory pressure on the Union. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, structured and results-oriented approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. The provision of development assistance and programmable funding under this Instrument should be strictly conditional upon the effective cooperation of partner countries on the return and readmission of their nationals who are illegally present in the Union. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should ensure that support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, effectively addressing illegal migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of illegal migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border control and pursuing efforts to prevent illegal migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) In a future shaped by the transformative power of artificial intelligence, automation, and the rapid advance of humanoid robotics and sophisticated robotic systems, the European Union will require ever fewer workers to sustain its prosperity. In such a landscape, the promotion of large-scale migration from third countries becomes not only unnecessary, but indeed an opulent and ultimately unsustainable policy—unless it is strictly limited to the recruitment of exceptionally well-trained, highly skilled professionals who can genuinely enrich our societies and economies. Humanitarian assistance, by contrast, must be delivered where it is most effective and responsible: directly on the ground, in regions adjacent to the crisis zones themselves, rather than through the relocation of populations to Europe. For experience has taught us a sobering truth: once individuals reach European soil, repatriation procedures prove almost impossibly difficult to execute, rendering any such approach both impractical and irreversible. This is the clear-eyed, forward-looking migration policy our continent requires—prudent, humane, and firmly rooted in realism. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and this must be accompanied by significant cooperation in sensitive areas like returns and readmission, including the use of safe country concepts and other agreements or arrangements for effectively returning third-country nationals without right of residence. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, while paying particular attention to displaced EU citizens and internally displaced persons resulting from violations of sovereignty, foreign occupation or armed aggression affecting Member States, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step-up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should pursue a firm and targeted policy on reducing migration and forced displacement, based primarily on effective control of external borders and preventing illegal migration and its instrumentalisation. Union action should aim to reduce the factors driving migration, while providing support to people genuinely in need of international protection. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while fully respecting the competences of Member States, in particular with the aim of effectively preventing irregular migration and its instrumentalisation, tackling migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and ensuring effective border management. This cooperation should be strictly conditional on concrete results, in particular relating to readmission and returns, and based on the principles of reciprocity and conditionality. The priority should be to ensure the swift, effective and sustainable return of people not authorised to stay, including through the conclusion and enforcement of readmission agreements and the application of appropriate pressure on non-cooperating countries. The Instrument should support actions to reduce migration at source and address the instrumentalisation of migration by state and non-state actors. The Union should seek coherence between migration, asylum, return and other external policies, making strategic use of the financial and political tools available. Support under the Instrument should be closely linked to achieving the objectives of the Union’s migration policy, including the effective control of migration flows and cooperation on returns. The Instrument should contribute to the implementation of a coordinated, holistic and realistic approach to migration, based on maximising synergies, reducing abuse of the asylum system and applying appropriate pressure. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management, supporting better functioning migration management in particular along the transit routes, and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on effective, timely, dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage, in line with the objectives set out in the European Asylum and Migration Strategy. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that illegal migration is properly addressed and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on addressing illegal migration with partner countries while fully respecting competences of Member States. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways to countries of origin. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings, migrant smuggling and instrumentalization of migration, as well as working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings, migrant smuggling and instrumentalization of migration, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Dan Barna, Abir Al-Sahlani, Irena Joveva, Fabienne Keller, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
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| (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, asylum, return and external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. | (57) The Union should favour a constructive engagement on mobility and all aspects of migration and forced displacement, working to ensure that migration takes place in a safe and well-regulated manner and support is provided to forcibly displaced people and their host communities. It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries while respecting competences of Member States, reaping the benefits of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and effectively addressing irregular migration. Such cooperation should contribute to mitigating the impact of forced displacement, ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration and of forced displacement, and pursuing efforts to prevent irregular migration, fighting against trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on dignified and sustainable voluntary returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations under international and Union law, and by engaging with diasporas and supporting legal migration pathways. Therefore, partner countries’ effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element of the Instrument. Increased coherence between migration, development cooperation and other external policies is important to ensure that the Union’s external assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively towards sustainable development. The Instrument should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising synergies and applying the necessary leverage. |
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| (57a) The Instrument should contribute to strengthening multilateral efforts in partner countries, enabling close cooperation with UN development, peacebuilding, and humanitarian agencies as well as strengthened coordination, including through the UN Resident Coordinator system. The Instrument should foresee predictable, flexible, and sufficiently resourced EU funding to support development effectiveness, principled humanitarian action, and conflict-prevention capacities. |
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| (57b) Research has demonstrated that restricting access to ODA-funded procurement opportunities to suppliers from the donor country or a limited group of countries raises procurement costs significantly and distorts the nature of the assistance provided, to the detriment of recipient countries. Eligibility restrictions on procurement opportunities under this Instrument should be proportionate, justified and based, wherever possible, on objective criteria relating to quality, environmental, social and governance standards, and transparent tender design, rather than nationality-based or establishment-based preferences. Any derogations from the general eligibility rules should be strictly limited, clearly defined and subject to robust transparency and audit obligations. The strategic interests of the Union and the development interests of partner countries are not inherently in conflict and should be pursued in a manner that is mutually reinforcing. |
Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, António Tânger Corrêa, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Silvia Sardone
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union to carry out migration and asylum policy in secure states beyond the borders of the European Union. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States and while fully respecting their competences, to respond effectively and in a targeted manner to the challenges related to migration and forced displacement, in particular as regards preventing irregular migration and strengthening control of external borders. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should, as a priority, contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by ensuring concrete results, in particular as regards preventing irregular migration, combating migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and effective readmission and return. This cooperation should be based on the principles of conditionality, reciprocity and accountability, including through appropriate incentives and pressure on non-cooperating countries. The coordination mechanism under the Instrument should enable a swift and flexible response to current and new migratory challenges, in particular by using the available funding in a way that is targeted towards achieving measurable results, while reducing the pull factors for irregular migration and preventing the instrumentalisation of migration by state and non-state actors. Those actions should be implemented in respect of international law and Member State competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively address challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement that reflects partner countries’ needs and priorities and may contribute to mutually beneficially partnerships. Migration-related actions under the Instrument, in alignment with the principles and criteria for ODA eligibility of migration actions, should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to address all those objectives using all appropriate components through its financial envelopes. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, principles of non-discrimination and gender equality, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should be implemented in alignment with the principles and criteria for ODA eligibility of migration actions and should be subjected to transparent and systematic human rights risk-assessment, continuous monitoring and independent verification. |
Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Abir Al-Sahlani, Irena Joveva, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. To contribute to that end, a maximum of 10 % of the financial envelope for the Instrument should be dedicated particularly to actions supporting management and governance of migration and forced displacement within the objectives of the Instrument. In addition, that target should also include actions to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement when they directly target specific challenges related to migration and forced displacement. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a targeted approach primarily aimed at preventing and reducing illegal migration to the Union and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through strictly conditional and result-oriented funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, while fully respecting Member States' competences and the primary goal to protect the external borders of the EU. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement that reflect partner countries’ needs and priorities and may contribute to mutually beneficial partnerships. Migration-related actions under the Instrument, in alignment with the principles and criteria for ODA eligibility of migration actions, should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation. The Instrument should enable the EU to address ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. When implementing migration-related actions under the Instrument, the Commission should ensure transparent and systematic human rights risk-assessment, continuous monitoring and independent verification, and report regularly to the European Parliament particularly on their compliance with fundamental rights and international law. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation, including by promoting mutually beneficial partnerships with the private sector and strategic sectors such as agriculture and agri-food, in order to promote sustainable economic opportunities, employment, social inclusion and community resilience. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively address challenges, needs and opportunities related to mobility, migration and forced displacement in a way that reflects partner countries’ needs and priorities and is coherent with, and complementary to, Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should be in line with the principles and criteria for ODA eligibility of migration actions and should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Due consideration should also be given to the specific vulnerabilities of Overseas Countries and Territories in the context of migration. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. The Instrument should also contribute to safe, dignified, sustainable and effective returns, readmission and reintegration in line with the Union and international law. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. The Instrument should also contribute to safe, dignified, sustainable and effective returns, readmission and reintegration in line with the Union and international law. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences, while ensuring consistency with the Union's strategic interests and policy objectives in the area of migration management. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, such as the instrumentalisation of migrants, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and illegal immigration in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and illegal immigration challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, as it applies to the kind of migration that now takes place, and Union and national competences. |
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| (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States, to comprehensively respond to challenges, needs and opportunities related to migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration and asylum policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a flexible incitative approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration and forced displacement challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Those actions should be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights, international humanitarian law and refugee law, and Union and national competences. | (58) The Instrument should enable the Union, in cooperation with Member States and in full respect of their competences, to respond effectively to challenges related to irregular migration and forced displacement in a way that is coherent with and complementary to Union migration, asylum and return policy. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and dialogues on migration with partner countries, in particular by strengthening cooperation on border management, the prevention of irregular migration, and effective return and readmission. The coordination mechanism should enable ongoing and emerging migration challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and ensuring efficient implementation. Those actions should be implemented in accordance with international and Union law and with full respect for Union and national competences. |
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| (58a) Certain recent developments in Union migration policy, including elements of the Pact on Migration and Asylum, namely the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, have highlighted the risk of insufficient prioritisation of measures that effectively reduce illegal migration. Without a clear strategic focus, migration-related funding under the Instrument may fail to deliver tangible results and risks repeating shortcomings identified in recent policy frameworks. Migration-related actions under the Instrument should be guided by measurable outcomes and a clear focus on reducing illegal migration, avoiding the fragmentation of resources across loosely defined objectives. A clear distinction is needed between development objectives and migration-related priorities, ensuring that funding is not diluted and remains effective in addressing core migration challenges. A more disciplined, transparent and results-oriented allocation of Union resources is needed, ensuring that migration-related expenditure contributes effectively to reducing migratory pressure on the Union and the creation of any pull factors. |
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| (58a) Beyond visa policy, the Union should ensure systemic coherence between this Instrument and other Union leverage tools. Where a partner country meets the conditions for the activation of the Anti-Coercion Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2023/2675, for response measures under the Trade Enforcement Regulation (EU) No 654/2014, for the withdrawal or modification of trade preferences under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, for the suspension of cooperation under essential-elements clauses in Union agreements, or for restrictive screening of incoming investments pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/452, the Commission should ensure that financial assistance under this Instrument is recalibrated accordingly. Conversely, sustained alignment with Union strategic interests - including the implementation of Union restrictive measures, cooperation in countering hostile-state operations, and constructive engagement in the United Nations legal system - should be rewarded through prioritised engagement, dedicated envelopes and access to flagship Global Gateway investment packages. |
Without this recital, the Instrument's conditionality and suspension architecture operates in isolation from the Union's broader external-policy acquis. By naming the Anti-Coercion Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2023/2675, the Trade Enforcement Regulation (EU) No 654/2014, the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, essential-elements clauses in Union agreements, and the Foreign Investment Screening framework under Regulation (EU) 2019/452, this recital ensures that the Commission, when programming or suspending assistance under this Instrument, takes into account - and where appropriate triggers - the corresponding tools. The recital equally provides a positive-incentive dimension: prioritised engagement and access to flagship Global Gateway investment packages for partners that demonstrably align with Union strategic interests.
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| (58a) Effective cooperation with partner countries on the prevention of irregular migration, on border management, on cooperation against migrant-smuggling networks and on the readmission of nationals who do not have a right to remain in the Union should constitute a binding condition for the allocation and disbursement of funds under this Regulation. Where the Union and Member States have established, or seek to establish, migration management infrastructure in third countries, including reception and external processing arrangements consistent with international law and the Geneva Convention, the Instrument should support such cooperation. Allocations should be reduced, suspended or reallocated in the event of persistent breakdown of such cooperation, in accordance with the procedure established in Article 9a. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Leire Pajín
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, which are a differential element of EU external action, and one of its most relevant instruments for democracy promotion, including participation of the European Parliament and its parliamentary diplomacy, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Human rights-related actions under the Instrument should contribute to the effective implementation of Union agreements and human right dialogues with partner countries by encouraging cooperation relying on a positive agenda, "More for More" approach and supported by a coordination mechanism under the Instrument. The coordination mechanism should include the European Parliament, and enable ongoing and emerging human right challenges to be addressed under the Instrument, using all appropriate components through flexible funding, while respecting its financial envelopes and relying on their flexible implementation. Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance should be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. Such a decision should be proportionate and assessed in light of its impact on the population and civil society, health and the environment, among other fundamentals. The Commission should take the utmost account of any recommendations made by the European Parliament or its bodies to suspend assistance. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy. Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance should be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries or in the event of serious or systematic breaches of obligations under international law, including support for or non-implementation of Union restrictive measures, hostile acts against the territorial integrity of Member States or candidate countries, or systematic voting against Union-supported United Nations General Assembly resolutions on territorial integrity. The suspension procedure should be triggered automatically by objective criteria laid down in Article 21. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
Hardening to 'shall' transforms suspension from Commission discretion to a procedural obligation triggered by objective criteria. The UNGA voting trigger mirrors a tool already used in the Union's restrictive-measures practice and gives operational meaning to the description of the Instrument as a geopolitical tool.
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 across all geographic pillars and through dedicated resources in the Global pillar. Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights, civic space and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance should be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. Such suspension should not affect assistance to local population, civil society and other non-governmental actors., while continuing support to independent actors promoting these values. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. Such suspension should however not apply to EU humanitarian assistance, in line with the Union’s humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, nor to development cooperation aimed at ensuring access to basic social services, including health, education, social protection and water and sanitation, so as to avoid any negative impact on populations in need. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. Such suspension should not apply to EU humanitarian assistance, in line with the Union’s humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality and independence, nor to development cooperation aimed at ensuring access to basic social services, including health, education, social protection and water and sanitation, so as to avoid any negative impact on populations in need. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Rasa Juknevičienė, Christian Ehler
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors and democratic political forces and independent and pluralistic media should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Malik Azmani, Helmut Brandstätter, Nathalie Loiseau, Marjan Šarec, Hilde Vautmans, Charles Goerens, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Petras Auštrevičius
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| (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. | (59) Under the Instrument, the Union should address human rights and democratic governance at all levels, including through election observation missions, such as the ones of the European Parliament, in line with the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy35 . Where relevant, Union assistance in areas pertaining to the protection of human rights and democratic values and principles and support to civil society actors should be independent from the consent of the governments and public authorities of the partner countries concerned. As the respect for democracy, human rights and the rule of law is essential for sound financial management and effective Union funding as referred to in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, assistance could be suspended in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights or the rule of law in third countries. |
| 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. | 35 Joint Communication (JOIN/2020/5 final) to the European Parliament and the Council - EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. |
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| (59a) Conditionality requires objectivity and predictability. To that end, the Instrument's programming should include a structured assessment of the partner country's track record on cooperation with the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) and the European Court of Auditors, of its rating under the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, and of recommendations issued by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). Where a partner country systematically refuses to cooperate with these bodies or fails to act on their findings, this should be a binding factor in programming and may, in line with Article 21, trigger suspension of payments. |
Adds objective, externally verifiable benchmarks for the suspension mechanism. Anchoring to OLAF/EPPO/ECA cooperation and to GRECO recommendations gives the Commission and Parliament a tool that does not depend on political assessment alone, and aligns the Instrument with anti-corruption acquis already binding on EU candidate countries.
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| (60) Funding under the Instrument should be used to finance actions for the international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme, including in line with the Union of Skills36. The multiannual programming of the international dimension of Erasmus+ under this Instrument should be implemented in accordance with the procedures established in Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Erasmus+ Regulation]37. | deleted |
| 36 Communication (COM/2025/90 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The Union of Skills. | |
| 37 Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 (OJ L..p.). |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (60) Funding under the Instrument should be used to finance actions for the international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme, including in line with the Union of Skills36 . The multiannual programming of the international dimension of Erasmus+ under this Instrument should be implemented in accordance with the procedures established in Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Erasmus+ Regulation]37 . | (60) Funding under the Instrument should be used to finance actions for the international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme, including in line with the Union of Skills36 . The multiannual programming of the international dimension of Erasmus+ under this Instrument should be implemented in accordance with the procedures established in Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and Council [Erasmus+ Regulation]37 . The EU should ensure that no Erasmus+ funding ends up financing actors facilitating or involved in human rights violations or crimes against humanity. |
| 36 Communication (COM/2025/90 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The Union of Skills. | 36 Communication (COM/2025/90 final) from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The Union of Skills. |
| 37 Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 (OJ L..p.). | 37 Regulation (EU) [XXX] of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 (OJ L..p.). |
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| (61) The Instrument should contribute to foster international cultural relations and recognise the role of culture in promoting the Union’s values. | deleted |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (61) The Instrument should contribute to foster international cultural relations and recognise the role of culture in promoting the Union’s values. | (61) The Instrument should contribute to foster international cultural relations and recognise the role of culture in promoting the Union’s values, by means of strengthening the EU’s cultural diplomacy and international cultural relations as a relevant instrument for peace, addressing global challenges, and the promotion of a positive and coherent image of the EU abroad. The Instrument, under the Geographical and Global Pillars, should provide support to third countries' creative and artistic sectors, including assistance for capacity-building, and promoting cultural co-creation between third countries, including by fostering cultural exchanges and residences. The EU should also foster a common, coherent image or trademark to portray the EU positively to third countries societies and public opinions. |
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| (61) The Instrument should contribute to foster international cultural relations and recognise the role of culture in promoting the Union’s values. | (61) The Instrument should contribute to foster international cultural relations and interreligious dialogue and protection of persecuted religious and national minorities in partner countries, and recognise the role of culture and religion in promoting the Union’s values. |
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products should be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. To advance the Union’s priorities and strategic interests in its external action, restrictions on the nationality of participants, in line with Article 20 paragraph 10, and other accompanying technical assistance measures such as awareness-raising campaigns should apply to actions financed under this Instrument with a view to fostering participation of entities that are nationals of, or in the case of legal persons, whose beneficial owners are effectively established in the Union and its partners. Strategic interests include, but are not necessarily limited to, areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, to enhance the Union’s open strategic autonomy and its long-term resilience. The Union’s strategic interests may evolve over time, commensurate with relevant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments. In accordance with Article 8 paragraph 2, the Council should be regularly informed by the Commission and, at the initiative of the Council, have exchanges of views on, inter alia, the application of eligibility restrictions where this is in the strategic interests of the Union. |
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products should be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. To advance the Union’s priorities and strategic interests in its external action, restrictions on the nationality of participants, in line with Article 20 paragraph 10, and other accompanying technical assistance measures such as awareness-raising campaigns should apply to actions financed under this Instrument with a view to fostering participation of entities that are nationals of, or in the case of legal persons, whose beneficial owners are effectively established in the Union and its partners. Strategic interests include, but are not necessarily limited to, areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, to enhance the Union’s open strategic autonomy and its long-term resilience. The Union’s strategic interests may evolve over time, commensurate with relevant geopolitical and geoeconomic developments. |
Malik Azmani, Engin Eroglu, Dan Barna, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Petras Auštrevičius, Nathalie Loiseau
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) The Instrument’s eligibility rules should allow the Union to pursue and protect its strategic interests. Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions should apply to address risks posed by high-risk suppliers and their technologies; |
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant, or where necessary to address risks related to foreign subsidies, market distortions or excessive strategic dependencies in sectors of particular relevance to the Union’s economic security and resilience. |
Clarifies that eligibility restrictions may also address risks related to foreign subsidies, market distortions and excessive strategic dependencies in sectors relevant to the Union’s economic security and resilience.
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers in certain critical sectors, where relevant and duly justified. |
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| (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be restricted, including where such restrictions are in the strategic interests of the Union. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. | (64) Rules on effective establishment or nationality, or the type of participants in award procedures, including with respect to their direct and indirect control by entities of a partner country, as well as the origin of products may be exceptionally restricted. Such restrictions could, for example, apply to high-risk suppliers, where relevant. |
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| (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under this Instrument. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. | (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under this Instrument. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. Flexibility concerning carry-overs should be accompanied by transparent reporting and independent evaluation to ensure predictability, accountability and prevent mismanagement. |
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| (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under this Instrument. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. | (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under the budget line of origin. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. |
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| (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under this Instrument. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. | (65) While respecting the principle that the Union budget is set annually, external volatility requires to preserve the flexibilities already allowed under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 concerning carry-overs. By way of derogation from Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, to ensure the efficient use of the Union funds both for Union citizens and the partner countries, thus maximising the Union funds available for the Union’s external action interventions, carry-overs stemming from the Instrument should be available to be reused under the budget line of origin. By way of derogation from Article 212(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, revenue, repayments and recoveries from financial instruments established by external action programmes under this or preceding multiannual financial frameworks should be available to be reused under this Instrument. This will make available the necessary resources to fund the most pressing additional needs of the EU’s external relations of the moment. |
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| (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. The Union should be able to entrust budget implementation tasks under Article 62(1), point (c) (viii) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2509 to the Union Institute for Security Studies and the European Security and Defence College to implement actions under the Instrument. | (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance and the need to respect the rule of law, fundamental rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming, non-discrimination, and sustainable development, in line with the horizontal principles laid down in Article 6(3) and Article 33(2)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. . When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. The Union should be able to entrust budget implementation tasks under Article 62(1), point (c) (viii) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2509 to the Union Institute for Security Studies and the European Security and Defence College to implement actions under the Instrument. |
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| (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. The Union should be able to entrust budget implementation tasks under Article 62(1), point (c) (viii) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2509 to the Union Institute for Security Studies and the European Security and Defence College to implement actions under the Instrument. | (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance and the need to respect the rule of law, fundamental rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming, non-discrimination, and sustainable development, in line with the horizontal principles laid down in Article 6(3) and Article 33(2)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. The Union should be able to entrust budget implementation tasks under Article 62(1), point (c) (viii) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2509 to the Union Institute for Security Studies and the European Security and Defence College to implement actions under the Instrument. |
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| (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. The Union should be able to entrust budget implementation tasks under Article 62(1), point (c) (viii) of Regulation (EU) 2024/2509 to the Union Institute for Security Studies and the European Security and Defence College to implement actions under the Instrument. | (68) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the expected risk of non-compliance. When making that choice, the use of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates, as well as financing not linked to costs of the relevant operation as referred to in Article 125(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be considered. |
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| (68a) In order to ensure consistency with the Union’s commitment to the respect, promotion and protection of international law and fundamental rights, countries whose responsibility has been established by a competent international court or tribunal for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, or of Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965, should no longer be eligible to benefit from funding under this Instrument. In such cases, all ongoing programmes and projects involving state authorities, or entities in that country implicated in the respective violations should be suspended or terminated. This should not, however, affect support to civil society organisations, human rights defenders and independent actors operating in those countries, in order to avoid adverse impacts on populations and to preserve the Union’s humanitarian action and its support for fundamental rights and democratic values. |
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| (68b) The Instrument should enable civil society actors and other humanitarian non-state actors to provide basic services to the population of host countries. Where necessary, they should be enabled to communicate with non-recognized state entities, if required for providing humanitarian or development assistance. This communication should be limited to technical exchanges to the degree minimally required for the effective implementation of the projects concerned. In such cases, the Commission should always perform additional ex ante checks, and the organisations concerned should be subject to strict reporting obligations. |
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| (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. | (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. Grants should be used only where alternative financing options are not viable, in particular for humanitarian aid and assistance to least developed countries. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. | (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations, including women’s rights organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. |
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| (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. | (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders, independent journalists and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. |
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| (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. | (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Andrey Kovatchev, Christian Ehler, Andrzej Halicki
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| (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. | (69) By way of derogation from Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Union should be able to provide support in the form of grants in a flexible and timely manner without the need for a call for proposals, for example, in difficult conditions and cases of urgency and crisis, to support human rights defenders, journalists and other civil society actors. Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants funded by the Instrument could also be provided to civil society organisations and other entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law. |
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | deleted |
The Commission's proposal sets no robust safeguards to ensure that direct awards remain exceptional. According to the European Court of Auditors' opinion 07/2026 on the Regulation of Global Europe, the possibility to use direct award to support investments in the strategic interest of the EU could go against the principle of competition, transparency and equal treatment.
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tomas Tobé, Lukas Mandl, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. The increased recourse to indirect management in external action in recent years has been accompanied by growing concern as regards reduced Union visibility, strategic steering and accountability as well as increased participation of third-country entities, that are state-owned, state-controlled or benefit from public support. It is therefore appropriate to ensure a more balanced and strategic use of implementation modalities, including by prioritising, where relevant, cooperation with European entities experienced in upholding and promoting the Union’s values, principles and geopolitical interests worldwide, in order to strengthen the Union’s effectiveness and the impact of the Union's external action. Whenever it chooses implementing partners from within the Union, the Commission should ensure that any administrative burden in the application process does not lead to the exclusion of smaller entities. |
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. Such direct award should be provided only in duly justified and exceptional circumstances, where the action can be implemented only by a specific entity due to its nature or technical competence, and where development outcomes and additionality are clearly demonstrable. The Commission should ensure full transparency by publicly disclosing, in a timely manner, the identity of the beneficiary, the amount awarded, and the award justification. The Commission should inform the European Parliament and the Member States in detail when directly awarding grants to private-sector entities and should duly take into consideration their observations on the nature, objectives, and financial amounts envisaged. |
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, defence-relevant dual-use technologies, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union's strategic autonomy. Direct awards to Member State entities should be distributed in a manner that reflects equity between Member States and ensures the participation of operators from small and medium-sized Member States. The Commission should annually report to the European Parliament on the geographic distribution of direct awards. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. |
Direct awards under the Instrument are concentrated in operators from a small number of large Member States. This amendment adds a transparency obligation that will reveal the imbalance in implementing-agency participation without imposing a quota, while supporting the principle of equity between large and small Member States' implementing agencies set out in Recital 71.
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument, and where, for reasons outside the relevant authority’s control, such as security issues, it is not possible to conduct an open procedure. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. Such cases should be subject to special anti-corruption safeguards and oversight at every stage. |
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State. Such an award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in areas such as climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. |
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| (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials, climate change resilience or digital and other infrastructure, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. | (70) Without prejudice to the use of competitive procedures wherever appropriate in accordance with Article 192(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, grants could be provided to entities governed by private law from a Member State without a call for proposals where the relevant project is in the strategic interest of the Union and supports the objectives of the Instrument. Such a direct award could be justified, for example, to enable investments or finance feasibility studies in strategic areas such as critical raw materials and critical infrastructure, including digital, in particular as part of integrated packages, to enhance the Union’s strategic autonomy. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any such award should respect the general principles applicable to grants and be duly justified in the award decision. |
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| (70a) In order to ensure that Union funds disbursed through this Instrument generate the greatest possible development impact, it is essential that procurement and grant award procedures promote genuine competition and facilitate the participation of local and regional suppliers in partner countries, in accordance with the revised OECD/DAC Recommendation on Untying Official Development Assistance adopted in January 2026. The Commission and implementing partners should, when awarding contracts for actions under this Instrument, consider requirements for local subcontracting and the employment of local workers and experts, in particular when further eligibility restrictions are applied pursuant to Article 20(10). |
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| (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. The increased recourse to indirect management in external action in recent years has been accompanied by growing concerns over a diminution in the visibility of the Union, strategic steering and accountability. That recourse is, inter alia, linked to the complexity of the applicable financial rules and procedures and the associated administrative burdens, which can limit the wider use of direct management. It is therefore expedient to ensure a more balanced and strategic use of implementation modalities, including by prioritising, where relevant, cooperation with European pillar-assessed entities, in order to strengthen the Union’s effectiveness and enhance the impact of its external action. When selecting implementing partners from within the Union, the Commission should ensure that administrative burdens in the application process do not serve to exclude smaller organisations. |
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| (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB as the Union's primary lending arm, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, including Member State implementing agencies, development finance institutions and export credit agencies, on the basis of equity between Member States and irrespective of their size. The choice of entity entrusted with the implementation in indirect management shall ensure that procurement and grant rules applied are equivalent to those of the Union and shall preserve a level playing field for Union economic operators. |
Anchors EIB primacy as the Union's principal lending arm in external action and the principle of equity between large and small Member States' implementing agencies. Pillar-assessed implementing partners from a small number of large Member States currently dominate indirect management of external action funds; without an explicit equity principle, small Member States' agencies will continue to be systematically excluded. The second sentence aligns the EU-content principle with Article 20(7) of the proposal.
Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Helmut Brandstätter, Marjan Šarec, Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Charles Goerens, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Petras Auštrevičius
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| (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | (71) In line with the Team Europe approach, actions in indirect management should preferably be entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD, or a Member State organisation in the sense of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. To strengthen Union visibility and accountability, the use of indirect management should be carefully balanced with direct management in strict accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Administrative procedures must be streamlined to ensure smaller organisations are not disproportionately excluded. |
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| (71a) Given its role under the Treaties and its experience over the last decades in supporting Union policies, the EIB should be the main EU financial institution for financing investments under the Instrument, and work in close partnership with the Commission and other institutions within a Team Europe approach. The EIB shall implement the Global Europe Instrument on an enhanced reliance basis in line with the objectives of simplification, flexibility and predictability. The EIB should be entrusted with the implementation of a dedicated budgetary guarantee for operations with sovereign, sub-sovereign and non-sovereign counterparts (private sector), including also for operations promoting foreign direct investment, trade and promoting the mutual benefits for EU and partner countries’ economies, including through inward foreign direct investments, as well as other Union thematic priorities in support of the objectives of the Instrument and in line with the sustainable development goals, including with, but not limited to, European public and private sector entities, including Export Credit Agencies. While under the same framework, these may be structured in separate dedicated investment windows to accommodate for different risk and EU guarantee characteristics. The dedicated investment window covering operations with sovereign counterparts and non-commercial sub-sovereigns should be exclusive for EIB, except for operations that the EIB cannot carry out or decides not to carry out. The overall amount for the budgetary guarantee dedicated to EIB should provide risk cover for indicative signatures amount of EUR 50 000 000 000 across countries eligible under the Global Europe instrument, of which EUR 12 000 000 000 in Ukraine. An amount of budgetary guarantees allocated to the dedicated EIB envelope should ensure a balance between acceptable risk mitigation for the EIB. For operations with sovereign counterparts and non-commercial sub-sovereign counterparts and operations with commercial sub-sovereign counterparts that do not generate substantial revenues, undertaken by the EIB or other eligible counterparts, it should be possible for the EU budgetary guarantee to be non-remunerated to provide the related financial benefit to public sector investments undertaken by partner countries. Recognising that implementation of a material budgetary guarantees envelope requires additional Union support, making the blending and technical assistance component inherent to the delivery of policy objectives set forth under this Regulation, EIB should also be entrusted with the implementation of a dedicated blending and technical assistance envelope for the indicative amount of EUR 6 000 000 000, of which EUR 2 000 000 000 in Ukraine. In compliance with the objectives and general principles of the Instrument and the relevant indicative programming documents, pursuant to the objective of streamlined and more efficient guarantee and blending framework, the Commission and the EIB should conclude a single framework agreement covering all implementation modalities, namely the guarantee agreement covering the EU budgetary guarantees, and a single framework blending agreement foreseeing a simplified and streamlined inclusion of individual blending deployments. |
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| (71a) When actions in indirect management are entrusted to the EIB, the EBRD or a Member State organisation, those entities should ensure that financing supported by this Instrument is based on transparent and robust procurement standards, including appropriate safeguards to address abnormally low tenders and foreign subsidies that may undermine the level playing field or jeopardise the effective implementation of projects. Such standards should contribute to preserving the strategic coherence of Union external action and avoiding excessive dependencies in sectors of strategic relevance. |
Introduces additional safeguards aimed at ensuring transparency, preserving the level playing field and avoiding excessive dependencies in indirect management operations supported by the Instrument.
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| (72) In indirect management with partner countries or the bodies they designate where the Commission retains financial management responsibilities in accordance with Article 157(7), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission, when making payments on behalf of the contracting authorities directly to their recipients should be able to subsequently recover related amounts due directly from the contracting authorities' recipients. Likewise, in cases of indirect management where the partner countries or the bodies they designate do not or become unable to perform the budget implementation tasks entrusted, the Commission should be able to temporarily take their place and act in their name and on their behalf in indirect management. | (72) In indirect management with partner countries or the bodies they designate where the Commission retains financial management responsibilities in accordance with Article 157(7), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission, when making payments on behalf of the contracting authorities directly to their recipients should be able to subsequently recover related amounts due directly from the contracting authorities' recipients. The Commission should maintain a centralised register of beneficial ownership information collected pursuant to Recital 40, accessible to the European Court of Auditors, OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor's Office. Likewise, in cases of indirect management where the partner countries or the bodies they designate do not or become unable to perform the budget implementation tasks entrusted, or where systemic corruption, diversion of funds or beneficial-ownership opacity is established, the Commission should be able to temporarily take their place and act in their name and on their behalf in indirect management. |
Operationalises the beneficial-ownership disclosure obligation introduced at Recital 40 by giving the Court of Auditors, OLAF and EPPO concrete access to beneficial-ownership data, without which the obligation would be unenforceable. Adds opacity of ownership as an additional trigger for substitution alongside the existing failure-to-perform trigger.
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| (72a) The Commission should require from its implementing partners to adhere to all principles and standards under this Regulation, particularly in relation to the rule of law, democracy and human rights, transparency, and accountability. It should ensure that all legal contracts between the Union and third parties include provisions laying down these standards. The Commission should be responsible for ensuring an appropriate level of information of the European Parliament by implementing partners in the event of indirect management. |
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| (76) After the EFSD in 2017-2020 and the EFSD+ in 2021-2027, this is the third multiannual financial framework where a budgetary guarantee is used to support external actions. The budgetary guarantee has become a standard tool in the Union’s financial toolbox and its main rules and procedures are enshrined in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Only specific provisions applicable to the budgetary guarantee under the Instrument are foreseen in this Regulation. On the other hand, recognising that the investments mobilised by the Union in partner countries may need a flexible use and combination of the various forms of Union’s funding available under the Instrument, no particular treatment of blending operations and the budgetary guarantee under a specific fund, such as EFSD or EFSD+, is foreseen. | (76) After the EFSD in 2017-2020 and the EFSD+ in 2021-2027, this is the third multiannual financial framework where a budgetary guarantee is used to support external actions. The budgetary guarantee has become a standard tool in the Union’s financial toolbox and its main rules and procedures are enshrined in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Specific provisions applicable to the budgetary guarantee under the Instrument are foreseen in this Regulation. On the other hand, recognising that the investments mobilised by the Union in partner countries may need a flexible use and combination of the various forms of Union’s funding available under the Instrument, no particular treatment of blending operations and the budgetary guarantee under a specific fund, such as EFSD or EFSD+, is foreseen. |
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| (77) To provide for predictability and flexibility, it is necessary to set a maximum amount of the budgetary guarantee and the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering the budgetary guarantee and financial assistance in the form of loans under the Instrument. | (77) To provide for predictability and flexibility, it is necessary to set a maximum amount of the budgetary guarantee and the maximum amount of the aggregate Union financial liabilities covering the budgetary guarantee and financial assistance in the form of loans under the Instrument. Budgetary implications of borrowing and lending operations must be clearly identified, transparently communicated and carefully supervised throughout the MFF period, in particular the possible impact on MFF margins and guarantee provisions must be fully examined and properly reflected. All decisions relating to such operations must fully respect the authority of the co-legislators and the prerogatives of the budgetary authority. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Leire Pajín
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| (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. Moreover, in order to provide flexibility, increase the attractiveness for the private sector and maximise the impact of the investments, a derogation from Article 62(1), point (c) and Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be provided allowing bodies subject to private law which provide adequate assurance of their financial capacity and which are neither entrusted with a public service mission nor with the implementation of a public-private partnership to be eligible implementing entities and counterparts. | (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. |
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| (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. Moreover, in order to provide flexibility, increase the attractiveness for the private sector and maximise the impact of the investments, a derogation from Article 62(1), point (c) and Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be provided allowing bodies subject to private law which provide adequate assurance of their financial capacity and which are neither entrusted with a public service mission nor with the implementation of a public-private partnership to be eligible implementing entities and counterparts. | (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. Moreover, in order to provide flexibility, increase the attractiveness for the private sector and maximise the impact of the investments, a derogation from Article 62(1), point (c) and Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be provided, where necessary and duly justified, allowing bodies subject to private law which provide adequate assurance of their financial capacity and which are neither entrusted with a public service mission nor with the implementation of a public-private partnership to be eligible implementing entities and counterparts. Such derogation should be subject to clear eligibility criteria established in the regulation defining adequate assurance of financial capacity and ensuring that the private law entities are implementing high Human Rights and Environmental, Social and Governance standards and proper due diligence. |
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| (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. Moreover, in order to provide flexibility, increase the attractiveness for the private sector and maximise the impact of the investments, a derogation from Article 62(1), point (c) and Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, should be provided allowing bodies subject to private law which provide adequate assurance of their financial capacity and which are neither entrusted with a public service mission nor with the implementation of a public-private partnership to be eligible implementing entities and counterparts. | (82) In order to promote the participation of eligible implementing entities and counterparts from partner countries benefiting from the budgetary guarantee or financial instruments, by way of derogation from Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the partner country should not be required to contribute to the budgetary guarantee or the financial instruments. Where relevant in order to maximise the impact of the investments, a derogation from Article 62(1), point (c) and Article 211(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, could be exceptionally provided allowing bodies subject to private law which provide adequate assurance of their financial capacity, the implementation of high human rights and ESG standards, as well as proper due diligence, and which are neither entrusted with a public service mission nor with the implementation of a public-private partnership to be eligible implementing entities and counterparts. |
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| (83) Blending and budgetary guarantees play a central role in the Union’s investment strategy in partners countries. It is, therefore, appropriate to set up a Global Europe Investment Board to provide strategic and operational guidance to the Commission in their implementation. | (83) Blending and budgetary guarantees play a central role in the Union’s investment strategy in partners countries. It is, therefore, appropriate to set up a Global Europe Investment Board to provide strategic and operational guidance to the Commission in their implementation and ensure projects fulfil the standards, principles and aims of this Regulation. In that regard, the Investment Board should report regularly to the European Parliament. |
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| (83a) All projects, contracts, grants and budget support actions financed under the Instrument should display a visible, durable and unambiguous indication that the action is financed by the European Union. The visibility requirements should apply equally to direct and indirect management, to budget support and to financial instruments, and should not be diluted in favour of co-financing partners' branding. The Commission should report annually to the European Parliament on compliance and on enforcement measures taken where partners fail to respect Union visibility requirements. |
Union funds visibility is a recurring weakness in external action. In a context where the Instrument is positioned as a geopolitical tool, allowing recipient governments or co-financing partners to claim primary credit for Union-financed projects is an unforced strategic error. This recital tightens an existing but inadequately enforced obligation.
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| (83a) The Instrument should be accompanied by appropriate safeguards to prevent fraud, corruption and waste, including through effective control, transparency and accountability mechanisms, ensuring that funds are not used in a manner contrary to the interests of the Union and do not contribute to exacerbating problems related to corruption and irregularities in third countries. The instrument should be accompanied by an appropriate anti-corruption strategy and tools. |
Andreas Schieder, Udo Bullmann, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Matjaž Nemec, Marta Temido, Sandra Gómez López, Cecilia Strada, Murielle Laurent, Chloé Ridel, Marco Tarquinio, Marit Maij, Christophe Clergeau, Giorgio Gori, Leire Pajín
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| (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. | (85) Where appropriate and justified, the Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans instead of Budget Support. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes, efforts towards sustainable investment and to catalyse such investments, which help to support sustainable and inclusive economic development, decent job creation, poverty eradication, inequality reduction, and to build and consolidate democracies and peaceful societies. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. The Instrument should also provide incentives to reform in partner countries, inter alia by foreseeing additional allocations of loans on the basis of their performance and progress towards democracy, good governance, and the rule of law, human rights, inequality reduction, including based on gender, cooperation with civil society, and economic governance. Reforms that have been jointly agreed should be prioritised. |
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| (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. | (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support equitable and inclusive reform programmes that strengthen public services, reduce inequalities and catalyse sustainable investments aligned with social and environmental priorities. Policy based loans should not be contingent on reforms that impose austerity measures, undermine labour rights, privatise essential public services, undermine migrants' and displaced peoples' rights or disproportionately affect marginalised communities. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan, taking into account the country’s social expenditure needs and climate vulnerabilities. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. |
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| (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. | (85) In duly justified circumstances, the Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans instead of Budget Support. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments for inclusive and sustainable development. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and Article 23(6) of this Regulation. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should include an assessment of the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. The Commission should always involve the EU budgetary authority, namely the European Parliament and the Council, in the adoption of plans with partner countries, including any accompanying loans. |
Policy-based loans should only be used in countries where the debt burden and political and economic context allow. They should have the same purpose as budget support and should align to the objectives and conditions of Budget support. They should not be used in LDCs and Fragility and Conflict Affected Countries where budget support or grants should be privileged.
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| (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. | (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A thorough debt sustainability and risk should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. Debt sustainability analyses and transparent risk assessments should underpin all policy-based loans, and the results should be reported in a manner enabling effective parliamentary and independent scrutiny to ensure accountability, financial safeguards and transparency. |
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| (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. The primary purpose of such policy-based loans should be to support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. | (85) The Commission could provide financial assistance to partners countries in the form of policy-based loans. Such policy-based loans should be consistent with the Union’s strategic interests. They should support partner country’s reform programmes and catalyse investments. They should contribute to achieving national policy goals and meeting global challenges. The conditions applicable to policy-based loans should, where relevant, be aligned to the conditions of budget support in accordance with Article 241(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. A debt analysis should be conducted prior to the approval of any loan. This analysis should assess the country's ability to sustain its debt levels over the loan term. |
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | deleted |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). | 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
Considering that the regulation already entails a high level of flexibility for the European Commission (EC) through implementing acts, the EC should not amend ODA targets, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the Annex II specific objectives through delegated acts without prior and proper consultation of the budget authority.
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, at the beginning of the process, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). | 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, amending the list of candidate and potential candidate countries and the indicative amounts allocated, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). | 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). | 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
Liudas Mažylis, Niels Geuking, Norbert Lins, Alexandra Mehnert, Dennis Radtke, Oliver Schenk, Axel Voss, Verena Mertens, Reinhold Lopatka, Sabine Verheyen, Marion Walsmann, Angelika Niebler, Niclas Herbst, Andrea Wechsler, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Miriam Lexmann, Christian Ehler, Andrzej Halicki
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| (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the percentage of expenditure fulfilling the criteria of ODA, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | (86) In order to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the specific objectives listed in Annex II, the maximum amounts of the budgetary guarantee and the provisioning rates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making39 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, at the beginning of the process, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. |
| 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). | 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj). |
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| (87) Cooperation with partner countries covered under the Europe pillar occurs in the context of a special relationship with the Union, including through, where relevant, the preparation of candidate countries and potential candidates for future accession. Such cooperation requires the establishment of specific conditions reflecting this highly ambitious relationship. For this purpose, relevant for Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, specific rules related to the relevant performance-based plans serving as a basis for programming should be established in line with the correspondingly high ambition of mutual relations between the partner countries and the Union. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of such engagement and for the implementation modalities that are designed to prepare for the management of internal funds, such as structural, agricultural and rural development and cross-border cooperation funds, including, where relevant, for indirect management by the partner countries, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers40 . Those uniform conditions should be amended if developments so require. | (87) Cooperation with partner countries covered under the Europe pillar occurs in the context of a special relationship with the Union, including through, where relevant, the preparation of candidate countries and potential candidates for future accession. Such cooperation requires the establishment of specific conditions reflecting this highly ambitious relationship. For this purpose, relevant for Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, specific rules related to the relevant performance-based plans serving as a basis for programming should be established in line with the correspondingly high ambition of mutual relations between the partner countries and the Union. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of such engagement and for the implementation modalities that are designed to prepare for the management of internal funds, such as structural, agricultural and rural development and cross-border cooperation funds, including, where relevant, for indirect management by the partner countries, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers40 . Those uniform conditions should be amended if developments so require. In addition, a successful EU accession process requires strong local ownership and strong cooperation with the EU bordering regions. The Commission should therefore create dedicated capacity-building measures and funding streams within the Global Europe framework to support candidate and potential candidate countries' municipalities in implementing the EU acquis and EU-aligned public services. The funds for the cooperation with the EU bordering regions should be especially increased. |
| 40 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13–18, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj). | 40 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13–18, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj). |
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| (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. | (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, merit-based conditionality in pre-accession assistance linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession, linking disbursements to tangible progress on rule of law, judiciary reforms, media freedom and alignment with EU foreign and security policy. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. |
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| (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. | (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession, including compliance by candidate countries with Union values, international law and good neighbourly relations. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. |
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| (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. | (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems as well as provisions on technical cooperation to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. |
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| (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. | (88) In the context of assistance provided to Enlargement and Neighbourhood East partners in the Europe pillar, cooperation should build on the lessons learned from the management and implementation of past assistance and performance-based facilities, including in relation to the relevant performance-based plans, conditionality linked to rule of law principles and human rights, performance, structures and control systems as well as provisions on technical cooperation to be set up in preparation of accession. Where relevant, financial assistance in the form of a policy-based loan may be provided to partner countries implementing performance-based plans. |
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| (89) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Instrument through the relevant implementing acts, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The Commission may adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to crises or immediate threats to peace, democracy, the rule of law, human rights or fundamental freedoms, imperative grounds of urgency so require. | (89) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Instrument through the relevant implementing acts, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Considering the specific nature of this Regulation and the particular importance attached to the Union’s external relations, the Commission should not adopt a draft implementing act where the Committee delivers no opinion on that act and the chair of the Committee may submit an amended version of that act. The Commission may adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to crises or immediate threats to peace, democracy, the rule of law, human rights or fundamental freedoms, imperative grounds of urgency so require. |
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| (90) The Instrument should contribute to strengthening awareness, understanding and perception of the Union in a Team Europe approach in partner countries. The objective should be to position the Union as a reliable partner that is commensurate with the scale, scope and ambition of the Union’s political commitment and sustained investment. This should be achieved through impactful strategic communication, and in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] [Performance Regulation]41. | (90) The Instrument should contribute to strengthening awareness, understanding and perception of the Union’s aid in partner countries. The objective should be to position the Union as a reliable partner that is commensurate with the scale, scope and ambition of the Union’s political commitment and investment. This should be achieved through impactful strategic communication, and in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] [Performance Regulation]41. |
| 41 Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities (OJ […], […], p. […]). | 41 Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities (OJ […], […], p. […]). |
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| (91) The Instrument is to be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] [Performance Regulation] which establishes the rules for the expenditure tracking and the performance framework for the budget, including rules for ensuring a uniform application of the principles of ‘do no significant harm’ and gender equality referred to in Article 33(2), points (d) and (f), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 respectively, rules for monitoring and reporting on the performance of Union programmes and activities, rules for establishing a Union funding portal, rules for the evaluation of the programmes, rules for the evaluation of the programmes, as well as other horizontal provisions applicable to all Union programmes such as those on information, communication and visibility. | (91) The Instrument is to be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) [XXX] [Performance Regulation] which establishes the rules for the expenditure tracking and the performance framework for the budget, including rules for ensuring a uniform application of the principles of ‘do no significant harm’ and equality of women and men referred to in Article 33(2), points (d) and (f), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 respectively, rules for monitoring and reporting on the performance of Union programmes and activities, rules for establishing a Union funding portal, rules for the evaluation of the programmes, rules for the evaluation of the programmes, as well as other horizontal provisions applicable to all Union programmes such as those on information, communication and visibility. |
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| (92) The references to the Union’s external assistance instruments in Article 9 of Decision 2010/427/EU, which are the predecessors to the Instrument established by this Regulation, should be construed as references to this Regulation. The Commission should ensure that this Regulation is implemented in accordance with the role of the European External Action Service as provided in that Decision. | deleted |
Regrets that the EEAS, was established as a “sui generis” institution which is not subject to any parliamentary control. Regrets that the EEAS was made responsible for defining the strategic orientation, but does not implement EU financial assistance. The Commission is and should be the only one responsible and accountable.
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| (93) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9543 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9644 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193945 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (‘OLAF’) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (‘EPPO’) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 . In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. | (93) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9543 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9644 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193945 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (‘OLAF’) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (‘EPPO’) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 . In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. All funding under the Instrument should be subject to ex-post audit by the European Court of Auditors, with reporting to the European Parliament, and full cooperation with OLAF and EPPO to safeguard the Union's financial interests. This Regulation should explicitly enshrine the European Court of Auditors’ audit rights for the Global Europe instrument and clarify procedures for access to audit documentation, ensuring transparency, legal certainty and effective protection of the Union’s financial interests. |
| 42 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/883/2021-01-17). | 42 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/883/2021-01-17). |
| 43 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/2988/1995-12-23). | 43 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/2988/1995-12-23). |
| 44 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.96, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/2185/oj). | 44 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.96, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/2185/oj). |
| 45 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1939/2021-01-10). | 45 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1939/2021-01-10). |
| 46 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2017/1371/oj). | 46 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2017/1371/oj). |
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| (93) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9543 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9644 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193945 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (‘OLAF’) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (‘EPPO’) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 . In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. | (93) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9543 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9644 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193945, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In accordance with Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and having regard to the provisions of the Financial Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the European Court of Auditors should carry out an independent audit of the use of funds spent under the Instrument and assess their legality, regularity and effectiveness. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (‘OLAF’) should carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (‘EPPO’) should investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council46. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. |
| 42 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/883/2021-01-17). | 42 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/883/2021-01-17). |
| 43 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/2988/1995-12-23). | 43 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/2988/1995-12-23). |
| 44 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.96, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/2185/oj). | 44 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.96, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/2185/oj). |
| 45 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1939/2021-01-10). | 45 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1939/2021-01-10). |
| 46 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2017/1371/oj). | 46 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2017/1371/oj). |
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| (93a) The external audit of the activities undertaken in accordance with this Regulation should be carried out by the European Court of Auditors in accordance with Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as reflected further in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 408 - 660 - Draft report Establishing Global Europe}},
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