En En Amendments 1

European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on Foreign Affairs

2020/2041(INI)

2.7.2020

AMENDMENTS 1 - 234

Draft opinion Anna Fotyga (PE652.358v01-00)

on a new EU-Africa Strategy - a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development (2020/2041(INI))

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PE653.741v01-00 2/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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1. Underlines that Europe and Africa 1. Underlines that Europe and Africa are in close geographical proximity, have are in close geographical proximity, have strong historical and cultural ties and are strong, historical, cultural and socio- being brought ever closer by the increase in economic ties, which are being brought trade and shared challenges, which call ever closer by the increase in strategic for a continental-African approach and interests, such as climate change, result-oriented use of EU resources; sustainable development, and good governance, and that the prosperity of the two continents are intimately linked, which call for an holistic continental- African approach and for increased coherence between EU policies and the use of the related resources, while at the same time respecting the independence and sovereignty of African countries;

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Amendment 2 Stelios Kympouropoulos, Vangelis Meimarakis, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Antonio López-Istúriz White

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1. Underlines that Europe and Africa 1. Underlines that Europe and Africa are in close geographical proximity, have are in close geographical proximity, have strong historical and cultural ties and are strong historical and cultural ties and are being brought ever closer by the increase in being brought ever closer by the increase in trade and shared challenges, which call for trade and shared challenges, including but a continental-African approach and result- not limited to migration, fundamentalism, oriented use of EU resources; terrorism and violations of International Law, which call for a continental-African approach and result-oriented use of EU

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Amendment 3 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary, Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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1. Underlines that Europe and Africa 1. Underlines that Europe and Africa are in close geographical proximity, have are in close geographical proximity, have strong historical and cultural ties and are strong historical and cultural ties and are being brought ever closer by the increase in being brought ever closer by a shifting trade and shared challenges, which call for geopolitical order, by the increase in trade a continental-African approach and and shared challenges such as the fight result-oriented use of EU resources; against the COVID-19 pandemic, which call for a reinvigorated political alliance and a results-oriented allocation of EU resources

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Amendment 4 Anna Fotyga

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1. Underlines that Europe and Africa 1. Underlines that Europe and Africa are in close geographical proximity, have are in close geographical proximity, have strong historical and cultural ties and are strong historical and cultural ties and are being brought ever closer by the increase in being brought ever closer by the increase in trade and shared challenges, which call for trade and shared challenges, from a continental-African approach and result- terrorism and migration to environment, oriented use of EU resources; health and climate change, which call for a continental-African approach and result- oriented use of EU resources;

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PE653.741v01-00 4/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 5 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart

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1. Underlines that Europe and Africa 1. Underlines that Europe and Africa are in close geographical proximity, have are in close geographical proximity, have strong historical and cultural ties and are strong historical and cultural ties and are being brought ever closer by the increase in being brought ever closer by the increase in trade and shared challenges, which call for trade and shared challenges, which call for a continental-African approach and result- a continental-African approach and result- oriented use of EU resources; oriented use of EU resources ensuring transparency and monitoring procedures;

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Amendment 6 Emmanuel Maurel

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Amendment 7 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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Amendment 8 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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Amendment 9 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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1a. Welcomes the Commission’s Communication “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa” of 9 March and sees it as a step towards a truly geopolitical partnership; recalls that

PE653.741v01-00 6/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN together the EU and Africa face a lot of challenges, ranging from climate change and energy issues, reforming multilateral institutions and global trade, advancing human and civil rights through the advancement of democracy, lifting communities out of poverty, providing decent living conditions through the provisions of economic opportunities and meaningful employment opportunities, advancing public health and access to health care, to the combat against armed groups, terrorism, as well as human trafficking in order to ensure stability and peace, and that only by acting together will we reach our common objectives; Emphasises that the EU’s relations with Africa are of utmost importance for the future of both our continents, touching upon all fields especially political, economic, societal, cultural, scientific, and academia, and must go beyond the traditional development and humanitarian cooperation in order to truly lift our partnership to the first rang of our relationships; strongly welcomes the five partnerships proposed by the Commission’s Communication and emphasis that these partnerships will become even more important and relevant in the context of the Covid-19pandemic; however points to the need to clearly define how the new strategy is supposed to be implemented and indicate which EU actor is in charge of doing what;

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Amendment 10 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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1a. Recalls that democracy is based on respect for human rights, civil and political rights, equality and non- discrimination, as well as the rights of protest and association; recalls that social and economic rights, in particular the right to work, health, education, housing, a healthy environment, access to water and food and fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of expression, are necessary for the achievement of a democratic society, and that these rights and freedoms are under threat in many EU and African countries and that numerous violations of these rights and freedoms endanger democracy by laying the foundations for authoritarian states; stresses that civil society must be inclusive, in order to represent all existing groups, such as women, LGBTI+ people, young people, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities;

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Amendment 11 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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1a. Reiterates the importance to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms and the principles of Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); calls for the African Union, the European Union and their member states, for a more robust cooperation in the fields of the promotion and protection of human rights, and

PE653.741v01-00 8/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN human rights defenders, and to deliver full political and financial support to their respective human rights mechanisms;

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Amendment 12 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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1a. Highlights the need to galvanise the EU’s relations with the countries of North Africa; laments the fact that 25 years on from the start of the Barcelona Process, the creation of an area of shared prosperity, stability and freedom with the southern neighbourhood countries has still not been completed;

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Amendment 13 Dragoş Tudorache

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1a. Stresses the importance of reinforcing a new and comprehensive EU- Africa multi- sectoral partnership for ensuring stability and security in all regions based on trustful cooperation and effective coordination for creating and promotion peace, sustainable economic growth, new jobs and poverty eradication;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 9/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 14 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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1b. Highlights that the relations between the EU, its Member States and African countries are unequal and that, following decolonisation, new rules have been imposed on African countries in order to maintain the economic and political domination of the former colonial powers; deplores that this neo- colonialism has resulted at political level in the dismissal of governments, the assassination of political leaders, political instability and in some cases in the financing of armed conflicts or direct military intervention by the former colonial powers; recalls, therefore, that the question of democracy in Africa is intrinsically linked to the real independence and sovereignty of those states;

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Amendment 15 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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1b. Underlines that it is important to step up synergies and coherence between all the legal and political frameworks on which EU-Africa relations are based on in order to make the partnership more effective and sustainable; welcomes the proposal for a pan-African programme in

PE653.741v01-00 10/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN the context of the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) aimed at addressing the challenges of the African continent as a whole;

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Amendment 16 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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1c. Stresses that the global systemic crisis will accelerate as a result of the pandemic and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) predicts an unprecedented contraction in trade flows, ranging from 13% to 32%; recalls that the NGO Oxfam predicts that some 500 million people are at risk of falling into poverty while the African Union has estimated that the continent would need at least USD 200billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic and social consequences; recalls that in a study published at the end of March 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimated the needs of the countries of the South at USD 2 500 billion and that, according to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) note published on 7 April 2020, 'two billion people work in the informal economy (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk”;

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Amendment 17 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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1d. Deplores that imposed structural reforms, debt and debt servicing, imposed on African countries for years, have hampered economic and social development, greatly reduced the capacity of States to meet the needs of their populations and generated situations close to bankruptcy, at a time when public investment has never been more essential, particularly to deal with natural pandemics; regrets that these structural adjustment programmes imposed by the IMF and the World Bank have encouraged the lack of development and dismantling of public services and infrastructures, and other pillars of the economy of these countries; recalls that this has led to a worsening of the living conditions of the population and has favoured the monopolisation of resources and the seizure of the economy by the major, mainly Western, industrial groups, creating an increase in unemployment, the deterioration in the social situation and the impoverishment of the populations are determining factors in the instability from which the African countries suffer;

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Amendment 18 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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1e. Recalls that in 2019, nearly 16.6 million Africans were affected by extreme

PE653.741v01-00 12/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN weather events, 195% more than in 2018, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), and that natural disasters have an adverse impact on the lives, livelihoods, homes and ecosystems, as well as on the macro economy;

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Amendment 19 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of development on the African continent is of key importance for the prosperity, stability key importance for the prosperity, stability and security of both the EU and Africa; and security of both the EU and Africa; underscores the importance of promoting better living conditions for Africans, and of adopting policies targeting young people that stimulate economic growth and create job opportunities;

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Amendment 20 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of sustainable development on the African key importance for the prosperity, stability continent is of key importance for the and security of both the EU and Africa; prosperity, stability and human security of both the EU and Africa; in this context

AM\1206977EN.docx 13/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN recalls that the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the respect of human rights have to remain the main objectives of EU-African relations;

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Amendment 21 Petras Auštrevičius

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of development on the African continent is of key importance for the prosperity, stability key importance for the prosperity, stability and security of both the EU and Africa; and security of both the EU and Africa; notes the importance of EU support and cooperation with African countries to fight corruption in the African continent;

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Amendment 22 Stelios Kympouropoulos, Vangelis Meimarakis, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Anna- Michelle Asimakopoulou

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of development on the African continent and key importance for the prosperity, stability its alignment with International Law on and security of both the EU and Africa; maritime affairs, trade and protection of labour rights is of key importance for the prosperity, stability and security of both the EU and Africa;

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PE653.741v01-00 14/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 23 Anna Fotyga

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of development on the African continent is of key importance for the prosperity, stability key importance for the prosperity, stability and security of both the EU and Africa; and security of both the EU and Africa, along with the transition to a closer and mutually beneficial strategic partnership

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Amendment 24 Nicolae Ştefănuță

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that the process of development on the African continent is of development on the African continent is of key importance for the prosperity, stability key importance for the prosperity, stability and security of both the EU and Africa; and security of both the EU and Africa; stresses that peace and security are key conditions for economic and social development;

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Amendment 25 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary, Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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2. Underlines that the process of 2. Underlines that a new partnership development on the African continent is between Europe and Africa should be of key importance for the prosperity, based on a clear understanding of their stability and security of both the EU and respective and mutual interests and Africa; responsibilities, reflecting the comprehensiveness and maturity of their relations

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Amendment 26 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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2a. Is of the firm opinion that our partnership must be based on clear positions and priorities identified by our African partners and in this light believes that the upcoming 6th AU-EU Summit this fall provides a timely opportunity to listen to the African partners, to exchange on reciprocal demands and proposals and to define common objectives in order to enshrine them in the upcoming new EU Africa Strategy;

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Amendment 27 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni, Jérôme Rivière

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2a. Stresses the need for a conditionality mechanism as part of the

PE653.741v01-00 16/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN EU-Africa joint strategy and the Cotonou agreements designed to stem migratory flows into the EU and ensure the repatriation of migrants not entitled to asylum and already in the EU;

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Amendment 28 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart

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2a. Considers that stable democratic institutions, free and fair elections, education and literacy improvement, promoting gender equality, and the protection of vulnerable groups are all prerequisites of development and must be at the heart of EU-Africa cooperation.

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Amendment 29 Dragoş Tudorache

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2a. Stresses that the development of Africa depends on education inclusion and that it is necessary to continue addressing education inequalities and to increase investment in schooling and health policies and programmes for child and youth development;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 17/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 30 Emmanuel Maurel

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2a. Welcomes the cooperation between the EU and Africa in combating terrorism and armed groups;

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Amendment 31 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni, Jérôme Rivière

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2b. Underlines the numerous problems caused by illegal migrants in the Member States; it is necessary to put an end to departures - which frequently result in a high death toll - by identifying and closing down the routes used by criminal networks for illicit trafficking operations; consideration must also be given to the ambiguous role of NGOs in helping to manage migration flows, ensuring greater transparency and closer monitoring of European funding earmarked for this purpose;

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Amendment 32 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Nathalie Loiseau, Javier Nart

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2b. Highlights that Africa is disproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of climate change; notes that it is our common responsibility to introduce measures to fight climate change through promoting climate proofing of investments, adaptation, decentralised access to renewable energy, and climate mitigation in the African continent;

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Amendment 33 Dragoş Tudorache

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2b. Underlines that gender disparity in education remains a severe problem in Africa, especially in marginalised communities, and stresses the need to provide proper access to education, skills learning programmes, and real life opportunities for girls and women;

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Amendment 34 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni, Jérôme Rivière, Thierry Mariani

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2c. Takes the view that that emigration from African countries is leaving them impoverished, depriving them of their human resources, while at

AM\1206977EN.docx 19/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN the same time jeopardising security in Europe, particularly in first-port countries;

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Amendment 35 Dragoş Tudorache

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2c. Recalls the need to support women's empowerment programmes in Africa through quality and affordable education, social justice, proper healthcare, increased self-reliance and financial independence;

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Amendment 36 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni, Jérôme Rivière

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2d. Urges the EU to focus on any form of radicalisation in Africa, especially among the jihadist movements, in order to prevent it spreading to Europe and elsewhere, and to collaborate with the Member States on drawing up anti- terrorist programmes, which remain a top EU priority;

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2d. Stresses the importance of continuing the cooperation with African leaders for developing and promoting legislation fighting against sexual and domestic violence, sexual harassment, child marriage, marital rape, and any kind of abuse;

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Amendment 38 Dragoş Tudorache

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2e. Stresses the need to build a long- term shared strategy to fight human smuggling and illegal migration routes from African countries to the EU;

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Amendment 39 Dragoş Tudorache

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2f. Stresses the importance of the agricultural multi-sectoral transformation and rural development in all African countries and regions, leading to creation

AM\1206977EN.docx 21/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN of jobs and decentralisation of communities from big urban areas;

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Amendment 40 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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3. Stresses the urgent need for a 3. Stresses the urgent need for a stronger long-term and multi-faceted stronger long-term and multi-faceted partnership, which should also translate partnership, which should also translate into stronger political cooperation built on into stronger political cooperation built on equality, trust and shared values; equality, trust, sovereignty and shared values; in this regard, stresses the importance of human rights, democracy, gender equality, governance, peace and security, as well as the climate, environment and biodiversity as the necessary foundations for a sustainable, inclusive and mutually beneficial EU- Africa partnership;

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Amendment 41 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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Amendment 42 Vladimír Bilčík

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3. Stresses the urgent need for a 3. Stresses the urgent need for a stronger long-term and multi-faceted stronger long-term and multi-faceted partnership, which should also translate partnership, which should also translate into stronger political cooperation built on into stronger political cooperation built on equality, trust and shared values; equality, trust and shared values; this partnership should be based on promoting and enhancing good governance, democracy, rule of law and respect for fundamental freedoms;

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Amendment 43 Petras Auštrevičius

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3. Stresses the urgent need for a 3. Stresses the urgent need for a stronger long-term and multi-faceted stronger long-term and multi-faceted partnership, which should also translate partnership, which should also translate into stronger political cooperation built on into stronger political cooperation built on equality, trust and shared values; equality, trust and shared values; highlights the importance of free and fair elections, law-based and peaceful power transitions in African countries;

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Amendment 44 Emmanuel Maurel

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Amendment 45 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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3a. Calls upon the EU institutions and the Member States to be a more coherent and unified actor in dealing with the African continent and to hence advance internal coordination in order to better define a common way ahead; along this line highlights the need to develop a coherent and all-encompassing strategy towards Africa, sometimes termed “Marshall Plan”, which must build on existing African and European efforts and is centred on creating economic opportunities and jobs, which is of key importance when recalling the demographic trends on the African continent; in this context points to the positive impact of “The External Investment Plan”, launched by then EC

PE653.741v01-00 24/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN president Juncker in2017, and expresses its strong support to the “Africa-Europe Alliance for sustainable investments and jobs” which was launched as a result;

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Amendment 46 Nicolae Ştefănuță

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3a. Stresses that a strong EU-Africa partnership needs a strong African Union, stresses that further steps regarding the EU-AU cooperation are needed to address key challenges both Europe and Africa are facing, highlights the important role of the EU in helping the African Union to exercise its mandate more effectively, in building peace and security across the continent and in driving the continental integration progress;

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Amendment 47 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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3a. Emphasises the importance of orderly management of the migration flows between Africa and Europe based on the principles of cooperation, solidarity, balance and shared responsibility; stresses that both sides

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Amendment 48 Anna Fotyga

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3a. Recalls that Africa is our closest neighbour, home to over 1 billion people and more than half of the world’s population growth by 2050 is expected to take place in Africa, while six out of the ten fastest growing economies in the world are African.

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Amendment 49 Anna Fotyga

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3b. Notes that thirty-six of the world’s most fragile countries are located in Africa, often weakened by conflicts, while the continent hosts 390 million people living below the poverty line. Stresses that the population growth in some of the poorest and most underdeveloped countries, together with the effects of climate change and factors as radicalization and proliferation of organized crime will inevitably lead to a series of new challenges, which, if not addressed immediately, may result in uncontrolled migration waves, widespread terrorist activity and destabilization across

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Amendment 50 Nicolae Ştefănuță

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3b. Stresses that in order to ensure appropriate levels of security and development, the African countries must have adequate capacities in all essential sectors, most importantly regarding security and defence; calls on the European Union to coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved on the African continent as part of an integrated strategy that should include good governance, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and gender equality, with a particular focus on regions where vulnerabilities and tensions are the highest;

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Amendment 51 Nicolae Ştefănuță

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3c. Believes that the European Union, having as guidelines the UN Sustainable Security Goals, should ensure that development plans on the African

AM\1206977EN.docx 27/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN continent are multi-sectorial and provide a real, global solution to the challenges of the region, such as terrorism, food insecurity, malnutrition, epidemics and climate change, together with high levels of inefficiency, lack of transparency and corruption of the administration;

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Amendment 52 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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4. Notes that Africa is still 4. Supports Africa's process of undergoing the process of integration at integration at regional, continental and regional, continental and international level international level but notes that as yet and that as yet 54 African countries remain African countries remain divided and divided and diversified in areas of key diversified in areas of key strategic strategic importance to the EU, such as importance to the EU, such as meeting meeting internationally recognised internationally recognised standards and standards and practices in trade, human practices in trade, human rights, rights, sustainable development and sustainable development and positioning in positioning in international organisations; international organisations; calls on the EU to take the lead, both directly and by engaging with the international community, especially in the context of post covid-19 recovery, in initiatives aimed at supporting Africa in the area of debt reduction and debt sustainability, in particular in cases of odious debt; believes this would be an important step in building a "partnership of equals", as stated by the Commission, thus moving away from the donor- recipient relationship that has long characterised EU-Africa relations.

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PE653.741v01-00 28/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 53 María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau, Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart, Frédérique Ries, Hilde Vautmans

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4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing 4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing the process of integration at regional, the process of integration at regional, continental and international level and that continental and international level and that as yet 54 African countries remain divided as yet 54 African countries remain divided and diversified in areas of key strategic and diversified in areas of key strategic importance to the EU, such as meeting importance to the EU, such as meeting internationally recognised standards and internationally recognised standards and practices in trade, human rights, practices in trade, human rights, sustainable development and positioning in sustainable development and positioning in international organisations; international organisations; calls on the EU to forge a stronger partnership between the EU and the African Union to tackle global common challenges, by focusing on strategic areas such as digital transformation and climate diplomacy, under the principle of common and differentiated responsibilities; urges the EU to continue its support to the integration process in Africa through the AU, namely by supporting the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

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Amendment 54 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Michael Gahler

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4. Notes that Africa is still 4. Reiterates its continued support to undergoing the process of integration at regional integration and regional regional, continental and international organisations, in particular ECOWAS level and that as yet 54 African countries (Economic Community of West African remain divided and diversified in areas of State), CEMAC (The Central African

AM\1206977EN.docx 29/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN key strategic importance to the EU, such Economic and Monetary Community), as meeting internationally recognised EAC (East African Community), SADC standards and practices in trade, human (South Africa Development Community), rights, sustainable development and IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on positioning in international organisations; Development) and ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), as well as the ICGLR (International Conference on the Great Lakes Region)and calls for an update of the various EU regional policies towards those regions (Gulf of Guinea, Sahel, Great Lakes, Horn of Africa); in this light also underlines the need to develop coherent EU internal responses to given challenges and crises, and address them through the “Team Europe” approach;

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Amendment 55 Petras Auštrevičius

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4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing 4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing the process of integration at regional, the process of integration at regional, continental and international level and that continental and international level and that as yet 54 African countries remain divided as yet 54 African countries remain divided and diversified in areas of key strategic and diversified in areas of key strategic importance to the EU, such as meeting importance to the EU, such as meeting internationally recognised standards and internationally recognised standards and practices in trade, human rights, practices in trade, human rights, sustainable development and positioning in sustainable development and positioning in international organisations; international organisations; notes the importance of implementing the Africa Mining Vision adopted in 2009 by the African Heads of State and Governments to ensure transparent, equitable and optimal exploitation of mineral resources.

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PE653.741v01-00 30/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 56 Lars Patrick Berg, Thierry Mariani, Harald Vilimsky

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4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing 4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing the process of integration at regional, the process of integration at regional, continental and international level and that continental and international level and that as yet 54 African countries remain divided as yet 54 African countries remain divided and diversified in areas of key strategic and diversified in areas of key strategic importance to the EU, such as meeting importance to the EU, such as meeting internationally recognised standards and internationally recognised standards and practices in trade, human rights, practices in trade, human rights, sustainable development and positioning in sustainable development and positioning in international organisations; international organisations; notes that African states are not homogeneous and that it is therefore unrealistic to treat the African continent as one entity.

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Amendment 57 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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4. Notes that Africa is still 4. Notes that Africa is making steps undergoing the process of integration at forward in the process of integration at regional, continental and international level regional, continental and international and that as yet 54 African countries level; therefore stresses the need for a remain divided and diversified in areas of continent-to-continent partnership key strategic importance to the EU, such between the European Union and the as meeting internationally recognised African Union; stresses that the standards and practices in trade, human partnership should be based on common rights, sustainable development and interests and objectives; recalls that positioning in international organisations; developing this EU-AU partnership would enable further regionalisation and should be considered as an option for ACP

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Amendment 58 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary

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4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing 4. Notes that while Africa is the process of integration at regional, undergoing major processes of integration continental and international level and that at regional, continental and international as yet 54 African countries remain divided level and 54 African countries remain and diversified in areas of key strategic divided and diversified in areas of key importance to the EU, such as meeting strategic importance to the EU, such as internationally recognised standards and meeting internationally recognised practices in trade, human rights, standards and practices in trade, human sustainable development and positioning rights, and sustainable development; in international organisations; Europe and Africa have a shared interest to cooperate on multilateralism and common agendas that can be addressed effectively only together

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Amendment 59 Emmanuel Maurel

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Amendment 60 Peter van Dalen

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Amendment 61 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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4. Notes that Africa is still undergoing 4. Notes that Africa and the the process of integration at regional, European Union are still undergoing a continental and international level and that process of integration at regional, as yet 54 African countries remain divided continental and international level and and diversified in areas of key strategic share common challenges, such as importance to the EU, such as meeting meeting internationally recognised internationally recognised standards and standards and practices in trade, human practices in trade, human rights, rights, sustainable development and

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Amendment 62 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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Amendment 63 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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4a. Strongly welcomes the signals sent by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to make relations with Africa a centre piece of her mandate, underlined by her decision to make her first mission outside the EU to the Headquarter of the African Union in Addis Ababa on 7 December 2019, as well as the recent 10th AU-EU College-to-College meeting at the AU Headquarters on 27 February 2020, strongly welcomes the “whole of

PE653.741v01-00 34/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Commission” approach which involves the entirety of the Commission; reiterates that such personal encounters on the top- level are of utmost importance since next to fostering personal bounds, they also raise the public awareness of our partnership in our respective national medias; Calls therefore for a further intensification of these high-level meetings and exchanges, including business and civil society forums and meetings;

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Amendment 64 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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4a. Stresses that the new EU - Africa Strategy should pave the way for fair and ethical trade; urges the EU and its Member States to acknowledge the difficulties encountered by African countries related to Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), especially in terms of regional integration, industrialisation and economic diversification and to revise EPAs accordingly; in particular, invites the EU and the African Union to have a frank dialogue on EPAs to evaluate to what extent such agreements contribute to the realisation of the economic goals of the AU’s 2063 Agenda, particularly the goal to increase intra-African trade to 50% by 2050;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 35/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 65 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart

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4a. Calls on the European Investment Bank to immediately strengthen its tax justice regime through ensuring that supported projects in Africa or companies with aggressive or harmful tax planning are forced to disclose information about their sales, assets, the number of employees, profits and tax payments in each country of operation.

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Amendment 66 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

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4a. Calls for the supply and use of funding, equipment and training for Africa to be monitored by the Member States with European Parliament oversight and scrutinised by the European Court of Auditors;

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Amendment 67 Anna Fotyga

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4a. Supports the view that the EU must maintain flexible country-to-country and sub-regional approaches that tailor its engagement and support to the specific needs and circumstances of each country within the five regions of Africa;

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Amendment 68 Vladimír Bilčík

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4a. Underlines the importance of supporting free, fair and competitive elections and credible electoral processes; supports coordination between the EU and the African Union on election observation missions;

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Amendment 69 Stelios Kympouropoulos, Vangelis Meimarakis, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Antonio López-Istúriz White

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4a. Considers that intercontinental cooperation between EU and Africa can significantly contribute to the fight against xenophobia and fundamentalism and for the stabilisation of the Mediterranean region;

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Amendment 70 Dragoş Tudorache

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4a. Encourages African leaders to promote bold economic policies for industrialisation and for enabling an environment for market- based growth, promoting new energy resources in the process;

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Amendment 71 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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4b. Stresses the importance of including legally binding human rights clauses in the EU's international agreements with the African continent; reaffirms that these clauses must also be included in all trade and sectoral agreements, with a clear and precise consultation mechanism modelled on Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement; in this respect, welcomes the inclusion of such a clause in the ‘new-generation’ free trade agreements; notes that the same approach of systematic inclusion should also be applied to the chapters on sustainable development in bilateral agreements;

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Amendment 72 Anna Fotyga

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4b. Stresses that the EU and its Member States constitute Africa’s biggest partner on all accounts: investment, trade, development aid, humanitarian assistance and security; however this increasingly close cooperation is yet to result in a shared understanding or viable strategic partnership, in line with shared interests, growth potential, geographical proximity and centuries-old links between two continents;

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Amendment 73 Dragoş Tudorache

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4b. Stresses the importance of continuing to boost Africa’s digital infrastructure in the process of digitalisation and to ensure proper connectivity and internet access across the continent, from rural to urban areas alike;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 39/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 74 Anna Fotyga

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4c. Highlights that European interests in Africa range from trade, security, counter-terrorism, fighting organized crime, illegal migration and human trafficking, health, promotion of democracy and human rights, strengthening trade and investment relations, which demand a continental African approach that can reconcile these divergent strands into a comprehensive coherent strategy, which will be measured in its output, evaluated continuously and protect from overstretching the EU’s limited resources.

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Amendment 75 Anna Fotyga

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4d. Is of the opinion that a stronger long-term and multi-faceted partnership between the EU and Africa is urgent and must be reliable and should also translate into stronger political co-operation. Welcomes that the very first visit of the new President of the European Commission was to Africa and calls for more frequent high level meetings and contacts; Stresses that the EU must be confident in creating a fresh and modern approach to its Africa policy, thus creating a strong relationship built on equality, honest dialogue, trust and

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Amendment 76 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Welcomes the joint communication from the Commission and the High from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); calls for strong and constant EU calls for strong and constant EU engagement in the security, stability and engagement in the security, stability and development of Africa; development of Africa; stresses the importance of assisting our partners in building more resilient states and societies, through capacity building and with a particular focus on good governance, parliamentary oversight and accountability; underlines the importance of building fairer societies and calls on the EU to cooperate and support African states in tackling the state capture phenomenon, characterised by oligarchic control and extractive practices by sections of state bureaucracies, which lies at the root of many of Africa’s socio-economic problems and political conflicts;

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Amendment 77 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Welcomes the joint communication from the Commission and the High from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); strategy with Africa’(JOIN(2020)0004); calls for strong and constant EU which underlines the universality, engagement in the security, stability and indivisibility, interdependence and development of Africa; interrelated nature of all human rights and affirms EU and African commitments to promote and protect them; calls for strong and constant EU engagement in human security, stability and sustainable development of Africa; stresses the importance of including the principles of transparency and good governance in the EU-Africa Strategy and its planning, implementation and evaluation;

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Amendment 78 María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart, Frédérique Ries, Hilde Vautmans

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PE653.741v01-00 42/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN joint perspective in view of the next EU- Africa Summit to be held in October2 020; calls for a strong, coherent and constant EU engagement in the security, stability and development of Africa;

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Amendment 79 Anna Fotyga

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Welcomes the joint communication from the Commission and the High from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004), calls for strong and constant EU striving for a closer and more engagement in the security, stability and comprehensive partnership between the development of Africa; EU and Africa. Calls for strong and constant EU engagement in the security, stability and development of Africa; Expresses however, its disappointment that, according to our African neighbours, the communication “Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa” has not been thoroughly discussed and developed with African partners before its publication;

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Amendment 80 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary, Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Welcomes the joint communication from the Commission and the High from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); in calls for strong and constant EU line with the priorities identified in the engagement in the security, stability and joint communication calls for strong and development of Africa; coherent EU engagement in promoting the green transition and energy access, digital transformation, sustainable growth and jobs, peace and governance, and a balanced and comprehensive approach to migration and mobility

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Amendment 81 Emmanuel Maurel

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Calls for updating of the joint from the Commission and the High communication from the Commission and Representative of the Union for Foreign the High Representative of the Union for Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); comprehensive strategy with Africa’ calls for strong and constant EU (JOIN(2020)0004) to reflect Africa’s engagement in the security, stability and health and economic needs in addressing development of Africa; the COVID-19 crisis; calls for strong and constant EU engagement in the security, stability and development of Africa;

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Amendment 82 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5. Welcomes the joint communication 5. Notes the joint communication from the Commission and the High from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); calls for strong and constant EU calls for strong and constant EU political engagement in the security, stability and cooperation with African countries to development of Africa; tackle common challenges like climate change, Sustainable Development Goals, and ending discrimination;

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Amendment 83 Vladimír Bilčík

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Amendment 84 Lars Patrick Berg, Thierry Mariani, Harald Vilimsky

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Amendment 85 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5a. Considers that the new strategy with Africa must have as its main objective the eradication of poverty and inequalities, promoting human development; insists that relations with Africa must take place within a framework of mutual development and equal partners; stresses that, in order to permit mutual development and employment both within the African countries and the European Union, it is necessary to put in place a new model of multilateral cooperation that meets the needs of the people and is based on the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the guiding framework of the new relationship; calls for the European Union and its Member States to promote the participation of African representatives in international fora on equal terms;

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PE653.741v01-00 46/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 86 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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5a. Welcomes the five key areas of future cooperation identified by the joint communication "Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa" and the specific focus on the green transition and the digital transformation as key target areas for future cooperation; underlines that a green growth model has the potential to create virtuous cycles, boosting research, innovation, education, business environment and investment climate, ultimately leading to the creation of more jobs and a more inclusive society while at the same time combating climate change; calls on the EU to closely cooperate with Africa in order to maximise the mutual benefits of the green transition and minimise threats to the environment, in full compliance with the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 87 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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5a. Stresses the importance of a true inclusion of international and local civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), parliamentary

AM\1206977EN.docx 47/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN assemblies, the diaspora, trade unions, youth organisations, the private sector and local authorities in consolidating the political dialogue between the EU and Africa; calls on the AU and the EU to ensure unfettered civil society access to African and European institutions and their human rights mechanisms; further insists on the importance of creating an enabling environment for civil society and addressing an increasing crackdown on human rights defenders;

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Amendment 88 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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5a. Emphasises the crucial role played by civil society and human rights defenders in enhancing democracy, peace, the rule of law and the protection of human rights across both continents; stresses the need to increase the participation of civil society in the Africa- EU partnership, promoting the reinforcement of its capacities and protection; calls on the European Union to support concrete initiatives to reinforce civil society organizations and human rights defenders as well as freedom of expression and of the media across Africa;

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Amendment 89 Anna Fotyga

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5a. Regrets that the Communication lacks clear proposals for coordinated approaches between the EU and the AU to tackle common challenges which could be addressed jointly in multilateral systems (e.g. UN); stresses that HRVP and EU Missions in capitals throughout the African continent should be more active in presenting EU policy objectives. Encourages European think tanks and academia in this regard to cooperate more actively with their African counterparts;

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Amendment 90 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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5a. Recalls that for a strong partnership we not only need a strong EU but also a strong African Union, therefore underlines the need to further strengthen the process of integration on the African continent as well as the institutionalization of the African Union, including the Pan-African Parliament, through the sharing of best practices as well as technical and financial assistance;

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Amendment 91 Nathalie Loiseau, Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Javier Nart, Katalin Cseh

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5a. Underlines that Africa's future relies in the hands of its young generation; calls the EU to support concrete initiatives for the empowerment of youth and women in its renewed EU- Africa strategy ensuring their active involvement in decision-making processes of civic and political life.

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Amendment 92 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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5a. Highlights the importance of the upcoming EU-AU Summit scheduled for October 2020; trusts that this summit will adopt a new mutually-beneficial joint strategy which reflects the interests of both sides and strengthens the ties between the two continents;

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Amendment 93 Urmas Paet

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5a. Notes that Africa and Europe have a shared interest and responsibility when

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Amendment 94 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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5b. Recalls the AU and the EU’s joint commitment to collaborate on the global human rights agenda; calls on AU and EU institutions to prioritise cooperation at multilateral human rights fora and to act robustly in defence of crucial human rights gains at multilateral level; to this end, calls them to develop concrete strategies to counter the recent pushback on existing human rights norms at multilateral fora, including the universality and indivisibility of human rights; reminds EU and AU member states that they must deliver full political and financial support to their respective human rights mechanisms and ensure these, together with a strong and independent civil society, can guarantee delivery and further progress on human rights for all in Africa and Europe;

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Amendment 95 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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5b. Regrets that the Commission’s communication neglects the dimension of foreign cultural policy and the promising potential within a deepened European- African cultural collaboration; therefore, urges the Commission and EEAS to prioritize this area by promoting and funding bi-continental partnerships between institutions and individuals; recalls the tremendous volume of displaced items of Sub-Saharan Africa’s material cultural legacy; thus, urges the Commission to propose an encompassing EU-African initiative to reflect on the entangled colonial histories and to investigate cases of illicit appropriation and to explore measures of repatriation and restitution of cultural artefacts of African origin.

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Amendment 96 Urmas Paet

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5b. Stresses the vital role of digital transformation and digitalisation for sustainable development and resilience of societies that has been especially visible during the current global situation triggered by the COVID-19 crisis; calls for a continued, strengthened, systematic and mutually beneficial cooperation with the African states on digitalisation, innovative technologies and solutions at all levels of society, including on e-

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Amendment 97 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5b. Underlines that the participation of European, African and international civil society is an indispensable means for the strategy to have an impact and benefit the peoples of both continents; calls on the EC and the EEAS to involve civil society organisations and NGOs, especially local ones, in the implementation of the strategy at all phases of projects and programmes (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation);

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Amendment 98 Anna Fotyga

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5b. Regrets the limited consultation process and public debate during the process of drafting the EU-Africa Strategy; underlines the importance of future relations with Africa requires a broad involvement of civil societies of both continents; calls for a stronger

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Amendment 99 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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5c. Calls on the Commission to take into account African countries’ priorities on migration, more specifically the enhancement of legal migration and mobility, in order to forge a real “partnership of equals” and reiterates that EU funds and external policies should not be used in conditionality to migration policies; notes that African countries host a large part of the total amount of refugees and IDPs worldwide, whose precarious circumstances have been further exacerbated by the COVID- 19 crisis; calls for a more equal responsibility sharing for refugees in line with the Global Compact on Refugees through the increase of financial support and resettlement.

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Amendment 100 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5c. Calls on the EC and the EEAS to take specific actions to protect migrants from death, disappearance, family separation and violation of their rights; calls on the EC and the EEAS to facilitate and implement safe and legal migration channels, particularly for employment but not only for those deemed "highly skilled", in the framework of a migration and mobility partnership based on shared responsibility and the respect for Human Rights and International and Refugee Law; calls on the EC and the EEAS to take into account and avoid any negative spill over of EU external migration policies on African continental and regional migration and mobility;

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Amendment 101 Anna Fotyga

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5c. Notes that Africa’s potential attracts increased interest from many players on the world scene, and expresses concern that in many areas Africa has become a new arena of great power competition;

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Amendment 102 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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5d. Stresses the importance of climate change as a risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration in Africa and worldwide; underlines the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee of 20 January 2020 on a complaint by an individual seeking asylum from the effects of climate change, whereby it stated that countries may not deport individuals who face climate change-induced conditions that violate the right to life; calls on the EU-Africa Strategy to explicitly address climate migration and urges the EU to provide additional pathways for people affected by climate change, especially when fleeing slow-onset changes of the environment, by improving the flexibility of legal channels for migrants workers and their families, including resettlement and mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from regions affected by climate change;

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Amendment 103 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5d. Stresses that respect for and full realisation of the human rights of women are the foundations of a democratic society; considers, therefore, that the absence of psychological, physical and sexual violence and abuse, women's political participation and participation in all areas of society, including decision- making processes, peace-building and

PE653.741v01-00 56/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN peace-keeping efforts, negotiations and leadership, education, labour market access and entrepreneurism, ensuring their economic and social rights, autonomy, emancipation as well as access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, which are fundamental rights and objectives to be achieved for the construction of a truly democratic society; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to include a gender approach based on these principles in all its policies in Africa;

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Amendment 104 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5e. Recalls that climate change is having tragic consequences in the European Union and in African countries; calls on the EC and the EEAS to incorporate the fight against climate change, the ecological and digital transition as well as the Green Deal into the strategy, while ensuring that such transition is just and leaves no one behind; calls on the EU to define and legally recognise climate refugee status as a person displaced and forced to move as a direct or indirect result of climate changes, such as droughts, extreme temperatures, changes in water composition, the rise of sea levels, desertification and floods. As stated by the UN General Assembly in 2018 in the Global Compact on Refugees, climate, environmental degradation and natural disasters increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements, caused by the loss of livelihoods and food insecurity;

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Amendment 105 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5f. Calls for the EU's common agricultural policy to be restructured by scaling down agricultural subsidies that are detrimental to local production in both African countries and EU Member States; stresses that the current agro- industrial model is based on social and environmental dumping and is designed solely to satisfy financial interests at the expense of the income of small and medium-sized farms and the needs of the population; reaffirms the need to take agriculture and food out of the logic of trade and free trade agreements; supports a new global agriculture and food model that meets the objectives of food sovereignty for peoples and states (which includes the right of peasants, with a particular focus on female farmers, to produce food for their people and families, by ending land grabbing and ensuring farmers' access to land, seeds and water), ecological transition, job creation and fair pay for both male and female farmers, and the right to quality food for all;

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Amendment 106 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5g. Recalls the changes in the political and economic structures of African societies created by European intervention through colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade, that de- developed the African continent and made it completely dependent; calls for the Member States directly or indirectly responsible to put forward reparations towards the States whose resources have been plundered and societies decimated by European colonialism;

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Amendment 107 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new)

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5h. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support in the UN and other international fora the implementation of a binding instrument to make private companies accountable for human rights violations globally, given the grave consequences this lack of accountability has for the peoples of Africa in many areas;

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Amendment 108 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5i. Emphasises that land and natural resource grabbing by multinational companies is a major obstacle to the development of African countries; reaffirms that the activities of European companies operating in Africa must fully respect international human rights standards and ILO conventions; calls on the Member States to ensure that companies governed by their national law do not under any circumstances fail to respect human rights and the social, health and environmental standards that apply to them when they set up or carry out their activities in a third country; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to penalise European companies and their subsidiaries which fail to comply with these standards and to ensure that victims have access to justice;

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Amendment 109 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new)

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5j. Stresses that development aid is fundamental for the diversification of the African countries' economies and for coping with the current economic and social crisis; calls on the EU and its Member States to increase financial support and humanitarian aid to meet the urgent needs of the populations; calls for EU and Member States' aid to be in the form of grants and not loans so as not to increase the debt burden; deplores the fact that many EU Member States have failed to reach the target of 0.7% of GNI

PE653.741v01-00 60/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN and that some have even decreased their contributions to development aid; deplores the fact that these contributions are increasingly dedicated to support private sector investments (which could be more appropriately be supported by other type of funding) rather than through specialized international agencies and CSOs; deplores the decline in Member States' participation in food aid programmes; condemns the conditionality imposed on some countries to prevent migratory movements; urges that development aid should under no circumstances be used to limit or control borders or to ensure the readmission of migrants, as such approach undermines aid effectiveness principles;

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Amendment 110 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5k. Considers that massive public investment is essential to meet the needs of the people; stresses that in order to finance the new model of relationship it is necessary to incorporate additional measures to increase and boost domestic resource mobilisation, such as: to fulfil ODA commitments, facilitate remittances transactions, promote tax transparency, adopt legislation for mandatory tax transparency for multinational companies in the EU and revise tax treaties with African countries;

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5l. Stresses that the massive flight of capital from African countries, mainly to tax havens (more than 50 billion a year for Africa), is an obstacle to the development of these countries; considers, therefore, that the holding of a world tax conference in order to develop binding mechanisms is necessary to ensure tax justice at global level;

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Amendment 112 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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5m. Stresses that the demand for the cancellation of the public debt of the African countries has never been more legitimate and necessary in order to release the funds needed for investment in public infrastructure, particularly health infrastructure; calls therefore on the international institutions and the 'creditor' countries to remove the obstacles to development in the African countries by cancelling the debt and interest on the debt which these countries continue to pay;

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5n. Recalls that the aim of the private sector is, by definition, to make a profit; stresses that the search for corporate profit cannot guide the EU's external and humanitarian action, which must be based on respect for human rights, the strengthening of multilateralism and international cooperation, in adherence to the principles of policy coherence for development and 2030 Agenda, peacebuilding efforts and disarmament, the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change; insists that the role of donor and human development partner cannot be outsourced or privatised; regrets that the private sector is not required to meet the same conditions for action in a country as NGOs; underlines the need of holding the private sector accountable, and demonstrate that the support provided by the External Action Guarantee and the European Fund for Sustainable Development to their investments is binding to the achievement of concrete indicators of SDGs;

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Amendment 114 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the deleted first to bear the costs of all destructive policies employed against African nations, while other players, especially China and Russia, are focused only on their own benefits at the expense of African sovereignty and European security;

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Amendment 115 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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Amendment 116 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Observes the growing strategic first to bear the costs of all destructive interest and foreign presence in Africa, policies employed against African nations, involving the Gulf states, Turkey, and while other players, especially China and Iran, as well as China, Russia and the Russia, are focused only on their own United States, and leading to a wave of benefits at the expense of African investment in ports, bases and

PE653.741v01-00 64/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN sovereignty and European security; infrastructure and to an increased security and economic competition; is worried that these states activities are very often focused only on their own benefits at the expense of African sovereignty and European security; Insists that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms constitutes the cornerstone of EU’s engagement with its partners; calls for the EU to strengthen its support for democracy, the promotion of human rights, the rule of law, media freedom and accountable, transparent and responsive governance, which are vital elements for ensuring a stable and inclusive political, social and economic environment in Africa;

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Amendment 117 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Michael Gahler

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Recalls that it is up to the Africans first to bear the costs of all destructive to decide upon their international policies employed against African nations, cooperation and on their own priorities; while other players, especially China and calls on the EU to seek a coordination Russia, are focused only on their own with each country truly interested in a benefits at the expense of African prosperous and positive long-term sovereignty and European security; development of the African continent, based on the full respect of human rights, good governance, respect for civil and human rights and the combat against corruption; calls on the EU to develop a strategic and long-term response to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which should be guided by our shared values as well as the priorities and needs articulated by our African neighbours;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 65/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 118 Nathalie Loiseau, Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Javier Nart, Katalin Cseh

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to bear the costs of all destructive policies employed against African nations, policies employed against African nations, while other players, especially China and while other players, especially China and Russia, are focused only on their own Russia, are focused only on their own benefits at the expense of African benefits at the expense of African sovereignty and European security; sovereignty and European security; calls the European Commission to take it into account in its EU-Africa strategy and to raise this issue at the future EU-China Summit;

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Amendment 119 Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière, Nicolas Bay

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to bear the costs of development aid to policies employed against African nations, Africa whose long-term impact has been while other players, especially China and limited and even damaging, while other Russia, are focused only on their own players such as China and Russia are benefits at the expense of African focused primarily on their own interests; sovereignty and European security; urges the European Union and its Member States to change strategy and copy them;

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PE653.741v01-00 66/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 120 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to bear the costs of policies employed policies employed against African nations, to the detriment of African nations, while while other players, especially China and other players are advancing their Russia, are focused only on their own geopolitical interests often at the expense benefits at the expense of African of African sovereignty; sovereignty and European security;

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Amendment 121 María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Urmas Paet, Katalin Cseh, Javier Nart, Hilde Vautmans

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU should also first to bear the costs of all destructive focus on a political and normative policies employed against African nations, partnership in terms of strengthening the while other players, especially China and multilateral system and the international Russia, are focused only on their own rule-based order together with African benefits at the expense of African states, while other players, especially sovereignty and European security; China and Russia, are focused on a growing unilateralism.

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Amendment 122 David Lega

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the destructive policies first to bear the costs of all destructive employed against African states inevitably policies employed against African nations, have negative impacts on the EU too, and while other players, especially China and on our security, more particularly; Russia, are focused only on their own stresses that actions by other players, benefits at the expense of African especially China and Russia, jeopardise sovereignty and European security; African sovereignty and European security;

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Amendment 123 Stelios Kympouropoulos, Vangelis Meimarakis, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Antonio López-Istúriz White

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to bear the costs of all destructive policies employed against African nations, policies employed against African nations, while other players, especially China and while other players, especially China, Russia, are focused only on their own Russia and Turkey, are focused only on benefits at the expense of African their own benefits at the expense of sovereignty and European security; African sovereignty and European security;

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Amendment 124 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to suffer the consequences of all policies employed against African nations, destructive policies employed against while other players, especially China and African nations, while other players, Russia, are focused only on their own especially China and Russia, are focused

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Amendment 125 Emmanuel Maurel

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6. Stresses that the EU is among the 6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive first to help the African continent bear the policies employed against African nations, costs of all destructive policies employed while other players, especially China and against African nations, while other players Russia, are focused only on their own are focused only on their own benefits at benefits at the expense of African the expense of the sovereignty of African sovereignty and European security; countries and European security;

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Amendment 126 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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6a. Reiterates its call on EU and AU member states to constructively participate in the UN intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights in order to work towards the setting-up of a mandatory and enforceable regulatory framework, based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; calls on the EU to adopt a

AM\1206977EN.docx 69/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN legislative proposal on corporate human rights and due diligence to prevent abuses in the global operations of companies, including in Africa, and to enhance access to judicial remedy for victims of corporate misconduct;

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Amendment 127 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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6a. Recalls the detrimental impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, both in terms of health, but also in economic terms, and therefore reiterates its call to provide to those African States which ask for it an increased support in the health sector; strongly supports the strong EU response to the Crisis on an external dimension through the “Team Europe” approach and sees it as a true sign of global solidarity and European values, and strongly welcomes the announcement by the G20 to suspend all debt payments for the world's poorest countries until the end of 2020;

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Amendment 128 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart

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6a. Recalls that the extractive sector plays an important role in the economies

PE653.741v01-00 70/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN of numerous African countries and is linked to an unequal resource interdependence with Europe, which should be rectified by addressing the issue by of illicit outflows of tax revenue and royalties in the extractive sector through the EU Transparency Directive and Accounting Directive;

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Amendment 129 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni, Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière

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6a. Calls for the firm condemnation of actions by Turkey seeking to oppose or deter military operations by Member States in the Mediterranean, compromise joint efforts to achieve peace and security in the neighbourhood or hamper the CSDP IRINI initiative;

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Amendment 130 Anna Fotyga

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6a. Stresses that the EU and its Member States need to become a source of stability and reliability in the region. Believes that the European Union needs to play a bigger geopolitical role in Africa and establish relations that account for the good of all;

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Amendment 131 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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6b. Recalls that illicit financial flows (IFFs) constitute a substantial problem for developing countries and that in Africa illicit financial flows amount to at least USD 50 billion — twice the amount of official development aid; stresses that the Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa assessed commercial activities as accounting for 65 per cent of IFFs; calls on the EU to adopt a stringent regulatory framework on corruption, mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence and corporate accountability for European companies investing and operating in Africa;

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Amendment 132 Anna Fotyga

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6b. Regrets that other actors not always contribute to peace, stability and prosperity of African nations, with their policies of maximizing influences and subservience by increasing financial indebtedness, use of bribes, opaque

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Amendment 133 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart

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6b. Notes with concern that the EU’s open procurement rules are not always reciprocated, which often distorts competition at the expense of European companies operating in Africa; considers that “price only” tenders lack sufficient conditionality concerning labour and environmental standards and favour state sponsored actors;

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Amendment 134 Anna Fotyga

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6c. Regrets that China and Russia continue to threaten the financial independence of African nations, support military dictatorships, pillage natural

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Amendment 135 Anna Fotyga

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6d. Reiterates that engaging together on the global scene to strengthen the multilateral rules-based order requires shared values and respect of international law and fundamental rights;

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Amendment 136 Anna Fotyga

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6e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to advise and assist African nations in sharing best practices and European integration experiences, so to deepen cooperation and reconciliation, especially in implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the African Continental Free Trade Area, the African Visa-Free Area, Single African Digital Market, the Single African Air Transport Market, and achieving the UN

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Amendment 137 Anna Fotyga

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6f. Notes that Africa, in a rapidly changing world, has an immense potential that is not yet fully realized. Believes that whether or not African countries achieve this potential depends greatly on their follow through with their stated strategic objectives and how they foster relationships with nations who share similar experiences, particularly those in Europe.

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Amendment 138 Anna Fotyga

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6g. Calls for closer cooperation on implementation EU-Africa strategy with the UN, NATO, OSCE, and key allies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

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Amendment 139 Anna Fotyga

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6h. Welcomes that the EU considers peace and security in Africa as key conditions for sustainable development and that the Union is committed to “markedly step up its support to Africa in cooperation with the international community”;

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Amendment 140 Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa is of great transferred into the hands of Africans and importance for the development of the that the EU should assist its African continent and is primarily the partners in the successful accomplishment responsibility of African countries of this ultimate goal. themselves; considers that the EU should assist its African partners in the successful accomplishment of peace and overcoming the crises and conflicts on that continent through an integrated approach that harnesses all available tools, including support for developing African security and defence capabilities; urges the Council in this respect to swiftly approve the European Peace Facility; highlights also the need to enhance cooperation between the two continents in the field of public health and combating pandemics.

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PE653.741v01-00 76/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 141 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Marisa Matias

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that African of the security of Africa should be states and regional institutions must have transferred into the hands of Africans and the leading role in matters relating to the that the EU should assist its African security of Africa and that the EU should partners in the successful accomplishment assist its African partners in the successful of this ultimate goal. accomplishment of this ultimate goal, including by implementing a conflict prevention, do no harm and policy coherence approach in all aspects of its relationship with Africa; calls therefore for the dismantling of all EU Member States' military bases and ending the CSDP missions in the African continent; calls on the EU to refrain from partnering with governments and security forces with problematic human rights records, as well as for the EU to foresee sanctions on EU Member States that break the rules regarding arms sales;

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Amendment 142 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa lies in the hands of transferred into the hands of Africans and the African people and that the EU should that the EU should assist its African assist its African partners in the successful partners in the successful accomplishment accomplishment of this ultimate goal; of this ultimate goal. stresses in this respect that a human security focused approach is the basis for

AM\1206977EN.docx 77/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN sustainable development on the African continent and globally; underlines the need for coherent strategic action by the EU member states, which, despite all individual (geo)political ambitions, should not undermine joint European efforts; emphasizes the importance of multilateral cooperation within the AU-EU-UN triangle in the field of local, regional and international security - despite current nationalistic regressive tendencies.

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Amendment 143 Nathalie Loiseau, Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Javier Nart, Katalin Cseh

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Recalls that the fight against of the security of Africa should be terrorism is a common priority; calls the transferred into the hands of Africans and EU to continue its efforts to assist its that the EU should assist its African African partners throughout its military partners in the successful accomplishment operations and civilian missions and of this ultimate goal. support for initiatives coming from the AU, regional organizations such as ECOWAS or G5 Sahel; encourages Member States to participate in EU missions and operations and in bilateral efforts; insists on the importance of the establishment of the European Peace Facility in order to provide a more comprehensive assistance to African partners in regions affected by terrorism;

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Amendment 144 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that African of the security of Africa should be states and regional institutions must have transferred into the hands of Africans and the leading role in matters relating to the that the EU should assist its African security of Africa and that the EU should partners in the successful accomplishment support its African partners in the of this ultimate goal. successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal, by tackling the root causes of human insecurity, as well as including by implementing a conflict prevention, do no harm and policy coherence approach in all aspects of its relationship with Africa, and by supporting the role of civil society actors in peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts;

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Amendment 145 Fabio Massimo Castaldo

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that EU should of the security of Africa should be adopt a less paternalistic approach in its transferred into the hands of Africans and relations with Africa and African leaders, that the EU should assist its African especially in the field of security; matter of partners in the successful accomplishment the security of Africa should be transferred of this ultimate goal. into the hands of Africans and the EU should assist its partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal in a spirit of shared ownership and responsibility and with respect for the independence and sovereignty of African countries;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 79/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 146 Thierry Mariani, Jérôme Rivière, Nicolas Bay

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa should eventually transferred into the hands of Africans and be transferred into the hands of Africans; that the EU should assist its African notes that in order to achieve this goal a partners in the successful transitional phase is needed requiring accomplishment of this ultimate goal. increased investment by the African States themselves and greater support for states such as France that make a substantial contribution to African security and hence to the security of the EU and its Member States;

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Amendment 147 Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African that the EU should assist its African partners in the successful accomplishment partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal. of this ultimate goal through peacebuilding and demilitarization projects while ensuring that international human rights are respected under all circumstances.

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Amendment 148 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Michael Gahler

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Underlines that the EU-AU of the security of Africa should be partnership can only be successful if it is transferred into the hands of Africans and truly a partnership of equals, meaning a that the EU should assist its African more balanced, fairer and meaningful partners in the successful accomplishment partnership, built on own responsibility of this ultimate goal. and solidarity and a common vision for our future; reiterates thus its calls for a true “continent to continent” partnership between the European Union and Africa;

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Amendment 149 David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that African of the security of Africa should be states, supported by regional and transferred into the hands of Africans and international organizations, are the that the EU should assist its African foremost guarantors of their own security partners in the successful accomplishment and that the EU should assist its African of this ultimate goal. partners in the further development of an African peace and security architecture to achieve long-term peace and stability.

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Amendment 150 María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Urmas Paet, Katalin Cseh, Petras Auštrevičius, Javier Nart, Hilde Vautmans

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African that the EU should support its African partners in the successful accomplishment partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal. of this ultimate goal, with a special focus in dialogue and peace-building solutions.

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Amendment 151 Dragoş Tudorache

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African that the EU should closely assist and partners in the successful accomplishment scrutinize these matters together with its of this ultimate goal. African partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal.

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Amendment 152 Lars Patrick Berg, Harald Vilimsky

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the development and security of Africa transferred into the hands of Africans and is the responsibility of Africans and that that the EU should assist its African EU Member States should assist its partners in the successful accomplishment African partners in the successful of this ultimate goal. accomplishment of this ultimate goal.

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Amendment 153 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

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7. Shares the opinion that the matter 7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be of the security of Africa must be transferred into the hands of Africans and transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African that the EU must assist its African partners partners in the successful accomplishment in the successful accomplishment of this of this ultimate goal. ultimate goal.

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Amendment 154 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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7a. Underlines its belief that Africa, as a resource rich continent, with dynamic and developing economies that show high levels of growth, a growing middle class and a young and creative population, is a continent of opportunities which has demonstrated on numerous occasion that economic progress and development is possible; points to the cases of among others Botswana, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania in this regard; (points to technological innovations which originated in Africa, like the M-Pesa mobile payment system which is now used around the world, underlines in this regard the positive impact of social media on the democratic movements on the continent;)

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Amendment 155 Paulo Rangel, Isabel Wiseler-Lima

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7a. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to address the escalating terrorist insurgency in Northern Mozambique, which already caused more than 1.000 deaths and forced around 200.000 people to flee their homes, and poses a serious risk of spreading across the Southern African region; urges the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to offer EU’s support to Mozambique and its citizens; stresses that the lack of reaction from the EU can lead to other international players to take the leading role that the Union aims to achieve in the continent.

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Amendment 156 Anna Fotyga

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7a. Stresses that a lack of economic progress in the region, weak governance, instability, violation of human rights, corruption, lack of rule of law and impunity, inequality, unemployment or underemployment, climate change and water shortage; accompanied by conflicts and proliferation of radical Islamic terrorism and other forms of violent

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Amendment 157 María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Urmas Paet, Katalin Cseh, Javier Nart

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7a. Highlights that the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 could have a grievous impact on African States; urges the Council, the EEAS and EU Member States to support to their multilateral partners in order to take more action on debt relief for African countries as well as to explore viable solutions to come to a humanitarian economic sanctions’ relief on a case by case basis within the context of COVID-19.

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Amendment 158 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Calls on the Member States and the Union to keep the overall situation under review and hold a constructive ongoing high-level dialogue with the G5 Sahel, Horn of Africa and African Union countries, in a bid to localise the arc of instability running from the Sahel to the Horn of Africa and address the issue by

AM\1206977EN.docx 85/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN pooling resources and organising joint missions and civil and military operations;

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Amendment 159 Nathalie Loiseau, Bernard Guetta, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Javier Nart, Katalin Cseh

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Stresses the need to strengthen the cooperation on migration, based on the respect for human rights and international law; calls on the EU to target its policies to tackle the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, improving the return rates and to help African partners to fight against smuggling networks and human trafficking;

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Amendment 160 Urmas Paet

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Recalls the importance of the role of the International Criminal Court in tackling impunity and in upholding the values of peace, security, equality, fairness, justice and compensation; calls for the EU and African states to continue supporting the Rome Statute and the ICC; urges all signatories of the Rome Statute

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Amendment 161 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Attila Ara-Kovács, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Juozas Olekas, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Calls, in the context of counter- terrorism policies, on the establishment of more transparent decision-making processes, increased general awareness about a human rights-based approach and more engagement with communities affected by these measures;

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Amendment 162 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7a. Stresses the importance of joint EU-Africa efforts in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and preventing and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, including conflict related sexual and gender-based violence;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 87/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 163 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Welcomes the intention by the Commission to make the “Africa-Europe Alliance” the central pillar of the economic relations between the two continents, and reiterates, that sustainable long-term economic development, and the subsequent creation of decent and well- paid jobs, in particular for the youth, is the prerequisite for the development and flourishment of an African middle-class and hence ultimately the attainment of political stability, democracy as well as increased civil and human rights; points in this light to the need of structural economic reforms and the importance of advancing domestic production and manufacturing capacities, which would help to reduce the dependency on foreign imports; recalls the need for the EU to enhance support to SMEs and points to the opportunities of the EU’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) to promote business-to-business cooperation and joint ventures with African companies, which would furthermore not only increase the visibility of business opportunities but also foster the much- needed access to finance and access to technology through a transfer of know- how; Furthermore underlines the need to improve investments protection scheme to facilitate and encourage further investments;

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Amendment 164 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López,

PE653.741v01-00 88/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Pierfrancesco Majorino, Demetris Papadakis, Andreas Schieder, Evin Incir

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Recognises the complex challenges and opportunities migration movements play both in Europe and Africa for the prosperity and the development of both continents; calls on the AU, the EU and their member states to adopt an approach to migration policies that puts human rights of refugees and migrants at their heart; calls them to ensure AU-EU migration related cooperation promotes human rights and the respect of international commitments, including by expanding and promoting legal pathways to Europe and within Africa; secure and promote the asylum space and rights- based migration in both EU and AU countries through legislative and policy reforms, including establishing greater transparency and accountability in migration related programmes and funding;

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Amendment 165 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Is of the opinion that as stated in the EU global strategy migration constitutes a priority topic in the EU’s external relations, including its relations with Africa, and more political efforts should be put into the fight against human trafficking and smuggling; Is however of the opinion that both partners

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Amendment 166 Tineke Strik on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group Katrin Langensiepen

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Stresses the importance of regional cooperation, including the mobility of persons, goods and capital to cease and prevent self-enrichment by (European) multinationals at the cost of African resources, and for African countries to develop independent and self- sustaining regions; calls on the Commission to prioritize the inclusion of the promotion of regional cooperation in its EU-Africa strategy;

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Amendment 167 Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Zanni

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Calls, therefore, for the adoption of a strategy encompassing all foreign policy instruments to deal with numerous security threats posed by extremist violence, the challenges of migration, climate change, extreme poverty, inequality, injustice or foreign

PE653.741v01-00 90/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN investments that fail to comply with international standards and best practices.

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Amendment 168 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new)

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7c. Takes note that the Communication aims at deepening EU support to African peace efforts through a more structured and strategic form of cooperation focussing on regions in Africa where tensions are the highest and calls for specific strategies in conflict regions to be considered a priority; encourages the EU and its Member States to continue burden-sharing with international organizations and partners, including allies and African states that serve a reliable ally against terrorism such as Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana and Ethiopia; calls to strengthen EU’s relationships with these pivotal states; calls on the EU to continue to assist African partners in building the capacity of their forces and security institutions to provide effective and sustainable security and law enforcement services to their citizens, including through the European Peace Facility and its CSDP missions, and focuses on an integrated approach to conflict and crises, acting at all stages of the conflict cycle, from conflict prevention, through response to management and resolution;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 91/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 169 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new)

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7c. Strongly welcomes the entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and underlines the enormous economic and political potential it has for the future of African and global trade; expresses concern in this regard about the delay of the originally foreseen 1 July 2020implementation date of the AfCFTA due to the COVID-19 crisis, encourages the European Commission and Member States to extend their maximum assistance by sharing best practices of experience made in the EU in order to contribute to a successful implementation of the AfCFTA as soon as the health situation permits; also points to the need to significantly invest in the transport infrastructure to facilitate intra-African trade;

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Amendment 170 Giuliano Pisapia, Maria Arena, Raphaël Glucksmann, Dietmar Köster, Javi López, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Demetris Papadakis, Evin Incir

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new)

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7c. Rejects any kind of conditionality on External Financial Instruments(EFIs) based on EU’s migration and border policies; is opposed to EFIs being used to control and manage migration flows in Africa and calls for effective mechanisms to be put in place to be able to thoroughly control the final destination of those

PE653.741v01-00 92/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN funds and to assess the projects which received funding;

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Amendment 171 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new)

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7d. Highlights that while a number of countries in Africa continue to struggle with corruption, lack of good governance as well as social and political freedoms, many countries have started the transition towards reforms and democracy; applauds in this light in particular the people of Sudan for their courage and bravery; recalls that transition countries are particularly vulnerable and should be able to count on the EU when they ask for support; calls thus for well-coordinated support and assistance to those countries in order to maintain and support the aspirations for positive change as expressed by their peoples; suggests that the HR/VP establish special ad-hoc contact groups to streamline and facilitate the EU wide support to individual transition countries;

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Amendment 172 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new)

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7d. Supports increasingly proactive approach taken by cooperative regional security organizations towards the full operationalisation of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA); commends in particular initiatives such as G-5 Sahel given its increasingly pivotal role in taking decisive action to ensure peace and security by African nations in their own neighbourhood and calls on the Commission and Member States to increase political, financial, operational and logistical support to G-5 Sahel;

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Amendment 173 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new)

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7e. Expresses its concern that Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, and Zimbabwe are included in the updated EU Blacklist of countries which have strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering/combating financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes, and calls on these countries to immediately take the necessary steps to comply with the required legislation and implementation of it (Delegated act C(2020) 2801); welcomes that Ethiopia and Tunisia, after pursuing a number of reforms, were taken off the blacklist;

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PE653.741v01-00 94/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN Amendment 174 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new)

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7e. Stresses the increasing importance of regional security actors such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) and the African Union’s African Standby Force in assisting struggling countries in providing peace and prosperity for their citizens;

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Amendment 175 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

7f. Welcomes the G20 “Compact with Africa” (CwA) initiative, launched in 2017 in order to promote private investment in Africa, including in infrastructure and sees it as a good platform to advance comprehensive, coordinated, and country-specific reform agendas; welcomes that so far twelve African countries have joined the initiative: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia;

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Amendment 176 Anna Fotyga

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7f. Welcomes the decisive drop in piracy off the coasts of both Eastern and Western Africa as a result of international maritime security efforts that serve as a precedent for European, African and transatlantic security cooperation;

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Amendment 177 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 g (new)

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7g. Underlines that the EU at its core, in its political and economic relations with third countries, is motivated by the advance of fundamental rights, and the support to democratic institutions and democratic accountability, and whereas third actors like for example China pursue in our eyes other objectives which at times pose a concern to us; stresses that our objective is to strengthen resilience and independence of our African partners;

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Amendment 178 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 g (new)

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7g. Considers it important that the EU continue efforts to build more resilient states and societies through capacity building and security sector reforms, including through the European Peace Facility and its CSDP missions, and focuses on an integrated approach to conflict and crises, acting at all stages of the conflict cycle,

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Amendment 179 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 h (new)

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7h. Underlines the important role of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) which provides the African Union and regional level organisations with the needed tools to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts; Strongly welcomes the EU’s recent commitment of 40.5 million Euro to support the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) over the next four years and sees it as imperative to further strengthen the capacity and coordination of APSA components to adapt to emerging security challenges in Africa, while striving for increased AU ownership of its peace and security operations; welcomes in this context the work of Donald Kaberuka, the AU’s special envoy for the Peace Fund and reiterates the EU’s readiness to support the AU’s efforts in this important field;

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AM\1206977EN.docx 97/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN Amendment 180 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 h (new)

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7h. Regrets that the African continent remains home to a variety of active terrorist organizations that openly and continuously threaten African and European citizens and interests alike, including, but not limited to: ISIS, al- Qaeda, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabaab and Boko Haram;

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Amendment 181 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 i (new)

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7i. Highlights the fact that the objective of the EU support on the security sector is to encourage African ownership of security and defence matters and considers that the African Union and African States are key actors with which the EU is meaningfully engaged in order to jointly achieve sustainable development and human security; strongly welcomes in this regard the plans of the African Union to send 3,000 soldiers in support of the G5 Sahel and sees it as a sign that that the AU and EU are indeed pursuing similar security objectives, built on shared objectives and shared responsibilities; welcomes in this regard the comments made by HR/VP Borrell to the UN Security Council on28 May 2020 when he

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Amendment 182 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 i (new)

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7i. Expresses concern that a significant rise in casualties due to terrorist activity and jihadi recruitment have made the African continent on the major theatre of warfare in the 21st century; is deeply concerned that all major radical Islamic terrorist groups operate and recruit on the African continent, causing untold suffering against innocent civilians, peacekeepers, partner forces, but also serving as a ground for establishing control and command centres engaged in plotting attacks against European citizens and various targets across the international community;

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Amendment 183 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 j (new)

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7j. Strongly underlines the important role of functioning state institutions, authorities and infrastructure, and believes that their absence can be a significant obstacle to development,

AM\1206977EN.docx 99/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN peace, and progress; Underlines that security, stability and hence ultimately also prosperity and sustainable development will only be achieved in the concerned regions, if an all-encompassing strategy is pursued, recalls in this light that security sector reform, justice reform, good governance, democratic accountability, and the protection of civilians are a prerequisite for winning the trust of populations in their governments and security forces; further underlines the civil-military nexus and the need to better streamline both components of the CSDP missions;

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Amendment 184 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 j (new)

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7j. Regrets that the fight against terrorism seems to be less prominent in the Communication compared to the demands by the European Parliament, although it was identified as a priority area by the AU and the EU and calls for the EU-Africa strategy to address this serious threat in a comprehensive way.

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Amendment 185 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 k (new)

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7k. Points to the severe negative long- term implications of terrorism and organised crime, especially in fragile States and countries which are in transition towards democracy; underlines therefore its commitment to further intensify its efforts to combat terrorism and organised crime, including through an deepening of security and political relations with African countries, for example through the increased exchange of personnel, such as in the fields of intelligence cooperation and technical as well as military assistance, through among others the soon to be established European Peace Facility (EPF);

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Amendment 186 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 k (new)

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7k. Continues to support regional capability building to combat terrorism, transnational organized crime, human trafficking, illegal extortion of natural resources, wild animal trade and looting of cultural heritage which are often a primary source of income for terror and criminal organisations in the region

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Amendment 187 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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7l. Underlines the important role that the Sahel plays from a strategic and security point of view, in this light strongly welcomes the foundation of the “G5 Sahel” in 2014 as well as theG5 Joint Force (G5 Force Conjointe) which was created in 2017 to combat the security threats in the region; reiterates its support to the G5 Sahel and its Joint Force and reconfirms its readiness to provide financial and military assistance to it, among others through the soon to be established European Peace Facility;

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Amendment 188 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 l (new)

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7l. Calls for the EU to address the consistent and growing threats to the protection and preservation of Africa’s cultural heritage and clamp down on the smuggling of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict zones; Notes that depriving societies of their cultural heritage and historical roots makes them more vulnerable to radicalization and more susceptible to global jihadist ideologies; calls for the EU to develop a broad strategy to counteract such threats;

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Draft opinion Paragraph 7 m (new)

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7m. Highlights the fact that the mandates of the CSDP mission are comprehensive and aim among others to foster security sector reform, advance justice reform, strengthen military and police training as well as to advance oversight; Underlines the urgent need to improve the communication policy of CDSP missions as well as the EU’s overall strategic planning in order to increase the visibility of the EU’s actions and its aim to safeguard the security and wellbeing of African people;

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Amendment 190 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 m (new)

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7m. Highlights the special role of religious entities in Africa that regularly play a mediating role in conflicts , with whom dialogue and cooperation is needed, especially in the conflict areas as the interreligious dialogue between may contribute to peace and reconciliation;

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Amendment 191 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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7n. Recalls the threat that transnational organised crime, civil unrest and domestic crime pose to in particular fragile and post-conflict States, which struggle to provide the necessary security to their citizens; in this light underlines the importance of a well- trained national and regional police force, which however often lack both proper training and equipment, as well as most crucially do not always have the proper connection and trust of the local population; underlines hence the importance of strengthening and building professional police structures, and hence calls for intensified conceptual, logistical and administrative support, among others to the African Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL) in Algiers, which was launched in 2014, and believes that cooperation in this field will also help advance the capability of peacekeeping missions as well as foster the police component of the APSA;

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Amendment 192 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 n (new)

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7n. Notes that the information sphere in Africa is more and more influenced by our global adversaries; calls in this regard on the EEAS and EC to actively tackle the problem of lack of presence of European voice within the African societies and to counter false narratives and better

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Amendment 193 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 o (new)

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7o. Underlines the dangers of proliferation of illicit small arms and recalls that these undocumented and mostly illegally held arms do not only threaten the safety and security of communities but are also used by dangerous transnational criminal networks engaged in various forms of trafficking, including of weapons, humans and illegal drugs;

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Amendment 194 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 o (new)

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7o. Stresses the need to provide more visibility of actions carried out within the framework of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), and

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Amendment 195 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 p (new)

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7p. Urges the continuation of Annual Joint Consultative Meetings of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union and of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union with the objective to expand the scope of cooperation to include joint field visits, joint sessions, developing shared understandings and analyses on crisis situations, as well as investigating avenues for joint early action as the best means of establishing viable strategic partnership;

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Amendment 196 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 p (new)

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7p. Recalls that Africa is host to the highest number of Peace support operations (PSOs) in the world and the biggest contributor of troops and police; Points to the need to adapt(PSOs) across Africa to the new reality of COVID-19 in order to both adequately protect citizens as well as the staff of the PSOs; points to the need to ensure adequate financing for

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Amendment 197 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 q (new)

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7q. Recalls the important role that the African Union and African States play in multilateral organisations, such as in particular the United Nations, where African States account for 28% of the membership, and underlines hence the importance of further deepening our political relations in order to reform the multilateral decision-making bodies to make them more just and representative, which is crucial in order to find solutions to our common global challenges;

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Amendment 198 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 q (new)

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7q. Calls on to ensure that CSDP missions are planned in an effective, accountable, robust way with efficient operations and stronger mandates tied to substantive political will aimed at resolving conflicts instead of freezing them,

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Amendment 199 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 r (new)

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7r. Reconfirms its support to the UN peacekeeping missions on the African continent and calls on key players, in particular the United States of America, Russia, China, as well as the United Kingdom, to join EU efforts to mediate and advance cooperation and sustainable peace throughout the African continent; reiterates in this regards the EU’s willingness to increase its support to UN missions and to advance coordination between the different UN and EU missions

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Amendment 200 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 r (new)

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7r. Calls on to work closely with African partners to ensure security, resilience and deterrence against cybercrime and to prevent the exploitation of the Internet for terrorism and violent extremism.

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Draft opinion Paragraph 7 s (new)

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7s. Points to the importance of parliamentary diplomacy and in this light recalls the many parliamentary meetings and missions the EP has conducted, notably the regular meetings between the European Parliament and the Pan- African Parliament; in this light, calls for a strengthening of the parliamentary dimension in the EU-AU relations, and calls for annual missions of key EP committees to meet and exchange on a regular basis with their African counterparts;

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Amendment 202 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 s (new)

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7s. Calls to ensure that EU aid does not prolong conflicts or facilitate the predatory behaviour of autocratic regimes; which lies at the root of many of Africa’s socio-economic problems and political conflicts; Stresses that the pursuit of common interests and cooperation must be consistent with international law, the EU’s fundamental values and the objectives of supporting democracy, good governance and human rights;

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Draft opinion Paragraph 7 t (new)

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7t. Appreciates efforts to strengthen African-owned mechanisms and regulations of human rights protection such as the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and its protocols, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights; continue to assist African partners in adaptation of their own human rights instruments and mechanism to internationally recognized principles, laws, and standards;

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Amendment 204 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 t (new)

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7t. Recalls the important work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in fighting against impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and therefore calls upon all African States who have not yet done so to sign and ratify the Rome Statue;

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Draft opinion Paragraph 7 u (new)

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7u. Believes that more participation of women in politics will provide a platform to support empowering marginalized groups improve policies on issues such as access to education for girls, ending FGM and child marriage, combatting security challenges for young girls, and encouraging women entrepreneurship; Notes that the presence of increased female representation in some African nations is widely viewed as a very positive step forward; Observes however that women remain poorly represented in many other countries on the African continent.

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Amendment 206 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 u (new)

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7u. Recalls the importance of coordinating our Africa policy with other like-minded countries, such as the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom as well as Japan,

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Amendment 207 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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7v. Underlines, that EU-Africa cooperation must have a proper civil society element and hence cannot be a top-down approach, calls in this field for more efforts to advance people-to-people relations, especially among the youth, points in this context to the positive important long-term impact of Erasmus+;

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Amendment 208 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 v (new)

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7v. Calls on the EU to more actively engage with Africa in support of freedom of expression, media pluralism and safety of journalists;

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Amendment 209 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 w (new)

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7w. Emphasises the important role of a free and vibrant media and press sector and recalls that it is crucial in order to ensure a well-informed public which can define its own priorities and furthermore increases the resilience against fake news;

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Amendment 210 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 w (new)

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7w. Considers that the challenges posed by the refugee crisis have had a significant impact and placed considerable strains on countries in both Africa and the EU. Stresses the EU must be bold infighting against human trafficking and put forward a sustainable approach to deal with the refugee crises;

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Amendment 211 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 x (new)

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7x. Encourage the EEAS to increase its presence with Delegations throughout the continent, particularly at key AU Member States, in order to further advance our bilateral and regional relationships and ensure a proper exchange with relevant stakeholders; underlines that such close ties are the

AM\1206977EN.docx 113/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN basis to ensure appropriate and well- structured global partnerships, as well as tailor-made responses; Calls upon the EEAS to significantly improve its media and communication strategy in order to not only foster awareness of the EU’s efforts in the respective regions, but also to increase awareness and support among EU citizens for an intensified EU-Africa cooperation;

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Amendment 212 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 x (new)

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7x. Recalls that the high amount of young talent in Africa can only reach its potential when Africa and its partners invest in education and innovation; Stresses that under good governance and successful development are an indispensable prerequisite to achieve this goal, and calls on to link development aid with anti-corruption measures, higher education standards and women empowerment;

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Amendment 213 Anna Fotyga

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 y (new)

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7y. Recalls the importance of the role of the International Criminal Court in

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Amendment 214 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 y (new)

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7y. Underlines the crucial role of democracy and the role of free and fair elections, in this regard points to the numerous Election Observation Missions (EOM) by the EU, which are strongly supported by the European Parliament;

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Amendment 215 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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7z. Underlines the crucial role of water diplomacy given that as a result of climate change water risks becoming a more and more scarce resource, calls in this context on Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach a peaceful and mutually beneficial solution regarding the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), welcomes the

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Amendment 216 Anna Fotyga

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7z. encourages the EU, European NGOs, political parties and civil societies to cooperate closely with African counterparts, including public officials to generate substantive political dialogue through the development of issue-based policies, promote strong practices of democratic governance, enhance representation and inclusion of marginalized populations; and promote meaningful participation by civil society and citizens in public life at all levels.

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Amendment 217 Anna Fotyga

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Is of the opinion that more efforts should be made to promote multi-party political systems and democratic governance in Africa, especially in fragile states, by facilitating citizen-government working groups, utilizing technology platforms to collect citizen input on policy issues and

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Amendment 218 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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Recalls that climate change is real and happening faster than we thought, with devastating impacts on the African continent leading to stronger draughts and increased water scarcity; underlines the need of a more effective Climate Diplomacy in order to promote the links between domestic, foreign and international climate policy;

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Amendment 219 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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Encourages increased efforts to overcome the paradox that Africa, despite being abundantly rich in sustainable energy sources, is still largely relying on traditional energy sources, which contribute to climate change and furthermore are not inclusive since a large part of African households continue to suffer under energy poverty; encourages hence African countries to unlock their energy sectors’ huge

AM\1206977EN.docx 117/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN potential for growth and jobs, and call upon private investors to engage in innovative projects; Recalls that promoting gender equality is one of the most effective ways to drive inclusive growth, reduce poverty and advance peace; Encourages further support to African women’s economic empowerment through education, skills transfer, access to finance and the set-up of businesses, and access to land;

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Amendment 220 Anna Fotyga

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Continues support for strengthening the electoral process, both by improving the African Union (AU) capacity in conducting long-term election observation up to international standards and bilateral cooperation with respective countries and their civil societies, with the aim to deliver inclusive, transparent and credible elections in Africa.

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Amendment 221 Anna Fotyga

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Stresses that EU-Africa relations should transition from a development-orientated relationship to one which aims to put

PE653.741v01-00 118/125 AM\1206977EN.docx EN African nations on an equal footing, characterized by ambitious trade relations to raise African standards while EU should assist African nations move toward self-reliance; believes that enhancing economic ties with Africa is vital to safeguarding the economic independence of African states;

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Amendment 222 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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Expresses deep concern that the rights of LGBTIQ persons in Africa are largely not protected throughout the continent; salutes South Africa for its progressive domestic legislation;

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Amendment 223 Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler

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Recalls, that contrary to a common belief intra-regional migration continues to outpace extra-regional migration on the African continent, points to the fact that while economic and employment opportunities are the key driver of intra- African migration, migration also originates from security risks, regional conflicts, and environmental changes; encourages continued cooperation with

AM\1206977EN.docx 119/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN the IOM and other UN agencies to provide additional support to refugees and internally displaced people, as we do in other parts of the world,

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Amendment 224 Anna Fotyga

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Highlights that the digital economy in Africa provides not only opportunities for increased job creation and data for actionable insights, but also the basis for recognizing human rights, accelerating access to quality basic services, improving transparency and accountability of governments, and enhancing democracy;

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Amendment 225 Anna Fotyga

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Recalls that open, inclusive, accountable governance is fundamental to delivering sustainable development, tackling global challenges and reduces the risk of spreading instability. Stresses that accountable institutions help to promote more equitable, sustained economic growth which helps tackle illicit financial flows, serious organized crime, and a culture of impunity; underlines importance of safeguarding for food

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Amendment 226 Anna Fotyga

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Is of the opinion that the EU should put more efforts on good governance, strengthening rule of law; reforming judicial systems and public financial management;

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Amendment 227 Anna Fotyga

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Stresses the importance of increased Foreign Direct Investment from the EU and its Member States as Africa has become a market of global competition, both economic and political. Is of the opinion that economic links are the best way to strengthen meaningful political cooperation and shared approaches to address common challenges. Insists that the EU develop a competitive approach for the investment and development of Smart city projects, the mining industry, connectivity and building national

AM\1206977EN.docx 121/125 PE653.741v01-00 EN infrastructure; underlines that strategic relations whether in terms of trade, security or people- to people contacts need a certain level of connectivity by ports, harbours or airport sand calls to invest in these critical infrastructures which will serve to enable the very needed avenues for closer cooperation in terms of trade, tourism, people-to-people contacts, business and academic cooperation and security, without each meaning full political strategic partnership cannot be fully reached. Is of the opinion that investment via FDI in critical infrastructure must be implemented with a local labour force to ensure adequate transfer of best practices and cross community collaboration is maintained and to clearly differentiate between the value of European investment and Chinese or Russian investment.

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Amendment 228 Anna Fotyga

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Considers it of utmost importance to make sure that European financial aid is used efficiently and effectively in a transparent way to ensure that EU assistance does not amplify inefficient, unsuccessful, unaccountable, misgoverned or corrupted systems

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Amendment 229 Anna Fotyga

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Stresses the importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) as a tool for African nations to fully develop their own potential which would add to their autonomy and resilience from external pressures. Acknowledges the ambitions of African nations to overcome the existing challenges to AFCFTA and calls on the EU to share its experience; Is of the opinion that a single market and a single digital market would be a net value add in both economic, political and cultural terms

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Amendment 230 Anna Fotyga

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Recalls that a more holistic and integrated approach to address the specific problems of fragile states was also one of the key demands of the European Parliament in its 2017 report on the “ EU-Africa strategy: a boost for development”

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Amendment 231 Anna Fotyga

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Is of the idea that the EU-Africa strategy should also include assisting African countries in converting their mineral resource wealth into real development and calls for the review of effectiveness of existing measures, also with regard to questionable exploitation by China and Russia; Calls on the Commission and African partners for a smooth implementation of measures for the Conflict Minerals Regulation, and publish without delay including the list of companies outside the EU that do not fulfil requirements set out by Regulation2017/821,. Emphasizes Europe’s strengths — transparency, high quality goods and services, democratic governance — and trusts that the appeal of those fundamental values are a compelling alternative to authoritarian models;

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Amendment 232 Anna Fotyga

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Encourages African leaders to choose high-quality, transparent, inclusive, and sustainable foreign investment projects and supports access to financing opportunities that provide strong alternatives to external state-directed initiatives;

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Is concerned at the widespread lack of medical devices in the health care sector in Africa that puts the health of health care workers and patients at risk, particularly in the case of virus outbreaks. Calls on the EU and its Member States to discover ways to assist African countries with medical supplies whenever possible

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Amendment 234 Anna Fotyga

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Calls for increased EU support for Africa in the area of debt reduction and debt sustainability as a clear message of solidarity in terms of Covid-19 pandemic crisis and underlines the need for international legislation and the creation of debt auditing commissions on cases of odious debt;

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