3. Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece following the earthquake that affected the Ionian Islands in November 2015
‘whereas budgetisation of the EDF would allow for democratic scrutiny, enhance visibility and increase transparency in the use of EU development funds; whereas, on the other hand, the multiannual nature of EDF programming allows for resource predictability, and budgetisation could lead to a decrease in development funds to ACP countries in favour of other external policy priorities and could be seen to weaken the privileged EU-ACP partnership; whereas budgetisation of the EDF could also jeopardise the financing of the African Peace Facility, and of other important initiatives such as the Africa Trust Fund,’
Second part
‘unless a dedicated instrument for financing security expenses linked to development cooperation is created;’
§ 24
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘i)’ and ‘ii) a permanent and separate solution for EU financing of security expenses that are linked to and in coherence with development cooperation;’
Second part
those words
§ 27
First part
‘Underscores that the 11th EDF is the main source of funding for the African Peace Facility (APF), despite the fact that this was meant to be a provisional solution when the APF was established in 2003;’
Second part
‘calls for the creation of a dedicated instrument for financing security expenses linked to development cooperation;’
§ 28
First part
‘Notes the Commission communication of 7 June 2016 on establishing a new partnership framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration; notes that the EU budget and the EDF contribution to the package of EUR 8 billion is exclusively composed of aid which was already planned;’
Second part
‘calls for development assistance to beneficiaries not to be jeopardised and for migration-related initiatives to be financed with fresh appropriations;’
§ 30
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘legally binding’