4. Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction *
‘Stresses that, with a view to a coherent and effective approach to tackling climate change, the EU should make ratification and implementation of the Paris Agreement a condition for future trade agreements; recalls in this regard its resolution of 3 July 2018 on climate diplomacy and its call on the Commission for a comprehensive assessment of consistency between existing free trade agreements and the Paris Agreement commitments;’
Second part
‘considers that if these commitments should not be fulfilled by an EU partner, the Commission could impose a temporary suspension of EU trade liberalisation commitments towards those partners;’
S&D:
Amendment 31
First part
‘Calls for specific agricultural programmes to promote, on the one hand, short supply chains, fair prices for producers, stable and acceptable earnings for farmers and, on the other, a fair redistribution of payments between countries, types of production and producers, eliminating current disparities and benefiting Member States with the largest production shortfalls, as well as small and medium-sized producers,’
Second part
‘and also to top up the initial agricultural reserve;’
Amendment 40
First part
‘Calls for the strengthening of programmes supporting culture (such as Creative Europe),’
Second part
‘as well as the creation of new budget lines that protect and promote cultural diversity, stimulate artistic creation and promote the enjoyment of art and culture by a wider public;’
ALDE, S&D:
Amendment 2
First part
‘Stresses the need to provide a 2020 EU budget with real added value for EU citizens that will not constitute an additional burden on top of Member States’ contributions; stresses the need for a mandatory spending review with a view to making savings where possible;’
Second part
‘believes that the national contributions of the Member States should be deducted from the calculation of the national deficit level;’
9. Gender balance in EU economic and monetary affairs’ nominations
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘explicitly and’
Second part
those words
Miscellaneous
Amendments 1 and 2 had been withdrawn.
Jordi Solé (Verts/ALE Group) had also signed joint motion for resolution RC-B8-0177/2019. Gunnar Hökmark (PPE Group) had also signed motion for a resolution B8-0178/2019.
14. Urgency for an EU blacklist of third countries in line with the Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in particular’
Second part
those words
Verts/ALE:
§ 34
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘active and’
Second part
those words
EFDD:
§ 28
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘stresses the need for the EU to pursue greater ambition in this area; further notes the targets set by Member States under the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan to implement commercial-scale CCS in the European energy and industrial sector in the 2020s;’
Second part
those words
ENF:
Amendment 4
First part
‘Highlights that the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has failed to achieve emissions reductions since its inception in 2005 and has delayed discussions on serious EU-level climate action; believes that the carbon market constitutes a flawed system that cannot be fixed through revisions, and that climate change cannot be halted through market forces; urges the Commission and the Member States to abandon the EU ETS’
Second part
‘and favour direct regulation targeting the fossil fuel industry and the biggest polluters;’
Amendment 16
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘social progress and’ and ‘ensure fair contributions from the biggest polluters, including by’
Second part
those words
Amendment 20
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘amount of livestock in the EU, starting in’ and ‘in particular significantly reducing livestock consumption’
Second part
those words
§ 17
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘educational institutions’
Second part
those words
§ 36
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘has managed to successfully decouple GHG emissions from economic growth in recent decades and’
Second part
those words
§ 48
First part
‘Highlights the role of energy intensive industries in achieving long-term EU GHG reductions; considers that maintaining the EU’s low-carbon industrial leadership and industrial production in the EU, preserving the competitiveness of European industries, minimising the dependency on fossil fuels and the exposure to volatile and rising fossil fuel import prices, and avoiding the risk of carbon leakage, necessitates intelligent and targeted policy frameworks;’
Second part
‘calls on the Commission to present a new and integrated EU industrial climate strategy for energy-intensive industries in support of a competitive net-zero emissions heavy industry transition;’
§ 60
First part
‘Highlights the significant impact of behavioural change in achieving GHG emission reductions;’
Second part
‘calls on the Commission to explore policy options as soon as possible, including on environmental taxation, in order to encourage behavioural change; underlines the importance of bottom-up initiatives such as the Covenant of Mayors in promoting behavioural change;’
PPE:
§ 12
First part
‘Welcomes the inclusion of two pathways aimed at reaching net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 and the Commission’s support for these, and considers the mid-century objective as the only one compatible with the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement;’
Second part
‘regrets the fact that no net-zero GHG pathways for before 2050 were considered in the strategy;’
§ 32
First part
‘Underlines that agriculture will be one of the main remaining sources of EU GHG emissions in 2050, owing in particular to methane and nitrous oxide emissions;’ "
Second part
‘underlines the potential of the agricultural sector in tackling the challenges of climate change, for example through ecological and technological innovations, as well as carbon capture in soil; calls for a common agricultural policy that contributes to GHG emission reductions in line with the transition to a climate neutral economy; calls on the Commission to ensure that agricultural policies, in particular EU and national funds, are in line with the objectives and goals of the Paris Agreement;’
§ 35
First part
‘Highlights the contribution of energy efficiency to security of supply, economic competitiveness, environmental protection, the reduction of energy bills and the improvement of the quality of homes; confirms the important role of energy efficiency in the creation of business opportunities and employment, as well as its global and regional benefits; recalls, in this connection, the introduction of the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle under the Governance Regulation, and that its application should be fully exploited in a cost-efficient way’
Second part
‘throughout the energy chain and considered as the basis for any pathway towards the 2050 net-zero target;’
§ 44
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘fully supplied by renewable energy’
Second part
those words
§ 56
First part
‘Considers that in order for the Union to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, substantial private investments need to be mobilised; believes that this will require long-term planning and regulatory stability and predictability for investors and, accordingly, due consideration in future EU regulations; stresses, therefore, that the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Action Plan adopted in March 2018 should be prioritised,’
Second part
‘including a calibration of the capital requirements of banks and prudential treatment of high-carbon assets, prudential rules for insurance companies and an update of institutional investors’ and asset managers’ duties;’
16. Recommendations for the opening of trade negotiations between the EU and the US
‘Requests that the European External Action Service and the Member States implement, without harming the domestic population, a staggered process of targeted and individual sanctions, such as visa bans and asset freezes, against the Government of Nicaragua and those individuals responsible for human rights breaches, in line with the Council conclusions of 21 January 2019, until full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are fully upheld and restored in the country as requested in the dialogue;’
Second part
‘therefore, and under these circumstances, urges that the democratic clause of the Association Agreement between the EU and Central America, of which Nicaragua is a signatory, be triggered by suspending Nicaragua from the agreement;’
Miscellaneous
Fabio Massimo Castaldo (EFDD Group) had also signed joint motion for a resolution RC-B8-0165/2019.
19. Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals
‘Calls upon the Commission to align programmatic, financing and operational policies, approaches and methodologies where it can enhance efficiency and effectiveness, with the UN and its partners, in order to improve effectiveness on a number of common priorities’
Second part
‘such as gender equality and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, climate change and the environment, and addressing inequalities and poverty;’
§ 29
First part
‘Welcomes the publication of the second Eurostat monitoring report on sustainable development in the EU, which represents a step forward towards the creation of a fully-fledged EU monitoring mechanism;’
Second part
‘regrets that the report fails to provide for an assessment of the impact of EU legislation on third countries and an evaluation of the distance between the current results and the achievement of goals and targets;’
§ 32
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘binding’
Second part
that word
Recital U
First part
‘whereas in the follow-up and review process of the 2030 Agenda at the UN, the EU has not always been united in its voting behaviour,’
Second part
‘particularly in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights,’
GUE/NGL:
§ 79
First part
‘Regrets the fact that, despite clear and comprehensive scientific evidence brought forward in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which detailed the damaging impacts of such a temperature increase and the significant difference in severity of those linked to a 2°C increase, some parties to the Paris Agreement have not yet increased their climate ambition;’
Second part
‘welcomes international collaboration on emissions trading and the linking of third-country and regional carbon markets; calls on the Union to encourage the establishment of market-based emissions reduction schemes in emerging economies and developing countries; notes that this will serve to reduce global emissions, produce cost savings and operational efficiencies and limit carbon leakage risk by creating a global level playing field;’