06 2017 | Europe as a stronger global actor

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by  European Parliament

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BAN ON IMPORT OF GOODS FOLLOW-UP ACTION PLAN ON EU DONOR COORDINATION EU GARMENT INITIATIVE
PRODUCED USING MODERN THE EUROPEAN CONSENSUS ON DEVELOPMENT AID
FORMS OF SLAVERY ON HUMANITARIAN AID
DEPARTURES 12
TOWARDS POST-COTONOU INTEGRATED ARCTIC POLICY REVIEW OF DUAL-USE EXPORT EUROPEAN DEFENCE UNION
CONTROLS
SECURITY SECTOR REFORM REVISED EU APPROACH TO EU STRATEGY FOR SYRIA EUROPEAN FUND FOR EU GUARANTEE TO THE
SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EUROPEAN INVESTMENT
FUNDING (EFSD) BANK (EIB)
GUARANTEE FUND FOR EU STRATEGY FOR JD - EUROPEAN DEFENCE
EXTERNAL ACTIONS INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
RELATIONS PROGRAMME (EDIDP)
EXPECTED ARRIVALS 1
DEVELOPMENT OF
CAPABILITIES FOR CSDP
ON HOLD 0
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ARRIVED 9
REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN SUPPORT TO THE UN THE EU GLOBAL STRATEGY CSDP RELATED RESEARCH
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY ACTION 2017
GOALS POST-2015
EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR RESPONSIBLE MINERAL ANTI-TORTURE REGULATION EUROPEAN DEFENCE ACTION REVISION OF THE EUROPEAN
AFRICA SOURCING FROM CONFLICT PLAN CONSENSUS ON
AFFECTED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT
DERAILED 0
LEGEND
TOWARDS A MORE COMPETITIVE AND EFFICIENT DEFENCE AND SECURITY SECTOR DEPARTED
EUROPEAN EXTERNAL INVESTMENT PLAN EUROPARL
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
COUNCIL
COMMISSION
JOINT DECLARATION ON THE EU'S
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2018-19
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
2021-2027
GLOSSARY
DEPARTURE DEMANDS
European Parliament legislative initiative reports in the fields covered by the Ten-Point Juncker Agenda
DEPARTURES
Initiatives announced by the European Commission in its annual Work Programme; legislative proposals submitted by the
Commission to the Parliament and the Council; the files are considered departed when the Co-Legislators have started
legislative work
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EXPECTED ARRIVALS
Legislative proposals close to be finalised
ON HOLD
Initiative blocked by one institution or under negotiations for more than 2 years; announced legislative initiatives or legislative
proposals by the European Commission with no follow-up for more than 9 months
ARRIVED
Legislative proposals finalised and adopted by the two Co-Legislators: the European Parliament and the Council of the
European Union
DERAILED
Proposals withdrawn by the European Commission
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CONTENT
In an increasingly complex, connected and contested world, the geostrategic environment has evolved rapidly and become more
volatile. New security challenges, which have emerged in the last years, such as cyber-warfare, maritime piracy, massive illegal
migration, radicalisation and the return of foreign fighters, competition for natural resources, have nourished this volatility; the new
threats add to long-lasting ones (terrorism, regional conflicts, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction). Hence, globalisation has
drawn the zone of instability ever closer to Europe.
Against this background, strengthening the European Union’s role as a credible global player, as well as a regional security provider, is
high on the agenda of the European Commission. The core priority, which the Commission carries out in connection with the EU High
Representative/VP Federica Mogherini is to improve the coherence and effectiveness of the European external action; thus to put the
European Union in a position to play a full role on the international stage. In accordance with Article 3 TFEU, the objectives of the EU
external action are to promote peace, ensure the security of its citizens, promote its values and project its interests in the world.
The new Global Strategy for the EU Foreign and Security Policy, presented by EU High Representative/VP Federica Mogherini on 28
June 2016, , is precisely to work towards a more effective, visible and results oriented external Common Foreign and Security Policy
(CFSP); the purpose being to adapt the EU external action to new and evolving challenges.
Among the major features shaping the reflection is the growing link between internal and external policies, notably as regards
migration, terrorism or access to energy. Another central point is the strengthening of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)
by further developing both civilian and military capabilities, as well as working towards a better pooling of resources in the defence
sector. As highlighted by a study by DG EPRS, potential gains from making intensive use of pooling opportunities amount to €26.4
billion annually. Improved donor coordination could amount to €0.8bn annually.
Next to the development of the new Global Strategy for CFSP, the Commission aims to shape external action in three major areas:
1. Promoting stability at Europe’s borders: A key aim in the field of foreign policy is the review of the European Neighbourhood
Policy. The new ENP will provide a more focussed and tailor-made framework for the support for stabilisation and for the democratic
development of the countries of in the Eastern and the Southern Neighbourhood. This process is crucial to ensure higher stability at
Europe’s borders. First steps in the review were initiated in 2015, with the presentation of a Joint Communication of the Commission
and the High Representative/VP on 18 November, which sets out possible directions for the future ENP.
2. Adapting the European development policy to evolving need: Notwithstanding the EU’s long-lasting experience in providing
development support and assistance, the external development action needs to be constantly adapted to evolving needs of partner
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countries, as well as to the international framework, notably WTO rules. In the field of development, the Commission has been
concentrating throughout 2015 on the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals; in parallel, it has launched reflections on the EU’s
future relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in order to shape the Post-Cotonou policy framework. The Commission is
due to propose a new framework for the partnership between the EU and the ACP countries after 2020 in the fourth quarter of 2016,
so as to open negotiations soon after.
3. Developing partnerships with the EU’s key partners: The Commission has taken concrete steps to deepen the EU’s partnership
with Turkey, and notably to strengthen cooperation on the migration crisis. The Commission will support the High Representative in
developing bilateral relations with other key partners such as China, but also Iran. Following the successful conclusion of the nuclear
negotiations, a new framework for the EU’s engagement in Iran is being envisaged.
Reference:
EEAS, Global Strategy for the EU Foreign and Security Policy, June 2016.
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BAN ON IMPORT OF GOODS PRODUCED USING MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY AND
FORCED LABOUR, INCLUDING THAT OF CHILDREN [ DEPARTURE DEMANDS ]
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The European Parliament has asked for a legislative proposal on an effective traceability mechanism for goods produced through
forced and child labour. This could pave the way for a complete ban on the importation into the EU of goods produced through
modern forms of slavery or forced labour, especially forced work of vulnerable groups extorted in violation of basic human rights
standards. No legislative initiative has been proposed yet.
The Parliament considers that forced labour and child labour need to be taken into account in international trade relations. Therefore,
it has called on the EU to reflect on ways of finding evidence of these practices, and in particular to establish an effective traceability
mechanism for the goods being produced by means of forced or child labour in order to ban imports of these goods. The
recommendation to the Commission to initiate a legislative proposal on a traceability mechanism banning the import of goods
produced using modern forms of slavery or forced labour was put forward in a 2010 resolution on human rights, social and
environmental standards in International trade agreements. Further resolutions, on child labour in the cocoa sector (2012), and on the
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement (2011), reaffirmed the proposal with specific respect to forced child labour,
while the 2013 resolution on the global cotton value chain referred to a traceability mechanism for goods produced through child or
forced labour. Such an instrument would have implications both for bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.
Responding to a Council request, in 2013 the Commission drafted a staff working document on the worst forms of child labour. The
document concluded that trade restrictions would be of only limited effect or even counterproductive, because child labour is caused
by poverty and takes place mainly in economic sectors that do not produce for export, such as subsistence agriculture. It also argued
that a traceability mechanism would be difficult to implement, especially in the case of more complex supply chains, including for
example the auction of agricultural commodities. In order to be effective, it would also require the participation of other major
importing countries, and would impose significant costs on poor countries.
In its June 2016 conclusions on child labour, the EU Council encouraged the Commission, in line with its 'Trade for All' strategy, to use
EU trade instruments more effectively, including the generalised scheme of preferences and free trade agreements to combat child
labour. The Council also acknowledged the importance of public-private initiatives involving different stakeholders and of public
procurement as a means to fight child labour.
On 5 July 2016, the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative resolution on the implementation of its 2010 recommendations on
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social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility, which reiterates the 2010 request, calling for a
'balanced and realistic proposal for legislation, including measures such as labelling child-labour-free products, giving trade
preferences to countries that meet certain labour standards and imposing horizontal import prohibitions on products made using
child labour'. The resolution further stresses that the objective of combating forced labour and child labour should be included in the
trade and sustainable development chapters of EU trade agreements, and that EU trade strategy should promote the elimination of
this type of work.
References:
• European Parliament, Resolution of 25 November 2010 on Human rights, social and environmental standards in International
Trade agreements, 2009/2219(INI).
• European Parliament, Resolution of 15 December 2011 on the EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement,
2010/0323(NLE).
• European Parliament, Resolution of 14 March 2012 on child labour in the cocoa sector, 2011/2957(RSP).
• European Parliament, Resolution of 14 March 2013 on sustainability in the global cotton value chain, 2012/2841(RSP).
• European Parliament, Resolution of 5 July 2016 on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and
environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility, 2015/2038(INI).
• European Commission, Staff Working Document on Trade and Worst Forms of Child Labour, SWD(2013) 173 final.
• Council, Conclusions on Child Labour, 30 June 2016.
For further information: Ionel Zamfir, [email protected]
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 • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2010-434
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 • http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/06/pdf/Child-labour-conclusions/
FOLLOW-UP ACTION PLAN ON THE EUROPEAN CONSENSUS ON HUMANITARIAN AID
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In its resolution on the 2016 Commission work programme of 16 September 2015, the European Parliament called on the Commission
to deliver a follow-up action plan to the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, 'with a view to ensuring coherence and continued
joint implementation of its commitment to the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence'. Those
principles, whose implementation is increasingly eroded in the field, are the core of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid,
which has been the main policy framework of EU policy in this area since its signature in 2007.
The requested instrument would follow the November 2015 implementation plan that guides actions undertaken in the field of
humanitarian aid by the European Commission and Member States. The plan places emphasis on three main common priorities:
upholding humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law, reinforcing the needs-based approach, and enhancing
coordination and coherence. Those priorities were reflected in the EU position for the first World Humanitarian Summit that took place
in Istanbul on 23-24 May 2016.
References
• European Parliament, Resolution of 16 September 2015 on the Commission Work Programme 2016, 2015/2729(RSP).
• European Commission, European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, website.
• European Commission, Implementation Plan of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, Staff Working Document,
SWD(2015) 269 final, November 2015.
• Council, Conclusions of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council
on the World Humanitarian Summit, 8850/16, May 2016.
Further reading
• European Parliament, EPRS, World Humanitarian Summit 2016, Plenary At a Glance, May 2016.
For further information: Michelle Kottemann, [email protected]
HYPERLINK REFERENCES
 • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2015/2729(RSP)
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• http://ec.europa.eu/echo/who/humanitarian-aid-and-civil-protection/european-consensus_en
 • http://ec.europa.eu/echo/sites/echo-site/files/2015_Consensus_Implementation_Plan_en.pdf
 • http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8850-2016-INIT/en/pdf
 • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2016/581988/EPRS_ATA(2016)581988_EN.pdf
 • mailto:[email protected]
EU DONOR COORDINATION ON DEVELOPMENT AID / €800 MILLION [ DEPARTURE DEMANDS ]
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Following the legislative initiative report (rapporteur: Gay Mitchell, EPP, Ireland) the European Parliament has adopted on 11
December 2013 a resolution with recommendations to the Commission on EU donor coordination on development aid. The European
Parliament has requested series of measures to reduce the duplication and fragmentation of aid provided by Member States and the
European Commission and to ensure that the principles of coordination, complementarity and coherence are upheld.
The core of the EP’s proposal is the request for a regulation that would codify the EU and Member states commitments to in-country
and cross-country donor coordination, to replace existing, voluntary and non-binding in nature initiatives such as EU Code of Conduct
on Division of Labour.
This EP proposal foresees as well the creation of a Committee on Coordination composed of the representatives from the Commission,
Council and the European Parliament.
In its resolution from 14 February 2017 the European Parliament has reiterated its request for a legally binding instrument to enhance
the coordination and ensure complementarity between development aid of members’ states and EU institutions in line with clearly
operationalised aid effectiveness principles. Among aid modalities that have the potential to enhance the EU coordination at country
and sector level the Parliament points in particular at the joint programming at partner country level. The requested regulation should
codify the participation in joint multiannual programming and the synchronisation with programming cycles if partner countries and
the monitoring of progress made.
The European Commission has not yet taken a legislative initiative requested by the Parliament.
However some progress has been made concerning the joint programming. As of April 2016, the state of play of joint programming is
such that 34 countries have joint programming roadmaps, 30 have a joint analysis, and 25 a joint strategy (drafts included across the
three). The Council has requested position on 12 May 2016 to further enhance the joint programming as a facilitator of more effective
division of labour. According to the Council the joint programming should be promoted but remain voluntary. The Councils stresses as
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well that progress should be made in the area of joint implementation of development activities that can enhance the visibility of the
EU and Member states on the ground.

References

• European Parliament resolution of 11 December 2013 with recommendations to the Commission on EU donor coordination on
development aid (2013/2057(INL))
• European Parliament resolution of 14 February 2017 on the revision of the European Consensus on Development
(2016/2094(INI))
• Council Conclusion on stepping up Joint Programming, 12 May 2016
Further reading
• The Cost of Non-Europe in Development Policy: Increasing Coordination between EU Donors, EPRS, 2013.
• Le défi de la coordination des politiques européennes de développement, EPRS, 2015

For further information: Michelle Kottemann, [email protected]
HYPERLINK REFERENCES
 • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2013-0558&language=EN
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 • http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-8831-2016-INIT/en/pdf
 • http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL-JOIN_ET(2013)494464
 • https://epthinktank.eu/2015/01/16/le-defi-de-la-coordination-des-politiques-europeennes-de-developpement/
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