Transcript Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 and EU as a global actor

Financial Perspectives 20072013 and EU as a global actor
What does the proposal mean for
the future?
EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR
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New EU Constitution: what’s in it for
external relations?
all Union’s external actions in the same title (Title V)
distinction between Dev. Coop. and economic,
financial & technical Coop.
 Focus of Dev. Coop. on poverty eradication,
maintenance of the coherence principle
 Specific nature of humanitarian aid
 Foreign Affairs Minister and EU External Action
Service
 EDSP: new European Defence Agency
 Role of European Parliament is strengthened (trade)
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Trends at the inter-governmental
level: CFSP and EDSP
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December 2003: EU Security Strategy
approved at the European Council
 March 2004: Declaration on combating
terrorism
 The steering board of the future European
Defence Agency is set up
 November 2004: Commitment to increase both
civilian and military capabilities for crisis
management and adoption of a security action
plan for Africa
How are these tendencies reflected in
EU development policy?
Through the proposal for the future
Financial Perspectives
 Through the review of the Development
Policy statement
 Through the review of international and
bilateral agreements
 Through the use and creation of
cooperation instruments
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Concrete examples:
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Creation of the Peace Facility (€250 million from EDF)
 Rapid Reaction Mechanism
 Increase of the CFSP budget
 Regulation for a coop. instrument in the areas of
migration and asylum (€250 million for 2004-2008)
 Negotiation of agreements on readmission of illegal
migrants with several third countries
 Systematic integration of a clause on cooperation in
the fight against terrorism and WMD in agreements
 Pressure from certain EU Member States to review the
DAC criteria in order to integrate security concerns
Future Financial perspectives
‘Interinstitutional Agreement’ between the
Commission, the Council and the Parliament
 Decision of Member States on the ceiling of
EU budget dominates the debate (1% of GNP
or more?) and will influence the outcome
 External relations is a small category in EU
budget (max 10% of total EU budget) and a
low priority for many EU decision makers
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EC proposal for the future FP
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Three priorities to be translated in
instruments and legal basis:
policy and strategy towards the new EU
neighbours
 the role of the EU as an actor in sustainable
development
 the role of the EU in face of the new security
challenges
The new Instruments
Development &
Economic
Co-operation (new)
DC&EC
(all countries not
covered by ENPI and
PAI )
Instrument
for Stability (new)
European
Neighbourhood &
Partnership
Instrument (new)
ENPI
(part of TACIS, MEDA and
cross-border cooperation)
Horizontal
Humanitarian
Aid Instrument
Pre-Accession
Instrument (new)
PAI
(candidate and
potential candidate
countries)
Macro-Financial
Assistance
How will it work?
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UGANDA
DC & EC
Rest of the
world
BRAZIL
HUM.
AID
JAPAN
IRAQ
ENPI
neighbouhoo
d
MOLDOV
EGYPT
STABIL
ITY
UKRAINE
IPA
Pre-accession
ALBANIA
CROATIA
MACR
O - FIN
Inside the DC and EC instrument
5 regional and 1 national programmes:
 ACP, Asia, Latin America, Central Asia
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan and Turkmenistan), Middle
East (only covering Iraq, Gulf Countries,
Yemen, Iran) + South Africa (specific
agreement)
 A limited number of thematic
programmes
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Programming is the corner stone
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Multi-annual strategies for each programme
National Indicative programmes for each country
Coherence between geographic and thematic
programming
Annual programmes of action
Programming is the task of the Commission, no
consultation of the Parliament on multi-annual
strategies, consultation of MS committees.
The text is vague and weak about the consultation of
beneficiary countries and of civil societies and NGOs.
NGO concerns on the EC proposal
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Instruments precede policy
Confusing system: mixture of objectives and
geographic scope in the instruments
Overlap between instruments
Risk of diversion from development objectives
What about cross-cutting issues (EIDHR, gender)
Role of civil societies
Role of Parliament
Financial aspects: no visibility of EU ODA, financial
effort is not on poverty reduction
Budgetisation of EDF: in favour but …
Distribution of funds
Others 22.30%
EDF 23.40%
EDF
DCECI-EDF
ENPI
PAI
SI 4.40%
SI
DCECI-EDF
20.50%
PAI 14.60%
ENPI 14,80%
Others
Where are we in the process?
At Council level
 Luxembourg presidency pushing for an agreement on
own resources and FP framework in June
 Difficult debate in the hands of Finance ministers
defending national interests
 Decision by unanimity means alliances and
compromises. Final decision unpredictable
 Points of friction: UK rebate and correction mechanism
– net contribution – structural funds - agriculture
 No decision on the future EDF envelope in the
absence of an agreement on FP in June – EDF
budgetisation still in question
Where are we in the process?
At European Parliament level
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Ad hoc Committee aiming at a report on the FP in May
to influence EU Summit
Opinions from committees under preparation
Reports on instruments under co-decision expected
before summer break (DC&EC, ENPI)
Proposal to reject DC&EC regulation by Development
Committee
No unique instrument for developing countries → how
to use the ENPI to support development policy and the
fight against poverty?