Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries

Tabled by Mieke Andriese, Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Majbritt Birkholm, Rachel Blom, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Anna Bryłka, Tomasz Buczek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Laurent Castillo, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Tamás Deutsch, Ton Diepeveen, Elisabeth Dieringer, Mélanie Disdier, Csaba Dömötör, Klara Dostalova, Marieke Ehlers, Viktória Ferenc, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Kinga Gál, Jean-Paul Garraud, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Catherine Griset, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, György Hölvényi, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Jaroslav Knot, Vilis Krištopans, Sebastian Kruis, Tomáš Kubín, András László, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Jorge Martín Frías, Georg Mayer, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jana Nagyová, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Aldo Patriciello, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Julien Sanchez, Silvia Sardone, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Raffaele Stancanelli, Antonín Staněk, Petra Steger, Pál Szekeres, António Tânger Corrêa, Hermann Tertsch, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Isabella Tovaglieri, Matthieu Valet, Tom Vandendriessche, Alexandre Varaut, Annamária Vicsek, Harald Vilimsky, Séverine Werbrouck, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Auke Zijlstra

Added: 1a. Recalls that development cooperation is neither an end in itself nor an unconditional obligation to transfer resources; stresses that all EU external funding should primarily contribute to and complement the needs, interests and national priorities of the Member States, strengthen the security of citizens and enhance the protection of the EU’s external borders, and deliver concrete, measurable and verifiable results; rejects any approach that disconnects development assistance from the effective cooperation of beneficiary countries in preventing irregular immigration, ensuring border control, combating migrant smuggling networks and accepting return and readmission procedures;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.325