Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville

11.6.2025 A10-0101/2

Amendment 2

Marit Maij, Valérie Devaux, Billy Kelleher, Lara Wolters, Thijs Reuten, Mohammed Chahim, Abir Al-Sahlani, Udo Bullmann, Charles Goerens, Robert Biedroń, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Lucia Yar, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Murielle Laurent, Irena Joveva, Carla Tavares, Barry Andrews, Erik Marquardt, Christine Singer, Gabriela Firea, Anna-Maja Henriksson, Fabienne Keller, Romana Jerković, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, César Luena, Hana Jalloul Muro, Lina Gálvez, Estelle Ceulemans, Kathleen Van Brempt, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Marko Vešligaj, Marc Angel, Christophe Clergeau, Marta Temido, Alicia Homs Ginel, Ana Catarina Mendes, Annalisa Corrado, Antonio Decaro, Birgit Sippel, Catarina Vieira, Cecilia Strada, Dainius Žalimas, Elena Sancho Murillo, Elio Di Rupo, Elisabeth Grossmann, Francisco Assis, Gabriele Bischoff, Heléne Fritzon, Hilde Vautmans, Isilda Gomes, Jana Toom, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Jean-Marc Germain, Johan Danielsson, José Cepeda, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Katarina Barley, Kim Van Sparrentak, Klára Dobrev, Laura Ballarín Cereza, Marco Tarquinio, Marcos Ros Sempere, Maria Guzenina, Matjaž Nemec, Mélissa Camara, Mounir Satouri, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Nora Mebarek, Raffaele Topo, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, René Repasi, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sabrina Repp, Sérgio Gonçalves, Sofie Eriksson, Sven Mikser, Tineke Strik, Tobias Cremer, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Vivien Costanzo, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Emma Wiesner

Report A10-0101/2025

Charles Goerens

Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville

(2025/2004(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 40

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
40. Insists that a conducive business enabling environment is essential for private investment, including through the rule of law, transparency, good governance, anti-corruption measures, investor and consumer protection, and fair competition; calls on the Commission to monitor and further improve mechanisms that will provide a security guarantee for European investors, on the other hand, stresses the need to rebalance investors’ rights with obligations towards the host state i.e. by supporting the local economy through technology transfer and by utilising local labour and inputs, so as to ensure that FDI translates into wider socio-economic benefits for society; calls for further improved access to affordable financing for the informal sector, dominated by micro- and small businesses, often led by women; calls for scaled-up EIB guarantee programmes to financially support small and medium-sized enterprises;	40. Insists that a conducive business enabling environment is essential for private investment, including through the rule of law, transparency, good governance, anti-corruption measures, investor and consumer protection, and fair competition; calls on the Commission to monitor and further improve mechanisms that will provide a security guarantee for European investors, on the other hand, stresses the need to rebalance investors’ rights with obligations towards the host state i.e. by supporting the local economy through technology transfer and by utilising local labour and inputs, so as to ensure that FDI translates into wider socio-economic benefits for society; calls for gender budgeting and further improved access to affordable financing for the informal sector, dominated by micro- and small businesses, often led by women; calls for scaled-up EIB guarantee programmes to financially support small and medium-sized enterprises;

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