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The European Union plays a crucial role in development policy, where the main objective is reducing poverty and eliminating it in the long run; this goal would be greatly facilitated if the EU made efficient use of the fundamental synergies between Union policies. In the field of development cooperation, the action taken by the European Union is based on collaboration between Member States and international bodies, creating harmony between European policies and development objectives, and on the principle of aid efficiency. I personally agree with the part of the draft report which states that the 3.4 % of the Commission development aid budget allocated to direct nutrition intervention is insufficient, especially with malnutrition causing the death of around 2.6 million children each year. I am delighted that the report highlights the corporate social responsibility obligations of enterprises, to encourage employers to apply social standards which are more ambitious than is currently the case. In agreement with the rapporteur I also find it unsatisfactory that – despite a promise from the Commission – there was no proposed extension of the powers of scrutiny of the European Regional Development Fund to Parliament. If the proposals in the report are implemented I believe we can make more effective progress in ensuring policies are coherent for development purposes, and therefore I voted in favour."@en1
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