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"It is, of course, essential that this proposal be discussed in detail with the ACP countries, and such discussion should also cover many features of the EDF that are laid down in the Cotonou Agreement, for example, I would suggest, the partnership approach and also the principle of concentrating on poverty eradication. I also share your view that the ACP states will be persuaded to agree to this sort of proposal, which we hope will improve efficiency, only if we can provide sufficient guarantees that it is not just an excuse to reduce the resources available for development aid. How can we provide that kind of guarantee? The Commission has specifically addressed this issue in its communication, stating that the current figure should set the minimum for the future.
How could this be guaranteed within the budget? It could be done by including details of the financial envelope in the legal basis for a multiannual programme. The Commission is not suggesting that a new heading should be included in the financial perspective. Instead we feel it would be beneficial if it were made clear within the structures of the financial perspective that different instruments are available for foreign policy and also for development aid. At the same time, by guaranteeing the financial envelope in the legal basis, we would ring-fence the funding, making it impossible for the synergy gains to trigger a reduction in the resources available.
In the communication published today, the Commission has even proposed that the future evolution of EDF aid should be determined by general economic developments. This amounts to a positive statement, one that must also be viewed in the context of the commitments made at Monterey. That part of development aid which is financed from the budget, or will be in future, is obviously just a small fraction of the promised 0.39% of annual GNP, but I think that fraction should be guaranteed. Of course I cannot predict now whether that figure will be increased as a result of the financial negotiations."@en1
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