Question 17096 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Philippe Gomès draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the amount of the financial envelope allocated to overseas countries and territories (OCTs) as part of the negotiations on the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. The communication concerning the 2021-2027 MFF, presented by the European Commission on 2 May 2018, currently under examination in the Council and the European Parliament, contains the proposal to create a specific instrument dedicated to overseas countries and territories (OCTs), including Greenland, integrated into the European Union budget. This instrument would have a forecast budget of 500 million euros. The creation of a financial instrument specific to the OCTs constitutes a step forward, long awaited by these territories. This development must nevertheless be accompanied by a financial envelope height of the ambitions of the EU-OCT partnership. However, the Council's proposal for an overseas association decision (DAO) which details the financial distribution of this envelope of 500 million euros allocates 225 million euros for bilateral support to a Danish OCT, Greenland, compared to only 159 million euros for all 12 other Dutch and French OCTs. This sum would only represent 0.4% of external aid granted by the European Union. The European Parliament is therefore calling for an increase in this envelope to 669 million euros. While the President of the Republic recently affirmed his desire to build a strong Indo-Pacific axis, France, which is now the only European country present in the Pacific zone thanks to its OCTs, must adopt a strong position in the ongoing negotiations for the defense of these territories, which contribute to the oceanic and international dimension of the European Union. He questions him about the Government's commitment, within the framework of these negotiations, to the defense of the OCTs and in favor of an upward revision of the overall envelope which will be allocated to them in the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 and a better distribution of funds taking into account the same criteria for all the OCTs.

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