Procedure
WTO: the way forward
Rapporteurs (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): RÜBIG Paul (PPE), LANGE Bernd (S&D)
Summary
This is an own-initiative report on the WTO and the way forward. The amendments debate whether trade liberalisation reduces poverty and inequalities or can have negative effects on sustainable development, call for a fair-trade agenda benefiting developing countries, address special and differential treatment, the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, food security, human rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled3 Sep 2018 – 15 Oct 2018
- Procedure completed
142
Amendments
distinct, in window
24
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
3 Sep 2018 – 15 Oct 2018
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
24 Members · by amendment count1
Emma McCLARKIN
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
23(18 solo)
2Klaus BUCHNER
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇪 Germany
15
3Yannick JADOT
Greens / EFA · 🇫🇷 France
15
4Florent MARCELLESI
Greens / EFA · 🇪🇸 Spain
13(13 solo)
5Helmut SCHOLZ
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇩🇪 Germany
13(13 solo)
6Ádám KÓSA
Non-attached · 🇭🇺 Hungary
9(6 solo)
7Tiziana BEGHIN
Non-attached · 🇮🇹 Italy
9(9 solo)
8Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇹 Lithuania
8(8 solo)
9Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
ENF · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
10Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania
6(6 solo)
11Paul RÜBIG
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria
6(3 solo)
12Tokia SAÏFI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
6
13Iuliu WINKLER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
6
14Jan ZAHRADIL
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇨🇿 Czechia
5
15Thierry CORNILLET
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
5(5 solo)
16Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇪🇸 Spain
5(5 solo)
17Christofer FJELLNER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
5(5 solo)
18Mireille D'ORNANO
EFDD · 🇫🇷 France
3(3 solo)
19Ignazio CORRAO
Greens / EFA · 🇮🇹 Italy
3(3 solo)
20Cristian Dan PREDA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
2(2 solo)
21György HÖLVÉNYI
Patriots for Europe · 🇭🇺 Hungary
2(2 solo)
22Marietje SCHAAKE
ALDE · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
2(2 solo)
23Daniel CASPARY
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
2(2 solo)
24Louis MICHEL
ALDE · 🇧🇪 Belgium
1(1 solo)
The amendments, in full text
142 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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