Opinion
Adopté on 26/04/2017
Référence:
REX/484-EESC-2017Referral:
COM(2016) 740 final Rapporteur:
Ionuţ SIBIAN (Romania)
Co-rapporteur:
Mihai MANOLIU (Romania)
The 2030 Agenda, the new global framework for sustainable development agreed by the UN in 2015, needs to be reflected in EU's development policy, the major orientations of which are set out in the 2005 European Consensus on Development ("the Consensus").
To this end, the Commission issued Communication COM(2016) 740, "Proposal for a New European Consensus on Development: Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future" in November 2016. Interinstitutional negotiations are expected to result in its endorsement in the form of a Joint Statement by the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission, in May 2017.