Activities of Anne-Marie MINEUR related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (debate) NL
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (debate) NL
Amendments (36)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to Article 8 on the right to Protection of personal data of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to Principle of Coherence for Development as stated on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO, including cultural diversity, adopted on 12 March 2003,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on 8 September 2015 on the follow-up to the European Citizens' Initiative Right2Water,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the general EU public is confronted with a big lack of transparency in the TiSA negotiations since the Commission has only made a couple of documents public; whereas the European Commission has published less about the TiSA negotiations than they did for negotiations about trade agreements like TTIP or CETA; whereas Commissioner Malmstrom stated that the transparency model used in the TTIP negotiations would be implemented for all negotiations for trade agreements;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas not all negotiating countries have ratified the core labour standards from the ILO which include freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; the effective abolition of child labour; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there is a growing public concern about the consequences of TiSA and other free trade agreements, which resulted in the 3.2 million signatures that are collected by the European Initiative against TTIP and CETA;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the position of the corporate lobby and their influence on the negotiations is not necessarily in agreement with the interests of European citizens and their rights; whereas the corporate lobby seems to have more influence on the negotiation process than civil society;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i a (new)
ia. Calls on the Commission to stop the negotiations for a TiSA agreements since an agreement like this will endanger EU services standards, public services for EU citizens and the right to regulate of Member States;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii b (new)
Iib. to guarantee that decisions and negotiations are taken as closely as possibly to the citizens and assure a consultation by the European Parliament;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
viii. to publish aconduct an independent ex-ante sustainability impact assessment and, study on TiSA, during and once the negotiations are finalised, to update it accordingly, taking specific account of its impact on citizens and workers; to request Parliament’s research services to publish a comprehensive and informative study of the scope and potential impact of the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point viii
viii. to publish a sustainability impact assessment and, once the negotiations are finalised, to update it accordinglywith the greatest urgency and involve the outcomes in the negotiations, taking specific account of its impact on citizens and workers; to request Parliament’s research services to publish a comprehensive and informative study of the scope and potential impact of the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
i. to exclude public services and services of general interest, financial and cultural services from the scope of the negotiations, and to seek the further opening of foreign markets in telecommunications, transport and professional services;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
iv. to acknowledge that standstill and ratchet clauses do not apply to market access commitments; calls on the Commission to oppose any type of standstill or ratchet clauses in the whole agreement the ensure the right to regulate of Member States;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
vi. to take an ambi cautious approach in Mode 3 by seeking the removal of third-country barriers to establishment, such as foreign equity caps and joint venture requirementecause sectors like education, care and other primary needs should always be in public hands;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi b (new)
xib. to ensure that the agreement does not limit the policy space for national, regional and local governments to respond to negative liberalisation experiences and to meet democratic demands for re-regulation (including re- municipalisation);
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi c (new)
xic. to ensure that the agreement includes a simplified withdrawal procedure;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
ii. to recall that Mode 4 commitments only apply to the movement of high-level professionals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by a contract and by domestic legislation and compelling with all ILO Core Standards and collective bargaining;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iv a (new)
iva. to ensure that citizens will not be forced by the authorities or by medical insurance companies to receive medical treatment abroad, unless the medical treatment is not available in the home country;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
ia. to exclude financial services from the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e – point i b (new)
ib. to ensure that, in the area of financial services, no new commitments will be taken on that would jeopardise any existing or future financial regulation, and that regulators retain the ability amongst others to authorise or deny any new financial product and to impose certain legal forms (e.g. restructuring requirements);
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
iii. to replicate the GATSset a prudential carve- out so as tomechanism that allows parties to deviate from their trade commitments when this is necessary for prudential reasonsey judge that the financial stability is at stake; to take into account that GATS prudential carve-out wording did not allow enough flexibility to be enforceable;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point f – point ii
ii. to seek improved access to foreign markets and a reduction in anti- competitive regulatory practices, most importantly those which are harmful to the environment and reduce the efficiency of transport servicebut to ensure the right to regulate all signatories, whereas regulation is needed to protect workers, environment and the privacy of citizens; to address restrictions in the cabotage sector and to avoid carriers returning empty from their host country, in particular in the Annex on maritime transport;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point f – point vi
vi. to strike the right balance between the liberalisation of the competitive postal sector and the protection of national monopolies; therefore to prevent anti- competitive cross-subsidisation and to ensure the recognition of universal service obligations as defined by each partyimportance of public postal sector and to ensure universality of postal services;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point i
Paragraph 1 – point g – point i
i. to fully preserve European, national and local authorities’ right to regulate; calls on the Commission to make sure that the right to regulate is ensured in all negotiation documents, not only in the preamble;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
iia. to ensure policy space to implement regulation for the protection of civil society;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
iii. to recognise that the domestic regulation chapter is necessary to prevent parties from implementing disguised trade barriers and imposing unnecessary burdens on foreign companies, in particular when they apply for different types of permitsright to regulate should not be endangered by the domestic regulation chapter; and reject the introduction of "necessity tests" for domestic regulation;
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g – point v a (new)
va. recalls the superiority of the European Human Charter on Human Rights over any international treaty and calls the European Court of Justice to effectively guaranty this juridical supremacy;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ix
ix. to maintain the EU practice of carrying out public consultations prior to legislative proposals; to ensure that the outcomes of these consultations will be observed closely during the negotiations;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
xa. to ensure that universal service is safeguarded, so that for instance people living in remote regions, border areas, islands or mountainous areas enjoy the same standard service and do not pay more that people living in urban areas;
Amendment 552 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii a (new)
iia. to ensure protection of EU small and medium sized service providers from unfair trading practices from services providers from outside the EU. For example by an article ensuring strict supervisory authorities and competition authorities. This article should at least contain the GATS Art. IX on 'Business practices'.
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point iii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h – point iii a (new)
iiia. to acknowledge that TiSA will be a danger for workers’ rights in Europe since some of the negotiating countries haven't ratified the core labour standards of the ILO; ensure that all signatories of the TiSA agreement have ratified the core labour standards from the ILO which include freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; the effective abolition of child labour; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point i – point iv
iv. to welcome the continuous engagement of the EU institutions with a wide range of stakeholders throughout the negotiation process; to ensure that the negotiators allow equitable access and engagement to all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
Paragraph 1 – point i – point v
v. to encourage the Member States to involve their national parliaments and to keep them adequately informed about the ongoing negotiations; call on the Council to ensure that TiSA will be a mixed agreement;