Activities of Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA related to 2008/2289(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership - Mexico Strategic Partnership (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas at the same time the economic and social gap has widened, the trade balance has reversed and is now firmly in the European Union’s favour, European direct investment is heavily focused on a few sectors, with few links to local economies and creating few jobs, and there is an urgent need to develop jobs and encourage small and medium- sized enterprises,
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the analysis of the reasons for the crisis and the problems of structural weakness and lack of security prevailing in the country are set out in the European Union’s Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013 on Mexico,
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the many recommendations made by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico have still not been implemented,
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas the human rights and democracy clause, as an integral part of the Association Agreement, must not just be a principle, but must also be an instrument and must be applied by both parties,
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas non-profit civil society organisations are calling for the creation of mechanisms and bodies so that they can be formally included in the bilateral relations,
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point c a (new)
ca) calls for the EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership to focus on the problems that have been accumulating and intensifying since the Association Agreement entered into force, beginning with programmes to fight impunity and the violation of human rights, with a strong gender component, in order to build up an independent judicial system;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point g a (new)
ga) suggests setting up a Joint Advisory Committee and a Social Observatory to give non-profit civil society organisations a formal and structured chance to assess the impacts of measures in the context of the Strategic Partnership in social, human rights, environmental and economic aspects and to make appropriate recommendations;
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 − point h a (new)
ha) regrets that the EU has used the EU- Mexico Global Agreement as a stepping stone to enter the US market, thus further contributing to the destruction of the industrial fabric of Mexico, and considers that it is necessary to reverse the negative effects of the EU-Mexico Global Agreement, particularly on small businesses and decent jobs; therefore calls for the internal industrial fabric to be reconstructed as a matter of urgency;