2014/2231(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

– having regard to its resolution of 112 March 2015 ~~(tbc)~~ on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas a number of EU Member States have undergone a process of democratic transformation ~~since the end of the Cold War~~over the past decades and have accumulated extensive experience in this field that iscould be relevant to the activities of the EED;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls on the EED to continue to develop new innovative means for democracy assistance in order to adjust to the growing climate of restriction in a number of countries with authoritarian regimes; underlines the importance in this context of developing country-specific strategies;

Amendment 101 #

Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls on the EED, in the name of its democratic spirit, to have in the composition of its Board of Governors a full representation of all political groups of the European Parliament, based on the D' Hondt system, and ensure at least one seat for each political group;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the ~~very good~~ public outreach on the EED’s achievements so far, and considers that further underlining the uniqueness and added value of the EED would increase its fundraising capacity;

Amendment 103 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the very good public outreach on the EED’s achievements so far, and considers that further underlining the uniqueness and added value of the EED and communicating about the subject widely on a regular basis would increase its fundraising capacity;

Amendment 104 #

Ana GOMES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the very good public outreach on the EED’s achievements so far, and considers that further underlining the uniqueness and added value of the EED would increase its fundraising capacity; takes the view that the EED should engage with and support the emergence and consolidation of political parties with clear commitment to democratic principles, whenever possible in partnership with existing political foundations;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas a number of EU Member States have undergone a process of democratic transformation since the end of the Cold War and have accumulated extensive experience in this field that is relevant to the activities of the EED;(Does not affect English version)

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the events of the Arab Spring and in the Eastern Neighbourhood triggered a reshaping of the EU's policy instruments for promoting human right and democracy support;

Amendment 13 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas in a number of countries around the world, notably in the EU's immediate neighbourhood, the space for legitimate civil society action is shrinking and authoritarian regimes are using increasingly sophisticated means to restrict the work of NGOs and pro- democratic actors whilst feigning a veneer of democratic appearance;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas there is growing concern regarding restrictive legislation regulating the external funding of civil society organisations in some of the countries ~~fall~~ing w~~ithin~~hich the EED~~’s geographical mand~~ operates, increasing stigmatisation of foreign support and threats being made to political and civic activists, including EED beneficiaries;

Amendment 15 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas countries of the EU neighbourhood faced during the last years a significant number of political, security and economic challenges that seriously put under pressure democratization efforts and the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need to promote objective and independent information and strengthen the media environment, including the internet and social media, in countries ~~falling under the EED’s geographical mand~~in which the EED operates;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need to promote objective and independent information and strengthen the media environment, including the internet and social media, in countries falling under the EED’s geographical mandate, by protecting freedom of the press and opinion and by combating all forms of social and political censorship;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there is a need to promote objective and independent information and strengthen the media environment, including the internet and social media, in countries falling under the EED’s geographical mandate; whereas there is equally a need in those countries to support the democratization efforts, including the consolidation of rule of law, fight against corruption and respect for freedom of expression;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the establishment of the EED ~~should be seen as a sign of a new trend in EU neighbourhood policy that~~contributes, alongside other EU programmes such as the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the ENP Civil Society Facility, to a much-needed process of shiftsing the ~~paradigm from a~~EU's traditional state-centred approach to a more balanced and long-term oriented, society-centred perspective, with a focus on direct engagement with grassroots movements;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

– having regard to the Joint Consultation Paper by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission "Towards a new European Neighbourhood Policy" from 4 March 2015,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the establishment of the EED should be seen as a sign of a new trend in EU neighbourhood policy that ~~shifts the paradigm from a~~complements the traditional state-centred approach ~~to a more balanced and long- term oriented,~~with a society-centred perspective, ~~with a~~ focused on direct engagement with grassroots movements;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the establishment of the EED should be seen as a sign of a new trend in EU neighbourhood policy that shifts the paradigm from a traditional state-centred approach to a more balanced and long-term oriented, society-centred perspective, with a focus on direct engagement with grassroots movements and democratic political actors;

Amendment 22 #

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the assessment of the impact of democracy assistance activity, such as that carried out by the EED, remains an inherently difficult task, notably due to the non-linear and long-term nature of political transformation in the countries concerned and to the often confidential nature of the activities involved;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas new information technologies and social media have become important instruments in the struggle for democracy and should therefore have a prominent place within the European democracy assistance agenda;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas as of 1 ~~February~~April 2015 the EED has funded 12743 initiatives, totalling ~~EUR 3.31~~to over EUR 4 million in the Southern Neighbourhood and over EUR 3.478 million in the Eastern Neighbourhood;

Amendment 26 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas as of 1 February 2015 the following Board of Governors Member States have pledged and contributed to the EED: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while the remaining 14 have not done so yet, which fails to send a positive political signal and could be interpreted as a de facto refusal by those 14 Member States to participate actively in the EDD’s work and as evidencing a lack of political support for its objectives and tasks;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the track record of the EED to date given the current challenging international environment, and considers that it is fulfilling its main objective of ‘fostering and encouraging democratisation and deep and sustainable democracy in countries in political transitions and in societies struggling for democratisation’15, including by ‘supporting the unsupported’ by fighting corruption, promoting dialogue in diversity and non-violence, encouraging social and political participation and protecting activists and journalists who, locally, do their utmost to ensure and expedite the launch of a democratic process, making justice more accessible; __________________ 15 Article 1 of the EED Statute - available at: https://www.democracyendowment.eu/abo ut-eed/

Amendment 29 #

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Deplores the fact that the findings of previous internal evaluations have not been published and that the EED’s track record is, therefore, difficult to assess objectively; calls on the EED to publish the findings and recommendations of internal and external evaluations, in keeping with the principle of full transparency and in order to make an objective assessment of its work possible;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to the Joint Communication by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission "A New Response to a Changing Neighbourhood. A review of European Neighbourhood Policy" from 25 May 2011,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Acknowledges with satisfaction that despite the short time of activity and limited funds, and the EED has met Parliament’s recommendations, delivering added value to existing EU democracy support through faster, flexible, bottom-up and demand-driven funding in a smarter and financially more efficient approach than other EU means, thanks to the cooperation with local non- violent, pro-democracy partners and a lower administrative burdeninherent challenges to assess the impact of democracy support activities, the EED is meeting Parliament’s earlier recommendations, and delivering added value to existing EU democracy support;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Acknowledges with satisfaction that despite the short time of activity and limited funds, the EED has met Parliament’s recommendations, delivering added value to existing EU democracy support through faster, flexible, bottom-up and demand-driven funding ~~in a smarter and~~, provided directly to the beneficiaries, in a financially ~~more~~ efficient ~~approach than other EU means, thanks to the cooperation with local non-violent, pro- democracy partners and a lower administrative burden~~way thanks to low administrative burden and simple procedures established for the EED by its Board;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Acknowledges with satisfaction that despite the short time of activity and limited funds, the EED has met Parliament’s recommendations, delivering added value to existing EU democracy support through faster, flexible, bottom-up and demand-driven funding in a smarter and financially ~~more~~ efficient approach thant complements other EU means, thanks to the cooperation with local non-violent, pro- democracy partners and a lower administrative burden;

Amendment 33 #

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out how important it is, given the large number of international donors funding civil society organisations, in particular in the countries of the Arab Spring, that through its activities the EED should seek to close funding gaps left by other donors, in order to generate real value added for local organisations and establish itself as a reliable partner;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is of the opinion that the EED as a democracy support modality has ~~proved its ability to~~been contributeing towards diminishing both political and personal risk;

Amendment 35 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Underlines the~~Stresses its full and continued support to the EU's multipronged efforts to support civil society organisations, social movements and activists around the world; reiterates the importance of ensuring complementarity of EED activities and existing EU external financialng instruments, notably the EIDHR;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the complementarity of EED activities and existing EU external financial instruments, especially the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI);

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the complementarity of EED activities and existing EU external financial instruments, as they both aim to promote democratic principles and respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in EU's proximity;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes EED's consistent engagement in favour of freedom of expression and association, freedom of media, building and reinforcing rule of law, fight against corruption, social and political pluralism, meant to support the development of democratic regimes both in the Eastern and the Southern EU Neighbourhood;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the initiatives undertaken by the EED have proved its unique bridging and gap-filling capability in cases where financing by EU Member States and non-EU countries has been unattainable;deleted

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~advancement of democracy and human rights is~~promotion and support of democracy, rule of law and respect for the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms are among the core objectives of the EU’s foreign policy, as enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets that the EU's global approach to democracy support remains fragmented and largely disconnected from its human rights policy; calls on the EU and the Member States to develop a holistic approach to support political transition and democratisation in third countries, which comprises respect for human rights, the promotion of justice, transparency, accountability, reconciliation, the rule of law and the strengthening of democratic institutions, including legislative bodies;

Amendment 41 #

Andrzej GRZYB, Elmar BROK, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States, to ~~fulfil the obligations to whic~~contribute or to enhance their contributions to the EED, in line with theyir commit~~ted themselve~~ments when establishing the EED;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States and the European Commission, to fulfil the obligations to which they committed themselves when establishing the EED;

Amendment 43 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Louis MICHEL, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States, to ~~fulfil the obligations to which~~continue and enhance theyir commit~~ted themselves when establishing~~ment to the EED;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States, to fulfil the financial obligations to which they committed themselves when establishing the EED; also strongly urges the Board to reconsider supporting democratic political activists and providing funding to inclusive political processes;

Amendment 45 #

Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Reminds that 12 EU Member States are not respecting their funding commitments towards EED and urges these 12 countries to do so by the end of 2015;

Amendment 46 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that in order to sustain and further develop EED effectiveness it is vital to ensure ~~long-term, sufficient, stable and predictable~~sufficient funding;

Amendment 47 #

Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that in order to sustain and further develop EED effectiveness it is vital to ensure long-term, sufficient, stable, transparent and predictable funding;

Amendment 48 #

Andrzej GRZYB, Elmar BROK, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that in order to sustain and further develop EED effectiveness it is vital to ensure long-term, sufficient, stable and predictable funding; recalls its recommendation of 29 March 2012, where it stressed that EU budget contributions to the EED should not be at the expense of the already limited resources of the EIDHR;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on Belgium to at least assess the possibility of returning tax revenues received from the EED and its employees in the form of funding for EED projects; recalls that the EED is functioning as a private foundation under Belgian law;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the advancement of democracy and human rights is among the core objectives of the EU’s foreign policy, as enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on Belgium to assess the possibility of returning some or all of the tax revenues received from the EED and its employees in the form of funding for EED projects; recalls that the EED is functioning as a private foundation under Belgian law;

Amendment 51 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Calls on southern Member States with a particular interest in the Southern Neighbourhood to match the funding of contributing northern Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 52 #

Ana GOMES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Calls on southern Member States with a particular interest in the Southern Neighbourhood to match the funding of contributing northern Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. CWelcomes the financial contributions from Northern and Central European Member States; calls on sSouthern Member States ~~with a particular interest in the Southern Neighbourhood to match the funding of contributing northern Member States;~~ , some of which entertain particularly close historic, economic or cultural ties with the Southern Neighbourhood to make a particular effort to contribute to the EED;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on all EED contributors to enable the EED to maintain a lean administrative structure with low operational costs, especially through harmonizing their donor requirements and agreeing to a single reporting framework; regrets that certain donors, including Germany, are imposing excessively cumbersome and intrusive requirements; calls on all EED donors to ensure full autonomy of the EED Executive Committee in the selection of beneficiaries on the basis of the work- plan endorsed by the Board of Governors and calls for an end to earmarking by donors of funds for particular countries or projects;

Amendment 55 #

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the scope the EED has to support projects directly by meeting operating costs; warns, however, that the impartiality requirement must be observed at all times;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Calls for a strengthened capacity of the EED Secretariat, to be ref~~delected ~~in adequate human resources enabling it to cope with its new tasks;~~

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the EED also to support beneficiaries in countries with a rather consolidated democratic regime yet where certain groups, such as ethnic minorities, are being politically marginalized or excluded;

Amendment 58 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers it crucial to ~~ensure sustainable funding for EED recipients in the long run by~~ strengthen~~ing~~ complementarity links with other donors;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Considers it crucial to ensure sustainable funding for EED recipients in the long -run by strengthening complementarity links with other ~~donor~~bilateral donors and the European External Financial Instruments, in particular the EIDHR, which - where appropriate – could take over the medium-term financial support of 'mature' EED beneficiaries;

Amendment 6 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. ~~whereas it is recognised by the EU that democracy cannot be exported and that the principle of ownership is paramount for fostering a genuine democratic culture;~~Does not affect English version. (Linguistic correction to the Bulgarian version).

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)

(1) invites the EED and the European Commission to set up a contact group with the goal of identifying best ways for EED beneficiaries to transition to the EIDHR financial support;

Amendment 61 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to come forward with specific proposals on mechanisms for programming interface and cooperation with the EED, so as to ensure coherence and sustainability in the longer term;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the EED to further actively engage in countries where the space for external support for civil society is severely hampered~~, since the main reason for the establishment of the EED was to support the unsupported~~;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the EED to further actively engage in countries where the space for external support for civil society is severely hampered, since the main reason for the establishment of the EED was to support the unsupported; supports the efforts of the EED to explore innovative means for supporting agents for change in particularly difficult political environments, including in Egypt, Azerbaijan and Algeria, as well as to enhance its support to civil society in regions afflicted by frozen conflicts;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the EED to further actively engage in countries where the space for external support for civil society is severely hampered or where financing is discriminatory and awarded solely to certain organisations or civil societies, since the main reason for the establishment of the EED was to support the unsupported;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Welcomes the EED grants offered to Ukrainian actors, as they set a good example of the swift support for political and civic activists who then become democratically elected representatives;~~deleted

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes the EED grants offered to Ukrainian actors, as they set a good example of the swift support for political and civic activists who then become democratically elected representatives; welcomes the EED support offered to all pro-democracy activists engaged in the Eastern EU Neighbourhood, seeking in this way to sustain the development of consolidated democratic regimes;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes the EED grants offered to Ukrainian actors, as they set a good example of the swift support for political and civic activists who then become democratically elected representatives; calls for a broader scope and non-discriminatory approach as regards the issuing of EED grants to Ukrainian actors;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Welcomes the EED grants offered to activists in some of the Southern Neighbourhood countries, since they demonstrate the added value of EED pro- democracy work in particularly hostile environments; calls for in-depth consideration and evaluation of all applications for EED financing in order to prevent the direct or roundabout financing of terrorist groups and individuals who could jeopardise the democratic process in the Southern Neighbourhood countries;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~it is recognised by the EU that democracy cannot be exported and that the principle of ownership~~the EU considers that the principle of ownership of democracy- building processes is paramount for fostering a genuine democratic culture;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on groups suffering from socially exclu~~ded groups~~sion or political marginalization by supporting, among others, women’s rights and women’s increased public participation and ethnic minorities, as well as on grassroots movements, vulnerable or emerging political movements, trade union and media activists;

Amendment 72 #

David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on socially excluded groups by supporting, among others, women’s movements to further women's rights and ~~women’s~~their increased public participation, as well as grassroots movements and supporting LGBTI activists, persecuted religious minorities and religious groups, grassroots movements, bloggers and new media activists;

Amendment 73 #

Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on socially excluded groups by supporting, among others, women’s rights and women’s increased public participation, ethnic and linguistic minorities as well as grassroots movements and media activists;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on socially excluded groups by supporting, among others, women’s rights and women’s increased public participation, as well as ~~grassroots movements and media activis~~minorities rights;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on socially excluded groups by supporting, among others, women’s rights and women’s increased public participation, LGBTI organisations, as well as grassroots movements and media activists;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the EED to develop better cooperation with and open its grants to religious communities, including persecuted religious minorities; recalls the fact that the church has played a crucial role in opposing communist regimes and in the democratic transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe;deleted

Amendment 77 #

David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the EED to develop ~~better cooperation with and open its grants to~~, when and if relevant, cooperation with religious communities, including persecuted religious minorities; ~~recalls the fact that the church has played a crucial role in opposing communist regimes and in the democratic transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe;~~

Amendment 79 #

Ana GOMES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the EED to develop better cooperation with and open its grants to religious communities, including persecuted religious minorities; ~~recalls the fact that the church has played a crucial role in opposing communist regimes and in the democratic transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe;~~

Amendment 8 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the EED to develop better cooperation with and open its grants to civic activism related to religious communities, including persecuted religious minorities; recalls the fact that the church has played a crucial role in opposing communist regimes and in the democratic transformation processes in Central and Eastern Europe;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Encourages the EED to step up its support to emerging young leaders and newly elected women, youth or minority representatives in countries in political transition;

Amendment 82 #

Andi CRISTEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Member States to pursue with the financial assistance to the Russian civil society and media through the European Endowment for Democracy; points out that recent developments such as the restrictions imposed on civil society organisations, the repression of the political opposition and aggressive targeted disinformation campaigns by state-controlled media seem to serve the purpose of deliberately building up breeding grounds for an extremely nationalistic political climate marked by anti-democratic rhetoric, repression and hate speech;

Amendment 83 #

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the first presentation of the EED Annual Report in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in accordance with Article 8.4 of the EED Statute~~, and~~; stresses ~~its openness for this to takes place on an annual basis as it~~that this annual exercise is a good opportunity to take stock and develop new synergies;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the first presentation of the EED Annual Report in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in accordance with Article 8.4 of the EED Statute, and stresses its openness for this to takes place on an annual basis as it is a good opportunity to take stock and develop new synergies; (linguistic amendment to English version text)

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Encourages both Member States and EU institutions to ensure genuine internal and external coherence related to democracy efforts and to recognise the ~~facilitating~~ role of the EED in this respect;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Encourages both Member States and EU institutions to ensure genuine internal and external coherence related to democracy efforts and to recognise the facilitating role of the EED so as to avoid duplication of efforts with European Union instruments that also have the aim of promoting democracy and human rights, like the EIDHR;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Encourages the EU delegations and Member States’ diplomatic missions in the countries where the EED is active to bring potential beneficiaries to the EED’s attention and to inform them about the EED; in turn, encourages EED staff to liaise closely with relevant EU and Member States diplomatic staff in relation to potential beneficiaries which cannot be supported by the EED;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Encourages the EU delegations and Member States’ diplomatic missions in the countries where the EED is active, to bring to the EED's attention potential beneficiaries ~~to the EED’s attention and to inform them about the EED~~and to inform potential beneficiaries about the EED and vice versa, respecting the sensitivity of information and security of all parties;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Encourages the EEAS to dedicate an information session to the EED in the framework of the annual meeting of the EU Heads of Delegation, and to include sessions on the EED in its annual human rights training curriculum for the human rights focal pointand the Commission to disseminate information regarding the EED among its staff, notably in EU Delegations;

Amendment 9 #

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas a large number of EU Member States have ~~undergone~~successfully completed a process of democratic transformation of society since the end of the Cold War and have accumulated extensive experience in this field that is relevant to the activities of the EED;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. ~~Encourages the EEAS to dedicate an~~Welcomes the EEAS efforts in propagating information on EED and encourages the EEAS to continue this direction among others through: information session tos on the EED in the framework of the annual meeting of the EU Heads of Delegation, ~~and to include~~ sessions on the EED in its annual human rights training curriculum for the human rights focal points;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Calls for a triennial meeting of the EED Board of Governors at ministerial level to reflect on the EU's democracy support policy and on future EED strategic priorities;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the EED to continue cooperating with ~~European-based~~international organisations such as the Council of Europe, ~~the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance,~~ and the OSCE, in line with the EED’s Statute;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the EED to foster cooperation with key actors and international and regional organisations active in the field of democracy assistance, both inside the European Union and those active in the target countries;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the EED to foster cooperation with key actors and international and regional organisations active in the field of democracy assistance; stresses also the importance of close cooperation with democracy assistance organizations and foundations from EU Member States;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Encourages the EED to identify possible avenues of cooperation with international civil society organisations~~, among others the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership and the Anna Lindh Foundation~~;

Amendment 96 #