19 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2020/2113(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas numerous countries in the broader Middle East have faced war, instability and social and financial crises; whereas terrorist organisations have exploited the instability and security situation and have caused many civilian deaths; whereas terrorist organisations, including Da'esh/ISIS have targeted youth in the broader Middle East and in Europe, and their communication strategy and use of social media have been effective in the susceptibility of youth recruitment; whereas the root causes of violent extremism and terrorism remain complex;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the summit of 27 to 28 March 2022 between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Morocco aiming to create a security alliance, which was also attended by the US Secretary of State, paved the way for a new regional approach to security and confirmed the; whereas the Abraham Accords provide an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen cooperation in promoting tolerance and counteries’ intention to divide the region into blocksng extremism in the broader Middle East region;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas problems associated with governance and breaches of the rule of law in the regionthe region continues to face problems associated with Islamic extremism, terrorism, corruption, foreign interference, notably by Iran, which are a significant sources of instability; whereas and insecurity; is concerned by the imprisonment or torture of political opposition figures and social activists across the region is paving the way for further conflicthuman rights activists in several countries across the region;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the persecution of Christians is pervasive in the Middle East, at times amounting to genocide, which has prompted an exodus of Christians from the region over the past two decades, resulting in Christians making up 4%, or roughly 15 million people, of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, down from 20% a century ago;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the EU has its own interests in the region, asnd that EU security is interdependent with security in the Middle East; highlightsaffected by the insecurity and instability of the region; stresses that, in line with thate EU funding instruments directed at the region make an important contribution to stability and prosperitStrategy on Combating anti-Semitism, EU external funds may not be misallocated to activities that incite hatred and violence; calls for financial accountability, transparency and performance based budgeting in all EU financial resources allocated to the region, either directly or indirectly;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes thatCalls on the EU to enhance its bilateral discussions with countries in the region, is becoming increasingly polarised into blocks; considersncluding on migration, security, trade and science; believes that Union efforts should be to seek to decrease migratory pressure and illegal entry into Member State territory by establishing third country partner state reception centres; calls for the prioritisation of the readmission of illegal migrants in relations with thisrd counterproductive for the EU’s goals in the area of stability and security; calls on the EU to enhance its bilaries and notes the principle of conditionality to development aid; welcomes the British and the Danish government's policies and initiatives to combat illegal migration as this destroys the business model of human traffickers and organised crime thus contributing to regional stability; calls on the Commission to adopt similar measures and to finance physical barriers at the Union's external discussions with all the different stakeholderborders to prevent the illegal entry of migrants, as requested by 12 Member States;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Emphasises the importance of Palestinian elections for restoring the democratic legitimacy of popular support for political institutions in the Palestinian territories, however, expresses grave concern about people affiliated with EU- listed terror organisations running for political office; stresses the importance of condemning and rejecting terrorism and reiterates that no EU funding may directly or indirectly be transferred for terrorist purposes or to persons and groups affiliated with terror organisations, in accordance with EU funding regulations;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to align their arms export policiesStresses that arms export policies, including the aligning with the provisions of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, and to adopt a strict application of all criteriare a Member State competence;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses deep concern about a potential nuclear race in the region and calls on the EU to activate all diplomatic efforts to avoid it; calls on Israel to ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the negotiations onRejects the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as a necessary step towards achieving regional stability; calls on the US and Iran to pursue meaningful negotiations with a view to returning to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ActionIran continues to negotiate in bad faith; stresses the need to include Iran's ballistic missile programme in any follow-up agreement with Iran; condemns Iran's nuclear activities, its grave human rights violations, its support for terror activities in the broader Middle East region and in Europe and expresses grave concern about Iran's statements that it seeks the destruction of the State of Israel;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Welcomes the adoption of the Magnitsky Act by the Council as an important EU instrument to sanction violators of human rights; calls for the preparation of restrictive measures against Iranian officials involved in the unfair trail, detention and executions of Ruhollah Zam, Navid Afkari and imminent execution of Swedish national Mr. Ahmadreza Djalali, all other Iranian, dual and foreign nationals unfairly held in Iran as well as those responsible for the violent crackdown against Iranian citizens peacefully protesting in the country; considers further sanctions against Iran necessary if authorities do not free Mr. Djalali as demanded by the EU and Member States;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the need to combat the funding of terrorist organisations and activities both in Europe, the broader Middle East region and around the world; stresses that the EU must help to stop money laundering and, stem illicit financial flows and funding of Islamist institutions and organisations in Europe by adopting a clear strategy to address the shortcomings in controlling these kind of funds by several states in the region;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Strongly condemns the terrorist attacks by terror groups against Christians, such as in Egypt and Iraq; in this context recalls the crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in Iraq and Syria by the so-called ISIS/Daesh against Christians, Yazidis and other religious and ethnic minorities in the territories under its control during the period 2014-2020;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that people-to-people contacts and cooperation in fields such as education, science or culture play an important role in the region and can make a key contribution to regional stability and the bridging of divides both with the EU and among the different states; recalls that all education curricula funded by the EU must be in line with UNESCO standards of peace, tolerance, co-existence and non- violence and strongly condemns the hate speech, violence and anti-Semitism that continue to be found in the Palestinian Authority education curricula;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17