Activities of Edouard FERRAND related to 2016/2313(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
2016 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate) FR
2016 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate) FR
Amendments (6)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the consideration of BiH’s EU membership application by the Council and looks forward to the Commission’s opinion on the merits of the application for membership; calls on competent BiH authorities at all levels, but in accordance with their respective constitutional remits, to cooperate and coordinate in participating in the Commission’s Opinion process by providing a single set of replies to the Commission’s inquiries;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on setting upestablishing a coordination mechanism for EUuropean matters; calls on both the state and entities to ensure effective cooperation and communication between all leveltiers of government and with the EU, in order to facilitate the alignment and implementation of the acquis, and to provide satisfactory replies to the Commission’s inquiries throughout the Opinionassessment process; calls for the role and capacities ofon the Directorate for European Integration to be further enhanced with a view to it assuming fully its coordinating functions within the implementation of the SAA and, overall, in the accession processand all bodies in BiH and in entities responsible for integration to play their part in the accession process in accordance with the coordination mechanism;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Rules of Procedure of the SAPC have still not been adopted and it therefore could annot be properly constituted; calls for the adoption of procedural rules compatible with the constitutional structure of BiH;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that a high number of constitutional court decisions are not being implemented, including in particular the decision on the RS day, which was contested in the referendum held on 25 September 2016; emphasises that respect for the rule of law and the country’s constitutional framework is of paramount importance for advancing on the EU path;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes satisfactory cooperation on war crimes cases with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and encourages more regional cooperation with regard to processing war crimes cases; welcomes the fact that the backlog of domestic war crimes cases is being tackledn the country has been overcome and that some further progress was achieved in the successful prosecution of war crimes involving sexual violence; strongly condemns the decision of the RS National Assembly in October 2016 to express appreciation to former leaders of the RS convicted ofcalls on the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to avoid absolutely any ethnic discrimination in the prosecution of suspects for all war crimes; calls, as a matter of urgency, for respect for victims of war crimes and for reconciliation to be promoted;