11 Amendments of Goffredo Maria BETTINI related to 2015/2003(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the conclusions of the 17th EU-China summit of 29 June 2015,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas China has acknowledged the need for the threat of climate change to be addressed and has undertaken to adopt a protocol or other legal instrument that will enable a comprehensive agreement on the issue to be reached at the Paris Climate Change Conference;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas two massive explosions occurred at a warehouse in the port of Tianjin on August 12th, causing over 150 deaths; whereas another one took place on August 31st at a chemical plant in Dongying;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, in a 2002 Declaration of Conduct, China and the ASEAN countries signified their willingness to create conditions for ‘a peaceful and durable solution’ in the South China Sea; whereas, despite this, tension is continuing to grow with neighbouring countries such as Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the Chinese Government acknowledges the importance and even the universality of human rights, but prefers to present this as an aspiration rather than a binding norm for the presentchooses not to regard them as legally binding;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the Chinese economy does not fulfil the criteria of a market economy as defined by the EU; emphasises that market economy status should only be accorded once China has taken straightforward steps towards being a market economy ; notes any decision taken at the EU level should be firstly discussed with the other European major partners within the WTO;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the explosions on 12 August in Tianjin and on 31 August in Dongying make it urgent for China to seriously address the issue of industrial safety, in particular in relation to corruption and impunity;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the urgency of environmental protection measures, bearing in mind, for example, that in 2014 only eight out of 74 major cities reached the national standard of PM 2.5 air pollution concentrations; warns that the double water crisis (massive pollution combined with increased water usage) could cause major political and social instability; welcomes the fact that under the new environmental protection law local cadres are accountable, also retroactively, for environmental damage caused during their tenure; stresses too that a lack of environmental protection not only fails to prevent ecological damage, but is also a source of unfair competition practices;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with concern that in recent months the value of Chinese share indexes has dropped by a third and there have been hundreds of suspensions of trading owing to excessive falls in share prices – in July around 50% of all companies were the subject of trading suspensions – while emergency liquidity of tens of billions of euro was placed with brokerage companies and extraordinary measures were adopted to support the banking system, including a cut in interest rates, the reduction of bank reserves and the adoption of a share purchase programme to shore up the market;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws Beijing's attention to the indispensable role of the US and the EU with regard to China's modernisation goals, given its support for Putin against the West;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Protests against the marginalisation ofand violation of fundamental freedoms visited on the Tibetan culturpeople by the CPC and urges the Chinese authorities to respect without further delay the freedom of expression, association and religion of the Tibetan people;