Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2014/2231(INI)
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Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
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 and which can and should be used at an expert and political level for the EDD’s work;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
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 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
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 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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;