24 Amendments of Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN related to 2014/2229(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Report on the Role of Local and Regional Authorities in Managing Migration in the Mediterranean of 15 December 2014 of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Opinion on EU Support for Sustainable Change in Transition Societies of 11/12 April 2013 of the European Committee of the Regions,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the meeting of 23 March 2015 in Brussels of Libyan municipality representatives, convened by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya and hosted by the European Union,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
- whereas, taking into consideration the two previous points, the EU is not a military actor (with the exception of France and Great Britain) and has a limited military dimension in issues where the EU should give immediate answers; whereas EU responses should be decisive due to its economic and political potential;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
- whereas the so-called "democratic clause", contained usually in article 2 of most of the Agreements signed between the EU and third countries, gives the EU a strategic tool to demand for solutions to conflicts in which human rights are not fully respected; whereas the EU has not deeply developed this possibility;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the action taken by the Member States against ISIS in Iraq, especially by the directly involved, France and Great Britain, and asks for a more complete and active involvement (even military) of all the EU member states; notes that this type of operation should be carried out under the auspices of the European Union; to this end, calls on the EU to develop sufficient operational capacity to achieve CSDP targets; stresses however that a response must be found at political and regional level to the challenge presented by ISIS; calls on the EU to facilitate regional dialogue involving all stakeholders, in particular Saudi Arabia and Iran;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the allocation of EUR one billion under the EU strategy entitled 'Elements of an EU Regional Strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the Da'esh threat' , under which EUR 400 million has been earmarked for humanitarian aid; calls for special attention to be given to Jordan and, Lebanon and Syria; is concerned that, as a result of extreme poverty and deprivation, refugee camps may become a hotbed of radicalisation; welcomes the funds for host populations under the new strategy and under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP); invites international organizations (UN, LAS) to guarantee the necessary security in refugee camps in Syria through deployment of neutral troops;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the involvement of the countries of the Arab Peninsula in the international coalition against ISIS; urges their governments to redouble their efforts to prevent the financing of international terrorism, for example through including increased surveillance of waqfs and private donors; stresses the urgent need to introduce an efficient system of penalties coordinated with the LAS, the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) and the GCC, so as to put an end to ISIS financing by the Arab world; stresses also the urgent need for a decryption system to deal with clandestine oil sales by ISIS and to put strict sanctions to those institutions, companies and/or individuals directly or indirectly involved in commercialization (import and export), financing and oil trafficking;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of long-term strategic dialogue with the LAS, OIC and GCC; welcomes in this regard the declaration adopted in Athens on 11 June 2014 and the memorandum of understanding of January 2015 and calls for their full implementation; stresses the crucial importance of the regular organisation of summits between the EU and LAS, OIC, and GCC; stresses the central role to be played by the LAS, OIC and GCC in terms of crisis resolution; is convinced that these crises highlight the need for the LAS, OIC and GCC to be transformed by its members into a fully- fledged executive body genuinely capable of taking binding decisions;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the need to put in place the conditions for a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for a lastingdefinitive settlement of the conflict based on a solution enabling both countries to live side by side in peace and security over the borders of 1967; welcomes the 2002 peace initiatives and calls on Israel and the LAS countries to put them into effect; calls on international donors to honour the commitments made by them at the Cairo Conference of October 2014; establishes that Israel must put an end to occupation initiated nearly half a century ago; consequently, the end to occupation must take place by the end of 2016;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses full support for a new common security and defence policy (CSDP) to promote stability and security in the MENA countries; points out that the EU could play a major role in providing specific training in border surveillance, illegal immigration, anti-terrorism and the prevention of arms’ trafficking and in overhauling security;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the crucial importance of promoting improved cooperation between the EU Member States and the MENA countries in combating terrorism and organized crime; calls for closer cooperation with the Europol and Interpol countries, providing them with assistance in developing the necessary anti- terrorist structures and resources;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the urgent need for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, taking due account of the moderate opposition existing alongside the Syrian National Council and streexcluding thening the moderate Sunni components; points out that no democratic solution in line with the fundamental principles of the Union can be negotiated with Bachar Al-Assad, following the massacres perpetrated by him terrorist elements like Daesh and its allies; points out that there is no military solution, but only political;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for the Iraqi Government to continue to promote the sharing of political responsibilities, power and oil profits, encompassing all religious and ethnic communities in that country; calls for this to be made an essential condition for implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq; calls on the EU to contribute to capacity building byreinforce political and military capacities of the Iraqi Government;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for support and assistance to the military action carried out by the forces that compose the Iraqi Government in its fight against Daesh;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the active presence of Iran in the conflict in helping the Iraqi Government and trusts that its contribution will help to recuperate the sovereignty of the Iraqi Government and to bring peace to the region;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Admits that territorial and social division in Libya will only be solved by a peace and unity agreement between all the actors involved in the conflict, which requires their identification and inclusion around a peace and reconciliation table;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Understands that the situation in the South of Libya is of extreme gravity, as it is an area controlled by tribal militia, criminal bands and terrorists, open to all means of trafficking that acts as a platform for organized crime and terrorist groups;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Strongly believes that the development of local democracy and effective local governance is crucial to the stabilisation of MENA countries, and therefore calls for the institutionalisation and capacity development of associations of local and regional authorities in MENA countries;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Expresses its serious concern for the multiplication of the "madrasas", autonomous in appearance, run by radical fundamentalists; requires the Islamic Authorities to install an efficient action in order to counteract the effects and eliminate these institutions; encourages, as well, the prestigious Islamic centres of the region to train imams in the respect of peace, coexistence and in the values contained in the precepts of Islam, as the Koran says "there is no constraint in religion" (Surat 2 (La Vaca), Ayat 256);
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to develop an effective common European response by all Member States to jihadist propaganda, involving Europe's local authorities, and working with communities of European citizens who have strong cultural ties with MENA countries; underlines the need to send a positive message regarding relations between the European Union and the MENA countries and cooperation between them; stresses the need to ensure much greater visibility for EU initiatives in the region than is now the case;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that 2015 is the European Year for Development which aims to inspire more Europeans to get involved in the eradication of poverty worldwide, and which coincides with the international community's plans to agree a set of Sustainable Development Goals; calls on public authorities at all levels of government in MENA countries to make the achievement of these goals a priority;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. takes the view that no economic or social progress will exist without knowledge and culture, and no knowledge and culture will exist without liberty and free access to knowledge sources; thus, requires from the Authorities of the Southern neighbourhood countries to act in consequence;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European Committee of the Regions, the governments and parliaments of all the EU Member States, the LAS and UfM Secretaries-General and the governments and parliaments of their member countries.