Activities of Javier COUSO PERMUY related to 2015/2002(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Review of the European neighbourhood policy (A8-0194/2015 - Eduard Kukan) ES
Review of the European neighbourhood policy (debate) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy PDF (193 KB) DOC (126 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas it will not be possible for the European Union to have a credible neighbourhood policy while internal inequalities continue to increase and some of its Member States are adopting a regressive approach to human rights;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance and timeliness of the review of the ENP; emphasises that the revised ENP should be able to provide a quick and adequate response to the situation on the ground, while also putting forward a long-term vision for developing relations with the neighbouring countries and taking account of asymmetries between the parties; takes the view that a new framework needs to be created for relations with the ENP countries and regions, based on strict compliance with international law and the United Nations Charter and on non-intervention in their internal affairs and respect for their sovereignty, aimed at supporting the development of neighbouring regions and promoting employment and education, instead of association agreements geared solely to establishing free-trade areas that harm the ENP’s peoples and offer benefits only for corporate interests on the European side and for elites in the ENP states;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes in the continued value of its initially stated objective of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, based on the foundingcommon values and principles of the Union, through a deep structural transformation in the neighbouring countries; stresses therefore the need to go back to basics and bring this objective back to the top of the agenda;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that respect for the universal fundamental values of human rights, rule of law and democracy on which the EU is founded must remainand respect for the sovereignty of states must be at the core of the revised policy;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to focus on sectors identified together with its partners, in which progress and universal added value can be achieved, and to gradually expand cooperation based on that progress and ambitionon respect for human rights;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers support for democracy, the rule of law and human rights to be central to the ENP; stresses that the EU should be willing to offer incentives and know-how to help overcome the social challenges and economic costs of undertaking democratic reforms and strengthening state institutions;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, respect for minorities and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism; stresses the importance of respecting the sovereignty of states with which the European Union maintains relations and not interfering in their internal affairs;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of developing a thriving and active civil society in the processes of transformation and democratisation, which includes social partners and the business community; underlines the importance of European companies and their role in the promotion and dissemination of international standards for busines; draws attention to the harmful effects of the presence of European companies on some of the neighbourhood policy countries;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need to implement conditionality in relation to reform processes; eEmphasises that the EU cannot compromise wits fundamental values and should avoid creating double standards; stresses that countries that are making progress in implementing reforms and following European policy should be granted more substantial supporth regard to human rights violations and must avoid creating double standards;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the authorities of the EU Member States and the countries of the Middle East and North Africa to respect the prohibition of torture, enshrined for example in the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment that most of them have signed and ratified; reiterates that confessions extracted under torture are invalid and condemns this practice;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers it vital for the sustainability of the region to restore relations with the Arab Republic of Syria; supports the efforts of Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy to Syria, to mediate in the conflict and end the civil war in the country; stresses the need to support secular political figures and uphold the unity and territorial integrity of countries in the face of religious sectarianism;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Expresses concern that EU anti- terrorism policies are focused on military 'solutions', involving numerous programmes of military assistance to authoritarian regimes aimed at strengthening their military capabilities and hence encouraging their repressive policies; warns against the temptation to revert - in the name of security, stability and the fight against violent extremism - to the short-sighted and ineffective practices of the past, involving collusion with authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa; expresses its concern about enhanced security cooperation with highly repressive regimes;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Stresses that the Union’s external actions to combat international terrorism should be aimed primarily at prevention and the implementation of a policy opposed to all kinds of military intervention, making it necessary to adjust the EU’s position in international negotiations accordingly; highlights the need to promote political dialogue, tolerance and understanding among different cultures and religions;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Strongly criticises the intensive arms trade between certain EU Member States with various highly repressive regimes of the Middle East and North Africa, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt or Morocco; calls on the Council, in this connection to verify whether breaches of the EU code of conduct on arms exports have occurred and to adopt stringent measures to ensure compliance by all Member States; calls for the suspension of, and a ban on, exports of teargas and riot control equipment to these countries pending investigation of the improper use thereof and until the perpetrators have been brought to justice;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Strongly opposes the use of unmanned aircraft to carry out the extrajudicial and extraterritorial killing of terrorist suspects and calls for a ban on the use of such aircraft for that purpose;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Regrets that EU security and defence policy is governed by compliance with US and NATO foreign policy models; believes that the invasion of Iraq and foreign interference in Syria’s internal affairs have served as breeding ground for the emergence and spread of IS activities; objects to the role played by the US, the EU Member States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey in particular;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24g. Takes the view that terrorist acts are being committed by Islamist radicals to weaken countries in the Middle East and North Africa by military and other means and prevent the emergence of any strong state capable of channelling oil revenues into its own economic and social development;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Condemns the continuing occupation of Palestine by Israel and the latter’s violation of international law, including international humanitarian law; reiterates its call for an end to Israeli colonisation in the Palestinian territories and to the criminal attacks and the isolation of the Gaza Strip; stresses the urgent need to bring about a fair and lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East with a view to achieving a two-State solution — an independent and viable Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the state of Israel, living side by side in peace and security on the basis of the internationally recognised 1967 borders;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Reiterates its call to Morocco and the Polisario Front to continue negotiations for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara; recalls that this conflict poses a major obstacle to integration and cooperation in the region; considers it essential and urgent therefore to complete the decolonisation process of the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara as established by international law and to put an end to Moroccan occupation;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Regrets the circumstances in which the Sahrawi people find themselves, having been forced to live under Moroccan occupation or in exile in refugee camps for 40 years following Morocco’s invasion of the former Spanish colony; notes the presence of more than 80 000 Moroccan troops and millions of mines along more than 2 000 km of the wall dividing the territories of Western Sahara from north to south, and deplores that, after more than 20 years after the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front and the establishment of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), the holding of a referendum is being prevented by the intransigence of Morocco, compounded by the complicity and passivity of the international community and the European Union;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Rejects the repressive migration agreements and the establishment of FRONTEX; considers that the migration issue needs an anti-poverty, pro- employment, pro-peace and fair trade strategy by the EU countries as a significant contribution towards the stability of the region;