11 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2018/2148(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that at the general elections in BiH citizens exercised their democratic right in a calm and orderly manner; stresses however the continuing shortcomings in the democratic election process and expects the recommendations by OSCE /ODIHR to be addressed without delay to improve the electoral process;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on all political leaders to engage in the formation of the governments at all levels, by working constructively together, in the interest of the citizens of their country;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that no compromise has been reached with regard to changes to the electoral legislation required to implement the Constitutional Court decision in the Ljubić case on the election of the members of the Federation House of Peoples; urges all political leaders to show responsibility and amend swiftly the electoral framework in order to ensure smooth implementation of the results of the elections; stresses that holding credible elections and implementing the results is an essential feature of a well-functioning democracy, as well as a requirement for any country aspiring to join the EU; reiterates that all acts of election irregularities should be investigated and condemned in the clearest possible terms, and any unlawful activities prosecuted;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that legislation without implementation is futile and urges swift implementation of legal provisions providing equality between women and men; firmly points at the lack of effective implementation of legislation on the prevention and protection which facilitates gender-based violence, in particular domestic violence; urges aligning of the relevant legislation with the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence; is concerned that the number of protective measures issued remains low, and calls for improvement of the general system of response and support to victims; draws attention to the fact that the existing safe houses remain in most cases strongly underfunded, which is in breach of existing legislation;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Is concerned about lack of educational and economy reforms that fosters high youth unemployment and high economic emigration which will have long-term consequences on country’s demography; notes with concern a high gender imbalance of labour force participation rates;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges that some progress has been achieved in the implementation of Annex VII to the Dayton Peace Agreement on refugees and internally displaced persons; calls again for significant attention to be devoted to damages compensation for property that cannot be returned, access to healthcare and employment, social protection, safety and education; notes that there are still extremely high number of internally displaced persons (98,324 according to UNHCR data from 2017), 47,000 minority returnees and a huge number of refugees; is concerned with persistently high number of missing persons and slow progress in that respect; urges resumption of operations of the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees; calls again for significant attention to be devoted to damages compensation for property that cannot be returned, access to healthcare and employment, social protection, safety and education; deplores cases of attacks against properties of returnees; calls on the authorities to embark on intensive cooperation between the two entities, and strengthen the efforts to find persons still missing as a result of the war, including full sharing of all relevant military and intelligence data;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the boosting of efforts to combat radicalisation and further measures to identify, prevent and disrupt the flow of foreign fighters as well as channels of untraceable money intended for further radicalisation; calls for the adoption and implementation of programmes on deradicalisation and preventing youth radicalisation;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Reminds BiH of the need for a unified foreign policy and that foreign policy alignment is an essential part of EU membership;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Regrets that BiH has not aligned itself with EU restrictive measures in the context of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and events in eastern Ukraine;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Welcomes the continued presence of EUFOR Althea operation in the country, which assists in capacity building and training of the armed forces of BiH, as well as retaining deterrence capacity to support a safe and secure environment; welcomes the extension of EUFOR´s mandate by the UN Security Council until November 2018;