19 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2019/2210(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement has been one of the EU’s most successful policies and the most effective foreign policy instrument contributing to extending the area of democracy, peace and, prosperity and shared European values across Europe;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Parliament in its resolutions welcomed the progress achieved by North Macedonia and Albania; whereas given this progress, the European Parliament consented with the allocation of the performance reward under the Instrument of Pre-accession Assistance to North Macedonia and Albania;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Parliament deplored the failure of the European Council to agree in2019 on opening accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the EU’s enlargement process is a two-way street on which both sides have to uphold to their commitments;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) to ensure that the accession benchmarks and support are based on lessons learnt in order to avoid earlier shortcomings and to improve the accession process;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to engage the representatives and youth participants of accession countries in the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) to focus on institutional and administrative capacity building to reinforce transparency and the effectiveness of good governance at all levels;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
(ada) to increase the funding for and the participation of the accession countries in educational, professional skills-boosting and exchange programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Horizon 2020;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a f
Paragraph 1 – point a f
(af) to call upon authorities to take urgent measures on the monitoring, mitigation and prevention of air and water pollution, encouraging the transition to cleaner solutions;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
(afa) to support the upgrade and/or replacement of outdated coal plants that pollute environment and are risk to local population and neighbouring countries;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ak a (new)
(aka) to underline that the contribution of the Western Balkan countries to the protection of the European Union’s external border is crucial and to intensify European support to border management in the region;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a m
Paragraph 1 – point a m
(am) to ensure adequate, fair and results- oriented pre-accession financing that matches the transformation needs of the beneficiaries and helps them deliver on EU accession obligations, while avoiding a disproportionate level of assistance compared to other beneficiary countries;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a n
Paragraph 1 – point a n
(an) to avoid cuts in IPA funding which could slow down EU-related reundermine the Union's capacity to fulfil its strategic objective to stabilise and transforms and undermine the Union’s strategicccession countries and prepare them for membership obligations, as well as seriously limit the ability to address multiple challenges, infcluence in the regionding reconciliation, regional integration, climate change and migration, while leaving the region even more susceptible to the third country;;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point an a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point an a (new)
(ana) to uphold the democratic accountability by ensuring the full involvement of the European Parliament in scrutiny, oversight and strategic steering of the design, programming and monitoring and evaluation of IPA III via delegated acts;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point an b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point an b (new)
(anb) to complement the IPA III regulation with a reformed and improved “strategic dialogue” whereby the European Parliament is timely informed and consulted;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a o
Paragraph 1 – point a o
(ao) to ensure that IPA III is driven by political priorities that have a direct impact on citizens’ lives and that pre-accession funding is allocated in a transparent, proportionate, and non-discriminatory manner, with performance rewards embedded in the overall allocations and stronger provisions on suspension of assistance, and in coherence with the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI);
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a o
Paragraph 1 – point a o
(ao) to ensure that IPA III is driven by political priorities that have a direct impact on citizens’ lives and that pre-accession funding is allocated in a transparent, proportionate, and non-discriminatory manner, taking into consideration the commitment and progress of the beneficiary countries in implementing reforms;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a p
Paragraph 1 – point a p
(ap) to improve the overall visibility of EU support in the region by strengthening strategic communication of the values of the Union and the overall visibility of EU support in the regionand public diplomacy for communicating the values of the Union and highlighting the added value of the Union’s support;