Activities of Isabel WISELER-LIMA related to 2018/0356M(NLE)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the strategic importance of Viet Nam as a crucial partner of the EU in South East Asia and among the ASEAN countries, specifically but not exclusively in relation to climate change negotiations, good governance, sustainable development, security, economic and social progress and the fight against terrorism; notes that Viet Nam is the Chair of ASEAN in 2020;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the Agreement between the EU and the Government of Viet Nam establishing a framework for the participation of Viet Nam in the EU crisis management operations, which was signed on 17 October 2019; underlines that Viet Nam becomes the second partner country in Asia to sign a Framework Participation Agreement with the EU; stresses that the Agreement is a significant step forward in the relations between the EU and Viet Nam;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on Vietnam - in order to show its good will -to implement right away previously demanded human rights requirements as adopted in the EP resolution on the PCA with Vietnam of 17 December 2015, inter alia by revising the Criminal Code in order to refrain from suppression of peaceful exercise of the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association and to release prisoners of conscience,
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the establishment of an inter-parliamentary group between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the EP for the speedy establishment of broad and as independent as possible Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs); recalls the role of empowered DAGs in the pursuit of efforts to monitor and scrutinize the correct implementation of the FTA;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the FTA creates an institutional and legally binding link to the PCA; points out that Article 1 of the PCA contains a standard human rights clause which can trigger appropriate measures, including, as a last resort, the suspension of the PCA, or parts thereof, without delay; calls for the establishment of a mechanism to monitor the implementation of the human rights clause;