29 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2019/2175(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the fact that the hostilities in the Western Balkan are not over and that there is no stabile Peace established, merely a standstill in hostilities,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the number of unregistered firearms in civilian illegal possession in the Western Balkans is thought to be around 3.8 million and large quantities of ammunition and military explosive devices such as but not limited to hang grenades, anti-personnel - as well as an anti-tank mines,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
— having regard to: 24.7.2020COM(2020) 608 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 2020-2025 EU action plan on firearms trafficking, and the Europol reports: Threat Assessment Report on Illicit Trafficking in Firearms (EDOC#673806v7A of June2013), Intelligence Notification (19/2014); “Firearms in the hands of Terrorist in Europe”(EDOC:#759937v3; May 2015). - observing that Europol confirmed that Western Balkans remain among the main supplying regions of trafficking to the EU,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
Citation 27 c (new)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas democracy and rule of law are fundamental values on which the EU is founded and are , if a people and/or nation would like to emulate the heart of enlargement and stabilisation and association processesEuropean form of a functional, democratic nation based on rule of law; whereas reforms are still needed to tackle the challenges that remain in these areaaddress the serious problems with full implementation of rule of law and the wide spread corruption in Serbia despite over 20 years of development-assistance from Member States;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Serbia has remained committed to regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations but has been unable to stem the trafficking of illegal immigrants across its territory;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Inter-Party Dialogue on Improving the Conditions for Holding Parliamentary Elections, facilitated by the European Parliament, continues tould provide a unique platform for reaching consensus on commitments tohat in turn might improve electoral conditions;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU agreed on the reallocation of EUR 374 million from the Member States that was administered by the EU within the so called Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance to help mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in the region;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, just like in the rest of the world that implemented a "shut-down" of their societies, represents an unprecedented burden on Serbia’s already unsatisfactory welfare systems, this is especially true in regard to the Serbian health system that was and still is being depleted of most of their most talented staff due to EU Member States exploiting the possibility to get health care workers while keeping their spending’s low; facilitated by the EU Commission in their "mobility"/immigration- policies (Ensuring a constant increase in the "brain drain" from the Western Balkans, amongst other areas) and in so doing on the one hand ensuing low domestic costs for health care professionals, distortion of the market under the pretext of the freedom of movement and on the other in Serbia a completely dysfunctional health care, robbed of most of their best talents and leaving a health care where patients are forced to rely mostly on bribes and personal contacts in an overwhelming number of cases for the patient to get any type of decent treatment or treatment at all; ensuring an deplorable state of affairs in terms of safeguarding the health of the population of Serbia, including vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly and pregnant women;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the EU is Serbia’s biggest trading partner; whereas Serbia benefits from EU assistance from the Member States, administrated by the EU, under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the attraction of working in a Member State or other more developed nation has created a detrimental loss of both highly to medium skilled individuals in Serbia, and this is to the general of the development of Serbia; currently it is estimated that 11 million immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe, or ten percent of their population, currently reside in Western Europe a number that has substantially risen in the last 20 years; and according to the World Economic Forum Serbia is one of the worse affected nations in terms of the loss of skilled professionals with a score of 2.31 on a scale of: 1= all talented people leaving the country; to, 7= all talented people staying in the country, reinforced with the Gallup survey presented in 2018 showing that 25% of Serbs, excluding children, wanted to immigrate;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesConcerned about the fact that EU membership continues to be Serbia’s strategic goal and that it is among the priorities of the newly elected government as it will only worsen the current situation with the loss of educated professionals immigrating to Western Europe and lead to a further loss of quality of life in Serbia; hence, accelerating the already negative spiral inspiring Serbs to leave Serbia;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that thSpeculates about a possible momentum created by the new mandate following the 21 June 2020 elections in Serbia is an opportunity for Serbia to make important progress towards Serbia’s European perspective; advocates for the opening of additional negotiating chapters as Serbia makes the necessary commitments to reform; notes that the opening of chapters is a tool for achieving sustainable pro-European change in Serbiaa more democratic state;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Serbia has continued aligning its legislation with the acquis; underlines that progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights chapters, as well as on the normalisation of relations with Kosovo, continues to be essential and will determine the pace of accession negotiations;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of strategic communication on EU accessionfor Serbia by Serbian stakeholders; to underlines that public discussion about EU accession must be based on facts; encourages the Serbian authorities to communicate more actively their commitment to European values in public debatee need for rule of law and impartial justice administration in order to build a modern, vibrant and competitive Serbia that can provide an acceptable welfare system to its citizens;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Serbia and the EU Member States to pursue a more active and effective communication poStresses that all supportive measures to Serbia administrated by the EU, funded by the Member States will be made fully conditionally on Serbia´s abilicty on the European perspective, aimed at both Serbian and EU citizensto stop all illegal movement of illegal immigrants across Serbian territory;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the decision by parts of the opposition to boycott the elections; stresses that the only way to guarantee political representation for their constituCalls on EU Member States to start a new debate on the need and use of EU enlargement, the debate shall also include a consultative element for all citizents is by engaging in political and electoral processesof the Member States to provide their view on EU enlargement;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the good regional cooperation between Serbia and Kosovo in the fight against the spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic, including cooperation between the mayors of Mitrovica North and Mitrovica South and communication between ministers of health;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. UrgesSuggests to the authorities to ensure alignment with EU standards and policy objectives on climate protection and environment, in order to facilitate the transition to a circular economy; encourages Serbia to work on regional connectivity and the completion of the regional energy marketconsider to strengthening environmental protection measures in Serbia, with special regards to waterways;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Does not accept the lack of willingness and ability by the Government and its institutions to control the possession of illegal fire arms and military-grade explosive devices and stop the illegal movement of these weapons into the Member States as this undermines and deny the full utilization of human rights for citizens in the Member States, urges the Government to show credible action to control these weapons and stop their entry into the Member States;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for the strengthening of European cooperation with Serbia on addressing disinformation and hybrid threats that seek to undermine the European perspective of the regiontruth of the European situation and the work of the EU Commission and other EU institutions and what it has and might entail for the Western Balkans in the future;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomesIs interested to learn about the conclusion of the agreement on border management cooperation between Serbia and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and hope this will support Serbia in ensuring that no illegal immigrants or other third country national illegally traverses Serbian territory;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Takes note of Serbia’s decision to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union in October 2019; expects Serbia, however, to align with EU trade policy;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. WelcomNotes the Commission’s Economic and Investment Plan (EIP) for the Western Balkans; recognises the importance of the EIP in reinforcing regional and cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the Council to fine-tune both incentives and conditionality in the future Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III); reiterates that the scale of financial assistance shouldwill match the goalability of Serbia’s European perspective to stop all illegal movements of third country nationals into and across their territory;