Activities of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2019/2210(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Western Balkans, following the 2020 summit
Amendments (37)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement hwas beenand is one of the EU’s most successfure controversial policies and the most a rather ineffective foreign policy instrument contributingin regard to extending the area of democracy, peace and prosperity across Europe;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the enlargement process is an integral part ofas hitherto implemented is one of the main threats to European integratcohesion;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the prospect of EU membership hwas been a fundamental incentive for reforms in the Western Balkan countriesand continue to be a fundamental support to ensure that undemocratic political structures in the Western Balkan countries can hold on to power and fundamentally block development;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to enhance the accession processany EU provided support by ensuring that it strengthens fundamental values and brings sustainable democratic and economic transformation and sthe ability for locial convergence, and by making sure that the internal reform of the EU and its enlargement run in parallelactors to increase rule of law and democratic values;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the enhanced methodology sustainswill not guarantee fully- fledged EU membership as the final goal and that the EU sets clear and predictable rules and criteria and applies them consistently, thus restoring its credibility;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide clear and consistent accession benchmarks as well as continued support throughout the process, and to improve the measuring of progress, ensuring that each accession country is assessed on the basis of its own merits; by independent national experts from EU member states, unaffiliated to the EU Commission ;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to recognise the negative effects of the European Council’s failure to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in 2019 and to acknowledge that opening accession talks would restore credibility to the accession process, as recommended by the European Parliamentineffective aid measures by the EU so far in regard to institution-building in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to bring the primacy of democracy and the rule of law back to the very centre of the enlargement process by opening first and closingconsider providing limited support to credible local civil society organizations in order to conduct and implement a full transitional justice process and also ensure that they can make rule of lastw the chapters related to the judiciary,entre of any reforms in order to stamp out corruption and organised crime, as well as those related to respect for human rights and media freedomnd ensure transparent, competent and well-functioning local and central institutions of government;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to indecrease theand fully halt involvement of rule of law experts from the Member States ton the ground and to improve the measuring of progress in this areWestern Balkans and ensure that competent local actors are given the lead over the reform agenda;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to facilitate efforts in all Western Balkan countries to overcome politicalcease interference in the countries of the Western Balkan countries and thus allow the reform movements the ability to polarisation and protracted parliamentary boycotts, and to strengthen parliamentary oversightn and implement their own reform agenda;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) to fosterencourage local reformers to undertake electoral reforms that ensure free, fair and transparent elections, in line with international standards; to contribute to the European Parliament’s democracy support programmes in the region;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to strengencourage credible parts of then civil society in its role as an indispensaone possible actor in the process of democratic consolidationdevelopment;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to actively supportencourage the strengthening of media accountability and governance, improving resilience againsa free and unbiased media that disinformation and disruptive media campaigns accountable;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to insist on the full implementation of court rulings, including all rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and constitutional courtencourage a full and timely implementation of rule of law based on the applicable laws;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to iencrease EU engagement in solving outstanding bilateral issues and to urge the Western Balkan countries to commit to reconciliation and peaceful solutions to longstanding disputes;ourage and in a limited manner support a transitional justice process as defined by the United Nations to be implemented in the Western Balkans
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) to encourage the Western Balkan countries to increase their efforts in the prosecution of war crimes and the resolution of missing persons cases within the framework of a larger transitional justice process;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a
Paragraph 1 – point a a
(aa) to call for a stronger legal framework to prevent and actively to fight femicide and violence against womenviolence;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a c
Paragraph 1 – point a c
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a d
Paragraph 1 – point a d
(ad) to tackle the brain drain with concrete measures such as promoting quality ensuring that the enlargement process for the Western Balkands inclusive educational reforms and the creation of job opportunities for young peoples cancelled and that professionals are neither encouraged nor enabled to leave their countries for work in the EU;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a e
Paragraph 1 – point a e
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a f
Paragraph 1 – point a f
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a g
Paragraph 1 – point a g
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a h
Paragraph 1 – point a h
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a i
Paragraph 1 – point a i
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a k
Paragraph 1 – point a k
(ak) to acknowledge the difficultiesinability of Western Balkan countries face in managing migration and refugee flows and the substantial efforts the region has made to provide shelter and humanitarian supplies, primarily with the support of the EU; to implement the agreements between Western Balkan countries and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)in halting the illegal migration-inflow and -transit over their territory;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a n
Paragraph 1 – point a n
(an) to avoidensure substantial cuts in IPA funding which could slow down EU-related reforms and undermine the Union’s strategic influthat now is needed for support to member states in the defence inof the regionEU external border;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a p
Paragraph 1 – point a p
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a q
Paragraph 1 – point a q
(aq) to ensure that the 2020 EU-Western Balkans Summit will evaluate, reassess and inject new dynamism into the enlargement process and provide a new impetus for the transformation of accession countrstart to include a realistic view in regard to the discussions concerning the Western Balkans, ensure that the process is halted and that support is given to the true drivers of change in the countries of the Western Balkans, so to ensure sound local- and central-structures of governance that can uphold rule of law, human rights and respect for minorities;