40 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2021/2246(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010 on the accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, and to UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September2010, which acknowledged the content of the ICJ opinion, and welcomed the EU’s readiness to facilitate dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
— having regard to the joint declaration of the Second European Parliament-Western Balkans Speakers’ Summit of 28 June 2021, convened by the President of the European Parliament with the leaders of the Western Balkan parliamentsthe Guidance note of the Secretary-General - United Nations Approach to Transitional Justice,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the fact that the hostilities in the Western Balkan are not over and that there is no stable peace established, merely a standstill in hostilities,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
— having regard to the fact that no comprehensive transitional justice process was implemented in Kosovo in order to come to terms with the conflict and as such most if not all underlying issues leading to the conflict remains unsolved today,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
Citation 27 c (new)
— having regard to the fact that the EU Member States of Spain, Slovakia, Cyprus, Romania, and Greece have not recognised the Republic of Kosovo,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 d (new)
Citation 27 d (new)
— having regard to the fact that Serbia has not recognised the Republic of Kosovo,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 e (new)
Citation 27 e (new)
— having regard to the fact that 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, hand grenades, anti-personnel – as well as anti- tank mines,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 f (new)
Citation 27 f (new)
— having regard to: 24.7.2020 COM(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 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 g (new)
Citation 27 g (new)
— observing the reports: Strengthening Resilience in the Western Balkans: Mapping Assistance for SALW Control, Small Arms Survey, September 2018; and UNODC (2020), Global Study on Firearms Trafficking, Vienna and their observations that provides the information: that the ongoing threat in the Western Balkans region was confirmed by several studies. It is stresses that weapons used in terrorist attacks in the EU “were acquired through local illicit firearm markets and were found to originate from the Western Balkans and the Western Balkans is the main supplier of illicit firearms in Europe. In addition, it is described of the links between the Western Balkans and small arms used in EU Member States in various types of criminal activity. The latest report from the UN on the subject, UNODC Global Firearms Study confirms that the Western Balkans remain a source of illicit firearms, notably assault rifles for Western Europe,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Whereas Kosovo needs to ensure the protection of religious and cultural heritage sites belonging to minority groups, especially for the Serbian community as well as Christian Albanians.
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
Subheading 5 a (new)
Whereas the attraction of working in a Member State or other more developed nation created a detrimental loss of both highly to medium skilled individuals in Kosovo, and this is to the general detriment of the development of Kosovo; currently it is estimated that 11 million immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe, that is approximately 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 Gallup survey presented in 2018 showing that 42% of the population in Kosovo, excluding children, wanted to immigrate.
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Kosovo’s commitmentattempts to advance on EU-related reforms and the overwhelming public support for European integrationinstitutional reforms and note the problem of the willingness and ability for protection of the ethnic minorities in Kosovo;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Proposes with urgency that Kosovo must finally implement a transitional justice process in order to ensure peace within and around Kosovo;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the adoption of the Action Plan of the European Reform Agenda II and the National Programme for the Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement; underlines the need to strengthen the administrative capacities and to put in place a coherent coordination structure within theUnderlines the need to create a basic minimum of administrative capacities both on central and local level of Kosovo´s institutions for their effective implementation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the peaceful and orderly conduct ofNotes the municipal elections of 17 October and 14 November 2021; regrets, however, the low representation of women and withe limited political competition in the Kosovo-Serb municipalities;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Kosovo toNotes that Kosovo continue to fail in address theing long-standing deficiencies in the electoral process despite massive development-aid during 22 years from the Member States; deplores the fact that many of the recommendations issued by previous EU election observation missions since 2013 remain unaddressed and takes this as a sign that support to Kosovo from the Member States via the administrators in the EC must end and the different peoples of Kosovo must be allowed to build their own future;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call on the Council to proceed urgently with the adoption ofensure that there will not be a visa-free regime for the citizens of Kosovo for the foreseeable future;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Fully supports Kosovo’s intRejects any application from Kosovo’s for membership of the Council of Europe, due to Kosovo´s lack of human rights implementation to apply for membership of the Council of Europe, defragmented local and central structures, deep involvement of organized crime in central and local government, lack of satisfactory implementation of development-aid and that not all European nations have fully recognized Kosovo;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the factStrongly reminds the administrators at the Commission that five EU Member States have not yet recognised Kosovo and reiterates its call for them to do sohence advices the Commission to act accordingly and scale down its engagement;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the increased efforts to fight corruption; commends Kosovo for havingNotes that Kosovo moved up 17three places onfrom 2020 on the ranking of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2021; hencourages Kosovo to continue improving its track record in thee, rank 87 out of 180; thus, Kosovo is back on the same rank they had in 2017 after backsliding in the ranking since 2017; encourages Kosovo to actually conduct real attempts to fight against high-levelall types of corruption and organised crime;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concernedNotes that the judiciary in Kosovo continues to be inefficient and vfulnerablely open to political interference; welcomes, in this respect, the proposals for the reform of the prosecutorial system and underlines that the opinion despite more than 22 years of exceptional support from the EU Member States and other nations via the OSCE, the United Nations and even EU development-programmes, as well as the proposed reforms by the EULEX Mission; proposes that all the past recommendations and proposals based ofn the Venice Commission should be fully taken into account in theircontributions of the Member States from 1999 and onwards are revisited and implementationed;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the efforts to de- politicise and professionalise Kosovo’s civil service and public administration, and calls on Kosovo to step up its reforms of the public administration and public finances; however also notes the low level of implementation of the multitude of expert proposals delivered by the countless senior law-enforcement experts provided by the Member States and partner nations, within the longstanding rule of law mission EULEX, that has been operational since 2009;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Commends Kosovo’s vibrant and constructive civil society for its work and engagement; encourages the government to establish cooperative working relations with them, based on mutual trust and to ensure their meaningful involvement in the respective reform projectsa select number of civil society organizations for its work and engagement;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. UrgesProposes that the government to implement the ruling of the Constitutional Court granting parcels of land to the Visoki Dečani Monastery; is concerned that the authorities have still not implemented this court decision, thereby undermining the government’s commitment to enforcing the rule of law and its respect for an independent judiciary and indicating their lack of concern and/or ability to protect the Serbian minority;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Instructs the EU Commission to end the mandate of the EU EULEX Mission during 2022.
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the factNotes that the initiatives to involve the Serb community in Kosovo’s political, social and economic structures are only very limited despite massive support from European nations for more than 22 years to do so; reiterates that the institutionalisation of the learning of official languages in Kosovo and equal access to services and information in the official languages are essential; if there shall be peace in Kosovo;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its call forNotes that greater inclusion of persons belonging to minorities, including the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities that so wish, as well as persons with disabilities and displaced persons, by providing them with access to adequate healthcare and social protection;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the media landscape has been distorted in recent years, with large- scale investments leading to increased private sector influence over major media outlets; reiterates the needsame need faced by most EU Member States, to guarantee media transparency, including on media ownership;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes Kosovo’s active participation in the regional cooperation mechanisms, including the Common Regional Market and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans; welcomes the varNotes that there is still no transitional justice process implemented in Kosovo, as defined by the United Nations (Guidance note of the Secretary- General - United Natiouns bilateral cooperation agreements between Kosovo and North Macedonia and Albania;Approach to Transitional Justice), despite that more than 22 years passed since the ceasefire.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reconfirms its support for the EU- facilitated Belgrade-a Serbia and Pristina dialogue and reiterates the importance of constructive engagement on the part of the authorities of both Serbia and Kosovo in order to achieve a comprehensive legally binding normalisation agreement, which is crucial for both countries to advance on their respective European paths; callpeace, which is crucial for both Kosovo and Serbia; proposes for all past agreements to be respected and fully implemented, including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities; demands that the administrators at the EU Commission cease their interference in the dialogue between Serbia and Pristina and allow the parties to settle all outstanding issue in order to finally secure a peace;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the stepping up of efforts and the delivery of solutions on the issues of missing persons and the electricity arrangements in the north of KosovoProposes resolute action to locate missing persons as part of a transitional justice process;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls onProposes the government to speed up its work on the Energy Strategy 2022- 2030, with a particular focus on nuclear power as a sustainable and affordable energy supply, increased energy efficiency and the further diversification of energy sources;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses theNotes the urgent need for improvements in waste management, in particular in waste separation and recycling, as well as the need to introduce circular economy measures in order to reduce wastend to protect the environment in all waste disposal operations and ensure that no illegal dumping occurs;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Reiterates its callProposes to implement sustainable public transport and mobility policies andin order to address long-standing infrastructure deficiencies;