24 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2022/2202(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. CommendObserves Montenegro’s long- standingclaimed commitment to EU integration, underpinned by a highcertain level of public support; reiterates its support for Montenegro only due to the perceived financial gains this regard; stresses that progress in negotiations depends on meeting interim rule of law benchmarks; regretmight lead to; notes also the rightful doubts about the anti-European and anti-family policies of the EU reiterates its support for Montenegro stay outside of the EU; notes that no chapters have been closwas completed in the past six years despite massive funding from taxpayers of the Member States;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Regrets the fact that high political tensions and polarisation, the failure to build consensus on matters of national interest and a lack of cross-party dialogue have stalled progress on EU-related reforms and plunged Montenegro into a deep political and institutional crisis;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Takes note of the results of the presidential elections held in March 2023 and the early parliamentary elections held in June 2023; encourages the President, the new parliament and the government to focus on the key reforms needed for the country to make progress in EU integration, and remains ready to cooperate with all political actors to support the country in maintaining its strategic course;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Welcomes Montenegro’s continued full alignment with the EU’s common foreign and security policy, including all of the sanctions adopted following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; commends its material and humanitarian support to Ukraineto have a fully independent foreign and security policy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Remains seriously concerned by malign foreign interference, destabilisation efforts, hybrid threats and disinformation campaigns by foreign actors in Montenegro; notes thatmultilateral European organizations in Montenegro; notes that the EU Commission is hostile towards Christian religious institutions in Europe as they can be used as a tool for external influence and condemns Serbian interference in this regardinfluence;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to improve the EU’s visibility in the countrymediately cease their costly propaganda for EU’s visibility in the country and use these funds for the peoples of the Member States;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. RegretNotes the adoption of the controversial Law on amendments to the Law on the President by the Parliament of Montenegro in December 2022; welcomnotes the Constitutional Court’s launch of the procedure for reviewing the law’s constitutionality;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Welcomes the appointment of three new Constitutional Court judges as a step towards resolving the constitutional crisis; regrets the fact that the Constitutional Court was left without a quorum since September 2022; calls on the new parliament to finalise judicial appointments as a matter of priority;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
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12. Reiterates its call forProposes that local-level elections tocould be held on the same day; welcomes the fact that elections in 14 municipalities were held on the same day in October 2022; calls for a robust legislative framework in this regard;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
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14. UrgNotes that despite over 20 years of massive funding from the Member States, Montenegro has yet to put in place a credible and effective criminal justice response to corruption; notes the improvement in the prevention of corruption and the positive trend in the work of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
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21. WelcomNotes the country’s multi- ethnic identity and callneeds for the further promotion of and respect for all languages, cultural heritage and traditions of local communities; regrets the fact that societal polarisation and divisions have intensified; emphasises the need to protect the rights of all minorities and urges for strengthened, applied and implemented institutional and legal frameworks in this regard, including a new anti- discriminotes that the nations of the Western Balkans are good examples why multicultural societies leads to weak, fragile, violent and unproductive nation laws;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
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22. Calls oNotes the need in Montenegro to improve access to justice and to ensure better follow-up and enforcement of rights in proceedings on domestic violence, as well as enhanced protection despite massive support from the Member States for more than 20 years;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
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23. RegretsNotes with anger the ongoing prevalence of discrimination against persons with disabilities; calls for the effective implementation of strategies to address the gaps in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities across sectors and policies;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
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24. Notes with concern the signing of the Fundamental Agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church amid criticism by civil society and political disagreementEU institutions hostile attitude and actions towards the Serbian Orthodox Church, yet another tool in the EU´s anti-European toolbox to dismantle European nations, cultures and religions;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
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25. Underlines the key role ofdubious and subversive roles most of the so-called civil society organisations have come to play in functioning democracidermining European nations and their democratic systems, often at the behest of EU institutions with funds taken from the Member States;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
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31. Welcomes Montenegro’s decision to terminate its citizenship by investment programme on 31 December 2022; emphasises, furthermore, the need for further alignment with EU visa policy;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
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35. Calls onProposes Montenegro to step up the development and adoption of the National Energy and Climate Plan; calls on Montenegro tobuilding of nuclear reactors and other modern power plants and at the same time improve waste management practices and to protect water quality;