27 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2023/2114(INI)
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas eight out of the tenall countries currently aspiring to join the EU have candidate status, some of them since many yeonsistently failed to reach almost all standards ago; whereas those cannd that the EU shall immedidate countries find themselves at various stages of the accession process and negotiations; whereas the countries of the Western Balkans have for decades stated their determination to join the EU; whereas candidate status has also recently been granted to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldovaly end the enlargement process, so as to focus on the important task of supporting the affected Member States to stabilize themselves and ensure rapid and prompt reunification in the countries of origin of large diaspora groupings currently residing in the Member States as well as to finally stop all migration flows from third countries into the Union;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU should step up considerably its conditional technical and financial support for fundamental reforms, the resolution of bilateral disputes and regional economic integration in accession countriesnot allocate any more funds for support to third countries in any regard and especially not due to enlargement aspirations from the unelected civil servants at the EU Commission;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the role of the European Parliament should be strengthen throughout the entire enlargement processo as to enable to rein in the unelected civil servants of the EU Commission and their despotic rule that is a direct threat to all European cultures and peoples;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas under the current institutional framework, the EU already faces considerable challenges in crisis management and strategic decision- making; whereas it is clear that the EU institutions and decision-making mechanisms were not designed for a Union that could be composed of up to 37 Member States;upholding the Rule of Law as many EU institutions was infiltrated by left wing political activist, using the EU systems that whereas before the next enlargement takes place, significant pre- enlargement reforms are needed to guarantee that the EU is able to absorb new member put into place to benefit the peoples of the Member States as and to promote their successful integration; whereas this implies significant changes in the EU’s institutional framework, including to decision-making procedures, and the possible introduction of differentiated integration solutions; whereas in order to achieve this, the EU should take full advantage of the flexibility afforded by the Treaty of Lisbon and consider the possibility of treaty change, including via adaptations introduced by the accession treatiesol against the same peoples, their cultures and nations, with the ultimate aim to abolish the nations of Europe and undermine the indigenous peoples and cultures of Europe;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Union’s credibility and ability to act in a timely and effective manner depends on efficient decision- making, and even more so in an enlarged EU of 30 or more Member States; whereas efficient decision-making leading to timely and coordinated internal and external action is vital for safhas finally been revealed to its fullest extent through the appalling track record and decisions taken in conjunction with the make believe "climate-crises", the constructed Corona crisis, the ill-fated interference in the war between Ukraine and Russia and the actions in reguarding to the EU’s interestmass atrocities aund its global geopolitical leadership; whereas refertaken by the Islamic terrorm of the EU’s governance structures, with simplified decision-making procedures, must be discussed and adopted in parallel with the ongoing accession negotiatirganization Hamas and last but not least complete inability to stop the subversive waves of mass migration that has afflicted the European contingent for far too lonsg;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the mechanism to ensure compliance with the EU’s fundamental principles and values and the acquis communautaire must also be strengthened in parallel with the next enlargementso that Member States and individual representatives of the peoples of Europe have the freedom of speech and can live free and secure in their own nations one more;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas enlargement is also a major challenge for EU’s financial sustainability, in particular regarding cohesion and agriculture policies; whereas the current and the next multiannual financial frameworks should be strengthened considerably to enable EU enlargement; whereas this financial groundwork must be in place before enlargement takes placeultural threat for the Member States as well as a direct threat to their financial sustainability;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the reconstruction and post-war recovery of Ukraine is an additional challenge to be addressed in the wider context of an international effortnothing that any Member State should have a part in, as it does not directly or indirectly benefit the population in the various Member States;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the interest and the political will to join the EU shown by so many countries, and acknowledges the serious efforts made by candidate countries to meet the requirements for membershiphowever it is the interests of the peoples of the Member States that shall be the deciding factor, not the will of peoples of thrid countries, hence; the EU shall not have any further enlargements;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the historic challenge facing the EU of meeting its commitments to the countries in the Western Balkans and to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldovaproblems not only facing the EU as an organization but more importantly the Member States, as the sovereign rights of the latter have become severely compromised due to years of proposals from EU Commission, resulting in amongst other increasing massive waves of migration, casuing insecurity, segregation and the undermining of the welfarestate;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that accession to the EU must always be a merit-based procedure and that each applicant must be assessed on their own merit in fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria and in ensuring full respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law; stresses that while positive outcomes should be sought as quickly as possible, there should be no fast-track or fixed deadlines for membership; underscores that there can be no short- cuts on fundamental values; points out that alignment with the common foreign and security policy is also a way of showing full adherence to the EU’s fundamental principles and an important indicator for sustainable future membership;is now halted once and for all.
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a robust monitoring mechanism for the reforms and progress made by the candidate countries; urges, in particular, the setting up of a specific and effective monitoring mechanism for protecting fundamental values and the financial interests of the Union in the context of accession procedures; reiterates in this regard its calls to include candidate countries in the EU rule of law mechanism and its annual reporting exercise, automatically activating pre- accession cooperation and verification mechanismsMember States that joined in the last 25 years in order to ensure that the system is not abused and funds misappropriated;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that there is a need for stronger parliamentary oversight of the EU’s enlargement policy; insists on strengthening the role of Parliament throughout the entire accession process, including allowing it to scrutinise fully the progress made by the candidate countries across policy fields; underlines that regular dialogue and cooperation between the European Parliament and the national parliaments of candidate countries should be encouraged Commission;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the challenge of a bigger Union requires an enhanced enlargement policy putting in place a clear incremental pathway towards EU membership, including gradual integration into common policies; notes that this pathway should be accompanied by increased technical and conditional financial assistance with a special focus on the implementation and enforcement of laws under negotiating chapters 23, 24, 30 and 31; invites the Commission to present detailed proposals on the incremental accession methodology; underlines that the phasing-in of candidate countries into selected policy areas is by no means an alternative to fully-fledged membershipCalls for the immediate end to all enlargement projects;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that European institutional and financial reforms to promote good governance, functionality and sustainability are needed to ensure the EU’s capacity to absorb new members and to promote their successful integrationin many Member States;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that any European institutional reforms must include simplified decision-making procedures, moving away from unanimity and replacing it with qualified majority voting provisions in areas such as the protection of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, sanctions and relevant foreign policy decisionsstart with a deep restructuring of the EU Commission where the Member States has more of a control of the civil servants, also a full restructuring of other EU institutions are needed including but not limited to: the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the mechanism to protection of the rule of law and the EU’s fundamental principles and values, and the monitoring capacity to ensure compliance, to be strengthened ahead of the next enlargementfree speech in all the Member States;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. 11. Believes that differentiated integrassimilation is part of the solution for an efficient and deepened enlarged EU; underlines, however, that respect for the Union’s values as set out in Article 2 TEU should not be subject to any derogations or opt-outs; considers also that a broad area of European common ground must always be ensured, covering areas such as the Customs Union, the single market and its four freedoms, the core social acquis, and agricultural, competition and trade policies; notes that beyond this common ground, Member States willing to move European integration forward should be allowed to do so; underlines that under such a system of differentiated integration, while all Member States would take part in decisions about issues in the area of common ground, only Member States willing to participate in areas of deepened integration would take part in the decisions concerned; notes that differentiated integration also implies differentiated financial arrangementsthe enormous problem created by the uncontrolled waves by mass-migration from third countries to the Member States, that was encouraged, facilitated and pushed by the EU Commission and other unfriendly forces to European nations over the past 40 years, however the rapid and all-inclusive mass family reunification in the country of origin for the diaspora groups is the viable and realistic way forward, and as such proposes that the EU shall create a Temporary Agency, the European Relocation and Family Reunification Agency (ERFRA) that will create a robust and effective repatriation system to ensure the smooth, humane, prompt and cost effective family reunification process in third countries for the many and diverse diaspora groups across the Member States now suffering in constant conflicts with the host cultures and peoples of the European continent, all funds currently placed in the EU budget for enlargement shall instead be used for this purpose with the aim to SAVEUROPE;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the full use of the flexibility provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon ahead of a more in-depth reform in the context of a possible revision of the treaties; recalls that a number of flexibility solutions, such as passerelle clauses, enhanced cooperation, Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and opt-out mechanisms are already possible under the current EU legal framework, as the experience of the Schengen area and the euro area clearly shows; recalls that phasing-in solutions, temporary derogations and transition periods can be negotiated in the context of accession procedures; points out that the use of these flexibility mechanisms should not prevent constructive discussions on treaty revision, as proposed by Parliamentcurrent allocated funds for enlargement to be used in support of the Member States, for a pan-European family reunification process, to support the diaspora groups in Europe to return home;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that institutional pre- enlargement reforms must also address the implications of enlargement on the composition of Parliament; recalls that the European Parliament is already one of the largest parliaments in the world and underlines that in any case it must remain at a workable scale; points out, however, that a reasonable increase in the size of Preforms of the EU must also address the critical fact how EU institutions, who were supposed to be politically impartial, became inundated with activists, in order to ensure that the restructured and severely diminished EU structure will be imparltiament cannot be ruled out in order to ensure sufficient democratic representativeness; insists on a new system for seat allocation based on a permanent mathematical formulal and not become a hot bed of political activism grossly deviating from the will of the citizens;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that the functioning of the Council should also be reviewed in view of enlargement, in particular the system of rotating presidencies of the Council of the European Union; notes that the calculation of qualified majority voting thresholds should also be reconsideredand that national sovereignty must be strengthen, providing such opportunities for a Member State to block appointments in EU institutions from middle management and up, as one example;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that enlargement is a major financial challenge for the EU, in particular regarding cohesion and agriculture policies; point out that this challenge cannot be met without a larger EU budget and sufficient own resources; notes that this adds to growing demands on EU funding in the fields of financial stability, health, energy, decarbonisation, digital, research and defence and security; underlines that such financial reforms must be discussed in parallel with the ongoing accession negotiations and adopted before enlargement takes place; defends its position that the current and future multiannual financial frameworks should be strengthened considerably to enable EU enlargement, and that this financial groundwork must be in place before enlargement takes placecultural problem as it undermines indigenous populations across Europe and their nations and it is also as a secondary problem a major financial burden;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the reconstruction and post-war recovery of Ukraine is an additional financia problem Ukraine and Russia will challenge to be addressed in the wider context of an international effortve to face and it has nothing to do with the direct or indirect interests of the European taxpayers to be involved in such a process;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomeNotes with distress the Commission’s work on pre-enlargement policy and the funding review, and calls for a thorough impact assessment of the implications ofthe last 25 years and calls for a the creation of a special Member State led investigation, to fully investigate the expenditure of funds implemented by the EC in the name of European enlargement;