1170 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK
Amendment 69 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 143 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 275 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 446 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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 #
2023/2114(INI)
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;
Amendment 5 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the ongoing negotiations between the EU and Mauritania on the establishment of a status agreement that provides for Frontex deployment in Mauritania; notes, however, that a status agreement can only be established under the condition that it enshrines and adheres to strict fundamental human rights guarantees that the agreement must respect the local legal framework;
Amendment 14 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 22 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 32 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that Frontex staff who arshall be granted immunity for their activities in Mauritania must continue to be held accountable under EU or Member State law;
Amendment 41 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 50 #
2023/2087(INI)
Amendment 58 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the EU and Frontex should suspend their activities on migration and asylum carried out in cooperation with the Mauritanian authorities in the event of persistent human rights violaEU and Frontex shall step up the fight against illegal migration and asylum fraud with the Mauritanian authorities and ensure prompt and vigorous actions;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 75 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point a
Paragraph 10 – point a
(a) There will be no excessive dDetention of migrants and asylum seekers must be mandatory for their safety and comfort and detention centres will be up to the local standard;
Amendment 81 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point b
Paragraph 10 – point b
(b) Interrogations will only occur where deemed necessarccur routinely; torture under any form is actively prosecuted;
Amendment 84 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point d
Paragraph 10 – point d
(d) Frontex will not engage in pushbacks and will not use violent measures to influence migration flowsshall support the local institutions with upholding the integrity of the national border;
Amendment 88 #
2023/2087(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point e
Paragraph 10 – point e
(e) EU fundingThe Member States funding, administered by the EU, will be disbursed transparently.
Amendment 5 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the ongoing negotiations between the EU and Senegal on the establishment of a status agreement that provides for Frontex deployment in Senegal; notes however th to create a status agreement can only be established under the condition that it enshrines andreturnee and asylum mega-centre; notes that the status agreement must adheres to strict fundamental human rights guaranteesthe local legal framework;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2086(INI)
2. Calls on the Commission and the Fundamental Rights Officer to conduct an independent assessment of the human rights situation in Senegal as regards the treatment ofto create a returnee and asylum centre in Senegal where all Member States can send illegal migrants and refugeeasylum seekers;
Amendment 26 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that the launch of Frontex operational activities under a status agreement should promote fundamental human rights and EU valuea prompt and resolute mass returnee process;
Amendment 30 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that deployed Frontex staff who armust be granted immunity for their activities in Senegal must continue to be held accountable under EU or Member State law;
Amendment 38 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 43 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the efforts made by Senegalese authorities in receiving and processing migrants and refugees in the region; calls for the EU to continueCommission to support Senegal in provibuilding adequate protection for migrants and refugees in transit and to assist in capacity building mega returnee and asylum centre in accordance with local standards;
Amendment 47 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the establishment of a robust complaint mechanism that is publicly accessible and for an incident reporting mechanism for Frontex activitiesNotes that it is up to Senegal to establish a complaint mechanism if they see fit;
Amendment 53 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the EUMember States and Senegalese authorities to enable inclusive dialogue in the preparation of the status agreement and the building of the mega centre for return and asylum;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the EU and Frontex should suspend their activities on migration and asylum carried out in cooperation with Senegalese authorities in the event of persistent human rights violaall step up their efforts to curb and control asylum fraud and illegal migration in cooperation with Senegalese authorities regardless of any oppositions;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the conclusion of this status agreement with Senegal and the Frontex’s activities in migration management in Senegal do not impede the right to freedom of movement of individuals as guaranteed under the Economic Community of West African States Treaty, which provides for the long- term establishment of a free movement zone for goods, capital and peoplhalting asylum fraud and illegal migration via and in Senegal do not impede the construction and operation of the mega returnee and asylum centre.
Amendment 99 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reaffirm the EU’smany Member States’ support for Syria’'s continued democratic aspirations, despite the regime’'s total repression since the peaceful protests in 2011, which has been bolstered by decisive military and financial assistance from Iran and Russia to enable Assad and his cronies to retain power; note that pragmatic political thinking leads to the understanding that Assad and his supporters are the only viable and sustainable power in Syria for now, regardless of the fact that Western measures against Assad forced him to look elsewhere for support;
Amendment 103 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 109 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) oppose anystress the need for normalisation of relations with the Assad regime without any profound and verifiable developments in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2254 (2015), including the release of political prisoners, informing the families of the victims about the fate of the missing and the cessation of any attacks and obstacles to humanitarian aidin order to return all third country nationals still lingering within the Member States that arrived during the past 10 years under the pretext of being a refugee from Syria;
Amendment 113 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) stress that despite the sovereign decision of some Arab states to readmit Syria to the Arab League, the Syrian regime has not given any indication that it wants to combat narcotrafficking, a problem originating in Syria and which affects the whole region; condemn the stranglehold of the Assad family and its allies, including Hezbollah, on the drug Captagon, which is estimated to be worth USD 57 billion; note that the brother of Bashar Al-Assad commands the army unit responsible for facilitating the drug’s production; stress that despite the sovereign decision of some Arab states to readmit Syria to the Arab League, the Syrian regime has not given any indication that it wants to combat narcotrafficking, a problem originating in Syria and which affects the whole region, including Hezbollah, on the drug Captagon, which is estimated to be worth USD 57 billion; note that the brother of Bashar Al-Assad commands the army unit responsible for facilitating the drug's production; note that the European Commission and some Member States such as Germany and Sweden facilitated the spread of drug-gangs within the EU during the 2015 mass-migration crises as they allowed other ethnic groups, some based in Iran, to enter the EU under the false pretence of being a Syrian refugee and that these gangs now have become a major threat to internal stability and security in many Member States;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) stress that the repression, negligence and corruption on the part of the regime are responsible for the economic situation, notas well as the targeted sanctions from the EU against individuals and entities involved in the repression;
Amendment 149 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) urge Member States to continuestop repatriating theird country nationals who have EU Member State documents from the Al-Hol and Roj jihadist prison camps and to try themensure that they are tried for the crimes they have committed locally, in Syria, and that they will face the punishment locally, in Syria;
Amendment 165 #
Amendment 166 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 172 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 178 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 182 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 188 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 191 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) invite the international community, at the 2024 Brussels Conference, to indecrease urgently its humanitarian assistance to the 15.3 million Syrians who depend on it on a daily basis; insist on access to clean water, education and long- term budget support tailored to women’s needs; point out that the EU is the biggest contributorfunding for the immediate repatriation of all third country nationals from the Member States who managed to get into this regard; welcome the continued efforts of Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq to host 6 million refugees while facing difficult economic conditionse EU under the pretext of being a refugee from Syria;
Amendment 206 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) condemn the systematicexpress concern about the allegations of attempts by the Syrian regime to divert international humanitarian aid and transfer it to militias, and the alleged regime’'s manipulation of exchange rates with the aim of seizing the majority of the aid in the territories under its control, call for an independent investigation into these allegations and the immediate end to all types of aid for Syria;
Amendment 212 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) recall that Syria canshall notw be regarded, in whole orand in part, as a safe country for the return of its nationals living as refugees in Europe, people who have fled the crimes of the regime and risk torture and enforced disappearance if they return to Syriaall third country nationals that arrived in the EU the past 10 years , allegedly refugees from Syria, regardless of their factual nationality;
Amendment 127 #
2023/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that all funding to third countries should be made conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements;
Amendment 3 #
2023/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 9 #
2023/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high number of young people interested in the humanitarian aid strand, with over 42 000 expressions of interests received by May 2023; strongly supports the efforts to increase engagement among young people with fewer opportunities; calls for concrete action to ensure these young people are included in a meaningful way, such as targeted communication campaigns and the appropriate design of compulsory training programmes and the subsequent placementturn this energy into helping Europeans in need in the Member States;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2018(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 139 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses ithe need to revisit Europe´s commitment to the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the new geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crisfacts that are now allowed to reach the public with regard to the financial situation and the ongoing self-made energy crises in most Member States; warns against further polarisation inf the distribution of wealth and incomethe services of the welfare state fails to reach those citizens in the Member States that worked for this right, which would lead to increased inequality and, poverty and unrest within Europe; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compass for people’s prosperity and to protect the planet; recalls that a pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of societyright of nations of the underdeveloped world to rule their own nations and create their own destinies without European interference; recalls that a pledge to leave no one behind is nothing more than a sinister reminder that the Western world aims to interfere on the personal level of citizens in the third world;
Amendment 156 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 168 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation process for almost all the SDGs is lagging and that two consecutive years of regression have been recorded for many indicators9; reaffirms the importance of each SDG and highlights the key challenges that persist for sustainable development, particularly in relation to poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), climate change (SDG 13), oceans (SDG 14) and biodiversity (SDG 15);underlines the strategic role that SDG 10, on reducing inequality, can play in the global implementation ofstresses that this is another solid proof that the EU Member States should end their comittment tothe 2030 Aagenda; _________________ 9 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022- sustainable-development-report.
Amendment 185 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the SDG Summit, which are both due to take place in New York, as opportunities to review progress at the halfway point, which must be the starting point for an intensified effort to achieve the goals byfinally end the European comittment to the 2030; acknowledges, in this regard, the SDGs being focused on in 2023 (SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17)genda;
Amendment 196 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the EU’ Commission´s significant roleguilt in establishing the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and calls for it to take bold action and provide global leadership by setting an example in the implementation of the SDGs and redoubling its efforts ahead of the deadlineto now end any further engagment with this Agenda;
Amendment 208 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 221 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester and to use the country-specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvementinitiate all procedures to break the European comittment to the Agenda;
Amendment 233 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 247 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 259 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 270 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 280 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 355 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the broad recognition, whenIs alarmed at the complete lack of responsibility by the officials involved, as the SDGs were adopted, due to their view of the need to ‘go from billions to trillions’ in financing for development; is alarmed by the fact that the SDG financing gap has insteadpurported need for SDG financing has grown from USD 2.5 trillion to USD 4 trillion per year10 and the fact that all EU Commission administrated funding has not been fully cut; _________________ 10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1787/fcbe6ce9-en.
Amendment 368 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 393 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 402 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 414 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. StressNotes that more than half of the world’s poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measu despite massive financial aid for mores that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditn 50 years from the nations of Europe and other donors;
Amendment 429 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the importance of domestic resources being mobilised in developing countries and draws attention to the fact that this is contingent on an enabling international environment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the initiative and push for the establishment of a UN intergovernmental commission for international cooperation on tax matters, in order to fight illicit financial outflows and close tax havens;
Amendment 461 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 95 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Only participatingAll Member States shall be members of the EU Talent Pool Steering Group. Member States not participating in the EU Talent Pool may participate in the meetings of the EU Talent Pool Steering Group as observers.
Amendment 97 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 113 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. The list of third countries and participating Member States taking part in a Talent Partnership and the relevant occupations covered therein shall be published on the EU Talent Pool IT platformwill be decided for each calendar year by unanimous vote by all the Member States in the EU Talent Pool Steering Group and the relevant occupations covered therein shall be published on the EU Talent Pool IT platform. No rights of stay within the Union, issued as a consequence due to a matching under the Talent Pool, shall be allowed to transform into a permanent right to stay for the individual or his or her immediate or extended family.
Amendment 118 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool shall be prominently listed publically in all Member States and not charge fees to registered jobseekers from third countries for the purpose of the recruitment.
Amendment 121 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The Commissionuncil shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21 to amend the Annex, in accordance with the following criteria:
Amendment 145 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 146 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 148 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Amendment 149 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 150 #
2023/0404(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 338 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its firm convictionstance that Tüurkiye is a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, a key partner for the stability of the wider region and a vital ally, including within NATO, and reaffirms that the EU is committed to pursuing the best possible relations with Türkiye based on dialogue, respect and mutual trustey shall not become a Member of the European Union;
Amendment 356 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers, in view of all the above, that in the absence of a drastic change of course by the Turkish Government, Türkiye’s EU accession process has lost its purpose and will not endure much longer in the current circumstances; recommends, in that case, starting a reflection process to find an alternative and realistic framework for EU-Türkiye relations in substitution for the accession process; calls on the Commission, therefore, to explore possible formats for a mutually appealing framework through a comprehensive and inclusive procesThe EU accession process must now officially be terminated and noted as one of the many grave misstakes comitted by the EU Institutions;
Amendment 375 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and, fundamental rights shouland premain at the heart of good neighbourly relations between the EU and Türkiyvention of asylum fraud and illegal migration and asylum shall be andt that any framework for those relations should be firmly underpinned by the principles of international law and multilateralisme centre neighbourly relations between the EUs Member States and Turkey;
Amendment 381 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 388 #
2022/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 5 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 17 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 18 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
Amendment 19 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29
Citation 29
Amendment 21 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32
Citation 32
Amendment 25 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 35 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has further underlined the importance of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) alignment in the enlargement procesthat all EU Member States ensure adequate defence investments;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Serbia as a candidate country should be judged on its own merits;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that EU membership continues to be Serbia’s strategic goal; underlines the fact that progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights, the normalisation of relations with Kosovo and alignment with the CFSP will determine the dynamics of the accession processome progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights may be noted but regrets the fact that Serbia remains one of the main conduits of illegal migration into the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets Serbia’s continued low level of alignment with the CFSP, in particular in the context of the Russian war on Ukraine; underlines the fact that, as a candidate countrycommitment to close down the Balkan illegal mass-migration route, Serbia must adhere to the EUMember State’s principles and policies, and alignment with a warmongering autocratic regime in regard to migration and trafficking of human beings and ensure a firm stance in combating organized crime, the longstanding unwillingness by Serbia to close down the Balkan illegal mass- migration route through Serbia is unacceptable;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes Serbia’s past statements of alignment with the EU in voting in favour of relevant UN General Assembly resolutions and Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council; regrets, however, the fact that Serbia has consistently failed to align with the EU’s restrictive measures against Russia; deplores Serbia’s close relationship with RussiaRule of Law and border control policies but notes that despite massive support in development- aid from all Member States during almost 20 years, Serbia has consistently failed to align with the Member States policies restricting migration with the aim to stop the mass-influx of illegal migrants;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that key components of Serbian foreign policy run directly counter to EU positions, including the signature of agreements setting out joint foreign policy priorities between Serbia and Russia for 2023-2024 and meetings with senior officials from Russia who are on the EU sanctions list; is concerned by the appointment of the Director of the Security Intelligence Agency, who is known for his anti-EU and pro-Kremlin rhetoric;the wish and intent of most Member States to halt all illegal migration and asylum fraud and despite massive development-aid commitments to Serbia during the past 20 years, very little gratitude and loyalty is displayed towards the donors by Serbia in providing full support to stop the illegal trafficking of humans across Serbian territory, instead the private interest of Serbian officials are being prioritized
Amendment 113 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concern aboutNotes with full understanding the decreasing public support for EU membership in Serbia and encourage the citizens of Serbia to further study the failings of the EU to have an even more complete understanding of the EU machinery;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the initial steps taken by Serbia to align with the EU’s list of non- EU countries whose nationals require visas for the EU and calls for further alignment;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the approval of the amendments to the Serbian constitution and stresseshope that the reform process should continue as a matter of priority;
Amendment 158 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the adoption of measures on improving the electoral conditions and media environment ahead of the April 2022 elections as a result of the inter-party dialogue facilitated by the European Parliament;, welcomes the readiness of the National Assembly to continue this dialogue;
Amendment 178 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the participation of all relevant political actors in the early parliamentary elections, resulting in a more pluralistic parliament; regrets, however, the delays in the formation of the new parliament and government, which resulted in limited decision-making, including on EU-related reforms;
Amendment 192 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes someno relevant progress in the fight against corruption; especially the part feeding the illegal mass-migration industry and ensures to keep the Balkan illegal mass-migration route open, stresses the fact that moreal effort and real political will are needed to achieve tangibley results, in particular with regard to serious and organised crime and finally closing the Balkan illegal mass-migration route;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that Serbia’s adequate legislative and institutional framework for upholding fundamental rights needs to be put into practice; urges the Serbian authorities to intensify their efforts to safeguard human rightsneeds to be implemented;
Amendment 280 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 321 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 342 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes Serbia’s engagement in regional cooperation initiatives; encourages it to step up its reconciliation efforts and seek solutions to past disputes; underlinnotes that despite more than 30 years and massive aid expenditures, that there is no place for genocide denial or the glorificatione EU and the United Nations have utterly failed to not only implement, but also commence a Transitional Justice Process for the Western Balkans, which is the precondition to change the current cease fire into a lasting peace, underlines that there is no place for glorification or the active involvement of war -criminals in a candidate country; or other types of criminals at any level of government;
Amendment 373 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its full support forNotes the utter failure of the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade- Pristina Dialogue and calls for the abolishing of the EUSR-Office; calls on Serbia and Kosovo to engage in this dialogue on their own without the interference of the EU and other foreign elements, in good faith and in the spirit of compromise to achieve a comprehensive, legally binding agreement on the normalisation of their relations in accordance with international law; calls for the full implementation of all the relevant agreements, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb- Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 393 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Condemns all actions that endanger stability and jeopardise the reconciliation process; is deeply concerned about the tensions in North Kosovo and the unacceptable shooting on Orthodox Christmas Evattempted murder by a Kosovo-Albanian member of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF), of one Kosovo-Serb child and young man on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the Kosovo-Serb enclave of Štrpce; recalls the shared at the responsibility for peace, security and the rule of law for all peoples in Kosovo rests mainly with the Kosovo-Albanian Government;
Amendment 418 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Serbian authorities to take measures to counter depopulation and not follow the path taken by most EU Member States but to look towards Hungary for a sustainable domestic family policy;
Amendment 441 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recalls the substantial EU assistance provided to the countrySerbia by the EU Member States, in particular through the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance; urges the Serbian authorities to strengthen strategic communication and improve the visibility of EU funding that provided vast sums for improvement in border procedures and ensuring the implementation of the Rule of Law, therefore urges the Serbian authorities to strengthen all efforts to close down the Balkan illegal mass-migration route without further delay;
Amendment 449 #
2022/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 10 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and is a geostrategic investment in long- term peacea headlong rush by the EU, which no longer takes into account the criteria of economic rigor but which uses enlargement as a geopolitical tool to cement the membership of certain countries in the Euro-Atlantic sphere, which aggravates the risk of block logic and the tension in the world;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas enlargement in the Balkans is contrary to the interests of Member states; whereas the study carried out in 2019 by the European Council on Foreign Relations (C.E.F.R.)1a, confirms that the majority of citizens of the Member States do not desire a Balkan integration into the EU; _________________ 1a https://eupinions.eu/de/blog/eu-citizens- remain-against-further-enlargement
Amendment 35 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia have once more failed on the 18th of March 2023; whereas it is incoherent that the EU requires from Serbia to de facto recognize the sovereignty of Kosovo by recognizing official documents produced by Pristina even though five member states still do not recognize the independence of Kosovo;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes North Macedonia’s consistent commitment to EUuropean integration, which has been underpinned by steadyunfortunately resulted in limited progress on guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, while moving towards cross-cutting policy alignment;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CommendsNotes the signals from North Macedonia’s fullin regard to their alignment with the EU’sEAS proposals for a foreign and security policy for the EU, including its clear-cut response to the aggression against Ukraine by aligning with the EU’simplement the largely ineffective restrictive -measures against Russia and Belarus that many Member States have also implemented;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges decision-makers to foster a national consensus on EU integration, building upon a successful start to the screening process, to work towards the ambitious goal of meeting the criteria for EU membership by 2030ability for free thinking, democratic principles and self-governing ;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses concern about the unjustifiedNotes the reoccurring delays in the accession process; stresses the need to strengthen the process’s transparency, accountability and inclusiveness, including its parliamentary dimenfor the EU Commission to halt all interventions with the aim of EU-accession;
Amendment 106 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Generally opposes any further enlargement of the European Union, as its stability, economical and political issues as they result from previous enlargement as well as from the disavowing 2016 "Brexit" referendum do not allow for it;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Compliments North Macedonia for the tangiblNotes some results in consolidating democracy; urges the country to intensify efforts to improve governance and access to justice;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2203(INI)
6. InvitesProposes to policymakers to constructively engage in the continued adoption and implementation of structural reforms, while strengthening decision- making transparency, inclusive consultations and the oversight abilities of the Assembly of North Macedonia, including under the auspices of the Jean Monnet Dialogue;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the authorities to effectively fight corruption and organised crime through coordinated investigations and prosecutions leading to final convictions and asset confiscations in cases involving trafficking of illegal third country nationals, high-level corruption, organised crime and money laundering;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the malign foreign interference and hybrid attacks, such as disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks and false bomb threats, directed against North Macedonia’s institutions and citizens; invites the authorities to considerably strengthen North Macedonia’s resilience against such threatsinability of North Macedonia’s institutions and citizens to halt the illegal trafficking rout for illegal third country nationals/migrants through the territory of North Macedonia;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the successful international actions taken against the trafficking of people, narcotics and firearms, and the uncovering of online fraud, which were aimed at dismantling organised crime groups, including those involved in people smuggling illegal migrants, the evasion of justice, money laundering and cybercrime; acknowledges that the country has attempted to complied with its commitments on tax cooperation;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 166 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls forProposes further progress on public administration and encourages the authorities to complete local governance reform;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Commends North Macedonia’s well-established inter-community harmony and urges the country to sustain its long-standing commitment to multiculturalism and inclusionWarns against a blind promotion of multiculturalism in North Macedonia that would contribute to the fragmentation of the country with border minorities being empowered to form a continuity of their homeland; reiterates that the unitary form of the North Macedonian State must remain unchallenged;
Amendment 215 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 292 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 296 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Invites decision-makers to prioritise energy efficiency measures and welcomes steps to accelerate the energy transition and energy diversification; applaudcondemns the EU energy support package for the Western Balkans, including immediate budgetary support of EUR 80 million for North Macedonia’s energy reforms; urges the authorities to step up efforts to mainstream environmental and climate action across sectors; expresses support for the region’s integration into the EU energy market; welcomes the diversification of energy sources and routes;
Amendment 307 #
2022/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. ApplaudsIs extremely concerned by the advancing energy transition away from coal towards solar and wind power through EU-supported flagship projects, including the Oslomej solar power plant and the expansion of the Bogdanci wind park and instead recommends turning to nuclear power solutions;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 60 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 122 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 142 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 145 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
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 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 228 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 232 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 237 #
2022/2202(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
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;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 19 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 21 #
2022/2201(INI)
Amendment 25 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument, one of the EU’s most successful policies and a geostrategic investment in long- term peace, stability, and security throughout the continenthas proven to be one of the most destabilizing policies in the past 30 years;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeRegrets Kosovo’s application for EU membership, which reflects the pro- European orientation of its citizens and a clear geopolitical strategic choiceas enlargment will have to cease as the Member States have other priorities and the Western Balkans and especially Kosovo, is far from ready to fulfill any criteria;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the long-awaited agreement on grantingDo not support any type of visa- liberalisation tofor the citizens of Kosovo;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 84 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the period of political stability following the 2021 elections and encourages Kosovo to make further efforts to address the challenges on its European path; underlines the fact that the pace of the accession process will depend on progress on the rule of law and fundamental rights and the normalisation of relations with Serbia;
Amendment 95 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 107 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CommendNotes Kosovo’s progressinability in strengthening democracy and the rule of law and its increased legislative activities on EU-related reformdespite a massive and long term support from many Member States;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the adoption of significant anti- corruption legislation and calls for the rigorous implementation thereof; underlines that a strong political will is necessary to effectively address high-level corruptionbut are doubtful if there is a political will and ability for implementation thereof;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its concern about Kosovo’s judiciary, which continues to be inefficient and vulnerable to undue interference; encourages the Kosovar authorities to improve the implementation of existing instruments to safeguard the independence of the justice system; welcomes the government’s commitment to following the Venice Commission’s opinion on the concept paper on the vetting of judges and prosecutors, in close cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomNotes the fact that there have beenwas some successful operations targeting organised crime, but notes with regret thathowever limited progress hwas been made in investigating and prosecuting such cases; is concerned about the challenging situation regarding the fight against as they are all linked to high officials in both central and local goverment; is concerned about the lack of results in Kosovo regarding the close ties between organiszed crime in the north of Kosovoand central as well as local goverment;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that Kosovo has the necessary institutional set-up for the promotion and protection of human rights; underlines, however, that there must be morea commitment to prioritising human rights and especially ensuring accountability and adequate sanctions for violations;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes Kosovo’s lively and pluralistic media environment, but deplores the derogatory statements and smear campaigns aimed at investigative journalists; is particularly concerned about the lack of freedom of expression in the north of Kosovo; strongly condemns the recent attacks on journalists in Kosovo’s northern municipalities;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 156 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 165 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the many cases of femicidemurders and gender-based and sexual violence; calls on the government to step up its efforts to combat domestic and gender-basedall violence and improve the protective and preventive measures in place;
Amendment 174 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 196 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. CommendsNotes the lack of Kosovo’s to engagement in a number of regional cooperation initiatives and encourages it to step up itsUN led Transitional Justice Process as there is an acute need for reconciliation efforts and seekto find solutions to past disputes;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its full support forNotes the failur of the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue; calls on Kosovo and Serbia to engage in this dialogue in good faith and in the spirit of compromise to achieve a comprehensive, legally binding agreement on the normalisation of their relations, based on mutual recognition, in accordance with international law; calls for the full implementation of all the relevant agreements, including the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb- Majority Municipalitiesthe EU Commission to abolish this function;
Amendment 261 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the launch of the education strategy for 2022-2026, which, for the first time, has the use of digital technology to improve services and quality in education as one of its five strategic objectives;
Amendment 276 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Regrets the limited progress made on consumer policy; calls on Kosovo to pursue further alignment with the EU acquis on consumer protection and to step up its efforts in raising awareness ofre is no progress made on consumer rights;
Amendment 281 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Takes note ofNotes the first annual IPA III programme, which is worth EUR 63.96 million and will support measures targeting the rule of law and human rights, good governance, socio-economic development, energy and the environmentdespite the exceptinally limited results displayed so far by Kosovo in response to all developmen-aid interventions since 1999;
Amendment 284 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 290 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 65 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeCondemns the European Council's decision to grant candidate status to BiH; reiterates its clear supportno for BiH’s EU integration, grounded in unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 87 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to continuease supporting BiH’s EU integration based on strict conditionality;
Amendment 95 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms its support forview that the mandates of the Office of the High Representative and EUFOR Operation Althea in overseeing the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement must cease;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes BiH’s increased attempts to alignment with the EU Commission’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP), and urges for the effective implementation of sanctions stemming from CFSP alignregrets this development;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. SupportsIs surprised of BiH’s sustained aspirations towards Euro-Atlantic integration and NATO membership;
Amendment 123 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Denounces the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionneo-colonialist policies by the leadership of the Republika Srpska (RS) entity, including the celebration of the so-called RS Day; underlines that such actions destabilise BiH, undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement, contradict BiH’s EU perspective and endanger access to EU fundingmembers of the EU Commission, the European Parliament and other political figures both in Europe and the USA in regard to the inner affairs of the Republika Srpska (RS); underlines that such actions destabilise BiH, undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement, contradicts the OSCE vision for the BiH and ultimately places the life and wellbeing of the peoples of both entities at risk;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its call for targeteda stop to all forms of sanctions against destabilising actors in BiH;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Condemns malign foreign interference by third actors in BiH, notably United States and Russia’s destabilisation of the Western Balkans;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the rule of law, good governance, pluralism and fundamental rights need to be mainstreamed in IPA III funding, which must be based on strict conditionality; recalls that EU funding for projects in the RS entity should remain frozen until the reversal of democratic backsliding by the RS entity and until full alignment with the CFSP that the Balkan-rout of illegal migration is stopped;
Amendment 166 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 199 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the judiciary’s integrity and independence to be strengthened, namely by bringing the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council and the Law on Courts in line with EU standards proposed by the OSCE, and by eliminating selective justice, the case backlog, corruption, a lack of transparency and poor oversight;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reaffirms the significance of reconciliation in BiH and calls on all authoritiesNotes with amusement that the neither the OSCE, the United Nations, the EU Commission has managed to launch and implement a comprehensive transitional justice process yet, despite more than 25 years of opportunity to do so, condemns this ineptness by the EU Commission, the United Nations and the OSCE; proposes to the two entities launch and implement such a process and to actively promote and ensure access to truth, justice and non-selective reparations;
Amendment 313 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 334 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Reiterates the need for solidarity- based migration and asylum management and a fair distribution of reception capacities; welcomesto completely halt all illegal migration and asylum-fraud transiting trough both entities and encamping on the door step of the EU boundary line in the hopening of negotiations on BiH’s upgraded status agreement with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency; regrets persisting shortcomings in migration and border management; calls on BiH to fully align with the EU’s visa policy of making an illegal crossing, reminds both entities that any support from the Member States, including via the administrators of the EU Commission, is fully dependant to their ability to finally shut down and block the illegal Balkan corridor for illegal migrants;
Amendment 351 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. UNotes the calls from the European Parliament and the EU Commission on urgently calls for measures to address the continued high degree of brain drain; stresses the importance of developing the Youth Guarantee in the Western Balkanas it is one of the key reasons why enlargement process with BiH now will end; once this process has ended it will have a positive effect to counter brain-drain and any other “drain” and stabilize both entities;
Amendment 360 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. WelcomNotes the Commission’s energy support package for the Western Balkans; recommends strengthening BiH’s integration into the European energy market;
Amendment 363 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Urges BiH to finalise and adopt the national energy and climate plan; calls on it toNotes that both entities of BiH could adopt the necessary legislation on gas, electricity, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and to ensure the full harmonisation of laws for a functional energy market;
Amendment 376 #
2022/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 6 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
— having regard to its previous resolutions on Albania,the massive numbers of Albanian fraudulent asylum seekers and illegal migrants that both illegally traverse national borders in Europe and flood the asylum-systems in European nations with their fraudulent asylum claims.
Amendment 10 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU-enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and represents a geostrategic investment in long-term peace, democracy, stability and security throughout the continentthe last two decades has proven to be one of the most effective method in destabilizing the Member States, squandering huge amounts of Member State funding on hopeless intuition-building interventions and depopulating large parts of Europe, and represents a completely irresponsible squandering of Member States funds and the stability and security of the people and nations of Europe;
Amendment 12 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and represa headlong rush by the EU, which no longer takes into account the criteria of economic rigor but which uses enlargement as a geostrategic investment in long-term peace, democracy, stability and security throughout the continentpolitical tool to cement the membership of certain countries in the Euro-Atlantic sphere, which aggravates the risk of block logic and the tension in the world;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 27 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas enlargement in the Balkans is contrary to the interests of Member states; whereas the study carried out in 2019 by the European Council on Foreign Relations (C.E.F.R.)1a, confirms that the majority of citizens of the Member States do not desire a Balkan integration into the EU; __________________ 1a https://eupinions.eu/de/blog/eu-citizens- remain-against-further-enlargement
Amendment 34 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas democratic transformation, the rule of law and reconciliation is claimed to play a central role in the EU Commission´s policy regarding the EU- accession process;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fight against high-level corruptioncorruption at all levels in Albania, malicious foreigclan interference in local and central government, money laundering and, organised crime is a European security issue that is crucial for Albania’s EU accessionand the trafficking of illegal migrants to the EU-area is a major security issue that is crucial for Albania’s ability to claim that she is not a failed state;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 46 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia have once more failed on the 18th of March 2023; whereas it is incoherent that the EU requires from Serbia to de facto recognize the sovereignty of Kosovo by recognizing official documents produced by Pristina even though five member states still do not recognize the independence of Kosovo;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 56 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Albania’s steadfast commitment to EU integration, reflecting the consensus among political parties and overwhelming support among citizens; commends its solidarity and consistent, full alignment with the EU’s foreign and security policy, including its clear-cut response to the Russian war of aggression against UkraineNotes the lip service made by the ruling elites in Albania to the policies from the EU Commission in regard to a potential EU integration;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages its policymakers to accelerate the reforms that enabled the first long overdue intergovernmental conference and a successful start to the screening process, andin order to demonstrate steady progress in guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; urges decision-makers to work jointly towards meeting the membership criteria by 2030; stresses the need to strengthen the transparency, accountability and inclusiveness of the accession process, including its parliamentary dimension;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the rule of law and institutional integrity are the backbone of democratic transformation, societal resilience and socioeconomic cohesion and any society that aspires to the Western style of societal organization must distance themselves completely from the clan-based societal model;
Amendment 84 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CommendsNotes the proclaimed Albania’sn commitment to completing its comprehensive justice reform; encourages the countryr to intensify steps aimed at finalising the vetting process and ensuring universal justice through cross-cutting measuresjustice;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on adequate funding for and the effective and impartial functioning of independent bodies and agencies; recognises the contribution of independent civil society and the media in the fight against corruption;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its concern with the aspects of the draft law on fiscal amnesty and the proposed citizenship by investment scheme that are incompatible with EU norms and its visa policyprovide ample evidence of Albania´s unsuitability as an EU Member State;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for continued action to reduce unfoundedstop all fraudulent asylum claims by Albanian nationals, while tackling criminal trafficking networks and increasing cooperation with the EU’s justice and home affairs agencies; welcomes successful international investigations and police operations to combat the trafficking of people, narcotics and firearms, and online fraud;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the legal steps taken to eliminate discrimination against minorities, and calls for practical steps in order to ensure their inclusion, namely the inclusion of LGBTI+, Roma and Egyptian minorities; recalls the need to combat gender-based violence, step up child protection, adopt and implement legislation on minority rights, strengthen property rights and conduct a population census; underlines the importance of removing barriers to the socioeconomic inclusion of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 183 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 207 #
2022/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the transformative nature of the substantial EU assistanceNotes the little results achieved under the substantial EU assistance, based on the funding by the Member States, and provided under the IPA III and the Western Balkans Investment Framework, including the Youth Guarantee in the Western Balkans; recalls that, in line with IPA III conditionality, funding must be reduced or suspended in cases of backtracking or unjustified delays in the reform process all funding to programmes and project for Albania must now cease;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU civilian crisis management makes limportantited contributions to international peace and security, and plays a key role in implementing the EU’s Integrated Apthat has proven to be very costly for the EU Member States in terms of funding and current missions must be closed and the proach to External Conflicts and Crisetice of fielding these missions shall end; organizations like the OSCE are better suited to handle these tasks;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RDespects theite the commitment and expertise by a few, the lack of serious commitment and expertise of many of the personnel serving in civilian CSDP missions are noted with grave concern; furthermore notes the practice of many EU Member States to use such missions as retreat positions for senior and mid- level managers who have made themselves impossible back home in their own organization a crippling practice as it renders most if not all work ineffective;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 59 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Believes that traditional civilian CSDP tasks such as policing, the rule of law reform, civil administration, SSR and monitoring remain very important in order to stabilise and modernise the security and justice sectors; underlines the need to continue updating and enlarging tasks in the framework of the Integrated Approach and the Treaties in light of the new risks and threats that have emerged; stresses the need to integrate and strengthen cross-cutting issues, in particular: and security sector reform have proven largely ineffective and should no longer be pursued, limited monitoring could remain but then only for elections; underlines the need to scale back on all CSDP tasks and missions and provide more support to the OSCE in these matters;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 65 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point f
Paragraph 4 – point f
Amendment 66 #
Amendment 77 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that anticipating future changes in the security environment is key to ensuring that civilian crisis management will achieve its strategic objectives; calls for the new Civilian CSDP Commight achive a minimal pacrt to implement more scenario-based planning, strategic foresight and conflict analysis, and early warning in decision-making on missions and mandatof their strategic objectives;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 98 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 112 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the challenges that civilian CSDP missions face, such as the availability of capabilities and resources, responsiveness, swifter decision-making and more scalable, adaptable, modular missions and clearer mandates, and that these were already highlighted in the first Compact, which has led to an increased focus on civilian CSDP, but not to full operationalisation and the corresponding increase in participation and ownership by Member States, which need to be addressed as a matter of urgency in the new Civilian CSDP Compact;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a clear exit strategies for all current civilian missions, allowing for a swifter closure of all EU missions when operational and political objectives are met;
Amendment 122 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 125 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the fact that the only shallow assessments of civilian CSDP missions currently in place are Strategic Reviews feeding into the renewal of the mission mandateswas undertaken so far; stresses the importance of developing and establishing a system and methodology for an EU-Commission independent body to assess, inter alia, the performance of EU missions, their effectiveness and their financial management; stresses, in this regard, the importance of establishing a fully EU Commission independent evaluation of the impact of missions;
Amendment 135 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 146 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. DeplorNotes the stretched resources of the EEAS in the field of civilian CSDP in general, including CPCC, which currently provides support to 11 missions of 2 200 personnel with a staff of 110 people; calls understand the need for the Member States to ensure the rapid development of CPCC into a fully functional operational headquarters, by ensuring it has the necessary funds, personnel and expertise at its disposal; stresses the need to increase complementarity and synergies with military CSDP, while keeping the civilian and military chains of command separatescale down on luxury commitments such as the civilian CSDP- experiment in time of hardships like most EU Member States now are facing due to the self-made Corona and Energy crises;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that trainingproper senior and middle management-skills and real planning and follow-up is key for effectiveness, which is in turn would be one essential part for a successful civilian CSDP missions; calls for a comprehensive assessment of the overall civilian CSDP training architecture in order to identify neall past and present civilian CSDP missions and how they were/are implementeds, gaps and overlaps in training within the Member States with a view to improving and harmonising the EU Policy on Training for CSDP, in particular with a focus on the needs of local populationsinsist that CSDP missions shall not be used as a parking place for EU Member States senior and middle managers who have proven to be ineffective and/or troublesome domestically and is thus "sent away" in lack of a better solution at home;
Amendment 156 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 166 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that the CFSP budget for civilian CSDP missions has only marginally increased from the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 to the MFF 2021-2027 (from a starting point of approximately EUR 350 million per year), while at the same time the number and tasks of missions has increased, the security environment has become more challenging, the cost of operatmost EU Member States are facing serionus has increased, inflation has growndomestic problems and the number of contracted personnel has increased, making it extremely difficult to expand the current missions’ mandates or for new missions to be established to respond to urgent security neednce there is a need to end all civilian CSDP missions;
Amendment 170 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a substantive indecrease of funding for the CFSP budget in order to respond to the crisis situations and unforeseen events, and to actively identify where complementary projects and programmes could be funded from other relevant EU budgetin the EU Member States;
Amendment 183 #
2022/2196(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 26 #
2022/2142(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RegretNotes that passerelle clauses havewas never been usedused so far in the field of the CFSP, even thoughand that this makes sense, as the sensitivity of the issues dealt with under CFSP and the Rupossian war against Ukraine has clearlyble ramifications for individual European nations considered in the light of the sovereignty of the Member States and calleds for more efficient and swift decision-makingeasured and balanced responses and as such the EU Commission cannot encroach further of the sovereign rights of the Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2142(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 44 #
2022/2142(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Member States to not switch to QMV for decisions in all areas of the CFSP, starting within a year with priority areas such as the EU global human rights sanctions regime, restrictive measures and other instruments linked to the Russian war against Ukraine and interim steps in the enlargement process; stresses that unanimity decisions should remain required for the creation and deployment of military missions or operations under the common security and defence policy (CSDP)any decisions in the areas of the CFSP;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2090(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, in the opinion of the Court of Auditors (‘the Court’), the EEAS’s level of error in spending was not material and that the Court has not found any significant issues with its supervisory and control systems; points out, however, that the EEAS needs to provide a higher degree of transparency, especially in regard to accurately disclose the EU missions and their individual spending as well as their failure/success in fulfilling mission mandates;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2090(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 9 #
2022/2090(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 16 #
2022/2090(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages As the EEAS/EU delegations to engage with local actors, civil society organisations and social partners in third countries to stimulate social dialogue.duplicate the work of Member States embassies world-wide, the EEAS/EU delegations shall close and cease to operate as quasi-embassies;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the rule of law, the EU’s fundamental values and respect for human rights in recipient countries are embedded in the basic acts of IPA III and of NDICI; calls on the Commission to modify assistance should threats tofailure to control migration flows, or the state of internal democracy, the rule of law, human rights or fundamental freedoms so require;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 12 #
2022/2081(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 42 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch toto maintain QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and human rights, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political will;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 69 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Unioat Member States remain free to determine their own for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by thepolicy and that an increased role for the European Union and its bodies in this regard would severely undermine the sovereignty of Member States;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Requests the strengthening ofat the role of Union delegations in the implementation of foreign policy by amending the wording of Article 221 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) not be strengthened as this would create unnecessary duplication of actions in countries where Member States already have diplomatic representation;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for inclusion of the principle of “strategic autonomy” not to be included into the list of objectives to be achieved through the Union’s foreign and security policy enshrined in Article 21 TEU, since the term is vague and has not been adequately defined;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 4 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 18 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
Citation 27
Amendment 37 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; wherease Commission claims that the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas CSDP has 11 civilian missions and 7 military operations under way with around 5 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas total personnel deployed by the Member States has steadily declined in recent years, and missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnellow overall performance;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war againstnotes the strong Commission driven support for Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains commitcalls on the Member Stateds to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aidbring the two sides to the negotiation table to end the untold human suffering in Ukraine;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 151 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 167 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to substantially strengthen the society-wide focus on resilience and the response to hybrid warfare; welcomes the decision to develop an EU Hybrid Toolbox for a coordinated response to hybrid threats; encourages further development of the EU’s cyber- defence policy and capabilitiescalls for more attention and resistance to the use of weapons of mass- migration;
Amendment 185 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 211 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 240 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems after much of arms and ammunition were handed over to Ukraine, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls onproposes that the Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough atheir defence forces while making significant reductions in this crucial fielspending on migration, asylum and development-aid;
Amendment 257 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EUuropean research and development to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to meet increasing demands and ambitions;
Amendment 259 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for more and smarter spending to foster industrial consolidation, cost savings and increased interoperability; calls for synergies with other EU financial instruments to be leveraged and access to private funding for the defence industry to be facilitated;
Amendment 273 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 286 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; condemns the increasing presence of the Kremlin- backed Wagner Group in the Sahel; firmly believes that the latter’s involvement in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledges that the various international missions have not yet achieved their primary goal of lasting peace in the region and that a reflection process on the mandates and roles of international missions and policies is therefore neededshould immediately be closed;; expresses similargrave concern over the increased presence and activity of Islamist terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaeda, Daesh and Al- Shabaab in the Member States, the Middle East and in Africa and the need to isolate Europe from these groups and latter two geographical areas;
Amendment 308 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the review and reinforcementend of all CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates; stresses the need to strengthen theirnational resilience and effectiveness by enabling them to better address hybrid security challenges, such across Europe and cease through better cooperation with other EU actors and like-minded partners outside the EUe Commission´s meddling in third states' internal and external affairs;
Amendment 317 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it important that EU interventions are based on athe Commission shall clear understanding of the types of crisis and conflictse interventions in third countries as the EU seelacks to respohe mandate and to,he esxpecially where others are not willing or able to intervene or in non-permissive environments in the futurertise to deal with these issues;
Amendment 331 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the persistent and structural problem of ensuring thatall CSDP missions and operations are fully staffed; calls on the Member States to follow through on their decisions to launch missions and operations by providing the necessary personnel; strongly urges Member States to fulfil their pledges so as to match their actual engagement to their ambitionssince the unfortunate inception of the concept by the Commission, plagued by un-motivated and insufficiently skilled staff that are unable to be accountable for the funds and human resources entrusted to them and unable to even partly fulfilling the mission objectives; strongly urges Member States to work for the abolishment of CSDP Mission and concentrate on measures to create resilience and security for their own people;
Amendment 348 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 388 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the systematisation of security and defence partnerships with like- minded partners worldwide to meet the EU’s level of ambition as a security provider; considers it essential to include security and defence issues more systematically in the EU’s political dialogues with like-minded partners;
Amendment 402 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 453 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 464 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for stronger military-security cooperation with Western Balkan countries, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, counter-terrorism and countering disinformationhalting mass-migration, combating: the use of weapons of mass-migration; drugs- and arms-trafficking; organised crime and terrorism;
Amendment 492 #
2022/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
Amendment 70 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the inherent dignity of every human being; stresses, in this regard, its strong commitment to addressing first and foremost the challenges to human rights worldwide and reiterates the dutrecalls, however, that the EU does not have the mandate to impose its vision of human rights and democracy ofn the EU and its Member States to act as a global leader in the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy in line with the founding values of the Unionworld; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human rights watchdog, nor should it be;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2049(INI)
7 a. Insists that unanimity voting within the Council on human rights issues must remain in place and that a move towards qualified majority voting in foreign policy matters will cause a slippery slope that will even further erode the sovereignty of Member States; recalls that the ability to enter into relations with other states, and by analogy the ability to determine foreign policy, is one of the foundational elements of statehood and sovereignty;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with regret that the post of the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU has remained vacant for more than a year; reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy as part of renewing and reinforcing its mandate, to provide the Special Envoy with adequate resources, and to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties; recalls that the Special Envoy’s duties should focus on promoting freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to non-belief, apostasy and the espousal of atheistic views, as well as the protection of the Christian communities, which appear to be the most persecuted in the world;
Amendment 167 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime has been increasingly used as an essential tool that strengthens the EU’s role as a global human rights actor through the use of targeted sanctions by the Council; calls for the restrictive measures that have already been adopted to be implemented effectively and in full, and for the adoption of additional measures if necessary; reiterates its request for a legislative proposal to extend the scope of the GHRSR to include acts of corruption or, alternatively, for a proposal for a new thematic sanctions regime against serious acts of corruption in order to effectively target the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the Council’s decisions and implementation of sanctions under the GHRSR; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to strive to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations for future targeted sanctions, as stipulated in its resolutions and elsewhere;
Amendment 340 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Expresses its deep concern regarding policies of reverse racial discrimination in South Africa; notes that South Africa is the only country in the world where a majority of 80% is protected through affirmative action policies against a minority of no more than 8%, more than 25 years after the end of apartheid; further condemns the brutal and torturous murders of white South Africans, and farmers in particular; urges the South African government to prioritise the prevention, investigation and prosecution of these attacks and murders as a matter of extreme urgency, to prevent a potential genocide from occurring and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable; further confirms the right of peoples in South Africa to pursue self- determination in all its forms and urges the South African government to ensure that the right to self-determination is given meaningful effect for all peoples in South Africa, and in particular for minorities; further condemns the fact that these attacks are widely ignored or rationalised by the international community in its perpetual pursuit of political correctness; urges EU Member States to condemn all such acts of violence against minority groups in South Africa;.
Amendment 386 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Notes with concern that Christians remain the most persecuted religious community in the world; condemns in the strongest terms the attacks perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists; recognises that expressions of sorrow are inadequate in protecting these vulnerable communities from further violence; emphasises the role EU Member States have to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;
Amendment 423 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons, which must be reflected in the EU’s migration policy and in its cooperation with third countries in this area; stresses that the EU should step up its efforts to acknowledge and develop ways to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, building the resilience of migrants’ communities of origin and helping them offer their members the possibility to enjoy a decent life in their home country; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue and where possible step up their support for countries hosting most refugees, as well as transit countries; reiterates that close cooperation and engagement with third countries remain key to preventing migrant smuggling; stresses, in this regard, that the dissemination of information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of smuggling is crucial; calls for EU- funded humanitarian operations to take into consideration the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and to ensure their protection while they are displaced; underlines the importance of developing an effective framework of safe and legal pathways to the EU and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission communication on attracting skills and talent to the EU13 , including the development of Talent Partnerships with partner countries; _________________ 13 Commission communication of 27 April 2022 on attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM(2022)0657).
Amendment 436 #
2022/2049(INI)
38. Recalls its commitment to the rights of refugees, as provided by international human rights and refugee laws, in particular the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto; recalls the obligations of states to protect refugees and respect their rights in accordance with the relevant international law, but emphasises that these rights have to be balanced with the rights of the citizens of the Member States; notes with concern that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order reached an unprecedented 89 million by the end of 2021, 36.5 million of whom are children; stresses, in this context, that international action and cooperation is more essential than ever to ensure protection for refugees;
Amendment 441 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Notes with concern that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that private entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions;
Amendment 442 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Amendment 481 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Underlines that human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change are dependent on one another; calls for progress towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable and a healthy environment, as laid out in Resolution 48/13 of the UN Human Rights Council, and stresses its appreciation for the peaceful work undertaken by environmental human rights defenders including land defenders and their lawyers, as well as indigenous activists, to preserve and safeguard such an environment despite the threat of violence and the risk to their lives; recognises, moreover, the important role of civil society organisations, including environmental faith-based organisations, as well as indigenous peoples for their invaluable work in the preservation of the environmentre dependent on one another;
Amendment 490 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Notes that, according to a recent study published by the European Union Institute for Security Studies, the argument that environmental changes exacerbate violence, conflict and terrorism cannot be proven or confirmed; further notes that the study has found that environmental protection programmes in the Sahel have contributed to exacerbating terrorism and that one-size- fits-all approaches to environmental challenges and climate change mitigation are “recipes for disaster”, creating a “fertile ground for terrorist groups” in, for example, Burkina Faso;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 24 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine has once again brought war back to the European continent after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the wars in former Yugoslavia, has seriously undermined European and global security, has created economic uncertainty, has led to adisrupted food chains, has worsened the spike in energy prices, has considerable potential to further destabilise many non-EU countries and has therefore significantly changed the geopolitical context of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
Amendment 34 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine was a wake-up call for the European Union, presenting a real threat to European security and creating momentum to achieve a geopolitical redefinition of the CFSP; whereas it is also an opportunity for the Member Stinternational events such as the war in Ukraine should not be used as a pretext for expanding the competences and capacities of the European Union beyond the mechanisms laid down by the Treaties to show the political will to transform the CFSP into a fully fledged European policyand without first implementing the usual democratic consultation process;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 91 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- strengthening the EU’s institutional and decision-making arrangements inmaintaining unanimity in the Council in respect of decisions concerning issues of foreign and, security and defence policy,
Amendment 103 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
- building partnerships for a better world based on the interests of the EU Member States,
Amendment 112 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the remarkable level of unity and resolve in responding swiftly and forcefully to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukrainassiduity of the EU Member States in reacting to the invasion of Ukraine; calls for continued coordination between the Member States to limit the adverse effects of the war and for a peaceful solution to the conflict to be found as swiftly as possible;
Amendment 124 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressively to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treatiesretaining the principle of unanimity in the Council for all decisions in areas of the CFSP;
Amendment 183 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the shift in the Member States’ approaches, moving towards creating more EU strategic sovereignty by adopting the Versailles Declaration of 11 March 2022 and the Strategic Compass on 21 March 2022, which highlight the need to strengthen EU defence capabilities and to contribute positively to global and transatlantic security, in close collaboration with NATO, and demands an independent enquiry to shed light on the incidents in the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines, which constitute extremely serious attacks on the interests of the Member States and pose significant economic risks at a time of global energy crisis;
Amendment 199 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 224 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of stepping up the EU’s efforts, in cooperation with NATO and other international partners, to address hybrid threats, cyberattacks, disinformation and propaganda campaigns; notes that these threats emanate from all the main global geopolitical actors;
Amendment 313 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CallIs con the Commission and the VP/HR to establish strategic cooperation with Taiwan; cerned about the announcements made within the framework of the Strategic Compass concerning future European naval exercises in the South China Sea that could needlessly worsen tensions in the region; stresses their belligerent nature, contrary to the aim of promoting peace that is enshrined in Article 3(1) TEU;
Amendment 332 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that the EU is committed to a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific region; reiterates that the EU’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy needs to be implemented swiftly, as it offers our partners in theIs concerned about the desire to make the EU a participant in the struggles for influence in the South China Sea; is alarmed by the EU’s lack of means and capacity to support such ambitions; underlines that, of all the Member States, only France has territories and therefore actual interests in the Indo-Pacific region, an opportunity to address the common challenges together, to defend the rules-based international order and to stand up for the values and principles we shared that the EU should not assume France’s international political interests at the expense of its own, nor take the place of France’s own mechanisms, authorities or personnel;
Amendment 353 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that relations with India are deepening through the ongoing trade negotiations; questions the effectiveness of sanctions on Russian hydrocarbons if the EU buys Russian oil from India at exorbitant prices;
Amendment 356 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is having a negative impacMaintains its opposition to any future enlargement onf the Eastern Partnership countries first and foremost; calls for the EU institutions and the Member States to engage in a thorough reflection on a reform of the Eastern Partnership policyU, particularly involving unstable, war-torn or secession-ridden countries;
Amendment 395 #
2022/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its strong support for the European future of the Western Balkans; calls on the Member States to renew their commitment to enlargement by delivering on the EU’s commitments towards the Western Balkan countries, in particular byIs opposed to any enlargement of the EU and concerned about the risk of migration that may be triggered by the lifting of visa requirements for Kosovo citizens; welcomes the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia; welcomes the European Council’s readiness to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urges the country’s political actors to show commitment and make significant steps towards EU membership by advancing on the 14 key priorities and implementing the substthe states of the Western Balkans, including Kosovo and Albantial set of reforms;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) lacks a sufficientlycontains such an endowed Heading 6 and, therefore, the available margreminds thave been limited and shrinking since the first year, including an early depletion of the cushion; highlights that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is generating unprecedentedt the misguided Covid 19 measures and the unprecedented move to close several modern facilities of power production throughout Europe due to the green narrative, sponsored in part by Russia to undermine the Member States; highlights the needs for EU external action, both in neighbouring countries and worldwide, as a result of the food, energy and economic crises, which are undermining progress towards the Sustainable Development Goalsthe Member States to create financial ability to consolidate and redevelop their national ability for power production;
Amendment 8 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in early 2023, an ambitious MFF revision proposal that substantially indecreases the resources for Heading 6; urges the Member States to agree to a significant increasdecrease in ceilings so as to create fin ceilingancial buffers to handle the self-made energy crises in most of the Member States in the wake of the unrealistic drive for a carbon free society, and the impact after the misguided Covid19 measures;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the global humanitarian funding gap continues to grow; stresses that the humanitarian aid instrument must receive significantly moreless funding in the revised MFF to match the EU’s ambition to be a leading humanitarian donorensure that the EU lives up to its promises to the Member States to preserve the European way of life;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need for flexibility mechanisms to have sufficient funding to respond to crises; is concerned by the uneven mobilisation of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) within the EU; calls for more predictability in meeting internal and external emergency needs by separating the SEAR into a Solidarity Reserve for needs within the EU and an Emergency Aid Reserve for external action, or by ring-fencing the share dedicated for external crises for the entire year;
Amendment 26 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the MFF revision to provide additionaldrastically reduce funds to the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe instrument, particularly to reinforce the budget lines most in demand recently and to meet the additional needs caused by the Russian war against Ukraine without diverting money from other geographic regions;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the EU’s responsibility in the protection, restoration and resilience of the world’sThe Member States may consider to cooperate in endeavours to support national undertakings to protect and restore forests, wthich should prioritise proforestation in forest management as a strategy for increasing carbon sequs could include to prioritise reforestration and biodiversity benefits;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the multifunctional role of forests; stresses that policies that enhance biodiversity will help tackle climate change; calls on the EU to address the challenges and trade-offs resulting from the increasing demand for wood for materials, energy and the bioeconomy and the related rising risks of embodied deforestation imports, land grabbing, illegal logging and violation of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that EU bioenergy policy, and notably the Renewable Energy Directive, must meet strict environmental and social criteria, reflecting the need to ensure effective recognition of and respect for customary land tenure rights of forest- dependent communities and of indigenous peoplebe re-drafted to be realistic and to ensure that no undue influence was exercised by Russia or other third countries, via NGOs, in order to further their interests on the expense of one or more Member States;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the sustainability chapters of trade agreements must not contain binding and enforceable forest-specific, human rights and responsible business conduct provisionprovisions that can harm the ability for companies of the Member States to conduct business;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 38 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 40 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 48 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas there will be no climate justice withproper discussion with regard to proper and sensible environmental-protection measures until an open and fact-based debate can occur; whereas the need is now paramount environmentally, socially and economically sustainable development; whereas achieving the SDGs is therefore an essto ensure that the environment-debate is not misguided by third-country interests that have infiltrated environmental groups and other policy entities; whereas only afterwards the important work can start with a revision of the SDGs in line with a proper policy with regard to environmential prerequisite to achieving a just transition underotection, to base the policy as well as the SDGs on facts and also to enable a complete overhaul and possible dismissal of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, as they are not entirely based on facts;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the impact of the overreaction to the COVID- 19 pandemicflu is not yet fully known, but has already led to a significant degree of SDG backslidingloss for all citizens of the Member States;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs; stresses that, in the light of the pandemic, the SDGs provide a unique pathway to both ensure a recovre- draft a new set of practical and completely fact based new sustainable development goals, in order for them to be fully guided and based on realities and the needs of the beneficiaries as well as the considerable reduction in development-aid that the EU will administrate in the light of the overreaction to the Covid-19 flu and the need for European nations to now concentrate their resources within their own countries in order to guarantee internal security, secure energy that would leave no one behindsupply and rule of law for their own citizens in order to leave no one behind in the Member States and build back better afor more equitable and resilient worldMember States;
Amendment 169 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 185 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 204 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that theany adoption of the newa comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad public participatory consultation procesnational referendums in all the Member States;
Amendment 212 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 217 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 225 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 236 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 244 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 253 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 264 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the EU budget isprovided by the taxpayers in the Member States could be a pivotal tool for implementing the SDGs, due to its size of EUR 1.8 trillion, long- term reach and multinational dimension9 ; 9; considers, however, that it has to be drastically reduced as a consequence of the overreaction to the Covid flu and the need of the Member States to build back their nations; considers that any use of Member State funding for the current definition of the SDGs has to end in order to await the redrafted and updated version of SDGs based on a fully fact-informed basis; _________________ 9 Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, for the Committee on Budgetary Control, 'The Sustainable Development Goals in the EU budget', 2021.
Amendment 272 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 282 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 296 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that public andneither private financing must be aligned with the SDGs; urges the Commission to embed the 2030 Agenda in economic and financial policies and legislation, nor public financing need to be aligned with the SDGs;
Amendment 299 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the urgency of requiringat financial institutions to define andcannot be required to adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios with the SDGs and regularly report on progrescannot be required to report on their affairs in relation to the SDGs;
Amendment 303 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. RegretApproves that the EU still has no plan to finance the SDGs; exhorts the Commission to urgently come up with such a plan, bearing in mind the post- COVID-19 estimated annual SDG financing gap of EUR 4.2 trillion11 ; underlines that the absence of such a plan, with clearly defined, quantifiable targets, prohibits comprehensive SDG expenditure tracking under the EU budget; _________________ 11 OECD, 'Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021 – A New Way to Invest for People and Planet', Paris, 2020.use the contributions of the Member States to finance the SDGs;
Amendment 310 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes ongoing efforts to enhanceshrink the European financial architecture for development, as outlined in the Council conclusions of 14 June 2021commitment-levels for development;
Amendment 329 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that a global political reset and intensified multilateral cooperation will be necessary in order for the EU andintensified period of national focus for all Member States its partners to make meaningfunow needed to heal pfrogress in the coming eight years; recalls that, as the world’s most successful integration project with a track record of successfully championing multilateralism, the EU is uniquely placed to accelerate progress on SDG 17 (partnerships for the goals); calls, therefore, on the EU to assume a leadership role at the 2022 HLPF and the 2023 SDG Summit in defining this political reset;m the Covid-19 flu hysteria and the war between Russia and Ukraine; insists that, hence, the EU Commission now starts focusing on European matters and the Member States and propose how to invest in a better future for Europe.
Amendment 344 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the fact that Europe faces its greatest SDG challenges in the areas of sustainable diets and agriculture, climate and biodiversity (SDGs 2, 12, 13, 14 and 15); calls on the Commission to develop a robust comparative analysis of SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) and SDG 14 (life below water), as trends cannot be calculated due to insufficient comparable data over the past five yeara considerable problem due to the irresponsible and ill-informed "green- policies" for such existential items as food and energy; calls on the Commission to refrain from their attempts of global dominance and empire-building, to concentrate on support for the Member States to build strong, independent and resilient European nations that can safeguard their citizens, democracies and cultural legacies;
Amendment 7 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 10 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereasOECD claims that the pre- pandemic SDG annual funding gap in developing countries of USD 2.5 trillion is expected to increase by 70 % post-COVID- 19, to USD 4.2 trillion (EUR 3.7 trillion)6 ; _________________ 6 OECD report of 10 December 2020 entitled ‘Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021: A New Way to Invest for People and Planet’.
Amendment 13 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any development aid granted to developing countries, is made strictly conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas achieving the SDGs and the goals of the Paris Agreement and addressing other acute global challenges requiresmay benefit from a joint engagement at international level;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas policy coherence and close cooperation between all official development finance institutions, their government shareholders and all existingdevelopment partners is urgently needed; whereas the successful mobilisation of further capital, both private and public, in addition to official development assistance (ODA) and other existing forms of development finance, is criticaladvisable as the funding for development-aid will decline and hence what is provided must be implemented as effectively as possible;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 28 #
2021/2252(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that EU Member States are the world's largest donor of development aid; therefore stresses the importance of ensuring that EU taxpayers are able to have access to all information relating to how and on what projects their money is being spent in developing countries; insists that the corrupt use of EU funding should result in an immediate suspension of payments;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU companies and financing institutions operating in developing countries during the last decade have increasingly faced unfair competition from global players that operate outside the mprimarily due to stifling EU regulatilateral development finance systemons, forcing private capital to implement left-wing policies in the developing world;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the policy-first-driven EuropeanEU financial architecture for development (EFAD) should be guided by the principles and objectives set out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agendaby the donors, the Member States, and their priorities in order to build strong, resilient and successful nation states and together ensure a stabile and prosperous Europe;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. strongly iInsists that EFAD must strengthen the strategic partnerships between the European Union and its global development partners; especially in light of the coming reductions in funding, reiterates that such partnerships should always be based on mutual respect and dignity, shared interestsfull financial transparency and ability to influence all aspects of the intervention- implementation and -evaluesation;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the interconnection between development and security; highlights the role that development plays in preventing c of the Member States and the need for conditionfalicts, ensuring durable exits from conflicts and bolstering crisis management; insists on the importaty as defined by the European Parliament in the resolution of 25 November 2020 on improving development effectiveness and the efficiencey of further developing a well-tailored development-security nexusaid (2019/2184(INI)); in particular point 62 ;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2252(INI)
4. Emphasises that the role of a collective, coherent EU approach, which could be effective in hdevelopment aid is not to install the same system that is used in one or more of the donor nations, but to provide the ability for developing to foster the expansion of social protection systems in developing countriesnations to decide and craft their own future drawing on collective global experiences and well grounded in their culture;
Amendment 73 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consistency across all EU financing instruments, for the donations from the Member States as well as initiatives and strategies is crucial in order to maximise the EU’s global response to sustainable growimpact of the support as th,e development and peacebudget will shrink over the coming decades;
Amendment 84 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. iIs alarmed at how the COVID-19 pandemic hwas expoused in order to try to raised the long-standing structural driversdevelopment budget and not focus on the rebuilding of thealth inequaliti Member States;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. bBelieves that EFAD and the long- awaited EU SDG strategy mustcould reflect and facilitate a coordinated and coherent set of internal and external EU policies and commitments; regrets, in that context, that the Commission has not yet developed an integrated and holistic SDG implementation strategy, governed by conditionalities, based on the fact that development budgets will decrease in the years to come, so as to ensure maximum benefit for the shrinking number of aid- interventions administered by the Commission in third countries;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the urgent need to enhance and improve the institutional set- up of the Commission, reduce heavy bureaucratic coordination and strengthen institutional flexibility by re-establishing the European Agency for Reconstruction and providing this new agency, the European Agency for Development, with a global mandate for the administration of all development-related interventions funded by the Member States and with the responsibility to manage the shrinking development funding available to the Commission for external use;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that mechanisms for ensuring9. Proposes that policy coherence for sustainable development must be enshrined in EFAD and used more systematically and efficishould be implementlyed by allthe relevant EU institutions and all Member States, including at the highest political level;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 105 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 113 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to put forward a powerful EU policy direction and to further align the EU development financial institutions’ activities within the new open architecture; is of the opinion that the programming process must fully cover the use of EU budgetary guaranteeroposal for what thematic and geographical areas within development shall be favoured within the new budgetary constraints of the coming years;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 140 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 147 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WelcomNotes the setting-upcreation of EIB Global, a dedicated development branch within the EIB Group, which has been operational since 1 January 2022;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 155 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 165 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 169 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 182 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates that institutional control and scrutiny of EU funding fosters democratic debate and helps to boost the credibility of the EUMember State funding, administered by the EU, is a necessity in order to ensure maximum impact of funds committed; calls for obligations ensuring appropriate visibility of the implementation of EFAD and calls on the Commission to take action where those obligations are not met;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. insists that the Member States honour their commitment to spend 0.7 % of their gross national income on ODA; underlines the important role of ODA as a catalyst for change and a lever for the mobilisation of other resources; stresses the importance of the EU’s commitment to mobilise resources for climate action and the EIB’s role in making progress in this areaNotes the urgent need of the Member States to drastically reduce their funding for ODA, as new challenges have arisen to ensure peace, prosperity and innovation possibilities within the Member States;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 46 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Turkey, besides being a candidate for EU accession, is a key partner in relation to the economy, trade andthe repeated and unacceptable provocations by the Erdogan regime should not be rewarded by continuing endless and pointless accession negotiations; whereas, therefore, Turkey should no longer be considered a candidate for EU accession, since it is not a European country, does not share our values, and uses mass migration, as well as a strategic partnera weapon of hybrid warfare against Member States;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its concern about the persistent distance between the EU and Turkey, despite it being a candidate country, in terms of values and standards, and the continuing lack of political will to carry out the necessary reforms to address, in particular, the serious concerns about the rule of law and fundamental rights that continue to negatively affect the accession process; considers that without clear progress in this field, Parliament cannot envisage any resumption of accession negotiations with Turkey, which have effectively been at a standstill since 2018, including freedom of expression and freedom of religion;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Insists that all accession negotiations with Turkey are immediately and irrevocably terminated, considering that for geographic, cultural and historical reasons Turkey could never be part of the EU; further calls for all funding to Turkey to be stopped and for the EU-Turkey Customs Union agreement, which entered into force on 31 December 1995, to be suspended;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its firm conviction that Turkey iscould potentially be a country of strategic relevance in political, economic and foreign policy terms, and could potentially serve as a partner that is key for the stability of the wider region, and an ally with which the EU wishes to pursue the best possible relations; welcomes, in this view, the recent statements expressed at the highest level by the Turkish authorities about the recommitment of the Turkish Government to the EU path, but urges the Turkish authorities to put their words into action and demonstrate this commitment with specific facts and decis; emphasises, however, that any potential cooperation with Turkey should not result in restarting accession negotiations;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Expresses grave concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of religion in Turkey; notes with concern that Christians in Turkey remain under extreme pressure as a result of religious nationalism, as reported by Open Doors; is particularly concerned about reports of Christian foreigners in Turkey being targeted;
Amendment 392 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Denounces the threat by the Turkish regime of uncontrolled migration flows as a method of hybrid warfare against the EU; reiterates that the EU has made itself vulnerable to such threats through its Willkommenspolitik when it comes to migrants;
Amendment 419 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that Turkey can pursue its own foreign policy in line with its interests and goals, but expects this policy to be defended through diplomacy and dialogue based on international law and, as a candidate country, to be increasingly aligned with that of the EU;
Amendment 476 #
2021/2250(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Denounces foreign interference in Europe by the Turkish regime through its diaspora living in Europe; expresses particular concern that the Turkish regime funds various governmental and non-governmental organisations, and in particularly the Muslim Brotherhood, in Europe to further its political agenda and thereby influence European politics; is gravely concerned about reports by national intelligence that Turkish intelligence agencies have dramatically increased their activities in a number of Member States;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 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 14 #
2021/2249(INI)
— - having regard to 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 an anti-tank -mines.
Amendment 15 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 c (new)
Citation 31 c (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 theregions2020- 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 16 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 d (new)
Citation 31 d (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 17 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 e (new)
Citation 31 e (new)
— Having regard to European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2020 on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid (2019/2184(INI)); in particular point 62: Believes that European development aid and public investments should promote joint priorities and policy objectives including eradicating poverty, climate and environmental action, economic and trade policies and migration management, and should also be fully aligned with the principles of fundamental human rights, democracy and good governance;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas democracy and the rule of law are the fundamental values on which the EU is founded; whereas reforms are needed to tackle the challenges that remain in these areasin Serbia in order to endeavour to solve the deep problems that remain in these areas, despite more than 20 years of targeted support for institution building by the Member States via the EU administration;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 48 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the assistance under IPA III is based on strict conditionality and envisages modulation and suspension of assistance in cases of backtracking onwas granted by the administrators of the Commission and the European Parliament despite the failed programmes in regard to, but not limited to: democracy,; human rights; and the rule of law during IPA I and II and the lack of a comprehensive transitional justice process for Serbia and neighbouring countries and regions;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas Serbia so far was unable and/or unwilling to stem the trafficking and illegal movement of illegal- immigrants across its territory;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. 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 severely hampers the development of Serbia; 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 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 55 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Stresses that any development support funded by the Member States and administrated by the EU, for Serbia, will be made fully conditional on Serbia´s ability to stop entry as well as all illegal movement of illegal-immigrants across Serbian territory and align with needs of the Member States for migration management and ending illegal migration to the Member States;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses no support for Serbia’s future membership of the EU and recalls that a credible enlargement perspective requires sustainable efforts and irreversible reforms in all areas;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomDeplores the opening of cluster four in December 2021; reiterates that there has been no measurable progress onf the rule of law and fundamental rights chapters, as well as on the normalisation of Serbia’s relations with Kosovo, will determine the pace of accessionsince the Commission became involved in implementing Member State funded development projects in Serbia;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 88 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RegretNotes the fact that Serbia has not aligned with EU sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; calls on the newly elected authorities to show real commitment to EU values and to align with the EU’s decisions and positions in foreign and security policy, including sanctions against Russia;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the adoption of the measures improving the electoral conditions and media space ahead of the April 2022 elections as a result of the Inter-Party Dialogue facilitated by the European Parliament; notes progress in their implementation;
Amendment 132 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 159 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
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 161 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. UrgesProposes that the newly elected majority to focus on addressing structural shortcomings in the rule of law, fundamental rights, freedom of expression, the fight against corruption and the functioning of democratic institutions and public administration;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates its concern about limitedthe lack of progress in the fight against corruption and organised crime and calls onsuggests Serbia to intensify its efforts to effectively address these issues;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to implement the findings ofdraw the pertinent conclusions from the European Court of Auditors Special Report 01/2022, ensuring an effective rule-of-law impact of EU financial assistance in the Western Balkansand cease all EC administrated aid from the Member States in regard to the Western Balkans and allow the elected governments to stand on their own and implement solutions best fit for their people(s);
Amendment 215 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets theat Serbia like most of Western Europe has to labour under limitations on the freedom and independence of the media and thes well as misuse of the media to gain an unfair political advantage, attack political opponents and spread disinformation;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 242 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CalAppeals for general respect for the basic right to peaceful gatherings; condemns and manifestations, freedom of speech, is troubled that Serbia like some Member States is experiencing violence by groups of extremists and hooligans during peaceful protestmanifestations;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WelcomNotes the adoption of the Law on Gender Equality and the amendments to the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination;
Amendment 255 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls onProposes the Serbian authorities to step up efforts to ensure the non- discriminatory treatment of national minorities and to actively pursue investigations and convictions for hate- motivated crimfind new innovative methods to enable different ethnics group to live side by side as harmonious as possible and not try to emulate the failed solutions attempted in many of the Member States;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 284 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 296 #
2021/2249(INI)
22. Appreciates the work ofDemands that the Commission immediately abolishes the European External Action Service Strategic Communications Task Force for the Western Balkans and calls for its reinforcement;
Amendment 308 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reconfirms its support for the EU- facilitated Belgrade-PrisNotes that no transitiona 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; calls for all past agreements to be respected and fully implemented, including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalitiesl justice process was implemented between Serbia and Kosovo despite more than 22 years since the cease fire begun;
Amendment 326 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the stepping up of efforts and the delivery of solutions on the issues of missing persons in Kosovo and the electricity arrangements in the north of Kosovo;
Amendment 339 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges theProposes Serbian authorities to act against the glorification of convicted war criminals and to cease all divisive rhetoric and actions that undermine the integrity of countries in the neighbourhood and threaten regional stability and reconciliationcriminals and support stability and reconciliation efforts in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 354 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 379 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is deeply concerned by the depopulation and brain drain of Serbia’s human capital; welcomes the Serbian Government’s initiatives to counter these trends by working with int and notes that it is one of the main reasons why it is impernational organisationsve for Serbia to stay outside of the EU;
Amendment 386 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its concern aboutNotes Serbia’s growing dependence on Chinese investments and urgesis worried theat Serbian authorities to improve the transparency and environmental impact assessment of Chinese investment will do many of the mistakes done by the EU and most of the Member States in relying too much on China and other rough states; proposes policies to more protect Serbia as a nation and less of reliance on other nations;
Amendment 396 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Notes the withdrawal of the Law on Expropriation and calls for a broader public debate on this issue;
Amendment 398 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the improvements in fightingNotes Serbia´s need to enhance their ability, but mostly their willingness to prevent and stop money laundering and terrorist financing; eincourages Serbia to minimise the risk ofluding but not limited to illicit financial flows in the construction industry;
Amendment 406 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Expresses concernNotes that Serbia continues to prioritise investments in new coal power plants; urges the authorities to adopt a strategy consistent with the European Green Deal’s zero emissions target for 2050 and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans;
Amendment 412 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls onProposes that Serbia tdo step up its efforts to diversify its energy supply and overall energy mix, and in particular to reduce its dependency on Russia; urges the Commission to ensure that the IPA funds contribute to the building of a climate neutral economy in Serbianot make the same fundamental mistakes as many Member States and in order to secure their energy supply they endeavour to invest in nuclear power;
Amendment 428 #
2021/2249(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 15 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EuropeanU integration represents the aspirations ofis not in the best interest of the citizens of either North Macedonia towards democracy and prosperity and serves as a powerful catalyst for reform, nor the Member States, the impetus for democratic reforms towards democracy and prosperity must come from the citizens of North Macedonia, not from Brussels;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas North Macedonia is a trustworthy partner, having continued to make consisince 2015 have been unable to completely stop the massive traffic of illegal immigration through its territory, despite all the massive aid-investment efforts on its path towards membership of the EU and towards meeting and sustaining the conditions required for the opening of accession negotiationss from the Member States during more than 20 years, in the central and local institutions of North Macedonia, especially so for institutions in charge of border control and security;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas North Macedonia has been a candidate country since 2005 and still is unable to meet the essential criteria;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 53 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its clear support for North Macedonia’s democratic transformation, underpinned by its strategic orientation and unwavering commitment to European integration;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the need to uphold the pdemocracey and regain credibility of European integration by promptly opfor the EU institutions, hence ending all accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, given that both countries have fulfilled the necessary condit is not in the interest of a majority of the citiozens and delivered sustained results across fundamental areasin the Member States that these two countries joins the EU;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends North Macedonia on its steady progress on the path towards EU membership, its commitment to multiculturalism and inter- ethnic harmony, and its continued positive bilateral engagement;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes all efforts to reduce polarisation and step up constructive political dialogue, which will help to wide variety of political opinions within political life, so as to assure a free and transparent dialogue and provide the citizens with the ability to make democratic choices and further strengthen democratic institutions by further improving their governance, integrity, transparency and accountability;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the urgent and massive need to reform the legal framework for online and offline media, despite more than 20 years of international support, in order to strengthen their independence, transparency of ownership, financial sustainability and self-regulation;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls the need to strengthen independent investigative journalism, fact- checking and media literacy as means to tackle hate speech, disinformation and all foreign interference campaigns;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Commends the government’s efforts to improve engagement with genuine civil society and calls for a framework to ensure the financial sustainability of civil society organisations;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes the improvements in ensuring women’s rights and gender- responsive policies; welcomes the adoption of the law aimed at preventing violence against women and domestic violence and encourages the alignment of the penal code with the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages ongoing steps to build trust in inter-community relations and the functioning of a multi-ethnic society, while recalling the importance of upholding the rights of non-majority communities and tackling all instances of discriminationall;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for further improvements in the enforcement of the rights to self- identification, property and inclusive intercultural, education, and the rights of people with disabilities and minority rights;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the relevant bodies to proactively prevent and systematically prosecute all instances of hate speech, hate crimes and intimidation, to thoroughly investigate related attacks and to ensure the safety and security of their targets, such as journalists, people belonging to minorities and other vulnerable groupcriminal acts;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the EU to boost itsCommission to cut all support for humanitarian assistance and border protection in the region; reiterates its calls for North Macedonia to improve migration management and reception conditionsensure to halt all illegal migration across her territory;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Emphasises the need to advance the judicial reform, the independence of the judiciary and the functioning of bodies that ensure its self-governance and also ensure that the rule of law institutions of North Macedonia is able to support the protection and integrity of the border so as to halt all illegal migration to and through North Macedonia;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the considerable progress made and supports the measures enforced inNo significant progress made in the past years in regard to measures of countering corruption ands well as organised crime; calls on the Member States to enhance cross-border judicial cooperation with the Western Balkan countries in criminal matters;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Encourages North Macedonia to continue harnessing the potential offered by digitalisation; underlines the need to step updrastically decrease EU support for the rule of law, sustainable green growth, biodiversity, innovation, competitiveness, property rights and the reversal of the brain drain; underlines the need to boost investment in youth empowerment, as Member States now must concentrate on support for the Ukrainian refugees and recovery after the Covid19 situation;
Amendment 257 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls that EU funding ishould in actuality be based on strict conditionality;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes North Macedonia’s updated climate pledges; recalls that additional efforts are needed to meet the targets for energy efficiency, renewable energy, security of supply and emission reductions; urges the authorities to align environment and climate change legislation with the EU acquis and to ensure its enforcepledges to protect their environment;
Amendment 272 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the urgent need to improve air quality; strongly urges the authorities to step up measures on biodiversity, water, air and climate and air protection, and regional waste management, including through comprehensive impact assessments, proper public consultations and rigorous prosecution of environmental crime;
Amendment 323 #
2021/2248(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Strongly welcomes the political impetus for a renewed dialogue between Bulgaria and North Macedonia and encourages the partners to accelerate engagement in good faith in order to reach an acceptable compromise, thereby bringing societies closer together by enabling a common future in the EU;
Amendment 8 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 92 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 162 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 201 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 255 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Amendment 287 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 289 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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 #
2021/2246(INI)
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;
Amendment 8 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
— having regard to 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 hang grenades, anti-personnel- as well as an anti-tank mines.
Amendment 9 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (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 10 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 c (new)
Citation 31 c (new)
Amendment 13 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas European integration representthe Albanian citizens still have a long process tahe aspirations of Albanian citizens towards democracy and prosperity and serves as a powerful catalyst forad of them to achieve democracy and prosperity and there is still need for strong popular will to implement reforms;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the prospect of Albania’s merit-based membership is in the Union’s own political, security and economicis in neither their, nor the Member States own interests;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereasif the EU must provide a clear pathway for countries seeking to join the EUprocess for accession, then it shall only be open for European nations that are stable and fulfil all requirements;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Albania should continue to press forward with the consolidation of democracy, the rule of law and human rights, including theand protection of persons belonging to minoritieall her citizens;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Albania hais fulfilled all the conditions for the scheduling of the first Intergovernmental Conference and is advancing in itsar from fulfilling the criteria for an accession process;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its clear support for Albania’s democratic transformation, underpinned by its strategic orientation and unwavering commitment to European integration;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 58 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 61 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underscores that the pace of EU accession is determined by the progress on the due functioning of all institutions and is grounded in the rule of law, good governance and fundamental rights; urges Albania to sustain and intensify efforts to reinforce the functioning of the judiciary, strengthen the rule of law, counter corruption and organised crime, and ensure media freedomre will be no more EU accession in the foreseeable future;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the joint responsibility of Albania’s political forces to strengthen constructive political dialogue and cooperation, enabling an effective functioning of the country’s democratic institutions by continuing to improve governance, transparency and pluralism and by enabling the participation of genuine civil society groups;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes all efforts to reducensure polarisation ahead of the 2021 general elections, which brought the opposition parties back into theupcoming elections, so as to enable true democracy, sound debate and providing real choices for the citizens of Albania so as to ensure a sound and transparent political process;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need to keep addressing the remainingSuggest addressing any electoral shortcomings by further improving the accessibility and integrity of elections, including through digitalisation, data protection, equitable access to media and revisesound rules on political party financing;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 100 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the responsibility of nationcentral- and local -authorities to improve transparency, accountability and inclusiveness by conducting anticipatory, meaningful and regular public stakeholder consultations;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates the need to foster the culture of accountability, non-partisan access to public information and scrutiny of public institutions, in particular through an enabling fiscal and security environment and cooperation with the media and thecredible groups from civil society;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the need for further progress on freedom of expression, media independence and pluralism; requsuggests authorities to take decisive action against the marginalisation of and intimidation against independentall media outlets and reporters; repeats its calls to improve the working conditions of journalists and to adopt regulations enhancing transparency around media ownership, funding and public advertising;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. RecallsSuggest that any revision of media laws shcould btake in line withconsideration the Venice Commission recommendations and shwould preferably take place in a transparent and inclusive manner;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2244(INI)
14. Recalls the need to strengthen investigative journalism, fact-checking and media literacy as means to tackle hate speech, disinformation and fake news; stresses the need to ensure an impartial regulatory functioning of the Audiovisual Media Authority;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the relevant bodies to systematically and proactively prevent andor prosecute all instances of hate speech, actions thate crimes and intimidontravenes the applicable legislation;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes advances in ensuring equal opportunities and calls for further improvements in the enforcement of gender equality, property rights, data protection, rights of people with disabilities and minority rightshope that rights in force in accordance with applicable legal frameworks are strengthened;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses serious concern about the massive leaks of personal data; calls on the Albanian authorities to enhance prevention, ensure accountability for data misuse and speed up alignment with EU personal data protection rules;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the progress achieved in implementing the Istanbul Convention and calls onSuggest the authorities to step up the prevention and responses to gender- basedall violence and femicide, to enhance support to survivors and to advanensure a proportional and fair allocation of resources theo curb and prosecution ofe cases of harassment, domestic violence and violence against children;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls the need to ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and notes the importance of addressing allegations of police misconduct and disproportionate use of force as well as false information in regard to the conduct of police and security institutions;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomNotes Albania’s long-standing provrecent commitment to hosting refugees; recalls the authorities’ obligation to ensure due asylum process and to address the needs of refugees, asylum seekers andeconomic as well as illegal migrants;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. EmphasisSuggest the obligation ofat the Albanian authorities to continuecommence in earnest attempts to eliminating corruption and criminal activities in all domains of public life, including in public procurement procedures and political party financing, so as to ensure a decent, transparent and dignified life for all of Albania citizens, not only those in power;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the steadyNotes the lack of measurable progress in implementing a comprehensive justice reform, underpinned by the unprecedented vetting process, followed by a restored functionality of relevant courts;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. RecallProposes the paramount importance of further advancing and consolidating an irreversible shift towardsAlbania so as to guarantee accountable, independent and functional judicial institutions that can serve the citizens of Albania;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the work of the international experts that have supported the build-up of the Specialised Structure for Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime (SPAK) and the SPAK Courts in tackling corruption and organised crime;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Highlights EU funding of sustainable post-earthquake and post- pandemic recovery and supports the ongoing efforts towards Albania’s democratic, green and digital transformation; underlines the need to step up EU funding for the rule of law, sustainable green growth, biodiversity, innovation, competitiveness, property rights and reversal of the demographic decline;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Underlines the importance of empowering the youth and welcomes the designation of Tirana as the 2022 European Youth Capitalyouth by offering a concrete possibility to attend school that can prepare the youth for the Albanian job market;
Amendment 263 #
2021/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 31 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the historicNotes the results of the presidential election in 2020 and the parliamentary elections in 2021, whereby the people of the Republic of Moldova gave a strong mandate to pro-reform and pro-European forces; urges the political leadership of the Republic of Moldova to seize this unique opportunity to implement long-overdue reforms and to advance European integration based on common values ofindicates that the electorate favours democracy, respect for human rights and, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 53 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 62 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomDeplores the decisive action by the EU and itswaste of tax payers funds from the Member States, as ‘Team Europe’ in mitigating the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine donations and financial support; stresses that the Economic Recovery Plan for the Republic of Moldova, worth up to EUR 600 million, is a key element in the Republic of Moldova’s recovery, which presents a unique opportunity to restructure the economy and to prepare it for future challengesthe so called ‘Team Europe’, controlled by the Commission administrators, supported major global medical corporations to roll out largely unwarranted measures in order to provide the illusion of dealing with a pandemic due to the Covid-19 and the economic and social problems this caused; stresses that the Economic Recovery Plan for the Republic of Moldova, worth up to EUR 600 million, is unique evidence of waste of tax payers funds and should instead be used to right all the wrongs in the Member States after the catastrophic handling of the Corona 19 virus by the Commission;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the ambitious reform agenda of the government of Natalia Gavriliţa and the tangible progress already achieved in its implementation, in particular oattempts in the fight against corruption, judicial reform, improving the living standards of the most vulnerable population groups and improving the business climate in the country; reiwill be interaestesd that sufficient progress in implementing agreed reforms is a key condition for continued EU financial support and the application of the ‘more for more’ principleo see an independent and critical evaluation implemented in the future as to the actual results;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomDeplores the Commission’s decision to provide the Republic of Moldova with EUR 60 million of the tax payers money, through a new budget support programme in order to deal with a gas supply crisis artificially created by Gazprom and to mitigate the impact of the rising prices on the most vulnerable Moldovans; notes that the crisis further underscores the importance of the diversification of energy supplies and routes, and of building long-term resilience through a transition to more sustainable energy sources and investing in key infrastructurewhile many of the member States are facing energy crises due to the extremist environmental policies pursued by many extreme left parties across many of the Member States based on their climophobic state of mind; notes that the crisis further underscores the importance of solid, modern energy supplies, of building long-term resilience through the use of modern technology in contrast to outdated use of sun and wind;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the inadmissibility ofNotes the weaponisation of the gas supply in order to put political pressure on the Republic of Moldova to change its geopolitical orientation; urges the Commission to continue providing the Republic of Moldova with the financial and technical support necessary to ensure its resilience against such external interference; calls on the Moldovan authorities to maintain the country’s commitment as a member of the Energy Community to implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, in particular the unbundling of gas and electricity transmission and distributionsuggests the Member States to consider this in deliberation of their energy policies to ensure they pursue policies that ensure their nations ability to determine their own fate;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that while the presidential and the early parliamentary elections were well managed and competitive, persistentsome shortcomings need tocould be addressed by implementing the recommendations of the Council of Europe Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 124 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its support for a comprehensive and peaceful settlement of the Transnistria conflict based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova with a special status for Transnistria;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomesNotes with concern the Council decision to provide EUR 7 million of taxpayers funds in assistance under the European Peace Facility to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova for the acquisition of medical and explosive ordnance disposal equipment;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the fundamental importance of justice reform and the fight against corruption; recognises the magnitude of the challenge faced by the authorities and encourages them to focus on established priorities; calls for the adoption and implementation of the Sa strategy for Ensuring the Independence and Integrity of the Justice Sector 2021- 2024that has the consent of a majority of the national stakeholders and the electorate; urges the Government to not allow interference from the Commission and other foreign elements, but to remain independent, democratic and transparent;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’) by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on 14 October 2021; calls for its effective implementation to be ensured in order to improve the situation of women and to undertake further efforts to progress towards achieving gender equality, in particular on improving women’s access to the labour market and tackling the gender pay gapmeasures to improve the situation of the family, progress towards achieving fair and productive labour market for all, based on equal treatment and individual merits and the suppression of all forms of corruption;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 213 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 243 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 250 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of fighting disinformation, fake news and propaganda, in particular through strategic communication; hopes that the reconstituted Television and Radio Broadcasting Council will effectively carry out its tasks as a media watchdog and address the long-standing shortcomings of the media landscape in all the Member States; hopes that the Government of Moldova with their reconstituted Television and Radio Broadcasting Council will effectively note the problems in most of the Member States in order to study this and ensure a more fair and free media reporting that holds elected official accountable based on facts;
Amendment 270 #
2021/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 1 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian genocide,
Amendment 76 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Turkey has not yet recognized the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Strongly urges the Turkish Government to recognise the Armenian genocide;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 51 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 71 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas European development partners (the EU, its Member States, Norway and Switzerland) are by far the largest donors and disburse EUR 1.2 billion annually in official development assistance to Palestine with little result;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose work Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continuedid support; however, considering the lack of results, the inability of the ultimate beneficiaries to keep corruption to a minimum and uphold the rule of law, all funds channelled via the EU to UNRWA shall end;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in 2011, the UN Ad Hoc Liaison Committee concludlaimed that Palestinian institutions awere ready for statehood; whereas however, since then, the democratic status of Palestine has deteriorated rapidly owing to the ongoing occupation and internal problems, as well as worseninginternal problems with an erroneous implementation of rule of law and endemic corruption;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas socioeconomic and employment conditions in Palestine have severely deteriorated; whereas the Israeli occupation involves significant restrictions on the Palestinian economy, whichand the lack of ability by the Palestinians to implement rule of law coupled with their culture of corruption, undermines theany effectiveness of EU aiand purpose of aid, thus all EU administrated anid increases Palestinian dependence on foreign aifrom the Member States shall be drastically reduced;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 202 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) support Palestinian calls for renewed and inclusive political representation; strongly urge the PA and President Abbas to hold free and fair national elections in order to strengthen the legitimacy of the Palestinian political leadership; call on Israel to respect its obligations to allow these elections to take place in East Jerusalem; promote the participation of youth and women;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) encourage measures to include youth and women in all levels of societal decision- making; call for concrete measures to be enacted to fight discrimination against women and LGBTQI+ persons;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 266 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) engage with the PA to jointly establish a more regular political dialogue at the ministerial level and to launch, as soon as possible, negotiationssupport the Member States to ensure a rapid return onf a full association agreement between the EU and Palll Palestinians currently residing in the Member Statest ine; convene an association council when an agreement has been reached order to support full family reunifications;
Amendment 292 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) enhance funding, including humanitarian aid and development assistance, for the green transition, good governance and anti-corruption efforts, including public financial management reform; expand aid to Palestinian civil society, including to human rights defenders under attackd all EU administrated development assistance, funded by the Member States;
Amendment 306 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 330 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
Amendment 45 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 84 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesExpresses concern about the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to develop its leadership role in the defence andInsists that the EU does not have the mandate to defend or promotion ofe human rights in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global Hthe world, and that this mandate lies with the United Nations; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human Rrights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti-corruption sanctions regime, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concludedd democracy watchdog, and nor should it be;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political willConsiders that a common EU foreign policy is not possible, given the different national interests of itsthe Member States to jointly agree on and promote EU foreign policy goals and EU security and defence cooperationhat should be preserved and respected;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls for the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSP; in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified, however, that in order to preserve the sovereignty of Member States, unanimity must remain the decision-making benchmark in the Council when it comes to foreign and security policy; considers that the interest of Member States are vastly different in light of geopolitical realities and that these interests can only be preserved through unanimity, as any form of majority voting forhas the adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to actpotential of ignoring and undermining vital national interests;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 277 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment ofthere is no such thing as “EU sovereignty” since the EU is not a strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation w, and can therefore not sovereign; emphasises that the EU derives iths partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcementower to act from the Member States, and that the EU cand NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR only act because of the conferral of power by the Member States;
Amendment 386 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proporinsists that all accession negotiations with Turkey be unconditionatelly and irreversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possibley terminated;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the right to self determination,
Amendment 15 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, within relative numbers roughly at the same level as it has always been throughout the history , the aid-industry claims that 238 million people inare need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth and failed governance;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas theMember State funds needed in Europe was spent to set up the so called EU Humanitarian Air Bridge, which was set up in response to the transport constraints caused by the pandemic, has greatly helped to plug critical gapalleviated some problems in the humanitarian response by facilitating the transport of aid, emergency assistance and humanitarian staff;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas growingthe claims by the aid- industry in regard to humanitarian needs have not been matched by adequate resourcesglobally, leading to a rapidly increasing funding gap insofar as the aid-industry is concerned: in 2020, less than half of the UN humanitarian appealever increasing budget needs was met, and as of August 2021, onlya staggering amount of USD 10.9 billion in funding was available for needs amountingthat according to the aid- industry amounted to USD 36.6 billion (30 % of the total)10 ; _________________ 10UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Financial Tracking Service, 2021 humanitarian aid contributions.
Amendment 31 #
2021/2163(INI)
E. whereas global humanitarian funding continues to rely heavily on a very limited number of donors, with the ten largest accounting for around 85 % of all fundingEU Member States having to bear the largest share for decades;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in 2020 the EU and Member States’ combined funding wasCommission induced the tax payers in the Member States to contribute with 36 % of all global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU, with four Member States and the Commission accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling prioritiescut costs in all international organizations and minimize dealings with NGOs/CSOs as well as to ensure effectiveness of the humanitarian aid delivery system;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2163(INI)
Amendment 57 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requireis not onlyabout more funding but alsobout decisive local will and local political efforts to reduce needs by preventing andor ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities and the creation of a stabile society and for third countries to fully respect the rule of right to self determination;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesIs very concerned about the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles ands its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposal provides proof that the communication show little understanding of aid-interventions and are focused to commit the European taxpayer to many more years of squandered tax funds; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian princip all volumes of funds for aid in third countries must be reduced to invest in critical aspects in the Member States such as the family, education, research, infrastructure, defence, rules of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, andlaw and welfare, and future aid- intervention planning must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups in the Member States;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences inability of NGOs and especially international organizations to household with the funding provided and the continues and increasing contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aidalls from these organizations for more and yet more funding; calls for that the Commission provides a proposal with drastic cutbacks in aid-interventions from the Member States and how the Commission itself shall have no more role to play in the distribution of funds from Member States destined for aid but instead focus on European matters; calls on the Commission to report annually and extensively on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and at a global levelthe funds provided by the Member States until they have relinquished their hold over this function;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external actionsaddened and concerned by all serious violations of international humanitarian law;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 97 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavourCommission to ensure that the funds they are administrating is more efficient and effective, reducing the administrative costs while ensuring a higher level of oversight and ensuring less funding supplied to local NGOs who has a notorious track record of embezzling and squandering funds;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the particular importance of only supporting credible local actors and respecting their right to self determination and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments availablebe very selective in the choice of partner- organizations and in programming and implementing fully respecting local customs and cultures;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 130 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls forReminds the Commission that the Member States and humanitarian partners tomust always be consulted on any new Commission aid-initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection aid-mechanisms;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 151 #
2021/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the announcement on the first everIs concerned about the EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian, as it will mainly lead to major interest groups representing international organizations (IOs) and Non Governmental Organizations/Civil Society Organizations(NGOs/CSOs) active within the aid-industry and exclusively dependant on ever increasing aid- and the work of its partners, promote a stdevelopment-funding having a disproportionate and undemocrategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communicationimpact on EU aid- and development- policy, especially in regard to the perceived levels of funding needed by the Member States, circumventing the national parliaments of the Member States; thus, undermining the democratic system in the European nations concerned; suggests that the Commission cancels the EU Humanitarian Forum;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2158(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the context in which official development assistance (ODA) is now provided, marked by the COVID pandemic, the aggravating climate crisis, the relemassive influx of citizens from third countliess growth of the needs of humanitarian aid, developing countries’ woefully inadequate financial, lacking all rights for entry, into Member States, despite massive and far reaching development-aid investments by the Member States in their home- countries, and other resources to respond to the challenges they face, the reversal of the progress towards key Sustainable Development Goals, including those to eradicate poverty and hunger, and the continued Union failure to scale up the demands for conditionality for aid, this coincides with a dramatic and urgent need to ensure proper conditions for the delivery of development-aid from the Member States, via the EU- Commission bureaucracy, in order to ensure that third countinued global failure to scale up climate action to the urgent needries follow the international rules in force, protecting their populations and ensure that they are allowed to be returned home;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2158(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the Union and its Member States scale up their ODA and climate finance so as to honour their commitments, that maximum efficiency of the spending be sought, that policy coherence for development (PCD) be practiced in a more convincing way and that new efforts to create an enabling international environment for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) be made; takes the view that well-functioning PCD and support for DRM should be considered part and parcel of sound financial management as these are means to increase the efficiency of EU action which do not need to imply significant additional costs to the Union budgetonly provides aid-interventions, funded by the Member States, for sustainable and proven solutions for the development of democratic societies, and that the partners chosen to deliver the aid-interventions are transparant and accountable;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2158(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses disappointment about the continued absence of major action by the Commission on the to ensure commendaitions of the external evaluation of the Union’s PCD1 , ordered by the Commission and received in 2018; _________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/system/files/pcd-main- report_en.pdfality of Member States aid, administered by the Commission, especially in regard to beneficiary-states in the developing world that do not accept the return of their own citizens from one or more of the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2158(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the budgetary implementation of the EDF is now limited to payments on commitments made before the 31 December 2020 end date and that Global Europe - NDICI and general Union budget rules now apply; calls for strict implementation of the human rights based approach, with human rights being at the centre of all actions, in accordance with the Commission’s toolbox on this approachconditionality for aid approach and the need for beneficiaries of Member State aid funnelled via the Commission to conduct themselves in accordance to all international treaties applicable and especially respect the right of return and entry of their own citizens back into their home-country.
Amendment 1 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the replacement of the Development Cooperation Instrument with the Global Europe Instrument coincides with a dramatic reversal of the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and with rapid aggravation of the global climate crisiand urgent need to ensure proper conditions for the delivery of development-aid from the EU Member States, via the EU-Commission, in order to ensure that third countries adhere all applicable international rules, protecting their populations and especially ensure that they are allowed to be returned home and be reunited with their families; insists that in the implementation of the Global Europe Instrument, maximum efficiency in the response to these incomparably important challengeproblems must be sought;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Global Europe Instrument’s spending target of 20% for human development and social inclusion is a minimum target; calls for substantially higher expenditure in this area, given the crucial importance of health, education, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene for the realisation of human rights and of a life in dignity for all, the devastating impacts of the COVID pandemic and the human rights- based approach laid down in the Global Europe - NDICI regulation, the implementae need to ensure that only: realistic; viable; sustainable; transparent; and accountable development-interventions are funded with the focus on ensuring a basic availability of the cornerstones of civilized living, such as power supply and infrastructure; and only providing clearly definable and measurable aid- interventions of which Parliament will scrutinisea tangible nature with full respect of local culture(s) and tradition(s);
Amendment 18 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 25 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that choices of aid modalities should always be based on realistic assessments of the likely efficiency of possible options, supported by evidence; points to the salience of this in the rapidly expanding area of private sector cooperation, where the evidence base is limited and should carefully be broadened and deepened in order to facilitate optimal use of official development assistance (ODA)e need for optimal use of official development assistance (ODA) with the view to start reducing the overall amount distributed via the administrators at the EU-Commission;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in order to achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU must continue to take the lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, in particular its partnership with the UN, and its comprehensive and open cooperation with NATO and other like-minded countries, and in protecting and promoting democracy and human rights globallysecurity for the Member States, the EU must continue to ensure partnership with international organizations such as the OSCE and the UN;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the time is ripe to reform EU decision-making, making full and more effective use of the EU’s hard and sensuring a transfer oft power instruments, including by introducing qualified majority voting for decision-making in certain EU foreign policy areas such as human rights and the protection of international law, while also ensuring that the EU’s external and internal actions are coherently interlinked, back to the citizens and the Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the role of the EEAS is at the heart of implementing the necessary reforms of the EU’s foreign, security and defence policieto support the preservation of European cultures and security for the Europeans;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 52 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the structure of the EEAS should be reformed, using the pragmatic space created by the recent crises and whereas these reforms should clarify some of the unclear boundaries between the EEAS, the Commission, the Council and the structures of the Member Statesto streamline and shrink the organization and cease all mission activity;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that development cooperation, trade policy and security and defence policy are coherent with the overall goals of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and especially ensure conditionality for development-aid in relation to the beneficiaries ability for migration-management;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reviseas the EEAS Decision with a view to increasing the leverage of the EEAS, sharpening its tools and increasing its legitimacy/EU delegations duplicate the work of the Member States embassies world-wide, the EEAS/EU delegations shall close and cease to operate as quasi-embassies;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 86 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 91 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 103 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) integrate fully the ‘more for more’conditionality for migration-management principle into relations with third countries, whereby the EU will develop stronger partnerships with those that share the CFSP’s principles and the fundamental values of the Union;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adapt the structure of the EEAS tofor the new enlargement policies, hybrid threats and disinformation, the development of defence instruments and other emerging challengesdownsizing and closure of all offices outside the EU;
Amendment 115 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 127 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ensure that the use of financial resources available match the level of ambition and support the operative flexibilities needed in order to react in real time to emerging geopolitical challengesnd the conditionality for migration managment is transparent;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 141 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 155 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 165 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 173 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) delineate further the role of the rotating presidency in foreign policy matters and the EEAS’s role in solely supporting and complementing the presidency;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 191 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 208 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
Amendment 218 #
2021/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
Amendment 2 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the 'New Pact on Migration and Asylum' is a holistic attempt ton attempt by the Commission to be viewed as addressing Europe's mass-immigration challenges; stresses however that these challenges originate outside Europe and urges that the root causes and drivers of migration be effectively addressedthreat, by allowing ever increasing numbers of third country nationals to come and live in the Member States based on a delusional narrative of a European guilt and global responsibility, coupled with the fantasy that the only policy that can save Europe´s nations is massive immigration from other parts of the world; stresses the fact that the whole concept of the proposed Union Pact is outdated, based on a reality that never existed and the Member States have to halt and find a solution that enables cooperation on re-immigration of large volumes of immigrants that constitute a cultural liability for the nations and peoples of Europe;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls Member States’ right to determine their own immigration policies;, the people of Europe´s right to self determination and underlines that facilitating labour immigration at Union level undermines Member States’ unique and diverse labour market policies; considers that increasing regular immigration channels, making what is today illegal into legal immigration will not reduce illegal migration or human trafficking, it will only massively increase this direct threat;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the external borders must be securedUnion boundary line must be secured by respective Member State and that immigrants who lack the right to stay or enter the Member States must be swiftly returned; supports proposals for an accelerated border procedure to apply to persons whose asylum applications have been rejectedplaced in secure lodgings, preferably outside of the Member States and swiftly returned to their home country; all third country nationals that have one and more secure countries between them and the Member States shall automatically be denied not only asylum, but asylum proceedings and immediately be processed for a prompt and safe return to the country through which they illegally entered the Member State or their home country;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that emigration of highly qualified citizens deprives countries of origin of their human capital and an educatedthe problem is made even worse with this applies to the few well educated within the workforce (“brain drain”) and seriouss it fully hampers their economic and social development in the affected nations; calls for the abolishment of future EU Talent Partnerships tso address this issue and take on board lessons from the recent EU pilot projects on legal migrationthat Member States do not continue to undermine the very nominal development of the third world, the process of giving with one hand and taking with the other has to end;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for strengthening international law enforcement efforts, in cooperation with local governments, to combat criminal networks of smugglers contributop in all development aid to third countries that despite massive European investments and support in their police-, security- and rule of law institutions are still unwilling to stop illegal immigration from and/or through their territory;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the appropriate use ofdecisive use of conditionality in administrating the NDICI-Global Europe to contribute to reducing immigration flows by stimulating economic growth and development in third countriesand demands that the earmarked 10% of all development funds, supplied by the Member States and administered by the Commission, to be used for immigration facilitation in third countries is immediately cancelled;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2255(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to involve all stakeholders in Europe and partnerrespect the majority-wish of the peoples of Europe with a substantial and/or total stop of immigration from third countries into the definition and evaluation of new and existing legal migration strategies; highlights the importance of religious entities, which play a key role in partner countries, including in conflict resolutMember States; and demand that the Commission stop all of their initiatives to turn what is today illegal immigration into legal immigration, by creating new more laxed immigration rules so that new ways are established to legally enter into the Member States and thus vastly increase the already massive volumes of immigrants from third countries; demands that the Commission provides impact assessments with regard to demographic change and other relevant consequences for all immigration policies debated with Union institutions and noting the documented wish in 2018 for circa 70 million third country nationals to immigrate to the Member States - a number that is bound to now have increased substantially, especially due to all pro-immigration initiatives from the Commission.
Amendment 22 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 40 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic hassituation is expected to greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems of developing countriesacross the world;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas improved coordination is needed of international efforts to promote an efficient and resilient humanitarian- development-peace nexustransformation of the United Nation and its organizations is needed to promote an efficient, cost effective and resilient ability to provide aid;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomDeplores the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first sput all others before the citizens of the Member Stateps;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the momentum gained from the common Team Europe approach in terms of joint analysis, joint programming and joint implementation must translate into a new standard for cooperation in the fields of humanitarian aid and development policy, both in law and in practiceon a moratorium on all support to non-EU members and use the funds available in order to ensure Member States' resilience in view of the economic losses brought about by the lock down methods employed across most European nations;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 150 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who some claim represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 183 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countriesmaking radical changes in how EU administers the aid provided by the Member States in regard to health systems in partner countries once this aid can be provided again, after the moratorium on aid has ended, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;
Amendment 197 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission; suggests that countries may consider to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers; however stresses that this is their own internal affairs and not for Europe to dictate the terms and scope of their interventions;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the important work of the WHO and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response,Is highly critical of how the WHO has managed so far in terms of the COVID 19 situation and demands a major revision of how the WHO and the UN operates so that the whiole recognising the need for its reform after the acute crisis has been managedUN organization can be drastically reduced, made more transparent as well as efficient and fully accountable;
Amendment 226 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and childrthe citizen,s in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysithe EU Member States and how funds allocated for aid and development now must be rechannelled to the Europeans that need support such as children, the elderly, people with disabilities, women and men who have lost their jobs and/or businesses;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. IsNotes with a certain concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisissituation, many governments in EU Member States have used the claim of emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress minoritiepolitical opponents; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defendersfree speech in Europe;
Amendment 268 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges; suggests that governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;
Amendment 287 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of assisting andthe affected nations to exchanging best practice with partner countries in in their region in order to identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds;
Amendment 319 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 3 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis on a global scale, with asymmetric effects for least developed countries (LDCs)across most nations in the world; calls for the EU to tailor its commitmentspolicy and approach to developing countries and LDCs in accordinglyance with the reduced capacity of the Member States due to the imposed lockdown;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinatedrespect the Member States' wishes with regard to international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while making the most of the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy; sustainable recovery for the Member States due to the implemented lockdowns; calls on the Commission to disengage from interference in Member States and Africa trade relations and revise the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy due to the current situation in the Member States and the drastic reduction of electoral support for external aid interventions;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries and regions to keep their borders open and to set up ‘green corridor mechanisms’for trade to allow the unhindered flow of essential goods, agri-food products and humanitarian aid across borders and at the same time ensure that any flow of illegal immigrants is halted;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2117(INI)
Amendment 40 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the commitment shown by the EU and its Member States in tackling the wider impact of COVID-19, in particular through the Coronavirus Global Response and COVAX initiatives; calls on the Commission to coordinate withencourages the World Health Organization and the African Union in order to scale up vaccine production for developing countries;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commissdeveloping countries with support from the United Nations to identify the appropriate measures to ensure that thise pandemic with its lockdowns does not precipitate a food crisis in the developing world; supports Member State actions to facilitate trade with a view to promoting food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary measures in response to COVID-19;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2117(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission toSuggests that Member States might collaborate with developing partner countries in order for those governments to facilitate digital infrastructure, establish policy strategies and harmonise regulatory frameworks for e-commerce.;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite the fundamental restrictions on basic freedoms and human rights that remain in Belarus, the EU policy of critical engagement with Belarus has produced some resuleffects in the form of signed agreements and increased cooperation; whereas future relations between the EU and Belarus will be defined in the Partnership Priorities to be agreed by both sides;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) acknowledge that while the critical engagement policy has brought about some developments in bilateral relations, progress in the key areas of democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and civil society remains very limited or almost non- existent, and, as the EU is engaging in a more tailored approach to the Eastern Partnership, considerand will applying the ‘less for less’ principle in the case of further deterioration;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) maintain the issue of nuclear safety as athe main priority concern for the EU owing to the potentially disastrous consequences of an accident for the whole region; treat the issue of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with urgency as it is approaching the start of its operations, the first delivery of nuclear fuel having been received from Russia in May 2020; insist on full respect for international nuclear safety standards and transparent cooperation with international authorities; support efforts to ensure Member State solidarity on the issue of banning imports of energy from the Astravets NPP into the EU market;
Amendment 302 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) encourage the continuation of the EU-Belarus Human Rights Dialogue, but insist that its true usefulness comes from not just institutional contacts but rmeal and tangisurable progress;
Amendment 310 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) insist on the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defenders, activists, journalists and others unlawfully convicted in retaliation for exercising their civil and political rights;
Amendment 322 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) support independent media outlets and journalists, including those who work on a freelance basis with unregistered foreign media;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas Turkey is using the FRT to challenge and to blackmail the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Turkey Facility is made up of two tranches of EUR 3 billion each; regrets the fact that, unlike in the first tranche 2016-2017, where the EU budgetMember States via the EU administration contributed EUR 1 billion and Member States directly provided another EUR 2 billion, in the second tranche 2018-2019 the ratio of contributions was reversed, to the detriment of existing Union projects;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Continues to expresses concerns over the limited role of Parliament in the supervision and scrutiny of the UnionMember States contributions to the EUTFs; recalls Parliament’s request to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee, and calls on the Commission to provide in good time detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committee and to ensure that Parliament is represented at its meetings;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 95 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the emerging security challengeproblems in the CAR will require well- targeted, flexible EU support under the NDICI-Global Europe to enhance peace and security, democratisation and strengthening democratic institutions in the CARlocal interventions by the concerned parties in order ensure that a process towards peace and stability can start in earnest;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 104 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomNotes the rapid and flexible reaction of the Trust Fund in support of partner countries and communities during the coronavirus outbreak, showing active engagement in the realignment and refocusing of activities, not only in the domain of health, but also in other areas, such as livelihoods, protection, education or social cohesion in Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of continuous support for refugees, internally displaced persons and, for vulnerable host communities and combatting asylum fraud, both inside Syria and in the wider region, affected by the continued conflict, by means of a mix of longer-term, predictable and rapidly deployable funding under instruments established for the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and potential contributions from the Member States as external assigned revenue, taking into account all financial instruments provided under the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the Trust Fund for Africa represents an important tool to provide a swift, flexible and targeted response to emerging challenges and underlines that common, global challenges, such as migration and forced displacement, the impact of climate change and economic crises in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, make this flexibility and rapidity more necessary than everjust one tool of many to provide a response to emerging problems;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the generallyattempt to create a stronger degree of local ownership, by the involvement of local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs) in projects supported by the EUTF for Africa;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the EUTF for Africa made a major contribution to attempt to strengthening resilience and implementing the humanitarian-development nexus in fragile contexts; notes further that it also fosteredttempted to create cooperation between different stakeholders, and allowed contributions from non-EU donors, which in the post- Brexit context have acquired particular importance, and increased the visibility of the issue of mass-immigration and forced displacement and the EU’s lack of response to it;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 157 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. CongratulaNotes Colombia on it´s efforts, despite its own challenges with the implementation of the peace agreement, to provide support for over 1.7 million Venezuelan migrantrefugees who have fled the oppressive regime of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in their homeland to Colombia, in particular by granting them a 10-year temporary protection status;
Amendment 158 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the involvement of the Republic of Chile as a donor in the Trust Fund; notes that the participation of regional partners is of high value added, and has increased both local recognition and the legitimation of the EU’s engagement and cooperation;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the EU FRT has proven its valuEU´s inability to handle the mas an innovative pooling tool and important csive and protracted crisis and security threat for European nations due to the massive volumes of economic immigrants floordinating mechanism for assisting Turkey in swiftly responding to the immediate humanitarian and development needs of refugees and their host communitiesg into Europe via Turkey, that the establishment of the EU FRT can only be viewed as giving in to the threats and aggressive actions from Turkey and placing the burden on the EU taxpayers to fund the legal obligations the Turkish state has towards the minority of refugees and the majority of illegal immigrants present on Turkish territory;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Questions the legal basis for authorising the establishment of the Trust Funds in its evaluation and implementation between 2014 and 2018 in the absence of sufficient parliamentary oversight during that period;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its deep regret that Parliament was not formally consulted or askrequested to give its approval to the creation or extension of this Facility; notes the non-transparent and undemocratic actions by the unelected administrators of the Commission and was only involved as one arm of the budgetary authority, thereby undermining thedepriving the FRT of any democratic accountability of the FRT;
Amendment 175 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its deep regretoutrage that Parliament was not formally consulted or asked to give its approval to the creation or extension of this Facility and was only involved as one arm of the budgetary authority, thereby undermining the democratic accountability of the FRT;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its request that Turkey respect the principle of non-refoulement, in particular on the Syrian border, and that it not use the flows of refugees against the EUand assumes her full responsibility for the international agreements she has concluded and take full responsibility for all undertaken and planned illegal moments of third country nationals towards the EU external border and immediately cease all hostilities towards Greece;
Amendment 197 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Stresses that this aid has been misused by Mr Erdogan to blackmail the EU, which completely delegitimises this aid, as irregular migratory flows have been used as levers of power serving the geopolitical strategies of the Turkish President;
Amendment 200 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that Turkey, through a continuous instrumentalisation of the refugee crisis, is taking advantage of the RFT in order to obtain some leverage for political, economic or military concessions, to justify its aggressive behaviour towards the EU Member States and to pursue its foreign policy ambitions;
Amendment 205 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Amendment 214 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 226 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to take on board the lessons learned in the establishment, management and implementation of the Trust Funds and the FRT in order to apply them to the new generation of external financial instrumentsand the last 50 years of aid and development policies funded by the Member States in order to apply them while rethinking the volumes of funds and what interventions Member States should be involved in; is of the opinion that the actions for which the taxpayers lend support must become more efficient, and the funds for aid and development must be reduced dramatically;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 246 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 252 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 261 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. In the event of any proposed greater needs in the MFF 2021-2027, advocates increasing the NDICI-Global Europe envelope through a revision of the MFF and the NDICI- Global Europe regulations, or a strengthenstates that no increasing of the relevant NDICI- Global Europe budget lines with contributions in the form of external assigned revenue; stresses that, should a need for a duly justified new Trust Fund nevertheless arise, it insists that Parliament must be fully involved from the very outsetenvelope will be possible;
Amendment 268 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 283 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Acknowledges that cooperation wiallowing the representatives of local communities, including local religious leaders, in settings affected by conflict to be in charge of any transitional justice process or similar process is crucial to foster reconciliation, dialogue and peace;
Amendment 287 #
2020/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 167 #
2020/0279(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission's proposal;
Amendment 176 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union, in constituting an area of freedom, security and justice, should ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons and frame a common policy on asylum, immigration and management of the external borders of the Union, based on solidarity between Member States, which is fair towards third-country nationalscitizens of the Member States and support Member States to coordinate and cooperate to stop illegal immigration and protect the integrity of the external borders to ensure the safety of the citizens in the Member States and to protect the European way of life.
Amendment 182 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 190 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Regulation should contribute to that comprehensive approach by setting out a common framework for the actions of the Union and ofa proposal for cooperation between the Member States inof the field of asylum and migration management policies, by elaborating on the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility in accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Member States should therefore take all necessary measures, inter alia, to provide access to international protection and adequate reception conditions to those in need, to enable the effective application of the rules on determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection,Union in the field of illegal migration control. Member States should therefore consider to take measures to return illegally staying third-country nationals, to prevent irregularllegal migration and unauthorised movements between them, and to provide support to other Member States in the form of solidarity contributo combat illegal migrations, as ylum fraud and otheir contribution to the comprehensive approachnected criminal acts.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The common framework should bring together the management of the Common European Asylum System and thatimprove cooperation between the Member States ofn migration policy. The objective of migration policy should be to ensure the efficient management of migration flows, the fair treatment of third-country nationals residing legally in Member States and the prevention of, and enhanced measures toprevent and combat, illegal migration and migrant smuggling.
Amendment 214 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The common framework is needed in order to effectively address the increasing phenomenon of mixed arrivals of personA policy of non-interference with the right of Member States to protect their borders ins need of international protection and those who are not anded. This will ensure an ability to effectively address the in crecognition that the challenge of irregular arrivals of migrants in the Union should not have to be assumed by individual Member States alone, but by the Union as a whole. To ensure that Member States have the necessary tools to effectively manage this challenge in addition to applicants for international protection, irregular migrants should also fall within the scope of this Regulation. The scope of this Regulation should also include beneficiaries of international protection, resettled or admitted persons as well as persons granted immediate protectionasing levels of illegal mass-migration and hybrid warfare waged against the Member States. To ensure that Member States have the necessary tools to effectively manage this threat this Regulation shall ensure that the Commission and the European Parliament do not interfere with the sovereign rights of the Member States.
Amendment 219 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 231 #
2020/0279(COD)
Amendment 237 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) National strategies of the Member States should include information on contingency planning and on the implementation of the principles of integrated policy-making and of solidarityto combat illegal migration and asylum fraud should include strict and practical measures to deter illegal migration and ensure that Europe can hit at the heart of the illegal migration industry. Furthermore, Member States shall be encouraged to ensure that andy fair sharing of responsibility of this Regulation and legal obligations stemming therefrom at national levelcilities for asylum claims are located in third countries, preferably in stable parts of the developing world so as to benefit both the applicants as well as the host nation that can benefit from providing this service to the asylum applicants.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The regulation sets out how the Commission may (1) provide support to the Member States, as warranted, thereby ensuring to stop illegal mass-migration, (2) curtail third-countries' ability to aggress against the Member States by weaponising third country nationals and labelling them migrants and refugees, (3) ensure to combat asylum fraud, (4) restore the sanctity of the concept of asylum, (5) resolutely support a Member State with regard to migratory movements and incursions, and (6) ensure not to interfere with the internal affairs of the Member States dealing with all threats and consequences linked to migration;
Amendment 243 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 246 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Bearing in mind the importance of ensuring that the Union is prepared and able to adjust to the developing and evolving realities of asylum and migration management, the Commission should annually adopt a Migration Management Report setting out the likely evolution of the migratory situation and the preparedness of the Union and the Member States to respond and adapt to it. The Report should also include the results of the reporting on monitoring foreseen in the national strategies and should propose improvements where weaknesses are apparentMember States are prepared to stop all illegal migration, the Commission should support Member States by providing a monthly update on possible illegal flows of third country nationals and asylum fraud trends.
Amendment 252 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 274 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) An effective robust and swift return policy is an essential element of a well- functioning system of Union asylum and migration management, whereby those who do not have the right to stay on Union territory should return. Given that a significant share of applications for international protection may be considered unfounded, it is necessary to reinforce the effectiveness of the return policy. By increasing the efficiency of returns and reducing the gaps between asylum and return procedures, thprotection for any nation state. Thus it is encouraged that all Member States ensure to arrange for processing of any asylum claims of third country nationals outside European soil; applicants who have registered within the Union could be detained, if deemed necessary; when there are pressure on the asylum system would decrease, facilitating the application of the rules on determining the Member State responsible for examiningasonable grounds to consider the applicant a danger to national security or public order, those applications as well as contributing to effective access to international protection for those in neednt shall be detained without delay.
Amendment 282 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To strengthen cooperation with third countries in the area of return and readmission of illegally staying third- country nationals, it is necessary to develop a new mechanism, including all relevant EU policies and tools, to improve the coordination of the different actions in various policy areas other than migration that the Union and the Member States may take for that purpose. That mechanism should build on the analysis carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 810/2019 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 or of any other information available, and take into account the Union’s overall relations with the third country. That mechanism should also serve to support the implementation of return sponsorship. _________________ 38Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1of illegal migrants it is necessary to focus funding and manpower at the disposal of the Commission on ensuring such migrants' prompt return.
Amendment 291 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 305 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 319 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Given the specific characteristics of disembarkations arising in the context of search anrisk posed by so- called rescue operations conducted by Member States or private organisations whether under instruction from Member States or autonomously in the context of migration, this Regulation should provide for a specific process applicable to people disembarked following those operations irrespective of whether there is a situation of migratory pressure, Member States shall be encouraged to criminalize these organizations and combat illegal search and rescue operations.
Amendment 329 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 340 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 349 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Persons disembarked should be distributed in a proportionate manner among the Member StateAny illegal migrants that are disembarked should be detained and processed as soon as possible for return to their homeland by the Member State that allowed the disembarkation to take place. Member States that allow disembarkation should be made aware of the fact that they themselves will have to take the burden for allowing illegal migrants to enter into the EU area and it is their responsibility to prevent that the illegal migrants move to other the Member States at their own will. Member States failing this will have to face responsibility to take back illegal migrants for processing and return to their homelands.
Amendment 355 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 372 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 376 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 390 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 420 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The voluntary solidarity mechanism should include measures to promote a fair sharing of responsibility and a balance of effort between Member States also in the area of return. Through return sponsorship, a Member State should commit to support a Member State under migratory pressure in carrying out the necessary activities to return illegally staying third-country nationals, bearing in mind that the benefitting Member State remains responsible for carrying out the return while the individuals are present on its territory. Where such activities have been unsuccessful after a period of 8 months, the sponsoring Member States should transfer these persons in line with the procedures set out in this Regulation and apply Directive 2008/115/EC; if relevant, Member States may recognise the return decision issued by the benefitting Member State in application of Council Directive 2001/4039 . Return sponsorship should form part of the common EU system of returns, including operational support provided through the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the application of the coordination mechanism to promote effective cooperation with third countries in the area of return and readmission. _________________ 39Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 34.
Amendment 426 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 438 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 447 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Member States should be able to make voluntary contributions if a Member State experiences migratory pressure, for example by providing assistance for protecting their external borders.
Amendment 450 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 461 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 468 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) A Member State should be able to takemay, at its own initiative or at the request of another Member State, other solidarity measures on a voluntary basidecide to take measures to assist that Member State in addressing the migratory situation or to prevent migratory pressure. Those contributions should include measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Member State under pressure or at responding to migratory trends through cooperation with third countries. In addition, such solidarity measures should include relocation of third-country nationals that are in the border procedure as well as illegally staying third-country nationals. In order to incentivise voluntary solidarity, wherass-migratory threat, however the principal responsibility shall always remain with the Member States make voluntary contributions in the form of relocation or return sponsorship, those contributions should be taken into account in the implementing act provided for in respect of situations of migratory pressure affected.
Amendment 479 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 493 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 499 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 504 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 512 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to limit unauthorised movements and to ensure that the Member States have the necessary tools to ensure transfers of beneficiaries of international protection who entered the territory of another Membe, all third country nationals with no legal rights to enter or Sstate thay in the Member State responsible without fulfilling the conditions of stay in that other Member State to the Member State responsible, and to ensure effective solidarity between Member States, this Regulation should also apply to beneficiaries of international protection. Likewise, this Regulation should apply to persons resettled or admitted by a Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Union Resettlement Framework Regulation] or who are granted international protection or humanitarian status under a national resettlement schemes should be detained until they can be returned to their country of origin or transferred to an asylum center in a third country.
Amendment 519 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 523 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 532 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In accordance with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the best interests of the child should be a primaryn important consideration of Member States when applying this Regulation. In assessing the best interests of the child, Member States should, in particular, take due account of the minor’s well-being and social development, safety and security considerations and the views of the minor in accordance with his or , this entails a swift reunification with their age and maturity, including his or her background. In addition, specific procedural guarantees for unaccompanied minors should be laid down on account of their particular vulnerabilitfamily and/or representative in or near their home country.
Amendment 541 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In accordance with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, respect for family life should be athe safety of the Member States citizens, their family life and their European way of life, as well as for right to self-determination of the peoples of the Member States, should be the primary considerations of Member States when applying this Regulation.
Amendment 552 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) In order to prevent that persons who represent a security risk are transferred among the Member States, it is necessary to ensure that the Member State where an application is first registered does not apply the responsibilty criteria or the benefitting Member State does not apply the relocation procedure where there are reasonable grounds to consider the person concerned a danger to national security or public orderfree to travel within the EU, they should be promptly apprehended by the Member State concerned and placed in a high security facility awaiting deportation to their home country.
Amendment 556 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 564 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The definition of a family member in this Regulation should include the sibling or siblings of the applicant. Reuniting siblings is of particular importance for improving the chances of integration of applicants and hence reducing unauthorised movements. The scope of the definition of family memberis recommended to include one legal shpould also reflect the reality of current migratory trends, according to which applicants often arrive to the territory of the Member States after a prolonged period of time in transit. The definition should therefore include families formed outside the country of origin, but before their arrival on the territory of the Member State. This limited and targeted enlargement of the scope of the definition is expected to reduce the incentive for some unauthorised movements of asylum seekers within the EUse and the children (biological or adopted), at the discretion of each Member State.
Amendment 571 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 580 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 589 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 601 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Considering that a Member State should remain responsible for a person who has irregularllegally entered its territory, it is also necessary to include the situation when the person enters the territory illegally following a search and rescue operation. A derogation from this responsibility criterion should be laid down for the situation where a Member State has relocated persons having crossed the external border of another Member State irregularly or following a search and rescue operation. In such a situation, the Member State of relocation should be responsibile if the person applies for international protectionn operation by states or third parties at sea due to coercion from the illegal migrants and/or smugglers.
Amendment 603 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 618 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 631 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) In order to guarantee effective protection of the rights of the persons concerned, legal safeguards and the right to an effective remedy in respect of decisions regarding transfers to the Member State responsible should be established, in accordance, in particular, with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In order to ensure that international law is respected, an effective remedy against such decisions should cover both the examination of the application of this Regulation and of the legal and factual situation in the Member State to which the applicant is transferred. The scope of the effective remedy should be limited to an assessment of whether applicants' fundamental rights to respect of family life, the rights of the child, or the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment risk to be infringed uponcitizens of the Member States it is proposed that the Member State concerned ensures that all third country nationals who illegally enter are detained in safe facilities awaiting their removal from the Member State.
Amendment 637 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
Amendment 641 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 649 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should not be held in detention for the sole reason that he or she is seeking international protection. Detention should be for as short a period as possible and subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality thereby only being allowed as a measure of last resort. In particular, the detention of applicants must be in accordance with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. The procedures provided for under this Regulation in respect of a detained person should be applied as a matter of priority, within the shortest possible deadlines. As regards the general guarantees governing detention, as well as detention conditions, where appropriate, Member States should apply the provisions of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] also to persons detained on the basis of this Regulationillegal migrants and/or applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should be detained for as short a period as possible.
Amendment 657 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
Amendment 660 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 663 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 672 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) To support Member States who undertake relocation as a solidarity measure, financial support from the Union budget should be provided. In order to incentivise Member States to give prioritexperience large volumes of illegal border crossings, other Member States may, if they tso the relocation of unaccompanied minors a higher incentive contribution should be providewish, support with funds, personnel or material the effort to stop illegal migration and asylum fraud.
Amendment 683 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 685 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
Amendment 691 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) The operation of the Visa Information System, as established by Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , and in particular the implementation of Articles 21 and 22 thereof, should facilitate the application of this Regulationshould facilitate the important work of securing the borders for the Member States. _________________ 46Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas, OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60.
Amendment 693 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) With respect to the treatment of persons falling within the scope of this Regulation, Member States are bound by their obligations primarily to their own citizens to ensure rule of law, a safe and secure environment, protection of their culture and the European way of life under instruments of international law, including the relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Amendment 699 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
Amendment 700 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
Amendment 709 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
Amendment 721 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles which are acknowledged, in particular, in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full observance of the right to asylum guaranteed by Article 18 of the Charterself- determination of the citizens of the Member States, as well as their rights recognised under Articles 1, 4, 7, 24 and 47 thereof. This Regulation should therefore be applied accordingly to a secure and safe environment and the preservation of their cultures and way of life.
Amendment 722 #
2020/0279(COD)
Amendment 735 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 739 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) sets out a common framework for the management of asylum andpplications in the Union and the prevention of illegal migration into the Union;
Amendment 747 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishes a mechanism for voluntary solidarity;
Amendment 749 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) lays down the criteria and mechanismsdetermines that the Member State responsible for examining an application for deintermining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protectionnational protection is ordinarily the Member State of first entry; provides guidelines for Commission support, if requested by a Member State, by ensuring that all funds allocated are used to prevent illegal mass-migration; facilitates the prompt return of illegal migrants.
Amendment 752 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Uniona Member State within the meaning of Article 20(1) of the Treaty and who is not a person enjoying the right to free movement under Union law as defined in Article 2, point (5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 ; _________________ 53Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 753 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘illegal migrant’ means any third- country national who enters the territory of the Member States without prior approval in the form of a visa or residence permit or who enters a Member State by force, or a person who enters a Member State and does not apply for protection at the first opportunity. A person who wishes to apply for international protection, must do so in a peaceful manner and at the first possible opportunity (at a border post, disembarkation point, or asylum processing facility). Should the third- country national enter a Member State by force or travel through a Member State without applying for protection, any application that is lodged will be denied, the person will be considered as an illegal migrant, and will be detained and returned to his or her country of origin.
Amendment 756 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘application for international protection’ or ‘application’ means a request for protection made to a Member State by a third-country national or a stateless person, who can be understood as seeking refugee status, or a person seeking subsidiary protection status but only in cases where protection could not be granted in the region, 'international protection' as defined in this Regulation does not include humanitarian visas issued by a Member State on a discretionary basis;
Amendment 768 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘applicant’ means a third-country national or a stateless person who has made an application for international protection in respect of which a decision has not been takenwithout illegally entering a Member State, or has been taken and is either subject to or can still be subject to a remedy in the Member State concerned, irrespective of whether the applicant has a right to remain or is allowed to remain in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation], including a person who has been granted immediate protection pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Regulation addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of asylum and migration];
Amendment 769 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) 'child' means a minor under the age of 13,
Amendment 770 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘examination of an application for international protection’ means examination of the admissibility or the merits of an application for international protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], excluding procedures for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with this Regulationapplicable United Nation conventions currently in force;
Amendment 776 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘beneficiary of international protection’ means a third-country national or a stateless person who has been granted international protection as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation]by the respective Member State;
Amendment 781 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) ‘family members’ means, insofar as the family already existed before the applicant or the family member arrived on the territory of the Member States, the following members of the applicant’s family who are present on the territory of the Member States, and with whom there is a well-proven family link:
Amendment 787 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) the spouse of the applicant or his or her unmarried partner in a stable relationship, where the law or practice of, only where the country of origin and the Member State concerned treats unmarried couples in a way comparable to married couples under its law relating to third-country ncognises the marriage in accordance with its national legislationals,
Amendment 795 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
(iii) where the applicant is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult legally responsible for the applicant, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present,
Amendment 806 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point v
Amendment 820 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘minor’ means a third-country national or a stateless person below the age of 18 years but over the age of 13;
Amendment 821 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) 'unaccompanied child' means a minor under the age of 13 who arrives on the territory of the Member States unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as he or she is not effectively taken into the care of such an adult; it includes a minor under the age of 13 who is left unaccompanied after he or she has entered the territory of Member States;
Amendment 826 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ‘representative’ means a person or an organisation appointed by the competent bodies in order to assist and represent an unaccompanied minor or child in procedures provided for in this Regulation with a view to ensuring the best interests of the child and exercising legal capacity for the minor or child where necessary;
Amendment 832 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 841 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) ‘absconding’ means the action by which an applicant does not remain available to the competent administrative or judicial authorities, such as by repeatedly failing to respond to official requests or by leaving the territory of the Member State without authorisation from the competent authorities for reasons which are not beyond the applicant’s control;
Amendment 857 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ‘contributing Member State’ means a Member State that contributes or is obliged to contribute to the solidarity measures to a benefitting Member State set out in Chapters I-III of Part IV of this Regulation;
Amendment 888 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
(wa) ‘massive illegal migration threat’ means a situation where there is a large number of illegal migrants, or a risk of such individuals appearing, in a Member State and the specific developments in third countries which generate mass illegal migration flows;
Amendment 893 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) ‘illegally staying third-country national’ means a third-country national who does not fulfil or no longer fulfils the conditions of entry as set out in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 or other conditions for entry, stay or residence in a Member State, and who must be returned to his or her country of origin without delay.
Amendment 912 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 916 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) mutually-beneficial partnerships and close cooperation with relevant third countries, including on legal pathways for third-country nationals in need of international protection and for those otherwise admitted to reside legally in the Member States addressing the root causes of irregular migration, supporting partners hosting large numbers of migrants and refugees in need of protection and building their capacities in border, asylum and migration management, preventing and combatting irregular migration and migrant smuggling, and enhancing cooperation on readmission;addressing illegal migration with relevant third countries, supporting countries hosting large numbers of migrants and refugees in need of protection and building their capacities in border, asylum and migration management, preventing and combatting illegal migration and migrant trafficking and smuggling, and enhancing cooperation on readmission, including making development aid to third countries conditional upon the effective implementation of readmission agreements1a; the Commission shall, in this regard, ensure that, in all its dealings with the authorities of third countries, it supports all initiatives and policies of the Member States aimed at combatting illegal immigration, returning illegal migrants, countering the weaponisation of illegal migrants, and preventing asylum fraud; _________________ 1aParticularly in accordance with resolution of the European Parliament of 25 November 2020 on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid.
Amendment 924 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) close cooperation and mutual partnership among Union institutions and bodies, Member States andbetween Member States, and if so requested, assisted where necessary by the Commission; the Commission shall ensure that it supports the Member States' efforts in all international forganisationsa such as, but not limited to, the United Nations and the OSCE;
Amendment 931 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) full implementarespect for the sovereignty of Member States and recognition that border protection ofand the common visa policydecision to grant or refuse visas for third country nationals is a national competence;
Amendment 935 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) effective management and prevention of irregularprevention of illegal migration and support from the Commission to ensure that any funds received including development and/or emergency aid is strictly conditioned on full compliance with all requests from Member States in their work to end illegal migration;
Amendment 944 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) effective management of the Union’s external borders, based on the European integrated border management which includes support to Member States that face severe migratory pressure and, as a result, need to erect physical barriers at the external border of the Union;
Amendment 953 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) full respect of the obligations laid down in international and European lawlegally binding international instruments concerning persons rescued at sea;
Amendment 958 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) access to procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection on Union territory and recognition of third- country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or beneficiaries of subsidiary protection;
Amendment 962 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) determination of the Member State responsible for the examination of an application for international protection, based on shared responsibility and rules and mechanism; if a Member State fails in their primary duty to uphold the integrity of the national border, any and all third country nationals that enter the EU zone for the first time will be that Member Sate's responsibility. If other Member States would like to show solidarity in the defence of that Member State's border, they are encouraged to do so; Member States are especially encouraged to provide support if that Member State's fbor solidarityder coincides at any distance with the external border, and that Member State has applied active and robust preparatory measures against illegal migration, the weaponisation of illegal migration, and asylum fraud;
Amendment 969 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) access for applicants to adequate reception conditions; Member States are encouraged to outsource and locate any asylum reception facilities to an appropriate third country; preferably, the third country shall be located geographically so that the carbon footprint of the facility used is as light as possible and that the investment can benefit the development of the hosting nation; where possible, the location should also be in the proximity of the country of origin to facilitate their return home;
Amendment 980 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) effective management of thed swift return of illegally staying third-country nationals;
Amendment 982 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) effective measures to provide incentives for and support to the integration of beneficiaries of international protection in the Member Statesensure that refugees are hosted in the region close to their country of origin, and in cases where refugees have been granted asylum in a Member State, effective measures to ensure that those who have been granted international protection can return to their country of origin once it is safe to do so;
Amendment 989 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) measures aimed at reducing and tackling the enabling and pull factors of irregularllegal migration to and illegal stay in the Union, including illegal employment, asylum fraud, as well as conditions that enable third countries to weaponise migration;
Amendment 992 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) full deployment and use of the operational tools set up at Union level, notably the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Asylum Agency, EU- LISA and Europol, as well as large-scale Union Information Technology systems to offer any assistance requested by the Member States to combat illegal migration, asylum fraud and hybrid attacks on the Member States;
Amendment 1003 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Union and Member States shall, as far as possible and within the limits of proportionality and subsidiarity, with full respect for the sovereignty of Member States, ensure coherence of asylum and migration management policies, including both the internal and external components of those policies.
Amendment 1007 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure the protection of their external borders against any and all foreign incursions, including illegal migration, hybrid attacks and asylum fraud.
Amendment 1011 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Union and Member States, acting within their respective competencissisted by the Union and in full respect of the sovereignty of the Member States, shall be responsible for the implementation of the asylum and migration management policies.
Amendment 1015 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, with the support of Union Agencies, shall ensure that they have the capacity to effectively implement asylum and migration management policies, taking into account the comprehensive approach referred to in Article 3, including the necessary human and financial resources and infrastructure.prevent illegal migration, as well as to deter asylum fraud and the weaponisation of migration;
Amendment 1020 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Principle of svolidarity and fair sharing of responsibiluntary solidarity
Amendment 1022 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In implementing their obligations, the Member States shall observe the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility and shall take into account the shared interest in the effective functioning of the Union’s asylum and migration management policies. Member States shall:
Amendment 1038 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain national asylum and migration management systems that provide access to international protectionasylum procedures, grant such protection to those who are in need and ensure the effective and immediate return of those who are illegally staying;
Amendment 1045 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) take all measures necessary and proportionate to reduce and prevent irregularllegal migration to the territories of the Member States, in close cooperation and partnership with relevant third countries by making development aid conditional upon the effective implementation of readmission agreements, including as regards the prevention and fight against migrant smuggling, particularly by NGOs operating under the guise of "search and rescue";
Amendment 1054 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) remove any pull factors that attract more illegal migration to the Union or that create migratory pressure on another Member States ' external borders by adapting their domestic law as appropriate;
Amendment 1066 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) provide voluntary support to other Member States in the form of solidarityfinancial or other contributions on the basis of needs set out in Chapters I-III of Part IV;
Amendment 1089 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt a European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy setting out the strategic approach to managing asylum and preventing illegal migration at Union level and on the implementation of asylum and migration management policies in accordance with the principles set out in this Part. The Commission shall transmit the Strategy to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1095 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1103 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) relevant reports and analyses from Union agencies;nd other international agencies; in this regard the Member States shall consider setting up a migratory observatory as a permanent function within the OSCE in order to have a better understanding of illegal flows of third country nationals and hybrid warfare preparations that weaponise third country nationals through asylum fraud and other methods in relation to illegal migration.
Amendment 1117 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall have national strategies in place to ensure sufficient capacity for the implementation of an effective asylum and migration management system in accordance with the principles set out in this Part. Those strategies shall include contingency planning at national level, taking into account the contingency planning pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency], Regulation (EU) 2019/189656 (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) and Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] and the reports of the Commission issued within the framework of the Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint. Such national strategies shall include information on how the Member State is implementing the principles set out in this Part and legal obligations stemming therefrom at national level. They shall take into account other relevant strategies and existing support measures notably under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Fund] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency] and be coherent with and complementary to the national strategies for integrated border management established in accordance with Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896. The results of the monitoring undertaken by the Asylum Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, of the evaluation carried out in accordance with Council Regulation No 1053/2013 as well as those carried out in line with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation], should also be taken into account in these strategies. _________________ 56Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624, OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1to protect their borders and for a robust response to illegal migration.
Amendment 1124 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a Migration Management Report each year setting out the anticipated evolution of the migratory situation and the preparedness of the Union and the Member States. In the case of migratory flows generated by search and rescue operations, the Commission shall consult the concerned Member States and the Report shall set out the total number of projected disembarkations in the short term and the solidarity response that would be required to contribute to the needs of the Member States of disembarkation through relocation and through measures in the field of capacity building, operational support and measures in the field of the external dimension. The Report shall also indicate whether particular Member States are faced with capacity challenges due to the presence of third-country nationals who are vulnerable and include the results of the reporting on monitoring listed in paragraph 3 including the information gathered within the framework of the Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint and propose improvements where appropriate.
Amendment 1130 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1160 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers it appropriate, it shall also identify in its report measures designed to promote cooperation among the Member States to facilitate the return of illegal staying third- country nationals, including withholding development aid and other forms of financial and non-financial assistance from a third country as long cooperation is lacking.
Amendment 1166 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. On the basis of the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission and the Council, within their respective competencies, shall consider the appropriate actions taking into account the Union’s overall relations with the third country including withholding development aid or other forms of funding.
Amendment 1176 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Only a Member States shall is competent to decide and examine any application for international protection by a third-country national or a stateless person who applies on the territory of any one of them, including at the border or in the transit zones. The application shall be examined by a single Member State, which shall be the one which the criteria set out in Chapter II of Part III indicate is responsibleand it shall be done in line with that particular Member State's laws and policies with no interference from the Commission, the European Parliament or any other EU institution.
Amendment 1182 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where no Member State responsible can be designated on the basis of the criteria listed in this Regulation, tThe first Member State in which the application for international protection was registered shall be responsible for examining it.
Amendment 1191 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1214 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the security check carried out in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation] or in accordance with the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shows that there are reasonable grounds to consider the applicant a danger to national security or public order of the Member State carrying out the security check, that Member State shall be the Member State responsiblemay return the applicant to the country of origin without delay.
Amendment 1221 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Each Member State shall retain the right to send an applicant to a safe third country, subject to the rules and safeguards laid down inif he or she has entered the territory of any Member State illegally or by using force, as well as under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation].
Amendment 1222 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Each Member State shall retain the right to deny entry and push back any potential applicant attempting to enter and to push back any applicant having entered its territory from a safe third country or by having traversed a safe third country;
Amendment 1227 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where a third-country national or stateless person intends, after legally entering the territory of a Member State of the Union, to make an application for international protectionasylum, the application shall be made and registered in the Member State of first entry.
Amendment 1231 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, where a third-country national or stateEach Member State may determine ruless person is in possession of a valid residence permit or a valid visa, the application shall be made and registered in the Member State that issued the residence permit or visataining to illegal migrants and/or asylum applicants as they see fit.
Amendment 1242 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The applicant shall fully cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States in matters covered by this Regulation, in particular by submitting as soon as possible and at the latest during the interview referred to in Article 12, all the elements and information available to him or her relevant for determining the Member State responsible. Where the applicant is not in a position at the time of the interview to submit evidence to substantiate the elements and information provided, the competent authority may set a time limit within the period referred to in Article 29(1) for submitting such evidenceprocessing his or her application.
Amendment 1248 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1259 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 15 to 17 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] pursuant to Article 17a of that Directive in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present pursuant to Article 9(4) of this Regulation if he or she entered the territory of a Member State illegally or by using force, and pursuant to Article 9(4) of this Regulation from the moment he or she has been notified of a decision to transfer him or her to the Member State responsible, provided that the applicant has been informed of that consequence pursuant to Article 8(2), point (b) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation]. This shall be without prejudice to the need to ensure a standard of living in accordance with Union law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and international obligations.
Amendment 1262 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Any applicant, who has entered the territory of a Member State illegally, shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 15 to 17 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] pursuant to Article 17a of that Directive in any Member State. This shall be without prejudice to the need to ensure a standard of living in accordance with Union law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and international obligations.
Amendment 1271 #
Amendment 1329 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) where applicable, of an age assessment, including by established medical methods, of an applicant or a DNA-test to prove a family-link;
Amendment 1335 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1362 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the process of determining the Member State responsible, the determining Member State of first entry shall conduct a personal interview with the applicant. The interview shall also allow the proper understanding of the information supplied to the applicant in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 1366 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the applicant fails to produce identification and there are reasonable grounds to believe that such failure has been caused by the applicant;
Amendment 1376 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The personal interview shall take place in a timmmediately manner and, in any event, before any take charge request is made pursuant to Article 29d close to where the applicant entered the territory of a Member State.
Amendment 1378 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The personal interview shall be conducted in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand and in which he or she is able to communicate. Interviews of unaccompanied minorschildren shall be conducted in a child-friendly manner, by staff who are appropriately trained and qualified under national law, in the presence of the representative and, where applicable, the minorchild’s legal advisor. Where necessary, Member States shall have recourse to an interpreter, and where appropriate a cultural mediator, who is able to ensure appropriate communication between the applicant and the person conducting the personal interview. The applicant may request to be interviewed and assisted by staff of the same sex.
Amendment 1395 #
Amendment 1396 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primaryand minor shall be an important consideration for Member States with respect to all procedures provided for in this Regulation, as long as the minor did not engage in acts of violence towards other persons or property in the Member State(s). If such violent acts are committed, any special treatment due to age might be revoked at the discretion of the responsible Member State.
Amendment 1401 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1402 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States are encouraged to ensure the swift and appropriate safe placement of children while awaiting family reunification and the return to their home countries or placement in the region close to their home.
Amendment 1408 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Each Member State where an unaccompanied minorchild is present shall ensure that he or she is represented and assisted by a representative with respect to the relevant procedures provided for in this Regulation. The representative shall have the qualifications, training and expertise to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into consideration during the procedures carried out under this Regulation. Such representative shall have access to the content of the relevant documents in the applicant’s file including the specific information material for unaccompanied minors.children
Amendment 1409 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where an organisation is appointed as a representative, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out its duties in respect of the minorchild. The first subparagraph shall apply to that person.
Amendment 1420 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The representative of an unaccompanied minorchild shall be involved in the process of establishing the Member State responsible under this Regulation. The representative shall assist the unaccompanied minorchild to provide information relevant to the assessment of his or her best interests in accordance with paragraph 4, including the exercise of the right to be heard, and shall support his or her engagement with other actors, such as family tracing organisations, where appropriate for that purpose.
Amendment 1441 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the minorchild’s well-being and social development, taking into particular consideration the minorchild’s background;
Amendment 1450 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor or child being a victim of any form of violence and exploitation, including trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 1457 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the views of the minor or child, in accordance with his or her age and maturity;
Amendment 1462 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) where the applicant is an unaccompanied minorchild, the information provided by the representative in the Member State where the unaccompanied minorchild is present.
Amendment 1466 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1476 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. For the purpose of applying Article 15, the Member State where the unaccompanied minor or child’s application for international protection was registered shall, as soon as possible, take appropriate action to identify the family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor or child on the territory of Member States, whilst protecting the best interests of the child.
Amendment 1490 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. With a view to facilitating the appropriate action to identify the family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor or child living in the territory of another Member State pursuant to paragraph 6, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts including a standard form for the exchange of relevant information between Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 67(2).
Amendment 1496 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State responsible in accordance with the criteria set out in this Chapter shall be determined on the basis of the situation obtaining when the application for international protection was first registered with a Member Stateshall be the Member State of first entry.
Amendment 1504 #
Amendment 1523 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1532 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 1539 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 1542 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 1545 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 1555 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1557 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Article 20
Amendment 1574 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where it is established, on the basis of proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists referred to in Article 30(4) of this Regulation, including the data referred to in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Eurodac Regulation], that an applicant has irregularllegally crossed the border into a Member State by land, sea or air having come from a third country, the first Member State thus entered shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. That responsibility shall cease if the application is registered more than 3 years after the date on which that border crossing took placeapplicant can be returned to the third country in question or the applicant's country of origin. Member States are under no obligation to consider an application for asylum where the applicant illegally entered the Member State in question.
Amendment 1577 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1584 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 1654 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the situation of a minor or child who is accompanying the applicant and meets the definition of family member shall be indissociable from that of his or her family member and the minor or child shall be taken charge of or taken back by the Member State responsible for examining the application for international protection of that family member, even if the minor is not individually an applicant, unless it is demonstrated that this is not in the best interests of the child. The same principle shall be applied to children born after the applicant arrives on the territory of the Member States, without the need to initiate a new procedure for taking charge of them.
Amendment 1673 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The process of determining the Member State responsible takes place, in case the applicant has crossed the border by land, in facilities close to the point of entry or close to the border, which are equipped to register and process applications without delay; in case the applicant has entered by land or by the sea the determination shall take place at the port or the airport;
Amendment 1682 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An applicant who is present in another Member State without a residence document or who there makes an application for international protection during the process of determining the Member State responsible, shall be taken back, under the conditions laid down in Articles 31 and 35, by the Member State with which that application was first registeredcan be returned to his or her country of origin. Freedom of movement within the EU does not apply to applicants for asylum.
Amendment 1684 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1686 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1688 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. If, after having established the identity of the applicant, a Member State where an application for international protection has been registered considers that another Member State is responsible for examining the application, it shall, without delay and in any event within two months of the date on which the application was registered, request that other Member State to take charge of the applicant.
Amendment 1708 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minorchild, the determining Member State may, where it considers that it is in the best interest of the minorchild, continue the procedure for determining the Member State responsible and request another Member State to take charge of the applicant despite the expiry of the time limits laid down in the first and second subparagraphs.
Amendment 1713 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the take charge request by another Member State shall be made using a standard form and including documents confirming the identity of the applicant as well as proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists referred to in Article 30(4) and/or relevant elements from the applicant’s statement, enabling the authorities of the requested Member State to check whether it is responsible on the basis of the criteria laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 1805 #
Amendment 1855 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States other than the Member State of first entry shall not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that he or she is subject to the procedure established by this Regulation.
Amendment 1867 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Where there is a risk of absconding, or when an applicant fails to produce documents proving his or her identity, Member States may detain the person concerned in order to secure transfer procedures in accordance with this Regulation, on the basis of an individual assessment and only in so far as detention is proportional and other less coercive alternative measures cannot be applied effectively, based on an individual assessment of the person’s circumstances.
Amendment 1957 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the sole purpose of the provision of medical care or treatment, in particular concerning disabled persons, elderly people, pregnant women, minors, children and persons who have been subject to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical and sexual violence, the transferring Member State shall, in so far as it is available to the competent authority in accordance with national law, transmit to the Member State responsible information on any special needs of the person to be transferred, which in specific cases may include information on that person’s physical or mental health. That information shall be transferred in a common health certificate with the necessary documents attached. The Member State responsible shall ensure that those special needs are adequately addressed, including in particular any essential medical care that may be required.
Amendment 1975 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Provided it is necessary for the examination of the application for international protection, the Member State responsible may request another Member State to let it know on what grounds the applicant bases his or her application and, where applicable, the grounds for any decisions taken concerning the applicant. The other Member State may refuse to respond to the request submitted to it, if the communication of such information is likely to harm its essential interests or the protection of the liberties and fundamental rights of the person concerned or of others. In any event, communication of the information requested shall be subject to the written approval of the applicant for international protection, obtained by the requesting Member State. In that case, the applicant must know for what specific information he or she is giving his or her approval.
Amendment 2018 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Solidarity cContributions for the benefit of a Member State under migratory pressure or subject to disembarkations following search and rescue operations shallmay consist of the following types:
Amendment 2035 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) assistance to protect the external border of the Union;
Amendment 2083 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46
Article 46 deleted Solidarity Forum shall comprise all Member States. The Commission shall convene and preside the Solidarity Forum in order to ensure the smooth functioning of this Part.
Amendment 2099 #
Amendment 2119 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2123 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 2125 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2128 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 2133 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2143 #
Amendment 2178 #
Amendment 2252 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – point k
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – point k
(k) the number of unaccompanied minors and children.
Amendment 2306 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – title
Article 52 – title
Solidarity Response Plans in situations of migratory pressure
Amendment 2313 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Where the report referred to in Article 51 indicates that a Member State is under migratory pressure, the other Member States which are not themselves benefitting Member States shallcan contribute by means of the svolidarituntary contributions referred to in Article 45(1), points (a), (b) and (c). Member States shall prioritise the relocation of unaccompanied minors.
Amendment 2316 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2323 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2337 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2342 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2353 #
Amendment 2375 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 2417 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 2439 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
Article 56 – paragraph 3
3. Member States which have contributed or plan to contribute with solidarity contributions in response to a request for solidarity support by a Member State, or on its own initiative, shall notify the Commission, thereof by completing the Solidarity Support Plan form set out in Annex IV. The Solidarity Response Plan shall include, where relevant, verifiable information, including on the scope and nature of the measures and their implementation.
Amendment 2461 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where relocation is to be applied, the benefitting Member State shall identify the persons who could be relocated. Where the person concerned is an applicant for or a beneficiary of international protection, that Member State shall take into account, where applicable, the existence of meaningful links between the person concerned and the Member State of relocation. Where the identified person to be relocated is a beneficiary for international protection, the person concerned shall be relocated only after that person consented to relocation in writing.
Amendment 2565 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71
Article 71
Directive 2003/109/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendments to the Long Term Residence 1. as follows: Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph is added: ‘With regard to beneficiaries of international protection, the required period of legal and continuous residence shall be three years.rticle 71 deleted Directive Directive 2003/109/EC is amended in paragraph 1, the following sub- (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 20 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 72 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 96 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 117 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 143 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 150 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 157 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 166 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 184 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 195 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a c
Paragraph 1 – point a c
Amendment 290 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a e
Paragraph 1 – point a e
Amendment 308 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a f
Paragraph 1 – point a f
Amendment 312 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a g
Paragraph 1 – point a g
Amendment 319 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a h
Paragraph 1 – point a h
Amendment 323 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a i
Paragraph 1 – point a i
Amendment 331 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
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 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a p
Paragraph 1 – point a p
Amendment 371 #
2019/2210(INI)
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;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas through the AA/DCFTA Moldova committed to incorporating the EU acquis into its own laws and practices in a large number of areas; whereas, in order to support these efforts, the EU committed to provide substantial financial and budgetary assistance to Moldova for the full benefit of the beneficiaries that ultimately constitutes the citizens of Moldova;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas on 13 September 2017 the Parliament and the Council adopted a decision to provide macro-financial assistance to Moldova worth EUR 100 million, drawn from member states funds, in the context of the IMF programme to support the country’s economic and financial reforms, despite having full knowledge of the deplorable state of rule of law in Moldova, despite continued breaches of human rights in Moldova and despite the bank fraud exposed in 2014 and subsequent lack of prosecution in Moldova of the guilty parties;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the November 2019 Activity Program of the Moldovan Government is less ambitious than the previous government’s 2030 Global Agenda, and regrets the lack of a new NAPIAA; insists that the continuation of EU sector budget support remains conditional upon the delivery of tangible reform, in particular ofmeeting a number of qualitative benchmarks whose formulation was approved by the European Parliament and subsequently a review and approval by the European Parliament of the results presented by Moldova in comparison to the established benchmarks, in particular a wide range of qualitative benchmarks shall be developed and approved for the judiciary;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to develop a mechanism to monitor the concrete implementation of reforms, including clear benchmarks; this mechanism shall actively involve a two prong method involving both the European Commission and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) so as to draft two independent monitoring reports of the reforms attempts in Moldova; the reports with recommendations shall be submitted to the European Parliament for approval and possible future action by the European Commission;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes theFinds it encouraging that there is reports in regard to progress achieved on the reform of public administration and public financial management, but encourages further steps to increase emphasize that this should be sustainable-progress and not only temporary, furthermore expects prompt steps to increase measures guaranteeing sustainable-transparency;
Amendment 167 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 214 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned by the very high level of perceived corruption in Moldova, and therefore urges the Government to step up the fight against it, as well as money laundering, arms smuggling and organised crime; calls on the Moldovan Government to adopt concrete measures to reinforce the independence and integrity of the National Anticorruption Centre’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office; and to work closely with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in this field;
Amendment 277 #
2019/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 23 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the global environment is becoming moreremains complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and as always, the many instances of misappropriation of aid, the ineffectiveness of many aid interventions in terms of addressing the needs of the intended beneficiaries and the needs uncovered in European nations due to the Covid 19 pandemic, highlights the need for continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to firstly support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reachtackle the problem with overpopulation and secondly to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 67 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a real risk thatmost of the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may bare captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion and access to resources, as well asensures full transparency and accountability as well as effectiveness and sustainability of all aid-interventions in terms of effect on the ground, before any such interacvention with the global economys are committed to by the EU;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behindall that any aid-intervention sets out to deliver, making progress towards the SDGs; believes that when EU support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts and delivered through their institutions and systems, provided they are of a sufficient quality, in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and moremight be more: substantiell; expedient; and sustainable;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines its view that the EU, as possibly the world’s biggestmost substantial donor, shouldmust use its powerful toolbox ofvarious instruments and aid modalities in a coordinated manner and take the lead in, including coordination with organizations such as the OSCE and the United Nations, using the principles of aid effectiveness and aid efficiency, in order to achieve real impact and reach the SDGs in its partner countries; further highlights the need to implement the policy objectives in the new European Consensus on Development in a more strategic and targeted manner in each partner country, reinforcing and complementing the EU’s foreign policy goals and values;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the principles of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) are built on important and enduring lessons from past development strategies and practices, including both successes and failures, and that these principles remain important expressions of multilateral cooperation and coordination which the EU is committed to upholding; stresses the need for all aid to respect the local culture of the beneficiaries and avoid neo- colonial processes with aid-interventions that aims to force change upon a majority of the beneficiaries as this is neither morally correct, nor sustainable;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, a report on the progress of the EU institutions and Member States on improving effectiveness in the planning and implementation of European development cooperation and assistance measured against a set of commonly agreed targets and policy objectives, notably the SDGs, and including progress towards the alignment of policy objectives and the harmonisation of procedures, in particular with regard to joint programming, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; this report shall also contain a clear description of all failures during the reporting-period with conclusions in each case and proposed solutions to address the detected failings, calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU should collectively set strategic priorities and identify investment needs/gaps in the pre-programming phase and subsequently look at ways to optimise the range of EU´s modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems and in parallel use at least one independent monitoring and result measuring entity (EU based private or state entity), and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; and the private sector;
Amendment 147 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 161 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure that budget support as an aid modality can also be used at sub-national level, and that redistribution mechanisms between different levels of government and across regions are developed with the aim of reducing in-country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that no-one is left behindas many as possible of the intended beneficiaries are reached by the effects of the aid- intervention;
Amendment 175 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the role of the private sector – at local, national, bilateral and international levels – is crucial for achieving the SDGs, for mobilising additional development finance and for the transition towards economic development, growth and prosperity; stresses in this regard that additional efforts must be undertaken in the recipient countries to align the private sector’s involvement in development cooperation with the effectiveness principles and to improve the transparency and accountability of foreign direct investment and global value chains;
Amendment 183 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 208 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the OECD Member States, the European External Action Service, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Organization for Security and Co- operation in Europe, the World Bank Group, the African Union, the Co-Chairs of the GPEDC, the UNDP and UN DESA, the OECD, and the Interparliamentary Union.
Amendment 1 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
Citation 27 c (new)
Amendment 17 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 267 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 313 #
2019/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 327 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 330 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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 #
2019/2175(INI)
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;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 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 17 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to 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 hang grenades, anti personnel- as well as an anti-tank mines,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
- having regard to 2020-2025 EU action plan on firearms trafficking, and the Europol reports: Threat Assessment Report on Illicit Trafficking in Firearms of June2013, Intelligence Notification (19/2014); “Firearms in the hands of Terrorist in Europe” of May 2015. - having regard to the fact that Europol confirmed that Western Balkans remain among the main supplying regions of trafficking to the EU,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 d (new)
Citation 16 d (new)
Amendment 21 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas North Macedonia has made consistent progress on its path towards, according to the EU Commission is claimed to have made some progress to meet the formal requirements for entry into the EU;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the country is maintaining a steady pace onstill facing major concerns in regard to the rule of law and the functioning of democratic institutions and procedures;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas no comprehensive transitional justice process was implemented in order to come to terms with the internal and external conflicts and as such many issues leading to the conflicts remain unsolved today;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes North Macedonia’s clear strategic orientation and commitment to European integration, as manifested by continued implementation of accession-related reformsCalls 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 citizens of the Member States to provide their view on EU enlargement;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the authorities to sustain consensual efforts to strengthen democratic consolidation and the transformation process,cy, to finally start the fight against corruption, and restore the rule of law, while improving the climate for media and civil society;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the paramount importance of upholding the rule of law through judicial reforms and the consistento start in earnest to prosecution ofe high-level corruption and criminal networks;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers the creation of the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Anti- Corruption and Crime, Sustainable Development and Human Resources a sign of a clear political commitment to addresss a empty gesture to satisfy the EU, will not consider this post as anything othese issues as a matter of priorityr until concrete, effective results based rule of law can be displayed by the Government;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the completion of measuresreal reform to ensure judicial and prosecutorial professionalism, independence, integrity and accountability, including through an efficient implementation of codes of ethics and of the landmark law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office, ensuring sustainablerule of law based solutions for cases related to the Special Prosecutor’s Office, and accountability for crimes stemming from the large-scale illegal wiretapping case;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. 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 110 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underscores the need to improve the legislative process by minimising the use of fast track procedures, and by enabling proper consultations and impact assessmentnot mimic the EU Commissions sub-optimal use of impact assessments but to use these assessment regularly to ensure direct democracy, greater transparency, accountability as well as to provide an ability for local voices to have an impact on the political decision making process; recalls the need to upgrade the parliamentary rules of procedure by consensus;
Amendment 139 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the renewed adoption of anti-discrimination legislation, and urgesuggests the authorities to follow up with an inclusive and transparent process establishing an independent Anti- Discrimination Commission, ensuring protection and inclusion of all marginalised groups; and encourages the Sobranie to adoptadaptation of legislation which will enable a simplified, transparent and accessible procedure for legal gender recognition, and prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identitymay prevent discrimination;
Amendment 149 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the steady improvement in ensuring meaningful and timely inclusion of civil society in the decision- making processes across different policy areas, as well as in safeguarding the financial sustainability of the non- governmental sector, and calls for further progress in these fields;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Sobranie to adopt a law on prevention and protection against violence against women, establishing an effective mechanism for evidence gathering and the prosecution of perpetrators, coupled with prevention measures, and the protection and support of victims of gender-based and domestic violence, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;domestic violence
Amendment 167 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomeLaments the country’s efforts in improving cooperation on managing illegal immigration and addressing the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; recalls the need to establish a viable mechanism for managing irregular migratory flows, ensuring international protection and combating people smuggling networksillegal movements of third country national across its territory; reminds the Government that all support from Member States, administered by the EU, to Northern Macedonia will be made on the condition of their ability to fully stop illegal immigrants traversing their territory;
Amendment 247 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. RegretNotes that Bulgaria and North Macedonia have yet to find a compromise on issues related to history and language, trusts that they will soon be settled in order not to jeopardise the integration momentum, and looks forward to holding of the first intergovernmental conference, kick-starting the accession talks without a further delay;
Amendment 267 #
2019/2174(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 2 #
2019/2172(INI)
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 3 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 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 19 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having in regard that the EU member states of Spain, Slovakia, Cyprus, Romania, and Greece have not recognized the Republic of Kosovo,
Amendment 20 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
- having regard to the fact that Serbia has not recognized the Republic of Kosovo,
Amendment 21 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 c (new)
Citation 21 c (new)
- having regard to 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 an anti-tank mines,
Amendment 22 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 d (new)
Citation 21 d (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 23 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 e (new)
Citation 21 e (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 27 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Kosovo needs to focus on fundamental reforms to address acute structural shortcomings in the areas of rule of law, fundamental rights, the functioning of democratic institutions and public administration reform, as well as economic development and competitiveness;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Kosovo continues to struggle with political instability, in particular since that has marked the early legislative elections of 6 October 2019ea since the 1970s;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Kosovo remains the only countryarea in the Western Balkans whose citizens need a visa to travel to the Schengen Area although all benchmarks for visa liberalisation have been fulfilled since 2018;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Kosovo is in urgent needs to step up its efforts inart the fight ing earnest against corruption and organised crime, especially the close links to local and central government and key institutions;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Kosovo has made progress in adapting its legal framework to the EU acquis but needs to increase its efforts and resources in order to effectively implement new laws and rules in a more committed and serious manner across policy fieldsmplement new laws and rules in a serious manner;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. 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 Kosovo’s already ailing health-, economy-, and social protection- systems;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. 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 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, 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 Gallup survey presented in 2018 showing that 42% of the population in Kosovo, excluding children, wanted to immigrate;
Amendment 46 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU haMember States mobilised financial support of more than EUR 3.3 billion forto use for the Western Balkan countries/area to address the immediate health crisis and mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region;
Amendment 53 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. 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 54 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Kosovo’s continued commitment to advancing on its European path, as well as the strong support for European integration among Kosovo’s populationCalls on Kosovo to implement a full transitional justice process as defined by the United Nations;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
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 67 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses concern about the dissolution of the Ministry of the EU Integration, and calls on the Government of Kosovo to ensuregoal of the Government of Kosovo to join the EU as it would provide the conditions for a major exodus of their citizens that thare new structure is granted the level of competence and reseded in the future development of Kosovo as a loss of these individuals will seriously compromise the ponssibilities appropriate to ensuring proper coordination of thfor the citizens in Kosovo to create an environment that can ensure fintegration processancial development, democratic stability and an acceptable welfare system;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 86 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onProposes the EU Member States to show continued commitment to enlargement, and to pursue a more effective communication policy towards EU citizens ontart a new debate on the need and use of EU enlargement, the debate shall also include a consultative element for all citizens of the Member States to provide their view on EU enlargement;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the signature of the agreement for economic normalisation between Kosovo and Serbia on 4 September in Washington; underlines that transatlantic cooperation is a crucial factor for stability in the region;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the progress inattempts of adapting the legal framework on the rule of law; regrets, however, the weaknotes the level of none- implementation, and calls on the Kosovo authorities to step up efforts in enforcing the laws to the benefit of their citizens;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to intensify the fight againsfight corruption, and expresses its serious concern about the abolition of the special anti-corruption department within the Kosovo Police (KP) as well as 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 127 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the adoption of measures helping to limit external interference in judicial proceedings, as well as the increase in final court judgments published; believes that further measures are required to ensure greater independence of the judiciary and to stop undue interference in high- profile cases;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates that selections and appointments for high-level decision- making positions in the civil service and publicly owned enterprises remain of great concernis one of many corrupt practices that must be abolished if any steps shall be taken towards reducing the rampant corruption at central and local levels;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for greater protection and inclusion of persons belonging to minorities, including Turkish, Bosniak, Serb, Croat, Gorani, Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, as well as persons with disabilities, by providing them with adequate health and social protection and care; urges more efforts to fight discrimination and antigypsyism;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for better cooperation between government and civil society, and for increased participation of civil society in policymaking organizations with a proven track record of professional engagement;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 191 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes Kosovo’s efforts in maintaining constructive neighbourly relations throughout the region and in proactively aligning with the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
Amendment 195 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo is a priority and a precondition for EU accession; calls for active and constructive engagement in the EU-facilitated dialogue led by the EU Special Representative, seeking a comprehensive and legally binding agreementshould be viewed as a priority by the two parties; proposes an active and constructive engagement in seeking a comprehensive and legally binding agreement, through a fully implemented Transitional Justice Process in accordance with international law; reiterates its call to move forward with the fullthe proposal to implementation, in good faith and in a timely manner, of all the agreements already reached;
Amendment 206 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 219 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Commends the good regional cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia in the fight against the spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic, including cooperation between the mayors of Mitrovica andNorth and Mitrovica South as well as the communication between Ministers of Health;
Amendment 249 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Emphasises the need for investing in digitalisation as a way of minimising the digital divide and ensuring equal access to the internet, including for the most vulnerable groups and rural areas;
Amendment 255 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 263 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the authorities to ensure alignment with EU standards and policy objectives on climate protection and environment, in line with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement and the strategic objective of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 as part of the European Green Deal, and asks the Commission to include Kosovo in the European Green Dealconsider to strive for environmental protection and an effort to cut down on pollution across Kosovo;
Amendment 266 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 272 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expresses serious concern about the continuing high rate of premature deaths due to polluted air; urges the Kosovo authorities to tackle air pollution immediately and phase out coal;
Amendment 279 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls onSuggest Kosovo to implement safe, credible and sustainable public transport and mobility policies for addressing long- standing infrastructure deficiencies, including regular public transport links to North Mitrovica and safety concerns, especially for minority groups such as the Serbs;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Amendment 7 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 8 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 9 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 13 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 27 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
- having regard to UN Security Council Resolution 2549 (2020) of 5 November 2020 renewing the mandate of operation Altheathat 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, antipersonnel- as well as anti-tank mines,
Amendment 29 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
- having regard to its resolution of 9 July 2015 on the Srebrenica Commemoration1 , __________________ 1the fact that the hostilities in the Western Balkans are not over and that there is no stabile Peace established, merely a standstill in hostilities, OJ C 265, 11.8.2017, p. 142.
Amendment 40 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to 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,
Amendment 46 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Stabilisation and Association Process and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU membership application representdo not constitute a last resort for the country’'s strategic choice towards European integrationaccession process;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 53 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the implementation of meaningful reforms, created in accordance with the country's Constitution, that improve citizens’ lives and facilitate EU accession require the engagement of all BiH political leaders, authorities, institutions and office holders, but most importantly of all from the citizens in both parts of BiH;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a clear distribution of responsibilities and enhanced cooperation between different levels of both government iss are essential;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 61 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the countryboth entities continues to face numerous challengegrave problems related to the rule of law, governance, accountability, immigration management, freedom of expression and media freedom, and a functioning market economy;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas BiH is a migrant transit route, and reception capacities remain insufficient for hosting migrants and asylum seekers prese for mass volumes of predominantly illegal immigrants that has illegally entered BiH and the EU and its Member States cont in the countryue to face the threat of uncontrolled and illegal immigration;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas BiH is a safe country in terms of immigration terminology in international-law;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Member States of the EU is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s biggest trading partner and the largess well as the most significant provider of financial assistance;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated BiH’s socio-economic situation; whereas the EU-Member States has mobilised EUR 80.5 million, to be administered by EU staff, to assist BiH in tackling COVID-19 and its post-pandemic recovery, and up to EUR 250 million in macro-financial assistance; whereas the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans will facilitate a long- term recovery;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the attraction of working in a EU-Member State or other more developed nation has created a detrimental loss of both highly to medium skilled individuals in BiH, and this is to the general detriment of the development of BiH; whereas 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; whereas according to the World Economic Forum BiH is one of the worse affected nations in terms of the loss of skilled professionals with a score of 1.76 on a scale of 1= all talented people leaving the country to, 7=all talented people staying in the country; whereas this is reinforced with the Gallup survey estimating the potential net gains or losses to a country’s adult population, showing that the total loss of population, due to immigration, from both entities in BiH has the potential to be 32% of the total population;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RecCalls that the path towards the EU depends on sustainable peace and genuine reconciliation warranting the democratic and multicultural character of BiH; urges the country to expedite effective prosecution of war crimes under the revised National War Crimes Processingon 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 citizens of the Member Strategy, and calls for impartial and effective investigations into these crimes; condemns any kind of historical revisionism, secessionist rhetoric and related acts, denial or glorification of war crimes committed during the 1990’s wars to provide their view on EU enlargement;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that over 7 200 BiH citizens from both entities are still missing, and urgerecommends the authorities in both entities to intensify cooperation and data sharing on issues related to missing persons, redress to civilian victims of war, and to ensure the safe return of refugees still residing in EU Member States and internally displaced people;
Amendment 111 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onRecommends all regional political leaders to set up the Regional Commission tasked with establishing the facts about all victims of war crimes and other human rights violations committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia (RECOM), building upon the significant work carried out by the Coalition for RECOM;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UrgesCalls on the authorities in both entities to ensure inclusive and non- discriminatory education for all children;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UrgeRecommends all BiH political leaders and institutions in both entities to significantly accelerate work and co- operation to fully comply with the 14 key priorities and ensure full control of the flow of illegal immigrants; calls on the authorities to maintain the political will for enhanced co- operation demonstrated at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 143 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the effective organisation and independent functioning of institutions is an essential feature of a viable democracy and a prerequisite for advancing the EU integration process, including obtaining candidate status; warns that ethno-nationalistic rhetoric and attempts to obstruct the functioning of institutions undermine country-wide co-ordination and decision-making on key policies and reforms, the control of the national borders, the country's constitution and all adopted treaties between the country's cultural groups must be respected;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 165 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the urgent need to address shortcomings in the constitutional framework and to make progress on reforms that would transform BiH into a fully functional and inclusive state; stresses that institutionStresses that the country's constitution was adopted under extremely adverse circumstances and preserves the al reforms dependady fragile composition onf the will and commitment of political leadercountry, its authorities and its institutions in the country; urges the international community to facilitate the conditions for constitutional dialogue under the leadership of the EU, in particular Parliament, and in consultation with civil society; warns against amending or even calling into question this fragile structure under pressure from third parties;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to considerably strengthen cooperation and data exchange between state, entity and cantonal jurisdictions across all policy areas; notes the urgency of strengthening state-level capacity and expertise in the wide range of issues that need to be addressed to fulfil the obligations related to European integration;
Amendment 185 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. RegretNotes the lack of progress on reforms in the judiciary; reiteratecommends the urgent need to strengthen the professionalism and accountability of the judiciary and to ensure its independence from undue influence;
Amendment 201 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls forRecommends immediate steps to tackle corruption and impunity in the public sphere in order to rebuild citizens’ trust in the institutions;
Amendment 207 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. UnderlineRecommends the need to ensure consistent country-wide professional civil service standards, and calls for the implementation of merit-based standards within the constitutional framework in public appointments and promotions as a priority; welcomes the adoption of the Public Administration Reform Strategic Framework, enabling mobilisation of related EU funds;
Amendment 212 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses concern over the fundamental rights situation, and calls forNotes that certain fundamental rights are not respected and recommends more effective and comprehensive countrywide human rights and anti- discrimination strategies, as well as measures against interfaith and interethnic intolerance; stresses the need to duly prevent and prosecute the proliferation of hate speech, hate crimes and violence, and to promote social inclusion of minorities and vulnerable populations, including the Romanotes as well the fundamental importance of a complete transitional justice process in order to build a strong base for a lasting peace in BiH and the Western Balkans;
Amendment 231 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. RegretNotes BiH’s continued inabilityavoidance to comply with a number of anti-discrimination rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR); notes as well the continuing shortcomings in the election process, and reiterates the need to address discriminatory ethnicity and residency- based restrictions on the right to stand for election through the required constitutional changes;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls forRecommends thorough investigations into alleged electoral irregularities, including identity theft, barriers to independent electoral observation and political pressure on the BiH Central Election Commission (CEC), during of the 2020 municipal elections;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RegretsNotes the continued political and financial pressure and instrumentalisation of the media, undermining freedom of expression and media pluralism; expresses its concern atnotes as well the hostile environment for independent media, and urgerecommends the authorities to effectively investigate and prosecute threats and attacks against journalists and media personnel;
Amendment 258 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 271 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the increased illegal immigratory pressure on the country; calls for effective inter-institutional coordination of BiH and urges both entities to ensure a stop at their borders for all illegal immigrationnts and border management in the face of a mounting humanitarian crisis; calls for equitable burden-sharing and adequate support for local communities hosting temporary reception centres; underlines the need to ensure appropriate recepensure that they are unable to enter and traverse both entities; reminds all authorities in both entities that all development like aid, administered by the EU, to be considered in the future will be on the condition that both entities once and for all fully stop the illegal mass inflow of illegal-immigrants via their territories, towards the EU external border; therefore stresses the importance for effective inter-institutional condiordination of immigrations and to boost capacity for processing incoming migrants and asylum-seekers; urges BiH to conclude an agreement with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO); calls on the EU to step up its support to BiH’s authorities, namely wiborder management in the face of a mounting illegal immigration to the EU and its Member States; stresses, furthermore, that the issue of repatriation of illegal immigrants is crucial and that further establishment of reception camps at the EU's external border must be prevented; notes that the Bosnian population in particular, especially in the regard to operational assistancion around Bihać and Velika Kladuša, is suffering as a result of rampant crime;
Amendment 303 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. UrgeCalls BiH to step up its efforts against cross-border crime, especially human traffickingthe facilitation of illegal immigration into the EU -area, and to ensure swift conclusion of the status agreement with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) that would facilitate better protection of borders in full respect for fundamental rights, while helping fight cross-border crime;
Amendment 307 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Does not accept the lack of willingness and ability by the entities and their 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; points out 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 " and highlights, that the ongoing threat in the Western Balkans region was confirmed by several studies; stresses that weapons used in terrorist attacks in the EU were, as mentioned in the reports, acquired through local illicit firearm markets and were found to originate from the Western Balkans; underlines that those reports stresses, that the Western Balkans is the main supplier of illicit firearms in Europe and the that links between the Western Balkans and small arms used in EU member states in various types of criminal and terrorist activities are evidently clear; reminds as well that the latest report from the UN on the subject "UNODC Global Firearms Study", which confirms, that the Western Balkans remain a source of illicit firearms, notably assault rifles for Western Europe; urges the institutions in both entities to show credible action to control these weapons and stop their entry into the Member States;
Amendment 311 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a co-ordinated, strategic countryentity-wide response to the ongoing health emergency and post-pandemic recovery measures; recalls COVID-relatedillegal mass immigration emergency; recalls the conditionality for all development-aid administered by the EU support to address the acute s on the ability of all instituation in the country; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to allocate a sufficient number of COVID-19 vaccines to the Western Balkan counts of government in BiH to fully control and halt illegal immigration from and via their territories;
Amendment 336 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls oSuggests to both entities in BiH to step up active labour market measures aimed at reducing long-term and youth unemployment, contribuand especially focus on halting to the most acute brain drain in the regionBiH;
Amendment 345 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. UrgeRecommends the authorities in both entities to prioritise measures aimed at boosting economic diversification, digitalisation and tackling the informal economy, while developing effective and transparent mechanisms for energy market, transport infrastructure, sustainable tourism and support for SMEs;
Amendment 365 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges BiH’s authorities to ensure alignment with EU standards and policy objectives on climate protection and energy, facilitating the green and digital transition, and calls for the prioritisaSuggests that the entities in BiH’s ensure protection of measures to reducinge ecological degradation and environmental risks to health;
Amendment 387 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 394 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 403 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 10 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to 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 hang grenades, anti personnel- as well as an anti-tank mines,
Amendment 12 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to Communication on the 2020-2025 EU action plan on firearms trafficking 24.7.2020COM(2020) 608 final, and the Europol reports: Threat Assessment Report on Illicit Trafficking in Firearms (June 2013), Intelligence Notification (19/2014); “Firearms in the hands of Terrorist in Europe”( May 2015). - observing that Europol confirmed that Western Balkans remain among the main supplying regions of trafficking to the EU,
Amendment 14 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (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 31 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. 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 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, 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 Gallup survey presented in 2018 showing that 60% of the population in Albania, excluding children, wanted to immigrate;
Amendment 47 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the clear strategic orientation and commitment of Albania to European integration, manifesting itself in good neighbExpresses concern about the goal of the Government of Albania to join the EU as it would provide the conditions for a major exodus of their citizens that are needed in the future development of Albania as a loss of these individuals will serioursly relations and the continued implementation of the accession-related reformscompromise the possibilities for the citizens in Albania to create an environment that can ensure financial development, democratic stability and an acceptable welfare system;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Commends the steady progress made in implementing the comprehensivNotes the implementation process of the judicial reform, underpinned by the unprecedenteda vetting process and the establishment of the relevant institutions and specialised bodies, enabling, if implanted fully, a tangible shift towards a situation where Albania might create an accountable and independent judiciary;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the claims of an increase in proactive investigations, prosecutions and final convictions targeting illicit wealth and money laundering, and the subsequent claims that this is leading to the systematic freezing and seizure of criminal assets, and calls for their further intensification;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. 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 136 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 144 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the creation of an effective mechanism for the prevention of gender- based and domestic violence, and for protection and support to be given to its victims, combined with the effective and efficient prosecution of its perpetrators;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reminds Albania of its calls for further improvements to be made in the education and health, and the employment rates and living conditions of Roma and otherall ethnic minorities;
Amendment 181 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Notes that Albania has been unable to stem the trafficking of illegal immigrants into and across its territory, reminds Albania that the scale of assistance will match the ability of Albania to stop all illegal movements of third country nationals into and across their territory;
Amendment 182 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the ongoing measures and calls for further swift progress to be made in considerably reducstopping the number of unfounded asylum claims by Albanian nationals, including the arrivals of unaccompanied minors, in the EU Member States and facilitating their immediate return to Albania;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 32 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the world is facing a global shift of powers with geopolitical competition being a leading trend in foreign politics that requires quickand mass migration as well as coercive engineered migration being some of the leading trend/threats toward Europe and the EU Member States, requiring timely and adequate response mechanisms;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas new political forces are pushing for their own global and regional ambitions with unpredictable consequences for global security and especially the security of European; -citizens; -states; and –cultures;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU’s security environment is vulnerable to external pressure that prevents the EU Member States from exercising itstheir sovereignty;
Amendment 53 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas the ineffective operation of EU led civilian missions and calls on the Commission to launch an independent transparent audit of all past and current international civilian as well as police operation/missions; this audit shall be the bases of a new set of guiding principles and rules for how European states better can cooperate in the mission format, in an international setting in regard to civilian and police support to non-Member States;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a moment when competing powers are increasingly challenging the rules-based global order, we, as Europeans, must defend multilateralism, intthe Member States, European coopernational, rule of law, democracy and human rights;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that European- multilateralism ismust be at the centre of the EU’s efforts to support Member States to prevent and solve conflicts;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a stronger, united, effective and more strategic European Unionability of the European Union to support the Member States, especially given that a new European political cycle has just started and that the EU’s foreign and security policy is subject to change;
Amendment 106 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the urgent need to strengthen the EU’s resilience and independence by reinforcing a CFSP which promotes peaceMember States resilience by ensuring that that the CFSP sets the security and wellbeing of European-citizens and -nations in the first room by supporting the maintenance of peace, rule of law, security, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe and throughout the world;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 133 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the European Union needs to be able to react to crises more rapidly and effectively and should put a greater emphasis on preventing conflicts at an early stageU Member States should consider ensuring mechanisms in order to increase the speed and effectiveness when providing support to EU Member States in crises;
Amendment 134 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 246 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the EU to further prioritiseallow for the OSCE to conduct conflict prevention and mediation on behalf of and in cooperation with the member states; underlines that this approach delivers a high degree of EU added value in political, social, economic and security terms; recalls that conflict prevention and mediation activities help to assert the presence and credibility of the EUEuropean nations on the international scene; highlights Parliament’s valuable contribution in the field of mediation and dialogue, especially in the Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership countries, and calls for the further development of interinstitutional cooperation on mediation; the inability of the EU to thus far support a transitional justice process for the Western Balkans despite being active in the Region for more than 20 years and calls for Member States to cooperate and support the emergence of a true peace for the Western Balkans;
Amendment 279 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; sStresses that efficient cooperation with partnerby Member States within organisations such as the UN OSCE and/or NATO is more vital than everof importance;
Amendment 301 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 309 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 324 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that Article 20(2) of the TEU, which lays down provisions for enhanced cooperation, provides additional possibilities for Member States to move forward with the CFSP and should therefore be used;
Amendment 326 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 353 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the VP/HR, the Commission andProposes to the Member States to continue and step up their efforts to increase their ability to confront hybrid threats by strengthening the EU’s cyber defences and, the physical defence of internal and external borders as well as resilience against hybrid threats; callproposes, in this regard, for the development of comprehensive joint capacities and methods to analyse risk and vulnerability;
Amendment 361 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 378 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to benefit from the EUEurope’s competitive advantage so that itEuropean nations can quickly establish a strategic position in the international race of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in order to prevent the EUEurope from becoming dependent on digital giants;
Amendment 384 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the important role of theat European led and staffed civil- and military -missions that form part of the CSDP incan contribute in some aspects to maintaining peace, avoiding conflicts and strengthening international securitysecurity; however; there is an urgent need to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the past EU-led missions, especially the civilian missions, in order to revise both the planning, structure and implementation aspects; without this comprehensive evaluation and subsequent change in how these EU led civilian missions are conducted, all Member State support should cease for these mission;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the lasting deterioration in the Union’s strategic environment in the face of multiple challenges directly or indirectly affecting the security of its Member States and citizens: armed conflicts immediately to the east and south of the European continent, jihadist terrorism, cyber attacks, uncontrolled migration, increasing threats to natural resources, climate change, etc.;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that instability and unpredictability on the Union’s borders and in its immediate neighbourhood (north Africa, the Middle East, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Balkans, etc.) pose a direct and acute threat to the security of the continentand future of Europe; stresses the inextricable link between internal and external security;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that, in this context, these actors are deliberately circumventing or attempting to destroy the multilateral mechanisms essential tothat may aid in maintaining peace;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Union has been slow to react and adapt – politically, and diplomatically and militarily – to new crises and to this new international context; considers that, in the specific area of defence, insufficient investment, differences in capabilities and a lack of interoperability, but also, and above all, a political reluctance to implement the robust provisions provided for in the European treaties and the numerous cooperation arrangements between Member States have weakened the Union’s ability to play a decisive role in external crises; recognises, further, that no country is able by itself to address the security challenges on the European continent and in its immediate environment;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes, in this adverse and volatile context, the belated but real recognition of shared security interests and the growing political will on the part of European countries and the European institutions to act collectively for their security by endowing themselves with greater means to act autonomously;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that the response to the Union’s security challenges lies primarily in strengthening itsmember strategic autonomys ability to cooperate;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to strengthen its freedom to assess, take decisions and take action and provide council to the member states where circumstances so require in order for the member states to defend itstheir interests and values;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, therefore, that European strategic autonomy is based, above all, on the ability of the Union to assess a crisis situation and take a decision autonomouslyprovide guidance, which necessarily entails an independent decision-making process, the availability of means of assessment and a freedom to analyse and take actionprovide counsel; considers, also, that European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Unionmember states to act alone when its interests are at stake (theatres of operations not considered as priorities by its European partners) or within the framework of existing cooperation arrangements; considers, lastly, that European strategic autonomy is part of a multilateral framework which respects commitments within the UN and complements the (NATO) alliances and partnerships to which most Member States are signed up; stresses that strategic autonomy does not mean that the Union will systematically act alone, everywhere and always;
Amendment 143 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 167 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Maintains that European strategic autonomy mustcould take practical form in thesuch areas ofas: industry, capability (joint programmes, investment in defence technologies) and operations (financing of operations, capacity building for partners, capacity to plan and conduct missions);
Amendment 175 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that Europe’s defence capability is based largely on the Union’s capacity to intervene militarily, in a credible manner, in external theatres of operations; member states ability, alone or in cooperation, and willingness to uphold rule of law within their own territory as well as to control their border and especially the EU external border;
Amendment 183 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Union currently has a presence on three continents through the deployment of 16 civilian or military missions (10 civilian and six military, of which three are executive and three are non-executive missions); recognises the contribution made by these missions to peace and international security and stability; stresses that their implementation must be accompanied by an major overhaul of the instruments laid down in the Lisbon Treaty and introduced in recent years, in order to make them more effective and to reduce them in scope and number enabling the Européen partners to only intervene where it is absolutely needed and to enable the best possible conditions for a successful mission implementation;
Amendment 200 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned at the deteriorating situation in Burkina Faso; wonders whether it would be appropriate to deploy a civilian and/or military mission in order to strengthen security sector governance, human rights and the restoration of people’s trust in their security forces;
Amendment 209 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the swift implementation of the compact on civilian missions adopted in November 2018 by the Council and the Member States with a view to enhancing civilian CSDP resources in order to maketo be halted until such time a major revision of the European concept of civilian missions managed by the EU is fully reviewed and a full evaluation is carried out in regard to the CSDP missions already undertaken in order to ensure a major change in how these missions moare flexible and more operational, a prerequisite for the effectiveness and efficiency of Union action on the groundinitiated, planned and implemented in order to make these missions transparent, accountable and ensure that these missions possess the ability to operate to the same standards as the European ideals of rule of law and human rights that they are set to implement;
Amendment 217 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes, however, that the effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations in general is being hampered to a certain extent by an increasing reluctance on the part of Member States and the European institutions to make such missions and operations more robust, both in terms of human resources and their mandates, especially in regard to staff-accountability and transparency ; notes that CSDP military operations increasingly tend to be based on armed forces training (EUTM), with no executive dimension;
Amendment 221 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes with concern that the effectiveness of the most recent CSDP civilian and military operations has been hampered by persistent structural weaknesses, surprising lack of staff- commitment and accountability, especially from senior management from a non-negligible number of the staff serving in CSDP civilian missions;
Amendment 239 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the importance of organisencouraging joint training and exercises between European armed forces, thereby promoting interoperability, with a view to maximising mission preparedness and addressing a broad range of threats, both conventional and non-conventional;
Amendment 249 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Questions the appropriateness of continuing certain missions; believes that the Union should concentrate its efforts on missions where it generates the highest added value for the citizens of Europe;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 267 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 316 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 319 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 394 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Is convinced that the UnionMember States hasve a vital interest in creating a safe and open maritime environment which makes for the free legal-passage of goods and people as well as to insure that all illegal movements are halted; notes that most of the strategic assets, critical infrastructure and capabilities are under the control of Member States and that their willingness to enhance cooperation is paramount for a truly inclusive European security; reaffirms the Union’s role as a global maritime security provider, and stresses the importance of developing relevant military and civilian capabilities; welcomes in that connection the adoption of the revised EU Mability of Europe to support global maritime Ssecurity Strategy Action Plan in June 2018;
Amendment 401 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Believes that the Union and its Member States face an unprecedented threat in the form of uncontrolled migration, islamist terrorism and to some degree by cyber attacks as well as cyber crime and terrorism; believes that the nature of cyber attacks makes them a threat that requires a Union-level response; encourages the Member States to provide mutual assistance in the event of a cyber attack against any one of them;
Amendment 429 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Stresses that the ambition of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of Europeans to take action to defend their interests, either independently or within an institutional cooperation framework (NATO, OSCE, UN);
Amendment 457 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Stresses the importance of cooperation between the Union and other international institutions, in particular the OSCE and the African Union and the OSCE; considers that the Union should also strengthen dialogue and cooperation with third countries in the region and with regional and sub-regional organisations;
Amendment 463 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Supports, in parallel with institutional cooperation and partnerships, the combining of different forms of flexible, multifaceted, open and, at the same time, operational, ambitious and demanding cooperation, both within and outside EU, NATO, OSCE and UN structures, which could facilitate joint commitments in operations, thereby strengthening the Union’s operational strategic autonomy; stresses, in this connection, that examples of cooperation such as the European Intervention Initiative, the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) and the increasing integration of the German and Dutch armed forces refelect this drive for closer military cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 486 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the OSCE, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Secretary- General of NATO, the EU agencies in the space, security and defence fields, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.
Amendment 3 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil official development assistance criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the importance of ensuring human rights standards in all cooperation under the DCI and insists that in order to successfully combat poverty in the long-term, the Union must adhave a better possibility to support the reduction of poverty in the recipient countries, the Union should concentrate support to the beneficiaries in order to adress the causes of poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 11 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the use of budget support in general to assist developing countries in their reform efforts and in achieving the SDGs, urges, however, the Commission to more clearly assess and define the development outcomes to be achieved through budget support in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conductthe conduct of the beneficiary nations and civil society organisations in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy.
Amendment 4 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomUnderlines the Parties’ commitment to enhance the contribution of trade and investment to the goal of sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions and social dimensions, particularly with regard to international labour law resulting from the core conventions adopted by the International Labour Organisation, and in its environmental dimensions, in particular measures to combat deforestation and illegal fishing; acknowledges that the Investment Court System marks an improvement from the existing Bilateral Investment Treaties between 21 EU Member States and Vietnam with regard to the independence of judges;
Amendment 5 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses its general concern at the increasing inclusion in recent EU free trade agreements of arbitration clauses referring to a specific court; stresses that such arrangements must be confined to cases involving the possibility of manifest and serious abuses and must not be allowed to compromise the sovereignty of the Member States;
Amendment 10 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the use of the transparency rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for dispute settlement, but underlines that the use of substantive provisions of foreign investment protection, in particular the principles of ‘indirect expropriation’ and of ‘fair and equitable treatment’, does not weaken the Parties’ right to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as public health, safety and environmental protecparticularly but not exclusively public health, safety and, generally speaking, any legitimate objectives relating to public order and environmental protection, while providing foreign investors with a certain degree of legal protection, specifically against expropriation; insists on regular monitoring and reporting back to the European Parliament on the use of this provision by European investors;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that protections afforded to investors could possibly outpace the development of investor responsibilities as the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) guarantees enforceable rights to foreign investors through the arbitration clause, but does not provide a sanction mechanism for non-compliance with social and environmental standards; reiterates the need to ensure a fair balance of investors’ rights and duties, in terms of corporate, social and environmental standards and human rights in general, in the IPA; underlines in this regard the importance of establishing an independent monitoring and complaint mechanism that can be seized by affected populations and that has the authority to make binding rulings with regard to the negative impact that trade and investment agreements may have and stresses the need to keep the European Parliament informed of action taken through this mechanism in response to complaints concerning investors with registered offices in any of the Member States.
Amendment 2 #
2018/0358(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
The Committee on Development calls onwarns the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to recommend that Parliament give its consent toabout the concerns raised by the proposal for the Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part, particularly with regard to labour rights, human rights and the protection of the environment. The Committee on Development therefore calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, not to recommend that Parliament give its consent to the said proposal for an agreement.
Amendment 4 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the inclusion of a comprehensive and binding chapter on Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) with explicit references to Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; is nevertheless concerned about allegations of possible infringements by Viet Nam of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the lack of convincing results in combating illegal fishing, Viet Nam having been ‘pre-identified’ in 2017 as a non-cooperating country in the area of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and the absence of any progress noted by the European Commission in this area in 2018; accordingly warns against the risks of deforestation and illegal fishing;
Amendment 8 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that, under Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union ‘shall, since animals are sentient beings, pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals’ in the implementation of its policies; stresses that certain livestock and fishery products, in particular chicken meat, on which duties should be reduced to 0% after a transitional period of ten years, are covered by the free trade agreement and should be subject to phytosanitary and animal welfare standards at least equivalent to those of the European Union; considers that, in the event of ratification of the agreement, the European Union should, in particular, implement the animal welfare provisions thereof whenever necessary and that animal welfare requirements must also extend to aquaculture products; calls on the Commission to monitor closely the question of animal welfare in the context of the agreement and to keep Parliament regularly updated;
Amendment 11 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to earmark specific funding forspare no effort in order to fulfil the key objectives of the TSD chapter, including through civil society organisations, such as the dDomestic aAdvisory gGroups (DAGs), in order to fulfil the key objectives of the TSD chapter, which include an increased monitoring of commitments together with the relevant Vietnamese authorities, the development of action plans for areas where concerns have been identified, including, but not limited to, deforestation and illegal fishing, and the triggering of dispute settlement processes in the event that action plans have not been respected;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, in the event of ratification of the agreement, it is essential to ensure full implementation and enforcement by Viet Nam of international law on intellectual property and trademark law and of the safeguards associated with protected geographical indications; is concerned at the insufficient protection afforded to certain protected geographical indications, which is in certain cases limited by transitional periods, for example ten years in the case of champagne;
Amendment 15 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CongratulatesNotes that Viet Nam onhas ratifyingied only six of the ILO’s eight fundamental conventions, namely No 29 on forced labour, Nos 100 and 111 on non- discrimination, Nos 138 and 182 on child labour and, most recently, No 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining; urgeasks the Vietnamese Government to quick, if the proposed agreement enters into force, to promptly ratify outstanding convention No 105 on forced labour and No 87 on the freedom of association, and highlights the crucial importance of ensurverifying that all of these conventions are fulrigorously implemented if the agreement enters into force;
Amendment 20 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned that, according to the International Labour Organisation, ‘many children are at risk of labour and sexual exploitation’ in Viet Nam, and that ‘recent reports indicate a rise in internal migration and the number of unregistered families and children found in urban centres’, making children and families particularly vulnerable to the abovementioned types of exploitation;
Amendment 22 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes Viet Nam’s commitment to revise and quickly ratify its Labour Code, highlighting the importance of the promotion and practical enforcement of gender equality and female empowerment; reiterates that gender inequality should no longer be seen as a purely social issue, but as an economic one that presents a key challenge to attaining inclusive and sustainable growth; notes with concern that, according to the International Labour Organisation, girls are particularly at risk of labour or sexual exploitation in Viet Nam; calls on the Commission to monitor developments closely and to keep Parliament regularly updated on the situation.;
Amendment 2 #
2018/0356(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
The Committee on Development calls onwarns the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, that it has serious reservations about the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (INTA/8/14829) (2018/0356(NLE)), and shares with that committee its concern about the overall balance of the agreement, as well as the protection of protected designations of origin, labour rights issues, particularly child labour, and the protection of the environment, especially in relation to deforestation and the protection of fisheries resources. For all these reasons, the Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade not to recommend that Parliament give its consent to the proposal for Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (INTA/8/14829); (2018/0356(NLE)). .