Activities of Mounir SATOURI related to 2022/2007(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Commission and the Commission Vice-President / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean
Amendments (35)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, ‘Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development’, of the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) and the related European Union protocols and decisions,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to the Ministerial Declaration of the Mediterranean coastal states, MedFish4Ever, adopted in Valletta, Malta, on 30 March 2017,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, on 9 February 2021, the Commission and the Commission Vice- President / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) endorsed a joint communication for an ambitious and renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood including a new agenda for the Mediterranean and an accompanying economic and investment plan focusing on, inter alia five priorities, namely: human development, good governance and the rule of law; resilience, prosperity and the digital transition,; peace and security,; migration and mobility, as well as the green transition; climate resilience, energy and the environment;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the new Agenda for the Mediterranean is supposed to inform the preparation of bilateral political frameworks, which can be Joint documents, Partnership priorities or equivalent, establishing jointly agreed political and economic reform agendas and related implementing tools;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the coherence of Member States’ policies with the Southern Neighbourhood policy is essential for the EU to achieve its foreign policy objectives in the region;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Southern Neighbourhood should not be seen in a vacuum, but in close correlation with the Easterbroader European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as defined in the 2015 ENP Review, and an overall reflection on how to pursue closer and balanced relations between the EU and its neighbours; whereas both the EU’s Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods are strategic for the EU in that they can ensure shorter and, therefore, more secure and more effectivepromote human rights and democratic reforms and ensure a more secure and effective space for economic relations and investment, including shorter and mutually beneficial supply lines; whereas the EU should pursue a common regulatory and reformist space that includes its Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods, and therefore ensures access for its neighbouring countries to the highest policy, anti- corruption and human rights standards, which are multipliers of economic investment and economic growth;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Euro-Mediterranean area of prosperity, stability and peace has yet to materialise; whereas according to the World Bank Governance Index the situation in terms of governance, rule of law and human rights in the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood has not improved in respect to pre-2011; whereas the European Commission´s 2015 ENP review redirected the focus of the policy away from democratic transformation towards a securitized approach focusing on counter-terrorism and migration management; whereas democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law are essential for prosperity, stability and peace and should be at the heart of the EU´s policy towards the Southern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the war in Ukraine has underlined the threat posed by third countries that seek political and economic hegemony in the EU’s neighbourhood to the detriment of the democratic aspirations and territorial integrity of target countries; whereas Russia, China and Iran are allregional powers are seeking to increase their capacity to exercise political and/or economic hegemony in certain Southern Neighbourhood countries and, therefore, the EU’s and the Southern Neighbourhood countries’ capacity- building for fighting disinformation and promoting freedom of the press is crucial; whereas the EU should reaffirm its role as the primary political, economic and democratic anchor for the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood, freedoms of association and assembly is crucial;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting need to further diversifyincrease the EU’s energy supplovereignty have shown the essential role of the Southern Neighbourhood in sbecuroming sufficient gas and oil supplies to the EU with mutual benefits for both the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries; whereas the discovery of relevant natural gas reservcrucial partners in achieving the European Green Deal; whereas the abundance of renewable energy sources in the Scouthern and Eastern Mediterraneanntries of the Southern Neighbourhood provides a unique opportunity for economic development in the countries concerned; whereas these gas reserves equally provide an important opportunity for partnership, investment and theclean energy cooperation with the EU, including hydrogen from renewable sources of energy; whereas such energy cooperation allows for sharing of know-how between the countries of the Southern Mediterranean and the EU and its Member States ; whereas the Southern Neighbourhood is therefore not only essential for reasons of regional security and stability, but also as a primary partner for access to energy sources, including renewablenergy cooperation; whereas true partnership with mutual benefits, notably for people in the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood is key to guarantee their access to renewable, affordable and local energy in an inclusive way; whereas, because of their historical emissions, EU Member States have a carbon debt towards developing countries;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas low-and middle-income countries host 85% of the world's refugees, with 73% hosted in neighbouring countries and more than 1.9 million refugees currently hosted in the Southern Neighbourhood; whereas 6.8 million Syrians are displaced across borders and Syria continues to represent the first country of origin of the world's refugees;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas more than 218.000 refugees in the Southern Neighbourhood are estimated to be in need of resettlement, while EU refugee resettlement has decreased since 2016 and only 7,263 refugees were resettled from the Southern Neighbourhood to the EU in 2021;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the effects of climate change are due to provoke further displacement for populations living in the Middle East and North Africa;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas security and, stability, democracy and the respect of human rights in the Southern Neighbourhood are closely correlated with the prospects for real socioeconomic integration of women and youthopen spaces for citizens and independent civil society to share ideas and opinions freely, including criticism of their governments without fear of reprisal, and with real socioeconomic integration of women, youth and discriminated groups such as LGBTQI+ persons and religious, cultural and ethnic minorities and their capacity to access education, vocational training, employment and adequate longer- term professional development;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) continues to contribute to regional stability and peace in a region affected by conflicts; whereas underfunding recurrently jeopardizes its work which is yet key for the human development and humanitarian support of some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, whose needs continue to grow;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the Mediterranean Sea is a common good to be protected, and whereas its current environmental status is worrying, mainly as a result of overfishing; whereas the situation of many stocks remains critical as more than 80 % of scientifically assessed stocks are exploited above maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels which is having negative repercussions for the industry and the marine environment as a whole; whereas stocks depletion and marine biodiversity erosion is threatening food security of coastal communities, jobs and incomes throughout the artisanal fisheries value chain;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas according to the FAO almost one in three people in the Arab world, to which 9 out of 10 Southern Neighbourhood countries belong, did not have access to adequate food in 2020; an increase of 10 million people in just one year; whereas this number will likely increase, notably due to the repercussions of the war in Ukraine;
Amendment 98 #
(a) Secure adequate resources for timely and effective implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean based on the objectives and priorities jointly determined with Southern Neighbourhood partner countries, building on valuable synergies through the programming of the external action for the region under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and pursuing close coordination with Member State programming as well as facilitating as much as possible opportunities for blending through partnerships betweentransparent cooperation with the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other relevant international financial institutions; takes the view that the new agenda for the Mediterranean can introduce a positive conditionality under which active EU support for a closer and effective policy interface with Southern Neighbourhood countries can lead to further partnerships and convergence on other policy priorities for the benefit of both the EU and Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls, in this regard, the importance of ensuring EU visibility in all EU financial resources allocated to the region directly or indirectly through partnership with the UN or other international organis, including on the first stated priorities dealing with human development, good governance and the rule of law for the benefit of both the EU and Southern Neighbourhood countries and their populations;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Develop and conclude Joint documents or Partnership priorities as a matter of priority to replace the previous documents, building on the five key priorities of the agenda of the Mediterranean, in particular the one on human development, good governance and the rule of law;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Address, as a matter of priority, the impact of the war in Ukraine on certain Southern Neighbourhood countries in terms of food security, with particular reference to countries most vulnerable because of their population size, dependence on food imports, lack of social security or economic model; asks the Commission to engage with Parliament on ways to ensure food security for countries in the Southern Mediterranean that face difficulties in this regard and devise a robust policy and assistance response for this purpose without further delay, also building on the Food and Resilience Facility in order to address food security in the regsupporting sustainable local agricultural systems, less input-intensive and more climate relevant agricultural practices notably based on the Food and Resilience Facility, as well as support efforts to roll out universal social protection;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Implement under the NDICI, as a matter of priority, strategies to alleviate poverty and strategies and dedicated programming for broader youth access to education, vocational training, higher education together with adequate funding for access to education; recalls that youth migration, whether regular or irregular, and professional brain drain are a matter of serious concern to our partners in the region, as well as a serious threat to the longer-term capacity for economic growth and economic viability of Southern Neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of expanding access to the Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes for participants from Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls the importance of circular mobility, including South-to-South exchanges and mobility partnerships, so that professionals from Southern Neighbourhood countries can have concrete opportunities to further their professional training in the EU and return to their country of origin to share and build knowledge;and skills in the EU; increase the participation of students from Southern neighbours in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes, including those who fled Ukraine, and increase the funding for such exchanges; prevent these policies to impact negatively Southern neighbours through the phenomenon of brain drain, recalls the importance of mainstreaming the socioeconomic integration of women in the region and of gender equality in all EU policies areas whenever possible; stresses the importance of targeted EU support for women with the objective of improving their access to education, training and employment and, more generally, promoting equal professional and socioeconomic opportunities;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Calls for a more coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration between the EU and its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood, taking into account the importance of addressing the root causes of forced displacement; encourages to build mutually beneficial and comprehensive partnerships which include mobility partnerships and visa liberalisation; underlines that those actions need to be implemented in full respect of international law, including international human rights and refugee law, Union and national competences, and should be in line with principles enshrined in the Global Compacts on Refugees and on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; denounces well-documented, systematic human rights violations on migratory routes towards the EU, including at international border crossings in the Southern Neighbourhood, calls for the EU to focus its foreign policy efforts on human security and access to safe migratory routes rather than exporting border protection practices and making cooperation conditional on readmission;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) Urges the Member States to increase resettlement places for refugees as a concrete demonstration of international solidarity; calls for continued engagement with Southern Neighbourhood partners to ensure durable solutions for refugees, including through social and economic inclusion in the region;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(c c) Notes with grave concern the multiple reports of severe human rights abuses committed against migrants in Libya; calls for an immediate end to EU funding for the training and activities of the Libyan coastguard, strongly rejects any classification of such funding as life- saving humanitarian assistance;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) Tackle the obstacles to the process of rebuilding fish stocks with a view to applying and fully implementing the current EU legislation and recommendations by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and taking practical steps to rebuild fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea, to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status in the marine environment, including through prohibiting all environmentally damaging extractive industrial activities such as mining and fossil fuel extraction in marine protected areas;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) Prepare an analysis of the positive role whichthat the Southern Neighbourhood countries can play in the EU’s strategy ofd the EU can play in reducing itstheir carbon emissions, and the contribution of these countries to the EU’s strategy ofefforts they can undertake jointly in diversifying itstheir energy resources and increasing itstheir energy supply from renewable energy sources;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Pursue an active EU role in facilitating dialogue and cooperation among all the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that have relevant natural gas reservesin the field of energy , promoting, where necessary, the capacity for understanding and final settlements on maritime border demarcationdialogue, and further promoting theany necessary interconnection capacity between countries in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that produce natural gas and the European Union, through relevant EU hubsand the European Union, and considering, in particular, adequate pipeline, harbour and regasification infrastructures and technology both in the EU and in Southern Neighbourhood countries for the benefit of all producer countries and all Member States;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Build on the very positive experience of some Member States in supporting start-up companies and further advancing their work through dedicated incubators or accelerators, especially in key sectors such as health, renewable energy and education; takes the view that the EU should set up incubators or accelerators in relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries, support the creation of local start-up companies, and increase their digital and green capacities; concurs on the importance of further improving the digital infrastructure of relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries and including these countries in the EU’s digital agenda; points out that this is a prerequisite for economic development, socioeconomic integration and wider access to education; recalls the importance of close policy dialogue and cooperation between the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries to develop adequate cybersecurity policies and partnership in international forums on cybersecurity standards; takes the view that the EU should build on the StratCom Task Force South and develop a concrete strategy for combating disinformation in our Southern Neighbourhood countries, aiming to counter fake news and propaganda in order to reinforce human rights democracy and stability; calls on the EU to urge governments of Southern and Eastern neighbours to allow unfettered access to internet and freedom of expression of dissent voices without fear of reprisals; calls on the governments of Southern and Eastern Neighbours to respect and protect freedom of expression and its corollaries freedom of information and press freedom both online and offline; calls on the EU to finance programs in support of freedom of expression and privacy, access and ethics on the internet;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) Promote regional, sub-regional and bilateral integration in the Southern Mediterranean, in particular with a view to the removal of any border, transport or trade barriers between the countries of the region and between them and the EU, and actively promoting closer links and partnerships; takes the view that the recent Negev Foreign Ministers summit in Sde Boker attests to the potential for regional integration and peace, for instance regarding visa facilitation without linking it to migration management; takes the view that that the EU should advance dialogue and cooperation in the region ion the framework of the Abraham Accords; welcomes the intention of holding this summit annually and calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to use the positive momentumsupport for the Middle East Peace process and the two- state solution; continue to support, both politically and financially, the work of relevant UN bodies such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), also in view of the vote ofn the Abraham Accords to advance dialogue andrenewal of its mandate by the UN General Assembly in 2022; ensure coompernsation infor the region on support for the Middle East Peace process demolition of EU-funded structures in the occupied Palestiniand the two- state solutionerritories by Israel;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) Implement the new agenda for the Mediterranean through dedicated dialogue and consultation with local and regional authorities, as well as independent civil society, including in the run-up to the COP 27 in Cairo; reinforce the links between EU Delegations and the Euro- Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM); recalls that these are important drivers for development and are closer to the people, so that implementation strategies can reach all communities, including those most disadvantaged geographically or in socioeconomic terms, and human rights defenders, the rule of law, good governance and democratic reforms;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) Calls on the European Commission to incentivise and assist reform through the Southern Neighbourhood Policy in the fields of democracy, rule of law and human rights, good governance and anti-corruption for the benefit of the people and stability in the region;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) Ensure that EU and Member States action within the Southern Partnership framework is fully consistent with EU sanctions, including those that may be adopted under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime and a future sanctions regime dedicated to addressing serious acts of corruption;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) Present annual updates on the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, with particular regard to the disbursement of financial resources made available for the Economic and Investment Plan; takes the view that the Commission and the VP/HR should regularly consult Parliament on the annual and multi-annual programming related to the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the Economic and Investment Plan, and that they should regularly brief Parliament on the state of play of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, especially the implementation of its five priorities and the conclusion and fulfilment of joint document and partnership priorities, and inform it about the implementation of Parliament recommendations in all EU policies areas, as well as on additional projects and programmes that will boost the EU’s partnership capacity with Southern Neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) Ensure a positive link between the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the capacity of the EU and its Member States to build a coalition of like-minded countries to support a rules-based, effective multilateral system capable of boosting the capacity of the international community to address global challenges; reiterates its view that the new agenda for the Mediterranean should include dialogue on the value for Southern Neighbourhood countries converging with the EU not only on policy dialogue, human rights, stability and economic growth, but also on the capacity to promote peace and stability, democratic values and human rights in the UN system and relevant multilateral forums;