Activities of Andrzej HALICKI related to 2019/2201(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
Amendments (30)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission’s Joint Communication on the “Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020 - Reinforcing Resilience, an Eastern Partnership that delivers for all” of 18 March 2020,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to the Council Conclusions of 11 May 2020 on the Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to the OECD/ODIHR Report of 24 February 2019 on the conclusions from the Parliamentary Elections in Moldova Observation Mission,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Joint letter of 15 February2020 on the MFF 2021– 2027 reiterated their strong commitment to contribute to the strategic success of the EaP, in particular through the differentiation principle and the establishment of a EU+ Three Associated Partners enhanced dialogue, and emphasized that a dedicated financial tool providing a robust assistance to support complex reform commitments in line with AAs/DCFTAs would be decisive for all actors involved in the process;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has proved the rising need for a coordination in tackling common threats between the Union and neighbouring countries; whereas the Union has responded to that need with, among other tools, the provision of financial help to its neighbours from which Moldova is entitled to receive up to EUR 100 million;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas in April 2019 Moldova celebrated as an associated country 5 years of visa free regime and more than 2.1 million citizens (over 60% of the country's population) have visited the Schengen area since its inception;
Amendment 80 #
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 NAPIAAcknowledges the correlation between the next Association Agenda and a new NAPIAA and underlines the importance of agreeing as soon as possible on a new Agenda, as one of the tools to steer the implementation of the Association Agreement; insists that the continuation of EU sector budget support remains conditional upon the delivery of tangible reform, in particular of the judiciary;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to develop amake a proper use of existing mechanism to monitor the concrete implementation of reforms, including clear benchmarks;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on Moldovan authorities to further implement the commitments made in the context of the liberalised visa regime for the Schengen area in the area of effective migration management and to ensure asylum rights for third-country applicants in the Republic of Moldova;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the progress achieved on the reform of public administration and public financial management, but encourages further steps to increase transparencyunderlines that a more efficient and sustainable AA implementation stems from an impartial and professional administration of State institutions and agencies; in this regard encourages Moldovan authorities to increase transparency as well as to prepare and implement the public administration reform of which the starting point might be a public administration national school;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the EU is the biggest provider of aid to Moldova; observes with great concern the continuous propaganda, disinformation campaigns and denigrating messages by governing politicians against the Union, that paint a distorted and unrealistic picture on public television and in the media; regrets such public attacks on the Union’s aid and image as they undermine the implementation of the AA and EU- Moldova relation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reiterates the importance of implementing all priority reforms agreed in the Association Agenda and conditionalities agreed for the disbursement of second and third tranches of Macro-Financial Assistance;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Urges the Moldovan authorities to fully implement the Audiovisual Media Services Code in line with European standards of media freedom and pluralism as recommended by the European Commission and the Venice Commission; stresses the need to avoid all attempts to undermine media pluralism, notably those that would further encourage the cartelisation of the media market and related advertising market; notes with concern that, currently, the media is highly monopolised and subordinate to the country’s political and business groups; calls for transparency of media ownership and the provision of dedicated assistance to independent media, especially local outlets, to in order comply with the Code’s requirements regarding obligatory local content; stresses the importance of ensuring genuine independence of the media regulatory agency;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
AA’s implementation importance in the ongoing political developments and the run-up to the November 1 Presidential Elections
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Emphasizes the need for a strong and fair political rivalry among presidential candidates, which would not be possible without healthy and transparent system of party-financing and presidential campaign financing;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Stresses that without the genuine determination of the political class to reform the country and to truly implement the AA with the EU, none of true and lasting development could be reached; in this regard, encourages, all political actors and political forces in the country to contribute and initiate multi-party formats and collaboration in good faith on Moldova’s strategic goals thus contributing to the quality of democracy and to the improvement of life conditions of people;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Stresses that free and open access to Moldovan elections for Moldavan citizens living in Transnistria is a positive and important need, but establishing clear and transparent rules to fight the corrupted proceedings of votes buying is an even more urgent need as those practices undermine and destroy all democratic efforts made by political actors of Moldova;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8g. Regrets that for the past five years the political class developments were dominated by corrupt processes that led to party switching and political opportunism; in this regard, urges the authorities to speed up the justice reform to allow for state institutions to function independently and transparently without being undermined or captured by oligarchic interests;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 h (new)
Paragraph 8 h (new)
8h. Underlines in view of future elections the importance of democratic legitimacy of the government, transparency in coalition building, respect for the will of the voters and the importance that a government majority reflects the vote of the people;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes Moldovan participation in common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions and operations, cyber security and cyber-crime investigations, as well as Moldova’s cooperation with NATO as well as Moldova’s cooperation with NATO and calls on the European Commission and the European Council to further connect Republic of Moldova to new formats of cooperation on countering cyber security, hybrid threats and cyber-crime investigations;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Moldovan authorities to ensure the complete independence of the Constitutional Court, and that it is not subject to any form of political interferencefrom the political power; condemns the enormous pressure, blackmailing and harassment the Court’s judges went through before delivering the decision on the Russian loan; deeply regrets the attempts to politicize the Constitutional Court and the inactivity of the prosecution and the anti-corruption centre to defend the independence of the Constitutional Court;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates its calls to change the law on appointing the Superior Council of Magistracy and the election of its president in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission; remains deeply concerned by the Moldovan parliament’s powers to appoint judges to the supreme court of justice making it political controlled;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Moldovan authorities to increase transparency on the funding of political parties, and to investigate all irregularities in a fair and unbiased way; calls on the authorities to ensure that no funds of charitable foundations are used in the electoral campaigning; urges the authorities to forbid the use of the administrative funds in favour of the governing political class during the election campaign;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for more determined action from Moldovan authorities in the field of environmental protection and climate change, in particular waste management, and management of water from the Nistru river;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Invites the European Commission to include Moldova in the stress tests conducted for the internal energy market;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Non-governmental organizations and citizens' cooperation
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Reiterates the important role that non-governmental organization can play in bringing closer the Republic of Moldova and the European Union as well as being of benefit for the AA implementation; in this regard welcomes adoption of a new Law on Non- Commercial Organizations that cuts the time and bureaucratic procedures needed to register an NGO in Moldova as well as improves financial transparency of non- governmental entities;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Supports the idea of a broad participation of civil society through e.g. independent NGOs in implementation of the strategic country’s goals as well as contribution to the bottom-up democratic recovery of state; underlines in this regard that a priority should be given to the NGOs working on democracy standards and fighting the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the EU should establish clear rules helping to avoid provision of grants to “GONGO’s”(NGO’s established and financed by governments through informal channels);
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Encourages the European Commission to prepare, consult and create tailored programs for citizens in mode of a direct contact with beneficiaries by using the on-line platform for applying and reporting the use of the funds in the programs; calls in this regard to consider the Green Deal purposes, day-to-day needs of citizens in Moldova;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Moldovan authorities to requestconsider the establishment of a Jean Monnet Dialogue to support inter- party dialogue and parliamentary capacity building;