Activities of Manon AUBRY related to 2018/0356M(NLE)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Amendments (4)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. WelcomesTakes note of 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; regret the absence of effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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3. Congratulates Viet Nam on ratifying 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; urges the Vietnamese Government to quickly ratify outstanding convention No 105 on forced labour and No 87 on the freedom of association, and highlights the crucial importance of ensuring that all of these conventions are fully implemented; calls the Vietnamese authorities to modify the penal code according with the ratification of these conventions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes 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; encourages the Vietnamese authorities to cut working time in the private sector from 48 hours per week to 40 hours per week; calls on the Commission to monitor developments closely and to keep Parliament regularly updated on the situation.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes the persistence in Vietnam of cases of human and social rights violations, and that more efforts are needed in this regard by the Vietnamese authorities. Call the Vietnamese government for a moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its full abolition.