Activities of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2019/2170(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Albania
Amendments (6)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomTakes the clear strategic orientatview that there is no place for Albania in the European Union, and commitment of Albania to European integration, manifestthat the possible accession of Albania, a state which is characterised by endemic organised crime, which is dealing witself in good neighbourly relations andh a massive influx of illegal migrants, and which is one of the countinued implementation of the accession-related reformsries from which the largest numbers of people seeking asylum in France originate, would have harmful consequences for the peoples of Europe;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the convening of the first intergovernmental conference without further delay, followCondemns the decision taken by the Council in March 2020 to open accession negotiations with Albania, which is, moreover, ing the adoption of the negotiating framework by the Councilmidst of a health crisis;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. WelcomeQuestions the steps taken to improve the legislation and mechanisms for tackling money laundering and terrorism financing, and calls for further measures aimed at swiftly implementing the Financial Action Task Force action plan, in particular on reducing the size of the informal economy; notes, however, that since 2 March 2020 Albania has been included on the FATF grey list, and regards the decision to open accession negotiations despite that listing as a serious error on the part of the Council;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the authorities’ oblStresses that Albania is a weak link in the fight against illegal immigration to ensure due process for asylum seekers in compliance with Albania’s international obligations, and to properly add; emphasises that the massive influx of illegal migrants into its territory poses a permanent challenge and threat to EU Member States; stresses the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; calls for increased capacities to process asylum requests and investigations into the reported cases of breaches of the return procedurat the moves to bring Albania more closely into line with the requirements of the Schengen area, including visa liberalisation for its citizens, constitute a serious error which will give rise to significant security risks for the EU Member States;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that border protection and the prevention of cross-border crime, including in cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), must be conducted in full respect for fundamental rightsfocus on the expulsion of illegal migrants and their systematic return to their country of origin or the place from which they set off with the aim of entering an EU Member State;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Welcomes Albania’s ongoing full alignment with the common foreign and security policy decisions and declarations since 2012 and its active contribution to the EU crisiTakes the view that aligning Albania’s foreign and strategic policy with the CFSP and CSDP, and above all its accession to NATO, can only widen the strategic divides management missions and operationsd exacerbate the antagonisms affecting Europe as a whole;