Activities of Thierry MARIANI related to 2019/2172(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2019-2020 Reports on Albania – 2019-2020 Reports on Kosovo – 2019-2020 Reports on North Macedonia – 2019-2020 Reports on Serbia (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
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 #
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 #
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 38 #
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 45 #
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 53 #
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 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Kosovo’s continued commitment to advancing on its European pathNotes that Kosovo, the existence of which is still not recognised by five EU Member States, ais well as the strong support for European integration among Kosovo’s populationnot eligible to become a member of the European Union, given its unstable and criminal nature;
Amendment 67 #
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 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s statement of 26 August 2020 confirming its assessment of Kosovo’s ability to benefit from the visa liberalisation regime, and calls on the Council to urgOpposes strongly, in the light of the worrying criteria put forward by Kosovo, any form of visa liberalisation with a view to facilitating entlry proceed with the adoption of a visa-free regime for the citizens of Kosovoand residence in the EU for Kosovo nationals;
Amendment 93 #
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 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that Kosovo’s legal and institutional framework broadly guarantees the protection of human and fundamental rights; underlines that challenges remain in its implementation, in particular as regards language rightUnderlines that challenges remain in the implementation of human and fundamental rights, in particular as regards language rights; expresses great concern at the regular acts of aggression undermining the safety of the populations of the Kosovo Serb enclaves; calls for measures to be taken to ensure their safety without any direct or indirect involvement of the Kosovo police and armed forces;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that normalisation of relations betweenDeclares that the mandatory recognition of Kosovo by Serbia cand 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 agreement in accordance with international law; reiterates its call to move forward with the full implementation, in good faith anot be constantly used by the EU authorities as a means of bringing pressure to bear on the Serbian Government; recognises that Kosovo is the historical heart of the Serbian nation and that links between the Serbian people and the territory of Kosovo must accordingly be maintained, inter alia through a bind in a timely manner, of all the agreements already reachedg international agreement;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. NotStresses that five Member States have not yet recognised Kosovo, and reiterates its call for them to do so; stresses that recognition would be beneficial to the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbiathe recognition of Kosovo must remain at the discretion of the Member State diplomatic services and that the European Union is not to empowered to interfere in matters such as this that fall within their sovereign remit;
Amendment 219 #
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 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its support for the initiative to establish the Regional Commission for the establishment of facts about war crimes and other gross human rights violations on the territory of the former Yugoslavia (RECOM); calls on the EU to place the KLA on the list of organisations supporting terrorism;