Activities of Thierry MARIANI related to 2019/2173(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Montenegro
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Montenegro is currently the most advanced in its negotiation process, having opened all the 33 screened chaptnot suited to becoming a members of the EU’s acquis, and has provisionally closed negotiations on three;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Montenegro’s continued engagement in the EU integration process and its overall progresConsiders that Montenegro’s accession to the European Union would be an additional challenge for the Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the opening of Chapter 8 (Competition policy) and Montenegro’s decision to accept the principles of the revised enlargement methodology; calls in particular for meeting the interim benchmarks for Chapters 23 and 24, which will be the next milestone; recalls that only three chapters have been provisionally closed since the opening of the first chapter in December 2012, and encourages a clear focus on working to address the closing benchmarks in all other chapterExpresses doubts about the revised enlargement method, which only marginally changes the process;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Deplores the state of freedom of expression and media freedom, an area in which five successive Commission reports have noted ‘no progress’; strongly condemns all types of attacks against the media and intimidation of journalists, and calls for the urgent and effective investigation of these; urges Montenegro to provide conditions conducive to the effective exercise of freedom of expression, which is one of the EU’s fundamental values and a crucial element of Montenegro’s EU accession process; condemns vigorously the violations of the rights and freedoms of Montenegro’s churches; calls for their full rights to be restored;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Commends Montenegro for its commitment to inclusive regional cooperation, and the constructive role it plays in the Western Balkans region, and welcomes its active participation in numerous regional initiatives; warns, however, of regional action by Albania aimed at expanding its influence in countries with Albanian-speaking populations, including by means of satellite political parties as in Montenegro;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Commends Montenegro’s progress on and renewed commitment to international police cooperation, and encourages it to continue its efforts to copHas been warning against Montenegro’s full alignment with NATO’s exclusive interests since with the migratory pressure, by further developing its international cooperation on readmission and raising its capacity to prosecute migrant- smuggling networks became a member in 2017; denounces this accession as undermining strategic stability across the whole of the European continent;