Activities of Thierry MARIANI related to 2019/2201(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
Amendments (15)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the conclusions of the IMF’s March 2020 Article IV consultation and the IMF Board’s sixth and final review of Moldova’s economic performance under the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility arrangements, with particular regard to the rehabilitation ofdisbursement of second instalment of the EU Macro Financial Assistance Program for 2017- 2020; acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the authorities in order to fulfil the relevant conditionalities in the areas related inter alia to strengthening anti-money-laundering framework, adopting new law on activity of NGOs, and notes theat Moldovan banking system and the strengthening of financial sector governance has joined OECD anti-corruption peer-review program(Istanbul Action Plan);
Amendment 81 #
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 NAPIAA;cknowledges the correlation between the next Association Agenda and a new NAPIAA and underlines the importance of agreeing as soon as possible on new Agenda as a distinct tool 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 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to develop a mechanism to monitor the concrete implementation of reforms, including clear benchmarks; Welcomes the constructive contribution of Moldova to the cooperation within the Eastern Partnership and support an enhanced political dialogue between countries signatories of Association Agreements with DCFTAs, including Moldova, and the European Commission on association- related reforms;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned by the high level of concentration and politicisation of the media and advertising sectors, leading to a low level of public confidence in the media; urges the Moldovan authorities to refrain from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt measures curtailing freedom of speech and limiting the media’s ability to report facts in an independent and unbiased way;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes 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;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Moldovan Government to complete judicial reforms so as to ensure the independence, impartiality and effectiveness of the judiciary and specialised anti-corruption institutions and notes positively the ongoing active dialogue between Moldovan authorities and Council of Europe on this matter;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its concern at the persistent failure to bring transparent prosecution of all those responsible for the bank fraud exposed in 2014, as well as the slow recovery of stolen assets; and calls on the EU Member States to offer the necessary assistance to Moldovan authorities to investigate this case;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomUnderlines the significant increase in Moldovan imports into the EU, as well as the fact that the EU is the largest investor in Moldova; welcomes the Moldovan Parliament’s adoption of the European LEADER approach as the basis for its national rural policy;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges further steps to ensure the independence ofrapid adoption by the National Agency for Energy Regulation, and the rapid adoption of the secondary legislation needed to ensur of the secondary legislation needed for the energy market functioning, and the primary legislation to ensure the unbundling of the electricity transmission system operator, as to achieve the full implementation of the Third Energy Package;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the arrangements agreed between Moldova, Ukraine and Romania in December 2019 to enable gas transfers to Ukraine and Moldova via the Trans-Balkan pipeline, and the February 2020 Action Plan to ensure the independence of the transmission system operator MoldovatransStresses that Moldova must be free to choose its own policy regarding energy transfers, including gazs;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Invites the European Commission to include the Republic of Moldova in the stress tests conducted for the internal energy market;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Welcomes the steps undertaken to asynchronously interconnect the electricity system of Moldova with Romania, being a significant milestone on the way to strengthening and diversifying Moldova’s energy infrastructure;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recognises Moldovas’s efforts to build a genuine digital market economy, including progress with open data development, broadening access to conditional access systems for digital television and virtual network services, increasing the number of electronic communication services for citizens and public registers such as MTender; highlights that further work must be done to ensure that the rights and needs of Moldovan citizens using the internet are protected and to fully implement the Digital Single Market requirements;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Acknowledge the importance of a further modernization of the education system in Moldova, as well as the growing role of Youth in all life sectors, and invite EU institutions to offer further support, especially in the area of vocational education and training (VET), in order to meet labour market needs; Stresses the need to promote opportunities in volunteering and civic engagement for young people and to invest more in young people by expanding funding for and increasing the participation of Moldovan representatives in the existing mobility programmes, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Horizon 2020;
Amendment 319 #
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;