Activities of Andreas SCHIEDER 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)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Kosovo
Amendments (14)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the peaceful and orderly conduct of the early legislative elections of 6 October 2019; stresses the importance of addressing all the shortcomings identified and recommendations made by the EUEOM; regrets that Kosovo continues to struggle with political instability following the elections, resulting in a third government in less than a year; notes that the current government has lost its majority resulting in a lack of legislative initiatives by the Assembly;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on all the political forces in Kosovo to improve the legal certainty and to amend the relevant legislation following the decision by the Supreme Court that following a vote of no- confidence a new government can be formed without holding extraordinary/early elections;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Expects the political forces in Kosovo to find a consensus on the candidate of the President to avoid extraordinary/early elections and increase of political instability;
Amendment 84 #
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 urgently proceed with the adoption of a visa-free regime for the citizens of Kosovo; regrets that during the German EU Presidency of 2020 the Council did not manage to adopt the visa liberalisation for the citizens of Kosovo;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reminds that opening the Embassy of Kosovo in Israel in Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv would go against the position of the European Union on the Two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine dispute;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to intensify the fight against corruption, and expresses its serious concern about the abolition of the special anti-corruption department (Anti- Corruption Task Force) within [SJ1] the Kosovo Police (KP); notes that organised crime, including drug and human trafficking, and cybercrime, remain issues of concern that require concerted efforts;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Kosovo to improve its regulatory measures for the freezing, confiscation and recovery of assets, and for final convictions in cases of high-level corruption, organised and financial crime, money laundering and terrorist financing; expects more progress to be made in strengthening the track record on the investigation and prosecution of high- level corruption and cases of organised crime;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a Regrets the attempts by the former President Hashim Thaci to undermine the mandate of EULEX;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that the conduct of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue must be open and transparent and that the officials in charge for it should regularly consult with the Kosovo Assembly on its developments; invites the government to communicate better the results of the dialogue to the citizens of Kosovo;
Amendment 218 #
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 and communication between Ministers of Health; regrets, however, the poor handling of the pandemic by Kosovo authorities;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for more efforts in dealing with the requests of family members of missing persons, the opening of wartime archives, and for information to be revealed about people who are still listed as missing from the 1998-99 Kosovo war; calls on Serbia to investigate the remains of three bodies that have been exhumed so far during searches in a mass grave in Kizevak village of Raska municipality near Kosovo border discovered in November 2020 that are believed to be Kosovo Albanians;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the need for urgent implementation of active labour market policies, including upskilling, vocational education training and on-the- job training, in order to increase employment of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Regrets that the Assembly of Kosovo was unable to pass a second economic recovery package in the first attempt, providing relief for the healthcare sector, private sector and Kosovo’s citizens;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Calls for the future Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) to contain both, incentives and conditionality; considers it essential that IPA III supports further strengthening of the fundamental values and good governance and is discontinued in cases of systemic threats to the Union’s interests and values; believes that the principle of the reversibility of the accession process under the renewed methodology should also be clearly reflected in the pre- accession financing; reiterates that the scale of financial assistance should match the goal of Kosovo’s European perspective;