Activities of Bert-Jan RUISSEN related to 2023/2128(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-India relations (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-India relations
Amendments (10)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) continue to promote and fully implement the EU Strategy on India of 2018 and the EU-India Roadmap to 2025 in close coordination with Member States’ own actions to engage with India; ensure parliamentary oversight of the EU’s India policy through regular exchanges with European Parliament's committees;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) further enhance the growing cooperation and promote greater synergy in foreign and security policy through the existing dialogue mechanisms;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) expand EU-India cooperation on maritime security as an area of considerable potential to secure European sea lines of communication and trade and supply chains to and from the Indo- Pacific region;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) consider developing a joint EU- India regional maritime capacity building programme for the smaller island and coastal states in the Indian Ocean;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) monitor closely the fragile situation around the unresolved border dispute between India and China, two nuclear powers ; support a peaceful resolution of disputes, a constructive and comprehensive dialogue and the upholding of international law on the India-China border;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) effectively enshrine human rights and democratic values at the heart of the EU’s engagement with India with the aim of a constructive and results-based dialogue, including on the range of shortcomings in these areas; jointly develop a strategy and plan of action to protect human rights, and agree on consequences and revisions if such a strategy is not adequate to tackle human rights challenge;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) continue to express public concern about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act; encourage India tolaws, laws that discriminate on grounds of religion, laws that prohibit the free choice of religion under the guise of preventing involuntary conversions, and cow protection laws that seek to systematically delegitimize the cultural and political existence of minorities in India; insist that India guarantees the right to freely practice the religion of one’s choice enshrined in Article 25 of its constitution; counter and condemn hate speech;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) continue to express concern about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act; encourage India to guarantee the right to freely practice the religion of one’s choice enshrined in Article 25 of its constitution; counter and condemn hate speech; urge the Indian authorities to take all necessary measures and make the utmost effort to halt the ongoing ethnic and religious violence in the country, and to protect all religious minorities;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) express public concern and condemnation of hate speech that incites discrimination and violence against religious minorities; jointly commit to ensuring that those who indulge in hate speech are held accountable, and counter the impunity of lawmakers and state officials who engage in hate speech or incitement to violence.
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) engage with India in order to secure a safe environment for the work of human rights defenders, environmental and indigenous people’s defenders, faith-based organisations, trade union activists, journalists and other civil society actors; cease to invoke laws against sedition and terrorism as a means to restrict their legitimate activities; step up EU and Member State support to civil society organisations and human rights defenders, including by facilitating funding;