Activities of Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ 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 (18)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) continue to broaden and deepen EU-India relations as strategic partners; pursue a ‘Team Europe’ approach to the partnership;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure the active and regular, transparent, open and inclusive consultation and involvement of EU and Indian civil society representatives, in particular trade unions, feminist and LGBTI organisations, environmentalist organisations, as well as other stakeholders, in the development, implementation and monitoring of EU- India relations;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) further enhance the growing cooperation in foreign and security policy through the existing dialogue mechanisms in the interest and for the advancement of democracy, human rights, rule of law and in defence of multilateralism and a rules-based international order;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) stress that it is now time for both the EU and India to take concrete steps in the area of disarmament and non- proliferation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) expand EU-India cooperation on maritime securustainability as an area of considerable potential;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) urge India to join the condemnation of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip; engage with India on its continued purchases from the State of Israel;
Amendment 112 #
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 challenges;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) continue to express grave 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;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) insist that India, as a founding member of the United Nations and a current member of the UN Human Rights Council, should give unrestricted access to UN Special Rapporteurs for country visits in line with their requests, and act on all the recommendations in its Universal Periodic Review process in line with obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) address the human rights situation of and challenges faced by civil societypublicly and at the highest level address concerns about human rights and civil society, which constitute mutual treaty obligations under various international law instruments, in particular the concerns raised by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN special rapporteurs at all levels of EU dialogue with the Indian authorities;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) promote an ambitious joint action with specific measures in coordinating development and humanitarian aid, as well as in strengthening democratic processes and countering authoritarian trends in India;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) engage with India ijointly work with India to reduce barriers to participation forder civil society organisations in the EU-India dialogue and to secure a safe environment for the work of human rights defenders, environmental and indigenous people’s defenders, 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;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) address in an urgent manner the prevailing caste-based discrimination in India;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) upgrade the EU-India human rights dialogue to a bi-annual, headquarters-level dialogue and strive to make it meaningful through high-level participation and by setting concrete commitments and benchmarks for progress, addressing individual cases in line with the EU guidelines on human rights dialogues and by actively including the outcomes of EU- India Civil Society Platform and an EU- India Youth Summit in their leaders’ summit;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) enhance cooperation on climate and energy issues with India as a key partner in the global fight against climate change and biodiversity degradation and in the green transition towards renewable energy and climate neutrality; jointly commit to protecting the rights of the most vulnerable groups both in India and the EU which are most affected by climate change;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) recognise the substantial potential of digital issues in the EU-India partnership such as digital infrastructure and connectivity, digital policy, data protection and flows and cybersecurity; jointly pledge to ensuring the right to privacy and ensure privacy and freedom of association within a digital context, through data protection laws that guarantee the independence of the regulator, foresee adequate checks on government power, and provide adequate safeguards for the individual against government surveillance;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) invite India to join the EU in leading the global conversation on the safe and ethical use of artificial intelligence and to advance human-rights based artificial intelligence; stresses that the development of responsible artificial intelligence must be done through the support and promotion of public enterprises in these sectors as the only way to guarantee an approach based on rights and common interest rather than profit;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) facilitate further EU-India mobility, researchers, including for migrants, asylum-seekers, students, highly skilled workers and artists, as well as people-to- people exchanges in all sectors relevant to the EU-India partnership;