18 Amendments of Andrius KUBILIUS related to 2022/2064(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement should take into account the lessons learned in the ongoing process with the Eastern Partnership countries and the accession negotiations, especially with the Western Balkan countries;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement should be strictly based on the principle of each country being able to choose freely its own path; the EU needs to be ready to defend the freedom of these countries to choose their own future with the EU;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement first of all shall address the issue of a lacking political will over the last decade on EU side and a lack of geopolitical ambitions by the EU to embrace the European aspirations of the neighbouring countries and their peoples;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. REmphasises the necessity for the EU to upgrade its enlargement strategy and recommends that the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy submits the corresponding proposals as soon as possible, starting with 2022, to address the following actions:
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the EU should see the enlargement as an existential necessity for the EU, because this is the way how democracy, prosperity, stability and peace can be spread to all the European continent;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the new EU enlargement strategy should encourage the EU to implement the very much delayed reforms of EU institutions and decision-making; this will have a positive effect on the functioning of EU, in particular for a more effective decision-making which may be achieved with a full use of the qualified majority voting, which in its turn will increase a geopolitical power of the EU in the region and globally;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) the next wave of EU enlargement will have a positive long-term effect on the EU relations with its neighbours, including Russia, as the success of Ukraine or the Western Balkan countries can be created through the enlargement process, which at the end will serve as an inspiration for the people in the neighbouring countries to follow the example of Ukraine or the Western Balkan countries;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) the new EU enlargement strategy should clearly state that use of bilateral issues by the Member States for their own benefit is a vis the candidate countries is contrary to the spirit of the EU Treaties and therefore may be addressed by appropriate EU measures towards those Member States
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 a (new)
2022 Enlargement Package
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g b) the new EU strategy should have the same geopolitical ambition as the EU Enlargement strategy (combining the big bang and regatta principles) adopted in 1993 by the European Council in Copenhagen and should involve the swift opening of accession negotiations with a block of candidate countries in accordance with the European Commission recommendations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g c) for the new EU strategy to remain meaningful, the next wave of EU enlargement should be defined by the target dates for accession, which could begin in 2025 for the Western Balkan applicant countries and remain in a similar range, but not later than 2029 for the Eastern Partnership applicant countries, if these countries will meet the necessary EU benchmarks, will successfully transpose them and where appropriate will be ready to implement effectively the EU acquis through administrative and judicial structures; if some countries of this block are not yet ready or unwilling, they should be kept engaged by the EU and offered a new target date of accession in the next wave of EU enlargement
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g d) the new EU enlargement strategy will involve an enhanced methodology for the accession negotiations, which would grand immediate benefits to the applicant countries once they will close provisionally the key clusters of EU acquis, such as the EU Single Market or the Green Growth Agenda; the Ukrainian Relief and Reconstruction programme can be also linked to new EU strategy for enlargement as a powerful engine of economic growth and transformation in the EU neighbourhood;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(g e) the new EU enlargement strategy should provide for a clear system of benefits under each of the negotiating clusters, in particular for key cluster of the Single Market which would involve policy, budgetary and institutional benefits for the candidate countries;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(g f) the new EU enlargement strategy should foresee effective means to unlock the EU enlargement process which currently is stalled and jeopardised and to delegate powers to the EU Chief Negotiators (e.g. Michel Barnier method) to do a practical work of negotiations in line with a broad negotiating mandate given jointly by the European Commission, the EEAS and the Council