4 Amendments of Jean-Lin LACAPELLE related to 2021/2236(INI)
Amendment 13 #
B. whereas in its conclusions of 23- 24 June 2022, the European Council recognisjected Georgia’s European perspective and expressed its readiness to grant it candidate country status once the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s application have been addressedapplication for candidate status, merely recognising, in deliberately vague terms, its ‘European perspective’, which has no meaning in law;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decision of the European Council to recognise Georgia’s European perspective; notes that this decision is a strong signal of political support for the European aspirations of the people of Georgia; reiterates that to be granted candidatefuse to grant candidate country status to Georgia, a reality that cannot be masked by any status, Georgia needs to successfully address the key priorities indicated by the Commission in its opinion on Georgia’s application for membership of the European Unionisfaction derived from the recognition of a so- called ‘European perspective’, which does not correspond to any status and does not confer any rights;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Georgian authorities to uphold the highest standards of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms and to determinedly pursueStresses, in this regard, that the de facto autonomy of the prioterritories for reform set out in the Commission’s opinion in order to unambiguously demonstrate their political determination to implement the nation’s ambitious European aspirations, as expressed by the application for EU membership that Georgia submitted on 3 March 2022; calls on the Georgian authorities to initiate and lead the work on these priorities in an inclusive manner before the Commission reportsof South Ossetia and Abkhazia since 2008 constitutes a serious obstacle to compliance with the Copenhagen criteria as regards the stability onf their implementation by the end of 2022; calls on all Georgian political forces to constructively participate in and contribute to these efforts; stresses that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will continue to be assessed based on its own merits and its success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership state; stresses that compliance with these criteria is essential in order for the prospect of European Union membership to be envisaged;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 6
6. RegretNotes that deep polarisation continues to be the definingremains a feature of Georgia’s political environment; calls on all political stakeholders to unite their forces around the key goal of Georgia’s EU membership through the implementation of ambitious democratic, judicial and anti-corruption reforms; reiterates that the core provisions of the EU-brokered agreement of 19 April 2021 continue to present a pathway towards strengthening democracy and the rule of law in Georgiastresses that such polarisation in no way precludes the exercise of democracy, which consists in opposing views being debated, not neutralised within a permanent consensus;