Activities of Leoluca ORLANDO
Plenary speeches (8)
Statement by the President
War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)
Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)
The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)
Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)
Situation in Tunisia (debate)
Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)
Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)
Institutional motions (4)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The case of Bülent Mumay in Türkiye
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Georgia’s worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud
Oral questions (1)
ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024
Written questions (11)
Human rights violations by EU-funded forces in Tunisia
Use of Pegasus and other types of spyware in Slovakia
Georgia’s newly adopted anti-LGBTIQ+ law
Brutality of Croatian border police
Commission position on genocide in Palestine
Poland’s announcement of the suspension of the right to asylum
Launch of European humanitarian corridors from Lebanon to the EU
Endorsement of two anti-UNRWA bills by the Israeli Knesset
Alleged EU funding for the construction of the Straits of Messina Bridge
Incompatibility between the list of safe countries of origin made by the Italian Government and the criteria laid down in EU law
Rule of law violations in Croatia
Amendments (10)
Amendment 23 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) TAs enshrined under Article 212 TFEU, the Commission should ensure that the Union’s macro-financial assistance is legally and substantially in accordance with the key principles and objectives, and of the measures taken within, the different areas of external action and other relevant Union policies.
Amendment 29 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) As enshrined under Article 21 TEU, the Union’s action should be guided by the principles that have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement and that it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.
Amendment 35 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) A pre-condition for granting the Union’s macro-financial assistance should be that Jordan upholds and respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights. In addition, the specific objectives of the Union’s macro-financial assistance should strengthen the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Jordan and promote structural reforms aimed at supporting sustainable and inclusive growth, employment creation and fiscal consolidation. Both the fulfilment of the pre-conditions and the achievement of those objectives should be regularly monitored by the Commission and the EEAS.
Amendment 36 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The Union’s macro-financial assistance should be subject to economic policy, as well as democracy, rule of law and human rights conditions, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding, including clear and measurable benchmarks to assess the implementation of these conditions for each instalment. In order to ensure uniform conditions of implementation and for reasons of efficiency, the Commission should be empowered to negotiate such conditions with the Jordanian authorities under the supervision of the committee of representatives of the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. Under that Regulation, the advisory procedure should, as a general rule, apply in all cases other than as provided for in that Regulation. Considering the potentially important impact of assistance of more than EUR 90 million, it is appropriate that the examination procedure be used for operations above that threshold. Considering the amount of the Union’s macro-financial assistance to Jordan, the examination procedure should apply to the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding, and to any reduction, suspension or cancellation of the assistance.
Amendment 46 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. A pre-condition for granting the Union’s macro-financial assistance shall be that Jordan upholds and respects effective democratic mechanisms – including a multi-party parliamentary system – and the rule of law, and guarantees respect for human rights.
Amendment 47 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the European External Action Service shall monitor the fulfilment of this pre-condition throughout the life cycle of the Union’s macro- financial assistance in a transparent process in which civil society organisations and international organisations such as the UN are able to contribute meaningfully. The Commission and the EEAS shall also report, both regularly and in writing, to the European Parliament and the Council on the fulfilment of the pre-condition referred to in the previous paragraph.
Amendment 51 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7(2), shall agree with the Jordanian authorities on clearly defined economic policy and financial conditions, focusing on structural reforms and sound public finances, as well as on democracy, rule of law and human rights conditions, including benchmarks, to which the Union’s macro-financial assistance is to be subject, including the release of each separate instalment, to be laid down in a Memorandum of Understanding (“the Memorandum of Understanding”) which shall include a timeframe for the fulfilment of those conditions. The economic policy and financial conditions set out in the Memorandum of Understanding shall be consistent with the agreements or understandings referred to in Article 1(3), including the macroeconomic adjustment and structural reform programmes implemented by Jordan with the support of the IMF.
Amendment 53 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The conditions referred to in paragraph 1 shall aim, in particular, at enhancing the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the public finance management systems in Jordan, including for the use of the Union’s macro-financial assistance. Progress in mutual market opening, sustainable development, poverty reduction, the green transition, the development of rules-based and fair trade, and other priorities in the context of the Union’s external policy, including those related to democracy, rule of law and human rights, shall also be duly taken into account when designing the policy measures. Progress in attaining those objectives shall be regularly monitored by the Commission and the EEAS.
Amendment 58 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the satisfactory implementation of the economic policy and financial conditions, as well as the conditions related to democracy, rule of law and human rights, agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding.
Amendment 61 #
2024/0086(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) assess the economic situation and prospects of Jordan, as well as progress made in implementing the economic policy and financial conditions, as well as the conditions related to democracy, rule of law and human rights, referred to in Article 3(1);