Activities of Jacek PROTASIEWICZ related to 2010/2269(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular, in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy PDF (273 KB) DOC (189 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to Joint Declaration of the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit of 7 May 2009 inaugurating the Eastern Partnership,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the exploitation of irregular migration is also combined with arms smuggling and drug trafficking - with an alarming strengthening of linkages between drug traffickers in Latin America and in States in West and Central Africa - and coincides with escape routes and enhanced mobility for terrorist groups, which can easily relocate to other regions and countries to pursue their activities; whereas the exploitation of irregular migration is a knownone of the sources of funding for radical and terrorist groups,
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU, in view of the current demographic trends, urgently needs to reflect on how much it wants to open up its borders to migratory flows from countries of origin and transit in order to offset their internal demographic and social tensions, thus helping them maintain their internal stability, and how much it needs to invest in a renewed economic agenda for such countries, including an agenda focused on job creation,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU urgently needs to reflect on how much it wants to open up its borders to migratory flows from countries of origin and transit in order to offset their internal demographic and social tensions, thus helping them maintain their internal stability, and how much it needs to invest in a renewed economic agenda for such countries, including an agenda focused on job creation,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas tensions between countries of origin and transit and between receiving and transit countries concerning the management of migratory flows could become a source of potential conflictdisagreements in the future,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the European Union needs to develop an efficient and wise migration policy similar to the ones implemented in Canada, Australia or New Zealand; whereas instability in the neighbouring regions jeopardises the creation of such a migration policy,
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that against a background of increasing multilateralism with several international players and major donors, such as the EU, the US, Japan, China and, potentially, in a longer term perspective, other BRIC countries, such as Brazil and India, stability and security are a shared objective and an essential pre-condition for global economic growth; notes, further, that the stability and security challenges are such that they require not only relevant resources, at a time of budget constraints, but also economies of scale and coordinated efforts; believes that a reflection should be started on an active dialogue between the EU, the US, Japan and China and international financial institutions on coordinated geographical and thematic security, stability and aid strategies, which would make for collective leverage and a more balanced, targeted and efficient allocation of resources while ensuring fair burden-sharing; believes, also in the light of the recent White House foreign aid review, which highlighted the value of aid coordination with other major donors, that a first important step towards such a reflection could be an EU-US summit on enhanced cooperation on humanitarian and development aid to identify, from a transatlantic perspective, shared areas of interest and the foundations of policy coordination;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that support for politically and economically fragile states, as a source of irregular migration and security and stability tensions, should always include, in addition to budgetary relief and support, direct investment and EU market- access strategies, rural development and food security strategies, job-creation policies, infrastructure development, and strategies geared to promoting democratisation and good governance, social inclusion and religious tolerance, thereby maximising local prospects and alternatives for potential migrants; firmly believes that such strategies must be based on active partnerships which draw on the principles of ownership and empowerment of the beneficiary countries, but also on targets, clear roadmaps and conditions for their achievement co-defined with donor countries, and on benchmarks and strict accountability standards;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that any research and analysis of the future migration trends, forms of migration as short-term migration, circular migration, and seasonal migration should take into account possible triggers of migration such as the political and economic crisis or climate change in the countries of origin;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that in its resolution of 21 September 2010 on poverty reduction and job creation in developing countries: the way forward*1 Parliament emphasised that the EU should not hesitate to apply sanctions when developing countries fail to respect their governance obligations under trade agreements, asked the EU authorities to ensure scrupulous respect for the principle of conditionality, as stipulated in the Cotonou Agreement, and emphasised that the same conditionality criteria should apply to the provision of support under both the European Development Fund (EDF) and the Financing Instrument for Development Cooperation (DCI); stresses that similar conditionality criteria also should apply to EU assistance other than development assistance and humanitarian aid, including the macro financial aid provided via IMF loans as well as lending operations by the EIB and EBRD programmes, and that such assistance should be based on partnership, shared objectives and values and allegiance and should be able to fulfil the expectations of both the donor and the beneficiary and that it should not 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA-PROV(2010)0327. be ‘cost-free’ for beneficiary countries to receive active support from the EU and then disregard with no consequences EU core values; asks the VP/HR and the Commission to pursue the objective of allegiance to the EU and its core values when shaping the architecture of EU financial assistance and in bilateral relations with countries which are beneficiaries of such assistance; believes that a reflection should be started at EU level on the bases of and scope of application of conditionality criteria to EU financial assistance;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the value of EU election observation missions as the first important step in any process of democratisation and good governance, and believes that such missions should be part of a broader framework of support for a long-term democratisation process; highlights the importance of mediation and conflict- prevention and resolution strategies and of institution- and capacity-building for regional organisations, such as the African Union (AU), which plays an important role in peace-keeping and peace-building operations; believes that the support for the AU should include the development of an effective border-control capacity and support for its capacity to fight the exploitation of irregular migration and to provide relief for irregular migrants in situations of distress; considers that the effective strengthening of regional organisations such as the AU, Union for the Mediterranean or the Eastern Partnership as multipliers of regional peace and stability will foster regional integration and the emergence of cross- border economic areas;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to consider as part of its ongoing review of the ENP the provision of specific funding for the development of a renewed, strong economic agenda in ENP countries, including an employment agenda; believes that a roadmap should be discussed with ENP countries on the alignment of their national migration laws with EU standards, including human rights standards, such as the right to asylum, a protection system for irregular migrants and equal rights for all migrants, return management procedures; encourages the conclusion of more mobility partnership agreements with ENP countries, in addition to the existing ones with Moldova and Georgia;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the VP/HR to promote, within the foreign affairs Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as well as within the Eastern Partnership initiative (EaP), the issue of migration, and its implications, as a priority issue for discussion and action within the framework of the UfM and EaP;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, when preparing the new external action instruments for the period after 2013, to ensure that the proposed architecture allows for synergies and mutual reinforcement between the development pillar and the security and stability pillar and provides for the rapid allocation of emergency and recovery funds, a rapid response to provide relief for migrants in a situation of distress with special regard to the situation of women and children, specific programmes to provide active support for religious minorities which may be under threat, and support measures to mitigate the consequences of climate change and preserve the economic and social environment of affected communities;