19 Amendments of Andrzej GRZYB related to 2013/2149(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the commencement of activities by the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly on 3 May 2011 during the seventh term of the European Parliament,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to the establishment of the Eastern Partnership's Civil Society Forum and its work so far, including recommendations and other documents drafted by the five working groups or during its annual meetings, which comprise: Brussels, Belgium, 16-17 November 2009; Berlin, Germany, 18-19 November 2010; Poznań, Poland, 28-30 November 2011; Stockholm, Sweden, 28-30 November 2012; and Chișinău, Moldova, 4-5 November 2013.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
– having regard to the establishment by the Committee of the Regions of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP), whose inaugural meeting was held on 8 September 2011 in Poznań, Poland, and the opinions drafted by CORLEAP thus far,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the joint communication of 12 December 2011 of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council entitled ‘Human rights and democracy at the heart of EU external action – Towards a more effective approach’ (COM(2011)0886),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Resolution of 28 May 2013 on energy security in connection with energy market and harmonisation between the Eastern European partner and the EU countries (2013/C 338/03),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its legislative resolution of 11 December 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action (COM(2011)0842 – C7-0494/2011 – 2011/0415(COD)),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to its legislative resolution of 11 December 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (COM(2011)0839 – C7- 0492/2011 – 2011/0405(COD)),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to its legislative resolution of 11 December 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (COM(2011)0844 – C7- 0496/2011 – 2011/0412(COD)),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2011 on EU external policies in favour of democratisation (2011/2032(INI)),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 e (new)
Citation 8 e (new)
– having regard to its annual resolutions on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter, including, in particular, the most recent resolutions on events in the EU’s southern and eastern neighbourhood, namely: European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2012 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union’s policy on the matter, including implications for the EU’s strategic human rights policy (2011/2185(INI)); European Parliament resolution of 13 December 2012 on the annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2012/2145(INI)); and European Parliament resolution of 11 December 2013 on the annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2012 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2013/2152(INI)),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 f (new)
Citation 8 f (new)
– having regard to its recommendations of 29 March 2012 to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2011/2245(INI)) and the establishment in 2012 and commencement of full activities of the EED in 2013,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 g (new)
Citation 8 g (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2012 on the review of the EU’s human rights strategy (2012/2062(INI)),
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 h (new)
Citation 8 h (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 December 2012 on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy (2012/2094(INI)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 i (new)
Citation 8 i (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2013 on the freedom of press and media in the world (2011/2081(INI)),
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the achievements and ambitions of the EaP, which is the political framework for strengthening relations between the EU and the Eastern Partners, founded on mutual interests, commitments, shared ownership and joint responsibility, as well as the institutional basis for political cooperation, and a forum for dialogue between the partner countries; welcomappreciates, in this connection, the establishment and commencement of activities on 3 May 2011, during the European Parliament’s seventh term, of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and other cooperation platforms, such as the EaP Civil Society Forum and the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress; notes however that the recent developments in some EaP countrihopes that the assembly will be joined as soon as possible by representatives of the Belarusian parliament, provided that the members of the Belarusian parliament are selected in fully democratic elections; believes thave drawn attention to the fragility of the political procest supporting changes heading in that direction should be one of the EU’s main priorities;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes, furthermore, the establishment, achievements and potential of other platforms for cooperation, such as the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, the Conference of the Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP), and the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress; notes, however, that the recent developments in some EaP countries have drawn attention to the fragility of the political process;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of focusing more on the consolidation of the energy sector of EU and Eastern Partnership countries, which is one of the main conditions for modernisation of the economy, and developing energy strategies in line with European Energy Community obligations; calls for the continuation of gas and electricity market reforms and an adequate share of energy from renewable resources; stresses that creating uniform standards in this area for EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries should counter the harmful phenomenon of emissions being exported beyond the EU, including through ‘carbon leakage’;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that more efforts should go into sharing experiences of democratic reforms and processes rather than imposing EU standards, and acknowledging the uniqueness of individual countries and highlighting the equal status of partners and potential mutual benefits; welcomes, in this context, the work carried out by the Eastern Partnership Countries Ombudsmen Cooperation programme, which was launched in 2009 by the Polish and French Ombudsmen with the objective of strengthening the capacities of Ombudsmen’s offices, national public administrations and NGOs in Eastern Partnership countries, so that they can carry out the tasks of defending individual rights and building democratic states based on the rule of law; notes that the Eastern Partnership Countries Ombudsmen Cooperation programme and the EU have held two summits in the European Parliament in Brussels, in 2011 and in 2013;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the fact that the European Endowment for Democracy can play(EED) has an important role to play in EaP countries by strengthening civil society, in a rapid, effective and flexible way, civil society in democratic countries, and by supporting or developing pro-democratic movements in countries which have not yet made the transition to democracy or which are in the process of doing so; urges, in this context, the EU and its Member States to ensure that appropriate and stable funding is made available for the activities of the EED;