3 Amendments of István SZENT-IVÁNYI related to 2008/2200(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls its position that all IPA beneficiary countries must have equal access to the full range of policy tools available under that instrument;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of a liberalisation of the Schengen visa regime for the citizens of the Western Balkans as a means for acquainting the people of the region with the European Union; welcomes the dialogue on visa liberalisation and urges the Council and the Commission to conduct the process in as transparent a manner as possible and with clearly defined benchmarks, in order to facilitate external monitoring and increase public accountability of the process; is of the opinion that the IPA should support the efforts made by the beneficiary countries to meet the requirements laid down in the roadmap for visa liberalisation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. CEmphasises the importance of an effective framework for the protection and inclusion of ethnic and national minorities in a region that has a multi- ethnic character and has witnessed widespread and systematic ethnically motivated violence in the past; calls on the governments of the region to strengthen their efforts aimed at ensuring that all laws in the field of minority and human rights are properly respected in practice; urges that further efforts be made to ensure that initiatives aimed at improving minority inclusion and the situation of disadvantaged minority groups (notably the Roma) are properly financed and implemented;