Activities of Marios MATSAKIS related to 2008/2231(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for new and broader means of funding to be identified for projects, including means from the private sector; reiterates its support for the creation of a Euro -Mediterranean Investment Bank;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that the projects financed within the framework of the BP:UfM should be supported mainly by funding from the Community and from partner states, as well as by private financing;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the decisions on the arrangements concerning the institutional set-up of this initiative to reflect the role played by EMPA and the European Parliament, establishing a legal basis therefor;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that the BP:UfM is a process that is parallel to, and distinct from, the accession negotiations currently under discussion in the EU;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the issues of peace and security, human rights and democracy, and cultural cooperation, must be addressed via the Euro-Mediterranean dimension; underlines that the Union for the Mediterranean is an expression of that dimension and that its role is to address regional, infrastructural and environmental issues by means of strategic plans and specific projects; considers that, in order for the BP:UfM to succeed, it must clearly be a project-oriented union;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out the need for greater involvement and permanent engagement of the EU, within the context of cooperation with its Mediterranean partners, in the search for solutions to the different conflicts which prevail in the region; considers that the EU must assume the role of leadership in the resolution of these conflicts by winning the confidence of all parties involved;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that the agreements between the Member States of the European Union, of the one part, and the Mediterranean countries, of the other part, provide for cooperation measures in the field of immigration and political asylum, including the funding of immigration centres, as in the case of Italy and Libya, and urges the Union and the Member States to verify that human rights and fundamental freedoms are being fully respected in those centres;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers that, in parallel with the enhancement of the parliamentary dimension, a similar development is required with a view to involving civil society in the appropriate institutional structure of the BP:UfM;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the widening economic, political and cultural gap between the two sides, north and south, of the Mediterranean is liable to set back the objective of creating an area of peace, security and shared prosperity,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there is a need for an extensive overhaul of the relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean partner countries, which should start by capitalising on the work already done but should also address the limitations of the policies implemented to date and in particular the disappointing track record of the Barcelona Process,
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. emphasising the need for a speedy and peaceful resolution of all conflicts involving Mediterranean countries and realising the importance of the maintenance of intercultural dialogue in this respect,