Activities of Anna IBRISAGIC related to 2008/2200(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Consolidating stability and prosperity in the Western Balkans - Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)
Consolidating stability and prosperity in the Western Balkans - Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on consolidating stability and prosperity in the Western Balkans PDF (157 KB) DOC (96 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that Member States must not unduly delay the preparation of the Commission's opinion in respect of potential candidate countries that have submitted an application for membership, and urges the Council and the Commission to deal with recent and forthcoming applications for membership with all due speed;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Fully supports the efforts aimed at establishing by 2010 a Western Balkans Investment Framework for the coordination of grants and loans offered by the Commission, by international financial institutions and by individual country donors; welcomes the Infrastructure Project Facility (IPF) and points out that IPF projects should clearly aim to improve intra-regional communication and tradin the fields of transport, the environment, energy and the social sector should be developed and carried out with a clear regional perspective; believes that these coordinated loan/grant facilities should be directed in particular towards the potential candidate countries which do not have access to funds from all five components of the Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA);
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses its criticism of the constitutional and/or legal provisions in force in all countries of the former Yugoslavia, which prohibit the extradition of citizens who aretheir own nationals facing indictedment in other states of the region, and of the legal obstacles which hamper the transfer of serious criminal proceedings between courts in different countries of the region; calls on the Council and the Commission to urge the countries of the region to take steps towards a coordinated abolition of all such prohibitions and legal obstacles;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that the teaching of history in schools and universities in the Western Balkans must be based on documented research and must reflect the different perspectives of the various national and ethnic groups in the region if lasting results are to be achieved in promoting reconciliation and improving inter-ethnic relations; fully supports initiatives, such as the Joint History Project of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in South East Europe, aimed at writing and disseminating joint history-teaching materials that provide a multi-perspective account of Balkan history, and calls on the competent ministries, educational authorities and educational establishments in the region to endorse the use of joint history teaching materials; calls on the Commission to support such initiatives financially and politically;