4 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2011/2032(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises democracy and human rights as interdependent concepts by acknowledging free, equal and secret elections as necessary, but not sufficient, for democratic consolidation,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the role that democratic political parties and, social movements and free press play in safeguarding the public by serving as watchdogs to increase the transparency and accountability of governments,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for directed and equally distributed support to social movements, independent media and political parties working for democracy in authoritarian states and new democracies in order to promote citizen participation, support sustainable multiparty systems, and improve human rights.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
stresses that this support shall be spend to and equally distributed amongst all the actors crucial for an active and working democracy and must not be used to pursue particular political and strategic interests of the EU but to allow an endogenous and sovereign democratisation and development.