4 Amendments of Miguel PORTAS related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that a constructive long-term neighbourhood policy is of vital importance for the partnership countries in order to promote progress towards peace, democracy, stability and prosperity, but also strategically important for the European Union considering the importance of the partner countries in the East as well as the South for our common security, environment and economic development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, in the light of the Arab Spring, for a specific self-critical evaluation of the financial instruments used in the past within the ENPI, with regard to their functioning in the fields of peace, democracy, governance, institution- building and support to civil society; the EU must assume a newer and more daring approach enhancing cooperation for development and on conflict prevention by pacific means;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the financial assistance in the field of cooperation with third countries in the area of immigration and asylum should must focus on supporting actions in order to mitigate brain drain, promote information campaigns on the possibilities for legal migration, give structural help for reception of asylum seekers and refugees, promote training of third countries officials in the field of asylum and human rights and facilitate re-integration of returnees;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission's commitment to reinvigorate the participation of neighbouring countries in the work of some EU agencies and the EU programmes opened to third countries; calls on the Commission to present a clear and comprehensive list of relevant agencies and programmes in which neighbouring countries could participate, together with an overview of the form and method of such differentiated participation;