Activities of Willy MEYER related to 2010/2233(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on European Union relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council PDF (260 KB) DOC (137 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to its resolution of 13 July 1990 on ‘the significance of the free trade agreement to be concluded between the EEC and the Gulf Cooperation Council’,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas its geopolitical environment makes the Gulf a focus of security challenges that have global and regional implications (the stabilisation of Iraq, Iran’s nuclear programme, Islamist terrorism, piracy and the situation in Yemen), and the GCC currently remains the only stable regional organisation based on multilateralism and cooperation,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the process of structural economic liberalisation and diversification initiated in several GCC states is producing new internal dynamics, both politically (with constitutional reforms, political participation and institutional capacity building) and socially (a voluntary sector is materialising, employers’ associations are developing and women’s circumstances are changing), and this should be encouraged and supported,eleted
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses its concern at seeing the Gulf region caught up in an arms race; asks the EU to initiate a strategic dialogue with the GCC states on regional security issues of common interest (Iran’s nuclear capability, the stabilisation of Iraq, Islamist terrorism and the internal conflict in Yemen) and, ultimately, to contribute to building a regional security structure in the Middle East in partnership with the Gulf states;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Deplores, in this connection, the fact that in October the US and Saudi Arabia signed the most expensive arms contract in history, considering that this will serve only to intensify the arms race and generate instability in the region; stresses the need to work for the demilitarisation of the region;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6b (new)
Paragraph 6b (new)
6b. Denounces the presence of US military bases in Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Oman and Saudi Arabia, all of which were used in 1990 and 1991 during the Gulf War and continue to be used by the US,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that education is a national priority in the GCC countries, with high levels of need in terms of human resources (there are not enough teachers), course content (which has not kept pace with changing labour markets) and syllabus quality (teaching methods and materials are out of date); asks that the authorities’ efforts to address these shortcomings be actively supported and proposes cooperation on an ambitious scale in higher, secondary and primary education, in order to ensure that education has the status of a universal right, while also stressing gender mainstreaming;