4 Amendments of Kristian VIGENIN related to 2007/2271(INI)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that membership prospects should not be denied in principle to any European state which has already declared its wish to join the EU or intends to do so;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that this ability not only has institutional and financial implications but also involves sufficient political, social and economic cohesion within the Union, which requires the EU to maintain its strong cohesion policies, allowing those Member States that joined the EU in the last enlargement as well as all future EU member States to achieve accelerated catch-up, in particular with regard to social standards and economic development;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that enlargement, on the one hand, and all other forms of cooperation with the EU neighbours, on the other, could be complementary but should be regarded separately as different processes and that participation in the Neighbourhood Policy as well as in other partnerships with the EU constitutes neither a substitute for membership nor a stage leading necessarily to membership;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes in this respect the launch, within the framework of the EU, of the Union for the Mediterranean as a positive step in our relations with the southern neighbours; believes that this new development strengthens the argument in favour of specific contractual multilateral relations with our eastern neighbours, which, compared to their southern partners, have clear European ambitions and perspectives; recalls that, as a first step, these relations should translate themselves into the establishment of a Free Trade Area, to be followed by closer relations along the lines of a European Economic Area Plus (EEA +), of a European Commonwealth or of specific regional cooperation frameworks, for example in the Black Sea area, where an upgrade of the Black Sea Synergy should lead to a complex set of policies, similar to the model of the Northern Dimension;