12 Amendments of Kati PIRI related to 2014/2231(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the establishment of the EED should be seen as a sign of a new trend in EU neighbourhood policy that shifts the paradigm from a traditional state-centred approach to a more balanced and long-term oriented, society-centred perspective, with a focus on direct engagement with grassroots movements and democratic political actors;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EED founding parties, especially on all EU Member States, to fulfil the financial obligations to which they committed themselves when establishing the EED; also strongly urges the Board to reconsider supporting democratic political activists and providing funding to inclusive political processes;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the EED grants offered to activists in some of the Southern Neighbourhood countries, since they demonstrate the added value of EED pro- democracy work in particularly hostilechallenging environments;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly encourages the EED to place a stronger emphasis on socially excluded groups by supporting, among others, women’s rights and women’s increased public participation, LGBTI organisations, as well as grassroots movements and media activists;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Encourages both Member States and EU institutions to ensure genuine internal and external coherence related to democracy efforts and to recognise the facilitating role of the EED so as to avoid duplication of efforts with European Union instruments that also have the aim of promoting democracy and human rights, like the EIDHR;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the EED to continue cooperating with European-basedinternational organisations such as the Council of Europe, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, and the OSCE, in line with the EED’s Statute;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the EED to foster cooperation with key actors and international and regional organisations active in the field of democracy assistance, both inside the European Union and those active in the target countries;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Encourages the EED to identify possible avenues of cooperation with international civil society organisations, among others the Civil Society Forum of the Eastern Partnership and the Anna Lindh Foundation;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the EED to continue to develop new innovative means for democracy assistance, including to political actors or activists, in order to adjust to the growing climate of restriction in a number of countries with authoritarian regimes;