10 Amendments of Metin KAZAK related to 2008/2171(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the peaceful rise that has made China a key global player; supports the positive role it plays in several international peace-keeping efforts and in the DPRK 6-party talks; believes that increased global influence and increased responsibility go hand-in-hand; asks that China reconsider its "no-strings" aid to dubious regimes, including as regards arms supplies; believes that some of the world's most intractable problems, such as climate change, poverty, food supply and safety, disaster relief and nuclear proliferation, cannot be solved without China;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that Chinese society has changed much during the last 30 years and that lasting progress can happen only slowlwhich have brought gradual progress in economic, social and environmental spheres, whilst pointing out that further reforms, especially in the environmental and social areas, are needed to ensure overall and lasting progress; takes note of the Chinese way to achieve deliberative democracy; believes that democracy requires an effective civil society, which is in turn strengthened by trade and economic relations with the EU; therefore believes that "change through trade" is a way to aid China's transformation towards being an open and democratic society benefiting all sections of society;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges China to fulfil its commitments within the World Trade Organization, notably by dealing with outstanding problems such as protection of intellectual property rights, discrimination against foreign companies, and barriers to market access in a number of sectors;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the lackfrequent violations of basic human rights such as freedom of expression and religious belief, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and of religion; is deeply disturbed by systematic torture and lack of judicial independence; calls on China to respect minority rights, e.g. those of Tibetans and Uighurs; calls on China to abolish the death penalty and the offence of "threatening public security"; asks China to allow unrestricted internet access; while noting som and to do away with the golden shield system aimed at censoring the internet; welcoming the pgrogreswing awareness of human rights among Chinese citizens, believes that, overall, the cause of human rights in China is not advancing;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges China to abide by its commitment to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is deeply concerned at the suspension of The EU-China dialogue on human rights, following the award to Hu Jia of the Sakharov Prize 2008 by the European Parliament;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Regrets the limited progress achieved during the negotiations between China and Tibet; looks forward to the advancement of the negotiations so as to ensure the cultural and religious rights of Tibetans and to adopt suitable policies to this end, especially by ceasing Han Chinese settlements in Tibet and by overhauling the patriotic education policy;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Welcomes the rapprochement between China and Taiwan whilst urging China to continue an engaging and constructive dialogue with Taiwan and to ensure Taiwan's active participation in the World Health Organization and ASEAN Plus Three; encourages China to allow elections by universal suffrage in Hong Kong;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. IApproves Chinese non-intervention policy; however is concerned at China's growing military budget; supports the continuation of the arms embargo on China; notes China's very active pursuit of energy security, e.g. in Africa; believes that the EU needs a common foreign energy policy and an effective dialogue with China on this; welcomes the Commission's proposal to establish trilateral dialogue and cooperation between the European Union, China and Africa aiming at promoting peace and security and achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EU and China are becoming more interdependent and that the complexities and importance of EU-China relations require more coordination among the Member States and with the Commission; therefore welcomes the last EU-China Summit and the resulting high- level trade mechanism dialogue of April 2008; is looking forward to an effective and outcome-oriented dialogue with China concerning global challenges such as the global financial crisis during the next EU-China Summit in December 2008; invites China to play a constructive role in regional cooperation; endorses the strategic partnership between EU and China; welcomes, in this context, the ongoing negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, yet takes the view that the conclusion of the negotiations should not be considered in isolation from the human rights situation in China; urges the Commission to increase transparency in the negotiation process of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and China.