15 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2008/2200(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the EU-Western Balkans Declaration, which was unanimously approved by the Foreign Ministers of all the EU Member States and by the Foreign Ministers of the Western Balkan States in Salzburg on 11 March 2006,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the conclusions of the European Councils of 14 December 2007 and 19-20 June 2008, and 14 December 2007s well as the Declaration on the Western Balkans annexed thereto, and the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Councils of 10 December 2007, 18 February 2008, and 8-9 December 2008,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Brdo Statement: New focus on the Western Balkans, made by the EU Presidency on 29 March 2008, underlining the need to give a fresh impetus to the Thessaloniki agenda and the Salzburg Declaration,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas a number of regional partners of the EU continue to have unresolved issues with their neighbours; whereas the EU and the Western Balkan countries are agreed that good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation remain key factors in advancing towards EU membership,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the European future of the Western Balkans depends to a large extent also on the countries in the region themselves and on their commitment to the implementation of reforms in order to meet the Copenhagen political and economic criteria, as well as the requirements of the Stabilisation and Association process; whereas the progress of each country in fulfilling those requirements is regularly monitored by the EU and the performance of every candidate is measured on the basis of individual merits and success; whereas this differentiation among the countries should not generate a climate of negative competition on the road to accession, as it remains clear that the final objective is the accession of all the Balkan countries to the EU,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reaffirms its full support for the European perspective of all the Western Balkan countries as set out in the Thessaloniki Agenda and the Salzburg Declaration; remains convinced that this continues to be an essential factor for the stability, reconciliation and peaceful future of the region and in the best interests of Europe as a whole;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the accession process must be based on a fair and rigorous application of the principle of conditionality whereby each country will be judged solely in the light of its capacity to meet the Copenhagen criteria, the conditions of the Stabilisation and Association process and all the benchmarks laid down in relation to a specific stage of the negotiations, and, consequently, that the accession process must not be slowed down or blocked for countries that have satisfied the benchmarkrequirements previously set;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that all parties concerned must make serious efforts to find mutually acceptable solutions to outstanding bilateral disputes between EU Member States and countries of the Western Balkans; believes that the opening of accession negotiations and the opening and closing of negotiation chapters should be based exclusively on an objective evaluation by the Commission, and that EU Member States must not obstruct or block the accession process over questions relating to strictly bilateral disputes;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of good neighbourly relations and the need to preserve peace and enhance stability and security in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Fully supports the efforts aimed at establishing by 2010 a comprehensive Western Balkans Investment Framework for the coordination of grants and loans offered by the Commission, by international financial institutions and by individual country donors; welcomes the Infrastructure Project Facility (IPF) and points out that IPF projects should clearly aim to improve intra-regional communication and trade; stresses the need for closer coordination in order to ensure effective complementarity, coherence and efficiency of assistance in the Western Balkans; believes that these coordinated loan/grant facilities should be directed in particular towards the potential candidate countries which do not have access to funds from all five components of the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA);
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines the importance of promoting people-to-people contacts between the Western Balkan countries and the EU, as well as between all the countries of south-east Europe;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses its solidarity with the countries of the Western Balkans in the global economic crisis and reaffirms its support for the economic and social consolidation of the region; welcomes, therefore, the recent proposal by the Commission to extend its Economic Recovery Plan for the Western Balkans and urges it to remain vigilant and, if necessary, to adopt adequate measures in order to guarantee the smooth continuation of the Stabilisation and Association process;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that mutual respect and domestic dialogue based on compromise between different ethnic groups is the only way forward for the Western Balkans; therefore urges all the parties concerned to remain committed to implementing existing inter-ethnic agreements and to continue to search for peaceful solutions to any conflicts that may arise;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, Serbia and UNMIK/Kosovo (under UN Security Council resolution 1244), the Chairman-in- office of the OSCE, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the secretariat of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.