13 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it essential that the EU fulfil, through its revised neighbourhood policy, the aspirations of those who fought for democracy and human rights, including the right to mobilityby providing not only humanitarian support but also assistance for political and economic reforms;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with third country authorities in order to develop a win-win approach to mobility and progress towards visa liberalisation beyond a visa facilitation only for targeted groups; and to evaluate the existing mobility partnerships, particularly the interdependence between development aid, regular migration and irregular migration as defined in the Global Approach to Migration;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas respect for and promotion of democracy and human rights – particularly women’s rights and minorities’ rights – justice and the rule of law, fundamental freedoms – including freedom of speech, conscience, religion, association and the media –, strengthening of security, democratic stability, prosperity, the fair distribution of income, wealth and opportunities, the fight against corruption and the promotion of good governance are founding principles and aims of the EU which must constitute common values at the core of the ENP review,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to favour the channellingcilitate the accessibility of EU funds to projects aimed at protecting migrants' rights; supports the EC Thematic Programme "Cooperation with Third Countries in the areas of Migration and Asylum" - 2011-2013 Multi-Annual Strategy Paper;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly supports the partnership with societies approach and thus calls on the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to develop mechanisms to ensure its full application, in particular by setting up a monitoring mechanism involving civil society in the definition of objectives and benchmarks and in the implementation and monitoring of all agreements with partnersapply it to the full by involving and consulting civil society; by maintaining a transparent dialogue on JHA matters with democratically elected authorities and national parliaments; and by increasing the democratic scrutiny of the EP in all mechanisms and dialogues on migration;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to urgently address the refugee crisis by conducting an enquiry into the shipwrecks of boat people, providing the EP with a detailed report on the Frontex Hermes operation, condemning the agreement concluded between the Italian authorities and the Transitional National Council of Libya, providing support to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and Lebanon, in particular by exploring the possibility of setting up a humanitarian corridor, and unblocking without delay the negotiations on the Joint EU Resettlement Programme;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for a European Endowment for Democracy, which is a timely response to the clamour for democracy by the populations of our neighbouring countries; underlines that it should be based on the principles of transparency and flexibility and should complement already-existing EU Instruments and the exemplary work of longstanding European political or non- political foundations; stresses that its scope and organisation should be clearly defined and that its structures and procedures should be light and straightforward; calls for a truly political steering committee to be established with the participation of the European Parliament, which should also be involved in the ongoing control mechanisms, in order to ensure a better supervision and due-time coordination, as well as in the ex-post control mechanisms;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to provide a clear methodology and detailed benchmarks to assess the democracy record of these countries and to deliver regular sufficiently detailed reports, which should be the basis for the allocation of funds under the new performance-based approach ‘more for more’; insists that these reports gather the information through continuous performance- measurement mechanisms, which would allow a degree of flexibility and adaptability of the procedural and technical aspects of the reform agenda, in order to ensure the efficiency of the resource management; asks for these reports to be presented annually to its Committee on Foreign Affairs; insists on the need to systematically include civil- society organisations at all stages of the review process;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites the EEAS and the Commission to elaborate a sanction mechanism in case of violations of human rights or "deep democracy" principles, based on the "less for less" approach;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. States that differentiation should be applied to trade, invites ENP partner countries to move forward on creating the conditions that will allow the establishment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) and calls on the EU to assist them in their reform efforts and to open its internal market accordingly; underlines that the EU should also assess the political, social and environmental circumstances of each country with reference to their participation in the future DCFTA; stresses out that the trade ties, especially DCFTAs, should be, through their requirements, viewed as means to enhance the commitment towards democratic values of the ENP countries, as part of the conditionality principle;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the reference to Article 49 of the TEU and believes that all partner countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) have a legitimate right to strive for EU membership; believes that the conclusion of association agreements does not exclude this perspective but can, on the contrary, be an important step towards further European integration; underlines that the EU institutions should have a coherent and united response towards the EaP countries’ integration perspective;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Emphasises that the allocation of resources should be based on a limited number of clearly defined priorities, taking into account partner countries’ needs and based on clear conditionality; underlines that budget support should be used only where there are guarantees for sound budgetary management and that the full range of available tools should be used to better reflect the priorities; outlines, in this context, the need for enhanced public procurement legislation and public finances management of the ENP countries;