2 Amendments of Renate SOMMER related to 2017/2036(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas both parties recognise that democracy is based on the freely expressed will of the people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of life which can only be realized by genuinely democratic elections;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Demands that, in line with the recognition of both parties that democracy is based on the freely expressed will of the people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of life, future elections in Cuba must be genuinely democratic; emphasises that this includes the right to vote freely and to be elected fairly at periodic elections held on the basis of universal and equal suffrage and free voting procedures, the results of which are accurately counted and respected; encourages the Cuban people and government to have such elections within the next year and offers the support of European Election Observers;