7 Amendments of Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE related to 2008/2135(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly supports closer ties between the EU and India; encourages the Indian authorities, therefore, to engage in negotiations on a partnership and cooperation agreement with the EU as a sign of further upgrading and deepening the relationship; believes that the conclusion of such an agreement would improve the quality of the partnership, and invites both sides to engage in the negotiations as equal partners;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recognises that India plays a major role in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in its neighbourhood and beyond; is concerned by the current volatile political situation in Pakistan and the increasingly insecure situation in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka and expresses the hope that India, as predominant country in the region, will act as a promoter of stability and peace; would like India and the EU, particularly through the intermediary of the EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar, to work together to prevail upon the Burmese military junta to release political prisoners and respect human rights and to study together all the options for moving from dictatorship to democracy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the India-US civil nuclear partnership agreement and the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver, which enables other nations to cooperate with India on nuclear issues and opens the way for EU firms to compete in India's nuclear energy market; stresses that this waiver reaffirms India’s commitment to non-proliferationfears nevertheless that this deal creates a dangerous precedent, because India, while abiding by it, has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); asks India, therefore, to sign and ratify it; recalls that India has not ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and strongly encourages it to do so;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the existence of an annual local-level EU-India human rights dialogue but is concerned about the slow pace at which India is implementing ILO labour standards, particularly in connection with child and bonded labour; calls on India to do more to improve the treatment of women;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Council make urgent progress on extending the blue card visa system to Indian nationals;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to give due weightpriority in its FTA negotiations to human rights considerations, to non-tariff barriers, to ongoing restrictions for foreign direct investment in important sectors and to intellectual property rights.