11 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2008/2231(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for new and broader means of funding to be identified for projects, including from the private sector; reiterates its support for the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Investment Bank and coordinating with international investors;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the institutional arrangements proposed for the BP:UfM, and especially the co-presidency, biennial summit, joint permanent committee, senior officials’ meetings and creation of a joint secretariat, help to even out responsibilities within the partnership; looks forward, in thishopes that Parliament will be regularly updated on the stage reached in projects; welcomes in that respect, to the decisions of the first meeting of the foreign affairs ministers of the BP:UfM member countries, scheduled for 3 November 2008 adopted by the Ministerial Conference of 3 November 2008, which duly took note of the EMPA recommendation adopted in Jordan on 13 October 2008; supports the decision to bring a strong parliamentary dimension to the UfM, thereby reinforcing its democratic legitimacy, by building on the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA), which should be further consolidated and its work better articulated with that of the other institutions of the Partnership;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the institutional arrangements proposed for the BP:UfM, and especially the co-presidency, biennial summit, joint permanent committee, senior officials’ meetings and creation of a joint secretariat, help to even out responsibilities within the partnership; looks forward, in this respect, to the decishopes that it will be duly consulted on the creations of the first meeting of the foreign affairs ministersUfM’s permanent bodies and regularly updated ofn the BP:UfM member countries, scheduled for 3 November 2008stage reached in projects;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the recognition of EMPA as the legitimate parliamentary expression of the BP:UfM; calls for EMPA’s role to be strengthened by entitling igranting it legal personality and the right to propose and assess economic and regional integration strategies and projects, and allowing it to make recommendations to the meetings of foreign affairs ministers;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the fact that some of the countries participating in the BP:UfM are not part of the Barcelona Process; calls on the Council, the Commission and all the States participating in the BP:UfM to maintain, in this connection, a cohesive framework of relations in which it is clear that the Union for the Mediterranean is an expression of that partnership process and that its purpose is economic and regional integration between all Member States and all the countries of the Mediterranean basin;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Takes the view that the BP:UfM should step up existing forms of cooperation under EuroMed in order to provide all partner countries with the chance of participating in the Union’s regional programmes and corresponding policies on the basis of priorities and objectives set by mutual agreement, pointing to the importance of extending and intensifying the scope of Community programmes to include participation by partner countries, not least in the fields of education, research and professional training (student exchanges, etc.);
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates the importance of promoting human rights and the rule of law; calls for an assessment of what has been achieved so far and for adjustment of the instruments implemented under the partnership, including as regards other international organisations such as the Council of Europe; emphasises that the instruments for promoting human rights available under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) must be exploited to the full, guaranteeing greater political cohesion between the European institutions and adapting appropriate incentive measures based on the principle of differentiation in ENP bilateral action plans;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses its concern at the prevailing tendency among Member State governments to adopt a ‘security-first’ approach in Mediterranean poPoints out that the management of migratory flows requires partnership and genuine cooperation with third countries in the service of development; considers that immigration issues must focus on the possibilicties, and especially in the management for legal migration, the combating of illegal migratory flows and smoother integration of immigrationnt groups;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the widening economic, political and cultural gap between the two sides of the Mediterranean is liable to set back the objective ofwidening and those disparities need to be rectified in order eventually to creatinge an area of peace, security and shared prosperity,
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. emphasising the importance of the role played by EMPA, which is the only parliamentary assembly enabling dialogue and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area to bring together the 27 EU Member States and all the parties connected with the Middle East peace process,