Activities of Andrew DUFF related to 2007/2271(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Recalls that integration capacity reflects the Union's ability at a given point in time to decide and thus to achieve its political objectives, in particular the aim of promoting economic and social progress and a high level of employment in its Member States, of asserting its identity and its ability to act onConsiders that the concept of integration capacity in the context of enlargement of the Union comprises four elements: (i) accession states should contribute to and not impair the ability of the Union to maintain momentum towards fulfilling its political objectives; (ii) the internastitutional scene, of promoting the rights and interests of Member States' nationals, of developing an area of freedom, security and justice, of fully maintaining and building on its acquis communautaire and of upframework of the Union should be able to deliver efficient and effective government; (iii) the financial resources of the Union should be adequate to meet the challenges of social and economic cohesion; (iv) a comprehensive communication strategy shoulding fundamental rights and freedoms, as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union be in place to inform public opinion about the implications of enlargement;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Is also convinced that the Enlargement Strategy should be flanked by a more diversified range of external contractual frameworks and that these frameworks could be structured as mutually permeable concentric circles, with countries being offered the opportunity, under strict but clear internal and external conditions, to move from one status to another if they so wish and if they fulfil the criteria pertaining to each specific frameworkConsiders that, while some neighbouring European countries will wish to move systematically towards full membership, others may wish to establish a stable form of associate membership which does not presume eventual full membership; believes, moreover, that such associate membership may prove to be a good basis for the Union's relationship with North African countries; urges the Commission to develop the concept of associate membership as part of its European Neighbourhood Policy;