8 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2015/2003(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, under the current leadership of Communist Party of China (CPC) General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, China has launched a flurry of initiatives, including a strategically important energy deal with Russia, the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and a ‘New Silk Road’ project to integrate China economically with Central Asia and, ultimately, with Europe and Africa; whereas China over the past years has been pursuing increasingly active investment policies in the EU as well as its Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the 2015 Chinese stock market crash negatively impacted on global financial stability, including in the EU;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the EU Ombudsman in her draft recommendation adopted on March 26 2015 criticised the absence of a human rights impact assessment on the Investor- State Dispute Settlement mechanism in negotiations for a trade and investment agreement with Vietnam; whereas this sets an important precedent for negotiations on the EU-China Bilateral Investment Agreement;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the Chinese interest in strategic infrastructure investments in Europe; urges the HR/VP and Commission to reflect on the impact of China's global investment policy as well as its investment activities in the EU and its Eastern Neighbourhood; concludes, with regard to Beijing's demand for ISDS procedures as an essential element of a BIT, that Brussels should reciprocally demand that provisions be included in the BIT that guarantee better access for and fairer treatment of EU companies on the Chinese market; urges the Commission to carry out a Human Rights Impact Assessment to ensure that the inclusion of an ISDS system will not negatively impact on human rights;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses concern over the expected adverse impact of recent financial developments in China on the European economy given the country's prominent role in global trade and the global financial system;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that President Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, which foresees a stronger and more pro- active role for China in the world, calls for a commensurate EU strategy towards Asia within a transatlantic context; and encourages the HR/VP to explore possibilities to develop a common approach to China with the US wherever this would contribute to advancing EU interests; stresses that China's rise as a global power requires a reconsideration of Europe's strategic priorities in its relations with China as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Chinese government to exert influence on Pakistan to refrain from fuelling instability in the region;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Criticises the fact that in China freedom of religion is not a right, but a matter for the state, which sets the limits of what is permissible; supports the resistance of Chinese churches against the government's renewed strategy of ‘sinicisation' of Christianity; condemns, in parurges the Chinese government to fully respect freedom of religious belief as sticpular, the ongoing anti-Christian campaign in the province of Zhejiang, during which dozens of churches were demolished and more than 400 crosses removed in 2014; shares the concerns of churches abted in its constitution and immediately desist persecution, repression and 'sinicisation' of all religiouts other provinces where there is a strong Christian presencerganisations and groups;