Activities of Flaviu Călin RUS
Plenary speeches (28)
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Substances that deplete the ozone layer (recast) (debate)
EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership - Mexico Strategic Partnership (debate)
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Childcare facilities - Barcelona objectives (debate)
Children of immigrants (debate)
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Annual Report (2007) on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP - European Security Strategy and ESDP - The role of NATO in the security architecture of the EU (debate)
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2050: The future begins today − Recommendations for the EU's future integrated policy on climate change (debate)
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The dramatic consequences of the ‘Klaus’ storm in Southern Europe (debate)
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Protection of minorities in Europe (debate)
Consequences of the recent gas crisis - Second Strategic Energy Review - Challenge of energy efficiency through information and communication technologies (debate)
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EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
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Written declarations (2)
Amendments (45)
Amendment 1 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU needs to move towards a coherent and consistent policy to uphold and promote human rights around the world, and stresses the need to conduct such a policy more effectively;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its conviction that, in order to effect an improvement in the promotion of human rights, the EU's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) needs to be strengthened, and that it is necessary to ensure that the promotion of human rights as a main objective of the CFSP, as outlined in Article 11 of the Treaty on European Union, is strictly implemented in the EU’s dialogues and institutional relations with all the countries of the world;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to make greater efforts to improve the ability of the European Union to respond rapidly to breaches of human rights by third countries; stresses the key role played by the EU in the sphere of human rights in today's world and the corresponding increased expectations; calls for maximum coherence between the EU'sa common EU human rights line both in its external policy and that followed within its own borders;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the relevance of the European Union Annual Report on Human Rights in analysing and evaluating the European Union's human rights policy, and recognises the positive role played by information on the EU'sthe EU institutions’ activities in this field;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls once again on the Council and the Commission to identify the "‘countries of particular concern"’ where it is particularly difficult to promote human rights, as well as countries in which human rights are violated, and, to that end, to develop criteria by which to measure countries by reference to their human rights score, thereby enabling specific policy priorities to be established;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Council and Commission to make greater efforts to disseminate their annual report on human rights and ensure it reaches as large a public as possible; also calls for public information campaigns aimed at raising the EU's profile in this field;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers it essential that, given the importance of human rights issues in conflict and post-conflict situations, all European Union special representatives in conflict or post-conflict zones, or in any other zone, should in future have a mandate which specifically mentions promoting and ensuring respect for human rights;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the cooperation between the European Union and the Council of Europe taking place within the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in May 2007; welcomes the fact that quadripartite meetings were held on 23 October 2007 and 10 March 2008 between the EU Presidency, the Commission, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe and the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; reaffirms the importance of further promoting cooperation in the field of human rights, the rule of law and pluralist democracy, which are the shared values of both those organisations; 1 As of November 2008. and of all the EU Member States; Or. ro
Amendment 36 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its call for the development of a European framework strategy on Roma, given the special social situation of Roma communities in the European Union, in the candidate countries and in the countries involved in the Stabilisation and Association process;; notes with satisfaction the Commission's first "EU- Roma Summit", which took place in September 2008 under the joint patronage of the Commission President and the French Presidency, aiming to promote a firm commitment to tackling concrete problems and to creating mechanisms through which to ensure a better understanding of the situation of Roma across Europe;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 46 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the fact that the EU initiated the holding of a special UNHRC session on Burma in October 2007, which culminated in the adoption of a resolution in June 2008 condemning the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and the recruitment of child soldiers in Burma and urging the Burmese Government unconditionally to release all political prisoners without dimmediatelay;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the ongoing elaboration of new guidelines aimed at the establishment of a comprehensive strategy for strengthening EU action to enhance women'’s security, especially in conflict- affected countries, as well as in other countries; is looking forward to receiving those guidelines as soon as they are adopted, and underlines the importance of involving Parliament in drafting new guidelines;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Notes with concern that Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia have so far neither signed nor ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT); notes that Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania have so far signed but not ratified it; urges all European Union Member States which have not hitherto signed and/or ratified OPCAT to do so without delayas swiftly as possible;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Expects the Council and the Commission to enhance the cooperation with the Council of Europe for the purposes of creating a Europe-wide zone free from torture and other forms of ill- treatment, as a clear signal that European countries are firmly committed to eradicating those practices also within their borders in the first place, thereby setting an example for other countries of the world where such practices unfortunately still exist;
Amendment 68 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Welcomes the fact that 16 European Union Member States12 have signed the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, thereby bringing the total number of States Parties to 97; urges the remaining 11 European Union Member States that have yet not signed the Geneva Declaration to do so without delay; 1 Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 2 Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. and as swiftly as possible; Or. ro
Amendment 76 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Is greatly concerned that Iran has continued in 2008 to suppress independent human rights defenders and members of civil society, and that serious violations of human rights have persisted; condemns the arbitrary arrest, torture and imprisonment of human rights defenders for their work, on the charge of "activities contrary to national security"; regrets the current government policy directed against teachers and academics, barring students from access to higher education, and condemns the persecution and imprisonment of student activists;
Amendment 101 #
2008/2336(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114
Paragraph 114
114. ExpectRecommends that resolutions and other key documents relating to human rights issues will be translated into the language spoken in the targeted areas;
Amendment 60 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) incorporate the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol and the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention in a revised and integrated European Strategy on Weapons of Mass Destruction;
Amendment 74 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) establish a programme of annual nuclear arms conferences and an active and constructive dialogue with all countries possessing nuclear weapons on European territory – as well as with NATO – with a view to making the European continent a nuclear-weapons-free zone, in accordance with Article VII of the NPT, well before the year 2020;
Amendment 81 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Pledges to submit the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention to the national parliaments of the Member States with a view to promoting negotiations, raising public awareness, identifying steps towards gradual nuclear disarmament, a measure leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons and indicating national measures that could be taken to support and implement that Convention;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the structured dialogue established with the Commission on the implementation of the Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA) and recalls its position in this respect, notably the need to grant all beneficiary countries equal access to the full range of policy tools available under the instrument, to give adequate priority to the fight against corruption and organised crime and to pay increased attention to parliamentaryinstitutional capacity-building, particularly at parliamentary level, development of civil society organisations, measures to promote the principle of tolerance and non-discrimination, human development and regional cooperation in key policy areas;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is pleased by the high implementation rate of IPA commitments in 2007; regrets, however, that the first IPA programmes were only adopted at the end of 2007 and the actual implementation started only in 2008, due in part to the late adoption of the new instrument and in part to delays on the part of beneficiary countries in setting up the required structures and management systems; hopurges that the Commission willto push ahead with the implementation of projects in order to ensure that the money allocated producesand monitor the allocation of funds and the results obtained so as to ensure that the IPA has a visible resultsimpact in the countries concerned;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the leverage of the European Union and its ability to function as an agent pillar of stability and a driver of reform in the Western Balkans depends on the credibility of its promise to allow all countries of the region that satisfy the Copenhagen criteria to become full members of the EU; stresses therefore that the Commission and the Member States must maintain a firm commitment to a future enlargement that obligatorily encompassinges the Western Balkans;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the accession process must be based on a fair and rigorous application of the principle of conditionality whereby each country will be judged solely in the light of its capacity to meet all the benchmarks laid down in relation to a specific stage of the negotiations, and, consequently, that the accession process is a reality and must not be slowed down or blocked for countries that have satisfied the benchmarks previously set;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that all parties concerned must make serious efforts to find mutually acceptable solutions to outstanding bilateral disputes between EU Member States and countries of the Western Balkans; believes that the opening of accession negotiations with the countries of the Western Balkans and the opening and closing of negotiation chapters should be based exclusively on an objective evaluation by the Commission, and that EU Member States must not obstruct or block the accession process over questions relating to bilateral disputes;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Lends its full support to the ESDP missions and the EU Special Representatives (EUSRs) deployed in the region, which still have key roles to play in maintaining stability and ensuring progress in the process of building functioning states capable of meeting the Copenhagen criteria; stresses that no ESDP mission or EUSR office may be wound up until their respective mandates have unambiguously been fulfilled;
Amendment 62 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of a liberalisation of the Schengen visa regime for the citizens of the Western Balkans as a means for acquainting the people of the region with the European Unionvalues and traditions of the EU's Member States; welcomes the dialogue on visa liberalisation and urges the Council and the Commission to conduct the process in as transparent a manner as possible and with clearly defined benchmarks, in order to facilitate external monitoring and increase public accountability of the process;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the inauguration of the new US President opens up a new era in the history of the United States, has been received with great expectations in the world and has the potential to give the transatlantic partnership a new impetus, 1Or. ro Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0230.
Amendment 9 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to surveys most Europeans support the idea that the EU should assume a more prominent role on the world stage; whereas the majority of Europeans and Americans feel that the EU and the US should address international threats in partnership,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas many Europeans expect from the new US administration a cooperative attitudnew willingness to cooperate in the international field and a strengthening of the EU-US relationship,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the transatlantic partnership is founded on shared core values such as democracy, human rights, the rule of law and cooperation in the framework of international institutions as well as openfree market economies and sustainable development,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU and the US play key roles in the world's politics and economy, and sharetogether with their other international partners and multilateral institutions, particularly under the UN, bear responsibility for promoting peace, respect for human rights and stability and for tackling various global dangers and challenges, such as the deep financial crisis, the eradication of poverty and fulfilment of other MDGs, climate change, energy security, terrorism and nuclear proliferation,
Amendment 27 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 124 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the ratification of the US- Iraqi agreement on the presence in Iraq of US military forces; underlines the readiness of the EU to continue helping with the reconstruction of Iraq, in particular focusing on the rule of law, respect for human rights and consolidation of the state institutions and support for the economic development of Iraq and its reintegration into the world economy; calls on the partners to continue, by means of coordinated efforts, to work with the Iraqi government and the UN in order to improve stability and national reconciliation and to contribute to the unity and independence of Iraq;
Amendment 160 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the recent extension of the visa waiver programme to another six EU Member States; however calls once again onurges the US to lift the visa regime for the remaining six Member States and to treat all EU-citizens equally and on the basis of full reciprocity; asks the Commission to treat this as a priority matter with the new US administration;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that the EU institutions have attached increasing importance to gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment but underlines that much remains to be done to put the political commitments into practice, and stresses the importance of adequate funding and of bodies whose specific role would be to implement these policies;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to speed up its work and propose by July 2009, in close cooperation with the Member States and the Council Secretariat, an "EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in EU Internal and External Action", to be applied in the 27 Member States and in negotiations with third countries, together with a set of effective monitoring instruments to be applied at the various stages of this action plan;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to address and prioritise more systematically gender inequalities in the programming and implementation of the external assistance instruments in a consistent and systematic manner, in particular as regards assistance to the security sector reform; strongly calls for gender-specific objectives and activities to be included in country strategy papers and for a better mainstreaming of gender aspect through them; underlines the need for a holistic approach in the use of external assistance instruments, including the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), Instrument for Stability (IfS), and thematic programmes such as "Investing in People", in order to best achieve the goals of gender equality and women's empowerment;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the EU should pay special attention to needs of most vulnerable and socially excluded women, in particular disabled women, refugees or women from minority groups, and to resolving as high a proportion as possible of such problems by implementing specific programmes to be applied by organisations which are competent in such matters;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages the regular holding of conferences to debate issues relating to equal opportunities for women and men, with the participation of delegations at the national parliament level, made up of both women and men, together with the establishment of common strategies to implement projects relating to this topic;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2120(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Respects and supports the central role of national parliaments in matters of national security;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2120(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the European Parliament has a major complementary function in influencing and holding to account the emerging CFSP and ESDP, a function which can only be enhanced by working in tandem with national parliaments, on a basis of effective communication between MEPs and national parliamentarians;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2120(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Repeats its concern at the inadequate parliamentary accountability of the financing arrangements for CFSP and ESDP; urgesstresses the vital need for better collaboration between the European and national parliaments to achieve democratic control of all aspects of such policies by means of specific instruments;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2120(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the increasing number of multilateral regional parliamentary forums such as the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU, EMPA and EUROLAT, and calls for a comprehensive assessment of their added value, as also for support for those structures;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2120(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Proposes the organisation of biannual conferences of the appropriate spokesmen of the national parliamentary committees and political groups, to debate together with their counterparts in the European Parliament topics of current and future concern in international affairs and to define clear objectives in the context of concrete programmes.