93 Amendments of Alexandru NAZARE
Amendment 2 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, four years on, UN Member States need toshould be reminded of their commitment to realise the ambitious goals of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document,
Amendment 3 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas failure to reform bodies such as the UN Security Council and ECOSOC would lead to informal groupings such as 1 Texts, adopted, P6_TA(2008)0639. the G8 or G20 attempting to substitute for global institutional arrangementsthe positive role of informal groupings such as the G8 and G20 should complement, rather than substitute, the attributions of international bodies such as the UN Security Council and ECOSOC,
Amendment 5 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 10 #
2009/2000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 − point d
Paragraph 1 − point d
(d) to foster the debate initiated by the Secretary General about the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, so as to achieve renewedpromote consensus on and a more operational approach to this cornerstone of the UN doctrine whilst resisting attempts while noto reduceing its scope,
Amendment 5 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the breakdown of the additional Community contribution in each Member State is used consistently with the objectives of the two policy packages (new challenges and broadband internet), Member States should specify in their national strategy plans the indicative amount, resulting from the compulsory modulation together with the unused funds generated under Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No … and the increase of the global commitments as laid down by Council Decision 2006/493/EC as amended by Decision ……. These amounts will be devoted to broadband internet infrastructure in rural areas on, to the o"ne handw challenges", and to othe "new challenges" on the otherr measures aimed at improving take-up of the funds and creating new jobs.
Amendment 6 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) As the additional funds from the EERP will be made available to all Member States in 2009, all Member States should, already in that year, provide in their rural development programmes for types of operations related to the new challenges already in that yearnd other measures aimed at improving take-up of the funds and creating new jobs.
Amendment 7 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 16 a – paragraph 1 − subparagraph ga (new)
Article 16 a – paragraph 1 − subparagraph ga (new)
(ga) measures aimed at preserving and/or creating jobs in the countryside.
Amendment 8 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 16 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph b
Article 16 a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph b
(b) a table setting out, for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013, the total Community contribution for types of operations referred to in points (a) to (f) and (ga) of paragraph 1 and the Community contribution for types of operations referred to in point (g) of paragraph 1.
Amendment 9 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 69 – paragraph 2a – subparagraphs a and b
Article 69 – paragraph 2a – subparagraphs a and b
(a) one thirdhalf (EUR 0.75 billion) on types of operations related to priorities laid down in Article 16a(1)(a) to (f); (b) two thirds and (ga); (b) half (EUR 10.75 billion) on types of operations related to priority laid down in Article 16a(1)(g).
Amendment 10 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 69 – paragraph 5a
Article 69 – paragraph 5a
(5a) An amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts resulting from the application of the compulsory modulation under Article [9(4)] and Article [10(4)] together with, as from 2011, the amounts generated under Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No … and one thirdhalf of the Member States' share of the amount referred to in paragraph 2a, as set out in the Commission Decision fixing the breakdown by Member State, shall be exclusively spent by Member States from 1 January 2009 as Community support under the current rural development programmes for operations of the types referred to in Article 16a(1)(a) to (f) and (ga) of this Regulation. Two thirdsOne half of the Member States' share of the amount referred to in paragraph 2a as set out in the Commission Decision fixing the breakdown by Member State shall be exclusively spent by Member States from 1 January 2009 as Community support under the current rural development programmes for operations of the types referred to in Article 16a(1)(g) of this Regulation.
Amendment 16 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the breakdown of the additional Community contribution in each Member State is used consistently with the objectives of the two policy packages (new challenges and broadband internet), Member States should specify in their national strategy plans the indicative amount, resulting from the compulsory modulation together with the unused funds generated under Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No … and the increase of the global commitments as laid down by Council Decision 2006/493/EC as amended by Decision ……. These amounts will be devoted to broadband internet infrastructure in rural areas on, to the o"ne handw challenges", and to othe "new challenges"r measures aimed at improving take-up onf the otherfunds and creating new jobs.
Amendment 20 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) As the additional funds from the EERP will be made available to all Member States in 2009, all Member States should provide in their rural development programmes for types of operations related to the new challenges already in that year and to other measures aimed at improving take-up of the funds and creating new jobs.
Amendment 28 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 16 a – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 16 a – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) measures to preserve or create jobs in rural areas.
Amendment 30 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 16 a – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 16 a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) a table setting out, for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013, the total Community contribution for types of operations referred to in points (a) to (f) and (ga) of paragraph 1 and the Community contribution for types of operations referred to in point (g) of paragraph 1).
Amendment 32 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint a
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 69 – paragraph 2 a
Article 69 – paragraph 2 a
"(2a) The part of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article resulting from the increase of the global commitments as laid down by Council Decision 2006/493/EC as amended by Decision …… shall be available as from 1 January 2009. It shall be devoted to types of operations related to priorities laid down in Article 16a(1) and it shall be spent as follows: (a) one thirdhalf (EUR 0.75 billion) on types of operations related to priorities laid down in Article 16a(1)(a) to (f); (b) two thirds and (ga); (b) one half (EUR 10.75 billion) on types of operations related to priority laid down in Article 16a(1)(g)."
Amendment 35 #
2009/0011(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint b
Article 1 – point 6 – subpoint b
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 69 – paragraph 5 a
Article 69 – paragraph 5 a
"5a. An amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts resulting from the application of the compulsory modulation under Article [9(4)] and Article [10(4)] together with, as from 2011, the amounts generated under Article 136 of Regulation (EC) No … and one thirdhalf of the Member States' share of the amount referred to in paragraph 2a, as set out in the Commission Decision fixing the breakdown by Member State, shall be exclusively spent by Member States from 1 January 2009 as Community support under the current rural development programmes for operations of the types referred to in Article 16a(1)(a) to (f) and (ga) of this Regulation. Two thirdsOne half of the Member States' share of the amount referred to in paragraph 2a as set out in the Commission Decision fixing the breakdown by Member State shall be exclusively spent by Member States from 1 January 2009 as Community support under the current rural development programmes for operations of the types referred to in Article 16a(1)(g) of this Regulation.
Amendment 7 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the Economic Recovery Plan proposes multi-layered coordinated action to strengthen Europe's economies; reiterates Parliament's readiness to enter into negotiations with the Council for the EUR 5 000 000 000 revision of the MFF 2007-2013 proposed by Commission and any other modification of instruments that would have a budgetary impact; considers that negotiations should concentrate on extending the area of projects supported within this budgetary revision, in accordance with Member States’ priorities;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the predominant role of the European Investment Bank in contributing to financing investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD(EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in contributing to financing investments and enhancing access to financing for business (SMEs and mid- sized corporations);
Amendment 27 #
2008/2334(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Emphasises that the Economic Recovery Plan proposed is a temporary measure and the budgetary stimulus should be consistent with the flexibility provided by the Stability and Growth Pact; monitoring procedures should prevail in order to ensure the efficiency of this Plan;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. strongly concerned about the lack of progress in achieving concrete objectives (such as the so-called ‘13 steps’) in pursuit of the goals of the NPT Treaty, as agreed at the previous Review Conferences, especially now that threats are arising from a variety of sources, including increasing proliferation going hand in hand with the greater demand for, anand increased availability of, nuclear technology, the potential for such technology and radioactive material to fall into the hands of criminal organisations and terrorists, and the reluctance of nuclear weapons States that are signatories to the NPT to reduce or eliminate their nuclear arsenals and decrease their adherence to a military doctrine of nuclear deterrence,
Amendment 27 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D
Recital D
D. strongly encouragednoting, in particular, by a number of statements on US nuclear policy made by the then President-elect Barack Obama, in which he underlined that the United States will seek a world in which there are no nuclear weapons, and will work with Russia to take US and Russian ballistic missiles off hair-trigger alert, and dramatically reduce the stockpiles of US nuclear weapons and material,
Amendment 62 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) deepepromote and sustain its dialogue with the new US administration and all nuclear- weapons powers, with a view to pursuing a common agendapproach aimed at the creation of a nuclear- weapons-free world; in particular, support those steps being taken by the US and Russian steps to substantially reduce their nuclear weapons as agreed in START I and in SORT; press for ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty;
Amendment 71 #
2008/2324(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
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 16 #
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 of stability and a driver of reform in the Western Balkans depends on the credibility of its promisecommitment to allowing 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 future enlargement encompassing the Western Balkans;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the prospect of accession of the countries of the Western Balkans must not be endangered by the existence of disputes over sovereignty over former territories, provided the countries concerned fulfil the Copenhagen criteria and respect the principles of international law with regard to the territory concerned;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the accession process must maintain a clear regional perspective, and that efforts must be made to avoid a situation whereby differences in the pace of integration result in the erection of new barriers in the region, in particular with regard to the existing visa procedures and the future process of visa liberalisation; supports the role of the Regional Cooperation Council in strengthening regional ownership and in serving as the key interlocutor for the EU in all matters concerning regional cooperation in South East Europe;
Amendment 43 #
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, however, that nothe ESDP mission ors and EUSR offices may be wound up until their respective mandates have unambiguously been fulfilledust aim at the successful completion of their mandates within a clearly-defined and realistic time-frame;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Fully supports the efforts aimed at establishing by 2010 a Western Balkans Investment Framework for the coordination of grants and loans offered by the Commission, by international financial institutions and by individual country donors; welcomes the Infrastructure Project Facility (IPF) and points out that IPF projects should clearly aim to improve intra-regional communication and trade; believes that these coordinated loan/grant facilities should be directed in particular towards the potential candidate countries which do not have access to funds from all five components of the Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA); stresses the importance of regional cooperation in the area of best practice as regards access to the pre- accession funds;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the new Civil Society Facility established under the IPA, and the consequent tripling of funding available to civil society organisations (CSOs); urges the Commission to strengthen local ownership of civil society development and create opportunities for regular interaction and consultation with local CSOs with a view to taking their views and needs into account in the planning and programming stages of assistance under the IPA; urges the Commission to encourage the creation of a regional discussion forum consisting of CSOs, as a means of disseminating best practice as regards access to the pre- accession funds;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Further urges the Commission to devote greater attention to the promotion of small to medium-sized and non-urban CSOs, notably by allocating a greater share of its assistance to such organisations, by facilitating the procedures for applying for EU funding, and by reviewing the rules regardingstepping up the co- financing of projects for small and medium-sized CSOs;
Amendment 60 #
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 Union; calls on the Commission to point out to the Member States that a cumbersome visa procedure, compounded by the understaffing of consulates and embassies in the region, is liable to generate hostility towards the EU among the people of the regions, at a time when the Union's popularity is implicitly the biggest stimulus to reform; 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 66 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Fully supports the increased funding and number of scholarships for study and research in the EU available to students and researchers from the Western Balkans under the Erasmus Mundus programme; urges the beneficiary countries to make all the necessary arrangements, including publicity and information campaigns, in order to allow their citizens to take full advantage of these opportunities;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 89 #
2008/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the vital part played by the EU's support role in Kosovo, including that of the EULEX mission, in strengthening the workings of that country's administration; calls for a timetable to be drawn up for the fulfilment of the EULEX mission's objectives, as a necessary instrument for improving its efficiency and ensuring its access within a specific time-frame, while avoiding the indefinite prolongation of the EU presence in the region;
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 2 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas although the EU Member States are party to all major international frameworks on gender equality and women's rights and a number of policy documents exist at the EU level, the practical commitment to furthering gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment in external policies is still weak, given that insufficient budgetary resources have been earmarked specifically for gender issues, and the implementation of the existing policy documents is modest, 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0639.Or. ro
Amendment 4 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU needs a holistic and coherent approach topolicy on gender mainstreaming,
Amendment 5 #
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 staff responsible for implementing gender objectives;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that gender equality should be systematically includedCalls on the Commission and the Council to systematically include gender equality and women's empowerment in the EU's political dialogue and policy discussions with partner counties;
Amendment 11 #
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 particular as regards assistance to the security sector reform; strongly calls for gender-specific objectives and, activities and funding 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 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument, 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 12 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a Appreciates the fact that through the external assistance instruments additional financial resources should be earmarked for the fields of women's education and gender education and for women's health programmes;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to prevent and combat the trafficking in human beings to which women from third countries fall prey;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of gender- sensitive budgeting; in the form of appropriations specifically earmarked for gender issues and indicators to measure how efficiently the funds are being used;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2160(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 point i
Paragraph 1 point i
Amendment 16 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU relations with Russia remain very important for the purposes of pragmatic cooperation, and whereas the EU shares with Russia not onlyincluding in economic and trade interestsssues, but also an objective to act in the international arena, as well asrelating to stability and democratisation in the European eastern neighbourhood; whereas enhanced cooperation and good- neighbourly relations between the EU and Russia, based on fundamental European values, should be of key importance to the stability, security and prosperity of the whole of Europe,
Amendment 32 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Russia’s massive counter- attack, triggered by the Georgian troops entering South Ossetia, extended to the otherilitary violation of Georgian territoriesy with the massive use of armour and air power, as well as the unprovoked massive military action in Abkhazia, including attacks and occupation of Georgian seaports, followed by the recognition of the two breakaway enclaves, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, puts a question mark on the viability of the idea of building together with Russia a common space of security in Europe,
Amendment 53 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the conclusion of an agreement on future cooperation remains of the utmost importance for further development and intensification of cooperation between the two sides; whereas the EU'’s policy towards Russia must be based on unity and solidarity and whereas the EU should speak with one voice, after having consulted with its partners, particularly the transatlantic ones,
Amendment 79 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, in terms of energy security, relations between the EU and Russia offer great potential for positive and constructive mutual interdependence, provided that the partnership is based on the principle of non-discrimination and fair treatment, and on equal market conditions, and on Russia’s acceptance on a more competitive environment in terms of energy suppliers,
Amendment 110 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point b
Paragraph 1 - point b
b) raise with the Russian Government concerns about the shrinking space forcontinued intimidation and restriction of Russia’s civil society and urge it to uphold freedom of expression and association by bringing legislation regulating civil society into line with Russia’s European and international commitments, and to take prompt and effective steps to foster a favourable working climate for human rights organisations;
Amendment 146 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point g
Paragraph 1 - point g
g) raise concerns withcondemn the Russian government decision to recognise Abkhazia and South Ossetia, since these steps undermine the territorial integrity of Georgia, as insisted upon by the relevant UN resolutions, and call into question Russia’s role as an impartial moderator in the peace process;
Amendment 166 #
2008/2104(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point o a (new)
oa) ask the Russian Federation to cooperate constructively with the EU in view of resolving the status of breakaway territories, including Transdniestria, and contribute to strengthening the sovereignty of the Moldovan Government, as a necessary requirement for the stability of a key border region of the European Union; stress that progress on this issue hinges upon the withdrawal of Russian troops stationed inside Moldova, as pledged by Russia inter alia at the 1999 OSCE Istanbul Summit;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the regions of the Member States which joined the European Union in 2004 to 2007 and potential beneficiaries in these countries are not receiving enough accurate and useful information concerning the use of structural resources and best practices in this respect,
Amendment 14 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas an efficient supply of information concerning the use of structural resources depends on the availability of data in all the EU official languages,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C − indents 2, 2 a and 2 b (new)
Recital C − indents 2, 2 a and 2 b (new)
- too many regulations which are hard to understand, in certain cases available on-line only, thereby excluding many potential beneficiaries from access to these resources - frequent modification by certain Member States of eligibility criteria and requisite documentation - short deadlines imposed by certain Member States for funding applications on submission of projects,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas established practices (best practices) should apply not only to the regions and potential beneficiaries but also to the Member States, which should take them into account in drawing up rules governing access to structural resources,
Amendment 38 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends the European Commission to go further and develop a concerted approach to the interregional and inter- Member-State exchange of best practices regarding the administration, management and use of structural resources, with a view to enabling actors involved in cohesion policy to draw on the experiences of others; calls for measures to ensure respect for the principle of full multilingualism regarding the exchange of best practices;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the approach laid down in the context of the Regions for Economic Change initiative, firstly, to identify and to publicise best practices with the annual award of 'REGIO STARS' and, secondly, to set up a website for best practices; draws attention to the limited effectiveness of an Internet site alone;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that the Commission offer a similar annual award to Member States which make the greatest efforts to eliminate bureaucracy regarding the use of structural resources and simplify access for potential beneficiaries to information concerning these resources;
Amendment 77 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 3 a (new)
- greater energy efficiency in homes in accordance with the proposals contained in the Commission proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in housing (COM(2008)0838);
Amendment 97 #
2008/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the European Commission to organise the exchange of best practices through a network of regions to be coordinated by the Commission; recommends the introduction by the Council of a European e-Cohesion portal as part of a comprehensive strategy for the exchange of best practices, to be developed as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas by the regions; stresses the urgent need for a programme of action in this field;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the three-step approach taken by the Committee on Budgets towards the mid-term review, and underlines that the chronic under-financing of Heading 4 needs to be addressed as a priority under the necessary adjustments of the current Multi-Annual Framework (MFF), including by envisaging adequate funding for the EU External Action Service;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the Commission's undertaking to present, within the framework of the review, an evaluation of the situation of Heading 4, and urges the Commission to propose, on this basis, short-term solutions within the current MFF as well as options for the new MFF, which would financially reinforce Heading 4 and remove its chronic under-financing, thus enabling the European Union to meet its external action obligationenhance its foreign policy instruments and increase their coherence and effectiveness;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points in particular – given the character of actions to be financed under Heading 4 – to the need to establish a flexibility mechanism which would enable the EU to react to unforeseen situationscrises affecting some of its Member States, or the EU as a whole, without weakening the funding for ongoing policies and programmes in the external affairs area and while fully respecting the rights of the budgetary authority;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points to the challenges faced by the EU in the area of energy security and urges the Commission to envisagallocate adequate meansresources to projects that allowing the EU to mitigate its vulnerability in this area, especially by ensuring a diversification of sources of supply;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 − indent 2
Paragraph 7 − indent 2
- resolving deficits and leftovers in the context of the annual budgetary procedures, if possible through more flexibility and, if necessary, using part of the margin left below the own resources ceiling,
Amendment 39 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the general magnitude of the EU resources should not be affected by the current world economic crisis, even if the Member States' GNI will cease to follow an ever increasing curve; therefore is convinced that the EU spending should concentrate on policies with a clear European added value, fully in line with the principles of subsidiarity and, proportionality and solidarity;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 9 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 11 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 12 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the formal status granted in the Lisbon Treaty to the MFF, which will becomes a legally binding act when the Treaty enters into force; points out that the MFF establishes expenditure programming for the Union and places a ceiling on Union spending over a given period, thereby helping to strengthen budgetary discipline;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 17 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports, therefore, the switch to a five-year MFF, but calls for a negotiating period of at least one yearsix months maximum so that each new Parliament and each new Commission can take fundamental financial policy decisions during their terms of office;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 35 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 44 #
2008/2054(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Regards it as vital that the institutions should reach a political agreement on these matters before the end of 2008 so that, once the Lisbon Treaty has entered into force, the requisite changes to the Financial Regulation can quickly be made using the new procedure;
Amendment 11 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Community guarantee should cover losses under loans and loan guarantees for EIB eligible investment projects carried out in countries covered by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (the 'IPA'), the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (the 'ENPI') and, the Development Cooperation Instrument (the 'DCI'), the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (the 'EIDHR')1, and the Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument (the 'NSCI')2, where the loan financing or guarantee has been granted according to a signed agreement which has neither expired nor been cancelled ('EIB Financing Operations'). _____________ 1 Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 December 2006 (OJ L 386, 29.12.2006, p. 1). 2 Council Regulation (Euratom) No 300/2007 of 19 February 2007 (OJ L 81, 22.3.2007, p. 1).
Amendment 13 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) From 2007, the Community's external relations have also been supported by the new financial instruments, i.e. the IPA, the ENPI, the DCI, the EIDHR, the NSCI and by the Instrument for Stability
Amendment 20 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) With regard to pre-accession countries, EIB financing in those countries should reflect the priorities established in the Accession and European Partnerships, in the Stabilisation and Association agreements and in negotiations with the Community. The focus of Community action in the Western Balkans should continue to shift progressively from reconstruction to pre-accession support, while taking account of the present economic climate and the economic difficulties which to one or another extent all countries are faced with. In this context, the EIB activity should, in addition, also seek to encourage the institution building aspect, where relevant, in cooperation with other International Financial Institutions ('IFIs') active in the region. Over the period 2007-2013, financing to candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) should increasingly take place under the Pre-Accession Facility made available by the EIB, which should be extended over time to cover the potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans in line with the progress of their accession process.
Amendment 21 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) With regard to countries covered by the ENPI, the EIB should continue and consolidate its activities inrelating to the Mediterranean region, enhancing its focus on private sector development. In this respect, cooperation by partner countries to facilitate private sector development and encourage structural reform, in particular financial sector reform, is needed, as well as other measures to facilitate EIB activities, in particular to ensure that the EIB can issue bonds in local markets. As regards Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Russia, the EIB should enhance its activities in the countries concerned in line with appropriate conditionality consistent with Community high level agreements with the country in question on political and macro-economic aspects. In this region, the EIB should finance projects of significant interest to the Community in transport, energy, telecommunications and environmental infrastructure. Priority should be given to projects on extended major Trans European Network axes, projects with cross-border implications for one or more Member States and major projects favouring regional integration through increased connectivity. In the environmental sector, the EIB should in Russia give particular priority to projects within the framework of the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership. In the energy sector, strategic energy supply and energy transport projects are of particular importance, in line with the objective of Community policy of diversifying energy sources and with a view to guaranteeing stable and secure resources for consumers. EIB Financing Operations in this region should be carried out in close cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ('the EBRD'), in particular according to the terms set out in a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission, the EIB and the EBRD.
Amendment 26 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With a view to enhancing the coherence of overall Community support in the regions concerned, opportunities should be sought to combine EIB financing with Community budgetary resources as appropriate, in the form of grant support, risk capital and interest rate subsidies, alongside technical assistance for project preparation, implementation or enhancement of the legal and regulatory framework, through the IPA, the ENPI, the Instrument for Stability, the EIDHR, the NSCI, and, for South Africa, the DCI.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The EIB already closely cooperates with IFIs and with European bilateral institutions. This cooperation is guided by regionally-specific Memoranda of Understanding, which should be approved by the governing bodies of the EIB. In its financing operations outside the Community falling within the scope of this Decision, the EIB should endeavour to further enhance coordination and cooperation with IFIs and with European bilateral institutions where relevant, including, where appropriate, cooperation on sector conditionality, increased use of cofinancing and participation with other IFIs in global initiatives, such as those promoting aidthe coordination and efficiencyof financial support and efficiency in utilising financial resources.
Amendment 60 #
2008/0268(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – section A – point 2
Annex I – section A – point 2
2. Potential candidate countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999).
Amendment 1 #
2008/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
3. The financial crisis justifies the need for further simplifications to facilitate access to grants co-financed by the European Social Fund, especially for the new Member States.
Amendment 2 #
2008/0232(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Financial implications should be determined at the moment of calculation and of reimbursement of eligible costs to be financed by the ESF.