14 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2011/2191(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Croatian membership’s accession will make the EU stronger, enrich its European culture and heritage and make an important contribution to maintaining the credibility of the enlargement process;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Croatia’s successful accession would have wider regional implications and give positive impetus to the process of European integration in the Western Balkan region; whereas the prospect of EU membershipaccession is a powerful incentive for candidate and potential candidate countries in the region on the path to European integration to pursue the necessary political, economic and legislative reforms and the strengthening of peace, stability and reconciliation based on good- neighbourly relations; whereas the EU should reinforce the European perspective for Croatia’s neighbouring countries;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onExpects the Commission to monitor further preparations for accession with rigour and objectivity and to help the Croatian authorities fulfil their commitments and obligations entered into in the negotiations; welcomes the reference in the Accession Treaty to civil society involvement throughout the monitoring process and calls on the Commission to make full use of this clause and consult closely with representatives of civil society; is of the view that the pre-accession monitoring mechanism is a way to provide Croatia with additional support in its continued reform efforts;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to focus in particular on commitments undertaken in the area of the judiciary, fundamental rights, freedom and security, including the continued implementation of judicial reform and efficiency, impartial handling of war crimes cases, the fight against corruption, the protection of minorities, border management, police cooperation, the fight against organised crime, judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, as well as on commitments in the area of competition policy with a view to the restructuring of the shipbuilding and steel industries; considers it important that Croatia builds up a positive track record in these areas before accession;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it importantIs determined to continue to follow the process closely and calls on the Commission to keep it regularly informed of the extent to which the Croatian authorities honour the commitments given in the Treaty of Accession in order to fully assume their membership obligations upon accession on 1 July 2013; reserves the right to address recommendations, in its regular or ad-hoc reports, to the Commission and the Croatian authorities whenever there is a risk that the commitments undertaken by Croatia are not fully honoured;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Croatian authorities to implement the commitments undertaken in the accession process in a transparent and inclusive manner, involving the Croatian Parliament and civil society to the largest extent possible; encourages the Croatian government to set up a domestic monitoring mechanism to keep track of the reform process which includes both the Croatian Parliament and representatives of civil society;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Croatian Government to continue actively to encourage and support prosecutions for war crimes and to continue cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); expects Croatia to comply with all remaining recommendations of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the Strategy for the Investigation and Prosecution of War Crimes Committed in the Period 1991- 1995, published by the Croatian authorities in February 2011, and their May 2011 decision to establish four specialised courts for the prosecution of war crimes and to significantly increase the personnel allocated to this field; however, notes with concern that impunity remains a serious problem with regard to the pending 1100 war crimes cases, especially where the victims were ethnic Serbs and the perpetrators members of Croatian security forces; urges the Croatian government to allocate adequate financial resources and to provide full political support to the Croatian judiciary in order to significantly speed up investigations of priority war crimes;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. EncouragesCalls on the Croatian authorities to continuestep up their efforts to combat discrimination and to enforce the anti- discrimination legislation as well as to address resolutely cases of hate crimes, racial threats and intolerance against sexual minorities; further invites Croatia to continuecalls on Croatia to act in the spirit of tolerance and take appropriate measures to protect those who may still be subject to threats or acts of intimidation; regrets the closure of the office of the Ombudswoman for gender equality and encourages the Croatian authorities to evaluate the effects of this decision;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is deeply concerned by the violence against participants of the LGBT pride march in Split on 11 June 2011 and the inability of the Croatian authorities to protect the participants; urges the Croatian authorities to fully investigate and prosecute the crimes committed and to develop strategies for preventing similar incidents in the future; calls on the Croatian authorities to quickly adopt and implement an action plan against homophobia;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. As the Croatian economy is still vulnerable and exposed to risks, calls on Croatia’s Government to address the structural weaknesses of the economy, to stimulate employment by reviving the labour market, which is rigid, and to pursue fiscal consolidation in order to boost competitiveness, to enable Croatia to catch up with EU Member States and to fully benefit from EU accession; calls on the Croatian authorities to ensure that economic recovery goes hand in hand with ecological modernisation, including through significantly improving energy efficiency, abandoning the restrictive policy towards renewable energy sources and harmonising spatial development and energy policies;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Croatian authorities to restructure the process of spatial development in such a way that it guarantees maximum transparency and civil society involvement and fully respects the public interest and environmental standards for projects that might have an irreversible impact on the environment and the local population;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for progress in the resolution of outstanding bilateral issues with some neighbouring countries, in particular as regards border demarcation, missing persons, property restitution and refugees, and; strongly believes that open issues of a bilateral nature must not halt the process of EU accession of candidate and potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans and therefore welcomes the draft declaration to this end proposed by the Croatian government; calls on the Croatian Parliament to swiftly endorse the draft declaration;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. As regards transitional measures provided for in Article 18 of the Accession Treaty, calls on Member States not to restrict the fundamental rights of EU citizens more than absolutely necessary; calls on Member States, in particular, not to make use of the transitional measures restricting the free movement of persons; recalls that the restriction on the access to their labour markets during transitional periods after previous rounds of enlargement has proven detrimental to the welfare of those Member States enacting the restrictions;