Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2009/2215(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Union for the Mediterranean (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, for the last 15 years or so, Mediterranean countries have been rapidly developing new trading and economic partners (Russia, China, Brazil and the Gulf monarchies) and their societies have been undergoing radical changes (in terms of consumption patterns, mobility, demographic transitions and so on) with implications for internal territorial balances,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the UfM’s secretariat needs to become the structure’s linchpin, whereas its effectiveness will depend on the ability of its staff to work independently and whereas the presence of a senior Israeli official and a senior Palestinian official cooperating within an international organisation at regional level is unprecedented and gives grounds for hope,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Mediterranean regions are directly affected by transnational issues such as the sustainable development of the Mediterranean region, water management, water and soil pollution, road and, maritime and air networks and, migration flows and cultural exchange and tourism, and whereas local and regional authorities play a key role in facilitating the development of sustainable spatial planning policies and the implementation of practical and inclusive projects,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. having regard to the need to avoid any duplication or overlap of existing political instruments or institutional levels, to ensure consistency among the numerous instruments for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and to buildensure consistency among the numerous instruments for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation by avoiding duplication or overlap of existing political instruments or institutional levels, by building on the achievements of the Barcelona Process,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers in this regard that the Euro-Mediterranean partnership has not led to the expected results in the field of human rights and democracy; stresses therefore the necessity to deeply revise the functioning of the ENP which should link the effective implementation of the ENP common values enshrined in the bilateral Action Plans with the deepening of the relations with partner countries and to further strengthen the implementation of the existing mechanisms such as the human rights clause of the association agreements by defining an enforcement mechanism of that clause;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 - point 1
Paragraph 4 - point 1
- providing the secretariat with the necessary resources, both financial and statutory, to operate effectively and independently;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 - point 3
Paragraph 4 - point 3
- ensuring joint representation of EU participants (the Member StatesEuropean Parliament, the Council and the Commission) in accordance with the Lisbon Treaty, while at the same time fostering active participation by all the Mediterranean third countries;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 - point 7
Paragraph 4 - point 7
- ensuring the UfM’s democratic legitimacy in such a way that decisions are taken in a transparent manner, and that the European Parliament, the EMPA and the national parliaments are fully involved in the decision-making process;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Regrets, in this regard, the aggressive policy of promotion of nuclear energy in the Mediterranean partner countries carried out by the French government that could deeply undermine the non proliferation initiatives of the EU;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is keen to see new projects in the cultural field put on the UfM’s agenda in the very near future; suggests that priority be given to setting up a Euro-a budget increase and an extension of the provisions of the Averroës European programme to strengthen the academic and university partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean junioras part of the Erasmus Mundus programme, called ‘Averroës’, as a way of stepping up exchanges between secondary school pupils in UfM member countriesontributing to setting up an ambitious Euro- Mediterranean junior Erasmus programme, as a way of stepping up school, university and academic exchanges between UfM member countries; calls on the EU Member States and the European Commission to allocate a specific part of mobility aid from the Erasmus Mundus programme to the countries of the Mediterranean region;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that the establishment of a stronger Euro-Mediterranean partnership is inseparable from facilitating freedom of movement between the two shores; takes the view that, in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations Development Programme, this freedom of movement cannot be restricted only to business, work and study visas; requests, therefore, that the Member States and the Commission take any necessary measures to guarantee the right to mobility for the populations of our Mediterranean partners;