Activities of Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON related to 2015/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-China relations (A8-0350/2015 - Bas Belder) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU-China relations PDF (189 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the EU and China; whereas the EU-China Strategic Partnership is of key importance to relations between the EU and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and to finding mutual answers to a range of global concerns, particularly how to combat climate change;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas China is pressing for statutory investment protection backed byduring the negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT); whereas the Commission favours investor- state-dispute settlement (ISDS) procedures during the negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT)is regard;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the financial reform undertaken by the Chinese authorities has led to a rise in non-dollar-denominated international payments; whereas the Chinese currency has become the world’s fifth most widely used currency for international payments; whereas 25% of China’s reserves are held in euros; whereas Europe’s stock exchanges are now finally interlinked with Beijing; whereas in one week the Shanghai stock exchange recently lost the equivalent of 10 times Greece’s debts over 30 years; whereas China’s devaluation policy is cause to review EU economic policy so as to practise ecological and social protectionism at the EU’s external borders;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, following enlargement, the EU overtook Japan to become China’s largest trading partner; whereas, at the same time, China rose from being the EU’s third trading partner to become its second largest, after the USA;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas President Xi Jinping launched the ‘Chinese Dream’, which is aimed at crevitalising the Chinese nation inside and outside the PRC by strengthening the power monopoly of the CPC, re- ideologising the party, the state and society and increasing the authority of the party leaderating a modern, wealthy and powerful China so as to maintain social stability for a population faced with growing problems of employment, housing and pollution;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas China’s family planning policy has caused a rapid ageing process among the population since the 1980s, with over 200 million citizens now over 60 years old; whereas, furthermore, the relaxation of the one-child policy has not succeeded in halting the serious dearth of women, as Chinese society continues to attach greater importance to the birth of male children;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas environmental degradation in China has taken dramatic proportions and requi; whereas powerful and targeted government actionan ambitious and legally binding agreement cannot be reached at COP 21 without Chinese engagement;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in the wake of the Ukraine crisisthe war-mongering policy implemented by the European Union and the USA in dealing with the Ukraine crisis contributed to the rapprochement between Russia and China and stepped up their mutual relations in an unprecedented way;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas dialogue with the Chinese Ggovernment acknowledgesis important in ensuring the recognition of the importance and even the universality of human rights, but prefers to present this as an aspiration rather than a binding norm for the present;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas Tibetans express their cultural identity through the Lhakar movement (‘white Wednesday’) by wearing only Tibetan clothes, spthe US government has provided financial and political support to the Dalai Lama for many years, a fact that has no beakring only Tibetan and eating only Tibetan food each Wednesday the situation of Tibetans in China;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for EU Member States to speak with one voice to the Chinese Government, particularly in view of Beijing’s present diplomatic dynamism; deploimportance of common ground and sustainable and respectful dialogue with China on international and economic issues, including the respect and promotion of human rights and universal values, above and beyond historical and political disputes ; regrets the lack of profound debate and close coordination at EU level regarding Member States’ membership of the AIIB;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the Chinese interest in strategic infrastructure investments in Europe; 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 treatmeCriticises the emergence of free trade and investment agreements and bodies for the settlement of disputes between EU Member States and multinationals, which undermine democracy and the sovereignty of EU companies on the Chinese marketpeoples and encourage social dumping;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that President Xi Jinping is trying to give a new attractive face to Chinese politics through an attitude of openness and to impress world leaders by projecting both accessibility and powerful self- confidence; points out, however, that President Xi is not the new attractive face of Chinese politics for; calls on President Xi to make arrangements for ongoing dialogue with the country’s civil rights activists, lawyers, journalists, bloggers and academics, who find their freedom curbed in a way not seen since decades;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Observes that, although the targets of the anti- corruption campaign extend to the highest political level , these seem to be limited to the allies of President Xi’s main rivals in the CPC; considers that this fierce ongoing anti-corruption campaign is, at the same time, serving to win back popular trust in the CPC, to discipline bureaucracy and to eliminateand that serious efforts to combat corruption and bureaucracy must be encouraged and must not be limited to the allies of President Xi’s main rivals inside the CPC;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that a strongCalls for efforts to be made to lessen the current contradiction exists between the official Chinese aspiration to the universality of human rights and the worsening human rights situation;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. CriticisDeplores 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 renewedprinciple of a secular strategy of ‘sinicisation’ of Christianity; condemns, in particular,; condemns 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 about other provinces where there is a strong Christian presence;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Protests against the marginalisation of Tibetan culture by the CPC and uUrges the Chinese authorities to respect the freedom of expression, association and religion of the Tibetan people and also urges the United States to stop interfering in the China-Tibet conciliation process;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. AdvocatesOpposes the negotiatingon of a bilateral investment agreement between the EU and Taiwan, given that Taiwan is, at regional level, the best gateway and springboard to China for EU businesses;