Activities of Elena BĂSESCU related to 2012/2025(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enlargement: policies, criteria and the EU’s strategic interests (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas 20 years after the Copenhagen summit the moment has come for a general re-evaluation of the accession criteria, of the established procedures and of enlargement policy as a whole; whereas the European Parliament contributes to improving the transparency and accountability of enlargement and thereby, thus creating the conditions for increasing the public support for this process;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas true reconciliation between different peoples and the establishment of good neighbourly relations between countries are essential to sustainable peace and stability and contribute substantially to a genuine European integration process, and aretherefore being of key importance to the enlargement process; whereas a number of candidate and potential candidate countries continue to have unresolved issues with their neighbours;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly believes that enlargement needs to continue to be a credible policysuccessful and credible policy, contributing to the spread and consolidation of peace, stability, democracy, rule of law and prosperity throughout Europe; considers it, therefore, important for the EU to fulfilstand by the promises it has already made and to create the conditions for ensuring that future enlargements are successfulto aspirant countries and to do its outmost for the success of future enlargements, including by creating the necessary conditions and assisting the candidates in their efforts to fulfil the criteria for EU accession;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the Copenhagen criteria continue to represent a valuable basis and should remain at the heart of enlargement policy; underlines, however, the need to keep the economic subcriteria up to date in line with recent developments in the sphere of economic governance, while taking due account of their social implications for the candidate and potential candidate countries;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EUEU accession continues to be attractive, also because of its unique combination of economic dynamism with a social model, and regrets that this social dimension has been largely neglected in the enlargement process; inv for a plurality of reasons, which may include ites the Commission to reflect on possible options, including developing a set of social criteria, to address this deficiency and foster positive social transformation in the future EU Member States; stresses that failure to comply with the EU's common basic social standards constitutes a form of social dumping which is detrimental to European enterprises and workerscombination of economic dynamism with a social model;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that strict conditionality requires that the progress of a country is effectively assessed at every stage of the process on a clear set of criteria, and that countries wishing to join the EU should proceed from one stage to the next only once all the conditions have been met at each stage; notes, however, certain tendencies to exaggeration, and recommends avoiding requiring of candidate and potential candidate countries higher standards than those applying in the EU; stresses the importance of setting transparent and fair benchmcriteria and standarkds throughout the process, and that the same set of conditions be applied to all the candidates;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to maintain and further develop a toolbox that draws on conditionality, and to intensify its monitoring of progress in the accession process, so as to ensure thatas well as its assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries so as to ensure that they achieve a high degree of preparedness which will benefit both them and the EU;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that, in order to maintain the credibility of the enlargement process, the EU's integration capacity should be evaluated at an early stage and should be properly considered in the Commission's ‘opinion’ for each potential candidate state, outlining the eventual major concerns in this regard, should they exist; is of the view that a comprehensive impact assessment should then follow;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages greater participation by civil society and non-state actors in the accession process; stresses that civil society can work as an engine of approximation with the EU and create bottom-up pressure for the implementation of the European agenda; calls for additional financial support, inter alia via the Civil Society Facility;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Remains fully committed to the prospect of enlargement, and calls on the Member States to maintain the momentum of the enlargement process by reconfirming the European perspective of every candidate and potential candidate country, notwithstanding the requirement of strict compliance with the Copenhagen criteria; at the same time, calls on the European Council to consider granting a clearer European perspective to other European countries that have strong European aspirations and show commitment to do the necessary reforms, based on their progress; stresses its conviction that with the Lisbon Treaty the EU can both pursue its enlargement agenda and maintain the impetus of deeper integration;