Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2012/2025(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enlargement: policies, criteria and the EU’s strategic interests (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 33 #
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 the enlargement process by echoing the opinions of the European citizens and thereby increasing public support for this process;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the enlargement process has a significant impact also on the European Union itself, serving as an opportunity to better define its identity, goals, values and policies, and also as a suitable moment to better communicate these to its citizens;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU 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; invites 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 workers for a variety of reasons and that the specificities of each candidate or potential candidate country should be taken into consideration in order to ensure that the enlargement process is successful;
Amendment 110 #
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, 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 benchmstandarkds throughout the process, established after prior consultation with the European Parliament;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses, nonetheless, that the specificities of each candidate country should be given due consideration and that the chapters addressing fundamental rights and the independence of justice should be prioritized only in negotiations with countries that face challenges in fully respecting these parts of the acquis;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that enlargement policy is an instrument for modernisation and stabilisation, and also has the aim of strengthening the EUmirroring the openness of the European project, meant to bring together all the European countries in an ever closer union; calls on the Commission to undertake comprehensive impact assessments whenever it considers new applications for EU membership and when it recommends the opening or, in case of fundamentally changed circumstances, the closing of accession negotiations;