16 Amendments of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it essential that the EU fulfil, through its revised neighbourhood policy, the aspirations of those who fought for democracy and humdemocratic, political, economic, cultural and social aspirations of citizens and nationals of the states covered by the European rNeightsbourhood Policy (ENP), including their right to mobility and free movement;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a review of the obstacles to mobility, particularly the overly complex administrative procedures for issuing visas, both for students and researchers as well as for artists and live performance organisations, and calls on the Member States to simplify these procedures and make them consistent; highlights, at the same time, the risk of ‘brain drain’ and its consequences for the countries of origin of the young people concerned, and recommends strategies to help young people in particular, including in their countries of origin;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that the EU programmes for young people have had a great impact on enhancing educational opportunities for youtheducation, training and youth programmes have encouraged exchange and cooperation and promoted the sharing of experience and good practice with ENP countries; appeals to the Member States, therefore, to enable students from ENP countries to have access to education in Europe;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the review of the ENP creates an opportunity for the EU to effectively carry out its obligations as laid down in Articles 2, 3, 6, 8 and 21 of the TEU; and to modify all aspects of its relations with the ENP countries – including the economic and social dimensions – accordingly, with a view to facilitating democratisation and the success of the ENP in those countries and the implementation of more humane migration policies consistent with the international standards the EU has agreed upon with those countries;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses disappointment at the continued adoption in the EU countries of an approach consisting in outsourcing the management of immigration to the EU to third countries, in particular those on the southern shore of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Deplores the fact that the new neighbourhood strategy proposed by the Commission continues to be based on the principle of making access to closer cooperation in other areas conditional on effective action to combat illegal immigration, inter alia through re-entry agreements that also apply to third country nationals;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Expresses disappointment, therefore, at the discrepancy between, on the one hand, the EU’s statements of intent concerning the promotion of democracy and human rights in neighbouring countries and, on the other, the way in which these aspects are addressed in the context of migration policy; calls, therefore, for the EU to act on its statements about human rights and democracy by making the promotion of, and respect for, migrants’ rights a key focus of the strategy it intends to develop with its neighbourhood partners, in particular those in the south;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Agrees with the Commission’s observations concerning the situation with regard to migration for family reasons, and calls on it to present a Green Paper on the subject by the end of the year;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with third country authorities in order to develop a win-win approach to mobility and progress towards visa liberalisation beyond a visa facilitation only for targeted groups; and to evaluate the existing mobility partnerships, particularly the adverse effects of the interdependence between development aid, regular migration and irregular migration as defined in the Global Approach to Migration;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of strengthening, within the ENP framework, cooperation for the development of sport in the countries concerned in view of the educational value of sporting activities; calls on the European institutions and the Member States to work for the free movement of athletes worldwide, beginning with those from the ENP countries, and the elimination of all global trafficking in young athletes;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers international, regional and interregional cultural cooperation based on a genuine dialogue between cultures and including all sectors of society (cultural authorities, institutions, organisations and associations) to be essential; calls, in this regard, on the ENP countries to sign and ratify the Unesco Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and the EU to ratify the UN Migrant Workers ConventionConvention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which has been ratified by the south Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS to support the efforts of civil society, free media and non- governmental organisations to introduce a democratic system and the rule of law in all those countries of the ENP where fundamental freedoms and human rights are being violated; recognises with concern the process of restriction of freedom of speech and harassment of oppositionpromote a constructive exchange with the authorities of ENP countries and to establish partnerships with representatives of civil society, including cultural actors, in order to strengthen the dialogue on human rights and fundamental freedoms and, in particular, to ensure respect for media freedom and, more generally, the freedom of speech and access to in, for example, Belarus.mation;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to devise effective strategies for intercultural talks, including in the ENP context, and considers that a multicultural approach to this task may have a favourable impact on all relations with third country partners.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to favour the channelling of EU funds to projects aimed at protecting migrants’ rights, and more generally – in conjunction with other EU bodies, in particular the European funding and investment organisations (such as the EIB and the EBRD) – to projects seeking to promote democratisation, economic growth and cultural and social development in the ENP countries;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to urgently address the refugee crisis by conducting an enquiry into the shipwrecks of boat people, providingrelated cases of failure to lend assistance at sea, the problems encountered by NATO ships in disembarking shipwrecked migrants and the virtually systematic ‘refoulement’ of migrants to Tunisia, to work in cooperation with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, to provide the EP with a detailed report on the Frontex Hermes operation, to condemning the agreement concluded between the Italian authorities and the Transitional National Council of Libya, to ask the Italian Government for the text of the agreement concluded with the Tunisian Government, to providinge support to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and Lebanonthe countries concerned, including Egypt and Tunisia, in particular by exploring the possibility of setting up a humanitarian corridor, and to unblocking without delay the negotiations on the Joint EU Resettlement Programme;