Activities of Takis HADJIGEORGIOU related to 2018/2144(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the 2018 Commission Report on Montenegro PDF (463 KB) DOC (66 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages Montenegro to work in closer cooperation with Frontex in order to improve border management, address irregular migration and disrupt migrant smuggling networks; calls for intensified efforts and cross-border cooperation to prevent and dismantle organised criminal networks related to human trafficking, as well as drug and tobacco smuggling;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is increasingly concerned about the state of freedom of expression and media freedom, in which three successive Commission reports have noted ‘no progress’; recalls that the related Chapter 23 was opened in December 2013 and that progress in this chapter and in Chapter 24 determine the overall pace of negotiations; condemns in the strongest terms intimidation, smear campaigns and verbal and physical attacks against journalists; notes that there were seven reported cases of attacks against journalists in 2017; calls for further steps to be taken to ensure independence of media, including independence of journalists;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges improvement in the enforcement and monitoring mechanisms for human rights protection, including by tackling violence against women and children; calls on the authorities to take the necessary measures to prevent forced child marriages;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Montenegrin authorities to continue to improve the climate of societal inclusion and tolerance and to take effective measures against hate speech, social exclusion and the discrimination of minorities, including LGBTI people; expresses concern about the discrimination faced by women and girls in the Roma community and about the access of minorities to healthcare, education, housing and employment;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the progress made by Montenegro in ensuring macroeconomic stability and fiscal consolidation, and calls for further improvements to its public debt ratio, budget transparency, employment and business environment; stresses that corruption, the informal economy, rule-of- law deficiencies and cumbersome regulatory procedures continue to deter growth and investment; calls for public investments for sustainable social and economic development;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes regulatory changes in the field of education; public spending on education remains low under the EU average; necessary measures should be introduced especially regarding early childcare and pre schooling; urges the authorities to address the high long-term unemployment rate among youth and women;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Commends Montenegro on another year of full alignment with all EU positions and declarations made in the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy; calls on Montenegro to align itself with the EU common position on the integrity of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34