6 Amendments of Gilles PARGNEAUX related to 2015/2002(INI)
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the security situation in the Middle East is very alarming and its repercussions are spreading to Europe, and whereas several Member States are involved in counterterrorism in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that enlargement and neighbourhood policies are separate policies with different objectives; reiterates, however, that European countries within the ENP can apply for membership if they satisfy the criteria and conditions of admission under Article 49 TEU; as regards countries with no prospect of accession, believes that a special associated country or observer status within the main European institutions should be established for countries which have achieved a degree of institutional, legislative, and regulatory alignment, especially if they have been granted advanced status;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that the mere prospect of trade deals and free trade agreements no longer provides a sufficiently effective lever to strengthen our partnership with neighbourhood countries and southern Mediterranean countries in particular; calls on the Commission to consider alternative means, for example joint production projects for the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean, with a view to revitalising the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of developing a thriving and active civil society in the processes of transformation and democratisation, which includes social partners and the business community; underlines the importance of European companies and their role in the promotion and dissemination of international standards for business; stresses in this context the desirability of extending the principle of the status of ‘Partner for Democracy’ to countries which wish to espouse European principles even more thoroughly;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Observes that the stability of the Sahelo-Saharan belt should be regarded as the nerve centre of insecurity in both northern and southern Africa and that the instability of that region is caused by the duplication of trafficking networks dealing in arms, drugs and human beings and is harming Europe’s stability;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Observes that the southern Mediterranean is the least integrated region in the world and that this hampers the development of mutually beneficial regional cooperation among the countries not only of the South but also of the North; stresses that, each year, between 1% and 2% of GDP is lost because of this lack of regional integration;