6 Amendments of Mário DAVID related to 2011/2113(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is in the highest interest of the European Union to aim high regarding economic cooperation and to adopt a strategy that is mutually beneficial, responsible and flexible, based on support for democratic transition and the defence of human rights;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to its resolutions of 7 April 2011 on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy – Southern Dimension1, and of 14 December 2011 on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy 2,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Arab Spring is the greatest political transformation in the European Neighbourhood since the fall of the Berlin Wall and has offered the EU the opportunity to match its commercial and foreign policy interests with its core values of human rights, democracy and a free society; whereas a prosperous and stable neighbourhood is key to the, in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty on European Union, the EU must develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries, with the aim of establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the Union and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on cooperation, which is the only key to permanent stability, security and the economic development and progress of Europe;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that one of the European Parliament's main roles is strengthening political dialogue, mutual understanding and confidence between Europe and third countries, including SMCs, where the European Parliament should focus on spreading and promoting democratic reforms, fully-fledged freedom and the rule of law; underlines that these important tasks, based on direct relations, could also be a way to assess the fulfilment of the forthcoming criteria (in the light of events and the progresses achieved) and to make the necessary adjustments to bilateral and multilateral cooperation arrangements, specially in the areas of trade, investment or finances;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the differentiatedtailor-made bottom-up approach suggestenvisaged by the Commission (‘more for more’) and, based on stronger conditionality and stronger differentiation in the recent ENP Revision, and the principle of 'more for more', ensuring better targeted assistance to each EU neighbouring country and guaranteeing that funding matches political ambition; believes that achievements on democratic reforms and individual freedoms should be mirrored by a similar process in the economic and trade landscape with accompanying freedoms to set up and conduct business in order to dismantle the oligarchies which have traditionally dominated SMCs;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned about the high number of unregistered SMEs operating on the ‘black market’ and that the percentage of informal employment (excluding agriculture) in certain SMCs is as high as 70 %; is convinced that, if the region is to engage in serious economic growth, the EU's commercial strategy should incentivise unregistered businesses to legitimise their status; urges the Commission to support administrative capacity-building programmes, namely in business registration, employment and social affairs, paying special attention to building capacity in legal services, which will ensure better preparation for leading the required reforms;