14 Amendments of Ivo VAJGL related to 2018/2144(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Montenegro has to further strengthen, inter alia, parliamentary, legislative and oversight capacity, institutional transparency, respect for the rule of law, domestic handling of war crimes cases, integrity of the electoral process, media freedom, and the fight against corruption, organised crime and the informal economy;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that fundamental freedoms were respected in the April 2018 presidential elections; calls for shortcomings identified by the OSCE ODIHR to be comprehensively addressed in order to improve public trust in the electoral process, notes that frequent local elections cause ‘election fatigue’ that hinders quality of and transparent elections and calls for comprehensive electoral reform;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the efforts made to improve the transparency of public administration and information sharing but would encourage steps towards establishing a more citizen- friendly, professional and de-politicised public administration; calls for improved regulatory impact assessments, comprehensive reports on audit and inclusive public consultations on law proposals; stresses the importance of cooperation with the CSOs;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the moderate progress made towards increasing the independence, transparency, accountability, professionalism and efficiency of judicial institutions; calls for safeguards against political interference, but notes with the concern that the corruption in judiciary is still prevalent; calls for safeguards against political interference, particularly of Anti- Corruption Agency, proactive attitude of institutions, and for a coherent application of codes of ethics and disciplinary measures; welcomes the fact that new judges and prosecutors have been appointed for the first time using the new recruitment system;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned by the increasing instances of violence and assassinations linked to organised crime, which have a detrimental effect on the daily life of ordinary citizens; welcomes the fact that the authorities have identified this issue but calls for more robust preventative action and production of a convincing track record against money laundering and human trafficking;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its call for systematic, inclusive, timely and genuine consultations with civil society on key EU-related legislative reforms, including their implementation at local level; stresses the need to improve financial regulatory environment for CSOs;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. UHighlights the need to ensure effective implementation of fundamental rights policies on gender equality, disability rights, rights of the child and Roma rights by securing sufficient budget allocation to implement the policies, improve the capacity of responsible institutions and increase their inter- institutional coordination; urges improvement in the enforcement and monitoring mechanisms for human rights protection, including by tackling violence against women and children, highlighting the findings of the recent evaluation of the child rights monitoring system in Montenegro;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges that the full potential offered by digital tools in the field of land registry, invoicing and the issuing of construction permits be used; notes the need to speed up the roll-out of broadband access to businesses and households; stresses the need for government-wide interoperability framework to support further digitalisation and simplification of administrative and business procedures;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes regulatory changes in the field of education; urges the authorities to address and efforts to increase pre-school participation rates, including by children from disadvantaged backgrounds and highlights the importance of a comprehensive approach to early childhood development including by addressing health concerns such as the low immunization coverage; encourages continued curricular reform in primary and secondary education to teach basic and transversal skills and focus on learning outcomes; urges the authorities to address the low secondary education completion among Roma students (3%, the lowest in the region) and the high long-term unemployment rate among youth, Roma and women;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes Montenegro’s strengthened participation in the Erasmus+ programme and expresses its support for the Commission’s proposal to double the Erasmus+ budget; encourages stronger coordination on horizontal issues affecting youth employment, inclusion, active citizenship, volunteering and education;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
Environment and energy, energy and transport
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that the development of additional hydropower and tourism capacities must meet EU environmental standards; urges the further exploitation of potential renewables and energy-efficiency measures and the improvement of water and waste management; urges the Montenegrin authorities to fully align national legislation with the Renewable Energy Directive and Energy Performance of Buildings Directive;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Highlights Montenegro's proactive participation and constructive role in regional and international cooperation trough the "Berlin process" and the Western Balkans six initiative, welcomes the outcome of the Sofia Summit 2018 and the adoption of IPA 2018 package that includes funding of two important infrastructure projects “Budva bypass” on the Adriatic Ionian Corridor and “Vrbnica- Bar railway section” on Orient/East-Med Corridor; emphasizes the importance of those traffic routes that are the direct link between Balkan countries and the EU markets;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges Montenegro to intensify its efforts in proactively prioritising and punishing war crimes and clarifying the fate of missing persons; welcomes the efforts for reintegration of displaced persons under the Regional Housing Programmeis concerned that the Special Prosecutor's Office (SPO) opened eight new cases in 2016 of which six are still in preliminary investigation phase, as well as that in all cases SPO had to rely on letters rogatory to ICTY & prosecution services of neighbouring countries; notes with disappointment that there is still no charges for command responsibility, co-perpetration and aiding and abetting, and that the judicial decisions reached contained legal mistakes and shortcomings in application of international humanitarian law; welcomes the efforts for reintegration of displaced persons under the Regional Housing Programme; urges the insurance of the equal access to justice for all victims, reparations in line with national legislation; stresses the need to fight the impunity;