18 Amendments of Pino ARLACCHI related to 2012/2137(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the positive role of the PRC in South-East Asia in terms of economic regionalisation and dynamics is becoming increasingly overshadowed by territorial disputes in the South China Sea with Vietnam (Paracel/Xisha islands) and Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan (Spratly/Nansha islands) – all areas rich in fish, as well as in oil and gas reserves;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 s (new)
Paragraph 1 s (new)
(s) Stresses that China, in recent decades, has achieved important social progresses; underlines that such an improvement in the quality of life for a huge country in such a short period of time is unique in history; notes that the economic growth in China has lifted more than half a billion people out of poverty since 1990;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 t (new)
Paragraph 1 t (new)
(t) Notes that, by the middle of the century, China will probably become the world most powerful economy; therefore stresses the need to build a partnership based on mutual respect; emphasizes the importance to consider the potential benefits for developing countries from deeper economic relations with China and that the expansion of trade between all the EU Member States and China represents a crucial opportunity for growth;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 u (new)
Paragraph 1 u (new)
(u) Considers China as the most important challenge for EU trade policy and believes that the commercial relations with this country should be evaluated from a much larger perspective; underlines that China is not only the world's second largest economy and biggest exporter in the global economy, but also an increasingly important political power;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), approved by the National People's Congress in March 2012, which strongly intends to tackle the negative side effects of an unparalleled period of sustained high economic growth, such as acute environmental threats, regional imbalances, rising income inequality and continuing collective protests centred on social, economic and legal grievances; asserts that European capabilities and experiences can be of great value in sustaining and fostering innovation in China's economy;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the popular legitimacy of the CCP, especially in view of its successful economic policy, but shares the criticism of independent Chinese scholars and observers that this legitimacy is seriously threatened by a ‘red aristocracy’ of close family members of former and present party leaders who possess enormous fortunes owing to their political and economic connections, a grave situation which was recently laid bare by the Bo Xilai affair;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Looks forward to the speedy implementation of the repeated calls for democratisation andfor political reforms inside the CCP by means of an open- minded new party leadership; believes that only effective political reforms will curb the semi- independence of high-handed provincial, district and local party bosses, who badly damage the reputation of China's national leadership both internally and externally with their abuses of power, with particular reference to the very costly and endemic cases of corruption;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(a) Underlines that China has always been too big and too populous to be governed only by force as an army of reliable size is not large enough to control China and an army capable of controlling China can not be trusted; notes therefore that law and order is enforced in China by a small force of one million 300 thousand individuals, a police officer for every 1,000 inhabitants; considers that the European average is a police officer for every 400 people;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the enormous efforts made by the Chinese Government to develop Tibet and Xinjiang economically; urges the Chinese Government to act in a politically responsible way by respecting and protecting Tibetan and Uighur traditional cultures and lifestyles; believes that Beijing cannot win the hearts and minds of the Tibetan and Uighur peoples by way of millions of surveillance cameras or repressive police methods;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that, notwithstanding a harsh policy of repression, a religious revival is taking place in China which is demonstrated by the reopening or reconstruction of countless places of worship; urges the Chinese authorities to replace their ineffective policy of controlling religion with one offering real freedom of religion;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Wishes to see the flourishing Protestant house churches and underground Catholic churches granted official recognition by the Chinese State as well; sStrongly condemns allny attempts by the authorities to deprive these non- registered churchecognised religious movements of their fundamental right of freedom of religion;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UrgNotes the PRC to use its regained global positionat the rejection of war, as a characteristic feature of China's philosophy, is translated into a responsible way by actingdefensive and non-militaristic national security strategy; call therefore the PRC to continuing use its position by according to its own criteria of ‘'peaceful development’' and ‘'a harmonious world’'; notes that the China post-Tiananmen became a country well integrated into the international system and a supporter of cooperation among nations;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Observes that the new American strategy of ‘rebalance’ or ‘pivot’ towards Asia is perceived as a threat by the Chinese leadership; encourages China and the USA to avoid tensions and an arms race in the Pacific; urges China to honour America's vital interest in ensuring freedom of circulation on the seas;