12 Amendments of Ruža TOMAŠIĆ related to 2016/2311(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the opening of negotiations on Chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) as the key chapters in the EU approach to enlargement based on the rule of law; welcomes the signing of the annex to the agreement regulating the matter of textbooks for the Croatian national minority; calls on the Serbian Government to apply the annex consistently at the practical level; welcomes the opening of Chapters 32 (Financial Control) and 35 (Other Issues), the opening of negotiations on Chapter 5 (Public Procurement) and the opening and provisional closure of Chapter 25 (Science and Research); calls on the Council to open Chapter 26 (Education and Culture);
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the continued engagement of Serbia on the path of integration into the EU and its constructive and well-prepared approach to the negotiations, which is a clear sign of determination and political will; calls on the Serbian Government to show determination and political will in the future by condemning incidents such as the one involving a Serbian envoy who let it be known, in Zagreb, that Serbia 'stands ready to defend [Serbs in Croatia] by all available means'; calls on Serbia to actively promote this strategic decision among the Serbian population;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the thorough implementation of reforms and policies remains a key indicator of a successful integration process; calls on Serbia to supply Croatia with all available data on missing persons; calls on Serbia to return seized art treasures to Croatia, along with the Vukovar Hospital records; calls on Serbia to mark out the sites of wartime detention camps for Croatian civilians and defenders on Serbian territory; calls on Serbia to publish a map of minefields in Croatia; calls on Serbia to improve the planning, coordination and monitoring of the implementation of new legislation and policies;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Commends Serbia’s constructive approach in dealing with the migration crisis; takes positive note of the fact that Serbia has made substantial efforts to ensure that third country nationals receive shelter and humanitarian supplies with EU and international support; stresses that Serbia should adopt and implement the new asylum law; calls on the Commission and the Council to provide continued support for Serbia in addressing migration challenges; points out that Serbia, as regards migration, is a transit country; encourages Serbia to ensure that the downward trend in the number of asylum seekers coming into the EU from Serbia continues;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that, while some progress has been made in the area relating to the judiciary, in particular by taking steps to harmonise jurisprudence and further promoting a merit-based recruitment system, judicial independence is not assured in practice; notes that the Law of Universal Jurisdiction, whereby Serbia is entitled to prosecute war crimes committed anywhere on the soil of the former SFRY by perpetrators who neither at that time nor at present were or are Serbian nationals, and whose victims are likewise not Serbian nationals, is still in force in Serbia; calls for the Law of Universal Jurisdiction to be repealed; stresses that the quality and efficiency of the judiciary and access to justice remain undermined by an uneven distribution of the workload, a burdensome case backlog and the lack of a free legal aid system;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the adoption of an action plan for the realisation of the rights of national minorities, and the adoption of a decree establishing a fund for national minorities; welcomes the signing of the annex to the agreement guaranteeing to the Croatian national minority that they will have Croatian as an optional language and providing for the distribution of textbooks; calls for the annex to the agreement to be fully implemented; calls for the full implementation of the action plan; reiterates its call on Serbia to ensure consistent implementation of legislation on protection of minorities, including in relation to education, use of languages, representation in public administration and access to media and religious services in minority languages;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Expresses disquiet at the lack of progress as regards respect for, and the protection of, national minorities, in particular the Croatian national minority;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that Vojvodina’s cultural diversity also contributes to Serbia’s identity; underlines that Vojvodina has maintained a high degree of protection for minorities and that the inter-ethnic situation has remained good; stresses that the autonomy of Vojvodina should not be weakened and that the law on Vojvodina’s resources should be adopted without further delay, as prescribed by the constitution;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the fact that Serbia remains constructively committed to bilateral relations with other enlargement countries and neighbouring EU Member States; hHas taken positive note of the fact that Serbia has shown an increasingly constructive engagement in regional cooperation initiatives such as the South- East Europe Cooperation Process, the Regional Cooperation Council, the Central European Free Trade Agreement, the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, the Brdo process, the Western Balkan Six initiative and its connectivity agenda and the Berlin process; calls on Serbia to implement the connectivity reform measures associated with the connectivity agenda; underlines that outstanding bilateral disputes should not have a detrimental effect on the accession process; welcomes the adoption of a national strategy for the investigation and prosecution of war crimes; notes that the mandate of the former War Crimes Prosecutor expired in December 2015; stresses that the appointment of his successor is a matter of serious concern; calls for the implementation of this strategy and the adoption of an operational prosecutorial strategy; calls for full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for full respect for that institution as such; urges the authorities to continue working on the issue of the fate of missing persons;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Serbia to resolve the outstanding issues with neighbouring countries and Croatia in particular, including for example missing persons, seized art treasures, and the border issue;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Expresses concern at the failure to resolve outstanding issues with Croatia;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomesCalls for Serbia’s continued engagement in the normalisation process with Kosovo, and for its commitment to the implementation of the agreements reached in the EU- facilitated dialogueat process; is concerned about possibly politically motivated arrests; reiterates its call to move forward with the full implementation, in good faith and in a timely manner, of all the agreements already reached and to determinedly continue the normalisation process; encourages Serbia and Kosovo to identify new areas of discussion for the dialogue, with the aim of improving the lives of people and comprehensively normalising relations; reiterates its call on the EEAS to carry out an evaluation of the performance of the sides in fulfilling their obligations;