12 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2017/2027(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on Mexico of 23 October 2014 on the disappearance of 43 students,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, in particular to Article 14 on the rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Latin American and Caribbean region is the one that presents the most inequalities in the world; whereas the 33 LAC countries have diverse political, economic and cultural realities that require different approaches within a coherent framework in the context of EU external action;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the LAC region has undergone significant changes in the past decade, such as the eradication of illiteracy in some countries, the elevation of a large part of the population to the middle class through social policies and the overall consolidation of democracy, but also the end of the commodities super- cycle that made millions of people vulnerable to falling back into poverty;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas many European corporations operate in the LAC region, in particular in the extractive industry and in the energy sector;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers the expansion of cooperation and the building of stronger partnerships with LAC countries to be crucial, as complementary actions at both bi-regional and bilateral level; believes that the EU-LAC partnership and the trade agreements should take into account the economic differences between the regions and be mindful to not increase the asymmetries;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of the EU-CELAC summits as a strategic bi- regional partnership in a new framework for political dialogue, and; criticises that in the past the EU has given more importance to the commercial pillar of association agreements than to the political one, as in the case of the EU-Central America association agreement; calls on the EU and on CELAC to reinforce this partnership and political dialogue by working on clearly identified common interests in order to address jointly key global challenges in multilateral fora, such as the United Nations and the G-20;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RWelcomes the regional dynamics of integration in the LAC region, in particular the reinforced political cooperation established by the creation of the CELAC in 2010; reiterates its support to regional integration inside the LAC region, and stresses the need for greater coordination between the different regional integration schemes existing in the region, while respecting differences in the pace of integration; stresses the need to speed up negotiations in order to reach an EU- Mercosur agreement that could establish an economic area based on similar trade and investment rules for almost all LAC and EU countries; highlights the importance of keeping high phytosanitary standards and traceability for food products;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the effective inclusionempowerment of women in all spheres of political and social life, with a view to enhancing their political participation, strenuously combatting femicides, guaranteeing the physical and psychological security, and employment equality, of womenthe equal access to employment and land property, and ensuring their fundamental rights, including sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the importance of the existence of work and education opportunities for young people, as they embody the future hopes for, and are a key factor in, the continent’s future political stability; encourages further cooperation in the form of bilateral university participation, scholarships, knowledge exchange and international mobility between EU and LAC students; points out the need to advance full and mutual recognition of university degrees and to strengthen bi- regional cooperation in the quality and accreditation system;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for further cooperation in environmental issues, a major mutual interest, with special emphasis on the energy transition and decarbonisation process, which will have an impact on the economies of both regions; stresses the importance of supporting LAC countries with the means necessary to improve governance, enforcement and judicial procedures to protect forests and to expand agroecological farming practices; highlights the need to support research on and the deployment of renewable energies, the protection of nature, and policies to address the causes and consequences of climate change in a region that is acutely affected by its effects, taking into account the rights of local and indigenous communities in areas where natural resources are extracted; reminds of the responsibilities of European corporations in respecting ILO Convention 169;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates that the EuroLat Assembly is a very successful tool for the parliamentary dimension of the strategic partnership, and for the political dialogue between EU and LAC, including civil society, whose role should be reinforced, as well as an important vehicle for transferring citizens’' demands to the EU- CELAC summits; stresses the importance of ensuring the visibility and diffusion of its discussions and conclusions, both via interaction with EU-CELAC summits and via national and regional institutional channels;