7 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2019/2201(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, following the formation in June 2019 of a government committed to carrying out ambitious reforms, the Commission disbursed the first instalment of Macro-Financial Assistance, and resumed disbursements for sector budget support programmes; whereas the second and final part of assistance under Moldova's current Macro-Financial programme has been disbursed in July2020; whereas this assistance remains conditional upon implementing tangible reforms to strengthen the rule of law;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas a new financial macro- assistance agreement for an amount of 100 million euro is being negotiated in the context of the COVID-19 crisis recovery; whereas this assistance will be conditional upon the signing of a memorandum of understanding and the implementation of reforms;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned by the high level of concentration and politicisation of the media and advertising sectors, leading to a low level of public confidence in the media; urges the Moldovan authorities to revise the existing media related legislation in line with European standards and to refrain from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt measures curtailing freedom of speech and limiting the media’s ability to report facts in an independent and unbiased way;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned by the very high level of disapproval of the judiciary, and therefore calls on the Moldovan authorities to ensure susceptibility of the judicial branch to political pressure that hampers its independence; calls on the Moldovan authorities to ensure transparency in the judicial appointment processes and that the Prosecutor General, his staff, and public prosecutors in general, work independently and abide by the highest standards of professionalism and integrity;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned by the very highthat corruption remains a widespread problem at all levels of perceived corruption in Moldova, andgovernment, and existing anticorruption laws are still not adequately enforced; it therefore urges the Government to step up the fight against itcorruption, as well as money laundering, arms smuggling and organised crime; calls on the Moldovan Government to adopt concrete measures to reinforce the independence and integrity of the National Anticorruption Centre’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Is worried that despite significant progress, major legal shortcomings remains in relation to gender-based and domestic violence; calls on Moldovan authorities to ratify the Istanbul Convention without further delay and to inform the public on the scope of violence against women and domestic violence as well as the measures envisaged by the Convention to prevent these phenomena in order to dispel misconceptions about the Convention;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Is concerned by continued the presence in the public debate of instances of hate speech, originating also from politicians as well as by religious and community leaders; underlines in this regard that women and LGBTI+ people in particular have been targeted; calls on public officials to refrain from engaging in hate speech and to public disavow hate speech whenever it occurs and on the authorities to fine-tune the legal and institutional framework to combat hate speech in order to counter the phenomenon with all available mechanisms;