Activities of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2021/2244(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2021 Report on Albania (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
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Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas European integration represents the aspirations of Albanian citizens towards democracy and prosperity and serves as a powerful catalyst for reforms that would increase the State performances as a whole;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. E. (new) whereas Albania is increasingly aligning its foreign policy with the Union’s one, as demonstrated by the adoption of sanctions on the Russian Federation following the invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its clear support for Albania’s democratic transformation, underpinned by its strategic orientation and unwavering commitment to European integration; reaffirms the European future of Albania and the whole Western Balkans region;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the need to uphold the pace and credibility of European integration by promptly opening accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, as continuously recommended by the Commission, given that both countries have fulfilled the conditions and deliver sustained results across fundamental areas; calls on the Member States to demonstrate full political commitment towards the enlargement through the opening of the accession negotiations for Albania and North Macedonia;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need to keep addressing the remaining electoral shortcomings by further improving the accessibility and integrity of elections, including through digitalisation, transparency, data protection, equitable access to media and revised rules on political party financing;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages the government to accelerate administrative preparations for the upcoming accession negotiations; stresses the importance of having in place coherent and efficient government structures to effectively coordinate EU integration matters; underlines the need to improve intra-service coordination, evaluation and monitoring of EU-related reforms, to advance decentralisation, country-wide modernisation and depoliticisation of the civil service and to enable conditions to conduct the upcoming population census properly and meticulously;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the responsibility of national and local authorities to improve transparency, accountability and inclusiveness by conducting anticipatory, meaningful and regular public stakeholder consultations that should involve also representatives of the civil society, youth, and minorities;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls the need to strengthen investigative journalism, fact-checking and media literacy as means to tackle hate speech, disinformation and fake news; stresses the need to ensure an impartial regulatory functioning of the Audiovisual Media Authority; calls on national political figures to refrain from using a rhetoric that would undermine or discredit the importance of journalism and the independence of media;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the relevant bodies to systematically and proactively prevent and prosecute all instances of hate speech, hate crimes and intimidation; encourages the office of the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination to be more proactive in combatting discriminatory hate speech, in particular against LGBTI persons, and to develop disaggregated data collection on the matter;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes advances in ensuring equal opportunities and calls for further improvements in the enforcement of gender equality, property rights, data protection, rights of people with disabilities and minority rights, including especially the rights of Roma and LGBTI persons, who are exposed to multiple discrimination;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Commends the adoption of the new LGBTI National Action Plan 2021- 2027 and encourages full implementation and proper budgeting via a coordination and monitoring body which shall oversee it;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that reports of numbers of HIV infections doubling since last year are highly concerning; recalls that the National Strategy for People Living with HIV expired in 2020 and has not been renewed; recalls that access to PEP and PrEP for those most at risk can significantly contribute to decreasing new infections, and recalls that these are still unavailable to LGBTI persons; calls on the government to take appropriate measures, in liaison with civil society, to address the rising numbers of HIV infections and ensure access to healthcare of those most vulnerable;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the steady progress in implementing a comprehensive justice reform, underpinned by the unprecedented vetting process, followed by a restored functionality of relevant courts; welcomes the decision of the Albanian Parliament of10 February 2022 to extend the vetting bodies’ mandate until 31 December 2024;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges all sides to ensure the completion of the vetting process, and to accelerate this process;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Highlights EU funding of sustainable post-earthquake and post- pandemic recovery and supports the ongoing efforts towards Albania’s democratic, green and digital transformation; underlines the need to step up EU funding for the rule of law, sustainable green growth, biodiversity, innovation, competitiveness, property rights and reversal of the demographic decline; calls for a meaningful inclusion of the civil society and other relevant stakeholders in the debate over the policy actions;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Commends the fact that Albania remains a reliable and committed external policy partner, fully aligning to the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy, and actively contributing to EU crisis- management missions and operations; commend Albania for having aligned with the EU in sanctioning the Russian Federation and its political leadership after the invasion of Ukraine;