Activities of Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ related to 2015/2932(RSP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Opening of FTA negotiations with Australia and New Zealand (debate) DE
Amendments (4)
Amendment 19 #
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co-operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand while under no circumstances undermining or diverting resources and attention away from the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded agreements;
Amendment 35 #
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent practiceEuropean Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sector coveragensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti- corruption, and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, environmental or social and labour protection;
Amendment 46 #
Paragraph 7
7. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement; the agreement should also include the establishment of a joint civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation and the parties' respect for their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection;
Amendment 68 #
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to condition the launch of negotiations with Australia and New Zealand with all parties committing at the outset to conduct negotiations in the most transparent way possible, fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations and via constant dialogues with social partners and civil society; claims to include the aspired level of ambition in this regard in the scoping exercise;