23 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2018/2262(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Switzerland’s current relationship with the EU is based on a complex set of some 20 main sectoral bilateral agreements and around 100 other agreements; whereas Switzerland only partially participates in all four freedoms; whereas the future implementation of this complex set of agreements cannot be guaranteed unless an overarching framework is agreed upon;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU has a very close, and mutually beneficial, partnership with Switzerland, based on a joint cultural history and shared values such as democracy, the rule of law, freedom, market economy and international cooperation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Swiss Federal Council wishes to conclude an institutional agreement with the EU that ensures legal certainty in the area of market access and preserves Swiss prosperity, independence and legal system7 ; _________________ 7 https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/dea/en/doc uments/fs/11-FS-Institutionelle- Fragen_en.pdfhas announced a stakeholder consultation on the result of the negotiations on the basis of the text agreed between the negotiators in mid-December;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Switzerland cooperates in the selected parts of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and has participated in the civil and military peace missions of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), notably in Ukraine and Mali;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas Switzerland introduced ‘'flanking measures’' in 2002 with the stated aim of protecting Swiss wages, working conditions and social standards, which the EU considers to be not in line with the FMOPA;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas Switzerland has been a member of EFTA since 1960 and of the United Nations since 2002;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the ‘Swiss law, not foreign judges" (Self-Determination Initiative)’ was rejected by popular vote by 66 % and by all cantons on 25 November 2018;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas Switzerland is committed to political neutrality and as such has been the host to a number of international negotiations aiming to reach peaceful solutions to armed conflicts around the world;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas the European Commission in late 2018 extended for six months its decision to recognise trading venues in Switzerland as eligible for compliance with the trading obligation for shares set out in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (equivalence);
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
a) highlights that Switzerland and the EU enjoy close, broad and comprehensive relations, and that economic, political, social, scientific and people-to-people ties and links are strongexemplary, recalling the unique cultural and geographical proximity between the two;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b) welcomes the Swiss statement that it is in its interest, and in their interest of the EU, to renew and consolidate the bilateral approach and to forge an ever-closer relationship;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba) highlights that the EU has shown great flexibility in the negotiations for the IFA and that this has to be recognised by all parties concerned;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c) urges that the EU’'s relations with its close partner, Switzerland, be elevated through the timely conclusion of the negotiations on the bilateral institutional framework agreement and highlights the potential to further intensify the relationconsolidated as soon as possible; stresses that the time has come to conclude the agreement after four years of negotiations; welcomes the agreement by negotiators on a final text for the Institutional framework agreement; calls on the Swiss Federal Council to take a decision to conclude this agreement, as soon as the consultation of stakeholders that are already in places positively concluded in this respect;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d) stresses that the free movement of persons is a fundamental, and non- negotiable, pillar of EU policy and the internal market, and that its four freedoms are indivisible; expresses regret at the one- sided, disproportionate and discriminatory ‘flanking measures’ of Switzerland that have been in force since 2002; and invites Switzerland and the EU to come to a mutually acceptable agreement on the issue;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
e) underlines the fact that Switzerland should continue making a significant financial contribution in an effort to reduce economic and social disparities in the EUtrongly benefits from a democratic and competitive development throughout its European neighbours and that hence its financial contributions to programmes such as the Cohesion Fund are in its own interest and should be continued; recalls that Switzerland draws very significant benefits from participating in the Single Market; stresses that future Swiss contribution to EU cohesion is essential and should be stepped up considerably;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) regrets, that despite no rapid growth in the numbers of Croatians working in Switzerland, Switzerland extended the transitional measures for Croatian workers and self-employed beyond the initial period of two years; calls on the Swiss authorities to consider shortening the period of application of the transitional measures, particularly in view of the undoubted economic benefits of free movement of labour between the EU and Switzerland;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
f) suggests that Switzerland better explain to its citizens the need for a very close partnership with the EU as well as the many tangible benefits they reap on a daily basis from having access to the internal market and a closer cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
h) nNotes that Switzerland has welcomed well over a million immigrants from1.4million EU citizens live in Switzerland, while over 450,000 Swiss citizens live in the EU;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
j) acknowledges the contribution that the close EU-Swiss partnership brings to the bilateral sectoral agreements; urges, however, that it is high time to elevate the partnership and take a much more comprehensive and substantial step in bilateral relations by concluding the framework agreement as early as possible;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
k) welcomes the fact that, for a very long time, the promotion of peace has beenis an important part of Swiss foreign policy; takes note ofwelcomes Switzerland’s involvement in peace promotionstrong role in peace building and its involvement in helping finding solutions in different areas of crisis, in particular in the Balkan States such as Bosnia- and Herzegovina and, Kosovo, in Ukraine, in the Middle East in countries such as Syria, in North Africa, in the Horn of Africa, and in the Sahel;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
ka) welcomes the Swiss role as a facilitator in implementing complex federal structures, peace-brokered, constitutional arrangements in order to help coexistence of different ethnics backgrounds such as in Nepal and Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
l) welcomes the participation and support of Switzerland in EU security and defence missions, such as in EUFOR ALTHEA, EULEX Kosovo, EUTM Mali and EUBAM Libya, and in the work of the European Defence Agency; welcomes close cooperation with Switzerland on humanitarian aid, civil protection, counter- terrorism and climate change;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
p) urges the conclusion of negotiations on Swiss particalls on Switzerland to start negotiating its associpation into the Erasmusfuture ERASMUS programmes;