5 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2019/2171(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Stabilisation and Association Process and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU membership application represent the country’s strategic choice towards European integrationBosnia and Herzegovina is not suited to becoming a member of the EU;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Parliament is a strong supporter of BiH’s European integrationonly the Member States can decide whether BiH can join the EU and the decision must be unanimous; whereas in France this decision must be put to a referendum; whereas the option introduced in the 2008 constitutional reform making it possible to hand the decision over to Parliament without a referendum is an assault on democracy;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for immediate steps to tackle corruption and impunity in the public sphere in order to rebuild citizens’ trust in the institutions; notes with concern the rise of radical Islamism in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; denounces the ever-stronger efforts taken by the Turkish President to promote Islamist radicalism in the country through the actions of his intelligence services; deplores the decision taken by Sarajevo City Council, under pressure from the Turkish Government, to withdraw ‘honorary citizen of Sarajevo’ status from Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, Nobel laureate in literature;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses concern over the fundamental rights situation, and calls for more effective and comprehensive countrywide human rights and anti- discrimination strategies, as well as measures against interfaith and interethnic intolerance; stresses the need to duly prevent and prosecute theEuropean Union’s desire, as the rapporteur welcomes in the explanatory memorandum, to make multiculturalism a universal social and political norm; draws attention to the serious dangers of designing proliferation of hate speech, hate crimes and violence, and to promote social inclusion of minorities and vulnerable populations, including the Romatical groupings in this manner; states that BiH must not become a model for the future of European states and societies;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes the increased migratory pressure on the country; calls for effective inter-institutional coordination of migration and border management in the face of a mounting humanitarian crisis; calls for equitable burden-sat the European Union’s migration policy, decided particularly in the last five years on the sole basis of the German Chancellor’s wishes, has led to BiH harving and adequate support for local communities hosting temporary reception centres; underlines the need to ensure appropriate reception conditions and to boost capacity for processing incoming migrants and asylum-seekers; urges BiH to conclude an agreement with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO); calls on the EU to step up its support to BiH’s authorities, namely with regard to operational assistance very high number of illegal migrants; refuses to make reception a principle and calls on the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina to accept their responsibilities where mass and illegal immigration is concerned by refusing to serve as a primary passage through the ‘Balkan route’;