14 Amendments of Vladimír BILČÍK related to 2019/2210(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to enhance the accession process by ensuring that it strengthens fundamental values and rule of law and brings sustainable democratic and economic transformation and social convergence, and by making sure that the internal reform of the EU and its enlargement run in parallel;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide clear and consistent accession benchmarks as well as continued political and technical support throughout the process, and to improve the measuring of progress, ensuring that each accession country is assessed on the basis of its own merits;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to encourage gradual participation in EU sectoral policies and programmes prior to accession, including through targeted financial support, in order to bring tangible benefits for citizens and enhance the EU’s assistance and presence in these countries prior to full-membership;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to enhance the conditionality mechanism and strengthen the reversibility of the accession process by applying clear objective criteria when deciding whether negotiations should be put on hold or suspended; to ensure that the Commission initiates these procedures after thorough evaluation and in response to a proposal from the Member States or the European Parliament; to ensure that the conditionality mechanism is accompanied with a robust communication from the EU institutions about the specifics for possible suspension;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to bring the primacy of democracy and the rule of law back to the very centre of the enlargement process by opening first and closing last the chapters related to the judiciary, corruption and organised crime, as well as those related to respect for human rights and media freedomfundamental freedoms, human rights, media freedom and freedom of expression;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) to engage Members of the European Parliament in the EU accession process through European Parliament’s different instruments, including through the SAPC meetings;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) to foster electoral reforms that ensure free, fair, competitive and transparent elections, in line with international standards; to contribute to the European Parliament’s democracy support programmes in the region;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) to encourage the National Parliaments to use the European Parliament’s democracy support tools such as Jean Monnet Dialogue and Inter- Party Dialogue in order to facilitate political work on parliamentary dialogue and to enhance accountability, oversight, democratic scrutiny and quality of legislative work;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) to strongly condemn smear campaigns, threats and intimidation against journalists and media outlets and to insist on the investigation and prosecution of such offences, thus enabling a safe environment for journalists, while tackling the issues of concentration and lack of transparency of media ownership;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) to strengthen a democratic, independent and diverse media landscape;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) to support the initiative to establish the Regional Commission for the establishment of facts about war crimes and other gross human rights violations on the territory of the former Yugoslavia (RECOM) and urge political leadership in the region to actively participate in it;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point aa a (new)
(aaa) to support the regional dialogue platform “Bridging the Gap”, established by the European Parliament’s Young Political Leaders Programme, in the efforts to eliminate the gap between youth policy, youth participation and Parliamentarians in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point aa b (new)
(aab) to encourage concrete actions to enhance youth participation in politics and the implementation of youth-centred policies throughout the Western Balkans;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ap a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ap a (new)
(apa) to condemn actions of third countries aiming at destabilising and undermining democratic governance in the Western Balkan region;