21 Amendments of Juozas OLEKAS related to 2019/2210(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the conclusions of the 2003rd Council meeting on the application of conditionality with a view to developing a coherent EU-strategy for the relations with the countries in the region of 29/30 April 1997,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
– having regard to the Berlin Process, launched on 28 August 2014, in particular the declaration of the Western Balkans Foreign Ministers on regional cooperation and bilateral disputes of 27 August 2015, and the establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 9 July 2015 on the Srebrenica Commemoration1a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0276.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement has been one of the EU’s most successful policies and the most effective foreign policy instrument contributing to extending the area of democracy, peace and prosperity across Europereach of the Union’s core values of respect for human dignity, freedom, peace, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
Amendment 78 #
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 brings sustainable democratic, economic and economiclogical transformation and social convergence, and by making sure that the internal reform of the EU and its enlargement run in parallel;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) 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 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) to defend the interest of the Union by mitigating the negative effect of free- trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union signed by countries which have applied for membership in the European Union and who have been granted the opportunity of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union, including by reviewing the level of assistance provided to such countries;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to recognise the negative effects of the European Council’s failure to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia in June 2018, June 2019 and October 2019 and to acknowledge that opening accession talks would restore credibility to the accession process, as recommended by the European Parliament and the Commission;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo, as the benchmarks have been fulfilledconfirmed fulfilled by the Commission since July 2018;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) to call upon the Council to adopt without delay the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Kosovo*) of 4 May 2016 (2016/0139 (COD));
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to bring the primacy of democracy and the rule of law, human and fundamental rights 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 freedom;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to enhance the ownership of Member States of the enlargement process by increaseing the involvement of rule of law experts from the Member States on the ground and to improve the measuring of progress in this area, while continuing to adhere to current, long-standing objective standards and not overly politicising this technical stage of the enlargement process;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) to increase the consultation of rule of law experts from the Member States, civil society and human rights defenders on the ground and to improve the measuring of developments in this area, in particularly drawing upon the monitoring reports and recommendations of the Council of Europe and other standard setting bodies, while strengthening the role of the Commission in line with the letter and spirit of the Treaties;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(qb) to similarly involve standing rapporteurs for the Western Balkans countries of the European Parliament in the process and on the ground;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to insist on the full implementation of court rulings, including all rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and constitutional courts; and the recommendations of the Council of Europe monitoring bodies, including the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to increase EU engagement in solving outstanding bilateral issues and to urge the Western Balkan countries to commit to reconciliation and peaceful solutions to longstanding disputes on the basis of international law, human rights standards, including the Framework Convention of National Minorities, the European Charter of Regional and Minority Languages and the European Charter of Local Self-Government;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) to strengthen the accession process in view of deepening the solidarity between the peoples of the Western Balkans countries and the Member States while respecting their history, their culture and their traditions;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) to recall and urge the Western Balkan countries to increase their effortcomply with their international obligations in the prosecution of war crimes and the resolution of missing persons cases; determination of the fate of missing persons; including full cooperation with the United Nations Residual Mechanisms for Criminal Tribunals, the Kosovo* Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor and the explicit upholding of the work and the findings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including the promotion and dissemination of the work and legacy of the ICTY to their citizens and within their judicial system and training;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a
Paragraph 1 – point a a
(aa) to call for a stronger legal framework to prevent and actively to fight femicide and violence against women, including by recalling the obligations of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence to the Western Balkans states and by undertaking the necessary steps for the EU’s ratification of said Convention;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
(ada) 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 and to encourage concrete actions to enhance youth participation in politics and the implementation of youth-centred policies throughout the Western Balkans;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ag a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ag a (new)
(aga) to support the necessary energy transition in the Western Balkan countries, with regard to energy production from coal and lignite for domestic electricity and heat as well as for electricity imports to the EU, causing serious social and health consequences in our neighbourhood as well as in our Member States; recalling the international obligations of the Western Balkans states under the Energy Community Treaty in particular with regard to the full alignment and implementation of the Energy acquis of the Union;