36 Amendments of Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the review of the ENP must develop a well-structured and long-term, forward-looking ENI instrument, especially in a constrained budgetary environment, in order to avoid exaggerated fluctuations of financing and any potential overlapping with existing instruments; regrets, in that regard, the conclusion of the Foreign Affairs Council on 20 June 2011 that ‘significantly increased financial support [...] will be decided [...] without prejudice notably to the MFF’;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, in the light of the Arab Spring as well as retreat of democracy in some of the Eastern partnership countries, for a specific self-critical evaluation of the financial instruments used in the past within the ENPI, with regard to their functioning in the fields of democracy, governancehuman rights, governance, fight with corruption, institution-building and support to civil society;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
– having regard to its resolutions of 19 January 2006 on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)2 , of 15 November 2007 on strengthening the ENP3 , of 6 July 2006 on the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)4 , of 5 June 2008 on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP5 , of 19 February 2009 on the review of the ENPI6 , of 19 February 2009 on the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean7 , of 17 January 2008 on a Black Sea Regional Policy Approach8 , of 20 January 2011 on an EU Strategy for the Black Sea9 , of 20 May 2010 on the Union for the Mediterranean10 , of 20 May 2010 on the Need for an EU Strategy for the South Caucasus11 , of 9 September 2010 on the situation of the Jordan River, with special regard to the Lower Jordan River area12 ,of 3 February 2011 on the situation in Tunisia13 , of 17 February 2011 on the situation in Egypt14 , of 10 March 2011 on the Southern Neighbourhood, and Libya in particular, including humanitarian aspects15 and of 7 July 2011 on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation in the Arab World and North Africa, of 15 September 2011 and of 20 January 2011 on the situation in Belarus and all its previous resolutions on Belarus,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees on the necessary improved interaction between ENI and other instruments such as the EIB and EBRD to maximise EU added value, avoid duplication of efforts and resources and optimise the impact of assistance; believes in this regard that a comprehensive framework for this interaction should be considered;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, regardless of the present focus on the South, maintaining a reasonable balance between East and South components is important, especially since Eastern neighbouring countries have a long-term prospect of joining the EU; believes, however, that this balance cannot be considered permanently fixedare in the process of implementing Eastern Partnership related programmes and reforms and have a EU perspective; fully supports the principle of differentiated and performance-driven flexible financial assistance, based on real needs, absorption capacity and targets attained;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to reinvigorate the participation of neighbouring countries in the work of some EU agencies and the EU programmes opened to third countries; calls on the Commission to present a clear and comprehensive list of relevant agencies and programmes in which neighbouring countries could participate, together with an overview of the form, financial contribution and method of such differentiated participation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls, given the current pressing needs, especially in the Southern Neighbourhood but also in the Eastern Partnership, for a swift agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the proposal for reinforcing the Neighbourhood Instrument over the period 2012 to 2013; calls furthermore on Member States to promptly fulfil their bilateral pledges to the Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Partnership.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU and Member States policy of supporting and cooperating with undemocratic regimes in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya failed and prove a lessen-learnt that the overall EU-ENP should be value- based,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the cooperation in the framework of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly aims at bringing positive effects by serving as a platform to exchange views, find common positions on global challenges of our times in respect to democracy, politics, economics, energy security, and social affairs, as well as strengthen ties between the countries of the region and with the EU,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas Article 49 of the TFUE stipulates that any European State which respects the values the EU is based upon, namely democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and is committed to promoting them, may apply to become a member of the Union,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly welcomes the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on A new response to a changing Neighbourhood and the approach presented therein, in particular regarding the principles of mutual accountability and shared commitment to universal values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, as well as conditionality of aid and a tailor- made approach towards the partner countries;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the outcomes of the EaP Summit in Warsaw in which Joint Declaration the EU and EaP countries confirmed their commitment to values and principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, and agreed that the Eastern Partnership must be significantly strengthened and commit to stepping up its implementation with clear benefits to the societies of partner countries;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges the European aspirations and the European choice of some partners and their commitment to build deep and sustainable democracy and stresses the necessity of setting new and distinct relationship between the EU and EaP countries, supporting their work to consolidate sustainable democracies and market-economies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that differentiation based on performance and achievements should be predicated on clearly defined criteria and assessable benchmarks for each individual partner country; underlines in this respect that the departing point for benchmarks for the Southern and Eastern part of the ENP is different and must be taking into consideration by the EC when allocating financial resources;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Although the EU does not seek to impose a model or a ready-made recipe for political reforms, underlines that the ENP is based on shared values, joint ownership, mutual accountability and the commitment to democracy, human rights, the rule of law, fight with corruption, and good governance;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the EU should engage with its neighbours conditioned to their democratic progress and respect for human rights; therefore calls on the international community to freeze its as well as International Financial Institutions` to which they belong financial assistance, to Belarusian regime until all detained and arrested opposition leaders, journalists, presidential candidates and their supporters are released and cleared of charges and rehabilitated;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Endorses the current EU official approach of sanctioning the Belarusian authorities, while striving to strengthen ties with the civil society and the people in Belarus; in this respect urges the European Union to reorient towards society and increase its assistance to Belarus in order to address the needs of the population, strengthen financial and technical support to democratic opposition, human rights defenders and civil society organisations including those non-registered, as well as to students and free media;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EC and the Member States to focus their cooperation within the ENP on twinning EU democratic actors like trade unions, NGOs, relevant organisations of employers, farmers, women, religious dialogue, consumers, youth, journalists, teachers, local government bodies, universities, students, climate change actor sand their emerging counterparts in ENP countries;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises that in keeping with the concept of democratic ownership, parliaments, local and regional authorities, and civil society should be supported in their efforts to play their proper role in defining ENP strategies, holding governments to account, monitoring and assessing past performance and achieved results; underlines especially the importance of empowering the ENP parliamentarians’ role in decision making processes;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the EC to provide enhanced financial, technical and expertise support to the national parliaments´ administrations of the EaP countries within the Comprehensive Institution Building programme in order to strengthen their efficiency, transparency and accountability, which is crucial if the parliaments are to play their proper role in the democratic decision making processes;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to provide a clear and adequate methodology and detailed benchmarks to assess the democracy record of these countries and to deliver regular sufficiently detailed reports, which should be the basis for the allocation of funds under the new performance-based approach ‘more for more’; asks for these reports to be presented annually to its Committee on Foreign Affairs; insists on the need to systematically include civil- society organisations at all stages of the review process;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the work of the High-Level EU Advisory Group of the Republic of Armenia and the launch of a similar group in Moldova; encourages the VP/HR and the Commission to offer such assistance to all Eastern Partners making sure, as in the case of Armenia, that the parliamentary dimension is covered; requests the upgrade of this EU instrument and recommends the EEAS to be directly in charge of the recruitment as well as management of advisors in order to guarantee the most adequate transfer of EU knowledge to the Eastern Partnership Countries;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the EC to enhance the visibility of the EaP and Union for Mediterranean projects in the partner countries and make them more understandable to their citizens demonstrating the added value of cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges to support the development of democratically oriented political parties in those neighbourhood countries which are still striving towards democracy, as well as creation of NGOs and civil society organisations;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EC to conclude negotiations and sign the Association Agreement including DCFTA with Ukraine by the time of the EU-Ukraine Summit in December 2011;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the EU should foster synergies between European external and internal policies, particularly through the approximation of legislation aimed at job creation, poverty reduction, energy and environmental security and improvement of social protection as well as wealth creation;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Reaffirms its great support to the EU-funded project of ENP scholarships to the university graduates from the ENP and the EU at the College of Europe; believes that this will allow to prepare future European and neighbouring countries interlocutors fully and professionally acquainted with the substance and spirit of EU policies, law and institutions, for EU-ENP-related jobs; on the partner countries, whose citizens were granted such a scholarship, to use their knowledge and experience by engaging them in the national administration and proposing them adequate working conditions;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that strengthening Youth dimension of the Eastern Partnership and Union for Mediterranean is an important investment in the future of the EU - ENP relations with great potential for years to come and in the democratisation of those Partners and harmonisation of their legislation with European standards; reiterates, that additional funding allocated to the Erasmus Mundus and Youth in Action for 2012 within the EU Budget for 2012 should foster cooperation between higher education institutions, improve exchanges of academic staff and students, and build networks enhancing the capacity of NGOs in the field of youth in Europe and European Neighbourhood Policy countries;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the European Commission to assist Eastern Partners technically and financially in the approximation of Higher Education Diplomas and standards to the European Higher Education Area;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Urges the EU that the objective of visa-free travel on the reciprocal basis with most on-track countries of the Eastern Partnership, namely Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia should be concluded no later than the EU agrees on the same measures with Russia under the visa facilitation agreement between the EU and Russian Federation of 1 June 2007;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. UnderlineReaffirms that the multilateral parliamentary assemblies, such as EURONEST and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM), are crucial vectors of confidence- and coherence- building between the EU and the partner countries and among the partner countries themselves, and therefore greatly contribute to the achievement of the goals of the EaPstern Partnership (EaP) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM); invitescalls on the EEAS and the Commission to associate EURONEST members to the maximum extent possible with the multilateral structures and platforms of the EaP; insists on the need to recognise the PA-UfM as a legitimate parliamentary institution of the UfM; emphasises that a fully-fledged secretariat will impart increased coherence to the EURONEST´s and PA-UfMI’s work and consistency with the ENP programmes planned for the eastern and southern regional dimension;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the proposal for the new European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the increase of funding for the ENP, as requested in its previous resolutions; considers that the distribution of funds should be flexible, and adequate, symmetric and balanced for both regions, with an approach that is performance- driven and not geographically driven; notes that more flexibility and simplification should respect the right of democratic scrutiny by democratically elected Partners´ national parliaments and be accompanied by increased supervision of the spending;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Confirms its openness to welcome representatives of Belarusian Parliament in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly as soon as parliamentary elections in Belarus are considered democratic by international community, including OSCE;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Demands a sizeable increase in the Heading 4 ceiling of the EU budget for the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI), given that over the last years despite some progress in promoting enhancement cooperation and progressive economic integration between the European Union and the partner countries, more needs to be done as new challenges and areas for cooperation emerge;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Points out that although aid can act as a leverage for ENP countries, it is not enough to guarantee sustainable and lasting development; therefore calls on ENP countries to strengthen and mobilise their domestic resources, set up transparent taxation systems, involve effectively private sector, local governments and civil society in the ENP agenda and for their greater ownership of ENP projects;