15 Amendments of Zuzana ROITHOVÁ related to 2008/2031(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that human rights must be an essential aspect of the negotiating mandate for trade agreements conferred upon the Commission by the Council and that Parliament must always have a hand in defining that mandate, particularly in view of the fact that the European Union has a key role to play in promoting human rights and democracy in the world and given that economic and political sanctions are an important tool for use in respect of countries which ride roughshod over human rights;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the Commission to keep Parliament constantly informed regarding the influence which sanctions imposed have on the achievement of objectives and to submit proposals concerning possible changes in the light of developments in the country concerned;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls upon the Council and the Commission to draw up a clear analysis of the effectiveness of sanctions which have already been imposed and the influence which they have on the EU's trade relations;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the EU’s trade sanctions should not have a blanket effect on an entire society but must be more targeted at the financial interests of individuals or of the private and/or state companies responsible forwhich have a direct or indirect influence on infringements of human rights and democracy, without penalising the population, in particular its poorer segments which enable a country's poorest inhabitants to earn a living;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that sanctions should also affect economic sectors which for governments that violate human rights constitute a strategic source of revenue which enables those governments to hang on to power;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that when sanctions-related decisions are taken, before sanctions are imposed and when the effectiveness of existing sanctions is assessed, EU bodies should cooperate closely with civil society and non-governmental organisations in the country concerned;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that, since sanctions have a very important symbolic role to play in the upholding of human rights (owing to the fact that they are linked to specific, defined, blatant violation of human rights), they should not be lifted until the reason for imposing them ceases to apply, irrespective of the effect on the EU's trade interests;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that if it is stated in the evaluation report that the imposition of sanctions is not having the desired effect, the nature of the sanctions should be changed (e.g. from blanket to targeted);
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that trade sanctions should be backed up by tools such as flight bans, restrictions on financial transactions, diplomatic warnings, suspension of cooperation, boycotting of events, etc.specific embargoes (e.g. on imports of weapons), a ban on entry into the EU, etc.; furthermore, all Member States must uphold the sanctions which have been imposed and do so unanimously;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to monitor the effectiveness of trade sanctions and of the criteria used for imposing and withdrawing such sanctions, and to inform it of the results achieved and to submit to it a proposal for a more consistent strategy for imposing sanctions on countries which violate human rights, with a view to reducing any damaging effect caused by sanctions imposed on an ad hoc basis and yet on the other hand with a view to increasing the effectiveness of sanctions in such a way that the suitability thereof will emerge from a detailed and complex analysis of the situation in the country concerned.;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls - in cases where a sanction is imposed on a developing country which draws on the support provided by the EU for developing countries - for priority to be given in principle to targeted 'smart' sanctions and not to blanket sanctions which would logically be in conflict with development aid;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls upon the Commission and the Council to assess the impact of sanctions on the development policy of the countries in question and on the EU's trade policy;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. When sanction measures are being assessed, calls for account to be taken of the imposition of sanctions by other bodies, in particular the USA and countries which most often trade with countries on which sanctions are to be imposed;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to begin negotiations with countries which act in such a way as to reduce the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed by the EU in a country on which sanctions have been imposed;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls upon the Commission, with a view to enforcing sanctions in the region concerned, to cooperate continuously with the countries bordering the country on which sanctions have been imposed, both when the type of sanction is being devised and when sanctions are being implemented, and also when their effectiveness and their impact on the trade policy of the entire wider region are being evaluated.