Activities of Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE related to 2015/2003(INI)
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Amendments (14)
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the EU and China as a source of inspiration to strengthen the Strategic Partnership; highlights that China is a key international power and one of the EU´s most important partners; stresses that the two sides are committed to promoting the EU-China Comprehensive strategic Partnership in the next decade: welcomes the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation; notes that the two sides will fully implement the Strategic Agenda for Cooperation through their Summit, through the three pillars directly underpinning the Summit (the High Level Strategic Dialogue, the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, and the High Level People-to-People Dialogue), through their regular meetings of counterparts and through their broad range of sectoral dialogues;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the joint statement adopted at the 17th EU-China Summit of 29 June 2015; notes that both sides fully recognised the progress achieved in the implementation of the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation, and that a bilateral review mechanism at officials’ level will be established to monitor follow-up; welcomes the fact that both sides agreed at the Summit on a set of priorities to reinforce their bilateral cooperation and enhance the global dimension of their strategic partnership;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Joint Communique of the second meeting of the EU-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue of 6 September 2014; underlines the importance of people-to-people exchanges and facilitating exchanges for EU and Chinese citizens; supports the agreement of both sides that the main priority for developing the High-Level People-to- People Dialogue is to focus on a number of joint projects, share best practice and promote the people-to-people exchanges organised by governmental and non- governmental organizations;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for EU Member States to speak with one voice to the Chinese Government, particularly in view of Beijing’s present diplomatic dynamism; deploreunderlines the conclusion of negotiations on the Articles of Agreement for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and looks forward a close cooperation of the EU with the AIIB in the future; regrets the lack of profound debate and close coordination at EU level regarding Member States’ membership of the AIIB;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of a successful outcome of the ongoing investment agreement negotiations in order to further facilitate investment and to implement investment protection and market access; underlines the EU-China commitment to an open global economy and a fair, transparent and rules-based trade and investment environment, guaranteeing a level playing field and opposing protectionism; notes the coming Chinese chair of the 2016 G20 Summit;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that President Xi Jinping is trying to give a new attractive face to Chinese politics through an attitude of openness and to impress world leaders by projecting both accessibility and powerful self-confidence; points out, however, that President Xi is not the new attractive face of Chinese politics fore sharper-than-expected Chinese economic slowdown and the consequent devaluation of the renminbi; underlines that an slow economic growth would undermine the global economic recovery (and it might affect China's willingness in tackling global challenges); points out that the country's civil rights activists, lawyers, journalists, bloggers and academics, who find their freedom curbed in a way not seen since decades;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the urgency of environmental protection measures, bearing in mind, for example, that in 2014 only eight out of 74 major cities reached the national standard of PM 2.5 air pollution concentrations; warns that the double water crisis (massive pollution combined with increased water usage) could cause major political and social instability; welcomes the EU-China agreement to enhance cooperation to address key environmental challenges such as air, water and soil pollution; welcomes the fact that under the new environmental protection law local cadres are accountable, also retroactively, for environmental damage caused during their tenure;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Joint Report of the European External Action Service and the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Annual Report 2014" of 24 April 2015; underlines that Hong Kong is at a crucial stage in its democratic development; notes that academic research has shown that young people in Hong Kong identify strongly with Hong Kong rather than China as a whole, and that they fear that China is encroaching on Hong Kong's rule of law, rights and freedoms; supports the EU's commitment to strengthening democracy, including the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, fundamental freedoms and rights, transparency, and freedom of information and expression in Hong Kong;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that President Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation, which foresees a stronger and more pro- active role for China in the world, calls for a commensurate EU strategy towards Asia within a transatlantic context; stresses that China's rise as a global power requires a reconsideration of Europe's strategic priorities in its relations with China as a matter of urgency; considers that China should increasingly take its place among the world's leading countries, helping to tackle global challenges, and acting according to the rules set for all;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes the priority given by President Xi's presidency to the relationship with the US, given his proposal for a ‘new type of major power relationship' between China and the US; stresses that, if this view is perceived as a code word for dividing the Pacific into two spheres of influence, other countries in the region will be greatly concerned;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Take notes of Taiwan's "South China Sea Peace Initiative" with a view of reaching a consensus on a code of conduct and the establishment of a mechanism allowing all sides to cooperate in the joint exploitation of natural and marine resources in the region; supports all actions that enable the South China Sea to become a "Sea of Peace and Cooperation";
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws Beijing's attention to the indispensable role of the US and the EU with regard to China's modernisation goals, given its support for Putin against the West;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the 33rd EU-China Dialogue on Human Rights of 8 and 9 December 2014; notes that the dialogue, together with pressure from other international partners, has contributed to some concrete actions; stresses that the EU has made it clear on several occasions that it wanted the dialogue to achieve more tangible improvements in the human rights situation on the ground;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that the meeting on 23 May 2015 on Kinmen Island between top officials from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait was an encouraging step; notes that this meeting was the third formal meeting between the chiefs of cross-Strait affairs from China and Taiwan; supports initiatives that develop Cross-Strait relations in a peaceful way;