16 Amendments of Nickolay MLADENOV related to 2007/2271(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, whilst previous enlargements have undoubtedly been a success both for the European Union and for the Member States which joined it, this is no guarantee that such accelerated pace can be sustained furtherand have contributed to the stability, development and prosperity of Europe as a whole,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is no guarantee that an accelerated pace, similar to that of the fifth enlargement, can be sustained in the future,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas this strategy cannot therefore be reduced to a simple negotiating methodology but should involve ais much more than a negotiating methodology, reflecting as it does the core belief that the European Union should remain a community of shared values and is intricately linked to the debate on the Union's objectives, covering both the Union's ownits future and its role in the neighbourhood and the world,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Union's Enlargement Strategy should be part of a more diversified array of external relations policies, reconciling the Union's geo- strategic interests with our neighbours' diverse expectationsbroad array of policy instruments designed to consolidate democracy and build stability and social development in our neighbourhood and to enhance the Union's role in the world,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas these policies should encompass the variety of situations prevailing in our neighbourhood, notably in those countries which have candidate status and have started negotiations, those which have candidate status but have not yet started negotiations, those which have membership prospects, those which have a European integration goal and those which merely wish to have close neighbourly ties with the Union,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas these policies should be complementary and mutually permeable, that is to say, should allow a given country to move from one type of contractual relationship with the EU to another, if the necessary internal and external conditions are fulfilled,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, as stated in its above- mentioned resolution of 13 December 2006, countries with European prospects should benefit from a close bilateral or multilateral relationship with the EU, matching their specific needs and interests; whereas this option, which entails a broad spectrum of operational possibilities, would grant partner countries a stable, long-term perspective of institutionalised relations with the EU and provide the incentive necessary to foster stability, peace and, democratic and economic reform in the countries concerned,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its firm commitment to the countries with which it has started membership negotiations and to the countries whichall candidate countries and to those that have been given clear membership prospects, with the understanding that full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria and compatibility with the Union's integration capacity must be fulfilled before these countries can join the Union;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its firm commitment to all of the countries with which it has started membership negotiations and to the countries which have been given clear membership prospects, with the understanding that full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria and compatibility with the Union's integration capacity must be fulfilled before these countries can join the Union;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that integration capacity reflects the Union's ability at a given poito cont in timue to decide and thus to achievpursue its political objectives, in particular the aim of promoting economic and social progress and a high level of employment in its Member States, of asserting its identity and its ability to act independently on the international scene, of promoting the rights and interests of Member States' nationals and European citizens alike, of developing an area of freedom, security and justice, of fully maintaining and building on its acquis communautaire and of upholding fundamental rights and freedoms, as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that this ability not only has institutional and financial implications but also involvesdepends on sufficient political, social and economic cohesion within the Union;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Therefore takes the view that every enlargement must be followed by adequate consolidation and political concentration, that is to say, by a serious reassessment of the Union's policies and means in order to ensure consensus around such policies and to focus on objectives which respond to the expectations of oEuropean citizens and which guarantee the viability of the Union as a political project;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Warns, therefore, that further enlargement without adequate consolidation could lead to a Union of multiple configurations, with core countries moving towards closer integration and others lying at its margins, and that this scenario would have seriously detrimental implications for the Union's capacity to act – since it would weaken its institutions, for the stability of some of its Member States – since it would make themsuch a development is likely to weaken its institutions, make Member States more vulnerable to external pressure, and forundermine its credibility as global actor – since it would undermine its already precarious unity in external affairs;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is also convinced that the Enlargement Strategy should be flanked by a more diversified range of external contractual frameworks and that these frameworks could be structured as mutually permeablea set of concentric circles, with countries being offered the opportunity, under strict but clear internal and external conditions, to movadvance from one status to another if they so wish and if they fulfil the criteria pertaining to each specific framework;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes in this context the Commission Communication on the Western Balkans of 5 March 2008 (COM(2008)0127), which outlines a range of measures for supporting the countries in the region in their efforts towards EU integration and for deepening our relations with them, whether in the areas of trade, energy, education and/or research; believes that such measures should include also the Stabilisation and Association Agreements with Serbiathe countries of the Western Balkans that have yet to sign such an agreement, and calls on all Member States to overcome their reservations in this respect;