4 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2011/0412(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The task of building and sustaining a culture of human rights and making democracy work for citizens, though especially urgent and difficult in emerging democracies, is essentially a continuous challenge, belonging first and foremost to the people of the country concerned but without diminishing the commitment of the international community. This bottom-up approach shall favour fair employment opportunities, local ownership and ensure food security, ideally through local production, as a necessary basis for a democratically engaged political society. It also requires a range of institutions, in particular national democratic parliaments that should ensure participation, representation, responsiveness and accountability.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, whilst democracy and human rights objectives must be increasingly mainstreamed in all external assistance financing instruments, Union assistance under this Regulation will have a specific complementary and additional role by virtue of its global nature and its independence of action from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities. This will allow for cooperation with civil society on sensitive human rights and democracy issues possible, providing the flexibility to respond to changing circumstances. It should also provide Union capacity to articulate and support specific objectives and measures at international level which are neither geographically linked nor crisis related and which may require a transnational approach or involve operations both within the Union and in a range of third countries. Moreover, it will provide the necessary framework for operations, such as support for independent European Union election observation missions requiring policy coherence, a unified management system and common operating standards. In order to launch a sustainable democratisation process, efforts shall not be limited to isolated operations at one specific time but embedded in a comprehensive political concept.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union will pay particular attention to countries and urgency situations where human rights and fundamental freedoms are most at risk and where disrespect for these rights and freedoms is particularly pronounced and systematic. In such situations, the political priorities will be to promote respect for the relevant international laws, to provide tangible support and means of action to local civil society and to contribute to its work, carried out in very difficult circumstances. In conflict situations, the Union will promote the compliance of all warring parties with their legal obligations under international humanitarian law, in accordance with the relevant Union guidelines. Especially in countries in transition the instrument shall support emerging political groups that dispose of a clear political agenda, enabling them to contribute to a genuine democratisation process.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) promoting political pluralism and democratic political representation, and encouraging political participation by citizens, in particular marginalised groups, in democratic reform processes at local, regional and national level, starting with the sufficient provision of food as a basis for any political engagement;