15 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2017/2025(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU and India, as important economic partners, have been engaged since 2007 in negotiations for an ambitious free trade and investment agreement;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that enhanced political relations between the two partners could positively contribute to fostering regional and international cooperation in a world that faces multiple challenges, such as security tensions, disrespect for international law, terrorism, poverty and inequalityorganised crime and corruption, poverty and inequality and the effects of climate change;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the partnership between the EU and India has not yet reached its full potential; considers that stronger political engagement is needed on both sides to make the relationship more dynamic and valuable for the challenges the two partners face at regional and international level; underlines that ancalls for stepping up investment in strengthening ties between EU27 and India; underlines the importance of a full assessment of the functioning of the strategic partnership couldto generate ideas about possible ways to advance it;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the endorsement of the EU-India Agenda for Action-2020, which is a roadmap for intensifying the Strategic Partnership over the next five years; takes positive note of the areas of cooperation re- launched in 2016, such as the fight against terrorism and migrationcounter- terrorism, security, migration and mobility, external action, climate change, energy and water, transfer of technology and culture; underlines the importance of effectively implementing the Agenda with clear steps and deadlines;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the importance of interparliamentary structured dialogue for the functioning of the Strategic Partnership; requests thatencourages the Speaker of the Indian Parliament to form an India- Europe Friendship Group made up from parliamentarians of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, acting as a counterpart for the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Republic of India, be formed in the Lok Sabha as soon as possible;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU, together with the Member States, and India to pursue and strengthen their efforts in promoting effective, rule-based multilateralism at global level; urges the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Council to support reform of the UN Security Council including India's bid for Permanent Membership; encourages them EU and India to coordinate as much as possible their positions and initiatives at UN level on issues where their cooperation could make a difference, but also in other international fora, such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO);
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the significant added value of the cooperation between the EU and India in supporting democratic processes in Asia, in countries such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka or the Maldivesglobally; underlines, moreover, the importance of the EU and India coordinating their humanitarian aid and development policies in the region,particularly with regard to Asia and Africa in view of the high level of development activity undertaken by both sides in these regions, and in order to positively contribute to the political, economic and social processes in the countries concerned; calls for stepping up dialogue to this effect;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for renewed efforts of rapprochement and restoration of good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan, and for working, including though various regional cooperation fora,recalls that Jammu and Kashmir is a sovereign issue under the Indian constitution that has to be resolved bilaterally and calls for working towards the establishment of durable peace and cooperation, which would positively contribute to the security of the region; stresses the utmost importance of combating terrorism, in all its form and manifestations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends further cooperation on universal disarmament, non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and nuclear security, objectives that both the EU and India are committed to; in this context, calls on all Member States to support India's bid to accede to export control regimes such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes positive note of the support expressed at the 13th EU-India Summit by both sides for full implementation of the Minsk Agreement by all parties regarding the conflict in Eastern Ukraine; recalls that the EU has strongly condemned Russia’s aggressive actions and has a non- recognition policy of the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol; hopes that, through dialogue, the EU and India could further align their positions;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages the EU and India to further exchange views, both during summits and during their regular foreign affairs and security consultations, on the situation in the Middle East and on areas of possible cooperation which could improve the stabilisation of the region, including through measures at international level; draws attention, in particular, to the importance of cooperation for ensuring a lasting political solution in Syria under the existing UN-agreed framework in line with the Geneva Communique of 30 June 2012 and for supporting post-agreement reconstruction, once a credible political transition is underway;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the significant mutual benefits the EU and India could draw from intensifying their cooperation in areas such as maritime security, cyber security and data protection, as well as migration and mobility; recommends, in the area of maritime security, developingcalls for steps to facilitate mobility of Indian professionals, students and researchers towards the EU to be taken; calls for granting data-secure status to India to facilitate cooperation in the field of IT; notes that the EU and India are natural partners in the area of maritime security where they have vital shared interests, notably with regard to counter-piracy as well as preserving peace and stability and securing the Sea Line of Communication in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean; recommends therefore, developing joint standard operating procedures in the area of maritime security as well as a common understanding of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and identifying the most appropriate joint measures for cooperating within its framework;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Welcomes commitments of the Indian government towards improving women's rights and encourages Indian authorities to take further steps to tackle gender based violence and promote gender equality; calls for improving the rights of LGBTIQ and repealing section 377 of the Indian Penal Code;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that freedom of expression and association arestands the need to take measures to increase transparency of, and integral part of a democratic society; draws attention, in this context, to the limitations to the freedom of association and expression under the current Indian law on foreign participation in the funding of NGOsroduce limitations to, activities funded by foreign actors that may pose a risk to peace and stability, including proselytization, or to internal security; recognizes the rationale underpinning the adoption of the law on foreign participation in the funding of NGOs in this context; at the same time recalls that freedom of expression and association are an integral part of a democratic society;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Acknowledges the significant efforts made by the Indian authorities with a view to combating all forms of discrimination, including caste-based; notes with concern, however, that caste- based discrimination continues to be a source of abuse, and encourages India’s authorities, therefore, to strengthen their efforts to eradicate this violation of human rights; encourages India, furthermore, to ensure full protection of minorities, in particular religious and ethnic ones and underscores the importance of promoting tolerance for diversity in preventing intercommunal violence;