2 Amendments of Călin Cătălin CHIRIȚĂ
Amendment 135 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the EU and US to develop a common strategy concerning the six eastern European countries (Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus), encompassed by the European Neighbourhood Policy, in order to achieve substantial and lasting results in the implementation of the new Eastern Partnership and Black Sea Synergy;
Amendment 158 #
2008/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the recent extension of the visa waiver programme to another six EU Member States; however calls once again on the US to lift the visa regime for the remaining six Member States and to treat all EU-citizens equally and on the basis of full reciprocity; asks the Commission to treat this as a priority matter with the new US administration; stresses the major progress made towards this objective in real terms, for example the introduction in Romania from January 2009 of the new ‘biometric’ passports (containing chips storing the personal data of holders with 50 safety features, 18 more than current passports); considers however that biometric passports should not be an eliminatory conditions for inclusion in the visa waiver programme.