9 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2013/2148(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the joint statement issued at the eighth meeting of ASEAN Ministers for Social Welfare and Development of 6 September 2013 in Phnom Pen in preparation for the ASEAN summit scheduled for October 2013 and the provision contained therein that access to social protection is a basic human right,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ASEAN Economic Community aims to create an internal market for 600 million people by 2015, which will make ASEAN with its competitive economic operators and fast growing internal demand comparable to other large markets in the world, such as the EU, the United States, China, Japan, and India; whereas this makes it necessary for ASEAN significantly to strengthen and further develop the social components of the integration process, for example through the comprehensive development of basic social security systems and providing legally guaranteed general and comprehensive access to benefits;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly encouraUrges ASEAN to continue its integration path, notably the ambitious ASEAN plan for an Economic Community by 2015, including the liberalisation of its internal labour market;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that establishing a formal Euro-ASEAN parliamentary assembly would further enhance exchanges between parliamentarians; also suggests the creation of links between the Parliament Sub- Committee on Human Rights and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission (AIHRC); Believes that the Office for the Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy could provide capacity- building assistance to the ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA); stresses that the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) and the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) in connection with the ASEM summits, should be further enhanced;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP), as the existing channels for dialogue between the EU and ASEAN, should be upgraded at governmental and parliamentary level and further extended; calls on the Commission and Member States at the same time to create the necessary organisational and financial conditions for an institutionalised social dialogue between the Asia-Europe People's Forum (AEPF) and the corresponding EU civil society structures;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the Commission and the EEAS to continue providing assistance to the capacity-building of the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN institutions, drawing from the experiences in the EU; suggests that the ASEAN Regional Integration Support by the EU programme ARISE should continue providing such assistance;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that the EU focus its inter- regional cooperation with ASEAN particularly on disaster protection, disaster and crisis management, energy sufficiency and security, resource management, sustainable development, tourism, urbanisation, agricultural investment, research and innovation, food security, use of marine resources, the fight against poverty and migration issues and the development of sustainable and comprehensive social security systems;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that for several ASEAN members textile exports to the EU represent an important sector and recalls that the granting of GSP and GSP+ is linked to the fulfilment of certain basic labour standards;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Expects that the review of the ASEAN Charter will provide an opportunity to strengthen the role of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and take further steps towards the recognition of access to social security benefits as a fundamental human right and a necessary condition for a dignified existence;