14 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2013/2149(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EaP countries have deeply rooted European aspirations and are stillhave been undergoing their difficult transition following decades of impeded growth under the USSRformation processes for years, which have led to huge social problems, unemployment and poverty, as well as a significant brain drain from neighbouring countries to EU Member States;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the current momentum in EU Member States aimed at shaping and developing comprehensive relations with the Eastern Partners should be used to encourage the peoples of the EaP countries to strive for further democratic reforms and the social and economic modernisation of their countries, taking account of their specific national conditions, potential and traditions;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EaP must primarily be geared to building and strengthening partner countries' own development potential, and should promote the humanitarian, economic, social and cultural dimensions of cooperation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the recent developments in the EaP countries and their relations with the EU are a warning that the EU is still not considered as the only political alternativeshow that the EU and its Eastern neighbourhood policy, which is tied to strict conditionalities and geostrategic objectives, are still not considered as the only political alternative and must constantly convince the citizens of the Eastern neighbourhood countries of the advantages they offer in the network of those countries' international relations;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the achievements and ambitions of the EaP, which is the political framework for strengthening relations between the EU and the Eastern Partners, founded on mutual interests, commitments, shared ownership and joint responsibility, as well as the institutional basis for political cooperation, and a forum for dialogue between the partner countries; welcomes, in this connection, the establishment of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and other cooperation platforms, such as the EaP Civil Society Forum and the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress; notes however that the recent developments in some EaP countries have drawn attention to the fragility of the political process and the need to free the EaP from one-sided conditionalities and geostrategic objectives and turn it into an instrument for mutually beneficial cooperation and partnership-based discussion within which solutions can be found to shared problems and challenges;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the EaP project needs new impetus and a clear vision for the way forward, focusing not only on the political cooperation, but aiming to anchor the societies of the EaP to the EU, thus urges the EU to focus particularly on establishing visa-free regimes, on investing in youth and future leaders, and on the energy sectorwithout creating new dependencies or fronts vis-à- vis other countries in the region, including the Russian Federation; thus urges the EU to focus particularly on investing in immediate progress for citizens, and in this context to establish visa-free regimes and give priority to territorial cohesion, with the direct involvement of local authorities, youth and future leaders;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that more progress can be made on the establishment of the visa-free regime; notes, in this connection, that visa liberalisation is only one of a number of processes aimed at bringing the societies closer together, and that more efforts are required in this area, particularly with regard to advancing cooperation in the field of education and culture, science, culture and sport; considers that greater emphasis should be placed on the fact that the EaP project is directed at societies rather than authorities;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of investing in projects for youth and future leaders, by making full use of the scholarship opportunities under the ‘Erasmus for All’ programme to foster reciprocal student exchanges between EaP countries and the EU Member States and establishing an Eastern Partnership University and the Black Sea European College, which would provide comprehensive postgraduate education and vocational training and seek to form future leaders from EaP countries and the EU Member States;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that difficulties have emerged in promoting and implementing the EaP, and stresses that the EU’s engagement should go beyond political dialogue to tackle and develop social, economic and cultural dialogue embracing full political, social and ethnic diversity;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that more efforts should go into sharing experiences of democratic reforms and processes rather than imposing EU standards, and acknowledging the uniqueness of individual countries and highlighting the equal status of partners and potential mutual benefits, also in the interests of the EU's own further development;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that the prospect of loyal cooperation and partnership should also include the possibility of EU membership for the EaP countries;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines the importance of focusing more on the consolidation of the energy sector, which is one of the main conditions for modernisation of the economy, and developing energy strategies in line with European Energy Community obligations;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers, furthermore, that promoting joint activities with other strategic partners and cooperation in international and European organisations would be beneficial to all concerned; welcomes in this connection the most recent statement by VP/HR Lady Ashton to the effect that association and trade agreements respect traditional links between Russia and its neighbours; calls on the Commission, together with the Russian Federation, to work towards a positive clarification of links with the Eurasian integration project with a view to mutual benefit, the balance of interests and long-term sustainable partnership;