Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2011/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Neighbourhood Policy (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
Amendments (25)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that the EU programmes for young people have had a great impact on enhancing educational and training opportunities for youth; appeals to the Member States, therefore, to enable students and apprentices from ENP countries to have access to education in Europeor training in Europe; supports, in this respect, the European Parliament’s written declaration No 0015/2011 on the establishment of Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes, which could promote the development of similar initiatives in other regions;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on the Cultural dimensions of the EU's external actions (2010/2161(INI)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
– having regard to the European Agenda for Culture in a Globalising World (COM(2007)0242),
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds the European Union and the Member States of the importance of removing obstacles to the free movement of persons and to obtaining visas, particularly in the context of exchanges of students, apprentices and teachers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that fostering participation in EU cultural programmes benefits cultural policy development in ENP countries; welcomes, therefore, the launching of the Eastern Partnership Culture Programme and endorses the Commission's intention of following up on its Special Action Culture Programme; points out, also, that the procedures for submitting projects and for their evaluation and financing must be simplified in order for civil society in ENP countries to able to clearly identify and seize opportunities in complete transparency;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is in the highest interest of the EU to be economically ambitious and politically focused in its support to democratic transitions and economically ambitious,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Advocates the establishment of a cultural visa for artists and other culture professionals from ENP countries; calls also on the Commission to propose a short-stay visa initiative with the aim of eliminating obstacles to mobility in the cultural sector;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS to support the efforts of civil society, free media and non- governmental organisations to introduce a democratic system and the rule of law in all those countries of the ENP where fundamental freedoms and human rights are being violated; recognises with concern the process of restriction of freedom of speech and harassment of opposition in, for example, Belarus.calls on the EEAS, furthermore, to condemn the increasing censorship and monitoring of the internet by repressive regimes; recognises, in this regard, the process of restriction of freedom of speech and harassment of opposition in, for example, Belarus and points out that the southern shore of the Mediterranean is experiencing unprecedented changes that the EU must support with new initiatives;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU should provide itself with flexible and properly funded instruments in order to match its ambitionshas instruments which, given sufficient resources and a genuine political will, would enable it to match its ambitions by adopting a new approach based on human rights and dialogue,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that differentiation based on each country’s political, economic and social realities, performance and achievements should be predicated on clearly defined criteria and assessable benchmarks;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for a European Endowment for Democracy, which is a timely to responsed to the clamour for democracy by the populations of our neighbouring countries; underlines that it should be based onrespect the principles of transparency and flexibility and be based on straightforward and light structures and procedures enabling the EU to react more quickly and to adapt its response to the situation in each country in a way that ensures that the democratisation process is owned by the populations concerned; stresses that it should complement already-existing EU Iinstruments and the exemplary work of longstanding European political or non- political foundations, without decreasing their resources; stresses that its scope and organisation should be clearly defined and that its structures and procedures should be light and straightforwardfree of any political or economic pressure and that it should work, above all, to promote democracy; calls for a truly political steering committee to be established with the participation of the European Parliament, which should also be involved in the ex-post control mechanisms; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to involve the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs in defining the objectives and operating methods of the European Endowment for Democracy;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of building a partnership with societies and, in that context, takes note of the proposal for a flexible Civil Society Facility (CSF), free of any economic or political pressure, as a way to target resources more effectively and efficiently towards civil society;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to provide a clear methodology and detailed benchmarks to assess the democracy record of these countries and to deliver regularannual, sufficiently detailed reports, which should be the basis for the allocation of funds under the new performance-based approach ‘more for more’; asks for these reports to be presented annually to its Committee on Foreign Affairs; insists on the need to systematically include civil-society organisations at all stages of the review process;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that human rights situations should be continuously monitored and that an annual assessment of the situation cshould be included in the annex to the annual progress report of each partner country with a clear mechanism to reconsider and progressively limit bilateral cooperation if human rights violations are confirmed;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that sustainable democracy, functioningequipped with effective and de- bureaucratised institutions, and the rule of law not only promote political stability and social welfare but also stimulate economic growth by improving the business environment and attracting investment, allowing new SMEs to emerge and fostering trade and tourism, all of which generate new jobs and new opportunities;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Strongly supports the promotion of sub-regional cooperation and stresses the importance of developing partner-to- partner bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation, which would bring tangible benefits for citizens and improve the political climate in the region; emphasises that such sub-regional economic cooperation must be part of a wider integration plan encouraging the development of sub-regional projects in the areas of mobility, social and environmental protection, culture and education;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that regional and cross-border dimensions of sectoral cooperation should be strengthened in the cultural, social, environmental, tourism, educational, industrial, scientific, research and transport fields;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the EU should improve the management of migrationrethink its mobility and reception policy, providing better conditions for the establishment of legal migrants in the EU; considers that the EU needs to favour legal labour migration by concluding mobility partnershipconducive to the movement of persons between the EU and partner countries and between the partner countries themselves; considers that the EU needs to favour mobility partnerships which ensure respect for workers’ rights;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the importance of paying particular attention to the younger generation; stresses that the EU should increase cooperation in the fields of education, immediately broadening and increasing scholarship programmes and mobility of students and culture so as to strengthen civil society, promote democratisation and contribute to dialogue; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to open up existing programmes and to enhance student mobility by promoting university and high-school exchanges and public-private partnerships in the field of research; stresses the strong need for a structured information policy towards the citizens of the ENP partners concerning the possibility of participation in EU programmes;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the EU should advance its work on visa facilitation and readmission agreementsgreements in the utmost transparency, with a view to moving – once all conditions are met – to a visa-free regime; underlines that the provisions on asylum must be fully in line with international obligations and commitments and EU standards, especially in the human rights field;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Maintains that more areas need to be created for dialogue and consultation between civil society actors from the South and the North in order to raise awareness of the realities involved in the movement of persons and enable monitoring and assessment to focus on the human rights impact of European mobility legislation; believes that the EU should take the steps required to achieve that aim;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the importance of cofinancing specific tangible regional projects to contribute to a shared process of development and integration; in this regard, welcomes the opportunity offered bypoints out that the esrevitablishment of the UfMed UfM could offer the opportunity to strengthen complementarity between bilateral policies and regional policies, in order to achieve more effectively the goals of Euro- Mediterranean cooperation, based on the mutual recognition of common values; maintains that the UfM will be impossible to realise unless the rights of all the Southern Mediterranean peoples are recognised and respected;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Maintains that regional conflicts cannot be understood unless their cultural context is taken into account; calls for a coherent strategy to be implemented along the lines of the Blue Shield strategy, which gives culture a role in conflict prevention and the restoration of peace;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the proposal for the new European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the increase of funding for the ENP, as requested in its previous resolutions; considers that the distribution of funds should be flexible and adequate for both regions, with an approach that is performance-driven and not geographically drivencentred on commitments and progress as regards reforms in partner countries, as well as on their needs and capacities; notes that more flexibility and simplification should respect the right of democratic scrutiny and be accompanied by increased supervision of the spending;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that the CSF could be envisaged as an integral part of ENI; suggests considering the idea of redirecting the management of the ENI funds to the CSF if states fail to meet the conditions for financing due to uinsatisfactory performanceufficient take-up capacity;