Activities of Danuta Maria HÜBNER related to 2020/2023(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 19 June 2020 - Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Amendments (19)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the EU and the UK will remain close neighbours and will continue to have many interests in common; insists, therefore, that any agreement on a new relationship between the EU and the UK must take into account the status of the UK as a third country, be coherent and adapted to the geographical proximity of both parties, on the one hand, and to the high level of interconnectedness of both parties’ economies; rejects in this regard an approach of building a new relationship based on various elements that have been 'cherry picked' from different legal and trade frameworks applicable in the context of relations between the EU and various other third countries in different periods of time;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it to be in both Parties’ mutual interests to establish an ambitious future economic partnership covering a wide number of sectors; underlines that, in any case, a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ and the acquisicreation of unfair anticompetitive advantages through the undercutting of levels of protection or other regulatory divergences; considers that any future framework should safeguard fair competition, investor and consumer protection, and the integrity of the single market, while respecting the EU’s regulatory regime and decision-making autonomy;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that robust and comprehensive guarantees for level playing field in the area of competition and state aid control are needed; adhering to the EU rules for State aid control and providing for a framework that ensures the prevention and prohibition of anticompetitive behaviours and guarantees the effective enforcement and provision of remedial action as described in the EU treaties;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Strongly believes that the UK should adhere to EU good governance principles and standards on taxation as well as anti-money laundering legislation; including standards on fair taxation, tax transparency, the exchange of information on tax matters and anti-tax avoidance measures; further underlines that the OECD standards against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards should be upheld;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s draft text of the Agreement on the New Partnership with the United Kingdom, published on 18 March 2020; supports the Commission’s approach to the negotiations, which is to negotiate a comprehensive agreement covering all areas of bilateral relations; rejects in this regard, the approach by the UK government to negotiate sectoral agreements, which do not cover all aspects of EU-UK relations as stipulated in the Political Declaration;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls, in the context of financial services, that passporting rights, which are based on mutual recognition and, harmonised prudential rules and supervisory convergence in the internal market, will cease to apply between the EU and the UK at the end of the transitional period; underlinand that on this basis, all firms must finalise their preparations by the end of 2020; stresses that, thereafter, access to the European financial market must be based on equivalence decisions made within the EU’s legal framework interactions of the EU with the United Kingdom stemming from cross-border activities must be based on the autonomous equivalence framework and on any additional specific requirements enshrined in EU law, in particular to safeguard financial stability; and underlines that equivalence decisions must be taken in EU’s interest; stresses this is without prejudice to the Parties’ ability to adopt or maintain any measure for prudential reasons;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that if the EU grants equivalence in an area, it thereafter monitors and enforces third countries’ on-going compliance with the equivalence criteria set out in the relevant EU legislation and the equivalence decisions and also recalls that the EU can withdraw unilaterally the status of equivalence at any moment;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Stresses that, in the context of financial services, and taking account of the practical consequences of the UK being a third country, regulatory and supervisory dialogue with the UK should be based on a voluntary, structured and flexible framework on issues of mutual interest;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. DefeReminds the need to extend the transition period in order to allow enough time to conclude the negotiations on a comprehensive future partnership, while safeguarding citizens’ rights, legal certainty and economic and financial stabilityat according to Article 132 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Joint Committee may adopt a decision to extend the transition period.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of being ready for the UK’s withdrawal from the internal market and the customs union at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations; stresses that the consequences will be even more significant should no agreement be reached; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s sector-specific ‘readiness notices’, which seek to ensure that EU industry is ready for the inevitable shock that the UK’s withdrawal from the single market will cause; calls on Member States to ensure that businesses are well informed and can make the necessary preparations should the EU and the UK not have reached an agreement before the end of the transition period, and not agreed to an extension of the transition period;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the Withdrawal Agreement is thea legally binding instrument for implementing the arrangements for the UK’san orderly withdrawal of the UK and that the only purpose of the EU-UK Joint Committee is to oversee its application; underlines the importance of the effective implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement a; considers that its implementation is a litmus test for the good faith that the UK brings to the negotiating process and recalls that the outcome of the negotiations would be linked to it;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on having solid guarantees that the UK will implement the Withdrawal Agreement effectively and in its entirety before the end of the transition period and beyond; stresses that monitoring its implementation should be an integral part of the work on the future relations; reiterates that Parliament will remain vigilant about the implementation of all provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Expects Parliament to be fully and immediately informed of all the discussions held and decisions taken by the Joint Committee so that Parliament can exercise fully its institutional prerogatives throughout the Joint Committee proceedings, in line with Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 and commitments by the President of the European Commission that the Commission will closely involve the European Parliament and take utmost account of Parliament’s views in the work of the Joint Committee;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that under the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, after the end of the transition period the UK, while being a third country, will have the task of implementing parts of the Union Customs Code, which will require unprecedented structures to be set up even before the end of the transition period, necessitating due consideration for the issue of proper implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission to carry out efficient checks and controls; notes that the term goods ‘at risk of subsequently being moved into the Union’ used in Article 5 of that Protocol is unclear and depends on subsequent decisions of the Joint Committee which are exempt from formal European Parliament scrutiny; requests to be kept fully informed on the application of that Article and any proposals for decisions of the Joint Committee in that regard;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Emphasises that according to Art. 218 TFEU, the European Parliament has the right to obtain comprehensive information covering all stages of international agreements concluded by the EU, which covers the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the UK’s negotiating position with the EU of hitherto not engaging in detailed negotiations on the level playing field; points out that this position does not reflect paragraph 77 of the Political Declaration signed by both sides; urges the UK government, therefore, to urgently revise its negotiating position and engage constructively in the negotiations on the level playing field;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Points out that the entire Agreement with the UK as a third country, including provisions on the level playing field, should include the establishment of aone single coherent and solid governance system as an overarching framework, covering the joint continuous supervision and management of the Agreement as well as dispute settlement, compliance, and enforcement mechanisms with sanctions and interim measures, where necessary, with respect to the interpretation and application of the Agreement’s provisions;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Recalls that Parliament must be able to exercise political oversight and that its role in the implementation of the provision on regulatory cooperation as well as its rights and prerogatives as co- legislator must be respected;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Recalls that the future Agreement cannot come into force without the Parliament’s consent;