Activities of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2015/2002(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Review of the European neighbourhood policy (A8-0194/2015 - Eduard Kukan) FR
Amendments (30)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 20 April 2015 on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the association agreements signed with certain partner countries are a means of promoting sustainable far- reaching reforms;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU firmly condemns all forms of human rights violations, including violence against women and girls, rape, slavery, crimes of honour, forced marriages, child labour and female genital mutilation;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas since the introduction of the new approach in 2011, political developments in the neighbourhood have demonstrated that the EU needs to further rethink relations with its neighbours, taking into account the different external and internal realities; whereas the EU needs to address new challenges in itboth its internal realities and the changing situations in neighbouring countries; whereas new challenges are emerging for the EU’s neighbourhood, and the EU therefore needs to adjust itsthe strategyic compass of the ENP by examining itsthe interests that it shares with its neighbours, charting common goals and priorities, and assessing itsthe appropriate policy tools, and its incentives and available resources and their attractiveness to its partners; whereas the EU will be attractive to neighbouring countries in so far as it enables partner countries to become fully involved in setting priorities;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the consultation process carried out by the Commission should be comprehensive and inclusive so as to ensure that all relevant stakeholders are consulted; whereas the importance to encourage women's rights and gender equality organisations to participate in this consultation process should be stressed;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance and timeliness of the review of the ENP; emphasises that the revised ENP should be able to provide a quick and adequate response to the situation on the ground, while also putting forward a long-term vision for developing relations with the neighbouring countries; calls for Parliament to be involved in the implementation of the new ENP and regularly briefed on its progress in partner countries;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes in the continued value of its initially stated objective of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, based on the founding values and principles of the Union, through a deep structural transformation in the neighbouring countries and a shared commitment to recognising and upholding those foundations; stresses therefore the need to go back to basics and bring this objective back to the top of the agenda;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that respect for the universal fundamental values of human rights, including the rights of women and children, rule of law and democracy on which the EU is founded must remain at the core of the revised policy;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the renewed policy must be more strategic, with a real political vision, and politically driven; maintains that the partnership with the Mediterranean countries is as crucially important as the Eastern Partnership; calls for special envoys to be appointed for the East and the South, with the task of politically coordinating the revised policy; notes that the appointment of such special envoys could make for balance between the two parts of the EU’s neighbourhood and in terms of the EU’s commitment to them;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges that short-, medium- and long- term priorities and strategic objectives be defined, bearing in mind that the ENP should aim to create different levels of cooperation in different areas among and with the ENP countries; stresses that in defining its approach the EU should look at its priorities and those of the individual countries concerned, together with their level of development, considering the interests of society on the whole and not only those of the political elite; is convinced that economic and political empowerment of women should form indispensable part of these priorities in order to achieve an inclusive society;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that local ownership and inclusiveness should be key aspects of the new approach so as to ensure that the benefits of the ENP reach all levels of society throughout the country; maintains that the EU delegations have a major role to play in placing relations on such a footing and in implementing the ENP;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to improve its coordination with other donors and international financial institutions and callsstresses the need for joint programming with its Member States; considers that better coordination with the Member States is necessary in order to achieve a common approach to the short- and medium-term goals of the EU’s cooperation with neighbouring countries;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Maintains that the revamped ENP has to strike a balance between the two parts of the neighbourhood, not least in terms of political and diplomatic engagement; notes that from that point of view the EU institutions and the Member States should all follow the same even- handed approach;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers support for democracy, the rule of law and, human rights, and fundamental freedoms to be central to the ENP; stresses that the EU should be willing to offer incentives and know-how to help overcome the political, economic, and social challenges and economic costs of undertaking democratic reforms;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, gender equality and respect for minorities and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups, women's rights and gender equality organisations and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the continuous need to focus on strengthening and consolidating democracy, the rule of law, the independence of the justice system, respect for minoritiewomen’s rights, minority rights and diversity; highlights that capacity-building in national institutions, including their national assemblies, together with support for civil society, pro- democracy groups and political parties, will enhance political dialogue and pluralism;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that political parties and political groups in the Parliaments of the EU Member States and the European Parliament can play a decisive role in supporting political parties favourable to democracy;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women - through education, training and full respect of their rights - as part of democratic reform and underlines that this should be reflected in the political and strategic dimensions of the ENP;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the ENP to be developed into a more tailor-made and flexible policy framework able to adapt to the diversity that exists; underlines that differentiation should take place not only between Eastern and Southern partners but also among the ENP countries themselves; notes that differentiation must not be pursued to the detriment of the aim of regional integration between the countries of the southern and eastern neighbourhoods;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to actively promote and assist in the peaceful settlement of conflicts in the regioncountries in the EU’s neighbourhood, using different tools and instruments, on the basis of the added value they may provide – such measures include its EU Special Representatives, confidence-building programmes and CSDP missions;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to actively promote and assist in the peaceful settlement of conflicts in the region, with respect to the provisions of the UN Security Council resolution 1325, using different tools and instruments, on the basis of the added value they may provide – such measures include its EU Special Representatives, confidence-building programmes and CSDP missions;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes that, with regard to security, the ENP could also help to prevent conflicts and contribute to mediation; observes in this respect that the Union’s delegations play a key role in establishing early warning systems by building up finely meshed prevention networks with the various civil-society organisations;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the revised policy to strengthen the existing platforms for cooperation, namely the Union for the Mediterranean and the Eastern Partnership, to further support regional integration when the priorities identified by the partners are similar for a specific policy field and to bring partners closer towhile maintaining a balance among them, to further support regional integration; notes that the European Union can play a leading role in promoting political dialogue among the countries in its neighbourhood, and must encourage ther in terms of economic standards and legislationm to define specific regional integration projects whose implementation it can then support;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of the role of multilateral assemblies, such as EuroNest and PA-UfM, as fora for political dialogue and a tool for fostering ownership of the Neighbourhood Policy, as well as of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities for the Eastern Partnership (CORLEAP) and Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM), which enable local and regional representatives to engage in dialogue with the European Union Institutions and to pursue economic, social and local and regional cooperation;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls for the EU to explore and identify, together with its partners, priorities for integration in different policy fields, such as economic development, infrastructure and regional development, the environment, trade, education and vocational training, competition policies, SMEs, migration, security, energy and energy efficiency, with the aim of creating an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the trend of the externalisation of internal policiaim of achieving coherence in the internal and external policies of the European Union, and the close and growing links between certain internal and external issues, should be reflected in the new ENP;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of free movement of people, and supports enhancing visa facilitation and visa liberalisation within the neighbourhood, particularly for students, young people and researchers; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to further enhance mobility partnerships within the neighbourhood and develop possibilities for circular migration schemes, which would encourage and reward regular migrants; on the other hand, condemns trafficking in human beings, most of the victims of which are women, and stresses the importance of reinforcing the cooperation with partner countries in order to combat it;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the importance of free movement of people, and supports enhancing visa facilitation and visa liberalisation within the neighbourhood, particularly for students, young people and researchers; stresses that the negotiations on agreements to facilitate the issuing of visas also constitute a lever for the promotion of the values and aims of the ENP; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to further enhance mobility partnerships within the neighbourhood and develop possibilities for circular migration schemes, which would encourage and reward regular migrants and would confer reciprocal economic benefits on the EU and its neighbours;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to pay attention to the gender equality perspective when promoting vocational and academic trainings, as well as in the framework of circular migration programmes with the neighbour countries in order to strengthen women's participation to their economies;
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that high unemployment, particularly among young people, social exclusion and poverty, combined with the low political participation of women, are root causes of instability, and demands engagement beyond the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs);