Activities of Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN related to 2015/2003(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU-China relations PDF (189 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
– having regard to nine rounds of talks from 2002 to 2010 between high ranking representatives of the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
– having regard to ‘Tibet’s Path of Development Is Driven by an Irresistible Historical Tide’, China’s White Paper on Tibet, published by China’s State Council Information Office, 15 April 2015,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 b (new)
Citation 34 b (new)
– having regard to the 2008 Memorandum and the 2009 Note on Genuine Autonomy both presented by the Representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama,
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the development of the trade relations between China and the European Union and the achievements made in the last 40 years; calls on China and the EU to further enhance cooperation in order to improve access for SME´s in both market blocs;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of the implementation of all industrial safety standards in accordance with Chinese and international legislation , considering the recurrent safety lapses and the consequent lethal industrial accidents, as the events taken place on August 12th 2015 in the port city of Tianjin;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes the importance of China´s pledge to allow the future Hong Kong´s Chief Executive to be elected by direct universal suffrage in 2017; demands that the Chinese authorities will conduct a public and transparent election process without the involvement of any nominating committee;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the recent White Paper on China's military strategy highlightstates Beijing's intentions to further expand the Chinese navy and extend the range of its operations, shifting from ‘offshore waters defence' to ‘open seas protection'; deplores the unilateral establishment of an air-defence identification zone and the consequent claim over the navigational air control within Japanese and South Korean territory; expects this to increase the current worries of China's neighbours, to create more tensions in the Pacific and Indian Ocean and to endanger Europe's crucial interest in freedom of navigation on the seas;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. is deeply concerned that the Chinese government continues its hard-line policies against the Tibetan people, especially by rejecting the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way Approach" and to defame it as a separatist strategy as recently happened in the official Chinese 'White Paper on Tibet of April 2015'; strongly underlines and supports the Middle Way Approach which seeks neither independence nor separation from the People's Republic of China; emphasises that the Middle Way Approach calls for genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Strongly condemns any kind of state measures which aim to collectively punish people associated with self-immolators - such as friends, colleagues, families or entire villages - as violations of international law, which clearly bans collective punishment;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Highly recommends and urgently calls on China to resume the currently stalled Sino-Tibetan Dialogue as the best political instrument to achieve a mutual and realistic solution for the current instability in Tibet; is extremely worried that the current tensions may lead to an even worse situation in the near future;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. All cross-strait disputes should be settled by peaceful means on the basis of international law;