4 Amendments of Andrey KOVATCHEV related to 2018/2146(INI)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the Serbian parliament still does not exercise effective oversight of the executive, and that the transparency, inclusiveness and quality of the legislative process need to be enhanced; welcomes the declining use of urgent procedures to adopt legislation; stresses, however, that the still- frequent use of urgent procedures undermines parliamentary and public scrutiny; stresses that actions that limit the ability of the Serbian parliament to conduct an effective debate on, and scrutiny of, legislation should be avoided; welcomes the Serbian parliament’s continued efforts to improve transparency through debates on Serbia’s negotiating positions on EU accession chapters, and through exchanges with the core negotiating team and with the National Convention on the European Union; stresses that the role of independent regulatory bodies, including the country’s Ombudsman, needs to be fully acknowledged andthe Anti-Corruption Agency, the National Audit Authority, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, in ensuring oversight and accountability of the executive need to be fully acknowledged and politically and administratively supported;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the finalisation of the long delayed process of school textbooks translation into Bulgarian to make possible the education for the Bulgarian national minority in mother tongue; encourages the Serbian authorities to ensure the sustainability of this process by providing sufficient number of textbooks to adequately address the needs of pupils from the minority; is concerned by the lack of progress on the translation of internal school documentation (school diaries, student grade books, school registers, etc.) for the Bulgarian minority which is enshrined in law, but not followed in practice;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Reiterates its call on the authorities to continue their efforts to eliminate the legacy of the former Communist secret services by making its files open to the public, as a step towards the democratisation of Serbia; calls on Serbia to intensify the process of succession and implementation of obligations relating to the division of the common archive of the former Yugoslavia; reiterates, in this connection, that full access to all archival materials, especially those of the former Yugoslav Secret Services (UDBA) and the Yugoslav People's Army Security Service (KOS) is of vital significance; reiterates its call to the authorities to facilitate access to those archives that concern the former republics of Yugoslavia and to return them to their respective governments if they so request;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Commends the Serbian authorities for completing their part of the highway section between Nis and Sofia; notes that more efforts need to be put in the economic and social development of the border regions in order to prevent them from depopulation;