Inese VAIDERE
Constituencies
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Latvia
Pilsoniskā Savienība
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Latvia
Vienotība
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Latvia
Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
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Latvia
Pilsoniskā Savienība
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
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Latvia
Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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PPE
Member of the Bureau
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
2009/07/24 - 9999/12/31
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Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Subcommittee on Human Rights | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Committee on Foreign Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on International Trade | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Vice-Chair of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/06/21 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with South Africa | 2007/03/14 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/05/23 | 2007/06/20 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with South Africa | 2004/09/15 | 2007/03/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with South Africa | 2004/09/15 | 2007/03/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with South Africa | 2007/03/14 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/05/23 | 2007/06/20 |
| Vice-Chair of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2007/06/21 | 2009/07/13 |
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Rapporteur
| Responsible | 2012/2136(INI) | Impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights |
| Opinion | 2011/2050(INI) | Recommendation to the Council and Commission on the new EU-Russia agreement |
| Responsible | 2011/0332(NLE) | EU/Russia Agreement: introduction or increase by the Russian Federation of export duties on raw materials |
| Shadow | 2011/0328(NLE) | EU/Russia Agreement: preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the EU/Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement |
| Responsible | 2011/0322(NLE) | EU/Russia Agreement: administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood; Protocol on technical modalities |
| Opinion | 2011/0176(COD) | Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to third countries: general provisions |
| Opinion | 2007/0071(CNS) | EC/Ukraine agreement: readmission agreement |
Born
1952/09/03 Jelgavā- Studied at the University of Latvia, Economics Faculty, specialism: mathematical economics (1970-1975). Further studies at the University of Latvia (1978-1982); first degree in economics, specialism: economics of foreign countries. PhD in the economics of Latvia, University of Latvia (1992). Associate professor (1999). Professor of economics (2003).
- University of Latvia (since 1975), lecturer, research student, senior lecturer, junior professor, associate professor, professor. Member of the European Parliament (2004-2009); member, Committee on Foreign Affairs; group coordinator, Subcommittee on Human Rights; Vice-President, Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; member, Delegation for relations with South Africa. Participation: Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Temporary Committee on Climate Change.
- Member of the board, 'Pilsoniskā savienība' party (since 2009).
- Member, Riga City Council; deputy mayor (2001-2002).
- Member of the Latvian Parliament, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, member, Public Expenditure and Audit Committee (2002-2004).
- Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Latvia (1996-1997). Adviser to the Prime Minister of Latvia (1997-1998). Cabinet of the Republic of Latvia, Minister of the Environment of Latvia (1998-1999). Adviser to the President of Latvia (1999-2000).
- Member of the editorial committee, Parliament Magazine, magazine of the European Parliament (since 2005).
- Member, European board of the Transatlantic Leadership Academy (TLA) of the State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) (since 2002).
- First deputy editor-in-chief, Labrīt magazine (1993-1995). Lecturer, Eurofaculty, University of Riga (1995-1996). Board member, Riga Business Institute (1995-1996). Member, Excise Goods Board of the Republic of Latvia (1996-1997). Vice-chair, chair, Latvian Regional Development Council (1997-1999). Chair, Latvian Environmental Investment Fund (1998-1999). Vice-President, Latvian Environmental Protection Fund (1998-1999). Member, Latvia-Russia Intergovernmental Committee (1999). Vice-chair of the board, Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank (2000-2001). Head, Germany's Economic Representation in Latvia (2000-2002). President, Latvian Economic Development Forum (since 1998).
- Order of Merit of the President of Ukraine, 3rd class (December 2008).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2009/2214(INI) Sustainable EU policy for the High North
2010/11/16
AFET
5 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need for a united, coordinated EU policy on the Arctic region, in which both the EU’s priorities and the potential challenges and a strategy are clearly defined;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes the responsibility of all parties concerned for the responsible use of the Arctic’s natural resources and environmental protection; draws attention to the need to reach international agreement on ecologically responsible action in the Arctic and High North region;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes that the activities of all parties concerned in the Arctic region should be based on international agreement;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses that joint development of all the priority fields which have a bearing on the EU’s common policy on the Arctic should be combined and coordinated with that policy, including infrastructure, shipping, energy, innovation, environmental protection and sustainable economic growth;
source: PE-452.805
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2009/2216(INI) EU strategy for the South Caucasus
2010/03/18
AFET
12 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas 2009 has seen intensification
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the EU respects the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity in its relations with the South Caucasus states,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the Eastern Partnership aims at accelerating reforms, legal approximation and economic integration, and bringing tangible support for the consolidation of statehood and territorial integrity of partner countries, is based on conditionality, differentiation and joint ownership and envisages the negotiation of new Association Agreements, which will require the assent of the European Parliament,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the EU needs to play a more active political role and develop a strategy to assist the transformation of the South Caucasus into a region of sustainable peace, stability and prosperity and to use fully its potential to contribute to the peaceful solution of the conflicts in the region
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that for each of the conflicts in the region, the status quo is unacceptable and unsustainable, since such a situation bears constant risk of escalation of tensions and resumption of armed hostilities;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution After paragraph 5 - subheading The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that hundreds of thousands of persons who fled their homes during or in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh war remain and denied their right to return; calls on all parties to unambiguously and unconditionally recognise th
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that interim status for Nagorno- Karabakh c
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses that security for all is an indispensible element of any conflict settlement recognises the importance of
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Underscores the importance of free and fair elections to be held in accordance with international commitments and standards; notes that the last presidential elections held in Armenia in February 2008 were once again violent and that repercussions of the internal crisis in their aftermath are still being felt; takes not of the municipal elections held in a peaceful manner in Azerbaijan on 23 December 2009 and awaits the report of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities observation delegation thereon; calls on the Georgian authorities to ensure that the local elections scheduled for 30 May 2010 take place in accordance with international standards and that the electoral law is amended accordingly, and reaffirms that securing direct election of mayors is crucial; confirms its and the EU’s position that elections and referenda in breakaway regions are illegitimate and therefore endanger the democratic stability in the region; defends the political rights of displaced persons;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Holds the view that broader cooperation on a regional level and with the EU sectors such as economy, transport, energy and environment is essential for the optimal development of the sectors themselves and for ensuring stability in the region, but that cooperation should also embrace the building of human capital in the whole region as a long-term investment; welcomes the fact that all three countries benefit from the EU’s GSP and takes note that all of them quality for the GSP+ for sustainable development and good governance; notes that regional cooperation in the judicial and police fields and the establishment of integrated border management are essential for further promoting mobility in the region and with the EU; deplores the fact that implementation of regional projects with involvement of all three countries is still hindered by the persistence of unresolved conflicts;
source: PE-438.249
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2010/0323(NLE) EC/Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: bilateral trade in textiles. Protocol
2011/08/09
AFET
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas independent international observers have gathered e
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 point (i) (i) Remind the Uzbek authorities that human rights principles are enshrined in the text of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and that Uzbekistan has signed and ratified most UN conventions relating to human rights, civil and political rights and rights of the child but that this formal set of legal acts
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 point (ib) (new) (ib) Outline the importance of the relations between the Union and Uzbekistan on the basis of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and reiterate the Union's commitment to further deepen bilateral relations, which include trade, as well as all areas related to democratic principles, the rule of law, and respect for human and fundamental rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1point (ie) (new) (ie) Outline the importance of international observers in particular the ILO and UNICEF to continue to monitor the development of the situation of forced labour in Uzbekistan, as well as in other countries in the region;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 point (iib) (new) (iib) Call on the Uzbek Government to adopt centrally planned production objectives that take into account the existing limitations of resources and that do not hinder full enforcement of the legislation on forced labour;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 point (iii) (iii) Consent to this Protocol should only be put to the vote by Parliament
source: PE-472.062
2011/10/17
INTA
10 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the Uzbek
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O O. whereas, on the basis of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action, the EU has the moral responsibility to use its leverage
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital U Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (iii) (iii) Urge the Government of Uzbekistan to
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi) Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vii) Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (viii) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Concludes that it will only consider the consent when the recommendations set out in paragraph 1 are duly addressed by the Commission, the Council and concretely implemented by the Uzbek Government;
source: PE-473.954
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2010/2087(INI) EU Strategy for the Black Sea
2010/11/17
AFET
7 amendments...
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that EU Member States must agree on clear priorities in order that a realistic and financially sound action plan can subsequently be drawn up, together with a corresponding system for assessment of its effectiveness;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Points out that Russia has still only fulfilled the first point in the six-point agreement which it signed with Georgia on 8 September 2008, whereas Georgia has fully complied with all the points; calls on the EU therefore jointly to do everything necessary to improve the security situation in the Black Sea region, inter alia by insisting that Russia fulfil all the conditions of the six-point agreement concluded;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on all EU Member States to refrain from promoting the development of projects in the region which compete with the EU’s strategic priorities in the field of energy, particularly Nabucco;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls on the EU, at the same time, to actively develop cooperation with States in the Black Sea region and bolster their opportunities to support energy projects of interest to the EU;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Notes that the EU often acts as a political force which promotes security, wellbeing and growth in the Black Sea region and coordinates mutual relations and political developments among the States in the region, but that hitherto the EU’s presence in the region has sometimes been uncoordinated and ineffective; calls on the EEAS and the Commission, therefore, without delay to start work on drawing up a united, coordinated and clearly defined EU strategy for the Black Sea;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Stresses that the EU strategy for the Black Sea region must assign an important place to defending human rights and enhancing democracy throughout the region, which should include promoting successful mutual cooperation between its nongovernmental organisations and human rights defenders;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Notes that increasing respect for human rights and democracy around the world is among the EU's priorities; recalls that human rights violations are to be observed on a daily basis in occupied South Ossetia and Abkhazia; calls on the EU, and particularly the EEAS, therefore, to respond actively to all kinds of human rights violations in the Black Sea region;
source: PE-452.808
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2010/2124(INI) Annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2009, presented to the European Parliament in application of Part II, Section G, paragraph 43 of the Inter-institutional Agreement of 17 May 2006
2011/07/03
AFET
1 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls on the VP/HR to intensify talks with Russia to assure the unconditional fulfilment of all the provisions of the agreement of 2008 between Russia, the European Union and Georgia; takes the view Russia that should, in particular, guarantee full unlimited access of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) to Abkhazia and South Ossetia; underlines the necessity to provide stability in aforementioned Georgian regions;
source: PE-452.878
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2010/2202(INI) Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union's policy on the matter
2010/10/18
AFET
9 amendments...
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Takes the view that a consistent EU foreign policy must give absolute priority to promoting democracy, which is to be included in all agreements of cooperation and strategic partnership between the EU and third countries, given that democratic society is the basis for upholding human rights; believes that the new institutional structure of the EU, and particularly the EEAS, offers an opportunity to enhance the EU’s coherence and effectiveness in this area;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the HR/VP’s readiness to undertake a fundamental review of the effectiveness of all the EU instruments in this field, from human rights dialogues to EU guidelines, from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to the EU’s bilateral assistance and actions in multilateral fora, and to launch a consultation process on the development of a new human rights strategy; stresses the determination to and importance of the EP's full participation in this consultation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that greater priority needs to be given to improving the ability of the European Union to respond rapidly to breaches of human rights by non-EU countries, by elaborating strategic programmes of action;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reiterates its request that more and better information should be provided for the assessment of policies and that
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54 54. Calls, in the context of the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon, for the EU institutions to establish an interinstitutional cooperation mechanism on human rights defenders; understands that the creation of such a mechanism could be eased by the setting up of focal points and explicit guidelines for human rights defenders in all the EU institutions and organs
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 59a (new) 59a (new). Calls on the EU to develop a consistent strategy of response to incompliance or partial incompliance by third countries of clauses on human rights and democracy in agreements concluded with the EU;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66a (new) 66a (new). Recalls that to this day Russia has fulfilled only the first point of its Six- point ceasefire agreement with Georgia, that there are thousands of internally displaced people in Georgia and abuses of human rights take place daily in the occupied territories of South Abkhazia and Ossetia; calls on the EU to demonstrate a decisive and consequent engagement in promoting compliance by third countries of their agreements on human rights, including complete fulfilment of Six-point ceasefire agreement;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. Calls for real participation in the on- going evaluations of the human rights dialogues and consultations; asks for full access to the outcome documents and to other relevant sources; expects, as a result of the evaluations, the development of clear indicators to measure the impact of the dialogues and explicitly defined suggestions, based on country-by-country approach, to improve these outcomes and avoid any repeated failures of EU human rights consultations;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 92 92. Calls on the Commission to ensure there is coherence between the Union’s political priorities, its partnership and cooperation agreements, and the projects and programmes which it supports, particularly in connection with its bilateral programming with third countries;
source: PE-450.657
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2010/2245(INI) Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
2011/02/15
INTA
6 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that standardisation
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that, in the EU's innovation policies, particular attention must be paid to supporting eco-compatible, energy- saving and low-carbon production, protecting affordable IPR, improving SMEs‘ access to funding, making SMEs internationally active, liberalising protected markets, stabilising exchange rates, fostering the legal protection of EU companies abroad and combating unfair competition, piracy and counterfeiting;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point a (new) (a) Notes that social challenges remain an important focus of the Innovation Union; underlines that its overarching objective should be long-term development and competitiveness of the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point b (new) (b) Notes that prioritization of innovations to limited areas should be avoided in order not to lose valuable innovative potential in the long term;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Encourages the simplification of SME innovation and start-up policies; supports the creation of a European service to facilitate Innovation Partnerships; regards political and increased financial support as crucial in fostering innovation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the single European patent and the European Company Statute need to be adopted to promote the transition to extra-Community trade; underlines the need to reduce the costs
source: PE-458.746
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2011/0276(COD) Structural instruments: common provisions for ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund, EAFRD and EMFF; general provisions applicable to ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund
2012/05/06
REGI
1 amendments...
Amendment 1234 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 84 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) For Member States which acceded to the Union before 2013, whose GDP per capita is below 75% of the EU 27 average, and whose average real GDP growth 2008- 2010 was lower than the EU 27 average, the cohesion policy allocation shall not be lower than in the period 2007-2013.
source: PE-491.056
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2011/0280(COD) Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
2012/07/18
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 21 (21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with
source: PE-491.238
2012/07/19
AGRI
3 amendments...
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 1 and 2a shall not apply to farmers who received less than EUR
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Member States shall establish appropriate objective and non- discriminatory criteria to ensure that no direct payments are granted to a natural or legal person whose agricultural activities form only an insignificant part of its overall economic activities, and whose income from agricultural activities form less than a certain percentage of total incomes of the beneficiary.
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set, for each Member State, the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme by deducting from the annual national ceiling established in Annex II the annual amounts
source: PE-492.792
2012/07/23
AGRI
2 amendments...
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 Farmers
Amendment 1550 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. The first paragraph shall not apply to farms: - where the arable land is entirely used for grass production or other herbaceous forage, entirely left fallow, entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year or a combination of these, or; - where the arable land of the farmer covers up to 50 hectares and more than 50% of the eligible agricultural area of the holding is covered by permanent crops.
source: PE-494.483
2012/07/24
AGRI
9 amendments...
Amendment 1625 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Member States shall ensure the maintenance of the ratio of the land under permanent grassland in relation to the total agricultural area. That obligation shall apply at national or regional level. The reference ratio shall be established as relation between the land under permanent grassland and total agricultural area declared by the farmers in 2014.
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 1667 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules concerning the increase of reference areas under permanent grassland as laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the renewal of permanent grassland, the reconversion of agricultural area into permanent grassland in case the authorised decrease referred to in paragraph 2 is exceeded, as well as the modification of the reference areas under permanent grassland in case of transfer of land. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 laying down rules on maintenance of permanent grassland, in particular to ensure that measures are taken to maintain the ratio, including individual obligations to be respected such as obligation to reconvert areas into permanent grassland where it is established that the ratio of land under permanent grassland is decreasing.
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 1763 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the minimum percentage indicated in paragraph 1 is reduced to: - 5% in cases of joint undertakings of groups of farmers putting in place continuous, adjacent ecological focus areas; - 1,5% in the Member States with at least 45% of their total terrestrial area covered by forests or; - 1,5% in the Member States where utilised agricultural area constitute is less than 35% of the total terrestrial area.
Amendment 2046 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, pigmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice.
Amendment 2112 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to use
Amendment 2118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) up to 20% provided that they applied, until 31 December 2013, the single area payment scheme as laid down in Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or financed measures under Article 111 of that Regulation, or are concerned by the derogation provided for in Article 69(5), or, in the case of Malta, in Article 69(1) of that Regulation; and/or
Amendment 2123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) up to 10% provided that they allocated, during at least one year in the period 2010- 2013, more than 5 % of their amount available for granting the direct payments provided for in Titles III, IV and V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, with the exception of Section 6 of Chapter 1 of Title IV, for financing the measures laid down in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of paragraph 1(a) and paragraphs 1(b) and (e) of Article 68 of that Regulation, or the measures under Chapter 1, with the exception of Section 6, of Title IV of that Regulation.
source: PE-494.487
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2011/2008(INI) State of implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia
2011/09/13
AFET
18 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the sustainable development of any country
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas an enhanced cooperation between the EU and Central Asia is of mutual strategic interest in order to diversify and deepen the political, social and economic relations,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the level and nature of the EU’s engagement must be differentiated and conditional, depending on measurable progress in the fields of democratisation, human rights, good governance, sustainable socio-economic development, the rule of law and the fight against corruption, following lines similar to the principles of the EU’s neighbourhood policy (i.e. ‘more for more’);
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the existence of regular and frank human rights dialogues with all five countries
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Strongly supports the immediate opening of fully-fledged EU delegations in all the countries of Central Asia as a means of increasing the presence and visibility of the EU in the region and long-term cooperation and engagement with all sectors of society and fostering progress towards better understanding and the emergence of the rule of law and respect for human rights;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Approves the holding of regular regional EU-Central Asia summits and calls for an EU-Central Asia parliamentary forum to be established as a means of assessing and contributing to the contents of the summit talks; underlines the importance of the regular bilateral parliamentary cooperation in the framework of the existing Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and interparliamentary meetings with the Central Asian countries; considers in this regard the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements as the institutional basis for an enhanced parliamentarian exchange providing mutual understanding and respect; supports therefore PCAs with all five Central Asian countries;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a strengthening of the human rights dialogues in order to make them more effective and result-oriented; calls in this regard for a broad involvement of the European Parliament in monitoring these dialogues; urges the Council and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Emphasises that democratic and economic progress is interconnected; reaffirms its support for the economic diversification of the countries of Central Asia as a way to achieve economic development and a steady GDP growth; in this regard, calls on the governments of the countries of Central Asia to develop, implement and monitor policies that facilitate foreign investments, foster innovation and improve the environment for true private entrepreneurship, including microcredits especially for projects of independent women;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Stresses the need for the governments of the countries of Central Asia to promote and support the proliferation of SMEs and calls on the EU to facilitate cooperation between SMEs from the EU and SMEs from Central Asia;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Supports a stronger integration in the world economy by the Central Asian countries, in particular through international cooperation with and accession to WTO;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26.
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the EEAS, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia, and the governments and parliaments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
source: PE-472.027
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2011/2050(INI) Recommendation to the Council and Commission on the new EU-Russia agreement
2011/04/27
INTA
3 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Hopes that the Commission will be able to negotiate a strong new agreement, based on the four common spaces and with clear indications on regulatory and legislative issues and enforcement instruments; underlines that 75% of FDI in Russia comes from the EU and that the EU is by far Russia's main trading partner , and emphasises that a legally binding agreement on trade and investment, compliant with the WTO regulations, laying the foundations for a dispute settlement regime and framework provisions to foster transparency and limit state intervention, is essential;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Supports the Commission's efforts to include a comprehensive chapter on the protection of the rights of all forms of intellectual property, including technology transfers, in the new agreement; calls on the Commission to monitor EU high-technology transfer and know-how in order to avoid piracy, counterfeit and unfair competition;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Partnership of Modernisation as a pragmatic initiative towards a new agreement; notes in this regard as a positive development the recent initiative by President Medvedev to eliminate excessive influence of state- owned companies on the investment climate in the country and to limit the influence of state authorities in privately- owned companies; regrets however the hesitation on the Russian side to implement reforms and remove all obstacles to a mutually beneficial agreement by improving the local environment for business, especially SMEs, and investment, fighting corruption, removing protectionism,
source: PE-464.704
2012/11/09
AFET
16 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – having regard to the Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials (A7-0178/2012);
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU's evolving common foreign and security policy should include Russia as a strategic partner; whereas Russia is
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU and Russia are
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas these changes, along with the new challenges and opportunities facing the EU-Russia relationship, have to be addressed on both the bilateral and the multilateral level; whereas the basis for a genuine strategic partnership should be an ambitious
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the European Union continues to be committed to further deepening and developing its relations with Russia, on the basis of common interests and a commitment to uphold universal values and principles; whereas there are serious concerns about developments in the Russian Federation with regard to protection of human rights and compliance with commonly agreed democratic principles, electoral rules and procedures;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j (j) strengthen the EU-Russia human rights dialogue, so that it becomes an effective tool for advancing human rights in Russia; call, in particular, on the Russian authorities to refrain from undue restrictions on peaceful assembly, ensure protection of human rights defenders, stop impunity for past abuses and for murder of activists, particularly in the North Caucasus, create a climate in which of civil society organisations can operate without fear of harassment or intimidation, in particular, refrain from the misuse of anti-extremism legislation involving the illegal implementation of criminal laws against civil society organisations, and ensure full compliance with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) promote
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point q (q) pursue the efforts
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r (r) take into due consideration the deep
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s (s) closely watch and assess Russia's compliance with WTO rules and
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v (v) encourage the Russian counterparts to show the political will to reach an agreement on legally binding ‘trade and investments’ provisions that are to be built on the provisions already included in the PCA and that are in line with WTO accession; recall that EU's objective in this area is to improve and stabilise the business environment, as this would be beneficial to both parties and further promote the objectives set by the Partnership for Modernisation launched in 2010;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v a (new) (va) address the continuing problem of the production and sale of counterfeit products in Russia;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y (y) ensure the inclusion of a substantial and legally binding chapter on energy to secure a reliable and cost-efficient energy supply to the EU, and to organise such an energy partnership on the principles of transparency, fair competition, reciprocity and non-discrimination; emphasize that addressing the unresolved questions relating to energy supply to the EU Member States is a precondition for the development of stable and prospering trade relations with Russia; ensure that the principles of Energy Charter Treaty become an integral part of the new agreement;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y a (new) (ya) ensure the inclusion of a legally binding chapter on the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z (z) promote further cooperation in the fields of research, education, culture and science; foster a common understanding of the history of the twentieth century;
source: PE-494.667
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2011/2079(INI) Negotiations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement. Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS
2011/06/22
INTA
3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Welcomes the stable and progressive cooperation from Moldova in the ongoing negotiations on the Association Agreement on the different elements of cooperation including on Foreign and Security Policy, energy cooperation, human rights and trade, that have lead to a successful and timely closure of most chapters of negotiations;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls, therefore, for an ambitious and fair negotiating agenda to be drawn up for the DCFTA, focusing on removing deterrents to bilateral trade and investment, namely legal and regulatory differences in technical, sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards and remaining tasks regarding Moldova's
source: PE-467.281
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2011/2133(INI) Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement
2011/09/28
AFET
4 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the unresolved Russia-Georgia conflict hampers the stability and development of Georgia; whereas Russia continues to occupy the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, in violation of the fundamental norms and principles of international law; whereas ethnic cleansing and forcible demographic changes have taken place in the areas under the effective control of the occupying force, which bears the responsibility for human rights violations in these areas;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to recognise Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia as occupied territories;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g (g) to intensify talks with the Russian Federation to assure th
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) to call on Russia to re
source: PE-472.326
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2011/11/18
LIBE
5 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that EU citizenship is the fundamental status of Member States’ nationals; underlines the close link between the rights inherent to EU citizenship and those enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is concerned about the situation of stateless persons permanently resident in Member States; calls in this regard on the Member States to
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that, given the low number of EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own who exercise their right to vote or stand as candidate in European or local elections in their place of residence, the Commission and Member States should promote such participation
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 source: PE-475.993
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2011/2315(INI) Negotiations of the EU/Armenia Association Agreement. Recommendation to the Council, Commission and the EEAS
2012/02/29
AFET
5 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas deeply concerning reports exist of illegal activities exercised by Armenian troops on the occupied Azerbaijani territories, namely, regular military manoeuvres, renewal of military hardware and personnel and deepening of defensive echelons;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) ensure that the conclusion of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement, in line with the demands made in the Parliament’s Report on the need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus of 23 April 2010 and with OSCE Minsk Group Basic Principles, is linked to a substantial progress towards the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including confidence-building measures and active incident-prevention on the line of contact, the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the all occupied territories of Azerbaijan surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and their gradual return to Azerbaijani control, the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their home places and properties and international security guarantees that would include a genuine multinational peacekeeping operation;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (c a) believes that the presence of the EU in the OSCE Minsk group should be considered to increase the EU’s involvement in the resolution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (g a) notes that a genuinely international peacekeeping mission should monitor the safe return of the displaced people to their home in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the complete withdrawal of Armenian troops of the occupied territories;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point q a (new) (q a) notes in this regard the need to investigate concerning reports of a settlement building policy implemented by Armenian authorities to increase Armenian population in the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh;
source: PE-483.713
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2011/2316(INI) Negotiations of the EU/Azerbaijan Association Agreement. Recommendation to the Council, Commission and the EEAS
2012/01/03
AFET
13 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the Eastern Partnership strengthens the multilateral relations between the countries involved, contributes to the exchange of information and experience on the issues of transformation, reform and modernisation, and provides the European Union with additional instruments to support these processes;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the EU in its relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan respects the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity and in its approach to resolving regional conflicts supports the basic principles of the Helsinki Final Act, i.e. Non-Use of Force, Territorial Integrity, and the Equal Rights and Self- Determination of Peoples;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) ensure that the conclusion of the EU-Azerbaijan Association Agreement, in line with the demands made in the Parliament's Report on the need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus of 23 April 2010 and with OSCE Minsk Group Basic Principles, is linked to a substantial progress towards the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including confidence-building measures and active incident-prevention on the line of contact, the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their home places and properties and international security guarantees that would include a genuine multinational peacekeeping operation;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b (b) incorporate in the Association Agreement clauses and benchmarks on the protection and promotion of human rights which reflect the principles and rights enshrined in the Constitution of Azerbaijan and the highest international and European standards, drawing to the fullest possible extent on Council of Europe and OSCE frameworks and insisting particularly on the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and their right to return in safety and dignity to their home lands; ensure that the negotiations take full account of the need to safeguard the rights and livelihoods of internally displaced persons;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) notes that a genuinly international peacekeeping mission should monitor the safe return of the displaced people to their home in the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the complete withdrawal of Armenian troops of the occupied territories;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b b (new) (b b) believes that the presence of the EU in the OSCE Minsk group should be considered to increase the EU's involvement in the resolution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f b (new) (f b) stress that hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons who fled their homes during or in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh war remain displaced and denied their rights, including the right to return, property rights and the right to personal security; those rights should be unconditionally respected and provided without any delay; call to the Commission and Members Sates to continue and extend the EU assistance and financial support to Azerbaijan in dealing with the situation of displaced persons;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (g a) encourage Russia which is a key partner in the resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, to assume a more constructive role that is not based on maintaining the status quo but on ending the regional arms race and on achieving a permanent solution, to refrain from any unilateral attempts to modify the updated version of Madrid principles and to continue to work closely with two other Co-chairs to convince the parties to accept them as a basis for further negotiations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g b (new) (g b) call for the support of Turkey in playing a constructive role in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and in fulfilling its responsibility in that region;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n a (new) (n a) emphasise the vital importance of Azerbaijan in the diversification of the energy supplies and routes of their delivery to Europe, and in this connection commends the efforts of Azerbaijan in promoting such pioneering projects as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and the Baku- Tbilisi-Erzurum pipelines, which played a significant role in the opening-up the resource potential of the Caspian basin to the international markets as well as the fulfilment of the AGRI Project, the first ever Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) transport and delivery system at the Black Sea, together with Georgia and Romania;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n a (new) (n a) welcomes the Council mandate signed on 12 September 2011 to conclude a legally binding agreement between the EU, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on the Trans-Caspian pipeline;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n b (new) (n b) ensure the continued focused attention of the EU to the development of the energy cooperation with Azerbaijan and sustainable support by the EU in political, financial and technological fields;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r a (new) (r a) to further encourage a profound level of cooperation with and within the Eastern Partnership, as well as to regularly inform the European Parliament on its progress;
source: PE-483.714
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2012/2025(INI) Enlargement: policies, criteria and EU's strategic interests
2012/08/06
AFET
1 amendments...
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out that the EU continues to be attractive, also because of its unique combination of economic dynamism with a social model, and regrets that this social dimension has been largely neglected in the enlargement process; invites the Commission to reflect on possible options
source: PE-487.935
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2012/2029(INI) Engaging in energy policy cooperation with partners beyond our borders: strategic approach to secure, sustainable and competitive energy supply
2012/03/30
AFET
14 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) -1 b. Notes that coordination between the Member States and the Commission in the field of energy policy would contribute to a greater transparency, strength and efficiency, including when negotiating new contracts and a common, equal system of energy prices;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1 c. Emphasises that creation of an information exchange mechanism for inter-governmental agreements between the EU Member States and third countries on energy policy would greatly enhance policy transparency, coordination and efficiency in the EU as a whole.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 e (new) -1 e. Underlines therefore, that a strong, united EU energy policy action is essential and urges Member States to cease actions in their external and energy policy and contracts that do not reflect the common energy policy and security interests of the EU and rival its strategic projects, such as Nabucco;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that given the Union
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1 g. Underlines that any energy agreement including the bilateral agreements should reflect accepted legal principles and level playing field for competition and investment in energy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 h (new) 1 h. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure a connected internal energy market that can withstand external pressures and attempts to use energy supply and prices as a tool of foreign policy pressure, stresses therefore the need to increase resources for projects interlinking energy markets in the EU and complete European gas and electricity infrastructure networks by the end of 2015, in particular the Baltic interconnection plan, as set out in the Third Energy Package of the EU;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -2 a (new) -2 a. Underlines that the common EU energy policy and strategic goals should be appropriately reflected in its external relations, regional and European Neighbourhood policies;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines the need for closer energy relations, strategic cooperation and political dialogue with the countries of the Mediterranean region, Africa, the Middle East, the South Caucasus, Central Asia and the littoral states of the Caspian and the Black Sea in a comprehensive manner, across all energy areas, in particular on deployment of future-oriented, competitive energy technologies;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Is in favour of political dialogue with Norway and Russia over the exploration of new energy sources in the Barents Sea, while ensuring protection of the vulnerable environment of the Arctic region, responsible use of its resources, and representation of the common interests of the EU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Regards external political dialogue as essential to decoupling global economic growth from the use of energy resources, and to promoting more predictable energy markets, as well as being beneficial to political relations; asks the European Commission to bring attention to planned energy projects and powerplants at EU borders that do not comply with international safety standards; stresses the importance of dialogue with emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa, in addition to other key consumer countries such as the United States and Japan;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Also calls for a coordinated, unified EU policy strategy for new energy suppliers to be developed, with special attention also to enhancement of conditions for competition in the EU to open up opportunities for new suppliers to enter the EU market;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Emphasises the need to ensure adherence to high standards of nuclear safety on the international level, especially in countries in the neighbourhood of the EU;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that energy policy cooperation must contribute to the promotion of the core values of the Union, such as respect for human rights, democracy, good governance, the rule of law, social dialogue, the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment, and
source: PE-486.106
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2012/2062(INI) Review of the EU's human rights strategy
2012/09/28
AFET
18 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) - having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions from 25 October 2011 entitled 'A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility' (COM(2011) 681),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) - having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 c (new) - having regard to its resolution of 18 April 2012 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union's policy on the matter, including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0126
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 d (new) - having regard to its resolution of 20 January 2011 on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion1, __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0021
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) - having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the European Endowment for Democracy adopted on 1 December 2011, at its 3130th meeting and the Declaration on the establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy agreed in COREPER on 15 December 2011,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 b (new) - having regard to the European Parliament recommendation of 29 March 2012 to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 c (new) - having regard to the recent establishment of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU has developed an extensive toolbox of instruments as a policy framework to support this obligation, including human rights guidelines, a global financial instrument on human rights and democracy (the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)), a requirement for all external financial instruments – such as the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the Instrument for Stability (IfS), the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), the Pre-Accession Instrument (IPA) and the Partnership Instrument (PI) – to promote human rights and democracy within their remit, establishment of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) and appointment of the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Council declarations and conclusions, statements by the High Representative, EU démarches, EU sanctions in the event of severe human rights violations and, more recently, human rights country strategies;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the events of the ‘Arab Spring’ as well as experience gained with countries of the Eastern Partnership both during and in pre-transition period have demonstrated the need to reshape the Neighbourhood Policy in order to give higher priority to dialogue with societies, which is indispensable to democratisation and transition processes; whereas this renewed policy should aim at further engaging partner countries in deeper democratic reforms and respect for fundamental rights on the basis of the ‘more for more’ approach and of mutual accountability between partner countries, the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Underlines the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the field of Human Rights as epressed in the EC communication on renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility referring among others to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; stresses the need of inclusion of CSR to EU human rights strategies;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that human rights and democracy objectives necessarily require specific, measurable, achievable, time- bound criteria aimed at assessing the level of respect for fundamental freedoms, human rights and rule of law; considers, in this connection, that the EU should make full use of the relevant instruments and expertise of the UN and of the Council of Europe including implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights as a viable element of such HR and Democracy single benchmark catalogue for the member countries of Council of Europe, and should clearly differentiate its political conclusions from a legal and technical evaluation;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Recalls the policy lessons learned from the Arab Spring, including the need to reverse previous policies focused mainly on relations with authorities and to establish an effective partnership between the EU and the governments and civil societies of partner countries; stresses the importance of creating programmes and supporting projects that allow for contact between civil societies in the EU and in third countries; welcomes the fact that the Eastern Partnership human rights dialogues are complemented by joint civil society seminars and reaffirms its support to the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to use the model of an institutionalised civil society consultation mechanism set out in the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement as a starting-point for the development of even more inclusive mechanisms for all agreements; understands the core of the EU's new approach as strengthening societies by means of active domestic accountability so as to support their capacity to take part in public decision-making and democratic governance processes; believes that this domestic accountability should become a central pillar of the external financial instruments currently under review;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Recalls the policy lessons learned from the Arab Spring as well as experience gained with countries of the Eastern Partnership both during and in pre- transition period , including the need to reverse previous policies focused mainly on relations with authorities and to establish an effective partnership between the EU and the governments and civil societies of partner countries, in this regard underlines the important role of the newly established EED both in EU neighbourhood countries and in other regions; stresses the importance of creating programmes and supporting projects that allow for contact between civil societies in the EU and in third countries; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to use the model of an institutionalised civil society consultation mechanism set out in the EU- South Korea Free Trade Agreement as a starting-point for the development of even more inclusive mechanisms for all agreements; understands the core of the EU's new approach as strengthening societies by means of active domestic accountability so as to support their capacity to take part in public decision- making and democratic governance processes; believes that this domestic accountability should become a central pillar of the external financial instruments currently under review;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Notes that although the events of the Arab Spring were expected to bring pro- democratic transformation, in many cases they resulted in the deterioration of the freedoms and rights of religious minorities; therefore strongly condemns all acts of violence against Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other religious communities, as well as all kinds of discrimination and intolerance based on religion and belief against religious people, apostates and non believers; stresses once again, in line with its earlier resolutions, that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Stresses th
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Stresses that these events have demonstrated wilful blindness on the part of the EU to the realities of Arab Spring societies, including the situation of young people in those countries, which suggests the need to create exchange programmes or open up European programmes to Arab Spring youth, and for civil-society-based reflection on the causes and consequences of the lack of awareness in relation to these societies; points out that such reflection could be enhanced by the establishment of a Euro-Arab Youth Convention; underlines that strong bonds with civil society in the countries of the Eastern Partnership fostered among others by the exchange programmes, traineeships in EU's and EU Member State's institutions and scholarships at European universities are indispensable for future development and consolidation of democracy in those countries;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Stresses a crucial role of the National Human Rights Institutions and cooperation of those bodies in EU and Neighbourhood Countries; encourages initiatives aimed at transferring of good practices, coordinating and animating cooperation between UE and Neighbourhood NHRI such as the programme for cooperation between Ombudsmen from Eastern Partnership countries 2009-2013 that was jointly set up by the Polish and French Ombudsmen with a view to enhancing the ability of Ombudsmen's offices, government bodies and non-governmental organisations in Eastern Partnership countries to protect individual rights and build democratic states based on the rule of law; stresses the need for such action to be coordinated within the EU and for the EU institutions to draw on the experience gained in connection therewith; underlines the need of encouraging creation of NHRI in the Neighbourhood Countries that do not have them in their legal systems;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Recommends that Parliament improve its own procedures in relation to human rights issues, including through the revision of its Guidelines for EP Interparliamentary Delegations on promoting human rights and democracy; is of the opinion that each standing delegation of Parliament should have a Member, selected among its Chair and Vice-Chairs, specifically tasked with monitoring the human rights portfolio on the region or country concerned, and that the persons designated should report regularly to Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights; stresses the need for a revision of the model for the plenary debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in order to allow for more frequent debates with broader participation by Members, a greater degree of responsiveness to human rights violations and other unforeseen events on the ground, and greater potential for follow-up to past debates and resolutions; stresses the need for better utilisation of the potential of the Sakharov Prize Network by the EP and other EU institutions;
source: PE-496.432
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2012/2145(INI) Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter
2012/02/10
AFET
22 amendments...
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the European Neighbourhood Policy adopted on June 20th, 2011 at its 3101st meeting
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 b (new) - having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the European Endowment for Democracy adopted on December 1st 2011, at its 3130th meeting and the Declaration on the establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy agreed in COREPER on 15th of December 2011
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) - having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 20 January 2011 on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion1; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0021
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) - having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions from 25 October 2011 entitled "A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility";
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 b (new) - having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Regrets that selective justice frequently manifests itself in new and transitional democracies under the guise of the rule of law and war on corruption; regrets that selective justice has become little more than a means to seek political revenge and to settle accounts with political dissenters by intimidating and marginalising opposition, especially in the run-up to elections; remains concerned about the crime allegations and politically motivated charges against members of the opposition in Ukraine, and urges the Ukrainian authorities to put an end to the ongoing harassment of the opposition which is a serious obstacle in the country's efforts to guarantee rule of law and democratic values;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Reiterates its strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue their political, diplomatic, logistical and financial backing of the ICC and other international criminal tribunals, including the ad hoc international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; regrets that without UN Security Council agreement, a referral of Syria to ICC is impossible
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the mutually reinforcing nature of human rights and democracy, as it is through respect for human rights that societies create the free political space needed for peaceful democratic contestation; welcomes the decision to create European Endowment for Democracy expressed in: 2011 in Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the European Neighbourhood Policy adopted on June 20th, 2011, the Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the European Endowment for Democracy adopted on December 1st 2011 and the Declaration on the establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy agreed in COREPER on 15th of December 2011, which with the support and input expressed in European Parliament recommendation of 29 March 2012 to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2011/2245(INI)), led to the establishment of European Endowment for Democracy in following year 2012, to support pro-democratic agents of change in pre-transition and in democratic transition countries
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. welcomes measures undertaken and plans developed in 2011 by UE institutions and Member States aimed at creation of a more coherent and coordinated policy supporting Corporate Social Responsibility among others for human rights in the world and implementation of 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Reiterates its concern, however, with the persistently disappointing lack of progress in a number of human rights dialogues, and the lack of transparent benchmarks to genuinely assess improvements or deterioration in human rights; notes the continued EU difficulties to negotiate improved modalities for
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Recommends, in order to enhance the credibility of the human rights clause and the predictability of EU action, that the clause be further developed to include political and legal procedural mechanisms to be used in the event of a request for the suspension of bilateral cooperation on the grounds of repeated and/or systematic human rights violations in breach of international law;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Notes that the EU is developing a human rights monitoring mechanism to be included as part of new partnership and cooperation agreements, and other trade agreements, with a number of countries;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Reiterates its recommendation that the EU adopt a more
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 64. Welcomes the assessment by human rights organisations that the use of the death penalty in 2011 broadly confirms the global trend towards abolition;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64 a (new) 64a. Regrets, however, that there was a significant increase in executions in particular in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia; expresses serious disappointment at the refusal of China to disclose credible information about its use of death penalty and executions that, according to Amnesty International, number in the thousands, further urges the Chinese authorities to stop the extensive and politicized use of the death penalty and to ensure procedural safeguards in its legal system guaranteeing the protection of those sentenced to death, including the right to a fair trial conform to international standards; recalls with concern that Belarus is the only European country to continue use the death penalty; urges the EU and its Member States consistently to bring this issue up in their dialogues with these countries and request more transparency with regard to death penalty sentences and executions and in accordance with international standards of fairness to guarantee the protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty;;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 81. Remains deeply concerned that discrimination based on religion or belief continues and has increased in many regions of the world, and that persons belonging to particular religious communities, including religious minorities, continue to be denied their human rights;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 a (new) 81a. Notices that paradoxically the events of the Arab Spring expected to bring pro democratic transformation at the same time brought in many cases the deterioration of the freedoms and rights of religious minorities and therefore strongly condemns all acts of violence against Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other religious communities as well as all kinds of discrimination and intolerance based on religion and belief against religious people, apostates and non believers; stresses once again in the context expressed in its resolution of January 20, 2011 on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion and its resolution of 18 April 2012 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union's policy on the matter, including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy, that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 b (new) 81b. Is particularly concerned by the situation in China where individuals who practise their religion outside officially sanctioned channels, including Christians, Muslims, Buddhists systematically face persecution, despite the constitutional guarantee for freedom of religion in China; further calls on the Chinese governments to put an end to its campaign of ill-treatment and harassment directed at Falun Gong practitioners who face long prison terms and re-education through labour facilities for exercising their right to freedom of religion and belief, aimed at forcing them to renounce their spiritual beliefs, despite China's ratification of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 c (new) 81c. Urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as it has promised, as well as to respect all its human rights related international obligations and constitutional provisions for religious freedom for all its citizens;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 81 d (new) 81d. Urges the Chinese authorities to suspend and subsequently amend, through genuinely consultative processes with Tibetans, the policies that are destructive to Tibetan Buddhism, culture and tradition and instead allow Tibetans to preserve, practice and develop their religious traditions; it further urges the authorities to stop imposing restrictions on religious education, training of clergy, day-to-day management of monasteries and nunneries, and on the conduct of religious practice and festivals, as methods part of official systematic efforts to eradicate religious belief;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 83. Stresses that international human rights law recognises freedom of religion or belief regardless of registration status, so registration should not be a mandatory precondition for practising one's religion; points out with concern, furthermore, that in China
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 83 a (new) 83a. Notes with concern the low level of respect for religious freedom in many countries, and in some cases increasing restrictions of religious freedom leading to societal intolerance in countries such as Nigeria, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, North Korea; further urges governments to stop using blasphemy laws to restrict the rights of religious minorities, as in the case of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and to stop the use of extremism charges to target minority religions as in Russia
source: PE-496.431
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2012/2153(INI) Negotiations on an enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement between the EU and Kazakhstan. Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS
2012/09/13
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8 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) - having regard Statement to the European Parliament on Kazakhstan on behalf of HR Catherine Ashton delivered by Danish Foreign Minster Villy Søvndal on 14 March 2012 (A 122/12)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the E
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c (c)
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r (r)
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) emphasise the importance of the EU- Kazakhstan energy cooperation particularly in efforts to develop Trans- Caspian energy route; ensure continued attention of the EU on the support to enhancing energy security, sustainable energy development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission, the EEAS and the Government and Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
source: PE-496.305
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2012/2253(INI) 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS. Recommandation to the EEAS and the Council
2013/04/08
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3 amendments...
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas, in the case of the Arab revolutions, it has become apparent that the EU is unable to ensure, in the short term, a reallocation of resources, including staff, to match new political priorities; whereas the size and staff profiles of EU delegations must reflect the Union's strategic interests and local linguistic context;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N N. whereas, at a time when Member States' governments are seriously reducing their diplomatic and consular presence, the EEAS should be seen as an opportunity to foster greater cooperation and synergies with Member States' embassies;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. to further pursue and intensify efforts to achieve better gender and geographical balance, with due regard to merit and competences and local language proficiency;
source: PE-508.192
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2013/2082(INI)
2013/05/13
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5 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the right to freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental freedom of each human being, interrelated with other human rights and fundamental freedoms, as enshrined in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly called for an ambitious toolkit to advance the right to freedom of religion or belief as part of an efficient EU external policy, that recognizes that ensuring freedom of religion or belief and promoting tolerance and understanding are indispensable elements in reaching its overall external action goals;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas according to the standards of international law, countries have the duty to provide effective protection to all their citizens and all other inhabitants; whereas discrimination based on religion or belief
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b (b) Violence against religious communities, with political, socio- economic or ideological roots, persists in many parts of the world; clear and prompt condemnation by the European Union of all forms of violence and discrimination should be a basic element of EU policy in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c (c) The purpose and scope of the EU Guidelines should be to promote and protect freedom of religion or belief in third countries, to mainstream freedom of religion or belief in all the EU's external actions and human rights policies and to develop clear benchmarks, criteria, standards and a practical orientation in order to enhance the promotion of freedom of religion or belief in the work of civil servants and EU officials, and thus contribute to more coherence, effectiveness and visibility in the EU's external relations.
source: PE-510.655
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