Véronique DE KEYSER

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Constituencies

Belgium Parti Socialiste 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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Groups

S&D Vice-Chair Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament 2012/06/07 - 9999/12/31

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Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Member of	Committee on Development	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2012/01/19	9999/12/31

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Development	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners	2006/01/19	2007/02/14
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2006/11/14	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2004/07/21	2006/11/13
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2001/10/04	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2001/10/02	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2001/10/02	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2001/10/04	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2004/07/21	2006/11/13
Substitute of	Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners	2006/01/19	2007/02/14
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2006/11/14	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2007/01/31	2009/07/13

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council	2009/09/16	9999/12/31

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2007/03/14	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2007/05/23	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2004/09/15	2007/03/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	2002/02/07	2004/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council	2001/10/04	2002/01/14
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council	2001/10/04	2002/01/14
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	2002/02/07	2004/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2004/09/15	2007/03/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2007/03/14	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2007/05/23	2009/07/13

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Rapporteur

Responsible	2011/2032(INI)	EU external policies in favour of democratisation
Opinion	2010/2142(DEC)	2009 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
Responsible	2010/2070(INI)	Health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health
Opinion	2009/0155(NLE)	EC/Israel Agreement: Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA). Additional Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
Opinion	2008/2026(BUD)	2009 budget: Section III, Commission
Opinion	2008/2025(BUD)	2009 budget: first reflections on the 2009 PDB mandate for the conciliation
Responsible	2007/2217(INI)	EU Election Observation Missions: objectives, practices and future challenges
Opinion	2007/2037(DEC)	2006 discharge: EC general budget, Section III, Commission
Responsible	2007/0241(NLE)	EC/Israel Framework Agreement: participation in Community programmes (Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement)
Responsible	2006/2150(INI)	EC/Syria agreement: negociations with a view to the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement
Opinion	2006/2128(INI)	MEDA programme and financial support to Palestine: evaluation, implementation and control
Responsible	2005/2215(INI)	The situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in the reconstruction and the democratic process in countries after a conflict
Opinion	2005/2001(BUD)	2006 budget: Section III, Commission
Opinion	2004/2209(INI)	Policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013
Opinion	2004/2006(INI)	Building our common future : policy challenges and budgetary means for the enlarged Union 2007-2013
Opinion	2003/2037(INI)	Future budget needs for external activities
Responsible	2003/2005(INI)	Annual report on the human rights in the world in 2003 and the Union's policy on this matter
Opinion	2002/2235(INI)	MEDA programme, Mediterranean countries (Regulation (EC) No 1488/96). Annual report 2000

Born

1945/03/23 Etterbeek

Degree in psychology, Free University of Brussels (ULB, 1968). Doctorate in work psychology with Approche psychologique de l'expérience ouvrière à travers les systèmes (1974). Researcher in psychology at the ULB and the Brussels Industrial Study and Research Centre (1968-1984); junior lecturer at the University of Liège (1984); lecturer at the University of Liège (1988); Dean of the Psychology and Education Science Faculty at the University of Liège (1990-1998); visiting lecturer at the Universities of Oporto, Moscow and Toulouse-Le Mirail. President of the Belgian Psychology Society (1990-1994).
Member of the European Parliament (since 2001).
President of the European Work and Organisational Psychology Association (since 1997).
Co-author of Human error prevention and well-being at work in West Europe and Russia (Kluwer, 2001) and author of L'erreur humaine (Labor), Petits crimes sans importance. La flexibilité au travail (Luc Pire) and A la vie comme à la mort (Luc Pire).

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
1	2009/2133(INI) Institutional aspects of creating a European service for external action 2009/10/16 AFET 1 amendments... Amendment 14 # Vincent PEILLON, Véronique DE KEYSER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point b (b) the EEAS must deal with the CFSP and the common security and defence policy (CSDP) and with the tasks and policies currently dealt with by the Directorate- General for External Relations (DG Relex) in the Commission; in addition, the High Representative, jointly with the Commissioners concerned, should present a comprehensive proposal on how other major external action-related policies will be organised in the new institutional set- up; enlargement, trade, development and humanitarian aid together constitute a substantial part of the EU's overall external policies~~; there are compelling reasons to include development policy in~~, but their autonomy must be preserved, so that they cannot be included in the remit of the new service; source: PE-429.630
1	2009/2213(INI) EU strategy for the relations with Latin America 2010/02/19 AFET 1 amendments... Amendment 69 # Richard HOWITT, Véronique DE KEYSER, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. In order to complete the first phase, firmly supports the resumption of negotiations on the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, the conclusion of negotiations on the EU-Central America Association Agreement and the multi- party trade agreement between the EU and the countries of the Andean Community, before the Madrid summit, the revision of the 2003 political and cooperation agreement with the Andean Community before the Madrid summit and the deepening of the existing Association Agreements with Mexico and Chile; source: PE-438.495
24	2010/2070(INI) Health care systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health 2010/07/15 DEVE 24 amendments... Amendment 1 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) - having regard to the conclusions of the October 2008 Oslo conference on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as a means of ensuring observance of the rights of internally displaced persons, i.e. persons displaced against their will as the result of conflict, persecution, natural disasters or development projects, irrespective of whether they have crossed a state border, Amendment 2 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) - having regard to the study of customary law carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross, identifying health as a customary right which must be respected under international humanitarian law, Amendment 5 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas there are differences in the terminology used in countries where, respectively, English, French and African languages are spoken and the underlying concepts are not always the same, some countries referring to ‘mutual health organisations’ (‘mutuelles de santé’), others to ‘community-based health insurance’ (‘assurance maladie à base communautaire’) and others to ‘health micro-insurance’ to denote a wide range of mutually supportive risk-sharing schemes designed to cover health service costs in part or in full, Amendment 6 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the term ‘mutual’ emphasises the social dynamic and joint initiative of a group of members, while the concept of ‘insurance’ implies (1) payment of contributions in advance, i.e. before risks materialise, (2) risk sharing and (3) a guarantee; and mutual organisations may be defined, in accordance with the 1998 Abidjan Platform, as independent, non-profit organisations based on solidarity and democratic participation, whose aim, mainly through their members’ contributions, is to improve access to quality health care for members and their families in the form of providence and mutual aid, Amendment 7 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas people living in certain social and humanitarian circumstances do not always appreciate the concept of providence and do not therefore see the point of contributing to insurance against health risks that may not materialise – particularly so where a whole range of NGOs can offer parallel provision of health care and medicines free of charge, Amendment 8 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital F d (new) Fd. whereas members of the diaspora from sub-Saharan Africa have become aware, in various host countries where mutual health insurance schemes are well developed, that such schemes are useful and beneficial; and whereas many members of the diaspora remain in close contact with their countries of origin, Amendment 11 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds the international community of its commitments to the Millennium Development Goals, and the EU of its undertaking to step up support for health services in sub-Saharan Africa; Amendment 18 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that every child has the right to have access to vaccination and immunisation programmes; points out, too, that 8.8 million children under the age of five (half of them in sub-Saharan Africa) are still dying every year of preventable or curable illnesses; Amendment 19 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that pneumonia and diarrhoea are the main causes of infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa; Amendment 31 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Is deeply concerned about the circulation on the African market of medicines that are past their sell-by date, adulterated or counterfeit, and about the inadequate response of national authorities and the international community; Amendment 32 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Is concerned by the severe shortage of well trained medical staff and the fact that many doctors do not remain in their own countries; suggests that doctors be offered multi-entry visa arrangements to enable them to pursue training in Europe while continuing to be based in Africa; Amendment 39 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Patrice TIROLIEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses the key role of local authorities in improving prevention and making health care more accessible; Amendment 40 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that it is unlikely in the short term that these states will be able to fund national health care systems from their tax revenues alone and that a mixed funding system must be found; and points out that co-financing is a useful lever for promoting partner countries’ ownership of projects; Amendment 42 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Believes that strategic alliances need to be forged among the main parties involved at local, national and international levels and that institutional dialogue between government, service providers and mutual insurance organisations is vital in defining health policy and shaping the way it is introduced; Amendment 43 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Shares the WHO’s view that the extension of healthcare must necessarily be associated with a system of social security based on prepayment and sharing, rather than direct payment by users, and that reforms aimed at establishing universal cover are a prerequisite for fairer health provision; Amendment 46 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Encourages the efforts being made by certain states which, aware of local circumstances and needs, are supporting initiatives for specific sections of society (e.g. farmers, coffee growers and women’s or neighbourhood groups), ethnic groups or communities, or traditional-type schemes such as tontine funds; Amendment 48 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Emphasises that there could be a role for members of the diaspora from sub- Saharan Africa in helping to raise awareness in their countries of origin about the benefits of mutual health insurance and the adoption of such schemes; Amendment 50 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS, Patrice TIROLIEN, Vincent PEILLON Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls on the Member States and on European laboratories, in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, to negotiate a ‘partnership approach’ respecting patent protection in developed markets and covering voluntary licensing agreements, support for health programmes, technology transfer arrangements and an increase in local production capacity with a view to reducing the price of medicines in low- income countries (through tiered or differential pricing); Amendment 51 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Patrice TIROLIEN, Vincent PEILLON Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 b (new) 29b. Asks the EU not to include in EPAs provisions on intellectual property rights that place further obstacles in the way of access to essential medicines; points out that, under the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, the EU is committed to putting public health before commercial interests, and asks it to use the framework of the EPAs to help the ACP countries implement the flexibility provisions of the Doha Declaration; Amendment 53 # Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on the Commission to supplement its aid for vertical funds with recommendations designed to encourage 'diagonal' measures to support basic health care in the countries concerned; calls likewise on the Commission to make recommendations to the vertical funds with a view to their drawing up medium- term exit strategies for partner countries in line with the progress made in achieving the objectives for which they were set up; Amendment 54 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Calls on the Commission to ensure greater coherence in external relations policies by developing a Communication on social Protection in development cooperation as suggested by the Council in its Conclusions on Promoting Employment through EU Development Cooperation (21 June 2007). This Communication should be tied to a concrete, time-bound action plan with dedicated resources; Amendment 55 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 33b. Asks the Commission to support the introduction of health cards in the EU’s partner countries and to work with the countries concerned – at regional level if necessary – to ensure that resources are available to meet the needs in this field; Amendment 57 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Calls on EU member states’ varying areas of expertise to provide more technical and financial support to developing country governments to implement and extend social protection systems; Amendment 66 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Charles GOERENS Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Calls on all the Member States and the Commission to allocate at least 20% of all development spending to basic health and education, to increase their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and their funding for other programmes designed to strengthen health systems, and to prioritise maternal health and efforts to combat infant mortality; source: PE-443.136
3	2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 2012/06/29 ITRE 3 amendments... Amendment 555 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Sophia in 't VELD Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point c ~~(c) research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or for the purpose of stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer.~~deleted Amendment 585 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Sophia in 't VELD Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Research activities intended to create human embryos solely for the purpose of research or stem cell procurement, including by means of somatic cell nuclear transfer, may be financed where permitted by relevant Member States if the objects of the research cannot be achieved by use of supernumerary embryos. For research on supernumerary human embryos, funding may be granted for projects which include the procurement of stem cells. Amendment 721 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Sophia in 't VELD Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new) (e a) Particular attention shall be paid to initiatives on sensitive ethical issues such as hESC research. On such issues, the European Commission shall take special steps to support wide dialogue and debate involving all points of view. source: PE-492.710
30	2011/2032(INI) EU external policies in favour of democratisation 2011/11/05 AFET 30 amendments... Amendment 10 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) - having regard to the Council conclusions of 17 November 2009 on ‘Democracy Support in the EU’s External Relations’, Amendment 25 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it is now clear that civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and whereas democra~~tic governance~~cy is the best means of guaranteeing those rights and working to combat poverty, Amendment 28 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, in ~~the EU~~its Agenda for Action on Democracy Support in EU External Relations ~~adopted by~~, the Council~~, the Union~~ stated that it wished to improve the coherence and the effectiveness of its support, but whereas little progress has been made ~~when it comes to implementation~~in that respect, Amendment 50 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the Union has a genuine policy of incentives in this area with a view to providing leverage for reform, but whereas the full potential of those incentives has not been exploited for political reasons~~; whereas in theory~~, even though there is no structural impediment to using external financing instruments in a coordinated manner to support democratisation, Amendment 52 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) is central to European policy by virtue of its focus on measures which cannot be implemented through bilateral cooperation instruments, Amendment 54 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas this situation may stem from a lack of political commitment on the part of ~~partner countries’ government~~governments of the countries which host EU election observation missions and from the inability of the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the recommendations give rise to specific support programmes, in particular for newly elected parliaments ~~in countries in democratic transition~~, Amendment 55 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas it still does not have at its disposal sufficiently detailed studies which would enable it to assess the scope of the support for democracy provided by the Union, including its Member States; whereas this is partly the result of transparency, document-access and consultation issues which have not yet been resolved by the Council, Amendment 65 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Believes that only flourishing democracy in third countries can lay the foundations for balanced~~, legitimate~~ partnerships with the Union that are in keeping with the needs and interests of both parties; Amendment 79 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the events unfolding on the southern shore of the Mediterranean have demonstrated the limitations of a ~~focus~~policy based on security ~~and~~concerns and a desire to maintain stability, which has failed to stamp out poverty and social injustice; believes that, although there has been economic growth, its benefits have not been distributed fairly; highlights the need for a paradigm shift aimed at the genuine consolidation of democracy on the basis of endogenous, sustainable development that benefits the local population; Amendment 88 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that priority ismust now be~~ing~~ given to making greater and more vigorous practical use of the Union’s existing range of incentives, and to eliminating inconsistencies and double standards in their implementation, which undermine perceptions of Europe and the latter’s ability to implement a strong, consistent policy; Amendment 98 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recommends that international agreements, country strategy papers, action plans, the GSP+ programme and all other ~~sources of reciprocal undertakings by~~forms of contractual relations between the Union and third countries be tightened up by means of more clearly worded clauses on human rights and democracy, specific mechanisms in the event of non- compliance (based, at the very least, on those set out in the Cotonou Agreement), commitments coupled with detailed criteria for assessing the progress made, and a specific timetable for implementation; Amendment 100 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that the objectives of the common commercial policy should be fully coordinated with the European Union's overall objectives; points out that, pursuant to Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU's common commercial policy must be conducted ‘in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action’, and that, pursuant to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, it must contribute, inter alia, to sustainable development, the eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights; Amendment 103 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Deplores the fact that the Commission only very rarely implements mechanisms providing for the withdrawal of GSP+ preferences in the event of breaches of the related agreements; condemns the attitude adopted by the Commission, which, despite mutually corroborating reports from a number of international organisations, is refusing to open investigations into several countries which enjoy GSP+ status and which are strongly suspected of not observing agreements they have signed; Amendment 104 # Véronique DE KEYSER, Kader ARIF Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recalls the firm position adopted by Parliament in favour of including in all free trade agreements legally binding clauses on social and environmental aspects and respect for human rights, taking as a minimum basis the list of conventions contained in the GSP+ Regulation; Amendment 106 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reaffirms that the European Parliament must supervise these aspects more closely; calls, therefore, for the ~~Union to involve Parliament~~European Parliament to be involved at every stage in the conclusion, application and suspension of international agreements with third countries, including the process of defining the negotiating mandate for new agreements (in particular as regards the promotion of human rights), in dialogue within association councils or any other equivalent political body responsible for overseeing an agreement (as regards the honouring of commitments relating to democratisation), and in the process of deciding whether to launch consultation or suspend an agreement; Amendment 114 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that monitoring of the human rights situation in each country derives its legitimacy wholly from the United Nations framework; calls on the ~~Union~~Commission and the EEAS, nevertheless, to present regular, comprehensive reports on third countries’ implementation of commitments relating to democracy and human rights that are specifically included in agreements with the Union; Amendment 117 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph -7 a (new) -7a. Calls also on the European Union, in such a sensitive field, to base its strategies with regard to democracy on a detailed analysis of the scope for reform in third countries and of the political will of leaders to engage in such a process, and to identify possible logjams in order to determine the most appropriate strategies; takes the view that this identification process should be based on regular exchanges of views with all democratic forces in a country so that it is based on mutual confidence and knowledge; Amendment 118 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph - 7 b (new) -7b. Endorses the ‘more for more’ approach outlined in the communication entitled ‘A partnership for democracy and shared prosperity with the southern Mediterranean’; believes that, by the same token, the Union should not hesitate to reassign funds previously earmarked for countries whose governments fail to honour their commitments in the area of good democratic governance; Amendment 119 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. ~~Recommends, in the case of the most problematic partnerships, that the Union refrain from isolating the countries concerned, instead conducting relations with them on the basis of~~Advises the European Parliament and the Council not to automatically rule out all partnerships with authoritarian regimes if they are deemed capable of transforming themselves; recommends appropriate and effective conditionality serving as a genuine incentive to democratic reform, and ~~that it~~recommends verifying that such cooperation genuinely benefits the population; endorses the ‘more for more’ approach outlined in the communication entitled ‘A partnership for democracy and shared prosperity with the southern Mediterranean’; believes that, by the same token, the Union should not hesitate to reassign funds previously earmarked for countries whose governments fail to honour their commitments in the area of democratic governance; Amendment 130 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Would welcome the establishment of a forum bringing together national parliaments and the European Parliament to consider foreign policy issues, particularly regarding sensitive subjects such as human rights and democracy; Amendment 149 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Emphasises that it is essential to combine the two approaches to promoting democracy, namely the developmental approach, which focuses on socio- economic progress, and the political approach, which supports political pluralism and parliamentary democracy; calls for such support for the political dimension in third countries to consist of pluralist, institutional support rather than interference; stresses the added value supplied by former Members of the European Parliament in the EU’s measures to promote democratisation; Amendment 165 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that, in order to be completely legitimate and rooted in the will of the people, any strategy for promoting democracy must be based on dialogue with as wide as possible a range of local actors; urges the Council, the EEAS and the Commission to conduct wide-ranging and in-depth consultations with all stakeholders; Amendment 188 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that this strategic document should shape all external policies pertaining to the country concerned, along with the use of EU instruments; calls for it to be made available to Parliament; Amendment 199 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Conference of Presidents to expand the remit of the Election Observation Coordination Group to cover all issues relating to the development of parliamentary democracy; Amendment 200 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Considers that the EP’s standing delegations and the joint parliamentary assemblies should play a significantly enhanced role in following up the recommendations of election observation missions and analysing progress with regard to human rights and democracy; Amendment 205 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the importance, at the end of each election observation mission, of drawing up realistic and achievable recommendations, the implementation of which must be strongly supported by all the EU institutions and by the Member States; points out once again that former Members can be called upon in order to bring the European Parliament’s observation delegations up to strength; Amendment 213 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the EIDHR to be retained and strengthened when the next revision of the financial instruments is carried out, and calls for more resources to be assigned to it; Amendment 223 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Proposes developing a more open and active policy of supporting social movements and those encouraging civic participation, such as trade unions, mutual societies, women’s groups, youth associations, farmers’ organisations, indigenous movements, NGOs and social networks, along with individuals promoting reform, including human rights defenders and emerging political leaders; suggests fostering the influence of such movements and individuals by means of specific programmes and by incorporating this concept into existing programmes; Amendment 231 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Affirms the need for a more committed policy on social, cultural and political rights and in the areas of promoting the freedom of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, protecting the media, reducing the digital divide and ~~facilitating internet access~~making access to information a universal right; Amendment 237 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council ~~and~~, the Commission, the EEAS and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States. source: PE-464.795
20	2011/2245(INI) Modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EDD). European Parliament recommendation to the Council 2011/12/20 AFET 20 amendments... Amendment 32 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a (a) ascertain whether the EED will generate a more strategic and political EU approach to democracy support by providing context-specific, flexible, timely and bottom-up assistance with rapid reprogramming where this is needed to ~~facilitate~~ensure the promotion of universal democratic ~~transition~~values in partner countries; Amendment 37 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) to work out a clear mission and values of the EED in order to have a clear criteria of the selection of beneficiaries, in particular to the methodology of the selection process; Amendment 41 # Tokia SAÏFI, Cristian Dan PREDA, Nadezhda NEYNSKY, Eduard KUKAN, Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Andrzej GRZYB, Michael GAHLER, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b (b) ensure that the EED ~~fosters and~~while encouragesing ‘deep and sustainable democracy’ in pre- transition, transition and post- transition countries, wi~~th a primary, although not exclusive, focus on the European Neighbourhood~~ll receive a focused mandate allowing it to complement democracy support measures of other instruments and underlining the added- value of the new entity; Amendment 58 # Göran FÄRM, Ana GOMES, Jens GEIER, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d (d) ensure that the EED plays a role which complements and does not curtail the activities of existing funding instruments; emphasizes that the setting up of a European Endowment for Democracy must not lead to overlapping and duplication with existing instruments, particularly the EIDHR; where appropriate, the EED should launch projects which can later be continued by the EIDHR, creating an interface with the EIDHR so as to ensure coherence and sustainability in the longer term; Amendment 60 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) define a precise methodology to avoid any overlap between financial instruments, the complex web of Community and parliamentary structures (OPPD, ECG, etc.) dealing with human rights, and the EED before any work is started on the project; Amendment 61 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e) enable the EED to act in the early stages of transition, to kick-start projects which thus far could not be supported by the EU owing to bureaucratic restrictions; ~~and model the EED in such a way that it is less risk-averse;~~ Amendment 67 # Göran FÄRM, Ana GOMES, Jens GEIER, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e) enable the EED to act in the early stages of transition, to kick-start projects which thus far could not be supported by the EU ~~owing to bureaucratic restricti~~due to procedural reasons; and model the EED in such a way that it is less risk-averse; regrets however that the community framework could not be used for such projects; highlights the importance of the community method and calls on the Commission to examine how EU instruments could be reformed and changed, so that they in the future also allow for swift and rapid response mechanisms; Amendment 69 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties, grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets and think tanks, in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of local actors striving for democratic reforms; Amendment 74 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) address, in the early stages of funding in a specific country, a wide group of potential beneficiaries, including key political players (emerging political actors, fledgling political parties, grassroots movements and non-registered NGOs, trade unions), watchdogs, whistleblowers, individual dissidents, media outlets and think tanks, new media actors (for e.g. bloggers, etc.), minority rights organisations and women organisations in order to enable the EED to support a wide variety of actors striving for democratic reforms; Amendment 82 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g (g) enable the EED to award grants directly to the intended beneficiaries and re-grant financial resources through non- profit entities, such as foundations and NGOs; particularly at the beginning, re- granting will be an effective mechanism to enable the EED to work with partners on the ground that have the requisite knowledge and local infrastructure and enjoy the trust of local people;deleted Amendment 88 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) maintain a light, transparent and ~~inclus~~politically representative governance structure, providing a balanced mix between representatives from the Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, and independent experts and practitioners; strike a balance between the autonomy and independence of the EED and its accountability to its funders; Amendment 89 # Göran FÄRM, Jens GEIER, Ana GOMES, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) ~~maintain~~ensure that the EU have political influence in accordance with its' budgetary contribution; establish a transparent and inclusive governance structure, providing a balanced mix between representatives from the Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, and independent experts and practitioners; strike a clear balance between the autonomy and independence of the EED and its accountability to its funders; Amendment 96 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j (j) ensure that the EED has robust links with beneficiary groups, but without having regional offices, relying instead on the European Union delegations and on local organisations or independent experts and practitioners; Amendment 102 # Göran FÄRM, Jens GEIER, Ana GOMES, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) structure the EED as an administratively flexible and efficient Brussels-based structure, with straightforward grant-award mechanisms administered by staff trained in application of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU budget; applicants should not be required to undergo cumbersome tendering procedures; co- financing by beneficiaries should not be a prerequisite for funding; Amendment 108 # Göran FÄRM, Jens GEIER, Ana GOMES, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l (l) guarantee that the EU's contribution to the EED budget is delivered in full conformity with EU financial rules~~, whilst reaffirming the right of the budgetary authority to monitor and scrutinise the way this funding is used~~ by appropriately trained staff, and ensure transparency of the allocation of EU funds; underlines the right of the budgetary authority to monitor, scrutinise, and grant discharge on the implementation of EU funds; recalls the Commission's responsibility to implement and supervise EU funds in accordance with financial regulation rules; Amendment 110 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l a (new) (la) ensure that if the Community budget contributes towards financing the EED, this is not done at the expense of the already limited resources allocated to the EIDHR; Amendment 120 # Tokia SAÏFI, Eduard KUKAN, Nadezhda NEYNSKY, Cristian Dan PREDA, Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Andrzej GRZYB, Michael GAHLER, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point m a (new) (ma) allow for sufficient space of the European Parliament to share its creative power and transnational experience from European Member States in support to democratisation processes beyond Europe's borders; Amendment 122 # Göran FÄRM, Jens GEIER, Ana GOMES, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) increase participation of the European Parliament in the governing board of this instrument, so as to guarantee proper influence in line with the Parliament's responsibility as one arm of the EU's budgetary authority; ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner; Amendment 124 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of politically balanced MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner; Amendment 130 # Tokia SAÏFI, Eduard KUKAN, Nadezhda NEYNSKY, Cristian Dan PREDA, Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Andrzej GRZYB, Michael GAHLER, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point o (o) review after one year of activities the impact and performance of the EED and its complementary and added-value to EU instruments and their new set-up in the forthcoming financial period; source: PE-478.531
21	2012/2026(INI) EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa 2012/09/10 AFET 21 amendments... Amendment 47 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas no international military action can, of itself, establish security, stability and lasting peace if it is not accompanied by a programme for democratic development; Amendment 49 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas access to the people remains a major problem in the Horn of Africa countries as far as dealing with the humanitarian emergency there is concerned; Amendment 50 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the Commission is about to raise to EUR 158 million the total amount of humanitarian aid granted this year to the populations that have been victims of the drought in the Horn of Africa countries; Amendment 51 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas, at the international Pledging Conference in Addis Ababa, the main African Union member states undertook to release almost USD 350 million for the countries affected by the drought; Amendment 77 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Takes the view that it is important to support agriculture, pastoralism and cattle breeding in the Horn of Africa countries, and welcomes the important work done by various NGOs in these spheres; Amendment 79 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to support all programmes for access to water as a fundamental right and a common asset of humanity, and to support public and private partnerships for access to drinking water; Amendment 80 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Urges the international community, in cooperation with the ICRC and the Red Crescent, to implement and develop in Somalia, as soon as possible, health facilities, healthcare centres and therapeutic nutrition centres for outpatients; Amendment 81 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Asks the Commission to consider assisting and supporting all the African countries that are involved militarily in the peace-keeping effort in the Horn of Africa countries, particularly in Somalia; Amendment 95 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the new EU SHARE programme, which aims to increase the resilience of the countries in the Horn of Africa in respect of the various threats they have to face, but stresses that this programme should be coordinated with the EU strategy for the Sahel, which has to face the same threats (terrorism, drugs, climate change, influxes of refugees and displaced persons, etc.); Amendment 96 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Welcomes the establishment of a Local Stability Fund, which aims in particular to coordinate international aid in the newly liberated and accessible areas in the south of Somalia; Amendment 169 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Condemns the commercial incoherence whereby Somalia exports some of the food it produces while failing to guarantee food security for its own population; Amendment 173 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Welcomes Somalia’s observance of the timetable set by the international community for ending the transition period; welcomes the establishment of the Constituent Assembly, the drafting of the new constitution and its adoption by the newly constituted Parliament, and the election of the President; welcomes the fact that the 30% quota for female Members of Parliament has almost been met; Amendment 202 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Is concerned by the resurgence of violence in Jonglei state in South Sudan, jeopardising the progress made on re-establishing peace and security in the region, supports the investigation requested by UNMISS and calls for those responsible for the violence to be punished; Amendment 203 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Government of South Sudan to (i) take the necessary steps to strengthen its international and national human rights framework, including by reconfirming its obligations under international human rights treaties to which Sudan was party at the time of South Sudan's independence, while withdrawing reservations to them, and becoming party, without reservations, to other key international human rights treaties;(ii) immediately swear in members of the Investigation Committee into the Jonglei State Crisis and provide them with necessary resources to carry out an independent, full and impartial investigation;(iii) immediately impose an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty and to commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment; Amendment 206 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Welcomes the fact that Sudan and South Sudan have reached agreement on their common borders, albeit with many details yet to be finalised; underscores the urgent need for a definitive resolution of the Abyei situation; Amendment 209 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Welcomes the conclusion, at the end of the period stipulated in the AU Peace and Security Council Roadmap, as enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2046(2012), of an agreement between Sudan and South Sudan on oil resources; hopes that this agreement will also finally resolve, at the earliest possible date, the problem of transit arrangements for oil from South Sudan; Amendment 210 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Welcomes the memoranda of understanding concluded separately between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), with the UN, the African Union and the Arab League, with a view to allowing humanitarian aid to get through to civilians in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan; Amendment 211 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Is concerned about the deteriorating health situation of the estimated 170 000 Sudanese refugees, more than half of whom are children, in the four camps in Upper Nile state and the camp in Unity state, where the risks of infection, diarrhoea and malaria are sharply increasing, with malnutrition as an aggravating factor; Amendment 212 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Calls on the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to find solutions for the future of the areas still in dispute and the final status of Abyei; urges the two countries to finalise the agreements to which they are already committed; Amendment 213 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 g (new) 13g. Congratulates former President Mbeki’s High Level Panel, which was part-financed by the EU, on the successes it achieved, with the support of the African Union, in negotiating and mediating between Sudan and South Sudan; Amendment 214 # Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 h (new) 13h. Condemns any support provided by either Sudan or South Sudan to any armed group other than their respective regular armed forces; source: PE-497.776
3	2012/2137(INI) EU-China relations 2012/07/11 AFET 3 amendments... Amendment 79 # Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. Whereas, although the opening up of the Chinese economy has brought major benefits such as better access to the employment market and a fall in rural unemployment, not all segments of the Chinese population have equally benefited from the economic growth and there are large disparities emerging between urban and rural parts of the country; Amendment 80 # Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) Jb. Whereas inequalities in incomes, access to employment, social welfare, health and education between the urban and rural populations constitute a significant cohesion policy challenge for China; Amendment 214 # Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Véronique DE KEYSER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) (e) Calls on China to comply with minimum social standards; stresses that observance of human rights, in all their complexity, is essential in the cooperation between the EU and China; underlines the importance of compliance with, and a rapid implementation of all rules of the International Labour Organisation and the World Trade Organisation, including the right to freely form independent trade unions; supports the pursuit of decent pay and working conditions; calls for mutual respect for labour legislation, especially the prevention of illegal forms of labour such as child labour and prison labour; notes the improvements made by the Chinese government regarding better conditions for employees, yet observes that workers' rights are not always respected due to poor enforcement of labour laws and employers frequently failing to comply with environmental, health and safety standards, which thus leads to dangerous work environments; calls for a thorough improvement of the legislation concerned; source: PE-497.775

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