Josu Juaristi Abaunz (GUE/NGL Group) had withdrawn his signature from amendment 7.
5. Memorandum of Understanding between the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice and Eurojust *
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘expressed in the rise of extremism’, ‘EU and its’, ‘and to counter the exploitation of this anxiety to stoke fear and insecurity; emphasises that demagogical and unrealistic political campaigns gives false hope in the very short term but have damaging consequences leading to more divisions, instability and conflicts across Europe’
Second part
those words
§ 3
First part
‘Considers a highly competitive social market economy to be a cornerstone of the European society on which European policies were built to the direct benefit of citizens’ day to day lives’
Second part
‘supports the initiatives to improve work-life balance’
§ 6
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘to speed up the work on the completion of a Capital Markets Union’
Second part
those words
§ 30
First part
Text as a whole excluding the first two indents
Second part
Those indents
§ 79
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘including LGBTI people’
Second part
those words
§ 84
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘a combination of increased financial assistance’ and ‘market access and improved mobility’
Second part
those words
Recital D
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘low inflation and’
Second part
those words
S&D:
§ 89
First part
‘Calls on the Commission to ensure that: all legislative proposals undergo a thorough impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis; – the SME Test is rolled out across all DGs and that systematic cooperation with the Regulatory Scrutiny Board is undertaken in order to achieve a more structured application of the SME test’
Second part
‘an evaluation of the independence of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in supervising and providing objective advice on impact assessments is submitted to Parliament’
Third part
‘the Annual Burden Survey (ABS) is developed as a vital tool to identify and monitor, in a clear and transparent manner, the results of the Union’s efforts to avoid and reduce any overregulation and administrative burdens both by the Union itself and by Member States in the transposition and interpretation of legislation; proposals for establishing burden reduction targets in key sectors are submitted to Parliament with the ambition of securing a 25 % reduction by 2020 and a 50 % reduction by 2030 of the economic costs linked to regulatory burdens for businesses’
PPE
amendment 55
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘relevant use of public procurement and’
Second part
those words
amendment 68
First part
‘Highlights the need for further steps to align EU trade policies with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement and to promote global trade that is fair and regulated in the interest of all people on the planet; calls in particular for’
Second part
‘a legislative proposal on mandatory due diligence on global value chains, in order to counter unfair trading practices, provide transparency and traceability and uphold human rights, labour rights and environmental rights’
Third part
‘a successful and speedy conclusion to the negotiations on the modernisation of EU trade defence instruments against trade practices and subsidies used by third countries that distort competition; action by the Commission to reduce global steel overcapacity in the context of a rules-based multilateral trade system, including through relevant anti-dumping and anti-subsidies legislation; further steps towards the establishment of a multilateral investment court system to replace private arbitration in investor-state dispute settlement’
Fourth part
‘proposals from the Commission to reform the way in which ‘trade and sustainable development’ chapters in trade agreements are enforced; sanctions for non-compliance with sustainable development provisions should be possible as a last resort when all other mechanisms of cooperation and mediation have been exhausted’
Fifth part
‘specific proposals from the Commission, building on the reflection paper on harnessing globalisation, for creating viable new opportunities for Europeans who have been let down by global economic competition; these proposals should form part of the EU’s investment strategy for sustainable development and involve updating and strengthening instruments such as the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund; continued pressure by the Commission on the Council to publish the negotiating mandates of trade negotiations and considers that these should be made public as a general rule, including previously adopted ones; urges the Commission to intensify its efforts to ensure transparency to the wider public beyond parliamentarians, who must be fully informed at all stages of the lifecycle of agreements, and to emphasise the need for regular civil society dialogues in order to rebuild trust in the EU’s trade policy’
EFDD, ECR:
§ 7
First part
‘Stresses that a successful European policy on migration requires an agreed mechanism for fair and effective distribution of asylum seekers;’
Second part
‘emphasises the importance of progress in tackling the migration crisis in a way that demonstrates much more sensitivity to widespread concerns within the Member States over uncontrolled migration; welcomes the recent achievements in strengthening the management and effective control of the Union’s external borders, which is a precondition for the Member States to regain a critical level of mutual trust;’
ECR, ENF:
§ 5
First part
‘Emphasises that a comprehensive approach is needed to realise the benefits and address the remaining weaknesses of the single currency while ensuring the sustainability, resilience and completion of the EMU and achieving the goals of growth and full employment;’ without the words: ‘to realise the benefits and address the remaining weaknesses of the single currency while ensuring the sustainability, resilience and completion of the EMU and’
Second part
‘to realise the benefits and address the remaining weaknesses of the single currency while ensuring the sustainability, resilience and completion of the EMU and’ without the words: ‘and completion’
Third part
‘and completion’
Fourth part
‘considers that further development of the EMU must be based on, and build on, existing legislation and its implementation, and must include measures to render its institutional structure more legitimate and democratically accountable’
Miscellaneous
Fabio Massimo Castaldo (EFDD Group) also signed motion for a resolution B8-0456/2017.
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘including Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine’ and ‘including the conflict in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh’
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those words
EFDD:
§ 1, point bd
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and to engage further to enhance the observer status of the EU in certain UN sub-organisations’
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those words
§ 1, point bf
First part
‘to actively support a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council on the basis of a broad consensus in order to better reflect the new world reality and to more effectively meet present and future security challenges’
Second part
‘to support the long-term goal of the EU having a seat on a reformed UN Security Council’
Third part
‘to urge UN Security Council members to refrain from using their right of veto in cases where crimes against humanity are being committed; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the UN General Assembly, and improved coordination and coherence of the action of all UN institutions, which should enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, legitimacy, transparency, accountability, capacity and representativeness of the system in order to respond more quickly to global challenges’
Verts/ALE, ALDE:
§ 1, point g
First part
‘to act upon the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the Western Sahara and’
Second part
‘to support UN efforts to secure a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; to push for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to be provided with a human rights mandate, in line with all the other UN peacekeeping missions and that all MINURSO staff be allowed to resume their functions’ excluding ‘all the’ and ‘and that all MINURSO staff be allowed to resume their functions’
Third part
‘all the’ and ‘and that all MINURSO staff be allowed to resume their functions’
Miscellaneous
Takis Hadjigeorgiou had presented an oral amendment to Amendment 1:
‘ b) to maintain full support for the efforts undertaken by the UN to facilitate a comprehensive settlement to the division of Cyprus, and underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem will have a positive impact on the entire region and on both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots; urges the Council to use all its resources to fully support the successful conclusion of the reunification process and to support the role of the UN;’
13. Building an ambitious EU industrial strategy as a strategic priority for growth, employment and innovation in Europe