ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
6.

Calls for full implementation and prioritisation of GAP III in every aspect of EU external action through a gender-transformative and intersectional approach, both in terms of GAP III’s geographical coverage and areas of action, as well as gender mainstreaming in all areas of external action, whether trade, development policy, humanitarian aid, security or sectors such as energy and agriculture; reiterates that actions to implement GAP III have to be guided by the need to address the root causes of gender inequalities, and allow for the meaningful participation and inclusion of men, women and disadvantaged groups, and that limited funding and understaffing are among the fundamental obstacles to implementing EU objectives on gender equality and gender mainstreaming; reiterates that any effort to achieve the goals of GAP III must take into account the diversity of women; recalls that GAP III should ensure Policy Coherence for Development through systematic gender impact assessments in order to avoid any negative impacts of EU policies on women’s and girls’ rights and gender equality; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary practical and political tools to ensure the smooth translation of GAP III’s principles into actions and practice; calls for the EU to be ambitious in promoting goals that bring about the observance of human rights and real gender equality among the external partners with which the EU seeks to work;
4.

Notes that the longer the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine lasts, the more humanitarian, security and socio-economic assistance the Republic of Moldova will require; welcomes the recent adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the EUR 150 million macro-financial assistance (MFA) for the Republic of Moldova to cover parts of its external financing needs; calls on the Commission, in consequence, to further increase financial and technical assistance for Moldova, including through a new MFA proposal; stresses that a new MFA proposal is essential, as the recently adopted package was devised by the Commission prior to the conflict in Ukraine; insists that a new MFA proposal should mainly be composed of grants, rather than loans, in order to stabilise Moldova’s socio-economic situation and strengthen the country’s overall resilience; stresses that the Economic Recovery Plan for the Republic of Moldova, worth up to EUR 600 million, is key for Moldova’s recovery;
20.

Emphasises that the liberation of women and girls will remain unachievable as long as the humanitarian catastrophe continues; urges the EU and its Member States to address the drivers of the ongoing humanitarian crisis by making every effort to scale up humanitarian assistance, follow a gender-sensitive approach, restore liquidity and maintain basic social services; calls for the unfreezing of Afghan assets and increased financial support to programmes such as the assistance from the Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), which focuses on basic needs and livelihoods, and the World Bank’s Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund; underlines that humanitarian funding should be made accessible through a functioning banking system and provided to credible NGOs and community-based organisations operating in Afghanistan, including local women’s organisations, in a flexible manner;
59.

Recalls that EU funding under IPA III and the EIP for the Western Balkans, instruments which it welcomes, is based on strict conditionality; stresses that IPA III envisages that funding must be modulated or even suspended in the case of significant regression or a persistent lack of progress in the area of the fundamentals, notably in the field of the rule of law and fundamental rights, including the fight against corruption and organised crime, as well as media freedom; stresses that it is in the EU’s own security interests and its responsibility to guarantee that EU funds do not contribute to corruption; calls for the EU and the Western Balkan countries, in this context, to enhance cross-border judicial cooperation and establish a framework for effective cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, in particular in the area of IPA III funds; underlines the need to improve the visibility of EU funding and to ensure that any investment is in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and EU decarbonisation targets;
27.

Highlights the importance of work-life balance and good quality, affordable social services as prerequisites for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; recognises that female entrepreneurship and self-employment provide the flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance; recognises the importance of making equal sharing of domestic and care responsibilities possible in order to achieve the work-life balance necessary for women to engage in entrepreneurship and self-employment; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a better work-life balance through better maternity, paternity, parental and carer’s leave, flexible working hours and on-site childcare facilities, and by promoting telework; highlights that working hours and working patterns in rural areas differ considerably from those in urban areas and that it is important to offer childcare adapted to the specific needs of women in different areas; calls on Member States and regional and local authorities to support social frameworks, such as for the elderly, dependents and to provide more flexible childcare provisions and opportunities for parental leave, as they are essential to encouraging and enabling more women to become entrepreneurs; calls on Member States to implement the Barcelona targets, ensuring the coverage of these needs through investment in accessible and affordable high-quality care services and to modernise them so that women do not have to choose between family and participation in the labour market; emphasises that further enabling and improving women’s possibilities to become entrepreneurs can play a vital role in closing the gender pay gap in Member States; welcomes actions already taken by some Member States on this matter, and urges them to ensure access to quality childcare and long-term care services, to promote access for the self-employed and to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive, and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity; highlights it is in the interest of Member States to promote family-friendly working models;
B.

whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet fully known, but has already led to a significant degree of SDG backsliding, especially in the countries of the Global South that have weak healthcare systems and where vaccination rates remain very low, and has led to further inequalities and poverty; whereas according to the UN’s ‘2021 Financing for Sustainable Development Report’, the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a ‘lost decade’ for sustainable development; whereas the least developed countries (LDCs) have been hit particularly hard because of their vulnerability to external shocks; whereas a healthy environment is a fundamental pillar for sustainable development; whereas the Human Development Index was estimated to suffer a ‘steep and unprecedented decline’ in 2020 for the first time in the 30 years since the measure has been computed; whereas the rate of extreme poverty rose in 2020 for the first time in 20 years; whereas, on the other hand, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant opportunity to reshape our societies to fulfil the aspirations of the SDGs; whereas prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an estimated annual global financing gap of USD 2,5 trillion between funding and what was required to achieve the SDGs; whereas according to one estimate, as of early 2021, the economic uncertainty and the pandemic-related recovery spending shortfall in developing countries increased this gap by 50 % to USD 3,7 trillion; whereas Parliament’s new Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future could investigate the pandemic’s impact on the SDGs;
7.

Expresses concern over the absence of a more proactive role of the Republic Electoral Commission (REC) and the City Electoral Commission of Belgrade when it came to determining and communicating the election results; expresses concern that the complete preliminary results of the Belgrade local elections were not published until more than two weeks after the elections had taken place; deplores that three months after the parliamentary elections of 3 April 2022, the final results have not yet been made available and the National Assembly has not yet been convened; notes that this might cause the deterioration of trust of citizens in the independence of the election administration; regrets the unclear communication by the REC on preliminary election results following the closure of polling stations; underlines that the multiple instances of repeated voting at certain individual polling stations points to the insufficient legal and organisational framework of the electoral process as a whole, thereby diminishing the legitimacy of the elections and raising doubts about the results;
6.

Stresses the importance of the right to a fair trial and calls on the Tajik authorities to stop classifying investigations and prosecutions as ‘secret’; urges the Tajik authorities to give defence lawyers and activists fair, open and transparent trials, to provide substantive protections and procedural guarantees, in accordance with Tajikistan’s international obligations, and to authorise the reinvestigation by international organisations of all reported violations of human rights and dignity; insists that all those detained in connection with the protests and situation in the GBAO must be protected from torture and ill treatment, have free and unimpeded access to a lawyer of their own choice and to independent doctors and be free to communicate with their family members, in accordance with international law; recalls that the admission of guilt obtained under torture in any proceeding violates the rights to due process and a fair trial and is prohibited without exception;
P6_TA(2004)0005

Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means

European Parliament decision on setting up a temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013

The European Parliament,

- having regard to Rule 175 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 9 September 2004 proposing the setting-up of a temporary committee on the policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013,

- having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2004 on building our common future: policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 [1],

- having regard to the Commission communication entitled "Building our common Future: Policy challenges and Budgetary means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013" (COM(2004) 0101),

- having regard to the Commission communication entitled "Financial Perspectives 2007-2013" (COM (2004) 0487),

- having regard to the need to gather and coordinate the views of the different committees concerned and to establish a mandate for the Committee on Budgets for its negotiation with the Council of a new Interinstitutional Agreement containing the Financial Perspective,

1. Decides to set up a temporary committee with the following mandate:

(a) to define the European Parliament's political priorities for the future financial perspective both in legislative and budgetary terms;

(b) to propose a structure for the future financial perspective in line with these priorities;

(c) to make an estimate of the financial resources to be allocated to European Union expenditure for the period 2007-2013;

(d) to propose an indicative allocation of resources between and within the different headings of the financial perspective in line with the priorities and proposed structure;

2. Decides that the temporary committee should present to the European Parliament a final report before the Council establishes its common position, with a view to determining Parliament's negotiating position;

3. Recalls that the specific budgetary and legislative proposals will be dealt with by the relevant committees in accordance with Annex VI to its Rules of Procedure;

4. Decides that the temporary committee shall be composed of 50 members.

[1] P5_TA(2004)0367.

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1.

European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Umberto Bossi (2004/2101(IMM))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the request by a barrister acting for Mr Umberto Bossi, for defence of his immunity in connection with criminal proceedings pending before the Brescia District Court, of 7 May 2004, announced in plenary sitting on 22 July 2004,

- having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

- having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 [1] of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

- having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0210/2005),

A. whereas Umberto Bossi was a Member of the European Parliament in the fourth legislative term (start of mandate on 19 July 1994, mandate verified on 15 November 1994, mandate expired on 19 July 1999) and in the fifth legislative term (start of mandate on 20 July 1999, mandate verified on 15 December 1999, mandate expired on 10 June 2001 for incompatibility),

B. whereas Members of the European Parliament may not be subject to any form of inquiry, detention or legal proceedings in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast by them in the performance of their duties [2],

1. Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Umberto Bossi;

2. Proposes, pursuant to Article 9 of the above-mentioned Protocol and having regard to the proceedings of the relevant Member State, to declare that the proceedings in question should not be continued; therefore calls on the Court to draw the appropriate conclusions;

3. Instructs its President immediately to forward this decision and the report of the committee responsible to the Brescia District Court.

[1] Case 101/63: Wagner v. Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85: Wybot v. Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

[2] Article 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities.

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EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 247/50

Wednesday 9 April 2008

Approving the appointment of Mrs Androula Vassiliou as a Member of the Commission

P6_TA(2008)0108

European Parliament decision of 9 April 2008 approving the appointment of Mrs Androula Vassiliou as a Member of the Commission

2009/C 247 E/10

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 214(2), third subparagraph, and Article 215 of the EC Treaty,

having regard to Article 4 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission (1),

having regard to the resignation of Mr Markos Kyprianou as a Member of the Commission, tendered on 28 February 2008,

having regard to the nomination by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus of Mrs Androula Vassiliou for appointment as a Member of the Commission,

having regard to Council Decision 2008/184/EC of 29 February 2008 appointing a new member of the Commission of the European Communities (2),

having regard to the hearing of the Commissioner designate before its responsible committee held on 1 April 2008,

having regard to Rule 99 of its Rules of Procedure,

1. Approves the appointment of Mrs Androula Vassiliou as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s term of office until 31 October 2009;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

(1) OJ C 117 E, 18.5.2006, p. 123.

(2) OJ L 59, 4.3.2008, p. 18.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 9/65

Thursday 9 October 2008

Communicating Europe in partnership

P6_TA(2008)0463

European Parliament decision of 9 October 2008 on the approval of the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership (2007/2222(ACI))

2010/C 9 E/11

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 255 of the EC-Treaty,

having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2002 on the Commission communication on a new framework for cooperation on activities concerning the information and communication policy of the European Union (1),

having regard to its resolution of 10 April 2003 on an information and communication strategy for the European Union (2),

having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2005 on the implementation of the European Union’s information and communication strategy (3),

having regard to its resolution of 16 November 2006 on the White Paper on a European communication policy (4),

having regard to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 25 September 2008,

having regard to the proposed joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership,

having regard to Rule 120(1) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0372/2008),

A. whereas communication is an important element of both representative and participatory democracy,

B. whereas one of strengths of the democratic elements of the EU is connected to communication structures at the European level which link the institutions with citizens,

C. whereas the experience gained from past European elections and referendums suggests that those who are aware of, and interested in, EU issues are more likely to participate, while those who are not as well informed are less likely to do so; whereas this was once again confirmed by research done following the Irish referendum,

D. whereas communicating on the European Union requires the political commitment of EU Institutions and Member States at all levels,

1. Approves the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership annexed to this decision and decides to annex the declaration to its Rules of Procedure; calls for the declaration to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the annex hereto to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 47 E, 27.2.2003, p. 400.

(2) OJ C 64 E, 12.3.2004, p. 591.

(3) OJ C 92 E, 20.4.2006, p. 403.

(4) OJ C 314 E, 21.12.2006, p. 369.
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 285/96

Thursday 5 June 2008

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund

P6_TA(2008)0248

European Parliament resolution of 5 June 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in application of point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2008)0200 — C6-0164/2008 — 2008/2091(ACI))

2009/C 285 E/18

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0200 — C6-0164/2008),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 26 thereof,

having regard to the result of the trialogue amongst the Commission and the two arms of the budgetary authority held on 16 April 2008,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0205/2008),

1. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

2. Strongly recommends to the Commission, where the EU Solidarity Fund is concerned, to submit amending budgets that have its mobilisation as their sole purpose in order to avoid any delay in the delivery of financial aid in cases of disaster;

3. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for publication of this decision in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2008/371/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 128, 16.5.2008, p. 8).
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 87/334

Wednesday 11 March 2009

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund

P6_TA(2009)0103

European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2009 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2009)0023 – C6-0040/2009 – 2009/2007(ACI))

2010/C 87 E/51

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2009)0023 – C6-0040/2009),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 26 thereof,

having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (2),

having regard to the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, adopted during the conciliation meeting on 17 July 2008 on the Solidarity Fund,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0106/2009),

1. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

2. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.