Translation of "période de la montée de la sève " (French → English) :

12. Urges the authorities to make the fight against corruption an absolute priority, given that it has not yet resulted in satisfactory improvements and that corruption affects all sectors, including health and education, exploiting the most vulnerable people, and causing pessimism to grow, and more and more citizens to lose faith in their institutions; calls for effective anti-corruption mechanisms, independent judicial follow-up and inclusive consultations with all stakeholders, which should guarantee timely adoption of a renewed strategic framework for 2015-2019; calls, in general, for the efficient implementation of anti-corruption ...[+++] measures; welcomes the adoption of a set of anti-corruption laws, including on promoting the protection of whistleblowers at state level and the creation of prevention bodies at federation level; condemns attempts to undermine the existing rule of law principles and is concerned that the new law on conflicts of interest weakens the legal framework and represents a setback in the prevention of conflicts of interest in that it increases the risk of political interference and offers no incentive for officials to comply; calls for the strengthening of parliamentary bodies for the prevention of conflicts of interests; urges the competent authorities to improve the track record as regards effective investigation, prosecution and convictions in high-profile corruption cases, especially in the framework of public procurement and privatisation;

C. whereas the euphoria which emerged from the Arab Spring and the collapse of the Mubarak regime has been replaced with a period of political and social polarisation, increasing violence, and economic stagnation;

to recall that Malaysia enjoyed an extraordinarily high degree of political stability over a long period; to congratulate on the very high turnout in the 5 May 2013 legislative elections, expressing the interest of the people in the political participation; to note that the latest elections showed Malaysia’s move towards a more pluralist democracy; to call on the Malaysian authorities to see to it that an independent and impartial assessment on the elections is made in response to allegations of irregularities; to call on the new government to respond to the growing ethnic and political tension, the wider distribution of popular supp ...[+++]ort among a number of political parties and the increasing civil unrest and growing number of demonstrations, and open up an active dialogue with the opposition and with all ethnic groups; to stress also the importance of taking measures to address public discontent over corruption; to call on the government to continue with the economic and political reform agenda, including electoral reform;

– Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,

(4a) The strengthened budgetary surveillance framework should, however, help achieve the Union's growth and jobs objectives, and should, during a severe economic downturn or a severe rise in unemployment be combined with efforts to stimulate the economy, protection and creation of jobs and social cohesion, whilst respecting Member-State-specific priorities and needs.

Increasing weight should gradually be given to this instrument over the 2014-2020 period in order to adapt its measures to the EU’s new political objectives at international level.