Activities of Aymeric CHAUPRADE
Written declarations (2)
Amendments (143)
Amendment 24 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU remains open to such a stronger relationship and to dialogue leading thereto, and wishes to return to cooperative relations with Russia, should the Russian authorities meet their international and legal obligations;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the implementation of the Minsk Agreement remains a precondition fornders closer cooperation with Russia necessary;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 82 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU’s dependency on Russian gas supplies has increasedRussian gas supplies have been essential for the EU since 2015;
Amendment 88 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 106 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 127 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes therefore that the EU- Russia relationship requires a new framework of cooperation only in those areas that are necessary and in a common interest, and with a view to guaranteeing security in the EU’s neighbourhood and a European peace order; is of the view that the PCA should be discontinued;
Amendment 151 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements demonstrates Russia'sthe lack of good will on the part of some parties; asks for consultations to be advanced within the Normandy format;
Amendment 165 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 188 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that the global challenges of climate change, energy security, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the fight against terrorism and organised crime call for selectivegreater engagement with Russia;
Amendment 194 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 203 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 214 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 224 #
2018/2158(INI)
Amendment 242 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates its support for the five principles guiding the EU's policy towards Russia, and calls for further definition of the selective engagement principle; recommends that the focus be placed on issues relating to the MENA region, terrorism, non-proliferation, arms control and climate change; calls for a high-level dialogue between EU, EEU and AA/DCFTA countries; reiterates that while consultations between the EU and Russia on cyber terrorism and organised crime need to continue, Russia’s systematic hybrid threats require strong deterrence; calls, in this context, for the initiation of a high-level EU-EEU- China-Central Asia dialogue on the Belt and Road Initiative and connectivity;
Amendment 255 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that Russia and the EU will remain key economic partners in the foreseeable future, but Nord Stream 2 reinforces EU dependency on Russian gas supplies, threatens the EU internal market and is not in line with EU energy policy, and therefore needs to be stopped;
Amendment 275 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 300 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 316 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 339 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 351 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 357 #
2018/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on Russia to cooperate fully in relation to the international investigation into the downing of flight MH17, which could possibly constitute a war crime; condemns any attempt or decision to grant amnesty to, or delay the prosecution of, those identified as responsible, as the perpetrators should be held to account;
Amendment 26 #
2018/0256M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that this agreement does not imply recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara and that the EU’s position remains that ofis concluded without prejudice to the European Union’s position on Western Sahara and that the Union supportings UN efforts to secure a fair, lasting and mutually acceptable 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; reiterates, therefore, its full support to the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Mr Horst Köhler, in helping the parties to achieve this settlement;
Amendment 371 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 543 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Is deeply concerned about human rights violations affecting women and girls in refugee camps, including reported cases of sexual violence and, unequal treatment of women and girls vis-à-vis men, and sequestration as this is the case for example in Tindouf camps; asks the EEAS to push for stricter rules and good practices in third countries; stresses the need for continuity in the education of girls in refugee camps, in conflict areas and in areas affected by extreme poverty;
Amendment 595 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
Amendment 686 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that religious minorities are respected worldwide, including in the Middle East, where Yazidis, Christians and Muslim minorities are being persecuted by ISIS and other terrorist groups; draws attention to the persecution of the Mozabite people in Algeria;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that without such action the phenomenon of fighters from Europe travelling to different locations to join jihadist extremist groups, as well as the security risk they present when returning to the Member States and the EU, are likely to worsen in the years ahead;
Amendment 97 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that one of the solutions to the problem of radicalisation and the recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations lies in better management of migration flows, in particular by controlling the Union’s internal and external borders more efficiently;
Amendment 109 #
2015/2063(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is convinced that one of the solutions to preventing radicalisation and the recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations is reiterating the importance of national identity and the foundations of European civilisation, in particular by acknowledging Europe’s Judaeo-Christian roots; stresses that only a solid cultural heritage with which people can properly identify will serve as an effective bulwark against the kind of uprooting that leads to Europeans joining jihadist groups;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the European Council’s decision to include the topic of European defence markets on the agenda for its June 2015 summit; calls on the European Council to provide guidelines for defence policies with a particular emphasis on the internal market;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is alarmed by the recent Commission offensive launched by President Juncker in support of the creation of a European army under the control of the EU institutions;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that the internal market should be used neither as a pretext nor an instrument for establishing a European defence policy and a European diplomatic service at the expense of the Member States’ sovereignty in these areas;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that internal market and defence policies should not be seen as opposing one another; stresses that correc, but also that defence policy is the exclusive preserve of Member States, and warns that implementation of the legal framework for EU public procurement could contribin this sector would pute to more efficient defence spending and strengthen the European Defence Technological and Industrial Basehe principle of not sharing sovereign technologies at risk;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that internal market rules should be used to their full potential to counteract the ongoing fragmentation of the European defencemust not be systematically exploited and usecurity sector; urges the Member States to correctly implement and enforce Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and sensitive security, and Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary assistance to that endd to undermine Member States’ independence in the fields of defence and security or any other strategically important sector;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 32 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 43 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that framework agreements and subcontracting are a means of opening up established supply chains for the benefit of SMEs; callpoints onut the Member States, the European Defence Agency and the Commission to work together to help SMEs consolidate andat these means have been in place for a long time now and have proved very effective; encourages the Member States to go even further in their efforts to promote short supply chains and thus facilitate their access to defence procurement for local and national SMEs;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the uptake by industry of the main instruments of the Defence Transfer Directive, specifically general licences and the certification of defence firms, remains very limited; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the effective use of these instruments in practice for obvious reasons;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 54 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 61 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 67 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 71 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the modernisation of the EU public procurement rules as set out in Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU, adopted in 2014, affords opportunities for more streamlined procedures, such as the use of electronic procurement and aggregation of demand, which can be tailored to the specificities of the defence and security sector, such as the use of electronic procurement, but not aggregation of demand;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Draws attention to the new ‘innovation partnership’ procedure and calls for it to be introducstresses that it must not be applied into defence procurement.
Amendment 1 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on the strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexreunification of Crimea bywith Russia
Amendment 2 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- in the light of the United Nations charter,
Amendment 5 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 16 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Black Sea Basin is one of the world’s most strategic regions, of key importance both to the EU and its Member States and to Russia, in particular with regard to ensuring their security and defence, and to the EU Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership; whereas all existing protracted conflicts in the Republic of Moldova (Transnistria), Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and between Armenia and Azerbaijan (Nagorno- Karabakh) are located in the Black Sea Basin;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Council has strongly condemned the Russian Federation’s annexaincorporation of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation, while the Crimean people, through the decisions of the institutions of Crimea and Sevastopol and will not recognise itits independent Republic, elected democratically and in accordance with Ukrainian legislation, confirmed by the referendum of 16 March 2014, in accordance with the United Nations charter, exercised their right of self- determination; whereas restrictions on trade between the EU and Crimea have been imposed as a consequence;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the Ukrainian Government has in de facto terms acknowledged this incorporation by not breaking off its diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation, by voluntarily evacuating its armed forces from this territory, by establishing a migratory and customs border with Crimea and by maintaining its economic and financial relations, including in the defence sector, with Russia;
Amendment 26 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas NATO has condemned the Russian Federation’s military escalation in Crimea, its illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea and its continued and deliberate destabilisation ofis the cause of the military escalation with the Russian Federation in Crimea, through destabilisation operations led by the United States of America, in particular through its private military companies, in eastern Ukraine in violation of international law;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the military balance in the Black Sea Basin has shifted following the illegal annexation of Crimea, with Russia now unlawfully controllingNATO's Sea Breeze manoeuvres in the territory of Crimea from 2004 to 2010, which were perceived by the local population, the local Crimean institutions and Russia as real provocations; whereas Russia now provides security for the hundreds of kilometres of the Crimean coastline and the adjacent waters facing NATO and EU maritime borders; whereas Russia has fuelled aggressive actions on Ukrainian territory;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas prior to the illegal annexationreunification of Crimea with Russia, Russian land and air forces in Crimea were minimalsubstantial (as many as 25 000 troops) and concerned mainly with the defence of Sevastopol – main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet – and two adjacent naval bases; whereas through a military build-up in Crimea and in the Black Sea Basin following the annexation, Russia has moved to create an of defensive joint striking force comprising the navy and land and air forces;
Amendment 47 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Russia has acceleratplanned the expansion and modernisation of theits Black Sea Fleet following the annexreunification; whereas the Black Sea Fleet modernisation plan is one of the most ambitious parts of the Russian State Arms Procurement programme for 2011-2020; whereas in December 2014 the Russian Government approved a new military doctrine which considers NATO as a main security threat to Russia; whereas this document was signed following the decisions of the NATO summits in Chicago and Newport, where it was resolved, in particular, to create an anti-missile barrier covering the whole of the European part of Russia and following resolutions S 2277 and H.S. 758, adopted in July and December 2014 by the United States Congress, which depict Russia as an ‘aggressor country’ which had invaded Ukraine, and which call for preparation for a war against Russia, proposing the militarisation of Eastern Europe and of the Baltic States;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Turkey is a NATO ally, a naval power, an active regional foreign policy player and a key partner for the EU, not least in matters concerning energy and border security; whereas it has illegally occupied northern Cyprus since 1974; whereas Turkey’'s strategic locsituation is also of high relevance to the other major thenables the countries of NATO and the EU to overlook this serious breach of international order relat facing both NATO and the EU, the self-proclaimed Daesh (Islamic State)ing to a Member State of the European Union;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU, NATO and the US have condemned the ‘treaty’ signed in November 2014 between Russia and the sReparatist authorities inublic of Abkhazia and have reaffirmed their support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas since the occupation by Russian forces,for 23 years Crimea hwas been, under Ukrainian sovereignty, the scene of human rights abuses, affecting in particular Crimean Tatarin particular in the field of linguistic rights, of which both the Tatars and the 101 ethnic groups comprising the people of Crimea were victims;
Amendment 74 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Firmly supports the non-recognition of Russia’s annexfree determination of the people of Crimea; reiterates its commitment to the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine and to the non- violability of borders; fully supportsdoes not accept the European Council’s conclusions that the EU will not recognise the illegal annexation offact that Crimea and Sevastopol belong to the Russian Federation;
Amendment 83 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the annexation of Crimea has precipitated a significant change in the strategic landscape of the Black Sea Basin and the adjacent arethat the new status of Crimea has seen the strategic landscape of the Black Sea Basin and the adjacent area find a position of balance between Russian power, Turkish power and the presence of the United States of America; warns that by occupycontrolling the entire peninsula, Russia has gained a very important launching pad facing both west (Transnistria and the Danube Mouths), the Balkans and south (the Eastern Mediterranean), where it has establishehad a permanent naval task force, and that the illegal annexation of since 1783 and the creation of the Russian Black Sea Fleet; notes that Crimea offers Russia a ‘southern Kaliningrad’, another outpost directly bordering on NATO, this time at sea. Notes that this new situation is the result of NATO's offensive policy in the region, inaugurated by the illegal bombings against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the change in the strategic landscape, and the evolving military situation in the Black Sea Basin, are indicative of broader, systemic challenges to European security; believes that the EU and the Member States must have a security response to these challenges, engage in negotiation with Russia and the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation on the subject of a new European security architecture, as was proposed by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in 2008, and engage in negotiation in relation to a free trade area between the Eurasian Economic Union, Ukraine and the European Union, as Vladimir Putin proposed in his article in Izvestia of 3 October 2011, a plan which the Commission rejected out of hand;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned aboutNotes the current defensive and offensive military build-up of Russia in the Black Sea, and the planned expansion and modernisation of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, involving the addition of six new modern diesel submarines of the Rostov-on-Don type and six new frigates of the Admiral Grigorovich type; notes that the positioning of ofdefensive air force assets, and the upgrading of Crimean military infrastructures, will enhance Russia’s offensive military posture and its ability to project power beyond its territory;
Amendment 114 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that Russia has considerably bolstered its air and naval defences in the Black Sea Basin, deploying new naval defence (anti-ship) missiles (with a range of 600 km, able to reach the Bosphorus) and ensuring that Russian fighter planes control about three quarters of the Black Sea Basin airspace (by practically tripling the number of airports in Crimea); notes, in this regard, that Russia has bolstered its capabilities in both strategic and tactical terms: strategically, long-range bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles, and reconnaissance aviation operating close to the western shores of the Black Sea, can penetrate deep into Central Europe; tactically, two naval infantry brigades – potentially supported by Mistral-type helicopter carriers – pose a significant potential landing threat;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that potential Russian deployment of dual-capable weapon systems in Crimea place in doubt Russia’s good intentions when it comes to achieving progress on the multilateral nuclear disarmament agenda in the forthcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty review, undermining the efforts already made in that direction, this policy being merely the result of the United States of America's exit from the ABM Treaty and the deployment in Europe of NATO's anti-missile shield, directed against Russia;
Amendment 127 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regards the recent close overflights by Russian fighter aircrafts of NATO warships and exploration platforms in the Black Sea as a clear indication of a more aggressive Russian posture in the Black Sea Basin and warns of a heightened risk of escalation;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is deeply concerned by the extremely serious situation in eastern Ukraine – where war is leading to the destabilisation of Ukraine and, caused by a failure to comply with the agreements of 21 February 2014 signed by the heads of the then opposition parties, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland, by the bregion as a whole – including the apparent move to establish a land corridor linking Russian territory with Crimea through separatist-controlled territory alongach by the Rada of Articles 108, 110, 112 and 126 of the Ukrainian Constitution in its decisions of 22 February 2015 (overthrow of President Yanokovich) and of 24 February 2015 (overthrow of the judges of the Constitutional Court), and by the refusal, in March and April 2014, by the Kiev Government, to negotiate a suitable status for the political, economic, social and cultural features of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, led to the wdestern shore of the Azov Sea (Mariupol)abilisation of the country and the entire region;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CondemnEndorses the fact that Russia is providing direct and indirect support to the separatist actions, thereby facilitating the continuation of war;local populations, in particular through the acceptance of 1 200 000 refugees in its concerned by the reports of war crimes committed in the region controlled by Russia-backed separatists; urges Russiterritory and the despatch of 14 humanitarian convoys to the conflict zone; urges Russia and the United States of America to use itstheir influence to halt the hostilities;
Amendment 149 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Condemns the direct support provided by the Ukrainian Government and by the regional authorities of Dnipropetrovsk to the armed militias, consisting of openly nationalistic and extremist militants called the special ‘Donbas’ battalion, the special ‘Aidar’ battalion, the special ‘Sytch’ battalion, the special ‘Azov’ regiment, the special ‘Dnipro-1’ battalion, the special ‘Dnipro-2’ battalion, the ‘Pravy Sektor’ Ukrainian volunteer corps and 40 other bands of this type; condemns the repeated breaches of human rights and the war crimes committed by these armed bands against the civilians of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and in particular those highlighted in Report EUR 50/040/2014 of 8 September 2014 by the NGO Amnesty International; demands that the Ukrainian Government dissolve and disarm these armed bands which have no place in a democracy, where only the police and armed forces legally established and controlled by the civil power can legally bear arms, make arrests and undertake police operations;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Urges the Commission and the IMF to block the financial aid given to Ukraine, since it is being used to finance the war conducted by this country against the populations of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, a war which is falsely called an ‘antiterrorist operation’;
Amendment 156 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the relationship with Russia, being a major actor in the international system, should be cooperative rather than conflictual in the long run; is of the view, however, that in the short and medium term, owing to a lack of trust following Russia’s latest actions, any resumption of cooperation should continue to rely, firstly, on the strong strategic reassurance offered by NATO to its eastern members and, secondly, on the fact that there can be no political solution based on accepting the illegal annexation of Crimeaany resumption of cooperation should continue to rely on NATO's withdrawal from eastern Europe;
Amendment 164 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses hope that the Minsk ceasefire agreement reached on 12 February 2015 will hold and thereby provide the time for a negotiated political solution with the de facto authorities of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions in the political and economic context given by the Minsk agreements;
Amendment 172 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that, in the event that Russia does not honour the Minsk ceasefire agreement, and continues the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, the sanction regime should be continued and even strengthen Russia will honour this agreement, as shown by the OSCE observer mission's reports, which noted the withdrawal of the heavy weapons by the insurgents, together with a general cessation of hostilities, except for a few very localised incidents; the sanction regime must consequently be lifted;
Amendment 184 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the implementation of the EU energy policy aimed at promotingcontribution of Russia to energy security for all Member States; urges the Member States to take the steps needed to ensure the security of oil and gas exploitation and transportation activities in the Black Sea region, particularly by negotiating the restart of the ‘South Stream’ project;
Amendment 190 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that the benefits of oil and gas exploitation and transportation in the Black Sea are increasingly dependent on the level of militarisation triggered by the illegal annexAmerican provocation ofs in Crimea by Russia and the subsequentagainst Russia, leading to a build-up of its capabilities in the area;
Amendment 201 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Ccalls on Russia to continue to respect the rights of the local population in Crimea, especially the native Crimean Tatars, thousands of whom have left their homeland for fear of persecution and have sought refuge iGreeks, Armenians and Germans, of whom the Russian Government has recognised, by Presidential Decree No 268 of 21 April 2014, the status of unjustly oppressed people and has consequently taken measures for their total rehabilitation, together with compensation measures which the Ukrainian Government had until now never implemented; is very content that the Crimean Tatars have had their language recognised as an official language of the Crimean Republic by Article 10 of the Constitution of ther regions in Ukraine Crimean Republic of 11 April 2014, which gives it a status of official language in this territory pursuant to Article 68 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation;
Amendment 210 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Ukrainian Government to use all means at its disposal to investigate and prosecute war crimes committed on its territory, specifically the massacres committed by the pro-government militants in Odessa on 2 May 2014, and by the members of the special ‘Azov’ Battalion in Mariupol on 9 May 2014;
Amendment 218 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Ukrainian Government to cease the attacks on freedom of expression, and the pressures against the independent press, particularly against the newspaper ‘Vesti’, which was the subject of two vexatious searches in May and September 2014, and two attacks on its premises in July 2014; calls for the lifting of the administrative sanctions adopted by the Ukrainian State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting against the ‘Inter’ and ‘112’ television channels and against the ‘Vesti’ radio channel, together with the prohibition of broadcasting of the television channel of the CIS, ‘Mir’, and of 15 Russian television channels in Ukrainian territory in July 2014;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the critical importance ofat coordinating with NATO and the United States is counter- productive as the Black Sea Basin is a key component of Euro-Atlantic security; welcomes the commitment of NATO to support regional efforts of Black Sea littoral states aimed at ensuring security and stabilpean and Eurasian security; calls on the OSCE to enlarge the scope of its efforts related to Black Sea security;
Amendment 239 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 248 #
2015/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that NATO should preserve it’s general naval and air superiority in the Black Sea Basin and maintain its capacity to monitor the areby its nature exacerbates tensions with Russia;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in reaction to and despite Russia’s aggression against the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia headed by the Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini and funded by the European Union established in September 2009 that the Georgian and violation of its territorial integrity in 2008, the EUuthorities were responsible for triggering the conflict by initiating bombardments of civilian targets in the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, on the night of 7 to 8 August 2008; whereas, despite that conflict, Russia and Georgia opted for an increased cooperation model as a way to appease Russia; whereas, in line with this, rather than takimposing restrictive measures,ciprocal sanctions, they launched or deepened a series of generous initiatives for deeper cooperation –, such as the common spaces, the Partnership for Modernisation, the negotiations on a New EU-Russia Agreement, and the Human Rights dialogue – have been launched or deepened; ;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Russia has – by illegally annexing Crimea and waging an undeclared war against Ukraine, with the direct participation of Russian military units, and by deliberately destabilising this neighbouring sovereign and independent country – profoundly and for a long time damaged its relationship with the EU by jeopardising the basic principles of Europe’s security order and by breaking its international commitments, notably under the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandumthe attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation was the result of a sovereign and democratic referendum vote by the people of Crimea, through the decisions of the institutions of their Autonomous Republic whose members were elected democratically and in accordance with Ukrainian legislation; whereas that attachment was also confirmed by the referendum procedure of 16 March 2014, which accorded with the United Nations Charter, particularly with regard to the right of self- determination; whereas restrictions on trade between the EU and Crimea were subsequently imposed;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Russiathe United States, particularly through the lever of NATO, is the instigator of and, directly or indirectly, party to a number of ‘frozen conflicts’ in its neighbourhood – in Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhasia, and Nagorno Karabakh – that constitute serious impediments to the development and stability of the neighbouring countries concerned;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in reaction to Russia’s covert military invasion of Ukrainethe armed conflict raging in Ukraine following the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation, the EU has adopted a stage-by-stage series of restrictive measures; whereas similar sanctions have been adopted by a number of other countries in reaction to Russia’s aggression;
Amendment 78 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas these restrictive targeted measures are, even if their initial aim was not to directed againsly target the Russian people but aim, are having at stimulating a change in Russian policy towards, and actions in, the common neighbourhood; whereas the sanctions could be lifted, partially or fully, as soon as Russia commits itself to implementing, fully and honestly, the provisions of the Minsk agreements and the return of Crimea to Ukraine; whereas the sanctions will be strengthened should Russia chose to do otherwise and refrain from taking any positive step to change its policyevere impact on the everyday life of the population; whereas, furthermore, it is often the most vulnerable people, such as women and children, who pay the price for this policy which the European Union is conducting towards Russia; whereas the sanctions are also having adverse repercussions, both for citizens of the Russian Federation and for those of the Member States of the European Union, although the Minsk accords should have led to a stage-by- stage lifting of the sanctions;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU has firmly supported Russia’s accession and participation in different international organisations and fora, such as the G8, the G20 and the WTO; whereas this strategy of including Russia in international decision-making bodies has not had the results expected but instead created tensions owing to Russia’s habit of breaching rules, e.g. its non- compliance with WTO standards and obligations (by introducing a number of discriminatory measures against individual EU Member States and other countries in its neighbourhood), its failure to implement more than a thousand judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, etc.the habit adopted by the United States and the European Union of calling into question Russia’s sovereignty, for example by failing to respect its strategic choices in the field of trade or the decisions taken by Russian judicial institutions, in which respect Western States seem to be abandoning the principle of the independence of the administration of justice;
Amendment 125 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Russiathe United States has developed policies and instruments for, and became an active user of, a new type of hybrid warfare, particularly in the actions carried out in Nicaragua between 1979 and 1989, for which it was condemned by the International Court of Justice on 27 June 1986, deliberately blurring the lines between military/paramilitary activity and political activism, employing a mix of weaponised information (information deliberately altered and aired to inflict damage to societal, political and institutional structures), using professional instigators of insurgency in foreign countries, targeting local minority- language groups abroad for destabilisation, controlling information space and combining cyber warfare with military means;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the intrusions of RussUkrainian jet fighters into the airspace of EU and NATO members states jeopardise the safety of civilian flights, as may have been the case on 17 July 2014 with the possible destruction by the Ukrainian army of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (Boeing 777- 200ER);
Amendment 142 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the World Media Freedom Index 2014 ranks the Russian FederationUnited States at 14846th place out of 180; whereas the financing of state-controlled medi, an abrupt fall of 13 places, which, for a State aspiring to the rank of the greatest power in the world and a coutlets has been significantly widened and increasedntry of liberty, is relatively worrying;
Amendment 166 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that, in the light of Russia’s direct and indirect involveits commitment into the war in Ukraine, amounting to a deliberate violation of the core of the democratic principles and values sustained by the EU and widely shared intfundamental principle of self-determination of peoples, the EU can only note the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federnationally, the EU cannot; accordingly, the EU has no alternative but to envisage a return to ‘business as usual’ in its strategic relations with Russia; calls for a critical re-assessment by the EU of its relations with Russia, and for the drafting, as promptly as possible, of a soft-power contingency plan to counter the aggressive and divisive policies conducted by Russia against the EU andneighbourhood policy, particularly the aggressive and bellicose positions that it has adopted towards Russia, which, in a multipolar world, its partnersa major pole of influence;
Amendment 191 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that at this point, Russia, because of its actions, can no longer be treated as, or considered,Russia must remain a ‘strategic partner’ for the EU; points out that strategic partnerships are only conceivable with countriorganisations and/or States that do not jeopardise the international order, which is based on democracy,as NATO is currently doing by seeking to destabilise all opponents of American strategic imperialism; reminds the United States and NATO Member States therefore that they have undertaken to respect state sovereignty (including the choice of internal constitutional order and foreign policy orientation), the inviolability of state borders, respect for the rule of law and the principles of international trade, and mutual trust;
Amendment 219 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by the fact that Russia now openly positions itself, and acts, not as a partner of, but as a rival to the international democthe United States and the European Union are now banishing from the international scene anyone who does not approve without debate their political, economic and strategic communityapproaches, seeking to challenge the current international order, and is in the process of redrawing borders within Europewhich is supposedly based on multilateralism, and that they are in the process of redrawing borders within Europe to the detriment of all their statements of principles, as the borders claimed for Ukraine were established in 1954 in violation of the internal legislation of the USSR; is extremely worried by the tendency of the RussiaWestern authorities to systematically denigrate liberal democracy and to consider democratic neighbouring countri(in the United States and the European Union) to systematically denigrate States which do not make the same political choices as a threat to their own ruley advocate;
Amendment 237 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that EU-Russia relations must henceforth be based on the rule of law and on preconditionedrespect for the principle of sovereign equality between States and on dialogue, whereby the EU would be ready to relaunch cooperation with the authorities in Moscow on the condition that Russia unambiguously and without pretence ich complies with the principle of reciprocity, which ought to encourage the EU to relaunch cooperation with the authorities in Moscow, which will agree to engage in dialogue only on the condition that NATO Member Staktes its share of responsibility and fullyand Ukraine implements the Minsk Agreements in good faith; stresses that in order to ensure that such athe dialogue –with Russia ifs renewed (for which the return of Crimea to Ukraine would be a prerequisite) – is not conducted at the expense of European values, standards and intauthorities of the European Union and its Member States would have to note the attachment of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federnational commitments), it would be necessary to specify very clearly the EU’s expectations of RussiaUkraine, along with the retaliatory measures it would take should RussiaUkraine not keep to its commitments;
Amendment 268 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends thNotes that the efforts to achieve solidarity and the unity mademonstrated by the Member States in the context of RussiaUkraine’s undeclared war against Ukraine, allowing the adoption and further extension of responsive measures; calls on thRussia must not lead to a negation of the principle of pluralism, which is fundamental to any organisation which claims to be Mdember States to consider as an absolute priority the preservation of this unity; reiterates that unity and solidarity amongst the Member States, as well as between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries, is essential for ensuring the effectiveness of the EU’s policies and its ability to withstand external challenges and pressurocratic, and that the Union and its institutions must therefore respect the freedom of opinion and expression of all those who do not share its views on the Ukraine conflict; reiterates that efforts to achieve unity and solidarity amongst the Member States must not be to the detriment of respect for the principle of sovereignty of the Member States with regard to their foreign policies and diplomatic approaches;
Amendment 297 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, in this regard, that the strengthening of internal policies, notably through closer integrestoration of the sovereignty of States, notably through the priority assigned to intergovernmental cooperation, is the keystone of an efficient and successful EU external policy; calls, therefore, on the Member States to carry on with, and intensify theirEuropean Union to initiate efforts towards, the effective elimination of decision-making bottlenecksany federalist temptation and theo consolidation of common policie the competences of the Member States, with the aim of minimisrestoring the vulnerabilities of these policies and maximising their resilienclegitimacy of the European Communities in so far as possible, in particular in the areas of trade, financial services and transactions, migration, energy, external borders management, information and cyber security;
Amendment 308 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Firmly supports the swift creation of a robust European Energy Union, specifically the interconnection of national energy networks in order to reduce considerably the dependence of individual Member States on external energy suppliers; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, and the exposure of individual Member States, to the illegitimate use of energy as a political and diplomatic bargain chip can only be combatted efficiently through the full implementation of the Third Energy package and the completion of a transparent, integrated, synchronised and resilient European internal energy marketidea that Member States should remain responsible for the field of energy, each State having its own needs in this regard; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, its lack of legitimacy and the challenges of energy security which Member States must meet can only be combatted efficiently through respect for that sovereignty;
Amendment 332 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the total irrelevance of the suspension of cooperation with Russia in the defence sector, and calls on the Member States to refrain from taking any decisions that could jeopardise this united posiUnion to respect the sovereignty of the Member States with regard to their foreign policies and diplomatic relations; is therefore of the view that, notwithstandbearing in mingd their undisputable bilateral nature, agreements in the field of defence cooperation between some Member States and Russia should not be assessed carefully at EU levelby the EU, with a view to definensuring an appropriatach which respects the aind consistent approach; calls for the EU’s cooperation with NATO to be consolidated further; ependence of Member States; considers that it is a matter for each Member State to determine its strategic approach to defence, particularly its place inside or outside NATO, which it should do in the light of the specific concerns and the respective interests of each sovereign nation;
Amendment 351 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned by the ever growing restrictions on free media, the tightening of online media control, the use of coercion to curb impartial reporting and the erosion of journalistic standards in Russiathe Member States of the European Union, as well as the increasing monopoly on the information made available to Russian-language audiences abroad by state-owned media outlets; deplores that Russian state- controlled mediapublic opinion by media outlets controlled by Atlanticist propaganda concerning the Ukraine crisis; deplores that European media controlled by American orthodoxy have become players in the EU information sphere without keeping to the norms of independent journalism, including the rejection of hate speech;
Amendment 373 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Renews its call for the development of EU reconnaissance capabilities of weaponised information and the preparation of information contingency plans, including the strengthening of analytical and monitoring capabilities, especially in the Russian language, in order to be able to identify, and respond swiftly and appropriately to, purposefully biased information; calls on the Commission to earmark without delay adequate funding for concrete projects aimed at countering RussiAmerican propaganda within the EU and abroad; calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise as well a mechanism for the collection, monitoring and reporting of financial, political or technical assistance provided by Russiathe United States to political parties and other organisations within the EU, with a view to assessing its involvement in, and influence over, political life and public debate in the EU;
Amendment 386 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU to provide support to grass-roots projects aimed at developing high journalistic standards, freedom of the media, and unbiased and trustworthy information in Russiathe territory of its Member States, and at deconstructing Atlanticist propaganda within the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries; supports the initiative to develop Russian- languageindependent media channels, with a view to providing a credible and accessible alternative to biased information for Russian-speaking minorities in the EUcitizens of the EU Member States and in the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 400 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates that uncompromising respect for the rule of law is a core and founding principle of the EU, and rejects past attempts to put forward pragmatic interpretations of the rules to accommodate Russiathe United States or Ukraine as a trade partner; calls, therefore, on the strict, swift and unconditional application of the rule of law – in the event of any breach of the rules – and of the principle of free and fair competition, including in the proceedings against Gazpromthe Privat group;
Amendment 420 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its deep concern for the state of human rights and the rule of law in RussiaUkraine, and strongly condemns the crackdown on independent civil society and the persistent and multiform repression of activists, political opponents and critics of the regime, which has in some cases led to their murder (Anna Politkovskaya, Natalya Estemirova, Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko, and othersthe demonstrators who responded to the murder of Paulina, a young girl crushed by a Ukrainian armoured vehicle in Konstantynivka on 16 March 2015); demands that all assassinations of political activists, journalists and whistle blowers be investigated properly and independently; reiterates its call on the Council to deliver on its commitment to defend these principles, and to adopt restrictive measures for the officials involved in the well-documented Magnitsky casein response to the opaque financial movements observed around the circle of Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, but also of President Poroshenko, whose commercial organisations are profiting amply from the war as suppliers of the Ukrainian armed forces;
Amendment 446 #
2015/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importanceat it is not the role of the European Union to finance Atlanticist propaganda in Russia by means of ‘continued political and financial support’ to independent civil society activists, media and NGOs; encourages the EU to reach out to Russian officials and civil society organisations that are inclined to develop an alternative vision of political and diplomatic relations with the EUensure that civil society organisations within the territory of the Member States are genuinely independent;
Amendment 69 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the action taken by the Member States against ISIS in Iraq; notes that this type of operation should be carried out under the auspices of the European Union; to this end, calls on the EU to develop sufficient operational capacity to achieve CSDP targetby cooperation between the national defence forces of the EU Member States; to this end, calls on the EU to confine itself to a coordinating role in peace-keeping operations, in line with the principles of subsidiarity and the sovereignty of Member States; stresses however that a response must first be found at political and regional level to the challenge presented by ISIS; calls on the EU to facilitate regional dialogue involving all stakeholders, in particular Saudi Arabia and Iran;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the European Union willcan only gain real influencepursue a multilateral policy on the international scene if it is able to respeak with one voice; calls on the VP/HR accordingly to appoint representatives at the highest level, i.e. EU foreign ministers or very senior political figures acting on her instructions and together with hct the prerogatives of the Member States in defence matters; calls on the VP/HR accordingly to take advantage of all the potential accorded her by the Treaties for enhanced cooperation, thus enabling the European Union to fully exploit its coordinating role in order, to ensure a constant dialogue with the countries of the region;
Amendment 95 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the emergence of ISIS is a symptom of the economic, political, social and cultural crisis afflicting the region; calls on the EU, together with the Arab world, to assess the root causes and adopt a global approach, but is also the result of destabilisation operations carried out in the region with the complicity of the European Union, such as the war in Libya which ignited the Islamist powder keg; therefore insists that the European Union acknowledge its responsibility, as an essential precondition for tackling the Islamist problem, through an approach based on security, political, economic, social and cultural considerations, together with the Arab world;
Amendment 133 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of long-term strategic dialogue with the LAS; welcomes in this regard the declaration adopted in Athens on 11 June 2014 and the memorandum of understanding of January 2015 and calls for their full implementation; stresses the crucial importance of the regular organisation of summits between the EU and LAS; stresses the central role to be played by the LAS in terms of crisis resolution; is convinced that these crises highlight the need for the LAS to be transformed by its members into a fully-fledged executive body genuinely capable of taking binding decisions;
Amendment 147 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses also the importance of regional dialogue with Turkey and Iran; stresses the need to reintegrate Iran into the international community once it has provided definitive assurances and cast- iron guarantees of itsmultilateral dialogues which give structure to dealings on the intenrnation to develop nuclear energy for civilian purposes onlyal stage;
Amendment 175 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses full support forcomplete disagreement with a new common security and defence policy (CSDP) to, as the promoteion of stability and security in the MENA countries; points out that the EU could play a major role in providing specific training in is a matter first and foremost for these countries as sovereign states, and then through dialogue and multilateral cooperation with EU Member States, which themselves are also responsible for implementing their own foreign and defence policy; points out, furthermore, that certain EU Member States maintain specific relations with certain MENA countries as a result of their shared history and that the European Union cannot ignore this historical reality; calls also on the European Union to enhance the Member States’ powers in the areas of border surveillance, anti-terrorism and the prevention of arms’ trafficking and in overhauling security;
Amendment 206 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the urgent need for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, taking due account of the moderate opposition existing alongside the Syrian National Council and strengthenhrough the necessary diplomatic dialogue with the Syrian Government in order to containg the moderate Sunni components; points out that no democratic solution in line with the fundamental principles of the Union can be negotiated with Bachar Al-Assad, following the massacres perpetrated by himIslamist threat currently wreaking havoc throughout the region; stresses, in this regard, the useful mediation role which Iran and Russia could play in restoring this dialogue;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for the Iraqi Government to continue to promote the sharing of political responsibilities, power and oil profits, encompassing all religious and ethnic communities in that country; calls for this to be made an essential condition for implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq; calls on the EU to contribute to capacity building by the Iraqi Government;
Amendment 246 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its deep concern at the situation in Libya; calls on the European Union, through the High Representative, to recognise its responsibility in triggering the Libyan crisis; stresses the need to maintain its territorial integrity and national unity; stresses that the Libyan crisis can only be resolved by means of dialogue that is as inclusive as possible;
Amendment 273 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to continue to encourage democratic reforms within the EU neighbouring countries; stresses the importance of maintaining the ‘two- thirds/one third’ principle for the allocation of ENP funding; calls on the Commission, the EEAS, the Council and the Member States to develop a political and strategic ENP dimension; welcomes the launch by the HR/VP and the Commission of broad consultation on ENP renewal;
Amendment 328 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that strategic dialogue between the EU and the MENA countries should be given further impetus in the direction of sustainable economic development, helping to iron out inequalities and creating youth opportunities; stresses the importance of facilitating access to the EU single market forbilateral and/or multilateral trade agreements between EU Member States and the MENA countries, while providing all necessary protectionch benefit all parties concerned in line with their respective national interests; stresses the importance of encouraging European investments in MENA countries;
Amendment 346 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to develop partnerships with countries in the region that are not direct neighbours; supports the conclusion of a convention to establish a free-protect better, in a smart way, its economy; maintains that to do so, political and trade agreaements between the EU and GCC and the resumption of negotiations for a new joithe GCC (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar) need to be made conditional upon the economic and trade interests of EU Member States and that, while bilateral or multilateral agreements action programmere possible, a full free trade area may endanger EU industries;
Amendment 350 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. RegretNotes the deadlock faced by the EU with regard to the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);, calls on the EU to make every effort to assist with the regional integration of the Maghreb countries under the AMU or Agadir agreementsused in the main by the fact that the Western Sahara conflict remains unresolved on account of the Polisario and the support it receives from Algeria; calls on the EU to note that the success of this enterprise is dependent upon the willingness of the countries involved (Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia and Mauritania) but also, and above all else, upon the settlement of conflicts destabilising the region at present, without which any institution building seems destined to fail;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes thatAcknowledges that, in a world which has now become multilateral, the United States is one of the EU’s key strategic partnpartners among others; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnershipconstitutes a danger to European businesses which, in the event of the project’s coming to fruition, would face unfair competition because of the lack of protectionism for our industries, whereas the United States pursues such a policy; emphasises that its successful conclusion would be a serious geopolitical threat to the independence of the Member States at a moment when the US is already seeking to restrict our sovereignty through NATO; underlines that the TTIP willould have a posinegative impact on jobs and growth for the two economies of the EU Member States, which have both been hit by the crisis due to the treatment of international finance by the United States;
Amendment 29 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the TTIP’s strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar worlderror, as TTIP would merely strengthen the principle of global economic governance, which stands for a desire to destroy national sovereignty, first in the economic sphere, which will result in the triumph of an unbridled liberalism which would be contrary to the survival and the interests of peoples; notes that its impactthis wourld go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitatingvernance project is clearly evident in the desire to promote the establishment of common regulations and rules that could later be adopted at global level, to the detriment of all historical, political and geopolitical realism and of democracy;
Amendment 50 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the conclusion of the TTIP creates the prospect of a broadglobal economic space, which would include third countries with which the EU and the US have close trade and economic relationill also subject EU Member States to unfair competition from third countries; observes that this is the case because the EU and the US have close trade and economic relations with these countries, which are subject to far more flexible rules and standards, whether on health, safety or social aspects;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU’s energy supply largely depends on foreign sources; emphasises the considerable contribution Member States’ energy supply ought to depend on strategic choices and bilateral agreements made by each nation state in the light of its own interests; emphasises the fact that the TTIP could damakge to the EU’s energy supply diversification and to its energy security by, inter alia, lifting licensing requirements for US gas exportshe energy security of the Member States while, incidentally, compelling European undertakings to assume a risk by, inter alia, lifting licensing requirements for US gas exports, whereas for example certain European undertakings refuse to exploit shale gas or certain Member States reject this practice;
Amendment 79 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that, in reality, this agreement shouldhas the aim of completing a further stage in the process of subjection of the peoples of Europe to the United States of America; sees evidence of this in the Commission’s desire for TTIP to be accompanied by a deepeningn intensification of transatlantic parliamentary cooperation, and that the strengthening of trade and investment links through the TTIP should lead in the future to an enhanced political framework to improve global cooperation between the EU and the USwhich in reality is intended to result in the establishment of a globalised world government under the control of the United States, the European and Eurasian project being abandoned as part of a confrontation between blocs;
Amendment 96 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is taking steps aiming to improve the transparency of theExpresses its scepticism about the new desire displayed by the Commission to take steps aiming to improve the transparency of the negotiations; points out that, at the same time, citizens, who are supposedly living in a democratic system – that is, a system where they have access to the information required as a basis for taking decisions – do not in this case have access to the documents concerning the negotiations; notes that, furthermore, peoples’ elected representatives are subject to a very strict and rigid procedure for consulting them; recalls, therefore, the antidemocratic character of an agreement negotiated by oligarchs without any public consultation procedure, despite the fact that the peoples of Europe will the first to suffer the damaging consequences of the agreement; calls on the Commission to completely and definitively halt the TTIP negotiations.
Amendment 11 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the European Union Human Rights Guidelines, in particular to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, both adopted by the Council on 24 June 2013, and the Guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline, adopted on 12 May 2014,
Amendment 44 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU’s commitment to effective multilateralism, with the UN at its core, is an integral part of the Union’s external policy and is rooted in the conviction that a multilateral system founded on universal rules and values is best suited to addressing global crises, challenges and threats;
Amendment 55 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas Article 14 of the UDHR recognises the right of persons to seek asylum from persecution in other countries; whereas the UN Convention on the Status of Refugees clearly states that all refugees are entitled to special protection and that no state shall expel or return a refugee to a territory where he or she faces persecution or threats to life or freedom;
Amendment 143 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the adoption by the Council of the EU Guidelines on human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and the EU Guidelines on freedom of religion or belief, both during the reporting year 2013, as well as the Guidelines on freedom of expression online and offline, in 2014;
Amendment 172 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the dedicated Council conclusions on human rights defenders on the tenth anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs); commends, furthermore, the Commission for its increased use of EIDHR funding to provide emergency grants to human rights defenders under imminent threat, and encourages the Commission to further explore new ways of supporting HRDs;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its call on the EEAS to continue protecting NGOs, human rights defenders and civil society activists by raising the effectiveness of EU human rights dialogues and by promoting EU thematic priorities anda principle of realism that is adaptable to the context of each country targeted as regards human rights guidelines; in this context, encourages the organisation of campaigns aimed at reaching human rights defenders also in the more remote areas ofmultilateral cooperation between the countries involved and dialogue both between Member States and in theird countries, in order to help implement EU policy objectiv dealings with sovereign third countries;
Amendment 193 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the commitment of Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to supporting a strong multilateral human rights system under the aegis of the United Nations, including the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the work of related UN specialised agencies such as the ILO;
Amendment 200 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Reiterates the importance of the EUMember States participating actively in alldefining UN human rights mechanisms, notably the Third Committee of the General Assembly and the UNHRC; encourages the EU Member States to do so by co-sponsoring and leading on resolutions, by actively participating in debates and interactive dialogues, and by issuing statements; strongly supports the EU’s growing practice of cross-regional initiativespractice of Member States engaging in cooperation with sovereign states in this area;
Amendment 207 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates its fullStresses that its support for the work of the ICC in its role to end the impunity of the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern before the international community; remains vigilant regarding any attempts to undermine its legitimacy; considersto all sovereign states is conditional upon respect for the princreasing number of states parties to be an important development in strengthening the universality of the Court; welcomes the ratification of the Rome Statute by Côte d’Ivoire in February 2013iple of subsidiarity, i.e. concerning cases in which it has been demonstrated that the country of origin of the criminal is incapable of handing down a judgment;
Amendment 272 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Reiterates its call on the Commission to report on a regular basis on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the EU Member States, including their national action plans; regrets the lack of progress made by the Commission in following up Parliament’s request that it propose legislation reqTakes the view that the Member States alone, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, should determine the guirding EU companies to ensure that their purchases do not support perpetrators of conflicts or graveprinciples relating to business and human rights violations;
Amendment 280 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the EU to support the emerging initiatives aimed at concluding a legally binding international instrument onrespect the subsidiarity principle and, accordingly, to let the Member States defend and negotiate their initiatives relating to business and human rights within the UN system and to engage from early on in the debate on this issue;
Amendment 305 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Calls on the EU and its Member StatesTakes the view that it is up to the Member States to consider whether it is advisable to enhance their monitoring of, and clearly and rapidly/or condemn, all restrictions on freedom of assembly and association, including bans on civil society organisations, aggressive use of criminal defamation laws and other restrictive laws, excessive registration and reporting requirements, overly restrictive rules on foreign funding, or prohibitions on NGOs from engaging in political activities or having contact with foreigners;
Amendment 334 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes the EU’s support for UN resolutions on gender issues, notably on the elimination of violence against women, on discrimination against women, on the role of freedom of expression and opinion in women’s empowerment, and for the UN’s statements on early and forced marriage and on female genital mutilation;(Does not affect English version)
Amendment 339 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Calls on the EU to actively participate in the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, and to continue to fight against all attempts to undermine the UN Beijing Platform for Action concerningsupport, among other elements, access to education and health as basic human rights, and sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 344 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Reaffirms its condemnation of all forms of abuse and violence against women and men, especially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence; calls on all Council of Europe member states, accordingly, to sign and ratify the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women; callsthe EU to bring its legislation into line with that onf the EU as such to take steps to accede to the ConventionMember States in order to ensure coherence between EU internal and external action on violence against women and men;
Amendment 363 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
Amendment 368 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
Amendment 375 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
Amendment 385 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
Amendment 406 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Reiterates that whilst there are rights of the child, there is no such thing as a ‘right to a child’, and emphasises, therefore, the ethical and legal impossibility of officially recognising practices such as surrogate motherhood and medically assisted procreation, which reduce children to the status of commodities and thus deny them their rights and their dignity;
Amendment 434 #
2014/2216(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Stresses the urgent need to develop stronger policies at Union level to addresshand back powers to the Member States, which are required to provide the initial response to the pressing issues related to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in a manner consistent with international human rights lawthe subsidiarity principle and fundamental human dignity, and calls on the EU to guarantee effective common standards for reception procedures throughout the Union in order to protect the most vulnerablerespect the sovereignty of the Member States in this area; invites the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs and the EEAS to promote a true spirit of cooperation and equitable burden-sharing among Member States in order to tackle the multiple challenges that persist in this regard; recalls the commitment of the Commission to developing adequate legal migration channels, and, to this end, calls for a revision of the Dublin Regulation, which places disproportionate responsibility on Member States for the Union’s external borders and hinders migrants’ ability to seek and obtain asylum;