12 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2017/2130(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Eastern Partnership is based on a shared commitment between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the European Union to develop their relations with an aim to adhere to international law and fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and gender equality, as well as to the market economy, sustainable development and good governance;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to acknowledge the European aspirations and European choice of the Partner countries, as stated in the Association Agreements, previous EaP Summit declarations, as well as the Joint Statement of the parliaments of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine of 3 July 2017;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) to encourage electoral reforms thatin order to ensure that these are in line with international standards, that implement recommendations by OSCE-led international observation missions and Venice Commission opinions and that are the subject of broad consultation and, as far as possible, consensus with opposition and civil society, in order to improve electoral frameworks without any bias towards ruling parties;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) to ask the Commission together with the European Investment Bank to propose arrangements for the implementation of a new European Investment Plan for Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries that have made the most progress on reforms towards gradual economic and political integration with the European Union, by increasing the lending capacity of the European Investment Bank from the current EaP levels of EUR 1.6 billion per year and by taking into account EEIP provisions in carrying out its investment mandate; to request as a first step in this regard the establishment of a separate investment window in the form of a trust fund for Ukraine based on the best practices of multi-donor instruments, stressing that this trust fund should focus on private and public investments, in particular on social and economic infrastructure and those aimed at boosting investment absorption capacity, and on the coordination of IFIs and international donor support on the ground; to ensure that the use of all European funds are strictly scrutinized in order to avoid any deviation to corruption;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) to underline that such examples, when a large-scale military exercise of an offensive nature is targeted against certain EU Member States and conducted on a territory, and with military participation of one of an Eastern partners, raise EU´s legitimate concern, are unacceptable and inappropriate for a status of the Eastern partner, as it is the case with “Zapad 2017” in Belarus;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
(q) to commit to sustaining the unity of action among EU Member States in maintaining collective pressurcontinues to see full implementation of the Minsk agreements as the basis for a sustainable political solution to the con Russia, in particular through strengthened targeted restrictive measures, to solving the conflict in Ukraine through genuine implementation of the Minsk agreements, to re-establishing Ukraine’s full sovereignty in Crimea, and that of Georgia in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and of Moldova in Transnistria, and to putting an end to the additional threats of state-sponsored assassinatioflict in Eastern Ukraine; reaffirms its support for the independence and integrity of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia; calls for an immediate end of military hostilities within Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the opposite forces in East Ukraine; encourages the Georgian authorities to settle the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia , taking into consideration the sensibilities of the inhabitants of the areas; to demand a decisive political and judicial action agains,t cyber warfare, disinformation and other types of destabilisationorruption, stressing the frontal contradiction between the scourge of corruption and the EU values;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) to call for an immediate end to military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan which unnecessarily claim the lives of civilians and soldiers whilst hampering socioeconomic development; tTo reaffirm support to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countriesArmenia and Azerbaijan as well as to the OSCE Minsk Group co- Chairs’ efforts to solve the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict and to their 2009 Basic Principles; to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to re-launch negotiations in good faith with a view to implementing these principles to solve the conflict; to makcall on the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia to commit to genuine confidence-building and to dialogue between civil societies; to ensure the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties is conditional and based on meaningful commitments to solving the conflict through maintaining the ceasefire and supporting the implementation of the 2009 Basic Principles;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
(s) to call for continued support to the work carried out by the EU and OSCE missions in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as essential operations to ensure peace and security first and foremost for the benefit of the citizens on the ground, in particular, to insist on full implementation of mandates of these missions; to reflect, jointly with the partner countries, on the prospect of an enhanced role for the EU in solving these conflicts, including by launching ambitious fully-fledged Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions tasked with enhancing security and stability;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) in order to enhance a more effective implementation of the EaP goals, to consider an attractive ‘EaP+’ model for associated countries, based on the highest possible common denominator, that would include joining the customs union and Schengen area, further EU internal market access,the Digital Union and the Energy Union, further EU internal market access, integration into the EU transport networks and industrial partnerships, increased participation in other EU programmes and agencies, increased involvement and cooperation within the CSDP, as well as more immediate measures such as additional unilateral tariff preferences, the abolition of roaming tariffs between the partners and the EU and the development of high- capacity broadband; to open the ‘EaP+’ model to other EaP countries once they are ready for such enhanced commitments;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point y
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point y
(y) to invite Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to focus on the comprehensive and full implementation of the Association agendas in order to unlock all the opportunities available through the Association Agreements, engaging also in the joint discussions on the progress, opportunities and challenges relating to the AA/DCFTA-related reforms; reiterates the importance of genuine implementation of the abovementioned reforms for the future stability and development of the countries and the wellbeing of their societies; to reaffirm that the prospect of EU membership requires significant progress in terms of the implementation of these reforms, notably as regards the rule of law, respect for human rights and good governance;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point aa a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point aa a (new)
(aaa) to call on the EaP countries´ full and effective cooperation with the EU in tackling such challenges as illegal migration, terrorism, cyber-crimes, human trafficking and smuggling;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
(ad) to welcome the Commission proposals to provide the partners with macro-financial assistance while insisting on strict and effective conditionality attached to the proposals, notably in terms of upholding the rule of law (including an independent judiciary and multi-party parliamentary system), ensuring good governance (including combating corruption effectively) and defending human rights and freedom of media; to call on the Commission to make systematic provision for this conditionality in future proposals for such assistance; to provide Parliament and the Council with a detailed written report every six months on the progress made in these three areas for partners already benefiting from such assistance;