BETA

14 Amendments of Manu PINEDA related to 2020/2081(INI)

Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the Belarusian authorities denied that COVID-19 had spread in the country, thereby wasting precious time that could have been used to prepare and protect the country’s population and in particular its medical staff, did not cancel mass events, and instead engaged in the intimidation of journalists and ordinary people who dared to contradict the official government narrative;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas Belarus has been subject to unprecedented pressure from Russia to deepen their integration in the context of the Union State, to the detriment of the sovereignty of Belarus, resulting in an ongoing standoff over oil imports from Russia;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas states are sovereign to choose their own economic, political and social model, as well as their bilateral and multilateral agreements;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas from a security point of view, Belarus is closely linked to and dependent on Russia and is engaging in actions posing a threat to the EU Member States such as the Zapad 2017 joint military exercises;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support the sovereignty of Belarus against pressure from the Russian Federation for deeper integration and remind Belarus that the European Union is open to further development of relations with the country both bilaterally and within the Eastern Partnership framework if Belarus meets conditions linked to democracy, the rule of law, international law, human rights and fundamental freedomsased on equality and mutual benefit;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) insist that any EU macro-financial support for mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is conditional on strict political criteria, notably those linked to democracy and human rights, nuclear safety concerns voiced by some of the EU Member States and threats posed by Belarus-Russia military cooperation, and that adequate measures are taken to combat the virus and protect the populatimust be always linked to avoid the suffering of the population and never be conditioned to political criteria, avoiding the use of this global pandemic as political weapon;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) work for the establishment of normal parliamentary relations between the European Parliament and the Parliament of Belarus as this is the appropriate framework for a comprehensive dialogue on issues of common interest, including those where the partners have fundamental differences;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) pay close attention to the presidential election campaign and insist that a lack of progress in conducting elections according to international standards and further crackdowns against the opposition will have direct adverse effects on relations with the EU;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) condemn the ongoing intimidation and persecution of opposition figures, including presidential hopefuls, civil society activists and independent journalists;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) support independent media outlets and journalists, including those who work on a freelance basis with unregistered foreign media;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) effectively guarantee that EU international agreements comply with human rights, as there is no monitoring of their application and it is only applied following double standards and economic interest;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) reject the imposition of sanctions by the EU on third countries with the aim of protecting its geopolitical and economic interests independently of the humanitarian situation or the harm to the population;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) remind Belarus that the EU is its second-biggest trade partner and that intensification of economic relations could bring much-needed balance for Belarusian external trade;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) welcome and encouragnote the energy diversification of Belarus, reducing its dependence on Russia through imports of oil and gas from new suppliers, including via the territory of the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET