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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the direction of EU-Russia political relations
Amendments (41)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which constitutes the legal basis for EU- Russia relations,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorismincreasing tensions and military operations on the border with Ukraine and other eastern borders onf the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko in BelarusEU are a threat to peace in the European continent; whereas both sides would benefit from good neighbourhood relations and should solve all problems politically and on the basis of international law;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is in our best interest to build mutually beneficial relations between the EU and Russia; whereas the EU should promote dialogue in order to encourage such a relationship;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Russia is the EU's largest neighbour and there are strong historical, cultural and human ties between Russia and EU Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas there are many global challenges in which cooperation between the EU and Russia is needed to solve global problems; whereas cooperation between the EU and Russia is vital in several areas including energy and climate change;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas Russia, the EU and its Member States have a record of cooperation in the Arctic in the context of the Northern Dimension Partnerships; whereas it is of major importance that they continue to cooperate constructively to fight the consequences of climate change in the Arctic region; whereas both sides have the responsibility to ensure the Arctic does not become another subject of military tensions;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas despite the barriers imposed in 2014 the EU is still Russia's biggest trading partner and Russia is the EU's fourth biggest one;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the situation concerns regarding Russia is deteriorating dreadfully because of President Putin’s systemic repression of democratic forces such as when j's human rights situation cannot be used as an excuste two weeks after the arrest of Alexei Navalny Russian authorities detained more than 11 000 peaceful demonstrators, bringing the total number of Russians detained since January 2021 to more than 15 000interfere in Russia's internal affairs;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in its resolutions of 17 September 2020, 21 January 2021 and 29 April 2021 Parliament called for a review of the EU’s policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles agreed in 2016, emphasised that future EU relations with Russia would depend on the pace of Russia’s democratic transformation and called for the EU institutions to devise a new strategic approach on the assumption that any dialogue with Russia must be based on respect for international law and human rights;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the five EU guiding principles for relations with Russia have deterred the Kremlin regime from further aggression against Ukraine, but they are silent wiboth the EU and Russia adopted key policy documents regarding their relation in 2016; whereas confrontation has continued, including regarding Ukraine; whereas both sides have the respect to containing President Putin’s war against the people of Russiaonsibility to come up with a solution to this confrontation based on political dialogue;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the new EU strategy should be centred on the ‘push-back, contain and engage’ principles aimed at strengthening the EU’s capacity to combat the Kremlin’s threatEU must work towards the establishment of a new framework for relations agreed with Russia; whereas third countries affected by these relations, especially in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, including Belarmus,t as well as in Russia itself, by defending human rights and assisting Russia’s transformation into a democracy in accordance with the principle of ‘democracy first’lso be taken into consideration for the establishment of this new framework;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should be based on the assumption that the people of Russia can transfnew framework of relations between the EU and Russia must aim to tackle the deficits of democracy on both sides, inter alia, growing inequality, women's rights, LGBTI rights, orm their country into a democracy; rise of far right and xenophobic forces;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should work in the interest of the EU and offer Russia a constructive dialogue aimed at promoting the values of human rights and democracyto de- escalate the current tensions and work on building mutually advantageous relations and cooperation between the EU and Russia based on respect for international law and human rights;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Recommends that the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles, and develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia based on the following principles and actand develop together with Russia a comprehensive framework to de-escalate current tensions:
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) the EU should gradually restart political dialogue: sanctions on parliamentarians should be lifted to allow interparliamentary dialogue, and dialogue on governmental dialogue must begin through dialogue at ministerial level in order to build mutual trust and identify key priorities for the future of EU-Russia relations;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Deterring the Russian threat – pushing back against the security threa-escalation of tensions on the European continent
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, should work together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhoodRussia to de-escalate ongoing military tensions in the EaP region by conducting a pan-European negotiation to solve existing territorial conflicts and promote disarmament;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EU should encourage the withdrawal of NATO troops from Europe as a first step for de-escalation, and work on increased transparency on military and border guard activities in the context of regional de-militarisation;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the EU should be ready to call for the exclusion ofensure cooperation with Russia fromin the SWIFT payment system if the Russian authorities continue their aggressive threats and military action against EU Member States and EaP neighbouring countriesfields of trade and investment, and work towards the lifting of sanctions which have damaged the productive sectors of both sides; the improvement of EU-Russia connectivity is also an important opportunity to increase investments and ensure economic development for both sides, which must be promoted;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on howcooperate with Russia to cut itstheir dependency on Rufossian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in powerl fuels and promote common projects to increase the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the EU should initiate a dialogue on security compaaspects with EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU and propose a new EU integration strategy for Eastern Partners building on former Commission President Romano Prodi’s formula of ‘everything, but the institutions’Russia which should end the military escalation in EaP, as well as work towards a new model of association agreement with the EU that encourages the role of these countries as bridges between the EU and Russia and that can have a key role in ensuring peace;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the EU should promote a consultation framework with the Eurasian Union to promote mutually advantageous and sustainable economic relations and trade in the region;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the EU should work to guarantee the full implementation of the Minsk Protocol to halt the ongoing war in Donbas, and promote additional confidence building measures together with Russia in order to facilitate peace;
Amendment 313 #
(e) the EU should continue its work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats with instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influences from the EU and its Member Stateswork on promoting free and pluralistic media both within and outside the EU as the main tool to counter false information;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU and Russia should establish with the US a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and propose a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionalityeffective cooperation mechanisms to fight money laundering, which is a problem on both sides, as well as working together in international fora for strict international regulation on money laundering and on the definition of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracyrruption as a crime under international law, as well as on the adoption of specific measures to counter it in its international dimension;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 projectthe EU should strengthen dialogue with Russia in order to guarantee the achievement of sustainable development goals and the implementation of the Paris agreement to which both are parties;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adoptlift its sanctions against the Russian authorities foras their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision-making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by updating the EU global sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corrupy have proven they are of no use to achieve any form of improvement in the situation;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) the EU should establish a centralised anti-money laundering framework, including an EU authority for financial controls, to be put under Parliament’s supervision and to be entrusted with the protection of the EU and its Member States from illicit financial practices and influences from Russia; third countries, including through the financing of xenophobic and neo-fascist parties and movements;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) the EU should initiate and contribute to international investigation of crimes committed by President Putin’s regime against the people of Russia together with the crimes committed by Mr Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus, within the framework of an impunity platform and an EU Justice Hub; in the context of those investigations, the EU should establish a task force of advisers to assist national and international investigations, trials and the setting-up of EU tribunals, and report periodically to Parliament on the state of political freedoms in Russiawork for the strengthening of the International Criminal Court, inter alia through the promotion of universal membership including Russia and the United States;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Engagement to suppfort democracy – supporting a pro-democracy society in Russia
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) the EU should confront work together withe Russian-language propaganda of President Putin’s regime and support the establishment of a Free Russia Television with 24/7 airtime in order to de-escalate tensions, including by immediately ending the use of war language and portraying one another as enemies;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) the EU should encourage people- to-people contacts with Russia including by investing in common cultural and research programmes and through visa liberalisation;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) the EU must be prepared not to recognise the parliament of Russia and to ask for Russia’s suspension from international organisations with parliamentary assembliesactively and regularly participate in international election observation missions in Russia, including ifn the 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia are recognised as fraudulent;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announce a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broad offer with conditions and incentives such as visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation of Russiavoid any form of interference in internal Russian affairs ahead of after the 2021 parliamentary election, in full respect of the principle of non-intervention which is a core element of international law and democratic principles;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) the EU should adopt an ambitious strategy to support the successful development of EaP countries, which would serve as a good example and would incentivise the Russian people to support democracy; accordingly, the EU should propose to EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU a new momentum of European integration with a view to keeping their motivation for reformsevaluate its Eastern Partnership policy in light of the ongoing wars and increasing problems in EaP countries, and should end the vision of the Eastern Partnership as a geopolitical project to weaken Russia;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) the EU should work towards the establishment of good relations with all its Eastern neighbours, including the biggest one of them which is Russia, as this goes in the best interests of the people of Europe and is a fundamental element to achieve peace;