6 Amendments of Andrius KUBILIUS related to 2021/2181(INI)
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and autocratic regimes, which are in the majority for the first time in 20 years; calls for the EU and the Member States to make full use of the tools at their disposal to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwide; Calls on the EU to intensify cooperation with democracies worldwide and adopt new international tools and instruments for defending democracy, such as preventive sanctions for authoritarian leaders who intend to ‘steal’ elections and for oligarchs who finance these regimes, uncovering and freezing ‘dark’ money of vast corruption, and application of universal jurisdiction in cases of gross human rights violations;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the EU should not recognise the voting which took place in Russia on 17-19 September 2021, as the opposition candidates were not allowed to run, free media was persecuted, international observers from the OSCE/ODHIR were not allowed to come and observe the elections, electronic voting was marred and there were numerous instances of voting irregularities and electoral fraud;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Russian Government to immediately release Alexei Navalny, who survived state-sponsored assassination attempt by military grade chemical weapon, but was detained in Russia, sentenced under trumped up charges and imprisoned for political reasons; reminds that there are over 400 political prisoners in Russia, and 685 political prisoners in Belarus and the number of political prisoners in both countries continues to grow;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Condemns instrumentalisation of illegal migration, a hybrid attack aimed to destabilize Europe by Lukashenko regime in Belarus, who devised a scheme ferrying migrants from Iraq and Turkey to Minsk and with the help of Belarusian border guards facilitating their illegal crossing into the European Union; calls on the European Commission to prepare relevant legislative proposals providing Member States necessary safeguards to effectively react and respond to instrumentalisation of migration by hostile third countries aimed at intimidating and destabilising the EU;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Points out that authoritarian Russia is an aggressive power that poses a threat to Europe’s peace and security; reminds that Russia is responsible for waging a war in Europe, in Donbas, for occupation of territories of neighbouring countries and for illegal annexation of Crimea;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Reminds that in the authoritarian states the internet and cyber space often remains the sole area free of state control and censorship for human rights defenders, free media and pro-democratic opposition and it must be defended; deplores the fact that Apple and Google have removed jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s smart voting application from the iOS and Android stores under pressure from the Russian government;