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790 Amendments of Andrius KUBILIUS

Amendment 16 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions on breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, adopted in accordance with Rule 144 of its Rules of Procedure,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions of 19 July 2020, 19 January 2022, and 13 June 2023 on fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 June 2023 on the deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to the ‘Strategic Compass for Security and Defence – For a European Union that protects its citizens, values and interests and contributes to international peace and security’, approved by the Council on 21 March 2022 and endorsed by the European Council on 25 March 2022,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
– having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the resilience of critical entities and repealing Council Directive 2008/114/EC,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 e (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 f (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 8 December 2022 on a Union-wide coordinated approach to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 g (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/102,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 h (new)
– having regard to the EU toolbox for 5G security of 29 January 2020,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 i (new)
– having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 1 December 2021 entitled ‘The Global Gateway’ (JOIN/2021/0030),
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 j (new)
– having regard to the Versailles Declaration, adopted at the informal meeting of the Heads of State or Government on 11 March 2022,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 k (new)
– having regard to the Vilnius Summit Communiqué, issued by the NATO heads of state and government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Vilnius on 11 July 2023,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 l (new)
– having in regard to the Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 m (new)
– proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries COM/2021/775 final,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 n (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market COM(2022) 453 final 2022/0269(COD),
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 o (new)
– proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937COM/2022/71 final,
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas China is simultaneously a partner and also increasingly a competitor and systemic rival to the EUa competitor and a systemic rival to the EU, increasingly undermining the EU's interests and posing a growing security threat;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas both the European Union and China have a shared interest inChina is not pursuing constructive and stable relations, which must be based on respect for the rules-based international order, international law, balanced engagement and reciprocity;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the Chinese Communist Party does not share the same values as European democracies, has become increasingly authoritarianis a totalitarian party-state and promotes governance models internationally that contradict and undermine the EU’s values;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas China is changing and moving into a new era of security and control characterised by an increasingly assertive economic and, foreign and military policy, attempts to change the international rules- based order and increasingly oppressive domestic policies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the EU can only credibly defend its interests and values against an increasingly assertive China if it acts with a single, united approach and political will;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas in order to defend its core values and be treated as an equal partnerinterests, Europe needs a new approach towards China based on European strategic autonomyde- risking, reciprocity, cooperation with like- minded partners, and opposition tobacked by the necessary legislative and non-legislative instruments to defend itself against coercion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU must not accept critical, in coordination with like-minded partners, must clearly communicate to the PRC the consequences of its political or military support by China for Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine or for any circumvention of EU sanctions imposed followingrelated to Russia’s illegal invasion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas China’s grey-zone activities, such as warplane incursions, missile drills, economic coercion, and cyberattacks, aim to pressure Taiwan into submission; whereas China’s expansionist policies and harassment behaviour in the South China Sea demonstrate a flagrant disregard for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the freedom of navigation;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas China’s grey-zone activities, such as warplane incursions, missile drills, economic coercion, and cyberattacks, aim to pressure Taiwan into submission; whereas China’s expansionist policies and harassment behaviour in the South China Sea demonstrate a flagrant disregard for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the freedom of navigation;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU must not accept any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by force, nor ongowork with its like-minded partners to hold the PRC accountable for the deteriorating human rights violsituations within China, in particular in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Hong Ko across mainland China and Hong Kong, and perpetrated crimes against humanity in Xinjiang;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU must not accept anywork with its partners in strengthening deterrence capacities against any attempts by the PRC to unilaterally change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by force, nor ongoing human rights violations within China, in particular in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas since the PRC imposed the National Security Law (NSL) on 30 June 2020, fundamental freedoms, the rule of law and the judiciary’s independence in Hong Kong have deteriorated alarmingly; whereas the PRC has fully breached the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, the Sino-British and Sino-Portuguese Joint Declarations and the ICCPR;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas freedom of religion and belief continues to deteriorate across mainland China, with the CCP carrying out an intense campaign of ‘sinicisation’ of religion, requiring all religions to adhere to the party's ideology, doctrine, and teachings;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Stresses the utmost importance of having a united and single EU policy strategy towards China, which would eliminate divisive initiatives such as 17+1; believes that visits to China of the leaders of the EU Member States and their main messages to China’s leadership should be coordinated at the EU level;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Calls for a development of a comprehensive transatlantic strategy towards China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b Calls for further development and strengthening of the EU Indo-Pacific strategy in order to counterbalance China in the region;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Engaging China to tackle global challengesDeterrence, De-Risking and Selective Engagement
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) continue engagingengage selectively with China to tackle global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity, health and pandemic preparedness, debt relief and humanitarian assistance, and increase dialogue with China on security issues in view of China’s increasingly critical role in global securityin those areas where China is willing to engage constructively. Notes with concern, however, that even in areas such as global security, climate change and biodiversity, health and pandemic preparedness, debt relief and humanitarian assistance, China does not play a constructive global role;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) call on China to uphold the rules- based international order, especially the principles of the UN Charter, including respect for the territorial integrity or political independence of all states, and strengthen multilateral institutions in face of Chinese regime's malign influence and attempts to change international norms;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) prevent China from abusing the One China Policy to threaten Taiwan and attempts to isolate and exclude Taipei from multilateral fora;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) maintain diplomatic stability while increasing the EU’s assertiveness towards China in order to assume its responsibility as a member of the UN Security Council to pressure Russia into stopping its illegal war ofsupport the EU's diplomatic efforts through deterrence and by increasing the EU’s assertiveness towards China in order to hold it accountable for its terror and oppression across mainland China and Hong Kong, its military threats against Taiwan, assertiveness against neighbours, subversive activities against EU Member States, and its support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure that China plays a constructive role in multilateral organisations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations and support steps towards allowing Taiwan’s participation in the meetings, mechanism and activities of relevant international institutions such as the WHO, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; strongly oppose China’s constant misinterpretation and distortion of the UN Resolution 2758(XXVI) which contains no mention of People’s Republic of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan, nor does it authorize the PRC to represent Taiwan in the UN system; express grave concerns that Taiwanese passport holders, including journalists, NGO workers and political activists, continued to be barred from accessing tours and events in the UN;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure that China plays a constructive role in multilateral organisations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations and support steps towards allowing Taiwan’s participation in the meetings, mechanism and activities of relevant international institutions such as the WHO, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) oppose China’s constant misinterpretation and distortion of the UN Resolution 2758(XXVI) which contains no mention of People’s Republic of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan, nor does it authorise the PRC to represent Taiwan in the UN system; address grave concerns that Taiwanese passport holders, including journalists, NGO workers and political activists, continued to be barred from accessing tours and events in the UN;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) note that the Chinese government is strengthening its role and influence in international institutions, including in the United Nations and its Human Rights Council; respond adequately to China’s efforts to build alternative international organisations, including through the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), by ensuring better coordination among the EU Member States and intensifying partnerships with like-minded partners around the world;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) conduct a comprehensive economic analysis of impact of the potential slowdown or even a deep crisis of the Chinese economy on the EU economies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) further develop and strengthen EU’s relations with India, which is overtaking China in its demographic growth and has a strong potential to catch up with China in its economic growth;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Opposing China’sHolding the party-state accountable for human rights violations
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) insist that China fulfils its responsibilities as a global power by upholding human rights and the rule of lawhold China accountable for its violations of human rights and the rule of law, including through multilateral fora such as the UN Human Rights Council;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 248 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) oppose China's membership of UN Human Rights Council and work with like-minded partners to support the reform of the UNHRC;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensure a unified European approach when China uses its economic leverage to silence opposition against its human rights abuses; intensify and include Members of the European Parliament in the Human Rights Dialogue with China and work towards a united approach on cultural and academic cooperation with China while preventing undue influence from Chinese sources of finance; ensure that the Human Rights Dialogues aren’t misused for propaganda purposes by China but, instead, that the Union’s representatives fully utilise the dialogue by raising concrete cases;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) support an independent and impartial UN investigation into human rights violations in China, in particular in Xinjiang and, Tibet and Hong Kong, and urge the Chinese authorities to grant meaningful access to the regions concerned and immediately and unconditionally release the Uyghur scholar and 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate Ilham Tohti; call for the immediate release of Chinese human rights defenders and lawyers, including Li Qiaochu, Xu Yan, Xie Yang, Li Yuhan, Yang Bin, Lin Shenliang, Sophia Huang Xueqin, Wang Jianbing, He Fangmei and Wu Yi;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) support an independent and impartial UN investigation into human rights violations in China, in particular in Xinjiang and Tibet, and urge the Chinese authorities to grant meaningful access to the regions concerned and immediately and unconditionally release the Uyghur scholar and 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate Ilham Tohti; support the 2022 UN Human Right report on Xinjiang and call on China to cease its crimes against humanity in the region, which include arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) support an independent and impartial UN investigation into human rights violations in China, in particular in Xinjiang and, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and urge the Chinese authorities to grant meaningful access to the regions concerned and immediately and unconditionally release the Uyghur scholar and 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate Ilham Tohti;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) underline religious freedom and human rights have continued to deteriorate in China; condemn Chinese government measures aimed at suppressing believers who resist being controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and which force bishops to join the CCP-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association; highlight the need to protect religious freedom from authoritarianism like China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) review and support China to follow up on the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and UN Committee on Women’s Rights regarding violations of rights and freedoms and breaches of international legal obligations in China, in particular Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) insist on China to follow up on the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and UN Committee on Women’s Rights regarding violations of rights and freedoms and breaches of international legal obligations in China, in particular Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) condemn Chinese authorities assimilationist policies in Tibet that violate the educational, religious, cultural and linguistic rights of the Tibetan people and threaten to ultimately eradicate Tibetan culture and identity, in particular, the compulsory boarding school and pre- school system which separates over 1 million Tibetan children from their families and enforces Chinese-language education; urge China to immediately abolish the boarding school and pre- school system imposed on Tibetan children, allow private Tibetan schools to be established and ensure that Mandarin is not the only language allowed as the language of instruction in Tibet; consider adopting sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for designing and implementing the boarding school and preschool system in Tibet;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 290 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i c (new)
(ic) condemn the promulgation of the “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues” - also known as "Order number 19” - that came into force on 1 September 2023 and will intensify the ongoing repression in Tibet and elsewhere across mainland China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i d (new)
(id) adopt additional sanctions targeting high-ranking PRC officials, such as Chen Quanguo, Zhao Kezhi, Guo Shengkun and Hu Lianhe, as well as others identified in the Xinjiang police files, and other individuals and entities, who are involved in the systematic human rights violations and crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i e (new)
(ie) address the systematic use of forced labour by China in Xinjiang and Tibet by working with the private sector to diversify supply chains and through implementation of the regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i f (new)
(if) address the deteriorating situation of religious freedom in China; condemn the Chinese government measures aimed at suppressing believers who resist being controlled by the CCP, and which force bishops to join the CCP-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) address individual cases of European citizens, including dual nationals, being held in ‘administrative detention’ in China, such as the Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, and use all diplomatic channels to pressure for their release;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensure adequate resources for the European Union Office to Hong Kong (EU Office) so that it can continue conducting prison visits and human rights monitoring, by releasing public statements, appointing a human rights focal point among its staff for human rights defenders and raising their cases with the authorities at all levels; calls on the EEAS and the EU Office to report regularly on the most prominent trials, as well as on the evolution of the human rights situation in Hong Kong more generally;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 305 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) show solidarity with civil society inacross mainland China and Hong Kong and speed up the implementation of the European human rights framework with Magnitsky-style sanctions in close collaboration with international partners, including the freezing of foreign assets and visa restrictions against those involved in human rights abuses, including and crimes against humanity, including John Lee and other Hong Kong and PRC political decision makers in Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 310 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) closely monitor the trials of political prisoners in Hong Kong and call for the release of such political prisoners, including the founder of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai, who is a British citizen and the focus of the European Parliament resolution of 14 June 2023, and the 47 pro-democracy activists, including former elected legislators, arrested and imprisoned for holding a primary election campaign in 2020;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 313 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) identify and close down any avenues that currently facilitate transnational repression efforts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including illegal Chinese 'police stations' in the European Union and in particular those targeting diaspora communities, in cooperation and coordination with like- minded partners; work with third countries to protect the targets of the PRC's transnational repression, such as Chinese and Hong Kong human rights lawyers and activists;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 319 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) review the autonomous status of Hong Kong in the light of the National Security Law and the PRC’s violation of its international commitments, its breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, and the crackdown on Hong Kong’s autonomy and opposition figures, including members of civil society, and erosion of the rule of law;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) review the agreement between the EU and Hong Kong/China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters, the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, and Hong Kong’s seat in the World Trade Organization;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) condemn attempts by the Chinese authorities to target Hong Kong diaspora communities within the EU and call on Member States to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC, Macau, and Hong Kong; reiterate the call for EU Member states to consider lifeboat and other visa schemes for the Hong Kong diaspora;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) condemn attempts by the Chinese authorities to target Chinese and Hong Kong diaspora communities within the EU and call on those Member States who have not yet done so to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC and Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) condemn attempts by the Chinese authorities to target Hong Kong diaspora communities within the EU and call on Member States to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC and, Hong Kong and Macau;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 338 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) organise annual 4 June Tiananmen Square vigils in commemoration of the victim of communist totalitarianism;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 340 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(nb) closely monitor the trials of political prisoners in Hong Kong and call for the release of such political prisoners, including the founder of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai and the 47 pro-democracy activists, including former elected legislators, arrested and imprisoned for holding a primary election campaign in 2020;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
(nc) fully implement the Council conclusions on Hong Kong of 24 July 2020;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 351 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
EnsurReducing Europe’s strategic autonomy in dealing withdependency on China by de-risking
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 358 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) work closely towards fostering unity and political will among the Member States’ approach towards China and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy to ensure that Europe is able to defend its values and economic interests vis-a-vis China, as well as the global rules-based order;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) work towards a renewed, assertive and coherent EU approach towards China that shapes relations with the PRC in the interest of the EU as a whole and takes full account of the challenges stemming from the PRC’s rise as a disruptive global actor and, its increasingly oppressive domestic policies and assertive foreign policythe multi-dimensional security threat it poses to the EU and to democracies around the world;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 375 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen the EU’s economic autonomy, and develop effective approaches to counter China’s targeted economic coercion towards Member States, such as Lithuania; ensure mutually beneficial economic relations and prevent sensitive technologies from being used for military purposes by de-risking trade flows and reducing critical dependencies on the PRC without aiming to decouple or turning inwards;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen the EU’s economic autonomy, ensure mutually beneficialresilience and economic competitiveness, ensure more balanced economic relations and prevent sensitive technologies from being used for military purposes by de- risking trade flows and reducing critical dependencies on the PRC without aiming to decouple or turning inwards, and defend free market principles against Chinese market-distorting practices and economic coercion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 387 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) swiftly implement, in this context, the European Economic Security Strategy and, make better use of our existing trade instruments to minimise the detrimental effects of de-risking on , work closely withe European economympanies and to ensure close alignment with like-minded partners around the world, such as our transatlantic partners and partners in Southeast Asia to boost supply chain resilience and economic competitiveness;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 390 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) highlight that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is vital for global economy and more than 50 percent of the world’s shipping containers pass through Taiwan Straits; urge the EU and its Member States to take a firm stand against China’s intimidation and coercion towards Taiwan; welcome Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing diversification in Europe and reiterate its longstanding support to a EU-Taiwan Bilateral Investment Agreement and any arrangements mutually beneficial to bilateral trade and investment;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 392 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) urgently conclude interinstitutional negotiations on the Critical Raw Materials Act and ensure the speedy implementation of its goals in order strengthen the Union’s supply chain resilience;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 394 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(rb) conduct an audit of public funds invested in China through sovereign wealth funds, local government funds and public pension funds; establish common guidelines to minimise and phase out public funds invested in China, particularly those invested in state corporations or the military industrial complex;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 395 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)
(rc) strengthen economic cooperation with Taiwan, including the semiconductor industry which is vital for global economy and continue supporting Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing diversification in Europe;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 396 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) work towards a more coordinated approach towards the protection of critical infrastructure at EU level and strengthen cooperation with NATO and other like- minded partners; present an EU strategic policy framework to reduce and limit influence and operational control by China and other regimes that a security threat to the Union in the EU’s critical infrastructure;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 405 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) call on the Commission and the Member States to urgently address the need to reduce the risks of espionage and sabotage in critical infrastructure, in particular those with a military function, such as ports that are used by NATO;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 413 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) ensure greater coordination and cooperation with like-minded partners to address the multi-dimensional threat posed by China, on issues of common concern, especially but not exclusively on issues such as strategic dependencies, economic coercion, political interference and disinformation, and to promote rules- based multilateralism and strategic solidarity between democracies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) highlight that the EU’s ‘One China policy’ remains the foundation of our engagement with both the PRC and Taiwan but also; maintain that whilst the EU’s relationship with Taiwan remains unofficial, it recognises Taiwan as a reliable and valued like-minded partner in Asia; underline the positive effects and strategic importance of deepening ties between the EU and Taiwan;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 423 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) highlight that the EU’s ‘One China policy’ remains the foundation of our engagement with both the PRC and Taiwan but also underl, and that the Union will not tolerate its abuse by Beijing; continue strengthenineg the positive effectdynamic of deepening ties between the EU and Taiwan;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 428 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) revisit the EU’s engagement policy with Taiwan and continue supporting democracy there together with like-minded partners; encourage further exchanges between Parliament and its Taiwanese counterparts in this context as well as people-to-people contact; strengthen cooperation with Taiwanese institutions in addressing China's hybrid threats;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 437 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) conduct as soon as possible an impact assessment for an EU-Taiwan Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA);
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 441 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) ensure that the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is not changed by means of force or coercion by supporting initiatives aimed at promoting dialogue, cooperation and confidence-building between the two sides; take concrete steps, including increasing Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) in the Taiwan Strait, facilitating Taiwan’s military capability- building, and considering economic sanction packages in the event of a Chinese invasion, to discourage China from escalating tensions in the region; prepare a scenario-based strategy for tackling potential security challenges in the Taiwan Strait;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 447 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) contribute to allies' deterrence measures to ensure that the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is not changed by means of force or coercion, and by supporting initiatives aimed at promoting dialogue, cooperation and confidence-building between the two sides; prepare a scenario- based strategy for tackling potential security challenges in the Taiwan Strait;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 455 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) establish a ‘Far-East StratCom Task Force’ as part of the European External Action Service, to be tasked with identifying, monitoring and countering disinformation efforts and nation-specific actions by China; strengthen efforts to fight Chinese malign influence, including information operations, in third countries, including Latin America and Africa;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 459 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) strengthen cooperation between national intelligence agencies in identifying and addressing Chinese espionage and other subversive activities seeking to influence or undermine our democratic societies and institutions;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 460 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(xb) fully implement the EU's “5G security toolbox” guidelines to mitigate security risks in networks, including by removing all equipment and services from Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese vendors in core network functions;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 461 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x c (new)
(xc) implement the suspension of the TikTok application on corporate devices, as well as personal devices enrolled in institutional mobile device services across all EU and Member State institutions;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 466 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) fully leverage the Global Gateway strategy as a tool to intensify the EU’s engagement and business relations with partners from developing countries and provide an alternative to Chinese-driven foreign investment strategies; intensify cooperation with international financial institutions and the private sector to mobilise the necessary funding;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 471 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) The European Parliament: commends achievements of the Taiwanese democracy and its capabilities of defending democracy against China’s hybrid attacks; stresses that these achievements should be promoted internationally as it brings understanding that all nations, including Chinese, are able to create a flourishing democracy;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) make clear to China the consequences of supporting Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and sanctions circumvention, including through the territory of Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 474 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
(yb) commits to establishing in the European Parliament a formal parliamentary delegation for bilateral cooperation with the Parliament of Taiwan;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas standing together against the brutality of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and helping Ukraine win this war will be even more crucial in the months to come;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) foster the EU’s open strategic autonomy as a means to pursue the EU’s own legitimate interests while strengthening the transatlantic bond and increasing the joint leverage of the EU and the US on the world sceneglobal scene, while keeping possibilities to pursue the EU’s own legitimate interests;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) reinforce the accountability and resilience of our democratic systems in the run-up to the elections next year on both sides, as well as enhance transatlantic dialogue and cooperation on policies supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law and combating disinformation and foreign interference from authoritarian regimes; encourage further cooperation and exchanges between like-minded partners, in particular those who stand on the frontline defending democracy and freedom against authoritarian expansion.
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) continue the full EU-US coordination on effective international sanctions, especially on closing the remaining loopholes in the sanctions on energy resources, on Russia, Belarus and all those who facilitate Russia’s aggression in order to undermine Russia’s ability to continue the war and other aggressions against its neighbours and to prevent sanction circumvention;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) continue comprehensive EU-US- Ukraine coordination of efforts to achieve full confiscation of the frozen Russian assets and their use for reconstruction of Ukraine;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) continue close EU-US-Ukraine coordination to establish the International Special Tribunal for the crime of war aggression;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) continue EU-US cooperation in working with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to support them on their way to EU membership as well as to bring Ukraine and Georgia closer to their NATO membership goal;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) develop and implement a joint EU- US strategy on how to assist Russian and Belarusian people in transformation of their countries once a window of opportunity for such transformation will open after Russia’s defeat in its war of aggression against Ukraine;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) assess the importance of theseek strong convergence of transatlantic positions and develop a joint transatlantic strategy towards China, building more and more on the ‘de-risking’ strategy while looking for ways to cooperate with China on some global challenges;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) explore ways to create synergies and possibilities of EU-US engagement with China in multilateral frameworks on common and global challenges, such as climate change, health-related risks, respect for human rights, cyberspace including religious freedom, foreign information manipulation and interference, cyberspace, freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait, arms control, non- proliferation and emerging disruptive technologies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) foster closer partnership with the US and other like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region; , including Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan, in order to counter challenges that affect our shared values, interests, security and prosperity, in particular, any unilateral attempt to alter the status quo; note that China’s continued military provocations pose a threat not just to Taiwan, but to the wider Indo-Pacific, and ultimately, the established global order.
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) continue the ongoing coordination of the military support provided to Ukraine within the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in order to help achieve Ukraine’s full military victory against Russia in the shortest possible time;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to United Nations General Assembly resolutions condemning the Russian Federation’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, underlying a long-lasting peace and calling for remedies and reparations for the Russian Federation’s crimes of aggression against Ukraine, and calling to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council,
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Russian Federation under the leadership of Vladimir Putin over the last decades is brutally repressing the Russian population and is gradually increasing its crackdown on democratic forces, including domestic critics, political opposition, anti-corruption activists and anti-war protesters;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas Mr Putin in his February 2023 address to the Federal Assembly has announced that the war of aggression against Ukraine is the new raison d'être of his regime, having the objective to destroy the civil society and establish a military dictatorship in Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia, combined with the lack of an EU decision to grant Ukraine with a membership perspective, which left Ukraine in a grey zone of security outside the Euro-Atlantic community, has been one of the main causes of the Kremlin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the United National General Assembly has recognised that Russia has committed an international crime by starting the war of aggression against Ukraine and this crime should be investigated by a Special International Tribunal; whereas the war crimes, crimes against humanity committed by Russia are gradually being investigated by the International Criminal Court;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas Mr Putin's aggressive and revisionist policy aims to destroy democracy in Europe and worldwide by making alliances with countries such as North Korea, Syria, Iran and their proxy terrorist organisations such as Hamas or Hezbollah; whereas the European Parliament has declared Russia a state sponsor of terrorism; whereas the brutal war of aggression against Ukraine started by Mr Putin has many foreign and domestic close to the Kremlin regime enablers that are directly involved in domestic and foreign atrocities by helping to cover up the crimes perpretrated by or on behalf of the regime and thus creating the illusion of a nationwide support for the war and Mr Putin personally;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the Kremlin regime has scheduled sham elections for 15 - 17 March 2024, and aims at gathering public support therefore by using a group of so- called ‘authorized representatives’ including famous actors, singers, writers, athletes, TV personalities as well as scientists, school principals, doctors, as well as other state propagandists; whereas members of this group of Kremlin’s loyalists who will be actively warmongering the Russian people should be placed under EU sanctions;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the Kremlin's regime intends to use sham elections to demonstrate a mass public support for Mr Putin's militaristic policies; whereas the Kremlin administration makes little secret of the fact that it aims to achieve an unprecedented 80 percent majority in favour of Putin accompanied by a turnout rate of 80 percent;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas the European Parliament in its 2021 recommendation on the direction of EU-Russia political relations and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in its 2023 report have concluded that the constitutional changes implemented in June 2020 are illegal and therefore the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation will end with the end of his current term;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
B f. whereas there can be many scenarios based on which the war of aggression against Ukraine and Russia itself can develop in the long-term perspective, such as collapse of Mr Putin's regime and the opening of a window of opportunity for Russia’s transformation towards democracy, or the sudden collapse of the Russian statehood leading to modern "times of troubles", or a protracted war leading to the decline of the Russian economy, the rise of tyranny and the destruction of Russian statehood;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
B g. whereas the EU together with other western democracies has to be ready to invest into strengthening of defence and deterrence capabilities on the European continent while Russia is a declining dictatorial and aggressive power on the verge of its transformation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
B h. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against the Putin regime, which assumes the complete restoration of Ukrainian over its internationally recognised borders, could open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlin regime; whereas this may lead to major democratic transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)
B i. whereas the collapse of Mr Putin's regime will open a window of opportunity for Russia’s transformation into democracy; whereas the policy of non- engagement with the agents of Russia’s transformation into democracy may contribute to other and more dangerous development scenarios in Russia leading to modern "times of troubles", a harsher dictatorship or a permanent state of destructive stagnation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory, and the defeat of the Kremlin regime, which is to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing for nearly two years and whereas according to available sources, Russia’s military casualties are approaching 500 thousand, among them 70 to 300 thousand killed and nearly as twice as much injured;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the military expenses of the Russian budget have grown over the last two years by 4.4 trillion roubles and reached 9 trillion roubles (EUR 90 billion), making almost one third of Russia’s budget spending, not to mention classified military and domestic repressive expenses that make additional 22 percent of the Russian budget; whereas the Russian Government has announced its plans to increase the military spending in 2024 by 70 percent;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the militarisation of the Russian economy is taking place in the context of massive and systematic violation of the EU and international sanctions; whereas the circumvention of sanctions means that large quantities of sanctioned goods are entering Russia through a complex system of intermediary companies and fraudulent schemes with the involvement of European and American companies, large corporations and electronics manufacturers in South- East Asia, as well as the countries of Central Asia, Turkey and Middle East, which are being used for imports of sophisticated electronics components, microchips, optics, advanced composite materials, and even complex technical products such as engines for airplanes and helicopters, spare parts for aircraft and missiles; whereas the Russian Federation is still receiving very high revenues from its oil and gas exports by systemically circumventing energy sanctions inlcuding by using a huge ‘shadow tanker fleet’ to reorient supplies to Asia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas these revenues allow the Kremlin to pay for its mobilisation effort and to send new recruits in the war against Ukraine with salaries reaching EUR 3000 euros per month; whereas the mobilisation in the Russian Federation is combined with a heavy propaganda and remains very uneven throughout Russia, achieving more success in rural areas among less educated clusters of the population; whereas criminal offenders, including those who have committed the most serious crimes, such as murder, rape, robbery, and grievous bodily harm, easily escape punishment in the Russian Federation if they agree to join the army; whereas by the end of 2023 the Russian Federation will have mobilised at least 400 000 new soldiers; whereas a hidden mobilisation is ongoing with more hundreds of thousands being sent to Ukraine and a similar number not showing up at the mobilisations centres; whereas millions of Russian citizens oppose participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and part of them have already left the Russian Federation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
D e. whereas the Russian Federation attacks on Ukrainian civil infrastructure has caused thousands of deaths of innocent civilians; whereas horrific tragedies, such as the attack in October 2023 on the village of Groza, which had a population of around 330 and lost 52 people including a six-year-old child, have become a regular pattern of terror unleashed by the Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine; whereas the Kremlin regime is using the Russian people as an ammunition in its war of aggression against Ukraine and against free democratic world;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
D f. whereas the propaganda of aggressive a nationalist ideology is becoming an important part of the ideological brainwashing of the population in the Russian Federation; whereas this propaganda tries to foster contempt and hate for the very foundations of modern civilisation: European culture, humanitarian values, promotion of human rights, equality and freedom; whereas the use of a ‘besieged fortress’ psychology and fierce xenophobia in combination with isolation of Russia from the rest of the world lies at the centre of the new Russian political doctrine; whereas the Russian Federation willingly flirts with nationalist and extremist religious movements in different regions of Russia, especially in North Caucasus;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
D g. whereas Mr Putin's regime is seeking to mobilise a support by increasing hatred actions and a widespread anti-Semitic propaganda, such as in the case of the October 2023 mass disturbances in the North Caucasus against the Jewish cultural centre in Nalchik, the holding a rally in Cherkessk demanding the eviction of Jews, the riots in Khasavyurt, where an aggressive crowd chased Jews in a hotel or by orchestrating pogroms at the Makhachkala airport;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
D h. whereas the repression of Russian civil society and persecution of dissidents has reached unprecedented level in the Russian Federation; whereas the entire Russian criminal code, the entire activity of investigative and punitive agencies and the entire system of Russian courts were have been reoriented towards the persecution of political ‘enemies of the regime’; whereas the criminal code adopted after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine provides for severe punishment, including prison sentences for crimes such as ‘discrediting the Russian armed forces’, ‘justifying extremism and terrorism’ or ‘spreading false information about the activities of the Russian army’. Whereas this criminal code allows to prosecute thousands of people across the country who openly oppose the war against Ukraine;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
D i. whereas any civic activity or social initiative today is criminalised in the Russian Federation unless it is directly sponsored by the state, financed from state sources, and directly controlled by the authorities and its special services; whereas this makes impossible to lead or organise anti-war protest movements, events, or even very modest initiatives in the areas of culture, education, ecology, gender, ethnic or religious equality; whereas this leads to a regime-produced the Russian people as not opposing the war;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D j (new)
D j. whereas the adoption by the Kremlin of laws on foreign agents and undesirable organisations is stifling human rights, freedom of expression, and association, with the regime extending restrictions to individuals and entities supporting such designations; whereas representatives of the Russian democratic opposition are systematically subjected to verbal attacks, ad hominem campaigns and dehumanisation by the Kremlin regime and its proxy media; whereas according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities are currently holding more than 600 political prisoners, and this number is increasing, as the authorities continue to unlawfully detain innocent citizens of Russia, among which journalists, civil society and human rights activists and protesters who stand for a normal European-type democratic country;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D k (new)
D k. whereas over the past decades, the Kremlin regime and Mr Putin personally became responsible for attempted or successful assassinations of regime opponents and independent journalists, either within Russia itself or on foreign soil, including Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Sergei Protazanov, Pyotr Verzilov, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny and others;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D l (new)
D l. whereas after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian civilian society is on the verge of being destroyed by the Kremlin regime by means of systemic repressions of its members and organisations based on extremism charges; whereas this also applies to the Anti-Corruption Foundation headed by Alexei Navalny who received a prison sentence of 19 years; whereas Alexei Navalny has spent already more than 250 days in a special punitive isolation cell in particularly harsh ‘prison inside the prison’ conditions; whereas all lawyers representing Alexei Navalny in court have been arrested by the Russian authorities; whereas the Kremlin regime is pursuing the systematic persecution of lawyers who defend people under political charges;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D m (new)
D m. whereas civil society and political opposition leaders have received severe prison sentences: Vladimir Kara-Murza – 25 years for his political activities, Ilya Yashin – 8.5 years for a peaceful political protest, Alexei Gorinov – 7 years for an anti-war speech as a deputy during a session of a municipal assembly; whereas the recent routine in the Russian Federation has been to sentence tens to hundreds of anti-war activists to 6 to 10 years in prison for protesting against the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas imprisoned political leaders and civil society activists are subject to special cruelty, violence and unbearable conditions in the prisons of the Russian Federation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D n (new)
D n. whereas hundreds of Russian journalists and bloggers have been assigned the status of foreign agents and are on the lists of ‘enemies of state’ subject to systematic discrimination; whereas the main source of independent information remains social networks, primarily YouTube and Telegram; whereas the Russian Federation has created a wide-scale system to cyber block access to independent media on the internet, whereas this access is only possible in Russia via VPN services; whereas the Russian security services and law enforcement agencies are very likely to block these services before the sham elections scheduled for 15-17 March 2024; whereas global Big Tech companies have many instruments to support free media and democracy in Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D o (new)
D o. whereas hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens fled their country to avoid political persecution or military mobilisation into the Russian Federation Army and are now looking for possibilities to be established in the EU Member States or third countries which have visa-free agreements with Russia; whereas some EU Member States have introduced stricter rules for the issuing of Schengen visas to the Russian citizens on the grounds of national security;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D p (new)
D p. whereas the Russian civil society in exile is united in their anti-war activities and is actively opposing the Putin regime, his war of aggression and is supporting Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees in the EU Member States, and Ukrainian parents in their attempts to get back their children which were deported to the Russian Federation by the Kremlin’s occupational forces;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D q (new)
D q. whereas on 30 April 2023 the Russian democratic forces approved a joint declaration in Berlin, which condemned the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine and demanded the Russian troops to be withdrawn from all occupied territories, called the Putin regime as illegitimate and criminal, asked for an immediate release of political prisoners and prisoners of war in Russia, demanded a return of abducted children to Ukraine, noted that Russia can be a democratic country protecting individual freedoms and rights and expressed solidarity with those Russians who despite the brutal repressions have the courage to speak up anti-Putin and anti-war positions and with those tens of millions who refuse to participate in the crimes of Mr Putin's regime;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D r (new)
D r. whereas the NATO decision in 2008 not to invite Ukraine and Georgia combined with the lack of an ambitious EU enlargement policy during the last decades have left Ukraine in a grey zone of geopolitical security and created the temptation Mr Putin to consider Ukraine under Russia’s influence;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, its partners and allies should not be afraid of collapse of Mr Putin's regime and these transformations towards democracy;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas in recent decades Putin and his Kremlin regime have been doing everything possible to convince the western democracies that democracy in Russia is not possible; whereas the strategy of liberal democracies should not be to assist Putin in his anti-Russian strategy and should maintain that the Russian nation, like other Eastern European nations (such as Ukraine or Belarus), is aspiring, and is able, to live in a democracy;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas as a historic example of perestroika in 1986 has shown, changes and transformations in Russia (the Soviet Union) can start very unexpectedly and surprisingly for the West and this should be taken into account as a lesson learned;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the West must prioritise the proactive pursuit of democratic reforms in Russia immediately, because a truly democratic change in Russia should be the foundational element of a collective commitment to promoting democratic values and human rights that will also contribute to an effective end of the Kremlin’s war of aggression against Ukraine and of the Kremlin’s military campaigns in many other regions;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas democracy in Russia is the only way to ensure a sustainable peace in Europe once RussiaPutin regime is defeated in its war against Ukraine; whereas the Western democracies need to understand the historical meaning and significance of Ukraine’s victory and potential transformation of Russia for the development of a durable peace and security on the European continent;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has created a ‘recurring contact platform’ for dialogue with representatives of Russian democratic opposition forces who share the Council of Europe's values, fully respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and condemn Russia’s war of aggression; whereas this platform could help to develop proposals and generate ideas for the future democratic transformation of Russia in such a way that the country no longer poses a threat to its neighbours and to international law, as well as to its citizens;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 6 April 2022 has called upon establishment of EU’s Special Envoy for democratic Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas for thise purpose of developing a comprehensive strategy, on 5-6 June 2023 the largest political groups in the European Parliament organised the first Brussels dialogue conference with the participation of EU policymakers and Russian democratic forces; whereas the outcome of this conference was the launch of a regular Brussels dialogue between the EU and the Russian opposition; whereas the steering group for the Brussels dialogue has begun informal monthly deliberations on the current developments in Russia, the future of EU – Russia political relations, as well as the working methods of the Brussels dialogue and EU foreign policy instruments for the engagement with the Russian civil society;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the Brussels dialogue conference did welcome the Declaration of Russian Democratic Forces, which was approved in Berlin on 30 April 2023;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Emphasises that Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeat followed by Ukraine’s reconstruction and its Euro-Atlantic integration will open a window of opportunity for the transformation of Russia into a democracy and therefore. Stresses that, this will not be the defeat of the Russian people, but rather of Putin's regime ideology and that the success of Ukraine through its reconstruction and Euro- Atlantic integration will inspire the Russian people to demand a normal life in Russia. Therefore, the EU should strengthen the following policies:
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) delivery of weapons to Ukraine to achieve an imminent and decisive victory against the invasion perpetrated by the Russian Federation; the EU together with the Member States should radically increase investments into military industry capacity, both in the EU and in Ukraine;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) adoption and implementation of further sanction packages against Russia and its allies, especially on oil and gas exports to Europe, in order to cut substantially the Russian budget incomes from the energy exports and not to allow it to use the money of the Western democracies to finance the Russian war machine; reinforcing of restrictive measures and continuing targeting third countries which provide arms and military support to the Russian Federation, including technologies and dual use goods which are necessary to renew Russia’s military material; adopting the necessary EU policy measures for closing the loopholes and targeting the circumvention of EU sanctions by economic entities in the EU and the neighbouring countries; considering additional measures, such as granting access to information in national or EU registers to help tracing the final beneficiaries of assets held by the entities in question; avoiding an interpretation that the anti-money laundering legislation can be applied solely on the basis of the Russian nationality; introduction of further personal sanctions on the Kremlin regime supporters involved in political persecutions or public warmongering of the Russian people, including during the forthcoming sham 2024 March election campaign; target directly those responsible for promoting or waging the war, the architects of the Kremlin regime and close contributors to the repressions in Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
(c) establishment of a special tribunal to hold accountable the leaders of the Kremlin regime, including Mr Putin himself, and their allies, for the crime of aggression against Ukraine which should take place in close cooperation with the International Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction for war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide; establishment of a special tribunal for crimes against humanity perpetrated in Russia to held accountable all those responsible for the persecution of the Russian democratic opposition and its civil society;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d
(d) adoption of a legal instrument to allow the use of immobilised Russian assets for the reconstruction ofand not only the revenues from those assets, for the reconstruction of Ukraine; the implementation of those provisions could also involve the transitional government of Russia, which can suggest other sources of compensations and reparations to Ukraine;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) accession of Ukraine to Euro- Atlantic structures, in particular the EU and NATO, thus avoiding Ukraine being left in a grey zone of European security, and also with the goal to send a powerful signal to the Russian people and political elites that it is time for them to abandon Putin and his attempts to promote nostalgic dreams about the restoration of imperial controls over neighbours, including Ukraine, as Ukraine will be fully integrated into euro-Atlantic geopolitical structures;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped in a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society and democratic forces, which would involve joint preparatory bodies for annual EU- democratic Russia high-level meetings to develop a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and democratic Russia and to pave the way for democracy in the EU neighbourhood;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the EU institutions to establish a ‘democracy passport’ and special visa arrangements allowing democratic opposition and civil society activists to continue their work in the EU member states while in exile and without an obligation to leave a country of exile; notes this is important not only for the Russian citizens in EU member states, but also for those who have fled to neighbouring countries; invites to encourage EU Member States to continue providing asylum and humanitarian visas to the Russian democratic opposition; invites the EU institutions to simplify the procedure for obtaining a digital nomad visa for the Russian citizens having an anti-war stance; invites the EU institutions and Member States to coordinate their asylum policies for deserters from the Russian Federation military service and to agree how the right to conscience objection to military service could be enforced and how the EU could grant objectors further protection; invites the EU institutions to develop recommendations to Member States for addressing the threat of persecution for anti-war beliefs and refusal of military service in the Russian Federation army, as well as for a refusal to work in law enforcement agencies, executive authorities and enterprises in the defence industry in the Russian Federation; stresses that active members of the Russian civil society who ask for humanitarian assistance should be allowed to enter the EU member states’ territory without imposing on them measures such as the confiscation of their personal belongings;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 258 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the EU, its Member States and G7 countries not recognise Mr Putin as a legitimate president of Russia after the so-called 2024 March presidential elections in Russia; invites the EU institutions to announce in advance that EU will (a) consider Vladimir Putin as illegitimate when his current presidential term ends and (b) continue the isolation of the Russian Federation while he is in power;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the European Council to adopt a message or a statement to the people of Russia describing the major features of the EU’s Russia policy and in which the EU will actively support the aspirations of the Russian people to live as a free, democratic and open society in a normal European country after the fall of Mr Putin's regime, as well as elaborating a strategy on the future relations with Russia, based on engagement with the democratic forces and civil society of Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Invites the EU institutions to support the democratic opposition and civil society activists in exile in the EU counties and to assure that the EU (a) will accept their refugee applications in order for them to remain active, as the Kremlin regime and Vladimir Putin himself are posing a grave threat to human life due to ongoing repressions and the severe danger faced by individuals who express dissent against the war; (b) will adopt a comprehensive framework that provides assistance and guidance for democratic opposition and civil society activists so as to rebuild their belief in their right to live in a free and democratic society;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Invites the EU institutions to qualify systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations in the Russian Federation as amounting to crimes against humanity and to assist establishing of a platform that will help the international prosecution office to prosecute those crimes;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Invites the EU institutions to actively support independent media, journalists, human rights activists and to help working out their means of communication to have a media access to all groups of Russian population and the Western society; emphasises the necessity of using diverse, including low-tech, means to reach various segments of the Russian population across regions;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Invites the EU institutions to appoint an EU special envoy for relations with the democratic opposition forces and civil society activists of Russia in exile, whose office would lead (a) analytical, (b) advisory, (c) media and (d) public awareness work; the EU special envoy in particular shall lead the implementation of the EU strategy for democratic Russia and together with democratic forces in exile shall conduct political, sociological and legal analysis of the situation in Russia, as well as prepare reports and propose programs for reforms in Russia; the EU special envoy shall analyse and make recommendations to improve the situation of the Russian citizens forced to leave the Russian Federation; the EU special envoy shall support the work of Russian independent media in exile, in particular in disseminating the information about the human rights situation and repressive practices of the Russian Federation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Encourages the EU institutions to support the creation of a free Russia university in exile and an academic network outside Russia, as well as adopt an EU strategy that would allow Russian students and professors to continue their studies and work at the European universities, in particular in field of humanities, and to obtain corresponding diplomas;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 283 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) release of all political prisoners and imprisoned civil society activists; cessation of all political prosecutions and practices restricting civil rights for political reasons, as well as termination of politically motivated criminal cases with the possible assistance of return committees; reestablishment of passive voting rights;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) restoration of media, religious, civil and political freedoms;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 298 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) holding of democratic elections, in accordance with international standards;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
(e) paying reparations to Ukraine and to victims of persecution in Russia, which also includes returning of the stolen Ukrainian property such as works of art, objects of culture or national treasures;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
(f) launch of an accountability agenda which will include prosecution, lustration, vetting and reconciliation processes, as well as the reform of public institutions, in particular in the justice and security sectorith the involvement of the civil society platforms which will include prosecution of the ones who have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide, lustration, vetting and reconciliation processes, as well as the reform of public institutions, in particular in the justice and security sectors, in particular in the justice and security sectors, with specific emphasis on the fight against the corruption and which would also help the implementation of ECHR judgements and other international obligations;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Notes that the long-term strategy to support and sustain political and socio- economic reforms in Russia has to berestored democracy in Russia will face challenges common to all young democracies, such as a rapid increase of dissatisfaction, frustration of the voters or nostalgia for the past among the larger part of the population, and such developments can substantially delay the consolidation of democracy in Russia. Therefore, invites the EU to drafted and published by the EU without delay the long-term strategy to support and sustain political and socio-economic reforms in Russia accompanied by the draft of a new generation EU agreement with a prospective democratic Russia, which should include the following:
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
(a) political cooperation and promotion of peace and stability; respect for democratic principles, rule of law, good governance, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point d a (new)
(d a) cooperation in the areas of freedom security and justice, fight against corruption;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 358 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
(e) sectoral policies, such as education, employment, social policy and equal opportunities, civil society cooperation, industrial and enterprise policy, environment, energy and climate change, transport, agriculture and rural development, consumer protection, management of public finances, taxation, financial cooperation, including anti- fraud, cross-border and regional cooperation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g
(g) joint working bodies and institutional provisions;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
(g a) cooperation to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council, the Commission, the VP / HR, governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Eastern Partnership countries and the G7 countries, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the central and regional authorities of the Russian Federation.
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Ukraine needs to be provided with the necessary military capabilities for as long as it takes until Ukraine’s decisive military victory against Russia to end Russia’s illegal war of aggression and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the People’s Republic of China has for many years promoted an alternative narrative, challenging democratic values, open markets, and the rules-based international order; whereas China’s increasing influence in international organisations has impeded positive progress and further excluded Taiwan from meaningful participation;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Confirms the EU will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes and until Ukraine’s decisive military victory against Russia to end Russia’s war of aggression and restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, enabling it to effectively exercise its sovereignty, protect its civilians and fulfil their wish for EU and NATO membership; stresses, that Ukraine’s military victory and its EU and NATO membership is needed for overall security, stability and sustainable peace on the European continent;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the outcome of the Vilnius Summit that clearly confirms Ukraine’s future is in the alliance; welcomes the Summit’s support package for Ukraine and the establishment of the NATO-Ukraine Council that will prepare Ukraine for NATO membership; supports continued transatlantic efforts and coordination on military assistance and weapons deliveries to Ukraine; maintains that the upcomming Washington summit should pave the way to extending an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO and that Ukraine’s NATO accession process should start after the war is over and be finalised as soon as possible;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the urgency to substantially enhance and invest in the military mobility of our armed forces, prioritising investments removing bottlenecks and missing links; calls on Members states to act in simplifying and harmonizing procedures for military mobility and shorten the timelines of granting permissions to enable the EU Member States to act faster and increase the efficiency of response, in line with their defence needs and responsibilities, both in the context of Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations, as well as national and multinational activities (e.g.in the framework of NATO);
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 346 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is part of a wider strategy to undermine the rules-based international order; calls for the EU to enhance its capacities for responding to hybrid warfare, including the detection and response to Russia, and other state and non-state actors carrying out foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns which challenge our interests and values, including by instrumentalising migrants with an intention to destabilise the Union or a Member State, spreading false-narratives about the EU or by targeting CSDP missions and operations in strategic areas;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 363 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for heightened attention to China’s escalating hybrid warfare tactics in the Indo-Pacific, particularly pertaining to Taiwan, which faces five million cyberattacks every day, primarily from China. Acknowledges that the potential repercussions of destabilisation in the region would resonate far beyond the Taiwan Strait and impact the security of the EU; stresses the importance of developing regular dialogue, cooperation, and capacity building with Taiwan, which possesses substantive expertise and employs scientific methods to counter Chinese cyberattacks and FIMI based on its extensive experience, technological advantages, and linguistic proximity to China;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 457 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Expresses deep concern about China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait, including its 1,727 fighter jet incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone in 2022, which is undermining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Encourages Member States to increase the frequency of freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait and deepen security dialogues with Taiwan to deter Chinese aggression against the democratic island. Condemns China’s disruptive activities in the South China Sea, including island- building, harassment, and dangerous manoeuvres conducted by its navy, coast guard, and maritime militia. These actions have raised tensions with neighbouring countries and threatened maritime security in one of the most important global trade routes. Calls for greater Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) and capacity building with the EU’s partners in the region. Stresses the need to cooperate with a broader set of actors in the Indo-Pacific, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, and Taiwan, in terms of information exchange, burden-sharing, and strategic alignment, in order to optimise the use of the EU’s limited resources;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 491 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the European External Action Service and VP/HR Mr Josep Borrell to reconsider the decision and provide necessary technical assistance to Armenia through the European Peace Facility (EPF) instrument, which will strengthen the resilience of Armenia in the context of ensuring security, independence and sovereignty and which will lead to a more comprehensive and enhanced cooperation of the EU and Armenia in the field of defense;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 500 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the Council to be prepared to impose targeted and individual sanctions against perpetrators of aggression, including but not limited to the political and military entourage of President Aliyev, and also embargo sanctions on oil and gas exports, if Azerbaijani Army will try to enter the Armenian territory in order to create any transport “corridors” or under any other pretext;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 504 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Calls on the Commission to impose a price cap on the Azerbaijani oil and gas, if Azerbaijan does not immediately allow the entry of the UN agencies and the EU to Nagorno-Karabakh to monitor the deteriorating humanitarian situation;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 506 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Calls for an increased number of the EUMA observers and their instalment to the Armenia-Türkiye border and the extension of the EUMA mandate for 5 more years; demands Azerbaijan to allow the EU Monitoring Mission on their side of the border as well;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with interest Japan’s efforts to promote a stable architecture in the Indo-Pacific, for instance through its participation in the Quad, its engagement with Pacific island states or the recent Camp David Agreement with Korea and the US; continues to note Japan’s concerns about North Korea; intends to continuously cooperate with Japan in order to oppose China’s aggressive policies towards its neighbours; shares Japan’s position that Taiwan is an important partner and a precious friend; reaffirms that the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is an indispensable element of security and prosperity in the international community; shares, further, Japan’s high regard for the Association of Southeas Asian Nations (ASEAN); welcomes the fact that some new vice- ministerial formats also include the EU (in groupings such as Japan/Australia/Korea/EU and Japan/Korea/US/EU);
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2023/2106(INI)

B. whereas Central Asia is a region of strategic interest to the EU in terms of security, connectivity, energy and resource diversification, conflict resolution and the defence of the multilateral rules-based international order, challenged by Russia’s attack on our values, exacerbation of global food crisis, aggression and atrocities, spread of disinformation, weaponised corruption and meddling in elections;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the EU and Central Asia are facing profound global and regional geopolitical shifts, which provide significant impetus for them to engage in stronger mutually beneficial cooperation; encourages the EU to intensify its engagement with Central Asia, given the geostrategic importance of the region; welcomes the increased high-level contact between the EU and Central Asia, in particular the meetings between the Central Asian heads of state and the President of the European Council, and the work of the EU Special Representative for Central Asia; calls for having regular EU-Central Asia policy dialogue in cooperation with Eastern Partnership; welcomes the intention to adopt a joint EU-Central Asia roadmap to advance dialogue and cooperation in specific areas, including building cultural, social and economic resilience; encourages the EU to continue promoting political and economic reforms that strengthen the rule of law, democracy, good governance and respect for human rights; notes that the European Parliament is ready to promoted the parliamentary cooperation with Central Asia, including through the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and its working bodies;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of a transatlantic cooperation on Central Asia and invites the EU to take initiative in working out with the United States a joint strategy for Central Asia, which should include cooperation in the areas of democracy promotion, investments and trade, economy and regional security;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has weakened its standing in the region and has encouraged Central Asia to pursue cooperation with other actors, and that these actors have stepped up their cooperation with Central Asia; underlines that the EU should use this window of opportunity to foster mutually beneficial cooperation and offer to Central Asia the partnership, which can become a special track in a broader strategy of the Eastern Partnership;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the willingness of Central Asia to start a visa liberalisation dialogue with the EU and would urge the EU to intensify consultations on working out targeted and comprehensive reform roadmaps for the Central Asian states to pave the way for visa facilitation and readmission agreements under a special track of a broader Eastern Partnership strategy;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its implications present both challenges and opportunities for the Central Asian states, which have traditionally maintained close relations with Russia; expresses deep concern about Central Asian states’ circumvention of EU sanctions against Russia, which are intended to stop the war in Ukraine; calls on the authorities of the Central Asian states, particularly Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, to cooperate closely with the EU, in particular its Sanctions Envoy; notes individual efforts of the Central Asian states to ensure that their territories are not used to circumvent the EU sanctions; invites the EU to use a differentiated approach in Central Asia strategy, which will assess the level of cooperation with the EU on the sanctions policy towards Russia;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the EU’s role as an important donor of aid to the region; underlines the importance of taking a united approach as Team Europe, as this makes it possible to create synergies and maximise the impact of the action taken and showcases the benefits of multilateral cooperation, as well as brings together the best tools and partners, such as CSOs, human rights defenders, independent media and experts, public and private sector, to deliver the intended impact; stresses the need to ensure the visibility of EU assistance and investment;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2023/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Strongly advocates for the diversification of suppliers and partners in critical infrastructure initiatives to reduce the vulnerability to external influences, ensuring that reliance on any single source is minimized;
2023/10/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2023/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the establishment of a thorough risk assessment and mapping framework is imperative to identify critical infrastructure assets and their susceptibilities; calls on the Commission, with the support of the Member States, to compile an exhaustive inventory of critical assets and systematically evaluate their vulnerability to external influences;
2023/10/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2023/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Underlines that routine evaluations of critical infrastructure projects that involve non-EU stakeholders are essential; this process should encompass scrutiny of ownership structures, dependencies within supply chains, and the transfer of technology associated with these projects;
2023/10/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2023/2072(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the screening of stakeholders with access to critical infrastructure cannot be limited to direct investment; calls for the current instruments that address foreign direct investment and foreign subsidies to be expanded to include generalised screening procedures for all stakeholders involved in EU critical infrastructure projects encompassing all modes of participation in critical infrastructure endeavors, including collaborative ventures, partnerships, and technology transfers; calls on the Commission, with the support of the Member States, to map, track and assess China’s access to critical infrastructure in the EU; stresses that the Member States are ultimately responsible for infrastructure protection, but have not consistently implemented current guidelines on foreign direct investment or set up national-level investment-screening mechanisms;
2023/10/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of 23 June 2022 decided10 to grant the status of candidate country to Ukraine, which expressed a strong will to launch the EU accession process for Ukraine and to link reconstruction with reforms on its European path. Ongoing strong support to Ukraine is a key priority for the Union and an appropriate response to the Union’s strong political commitment to support Ukraine for as long as necessary. _________________ 10 European Council Conclusions, 23-24 June 2022; EUCO 24/22.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 78 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The Union is also providing significant financial support through an additional package combining funds under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI) established under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 and, as well as assistance under the Instrument for Pre- Accession (IPA), which among many things includes the thematic and cross- border cooperation priorities and key performance indicators to assess the readiness of the acceding countries and effectiveness of the assistance, as well as loans by the European Investment Bank. _________________ 12 Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1).
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 84 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Given the damage from Russia’s war of aggression to the Ukrainian economy, society and infrastructure, the support to the country to maintain its functions, as well as short relief, fast recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine will require comprehensive support and an institutional finance management and reform capacity provided by the Union for Ukraine, which is adequate to the needs of recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine to rebuild the economy, to create the foundations of a free and prosperous country, anchored in European values, well integrated into the European and global economy, and progressing well on its path of accession to the European Union.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 88 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In this context, it is necessary to set up a medium-term single instrument that brings together the bilateral support provided by the Union to Ukraine, ensuring coordination and efficiency. To that end, it is necessary to establish a Ukraine Facility (‘the Facility’), giving a necessary public and private finance management and reform implementation capacity and providing a balance between flexibility and programmability of the Union’s response to address Ukraine’s financing gap, recovery, reconstruction and modernisation needs, while at the same time supporting Ukraine’s reforms effort as part its accession path to the Union.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 91 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The Ukraine Facility should be underpinned by a coherent and prioritised plan for reconstruction and accession (the ‘Ukraine Plan’), prepared bytogether by the EU and the Government of Ukraine, providing a structured and predictable framework for the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of Ukraine, with EU's budgetary, reform and investment support and clearly articulated with Union accession requirements.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 96 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In this regard, Union support under the Facility should replacebe complimentary with the bilateral support provided under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), as well as under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI) established under Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council. It is nevertheless important to ensure that Ukraine can continue to benefit from regional, thematic, rapid response, and other forms of support under NDICI, including cross-border cooperation programmes, and more generally continue to advance regional, macro-regional and cross-border cooperation and territorial development, including through the implementation of Union macro-regional strategies.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 106 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The recovery, reconstruction and modernisation effort should build on Ukraine’s ownership,a shared Union's and Ukraine’s ownership, joint public and private finance management enterprise, as well as a close cooperation and coordination with supporting countries and organisations, and Ukraine’s path towards accession to the Union. Regional and local administrations are also expected to play an important role. PA joint management of programmes, acts, action plans or measures and peer-to-peer cooperation and programmes embedded in partnerships between cities and regions in the Union and those in Ukraine should enrich and accelerate the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation process.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 113 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Support under the Facility should also build on and maximise synergies with G7 Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine, key organisations supporting Ukraine’s reforms and reconstruction, such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the International Monetary Fund.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 117 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) The enlargement policy framework, including the assistance under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) which constitutes the overall policy framework to prepare beneficiaries for future membership of the Union and to support their accession process, defined by the European Council and the Council, the association agreement, partnership and cooperation agreement, multilateral agreements to which the Union is a party and other agreements that establish a legally-binding relationship with Ukraine, as well as resolutions of the European Parliament, communications of the Commission and joint communications of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should constitute the overall policy framework for the implementation of this Regulation. The Commission should ensure coherence between the assistance under the Facility and the enlargement policy framework.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 121 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) It is in the common interest of the Union and Ukraine to advance the efforts of Ukraine to reform its political, legal and economic systems with a view to Union membership. Considering Ukraine as a future member of the Union and a candidate to accession is a strategic investment of the Union in peace, security, stability and prosperity in Europe and allows the Union to be better positioned to address global challenges. It also provides increased economic and trade opportunities to the mutual benefit of the Union and Ukraine as an aspiring Member State, while supportensuring a gradual transformation of theUkraine as a beneficiary country. The prospect of Union membership has a powerful transformative effect, embedding positive democratic, political, economic and societal change.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 128 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Reconstruction from the damage caused by the war of Russian aggression cannot be limited to rebuilding what was destroyed as it was before the war. The reconstruction offers an opportunity to support Ukraine in its process of fostering economic integration with the Union and promoting socioeconomic development, assistance for cross-border cooperation, integration into the Single Market and in accelerating its sustainable green and digital transitions, in line with Union policies. The Facility should promote reconstruction in a way that modernises and improves Ukraine’s economy and society, building on Union rules and standards, by investing in the transition of Ukraine towards a green, digital and inclusive economy and in the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of its critical infrastructure, productive capacity and human capital in a resilient way.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 134 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) In view of the high rate of children placed under institutional care in the country, as well as the inevitable increase of children without parental care and at risk of family separation as a result of Russia’s war of aggression, the Facility should support implementation of the care reform strategy in Ukraine.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 161 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In line with the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Facility should support solidarity, integration, and social justice with the aim of creating and sustaining quality employment and sustainable growth, ensuring equality of, and access to, opportunities and social protection, protecting vulnerable groups and improving living standards. The Facility should support a comprehensive reform of the child protection and care system, including through the transition from institutional to family and community- based care for all children. The Facility should also contribute to fighting poverty and tackling unemployment and lead to quality job creation, the inclusion and integration of disadvantaged groups. The Facility should provide for investment opportunities in skills including through vocational education and training aiming to prepare the workforce to the digital and green transitions. It should also enable the strengthening of social dialogue, infrastructure and services.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 167 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Union support should be organised around three pillars, namely (i) financial support to the Ukrainian State for the implementation of reforms and investments, as well as to address the financing gap and maintain macro- financial stability of the country, as set out in the Ukraine Plan as part of Ukraine's EU accession; (ii) a Ukraine Investment Framework to mobilise investments and enhance access to finance; (iii) accession assistance to mobilise technical expertise and capacity building.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 177 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) The overall maximum amount for the Union support to the Facility should be EUR 50 billion in current prices for the period from 2024 to 2027, for all types of support. In light of the evolving circumstances and of the objectives of the Facility itself, the Union support needs to provide a balance between flexibility and programmability. This amount is only an indicative one and will be revised upwards in the course of events, as it reflects the needs assessments made before March 2023 by the intenational institutions for the reconstruction of Ukraine to overcome the damages of Russia's war of aggression, to address immediate humanitarian needs of Ukraine and to restore Ukraine's access to financial markets as well as a sustainable level of its public revenues.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 190 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
(62) The Union should establish the Ukraine Facility programming framework 2024-2027 for the duration of the Union's current multiannual financial framework. A Framework agreement should be concluded with Ukraine to set up a joint programming and implementation mechanism, the principles of the financial cooperation between the Union and Ukraine, including necessary mechanisms to control and audit expenditures. Financing and loan agreements should also be concluded with Ukraine, where appropriate depending on each pillar, to define conditions for releasing funds.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 195 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
(66) Ukraine together with the Union should prepare the Plan as a coherent, comprehensive and adequately balanced response to rebuilding and modernising Ukraine, supporting its economic, social and environmental recovery and its progress towards accession to the Union. As such, the Ukraine Plan would also provide a basis for other donors to identify the priority funding areas for the reconstruction of Ukraine and foster ownership, coherence and additional contributions to that end. For that purpose, Ukraine should ensure that the Plan as prepared covers its recovery, reconstruction and modernisation needs in an integrated manner, identifying to what extent the measures of the Plan are expected to be financed by the Union through the Facility. In preparing the Plan, Ukraine should take into account support provided under other Union programmes. Ukraine should develop its Plan ensuring that other donors are able to contribute to supporting the measures of the Plan, including by increasing the funding available under the Facility.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 216 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 82
(82) Under pillar II of the Facility, an investment framework should be set up by the Union, aiming to support recovery and reconstruction investments undertaken by private sector companies, municipalities, state-owned enterprises or other actors. The Ukraine Investment Framework should address priorities identified in the Ukraine Plan, and support its objectives and its implementation. The Ukraine Investment Framework should involve Ukrainian authorities in its governance.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 238 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
(91) The Commission should ensure that the financial interests of the Union are effectively protected under the Facility. To this end, an independent Audit Board should be set up to provide the Commission with information on possible mismanagement of funds. Such information should be made available to OLAF and where appropriate to the relevant Ukrainian authorities. The Commission, with the assistance of the Union delegation, should be entitled to perform checks on how Ukraine implements funds under a joint mechanism along the whole project life cycle. The Audit Board should ensure regular dialogue and cooperation with the European Court of Auditors.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 250 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Pillar I: financial support to be provided to Ukraine for the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the country as a future member of the EU and for the delivery of reforms and investments to implement the Ukraine Plan as well as to support Ukraine's budget and maintain macro- financial stability of the country, as set out in Chapter III;
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 258 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) address the social, economic and environmental consequences of the war, thereby contributing to the recovery, reconstruction and modernisation of the country under a joint mechanism and by shared ownership;
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 265 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide an additional support for Ukraine in adopting and implementing the political, institutional, legal, administrative, social and economic reforms required to comply with Union values and to progressively align withto Union rules, standards, policies and practices (‘acquis’) with a view to future Union membership, thereby contributing to mutual stability, security, peace, and prosperity and sustainability.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 275 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) rebuild and modernise infrastructure damaged by the war, such as energy infrastructure, water systems, internal and cross-border transport networks including rail, roads and bridges and border crossing points, and foster modern, improved and resilient infrastructures; restore food production capacities; help address social challenges stemming from the war, including for specific groups such as war veterans, Internally Displaced Persons, single parents, children without parental care including children in or from institutions, disabled people, minorities and other vulnerable persons; contribute to the demining effort;
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 278 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) Strengthen the child care and protection systems, including the transition from institutional to family and community-based care, through the development of a wide range of family and community-based services to help support children without parental care and prevent family separation, including the recruitment, strengthening and professionalisation of the social service workforce required to deliver these services. The Facility shall not be used to finance the reconstruction of existing or establishment of new residential institutions.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 286 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) further strengthen the rule of law, democracy, the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including through promoting an independent judiciary, reinforced security, the fight against fraud, corruption, organised crime and money laundering, tax evasion and tax fraud; compliance with international law; strengthen freedom of media and academic freedom and an enabling environment for civil society; foster social dialogue; promote non-discrimination and tolerance, to ensure and strengthen respect for the rights of persons belonging to minorities and the promotion of gender equality; protect and promote the rights of children and the rights of persons with disabilities; reinforce the effectiveness of public administration and support transparency, structural reforms and good governance at all levels, including in the areas of public financial management and public procurement and State aid; support initiatives and bodies involved in supporting and enforcing international justice in Ukraine;
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 302 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Cooperation under the Facility shall be based on and shall promote the development effectiveness principles, where applicable, across all modalities, namely shared ownership of development priorities by Ukraine and the Union, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships, transparency and mutual accountability. The cooperation shall be based on effective and efficient resources allocation and use.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 304 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support from the Facility shall be additional to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments, including under the Instrument for Pre- accession (IPA). Activities eligible for funding under this Regulation may receive support from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 320 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A precondition for the support to Ukraine under the Facility shall be that Ukraine continues to uphold and respect effective democratic mechanisms, including a multi-party parliamentary system,stitutions and the rule of law, and to guarantee respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities; it would also include a strengthened focus on economic development and improved competitiveness, which are the crucial areas of Ukraine's EU accession process.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 346 #

2023/0200(COD)

Ukraine Facility programming framework and Framework agreement
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 347 #

2023/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Assistance under this Regulation shall be based on a Ukraine Facility programming framework for the delivery of the specific objectives referred to in Article 3. The Commission shall establish the Ukraine Facility programming framework for the duration of the current multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027. The Ukraine Facility programming framework shall be developed in accordance with the policy framework and general principles set out in Article 4. The Ukraine Facility programming framework shall include indicators for assessing progress towards the achievement of the specific objectives referred to in Article 3. The Ukraine Facility will havea a shared ownership between the Union and Ukraine and will establish an institutional public and private finance management and reform capacity under a joint programming and implementation mechanism for rebuilding of Ukraine, which is adequate to the needs of its recovery, reconstruction and modernisation. The Commission shall conclude a framework agreement with Ukraine for the implementation of the Facility setting out specific arrangements for the management, control, supervision, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and audit of funds under the Facility, as well as to prevent, investigate and correct irregularities, fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest. The framework agreement shall be complemented by financing agreements in accordance with Article 10 and loan agreements in accordance with Article 21, setting out specific provisions for the management and implementation of funding under the Facility.
2023/09/07
Committee: AFETBUDG
Amendment 47 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the nature of EU enlargement is a win-win process, which has always been a very effective and successful instrument of boosting necessary reforms both inside the EU and outside, in particular for the EU applicant countries, as the EU history of enlargements has proved – since there is not a single example on the European continent that any country, which went through the democratic transformation, was able to create its own success of democratic prosperity without integration towards the EU;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement should take into account the lessons learned in the ongoing process with the Eastern Partnership countries and the accession negotiations, especially with the Western Balkan countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement should be strictly based on the principle of each country being able to choose freely its own path; the EU needs to be ready to defend the freedom of these countries to choose their own future with the EU;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the new EU strategy of enlargement first of all shall address the issue of a lacking political will over the last decade on EU side and a lack of geopolitical ambitions by the EU to embrace the European aspirations of the neighbouring countries and their peoples;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. REmphasises the necessity for the EU to upgrade its enlargement strategy and recommends that the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy submits the corresponding proposals as soon as possible, starting with 2022, to address the following actions:
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the EU should see the enlargement as an existential necessity for the EU, because this is the way how democracy, prosperity, stability and peace can be spread to all the European continent;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the new EU enlargement strategy should encourage the EU to implement the very much delayed reforms of EU institutions and decision-making; this will have a positive effect on the functioning of EU, in particular for a more effective decision-making which may be achieved with a full use of the qualified majority voting, which in its turn will increase a geopolitical power of the EU in the region and globally;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) the next wave of EU enlargement will have a positive long-term effect on the EU relations with its neighbours, including Russia, as the success of Ukraine or the Western Balkan countries can be created through the enlargement process, which at the end will serve as an inspiration for the people in the neighbouring countries to follow the example of Ukraine or the Western Balkan countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) the next wave of EU enlargement in the new strategy will have the same positive effects both for the Western Balkans applicant countries under the stabilisation and association process, as well as for the Eastern Partnership applicant countries under the association process with the EU;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) the new EU enlargement strategy should be able to address the specific situations of particular candidate countries and allow to adjust the sequence of opening and closing of the negotiating chapters in areas of the rule of law and fundamental rights which can be directly affected by the martial law provisions
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) the new EU enlargement strategy should clearly state that use of bilateral issues by the Member States for their own benefit is a vis the candidate countries is contrary to the spirit of the EU Treaties and therefore may be addressed by appropriate EU measures towards those Member States
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 a (new)
2022 Enlargement Package
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g a) the new EU enlargement strategy should address the following important questions: 1) why Ukraine in 2014 was left in a geopolitical grey zone and was not offered the European perspective by the EU; 2) why the EU enlargement into the Western Balkans has become a total impasse totally different from the big bang enlargement in 2004; 3) how not to allow the enlargement process to be trapped again on the EU side by the lack of EU institutional reforms; 4) how to ensure that bilateral disagreements should not become an obstacle to the whole process of enlargement; 5) how not to allow third parties to blackmail and threaten the EU by claiming that the EU enlargement as a violation of their interests;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g b) the new EU strategy should have the same geopolitical ambition as the EU Enlargement strategy (combining the big bang and regatta principles) adopted in 1993 by the European Council in Copenhagen and should involve the swift opening of accession negotiations with a block of candidate countries in accordance with the European Commission recommendations;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g c) for the new EU strategy to remain meaningful, the next wave of EU enlargement should be defined by the target dates for accession, which could begin in 2025 for the Western Balkan applicant countries and remain in a similar range, but not later than 2029 for the Eastern Partnership applicant countries, if these countries will meet the necessary EU benchmarks, will successfully transpose them and where appropriate will be ready to implement effectively the EU acquis through administrative and judicial structures; if some countries of this block are not yet ready or unwilling, they should be kept engaged by the EU and offered a new target date of accession in the next wave of EU enlargement
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g d) the new EU enlargement strategy will involve an enhanced methodology for the accession negotiations, which would grand immediate benefits to the applicant countries once they will close provisionally the key clusters of EU acquis, such as the EU Single Market or the Green Growth Agenda; the Ukrainian Relief and Reconstruction programme can be also linked to new EU strategy for enlargement as a powerful engine of economic growth and transformation in the EU neighbourhood;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(g e) the new EU enlargement strategy should provide for a clear system of benefits under each of the negotiating clusters, in particular for key cluster of the Single Market which would involve policy, budgetary and institutional benefits for the candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(g f) the new EU enlargement strategy should foresee effective means to unlock the EU enlargement process which currently is stalled and jeopardised and to delegate powers to the EU Chief Negotiators (e.g. Michel Barnier method) to do a practical work of negotiations in line with a broad negotiating mandate given jointly by the European Commission, the EEAS and the Council
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
— having regard to the fact that Belarus has become an accomplice to Russia‘s war against Ukraine,
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against UkraineRussia wages war not only against Ukraine, but also against the NATO and the EU and collective democracies as such; whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War; whereas Ukraine defends not only its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also European common values of democracy; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deRemains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territoration in Europeial integrity and security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act overeignty; calls on the EU to increase its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid; calls on the EU together with other partners in the democratic world to come up with a clear plan for systemic financing order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU responsef weapons deliveries for Ukraine, which would allow Ukraine to win the war against Russia; calls for a large-scale lend-lease military assistance facility for Ukraine, which would match the level of military deliveries from the US; calls on Member States to Rumassia’s wvely accelerate their military againstssistance to Ukraine, including particular the provision of militweapons in response to clearly equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid; identified needs and in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter, which allows for individual and collective self-defence; calls on the EU to urgently launch CSDP military assistance mission to enhancing Ukraine's ability to regenerate its forces and effectively conduct operations with an aim to help Ukraine to restore its territorial integrity and effectively exercise its sovereignty, protect the civilians in Ukraine and be able to deter and respond to possible future military offensives by Russia; calls on Member States to increase intelligence cooperation with Ukraine regarding the ongoing war and to share satellite images through SatCen and other satellite systems; insists on the need for the EU to step up their cybersecurity assistance to Ukraine; calls for full use of the EU cyber sanctions regime against individuals, entities and bodies responsible or involved in the various cyber-attacks targeting Ukraine;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraineat Russia’s war of aggression is the biggest geopolitical challenge and threat to European security the dramatic deterioration in European security; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; reiterates its call for the Member States to increase defence spending and ensure more effective capabilities; stresses the need to make full use of EU capability-development initiatives and budgets, notably the EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces and strengthen a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base, in order to strengthen the European pillar within NATO; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiatives;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on Members states to act in simplifying and harmonizing procedures for military mobility and shorten the timelines of granting permissions to enable the EU Member States to act faster and increase the efficiency of response, in line with their defence needs and responsibilities, both in the context of Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations, as well as national and multinational activities (e.g.in the framework of NATO); calls for renewal of the Action Plan on Military Mobility;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. CStresses the need to increase weapons production by the EU military industries; considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 396 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reiterates the language set in the Strategic Compass that “a stronger and more capable EU in security and defence will contribute positively to global and transatlantic security and is complementary to NATO, which remains the foundation of collective defence for its members. These two go hand in hand.”
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers synergies and coherence with the implementation of NATO’s Strategic Concept essential, particularly in the areas of countering Russian aggression of Russia and its accomplice Belarus, cyber defence, hybrid warfare and support to strategic partners;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 462 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. In the context of the increasing tensions and recurrent outbreaks of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, welcomes European Council President Michel's efforts to mediate with both countries to seek for a sustainable normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan to promote a South Caucasus that is a secure, stable, peaceful and prosperous region; notes that with the aim of further involving the EU in the search for sustainable peace would be to set up the EU CSDP mission;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. expresses grave concern at Chinese government’s position indicated at the CCP’s 20th Party Congress that China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan; reiterates that the status quo of the Taiwan Strait should not be unilaterally altered against the will of the Taiwanese people; is of the view that the dispute between Taiwan and China should be solved through peaceful dialogues without any preconditions;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that Taiwan is a key EU partner and democratic ally in the Indo-Pacific region, one that contributes to maintaining a rules-based international order and upholds fundamental values; strongly urges the EU and its Member States to intensify cooperation and pursue a comprehensive enhanced partnership with Taiwan, notably essential cooperation on critical supply chain resilience, and countering disinformation and foreign interference.
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Strongly advocate Taiwan’s meaningful participation as an observer in the meetings, mechanism and activities of the World Health Organization, UNFCCC, International Civil Aviation Organization and Interpol;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2022/0032(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) Given the globalised nature of the semiconductor supply chain, international cooperation with third countries is an important element to achieve a resilience of the Union’s semiconductor ecosystem. Trade and partnership agreements with third countries must remain a priority element of the Union’s strategy to address chip shortages. Such agreements are instrumental to bolstering the resilience of global supply chains and must be reached preferentially with like-minded third countries that have advantages in the semiconductor industry, to meet the growing demand for semiconductors. The actions taken under this Regulation should also enable the Union to play a stronger role, as a centre of excellence, in a better functioning global, interdependent semiconductors ecosystem. The Commission, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board, should cooperate and build partnerships with third countries with a view to seeking solutions to address, to the extent possible, disruptions of the semiconductor supply chain.
2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital M
M. whereas the functioning of the Union is founded on representative democracy and whereas EU citizens are directly represented at Union level in Parliament;deleted
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas EU Common Foreign and Security policy is defined and implemented by the European Council and the Council acting unanimously, except where the Treaties provide otherwise, as provided for in the Article 24 TEU and whereas Member States are represented by their Heads of State or Government in the European Council and by their Governments in the Council, who are themselves democratically accountable either to their national Parliaments or to their citizens and whereas the functioning of the Union is founded on representative democracy and European citizens are directly represented at the Union level by the European Parliament and whereas every citizen has the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union as provided for in the Article 10 TEU;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital S b (new)
Sb. whereas the European Parliament, as a direct representation at the Union level of the citizens, has a unique obligation to guarantee to the citizens of EU the right to be informed about the actions or inactions of the European Council and the Council and their individual members, which were made in order to define and to implement EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) involve the European Parliament in the scrutiny of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy implementation and create proper procedures for the Parliament to execute an obligation to guarantee to the citizens of EU the right to be informed about the actions or inactions of the European Council and the Council and their individual members, which were made in order to define and to implement EU Common Foreign and Security Policy; create proper parliamentary procedures for individual members of the European Council and the Council to inform the Parliament about their position, which they take during the process of definition and implementation of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to the National Regional Development Strategy (SNDR) for2022-2028 adopted by the Government of the Republic of Moldova,
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
— having regard to New Government Action Plan for 2020 – 2023,
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the historic results of the presidential election in 2020 and the parliamentary elections in 2021, whereby the people of the Republic of Moldova gave a strong mandaten overwhelming majority to pro- reform and pro-European forces, which are now fully responsible for the state; furges thether encourages the EU institutions and political leadership of the Republic of Moldova to seize this unique opportunity to work together for the implementation of long-overdue reforms and to advance Moldova's European integration based on commonly shared values of democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. CWelcomes the intensified High Level Political Dialogue with the Moldovan authorities and calls on the Commission to increase its engagement with its Moldovan counterparts and to maximise its political, technical and financial support to the Republic of Moldova during this crucial time in order to give further impetus to progress and to ensure adequate absorption capacity for EU assistance;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EU to reach the agreement with the pro-reform Moldovan government and sign a similar kind of State-building Contract like in the case of Ukraine, which will increase the EU staff presence in Moldova and allow the extending to Moldova of the SGUA-type assistance, which is foreseen in the original mandate of the SGUA; recalls that these actions should lead to embracing Moldova’s European choice;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes, in this context, the importance of providing EU assistance of the necessary top-ups of the salaries of civil servants in Moldova's government, working in key areas of European integration reforms;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls to the European Commission and other EU Institutions to actively engage in providing multifaceted assistance to the Republic of Moldova within the framework of SGUA-like arrangement, addressing different aspects of public governance, including exchange of good practices and cooperation on public administration reform and expertise on high, medium and low level of public management;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Proposes to consider, among others, a joint project of the EU and the Republic of Moldova on setting up a higher-education institution that could serve with a proper training for new cohort of human resources for Moldovan public administration and could ensure maximum transparency of the selection and promotion procedure;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Invites the EU to provide an investment planning platform for Moldova to implement a large-scale infrastructure connectivity agenda, in particular by increasing Moldova's absorption capacity and providing the necessary technical assistance, as this is done for the Western Balkan countries under the WBIF, which is a capacity assistance platform administered by the European Commission;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Invites the EU to assess the reform progress of Moldova using the same methodology, that is applied to the Western Balkan countries; this entails preparing an annual progress report on the progress achieved by Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Invites the EU to work on proposing to Moldova, as well as to remaining countries of the Associated Trio, an intermediate EU integration status, which could reflect the status of Norway vis-a-vis the EU, that of membership in the EU Single Market;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decisive action by the EU and its Member States as ‘Team Europe’ in mitigating the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine donations and financial support; stresses that the Economic Recovery Plan for the Republic of Moldova, worth up to EUR 600 million, is a key element in the Republic of Moldova’s recovery, which presents a unique opportunity to accelerate structural reforms, restructure the economy and to prepare it for future challenges; welcomes the first disbursement of a EUR 36.4 million grant for the Republic of Moldova, as part of the Economic Recovery Package, to continue supporting country's fight against COVID-19 and police reform;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the unprecedented, ambitious reform agenda of the government of Natalia Gavriliţa and the tangible progress already achieved in its implementation, in particular on the fight against corruption, judicial reform, improving the living standards of the most vulnerable population groups and improving the business climate in the country; reiterates that sufficient progress in implementing agreed reforms is a key condition for continued EU financial support and the application of the ‘more for more’ principle;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the new economic reform program of the Republic of Moldova approved by the International Monetary Fund in December, opening the path for a new Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) from the European Union; welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a MFA operation of up to EUR 150 million; calls for an adoption without delay of the new MFA by the European Parliament and Council; calls on the Commission to ensure that technical assistance is available to the Moldovan authorities to adequately implement the agreed reforms in the context of the macro-financial assistance;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the inadmissibility of the weaponisation of the gas supply in order to put political pressure on the Republic of Moldova to change its geopolitical orientation; urges the Commission to continue providing the Republic of Moldova with the financial and technical support necessary to ensure its resilience against such external interference and increase energy independence; calls on the Moldovan authorities in the long-term perspective to maintain the country’s commitment as a member of the Energy Community to implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, in particular the unbundling of gas and electricity transmission and distribution;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission, in this context, to work closely with EU Members States to upgrade existing and create new infrastructure and rules of gas supply to Moldova and other Eastern Partnership countries; underscores the importance to implement without delay all necessary investments and maintenance of the European energy infrastructure so that EU Member States’ storages facilities and interconnectors enable a proper scale of gas transmission from the EU to partner countries;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the Republic of Moldova and the EU to advance work on the Moldovan sections of the trans-European extended transport network for EaP (TEN-T), to support the railway sector reforms and to explore together with Member States and International Financial Institutions possibilities for upgrading the EU-Republic of Moldova rail connections, while ensuring environmental sustainability; encourages the Republic of Moldova to advance in implementing the relevant acquis; and calls for increased cooperation and the gradually integration of the Republic of Moldova into the EU Transport Market and Transport Community;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the important role that free media and professional journalism play in a healthy public life; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the media sector in the Republic of Moldova, support independent media and journalists; make sure that all citizens of the Republic of Moldova have access to reliable source of information about EU policies towards their country;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact that the investigation into the bank fraud exposed in 2014 has still not yielded significant results in terms of bringing those responsible to justice and recovering lost assets; stresses that this lack of progress has a serious negative effect on the credibility of the justice system in the eyes not only of the people of the Republic of Moldova, but also of the country’s international partners; calls for a strengthened cooperation between EU Member States and Moldovan authorities in investigating the bank fraud, to ensure the timely recovery of stolen assets;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the commitment of President Maia Sandu and the government of Natalia Gavriliţa to base their policies with accordance to rulings of the Moldovan Constitutional Court; supports the efforts of the executive institutions of the Republic of Moldova to strengthen independence of judges, judiciary system and all institutions that play a role in the constitutional order of the country;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Underlines an important role of regional cooperation in modernizing the country, increasing capacities in AA’s implementation efforts; calls for enhancement of regional cooperation, both between different regions of the Republic of Moldova and between Moldovan regions and the EU regions; calls on the Commission and respective EU agencies to facilitate this process in strong cooperation with the Moldovan government;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the non-governmental sector in the Republic of Moldova and underlines the added-value that different organisations provide on important issues of public interest in the Republic of Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of SMEs and their role in economic development of a country; EU tailor made programmes should be assisting SMEs in the Republic of Moldova, including Transnistrian region and provide support of technical and financial nature;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Encourages the expansion of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) to the Republic of Moldova once it has met all of the necessary requirements;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of fighting disinformation, including anti-EU disinformation, fake news and propaganda, in particular through strategic communication; hopes that the reconstituted Television and Radio Broadcasting Council will effectively carry out its tasks as a media watchdog and address the long-standing shortcomings of the media landscape; calls for a better cooperation between all EU institutions, the Member States and Moldovan authorities when communicating the benefits of the AA/DCFTA and of EU assistance to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for deepening structural cooperation between members of the European Parliament and members of the Parliament of Moldova, in the upcoming period, on domains that represent priorities both for the European Union and for the Republic of Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses good cooperation with the current Moldovan parliament and MPs involved in bilateral and regional parliamentary cooperation with the EU, in particular within the framework of the EuroNest ParliamentaryAssembly and the EU - Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to its previous resolutions on Georgia, in particular, that of 8 June 2022 on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists and that of 16 September 2020 on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Georgia,
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the Joint Staff Working Document on Economic and Investment Plan for Eastern Partnership,
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to Reporters' Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index 2022,
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Georgia submitted its application for EU membership on 3 March 2022 in the context of continued strong public support for Georgia's European aspirations as well as Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas freedom of expression, freedom of media and the safety of journalists are a cornerstone of a functioning democracy;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the 19 April 2021 Agreement, mediated by the President of the European Council, underlined the need to address politicised justice through judicial reform in order to increase the independence, transparency and accountability of the judicial system;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the media environment of Georgia continues to deteriorate and, in the recent years, an unprecedented high number of violent physical attacks against journalists have occurred in Georgia; whereas in 2022 Georgia fell in the World Press Freedom Index from 60th to 89th place out of 180;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas selective investigations and prosecutions targeting those critical of the current government undermine public trust not only in judicial institutions, but also in the Georgian authorities;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas former President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose health has been constantly deteriorating, continues to be incarcerated;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas Nika Gvaramia, the director of the TV channel Mtavari, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison on dubious charges of money laundering, bribery and document forgery;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
Dg. whereas 20% of Georgian territory continues to be occupied by the Russian Federation;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
Dh. whereas Russia continues to employ disinformation, cyber attacks and other hybrid methods to undermine Georgia's societal and institutional resilience;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)
Di. whereas the Russian Federation has intensified the annexation of Georgia’s occupied territories, including through the intentions of holding the so- called 'referendum' in the Tskhinvali/South Ossetia region on the matter of 'joining' the Russian Federation, transfer of the “Bichvinta” property complex and the surrounding area to the Russian Federation, as well as the incorporation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia in military, economic, justice, social and other spheres of the Russian Federation;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2021/2236(INI)

Dj. whereas ethnic cleansing, discrimination and other severe forms of human rights violations of Georgians in the Russian occupied territories of Georgia, erection of barbed wire fences and other artificial barriers and lengthy closure of so-called crossing points along the 'Administrative Border Line' continue to destabilise Georgia;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D k (new)
Dk. whereas the Russian Federation and its occupation regimes are deliberately hampering the safe and dignified return of IDPs and refugees, forcibly expelled as a result of ethnic cleansing from the Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision of the European Council to recognise Georgia’s European perspective; notes that this decision is a strong signal of political support for the European aspirations of the people of Georgia; reiterates that to be granted candidate status, Georgia needs to successfully address the twelve key priorities, including de-oligarchisation and de-polarisation, as indicated by the Commission in its opinion on Georgia’s application for membership of the European Union and endorsed by the European Council;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Georgian authorities to uphold the highest standards of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms and to determinedly pursue the priorities for reform set out in the Commission’s opinion in order to unambiguously demonstrate their political determination to implement the nation’s ambitious European aspirations, as expressed by the application for EU membership that Georgia submitted on 3 March 2022; calls on the Georgian authorities to initiate and lead the work on these priorities in an inclusive manner before the Commission reports on their implementation by the end of 2022; calls on all Georgian political forces to constructively participate in and contribute to these efforts; stresses that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will continue to be assessed based on its own merits and its success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; stresses that fulfilling the political criteria is as much necessary as implementing the formal criteria, and reminds a historical case when accession process was stopped due to democracy problems in an applicant country;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Georgian authorities to uphold and ensure the highest standards of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms and to determinedresolutely pursue the priorities for reform set out in the Commission’s opinion in order to unambiguously demonstrate their political determination to implement the nation’s ambitious European aspirations, as expressed by the application for EU membership that Georgia submitted on 3 March 2022; calls on the Georgian authorities to initiate and lead the work on addressing these priorities in an inclusive manner before the Commission reports on their implementation by the end of 2022; calls on all Georgian political forces and civil society to constructively participate in and contribute to these efforts; stresses that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will continue to be assessed based on its own merits and its success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine calls for unity and solidarity on the part of the international community; welcomes the strong response of Georgian society in support of Ukraine; regrets the fact that Georgia has not aligned with EU sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; calls for political alignment by the Georgian authorities and all political stakeholders with EU positions on this important matter, in line with the country’s European ambitions;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its steadfast support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; calls for the continuation of efforts to achieve a negotiated peaceful conflict resolution of the conflict, including through the Geneva International Discussionsand end to Russian occupation of Georgian territory, including through the effective and result-orientated functioning of Geneva International Discussions and Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) in Gali and Ergneti, the ongoing activities of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the efforts of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, as well as the policy of non- recognition and engagement; notes with concern the continuation of illegal ‘borderisation’ activities, in the occupied regionsllegal detentions and kidnappings and restriction on freedom of movement along the Administrative Border Line; calls on the Council to extend the mandate of EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia beyond 14 December 2022 and to provide it with a budget that is commensurate with its tasks to stabilise and normalise the situation and build confidence between the parties in the conflict in an increasingly tense security environment; calls on the EU to further enhance its engagement for the peaceful resolution of the Russia-Georgia conflict, by effectively using all the instruments, including the Special Representative(EUSR) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, the Geneva International Discussions (GID), the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs), the EUMM in Georgia, as well as the policy of non- recognition and engagement;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its steadfast support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; calls for the continuation of efforts to achieve a negotiated peaceful resolution of the conflict, including through the Geneva International Discussions, the ongoing activities of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the efforts of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia; notes with concerncondemns the continuation of illegal ‘borderisation’ activities in the occupied regions; calls on the Council to extend the mandate of EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia beyond 14 December 2022 and to provide it with a budget that is commensurate with its tasks to stabilise and normalise the situation and build confidence between the parties in the conflict in an increasingly tense security environment;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that Georgia must put utmost effort to seize the historic opportunity for EU integration, which opened up due to heroic struggle of Ukraine in the face of military aggression of Russia waged against freedom and democracy and our common values; the main goal of the Kremlin against Georgia is to paralyse the geopolitical will of Georgia so that it would not seek the integration into Euro-Atlantic community, therefore the only way for Georgia to protect itself from the Kremlin’s hybrid and other type of attacks is to do its utmost to ensure fulfilment of all 12 conditions in the nearest future;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Condemns the illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, expresses concern over the dire security, humanitarian and human rights situation in Georgia’s occupied territories, and strongly denounces the violation of right of IDPs and refugees forcibly expelled from Georgia’s occupied territories as result of ethnic cleansing to return to their homes in safety and dignity;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its international obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, notably to withdraw all its military and security from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow establishment of international security mechanisms therein, to allow the EUMM unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia pursuant to its mandate;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2021/2236(INI)

6. Regrets that deep polarisation continues to be the defining feature of Georgia’s political environment; calls on all political stakeholders to unite their forces around the key goal of Georgia’s EU membership through the implementation of ambitious democratic, judicial and anti- corruption reforms, and which continues to fuel societal divisions; calls on all political stakeholders to refrain from divisive and inflammatory rhetoric, and unite their forces around the key goal of Georgia’s EU membership through the implementation of ambitious democratic, judicial and anti-corruption reforms; stresses with concern that deep polarisation continues to undermine Georgia's resilience, in particular, in the face of continued geopolitical challenges and Russian disinformation which seeks to further divide Georgian society; reiterates that the core provisions of the EU-brokered agreement of 19 April 2021 continue to present athe best pathway towards strengthening democracy and the rule of law in Georgia; calls on all political forces to return to and abide by the April 19 Agreement; notes that provisions of the 19 April Agreement have been incorporated in the EU-Georgia Association Agenda 2021-2027; calls on the Government of Georgia to ensure their strict implementation;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that addressing the issue of political polarisation, through ensuring cooperation across political parties in the spirit of the April 19 agreement, is at the top of the recommendations laid out by the European Commission and must be addressed as an immediate priority; regrets that instead the Georgian ruling party representatives embarked on a blame-game against the opposition parties and NGOs;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Deplores the aggressive rhetoric targeting international allies of Georgia’s European path, namely the US and the EU ambassadors, as incompatible with the status of EU applicant country;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets that the actions and rhetoric of the Georgian Dream representatives further escalate the polarisation of Georgia’s political environment and may point to a deliberate sabotage of Georgia’s European future by the governing political party;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets the decision of the governing Georgian Dream party to withdraw from the agreement of April 19, 2021 and calls on the government to return to the agreement and start its implementation immediately, as it presents the way forward towards depolarization and implementing reforms;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to eliminate the excessive influence of vested interests, including oligarchs, in economic, political of the sole oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili, in Georgia's politics, economy and public life as one of the priorities identified by the Commission to be addressed before Georgia is granted candidate status;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to eliminate the excessive influence of vested interests, including oligarchs of the sole oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili, in economic, political and public life as one of the priorities identified by the Commission to be addressed before Georgia is granted candidate status;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reiterates its concern over the destructive role played by the sole oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili, in Georgia's politics and economy, and the level of control he exerts over the government and its decisions, including those on the politically motivated persecution of journalists and political opponents; is deeply worried by Ivanishvili's exposed personal and business links to the Kremlin, which determine the position of the current Government of Georgia towards sanctions on Russia; calls on the Council and democratic partners to consider imposing personal sanctions on Ivanishvili for his role in the deterioration of the political process;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Georgian authorities to release former President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on humanitarian grounds in order to allow him to undergo proper medical treatment abroad;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that hasty and non- transparent actions in making key appointments or institutional changes only reinforce the perception of politicised justice; in this respect notes, in particular, regrets that the Supreme Court judges were appointed before the shortcomings in the nomination process identified by ODIHR and the Venice Commission were addressed; reiterates that the lack of progress on judicial reform meant that the conditions for receiving the EUR 75 million tranche of EU macro-financial assistance by September 2021 were not fulfilled;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets the sentencing of Nika Gvaramia, the director of a critical media Mtavari Arkhi, persecution of founders and directors of other critical media outlets, namely David Kezerashvili of Formula TV and Vakhtang Tsereteli of Pirveli TV, as well as the practice of suing critical media for libel, as putting political pressure on independent media; calls on the Georgian authorities to ensure media freedom and safety of journalists;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that, despite Georgia's legal framework for guaranteeing freedom of expression and freedom of media, there is continued deterioration of the media environment and the safety of journalists;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Notes that the decision of the court to convict the leaders of Lelo for Georgia party, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, and using the court’s verdict to strip Mr Japaridze of his parliamentary mandate raises further concerns of politicized justice and exacerbates the polarisation;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2021/2236(INI)

11b. Condemns the increasing number of cases of intimidation, threats and violence against the persecution of journalists, including an increasing number of criminal investigations into media workers and owners;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Notes continued Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the Georgian society, including in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to continue strengthening cooperation with relevant Georgian institutions to address Russian disinformation and its consequences;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Condemns the sentencing of Nika Gvaramia, the director of the independent TV channel Mtavari, on 16 May 2022; notes that the postponement of Nika Gvaramia's appeal process is unacceptable and reiterates its call for a review of Gvaramia's conviction;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates the importance of independent oversight of Georgia’s state institutions; regrets, in this respect, the dismantling of State Inspector’s Service against ODIHR recommendations; highlights the positive role of the public defender of Georgia in protecting human rights, promoting good governance and strengthening the rule of law; calls for an inclusive process of selecting the new Public Defender;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Georgian authorities to release former president Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on humanitarian grounds in order to allow him to undergo proper medical treatment abroad;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Deplores the erection of new Stalin statues in Georgia, including in the city of Zestofani in 2020; stresses that the glorification of Stalin and other totalitarian communist leaders not only distorts the bloody and cruel legacy of communism, but is first and foremost an affront to its millions of victims;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that, according to expert evaluations, the DCFTA has had a positive impact on legislative approximation and institutional development, but it only had a modest impact on trade between the EU and Georgia; calls on the Commission to review the DCFTA's potential to increase trade volumes between the EU and Georgia;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to support the full implementation of the DCFTA through coordinated assistance, with a focus on support for SMEs and structural reforms, including development of quality infrastructure to facilitate efficient implementation of the approximated legislation;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Regrets the continued delays in the development of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port following the Georgian Government's cancellation of the project contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) in 2020; is deeply concerned by the Panama Papers revelations concerning Bidzina Ivanishvili's investment in the rival Poti port project and the impact of vested interests on key projects as well as overall investors' confidence in Georgia;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to extend “Roam-like-at-home” Regulation to Georgia, which has the potential to bring significant benefits for EU and Georgian businesses and citizens;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Commission to support creation of a common roaming space between Georgia and the EU through coordinated assistance with a focus on gradual reduction of international roaming tariffs between Georgia and the EU in line with the EU regulations thus protecting consumers’ rights, as well as assisting gradual approximation of Georgia to the EU acquis and contributing to Georgia’s European integration process;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Underlines Georgia's role as a significant contributor to the EU crisis management (CSDP) operations;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Calls for an increased assistance and enhanced partnership in the area of security and defence with Georgia as declared in the EU Strategic Compass, including through the European Peace Facility; welcomes EU’s commitment and determination to support Georgia in countering hybrid threats;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Calls on the Council and the EEAS to further engage with Georgia on the CSDP, particularly in view of Georgia’s interest in discussing the possibility of participating in PESCO projects and in developing cooperation with the relevant EU agencies, with a view to enhancing Georgia’s resilience;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Reiterates support to the human capital development, strengthening private sector role in Vocational education system management and addressing skills mismatch for better employment possibilities;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15f. Welcomes Georgia’s strong commitment to starting the process of becoming the Third Country Associated to Erasmus+ Programme and encourages Georgia’s participation in the new Horizon Europe Program in order to make use of the opportunities for the Georgian scientific and innovation community;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)
15g. Calls the European Commission and Georgia to consider increasing the number of Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) projects in Georgia in order to increase EU-Georgia connectivity;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)
15h. Encourages European Commission, ENTSO-E and Georgia to start working on synchronization of Georgian electricity grid with the European Continental Grid and on the inclusion of Georgia in Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA);
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the signing of the Jean Monnet Dialogue between the European Parliament and the Georgian Parliament; regrets the delays in implementing the JMD; reiterates the European Parliament's commitment and calls on the Georgian Parliament to start the process as soon as possible;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 219 #

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Deplores and condemns the personal attacks against Members of the European Parliament by representatives of the Georgian Dream party; considers these attacks unacceptable and damaging to the mutual relationship between Georgia and the European Union;
2022/09/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas NATO has reconfirmed its Open Door Policy;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas integration of Ukraine to the European Union is as important as integration of Ukraine to NATO;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas the Commission, the EEAS and EU Member States should be responding to Kremlin`s threats not only with NATO-led hard security instruments, but also with the EU`s soft power of the European integration, which is central to economic and political success, as well as security of Ukraine;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Invites the EU institutions to provide a more ambitious integration agenda for Ukraine, as well as for the Association Trio, which could include the practical steps to the first intermediate stage of Ukraine`s accelerated full integration into the EU`s Single Market;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Developing an EU defence doctrinesecurity defence policy using the Strategic Compass to drive strategic autonomy
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 288 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for an integrated approach to the EU security and defence by strengthening not only conventional (military) but also other dimensions of security such as information, cyber, economic, energy, infrastructure, value chains in strategic sectors and other areas of security of the EU;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Considers weaponised migration flows through the eastern EU’s external border coupled with a disinformation campaign as a combined hybrid warfare aimed at intimidating and destabilising the EU; calls on the Union to develop relevant legislative means providing necessary safeguards to effectively react and respond to instrumentalisation of migration for political purposes by third countries, to ensure an effective protection of the EU’s external border and provide measures to prevent irregular crossings;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 495 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – introductory part
38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led into a reduction in the number of projectsmaking projects more efficient and an increase in its political monitoring; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; considers that the Strategic Compass should aim to:
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 564 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Underlines the geopolitical importance of the Union in taking lead responsibility for its regional stability, security and prosperity and preventing destabilising processes in the EU neighbourhood, both East and South as well as the Arctic;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 565 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41b. Is concerned that Russian Federation military forces continue to occupy large parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law, that they are still present in the Republic of Moldova, and that Russia continues to destabilise peace and security in the region as well as actively use hybrid measures against democracies in Europe; continues to condemn Russia’s military intervention and illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the keeping of the frozen conflict in Moldova; stresses the need to speak with one voice on the EUs policy in that context;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 577 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular a and assumes gregards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)ater responsibility in the transatlantic alliance; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 598 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for coherence between NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent withand the EU’s Strategic Compass;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent, the rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan and recent hybrid actions against the EU and its Member States aimed at challenging our democratic foundations, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU should shape its CFSP on the basis of the following fivesix actions:
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
- achieving European sovereignty by interlinking the EU’s external actions, and assuming greater responsibility in the transatlantic alliance,
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
- engaging in a comprehensive strategic dialogue with democratic partners worldwide and coordinating common actions of shared interest;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisationtheir proxies; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’s response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the development of a common strategic culture respecting the specific character of the security and defence policies of the Member States and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revised version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 353 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms; supports the EU Associated Trio format of countries most advanced on the European path; reminds that success of the EaP countries can be demonstrated and consolidated only through EU integration process, and it can show also to the Russian people what socio-economic benefits European-type reforms can bring;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to use the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit to develop an ambitious agenda for advancing reforms and democratic governance in the Eastern Partnership and thus support the CFSP goals;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 363 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Reiterates its position of non- recognition of the illegitimate Lukashenka regime in Belarus; stands in solidarity with the EU Member States who are facing hybrid threats from the Lukashenka regime and the Kremlin; stresses its unwavering support for democratic Belarus, and calls on the Lukashenka regime to immediately cease all repressions and release all political prisoners; expresses its support for additional targeted sanctions against individuals and entities responsible or enabling the repression of the Belarusian people;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 437 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil societyregrets that Russian Federation military forces continue to occupy parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law, that they are still present in the Republic of Moldova, and that Russia continues to destabilise peace and security in the region as well as actively use hybrid measures against democracies in Europe; condemns Russia’s military intervention and illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the keeping of the frozen conflict in Moldova; stresses the need to speak with one voice on the EUs policy in that context;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 447 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Underlines that European Parliament has recommended the EU to review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles, and to develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a strategy on future EU relations with a democratic Russia, which would demonstrate clearly for the people of Russia the benefits such relations could bring; reiterates that the EU has to make it clear that if Russia continues its current policy on Belarus, the EU will have to introduce additional containment and deterrence measures on Russia;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 467 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates, as underlined in its resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy4 , its call for the EU to develop a more assertive, comprehensive, and consistent EU-China strategy that unites all Member States and shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a whole by engaging China in a structured and systematic format of 27+1; emphasises that this strategy should promote a rules-based multilateral order, have the defence of EU values at its core and should be based on the three principles of cooperating where possible, competing where needed, and confronting where necessary; strongly advocates for Taiwan’s full participation as an observer in meetings, mechanisms and activities of international organisations; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382.
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 470 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Denounces the Chinese Communist Party's coercion against Lithuania and other EU Member States and partners, and calls for greater solidarity with countries coerced by the CCP, including by collaborating with our democratic allies in opening our markets to economies suffering under the CCP's economic coercion;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 340 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 404 #

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2021/10/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the joint communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social committee and the committee of the Regions - Tackling Covid-19 disinformation -Getting the facts right (JOIN/2020/8 final),
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas Russia is an integral part of Europe and the biggest neighbour of European Union and the developments in Russia, its policies and character of its authorities are directly affecting EU’s immediate neighbourhood;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the main interest of the EU is to keep stability and peace on the European continent, which is being threatened by aggressive external policies of the Russian authorities;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the EU believes in a different future that Russia can have, with its people aspiring to the universal values of freedom and democracy;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the EU strategy towards Russia needs to combine two major objectives: first, to stop the Kremlin’s external and domestic aggressiveness and second, to engage with the people of Russia and assist them in building a different future for Russia, which would benefit all the people on the European continent including the Russian;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas the Kremlin authority can be described as a stagnating authoritarian kleptocracy led by a president-for-life surrounded by a circle of oligarchs, who has started wars against his neighbours, assassinates opponents inside and outside Russia, interferes in the US’ and European elections, and acts as an anti- Western spoiler at every opportunity;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2021/2042(INI)

-Ae. whereas President Putin’s approach is clearly revisionist, trying to extend control over territories he considers lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues the illegal occupation of territories and maintains frozen conflicts in Moldova (Transnistria), Georgia (Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia), interferes directly in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, engages in the destabilisation and effective control of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts directly and through Russian and local mercenaries, and especially annexed Crimea to Russia violently and illegally; whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues to consider these actions as favourable to its interests;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. whereas the goals of Putin’s regime include the following elements: to assert its authority to be a great power; to consolidate the regime’s interference in post-Soviet countries and beyond; to place the sovereignty of powerful states above the sovereignty of other states; to use the concept of protecting ethnic Russians abroad as justification for hybrid war and disinformation; to use frozen conflicts areas as a strategic element for interfering in the affected country and preventing it from moving closer to the EU and NATO; to use energy resources and illicit money laundering practices as a tool for manipulation and blackmailing; to undermine the model of liberal democracy and to portray Russia as morally superior and the West as morally inferior; to supress democracy, democratic opposition and the right for the people to express free will in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A h (new)
-Ah. whereas the Russian Federation, as a full member of the Council of Europe and the OSCE, has committed itself to the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights; whereas continued serious violations of the rule of law and the adoption of restrictive laws over the last few years are increasingly calling Russia’s compliance with its international and national obligations into question; whereas Russia has failed to implement more than a thousand judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR); whereas the Russian Federation is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but has continuously violated the right to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. whereas the behaviour of Russia’s current leadership poses one of the main challenges to the EU’s strategic and foreign policy agenda as well as to freedom, peace and security in Europe and beyond;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Kremlin’s regime has in several weeks of March and April 2021 substantially increased its military presence on the eastern and northern border of Ukraine, which is the biggest concentration of Russian troops since 2014; whereas the Kremlin regime suspended the right of passage for warships and commercial vessels of other countries through part of the Black Sea in the direction of the Kerch Strait, which is in violation of navigation rights guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which Russia is a party;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Kremlin regime has involved Russian active-duty intelligence officers in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014 in which two Czech citizens were killed and extensive material damage was caused; whereas the same GRU agents were also responsible for the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the United Kingdom in 2018 using a military- grade Novichok nerve agent; whereas GRU agents were also charged with the attempted murder of Emilian Gebrev, the owner of an arms factory, and two other people in Bulgaria in 2015;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas illegal actions by the Kremlin regime on the territory of the United Kingdom, Czechia, Bulgaria, as well as many other EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries constitute a critical violation of their sovereignty; whereas the Kremlin regime is non-cooperative in investigating those crimes and is sheltering key suspects;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas President Putin’s political and economic investment into the survival of the illegitimate Lukashenko regime is the only reason why Mr Lukashenko is still able to continue the brutal persecution of Belarusian people who are demanding respect for human rights, free and transparent elections, rule of law and justice; whereas from the summer of 2020 the illegitimate Lukashenko regime incarcerated more than 360 political prisoners and arrested, persecuted and in many cases tortured more than 30 000 protesters;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas Kremlin continues its hybrid interference into EU domestic politics, mainly by building links between the Russian central authorities and the extreme right and populist nationalist parties and governments in the EU, which pose a threat to the fundamental values of the Union, i.e. the respect for democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights; whereas Putin’s Russia continues its efforts to destabilise EU candidate and associated Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries with the goal to create obstacles or to stop the process of their Euro- Atlantic integration;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the EU dependency on imports of Russia’s energy products is one of the major threats to EU’s geopolitical security;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas more than 60 per cent of EU imports from Russia in 2019 were energy products; whereas the EU needs to reduce the dependency of its economy, especially in the energy sector, on Russian gas supplies to EU markets, which is now at 48 % and has a tendency to increase;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the Green Deal is a major instrument of the EU’s geopolitical security and according to the European Commission’s forecasts, if the Green Deal is implemented, the EU’s oil and natural gas imports by 2030 are expected to shrink dramatically with oil imports dropping by 78-79 % and natural gas imports by 58-67 % compared to 2015 figures;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the Russian Federation poses not only an external threat to European security, but is also waging an internal war on its own people in the form of the systematic oppression of the opposition and arrests on the streets; whereas Russia has continued to unlawfully detain its citizens and target opposition leaders, independent journalists, protesters, human rights activists; whereas the prison conditions in Russia remain dreadful and people imprisoned are subject to torture, harassment, physical attacks;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities currently hold nearly 400 political prisoners in violation of the Russian Federation’s obligations under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 23 of the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues the systemic repressions of democratic forces by means of a significant number of attempted poisonings and murders, arrests and political sentencings of main oppositioners and activists such as Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Sergei Protazanov, Vladimir Kara-Murza and others; whereas the organisers of these crimes remain unidentified and unindicted; whereas the OSCE report on the murder of Boris Nemtsov has concluded that ‘the main issue for addressing impunity is not the capabilities of the Russian law enforcement, but the political will’;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Russian authorities’ decision to declare the Anti-Corruption Foundation headed by Alexei Navalny an extremist organisation is baseless, discriminatory and has been adopted with only one goal: to destroy opposition’s possibilities to effectively participate in election campaigns; whereas the law on ‘foreign agents’ is allowing individuals, associations and media to be stigmatised as ‘foreign agents’, thereby violating human rights, in particular freedom of expression and association, restricting the citizens’ right to commit and contribute to Russian civil society and putting their personal safety at risk by bearing such a stigma;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Kremlin’s regime adopted the laws on persons or entities supporting ‘foreign agents’ and ‘undesirable foreign organisations’, by which it has systemically banned active members of civil society, human rights NGOs, and the opposition from participating in the 2021 Parliamentary elections in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the Russian authorities are holding the key opposition players of parliamentary election campaign in prison or under home arrest; whereas continuing repressions by Russian authorities on opposition candidates by abusing the registration procedures and selectively targeting political opponents and civil society organisations in the streets and courts under fabricated cases will make it simply impossible to speak about fair parliamentary elections in September 2021, as by these actions the regime in Russia is destroying political competition and pluralist democracy as does the dictatorship in Belarus;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the endlessly increasing systemic oppression by the Kremlin of the opposition in Russia is an eye opener for the whole international community and whereas the EU must be ready to face it and develop a coherent strategy of response if it wants to save its own reputation; whereas, in particular, the EU has to build an increasing pressure on the Kremlin regime in the run-up to the 2021 parliamentary election and in its aftermath in order to defend the right for the Russian people to have free elections;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas in the light of recent developments in the area from Brest to Khabarovsk, Belarus and Russia are living through a moment of significant changes and the processes in both countries are very heavily influencing each other; whereas both regimes in Russia and Belarus are fearing the growing demand for change among their peoples, which is why stealing elections presents itself as a convenient political solution;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in July 2020 the Russian authorities enacted a series of constitutional amendments – including an amendment giving President Putin a waiver from presidential term-limits in 2024 – in a procedure that violated both Russian law and the Russian Federation’s OSCE obligations, and that the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) has assessed as ‘clearly inappropriate’; whereas the constitutional and legislative amendments further eroded the right to a fair trial in Russia, including by giving the President the power to nominate the judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, and initiate the appointment of all federal judges and dismissal of senior federal judges;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas in its resolutions of 17 September 2020, 21 January 2021 and 29 April 2021 Parliament called upon High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell 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, in particular to develop a new comprehensive strategy, which will be conditional on further developments in the area of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights by the Russian leadership and authorities;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Parliament has also asked the Council to immediately start preparations and adopt an EU strategy for future relations with a democratic Russia, including a broad offer of incentives and conditions to strengthen domestic tendencies towards freedom and democracy;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the democratic transformation of Russia is a major geopolitical security interest of the EU, since democracies are not fighting each other and President Putin’s Russia remains the biggest challenge for European security;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the latest developments in Russia have shown that the EU’s strategy on Russia needs to be much more proactive and have a clear-defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional so-called ‘selective’ engagement with the Kremlin, but rather on a ‘strategic’ engagement with the civil society of Russia to assist in the transformation of Russia towards democracy;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the EU must promote democracy and its principles globally at the same level of priorities, as it does with a global fight against climate change or nuclear disarmament;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas a successful, prosperous and democratic EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood is considered by the Kremlin as a threat to the stability of President Putin’s regime, because it may provide ‘soft power’ inspiration to ordinary people in Russia; whereas the democratisation of the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, therefore, has crucial importance for the future democratisation of Russia; whereas the Kremlin’s true aim regarding the conflicts in this region is not to back particular sides or personalities but rather to delegitimise democratic change as a means of transferring power, to prevent the successful development of these states, to discredit liberal democracy, and to export Russia’s own system of power;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should support Russia on its path towards a democratic European type of country by (1) pushing back and adopting targeted sanctions on those within and close to the Kremlin, who are ready to steal or bribe elections or commit other major crimes against human rights and democracy values, both inside Russia and with tentacles in EU immediate neighbourhood, (2) making a success out of the Eastern Partnership countries by means of an ambitious EU integration policy and by developing the EU’s strategic responsibility and geopolitical leadership capacities needed for the implementation of such policies; this will inspire ordinary Russian people to seek democratic transformation of Russia, and (3) having a strategy of engagement with the pro-democratic society of Russia and setting out a path for future relations with Democratic Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas one of the major challenges for EU will be to keep united strategy towards Russia, since Russia's policy towards the EU has for a long time been characterised by the will to side-line European institutions in favour of bilateral relations, attempt to add to EU- internal divisions and support the mostly right-wing nationalist anti-European parties and movements;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F g (new)
Fg. whereas the transformation of Russia back into a democracy will depend on the willingness of the Russian people, and the EU must be ready to assist them in their wish to have a democratic country;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should be based on the assumption that Mr Putin will not change, but the people of Russia can transform their country into a democracy; if Ukrainians and Belarusians are ready to risk their lives for the sake of democracy and justice at home, - Russian people are not different;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EU, in particular the Member States, should deliver on their commitments for collective defence made within the frameworks of the EU and NATO, which is the only power on the European continent that can deter Russia’s nuclear capabilities and this is why NATO cannot be replaced by the EU’s strategically autonomous military capabilities;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) the EU needs to strengthen the cooperation of security services of EU Member states in order to be more effective in preventing Russian special services to implement on EU territory their terrorist attacks, poisoning or killing of opponents; and to work further with the US administration on the new measures to push-back on Kremlin’s sponsored terrorism;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) the EU should have a strategic responsibility for stability and development in the EU neighbourhood, especially the Eastern Partnership region and should keep demanding Russia to implement its international obligations and give back control of the occupied territories, as well as remove its military resources from the sovereign territories of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, including in the Sea of Azov; the EU should keep its sanctions in place until Russia fully implements its commitments under the Minsk agreements;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(ad) the EU should be more effective in pushing back and broaden the scope of its sanctions to increase the price Russia pays for blocking the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the talks in the Normandy format; the EU should coordinate these measures with the US in order to increase their effectiveness;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 241 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(ae) the EU should consider launching a series of security compacts – frameworks for increased security, military, intelligence, and cyber cooperation – with select friendly countries in the EU’s neighbourhood and start investing in military and security partnerships with countries such as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; the EU needs to involve strong security partners in its neighbourhood and should not see security coordination with these countries only through the prism of NATO enlargement; the EU in its security dialogue with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova should be ambitious, take into account its assessment of the security challenges on the ground, and coordinate the Member States’ military support to Ukraine and, if necessary, to the remaining Eastern Partnership countries with the provision of defensive weapons, in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter that allows individual and collective self- defence;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the EU should be ready to call for the exclusion of Russia from the SWIFT payment system and to stop all the imports of oil and gas from Russia immediately if the Russian authorities continue their aggressive threats and military action against EU Member States and EaP neighbouring countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on how to cut its dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in power; the EU needs to elaborate and implement a clear strategy on how to decrease dependency on Russian gas; the EU geopolitical security should have as a major priority the implementation of the Green Deal package to reduce EU’s dependency on Russia’s gas and oil supplies radically in the next 10 to 15 years, which includes measures, such as EU carbon leakage tax and decarbonisation initiatives with development of green hydrogen industries; the EU needs to implement immediately new physical measures, such as reverse flow capabilities and additional cross-border infrastructure between Member States; the EU needs to apply energy diversification, including by developing the new capacities for LNG imports, energy transition and decarbonisation initiatives, which are rapidly gaining traction and could lessen demand for fossil fuels thereby ending Russia’s energy dominance on the European continent;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the EU should continue its work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats with instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influterferences from the EU and its Member States;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the EU has to clean its own house from the Kremlin hybrid interferences and Kremlin’s money laundering practices having an impact on European political and business elites, if it wants to be effective in assisting the Russian people on their path towards democracy;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 325 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) the EU needs to have a consolidated, well-coordinated and holistic anti-hybrid containment strategy, which must also address cyber security threats and traditional forms of espionage;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) the EU needs to push-back the Kremlin’s activities designed to undermine the European project, destabilise our political system, raise divisions amongst Member States through fake news in social media, support for populist, extremist, mostly right-wing parties or political separatists, cyber- attacks against sensitive infrastructure and killings of exiled opponents; the EU should limit the flow of Russian online disinformation campaigns by punishing people responsible for spreading Russian disinformation;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 329 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) the EU should boost cooperation with its Eastern Partners and learn from their expertise and experiences in the sphere of hybrid threats, traditional espionage, cyber security and the fight against disinformation; the EU needs to acknowledge that the Eastern Partnership countries possess a unique experience and knowledge of Russia’s interfering strategies and modus operandi, which is of a great value to the EU and its Member States;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e e (new)
(ee) the EU should be alerted by the role Kremlin is playing in the Western Balkans, which includes state-backed disinformation and building political and military ties to the regional political elites; the Kremlin’s interference in the elections and support of anti-democratic forces in the Western Balkan region remains an issue notably in the countries, which are also the members of NATO;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 332 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e f (new)
(ef) the EU needs to respond to the fact that the President Putin is openly supporting Mr Lukashenka’s regime in its brutal repressions against the people in Belarus and collaborates with Lukashenka on hybrid attacks against democratic forces of Belarus; President Putin’s support, manipulations and interference in Belarus is the only reason why Mr Lukashenka’s regime still keeps massively repressing Belarusian people; the EU needs to make it clear that this way the Kremlin is posing a direct threat to the sovereignty of Belarus, and has to demand that, if Russia continues this kind of policy on Belarus, the EU will have to introduce additional harsh measures of containment and deterrence of Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e g (new)
(eg) the EU needs to build its strategy on Russia on the understanding that by defending democracy in Belarus, the EU also supports democracy in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 334 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e h (new)
(eh) in order to contain President Putin’s revisionist conduct towards his neighbours, the EU needs to further consolidate and strengthen its ties with the Eastern neighbourhood countries and to intensify its work for the rapprochement of these countries with the EU, in particular by taking into account that Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are showing the same development and integration progress as the Western Balkan countries, therefore the EU needs to explore further areas of cooperation to bring a new momentum for European integration in these countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 335 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e i (new)
(ei) the EU in its engagement with Russia should work towards two directions: conditional selective dialogue with Kremlin authorities and strategic engagement with the civil society of Russia, which is striving for democracy in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e j (new)
(ej) the EU strategy towards Russia should not preclude engaging with the Kremlin authorities where it is in the interest of the EU; without undermining the EU’s commitments to human rights and democracy goals, as it is still important for the EU to find ways to de- escalate current tensions by identifying measures to increase transparency and reduce the risk of misunderstandings and miscalculations;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e k (new)
(ek) the EU should keep options for dialogue with Russia on topics of common interest, for example, in areas such as, implementation of arms control policy on European continent, return to Open Skies treaty, having the JCPOA with Iran fully operational again, the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, of which Russia is a signatory;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 338 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e l (new)
(el) the EU must ensure that any further engagement with the Kremlin should depend on the Kremlin’s promise to end its domestic aggression against its own people, to stop systemic repressions of the opposition, intimidation and torture of political prisoners, to repeal the legislation on the foreign agents, to stop the repressions of civil society organisations, in particular of the ones fighting corruption and defending human rights in Russia, and to end its external aggression against the neighbouring countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e m (new)
(em) in particular, in this context, the EU should call on the Russian Federation to cooperate fully with the investigation of major international crimes, incidents and tragedies, such as the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, as well other recent incidents involving the participation of the Russian intelligence services in the territory of EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries, including in Belarus;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 340 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
(en) in its attempts for engagement with the Kremlin, the EU must have clearly defined red lines: the EU should not seek any grand bargain with Kremlin, if the Kremlin will seek a free hand at home and a free hand in its zone of privileged interests (Ukraine, Belarus, etc.); the EU must make it absolutely clear that it will not sacrifice other countries on the altar of better relations with Moscow;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 341 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
(en) the EU should reiterate its call made on numerous occasions upon the Russian authorities to return to Poland the wreckage and black boxes of the Tu- 154 Polish Government aeroplane, which crashed near Smolensk in April 2010;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 342 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e o (new)
(eo) the EU should urgently equip itself with the necessary resources and tools to analyse and effectively counter Russian State and non-state actors’ hybrid threats and multiple forms of interferences in our democratic systems, including in the cyberspace;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e p (new)
(ep) the EU should more specifically improve and develop its instruments and legal frameworks to fight against disinformation campaigns conducted by Russian actors on social media and through other channels such as RT and Sputnik and aimed at destabilising our democratic systems;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e q (new)
(eq) the EU should establish a regulatory framework to fight the Russian financing of our democratic processes, including the strategy of elite capture and the technique of co-opting top-level civil servants and former European politicians; it should respond to and prevent the funding, by Russian actors, of political parties, political movements and political campaigns;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e r (new)
(er) the EU should fight against Russian state-backed investments in strategic policy areas, strategic infrastructures and bodies, including universities, which risk creating or reinforcing the dependency of certain economic sectors on Russia and can serve as entry points for Russian espionage and security threats;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 346 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e s (new)
(es) the EU should deepen comprehensive cooperation with strategic partners who are facing similar hybrids threats and attacks from Russian state and non-state actors;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e t (new)
(et) concerning the fight against harassment, intimidations and attacks against Russian refugees and asylum seekers in Europe, the EU Members States should refrain from allowing or enabling deportations and extraditions of political opponents and asylum seekers to Russia, where their life or physical integrity would be in danger;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 352 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU 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 conditionality of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracy; the EU transatlantic agenda should include a policy to support democracy in Russia and Belarus alongside China, Hong Kong and other countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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, including in the territories illegally occupied by the Russian Federation, 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 project;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) the EU should apply the ‘democracy first’ principle in its reassessment of the financial support programmes to Russia and investments in Russia, which among other measures should include a revision of the lending mandates of EU’s financial institutions; in the same spirit, the EU should review its cooperation with Russia in various foreign policy platforms;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) in particular, in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU has to increase its capacity in demanding the release of political prisoners and to support independent media and bloggers, independent trade unions and civil society organisations in Russia; the EU should demand that the Russian authorities release all those unjustly imprisoned for political reasons, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, Yuri Dmitriev, and all the others designated by the Memorial Human Rights Centre as ‘political prisoners’ in accordance with the criteria established by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Resolution 1900/2012; the EU must use every opportunity to bring up these and other violations in the area of the freedom of expression to the attention of Russian authorities, in particular with regard to the harassment, prosecution and physical attacks against political and civil society activists, journalists and human rights defenders in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 382 #

2021/2042(INI)

(gc) the EU should expand the EU global human rights sanctions regime and apply it to the grave human rights abuses in all territories affected by frozen conflicts or occupied regions of the Eastern Partnership countries to address the human rights violations for which the Russian Federation is accountable in accordance with international law;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(gd) the EU institutions must regularly report in the hearings of European Parliament on the situation of political prisoners in Russia, build close contacts with human rights defenders in Russia and be constantly aware of the names and the conditions of imprisonment of political activists in Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 401 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) the EU should replace the unanimity requirement for imposing sanctions in the EU Council with the qualified majority voting;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 408 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) the EU should deny recognition of any attempt by President Putin to continue in office beyond the end of his current and final presidential mandate on 7 May 2024, should he attempt to do so on the basis of fraudulent 2020 constitutional amendments as concluded by the Venice Commission;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 416 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 influterferences from Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 417 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) the EU should create as soon as possible effective legal means to counter trans-border corruption and related money laundering, especially when it concerns corruption and illicit financing practices coming from Russia, and apply much more extensively the non- conviction-based confiscation (NCBC) to deal effectively with the Kremlin kleptocracy;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 418 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) the EU should penalize the Russian assets used directly and indirectly to interfere in the democratic processes of EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) the EU should build capacity to expose and stop the flows of dirty money from Russia and Belarus, as well as to expose the hidden treasures and financial assets of Russian and Belarusian regimes’ autocrats and corrupted oligarchs in the EU Member States, as well as to report periodically on these cases to semi-annual hearings of the European Parliament on the state of democracy in Russia in Belarus; these reports should include the names of the most important members of Putin and Lukashenka entourage, as well as should reveal Russia's financial interferences in Belarus, including in strategic sectors like military, energy or transport;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 420 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
(jd) the EU must include Russia and Belarus into a list of third countries with a high risk of money laundering, which should be instrumental to have a stronger EU control of all financial flows originating from Russia and Belarus;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should look in to the future of EU relations with a free, prosperous and democratic ‘Russia after President Putin’; 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 Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 478 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) the EU should adopt a comprehensive list of all available instruments for engaging with democratic society in Russia, which may include proposals elaborated by many Russian civil society organisations, such as appointing a special EU representative for inter-societal cooperation with Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 483 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(nb) the EU should increase substantially its financial and technical assistance to trade unions, independent media, non-government and civil society organisations and civic sector capacity building measures in Russia, including people to people contacts, and look into the facilitation of the visa issuance process;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 487 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
(nc) the EU should support financially humanity studies programmes in European universities, which would allow Russian people, and students in particular, to be prepared to engage in a democratic transformation of their country;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) the EU should push for more ambitious strategy for integration of EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU, especially when they are showing the same level of development and integration as the Western Balkan countries; the EU in such a way will motivate the EU- associated Eastern Partnership countries to enact European inspired reforms;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 512 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(ob) the EU should launch as soon as possible a new momentum of European integration, which could concentrate on Romano Prodi formula to offer EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU an ‘everything, but the institutions’ model and give them the full benefits of EU integration, such as access to EU common policies, the opening of EU financial resources, access to EU jurisdiction, and a progressive integration into the EU institutions;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 514 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
(oc) the EU should propose in the forthcoming Conference on the Future of Europe an institutional reform agenda, which would allow the EU to prepare for a new momentum of European integration of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the US to move towards the abolition of the death penalty, the reform of the criminal justice system, including through addressing systemic racism, and the end of all discrimination against LGBTQI persons; urges dialogue and exchange of best practices between the EU and US on promoting racial and gender equality;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the proposal of President Biden to hold a Summit for Democracy with like-minded democracies, proposes that the EU establishes together with the US a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and elaborate a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionality of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracy;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU should engage more with the US in the Western BalkansEastern Europe and Weastern EuropeBalkans in order to build resilient, prosperous, democratic multi- ethnic societies there, capable of resisting the disruptive influence of both local and external authoritarian forces;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas China, as stated by the European Council in 2019, is cooperation and negotiation partner, economic competitor and systemic rival to the EU;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas China is increasingly aspiring a more global role, as Chinese President Xi Jinping openly vowed in his report at the 19th Communist Party Congress in 2017 that by 2049 China would become a global leader in terms of composite national strength and international influence;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas the examples of long- term democracy tradition in Hong Kong and Taiwan demonstrate that democracy is the value for the Chinese people;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognizes China’s right to pursue its interests and fulfil its potential of global leadership, however, such leadership must be built on respect for universal human rights, democracy and the rule of law, therefore longer-term future development of China towards more authoritarianism or towards democracy will have a significant global impact;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses that the EU and the US have the same strategic long-term geopolitical interest – to ensure that upcoming global leadership of China would not weaken the rules-based liberal world order, therefore the EU and the US must coordinate their policies towards China and concrete measures should be elaborated at a special EU-US Summit on China;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 381 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Believes that the EU and the US should elaborate a joint strategy to help China adapt itself to democracy values and norms and by becoming “one nation, one democratic system” country to be welcomed by other democracies in taking up its new role of global leadership;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that the lifting of countersanctions by China is a necessary and preliminary pre-condition for the scrutiny and ratification of the EU-China Investment Agreement;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 420 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Underlines additional conditions and pre-ratification commitments that should be met before the European Parliament can give its consent to the EU- China Investment Agreement, notably: a) having a timetable for China’s ratification and implementation of key International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on labour rights and a robust monitoring mechanism, as well as concrete measures or steps towards putting an end to other human rights violations against the Uyghur minority in China; (b) a recommitment by China to uphold its international commitments to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong’s Basic Law;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 501 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Stresses urgent need to significantly boost the expert capacity on China in the EEAS and the Commission;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 502 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. Points out the importance of independent studies and research on China in Universities, think tanks, research institutions and schools across EU, free of Chinese financial support or influence, ensuring academic integrity and freedom of speech, therefore calls on EU to develop a program to finance China-related research and language training in the EU;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Whilst always acting within the framework of international law, it is essential that the Union possess an appropriate instrument to deter and counteract economic coercion by third countries in order to safeguard its rights and interests and those of its Member States. This is particularly the case where third countries take measures affecting trade or investment that interfere in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State by seeking, including its governmental and judicial actions and decisions, by seeking, directly or indirectly, to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State. Such measures affecting trade or investment may include not only actions taken on, and having effects within, the territory of the third country, but also actions taken by the third country, including through entities controlled or directed by the third country and present in the Union, that cause harm to economic activities in the Union.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The objectives of this Regulation, in particular counteracting third countries’ economic coercion of the Union or a Member State, cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States acting on their own. This is because Member States as distinct actors under international law may not be entitled under international law to respond to economic coercion directed against the Union. Additionally, because of the exclusive competence conferred on the Union by Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States are prevented from taking common commercial policy measures as a response to economic coercion. Therefore, those objectives can bare achieved with greater effectiveness at Union level, and in the spirit of unity and solidarity.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The Union should support and cooperate with third countries affected by the same or similar measures of economic coercion or other interested third countries, in particular, like minded democratic partners. The Union should participate in international coordination in bilateral, plurilateral or multilateral fora that are geared towards the prevention or elimination of the economic coercion.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The Union should only impose countermeasures when other means such as negotiations, mediation or adjudication do not lead to the prompt and effective cessation of the economic coercion and to reparation of the injury it has caused to the Union or its Member States, and where action is necessary to protect the interests and rights of the Union and its Member States and it is in the Union’s interest. It is appropriate that the Regulation sets out the applicable rules and procedures for the imposition and application of Union response measures and permits expeditious action where necessary to preserve the effectiveness of any Union response measures.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) It is important to ensure an effective and regular communication and exchange of views and information between the Commission on the one hand and the European Parliament and the Council on the other, in particular on efforts to engage with the third country concerned to explore options with a view to obtaining the cessation of the economic coercion and on matters that may lead to the adoption of Union response measures under this Regulation.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2021/0406(COD)

— interferes in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State, including its governmental and judicial actions and decisions, by seeking to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- circumvents or assists another third country to circumvent restrictive measures imposed by the Union
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) whether the third country is engaging in a pattern of interference seeking to obtain from the Union or from Member States or other countries particular acts, or to hinder the Union's or the Member States' capacity to act;
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall use the Single Entry Point to allow all Union stakeholders to submit information concerning measures taken by a third country.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
The Commission shall keep the European Parliament and the Council regularly informed of relevant developments.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Any Union response measure shall not exceed the level that is commensurate with the injury suffered by the Union or a Member State due to the third country’s measures of economic coercion, taking into account the gravity of the third country’s measures and the rights in question, as well as the impact of the measures on the Union or a Member State.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall keep under review the measures of economic coercion deployed by a third country that have triggered the Union response measures, the effectiveness of the Union response measures adopted and their effects on the Union’s interests and shall keep the European Parliament and the Council regularly informed thereof.
2022/06/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community45 or Parties to Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas are committed to decarbonisation processes that should eventually result in the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar or equivalent to the EU ETS or in their participation in the EU ETS similar to the EU ETS should benefit from CBAM exemption with regard to the goods originating in those countries provided that certain conditions are satisfied. Those third countries should develop a roadmap and commit to implement an effective system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions, a carbon pricing mechanism similar to the EU ETS, and should commit to achieving carbon neutrality. That exemption should be withdrawn if there are reasons to believe that the country in question does not fulfil its commitments. The Union is committed to providing those third countries with financial support for the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar to the EU ETS, the deployment of decarbonization technologies, and the implementation of other measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality. _________________ 45 Council Decision 2006/500/EC of 29 May 2006 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 15).
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 240 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community45 or Parties to Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas are committed to decarbonisation processes that should eventually result in the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar or equivalent to the EU ETS or in their participation in the EU ETS. to the EU ETS should benefit from CBAM exemption with regard to the goods originating in those countries provided that certain conditions are satisfied. Those third countries should develop a roadmap and commit to implement an effective system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions, a carbon pricing mechanism similar to the EU ETS, and should commit to achieving carbon neutrality. That exemption should be withdrawn if there are reasons to believe that the country in question does not fulfil its commitments. The Union is committed to providing those third countries with financial support for the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar to the EU ETS, the deployment of decarbonisation technologies, and the implementation of other measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality. __________________ 45 Council Decision 2006/500/EC of 29 May 2006 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 15).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The CommissiIf a third country is committed to decarbon is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9ation processes that should result in the adoption of emission trading system similar to the EU ETS, the importation of goods originating in that country shall be exempt from the application of the CBAM, provided all of the following conditions are satisfied.:
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 253 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
the third country is a party to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community and/or a party to Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the Union;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 254 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point 1 (new)
(1) the third country has submitted a roadmap to the Commission, containing a timetable for the adoption of measures to implement the conditions set out in points (d), (e), and (f);
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 255 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point 2 (new)
(2) the third country is committed to adopt an emission trading system similar to the EU ETS;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 256 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point 3 (new)
(3) the third country has committed to climate neutrality and has accordingly formally formulated and communicated, where applicable, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change a long-term low greenhouse gas emissions development strategy aligned with that objective, and has implemented that obligation in its domestic legislation;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 257 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point 4 (new)
(4) the third country has, when implementing the roadmap pursuant to point (c), demonstrated substantial progress towards the alignment of domestic legislation with Union law in the field of climate action on the basis of that roadmap. The implementation of an emission trading system by 1 January 2030 is conditional upon third country’s receipt of the financial, institutional, and expert support from the Union.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 258 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. the third country has put in place an effectivesystem of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions;
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 259 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12
12. The Union, may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries in the application of Article 9A third country satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), shall be listed in Annex II, Section C, of this Regulation, and shall submit two reports on the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to paragraph 7, points (a) to (f), one before 1 July 2025 and another before 1 July 2029. By 31 December 2025 and by 31 December 2029, the Commission shall assess, notably on the basis of the roadmap pursuant to paragraph 11, point (c), and the reports received from the third country, whether that third country continues to respect the conditions set out in paragraph 11.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 263 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. A third country listed in Annex II, Section C of this Regulation, shall be removed from that list if the Commission has reasons to consider that the country has not shown sufficient progress to comply with one of the requirements listed in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), or if the country has taken action incompatible with the objectives set out in the Union climate and environmental legislation.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 265 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. The Commission can adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A, B or C, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 are satisfied.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 267 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. The Union, may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 343 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9 are satisfied.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 345 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The CommissiIf a third country is committed to decarbon is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9ation processes that should result in the adoption of emission trading system similar to the EU ETS, the importation of goods originating in that country shall be exempt from the application of the CBAM, provided all of the following conditions are satisfied.:
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 346 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9 are satisfied.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 347 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9 are satisfied.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 348 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9 are satisfied.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 349 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. (a) the third country is a party to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community and/or a party to Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the Union;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 350 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. the third country has put in place an effective system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 351 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. the third country has submitted a roadmap to the Commission, containing a timetable for the adoption of measures to implement the conditions set out in points (d), (e), and (f);
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 352 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. third country is committed to adopt an emission trading system similar to the EU ETS;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. the third country has committed to climate neutrality and has accordingly formally formulated and communicated, where applicable, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change a long-term low greenhouse gas emissions development strategy aligned with that objective, and has implemented that obligation in its domestic legislation;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 354 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. the third country has, when implementing the roadmap pursuant to point (c), demonstrated substantial progress towards the alignment of domestic legislation with Union law in the field of climate action on the basis of that roadmap. The implementation of an emission trading system by 1 January 2030 is conditional upon third country’s receipt of the financial, institutional, and expert support from the Union.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12
12. The Union, may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries in the application of Article 9. A third country satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), shall be listed in Annex II, Section C, of this Regulation, and shall submit two reports on the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to paragraph 7, points (a) to (f), one before 1 July 2025 and another before 1 July 2029. By 31 December2025 and by 31 December 2029, the Commission shall assess, notably on the basis of the roadmap pursuant to paragraph 11, point (c), and the reports received from the third country, whether that third country continues to respect the conditions set out in paragraph 11.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 359 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. A third country listed in Annex II, Section C of this Regulation, shall be removed from that list if the Commission has reasons to consider that the country has not shown sufficient progress to comply with one of the requirements listed in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), or if the country has taken action incompatible with the objectives set out in the Union climate and environmental legislation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 360 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A, B or C, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 are satisfied.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 361 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. The Union, may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 426 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community45 or Parties to Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas are committed to decarbonisation processes that should eventually result in the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar or equivalent to the EU ETS or in their participation in the EU ETS. to the EU ETS should benefit from CBAM exemption with regard to the goods originating in those countries provided that certain conditions are satisfied. Those third countries should develop a roadmap and commit to implement an effective system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions, a carbon pricing mechanism similar to the EU ETS, and should commit to achieving carbon neutrality. That exemption should be withdrawn if there are reasons to believe that the country in question does not fulfil its commitments. The Union is committed to providing those third countries with financial support for the adoption of carbon pricing mechanisms similar to the EU ETS, the deployment of decarbonisation technologies, and the implementation of other measures aimed at achieving climate neutrality. __________________ 45 Council Decision 2006/500/EC of 29 May 2006 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 15).
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 455 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 457 #

2021/0214(COD)

3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 460 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 535 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 a (new)
2a Section C - Countries outside the scope of this Regulation who are committed to decarbonisation processes that should result in the adoption of emission trading system similar to the EU ETS. [Currently empty]
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 620 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11
11. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9If a third country is committed to decarbonisation processes that shall result in the adoption of emission trading system similar to the EU ETS, the importation of goods originating in that country shall be exempt from the application of the CBAM, provided all of the following conditions are satisfied.:
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 622 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point a (new)
(a) the third country is a party to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community and/or a party to Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the Union;
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 623 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point b (new)
(b) the third country has put in place an effective system of monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions;
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 624 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point c (new)
(c) the third country has submitted a roadmap to the Commission, containing a timetable for the adoption of measures to implement the conditions set out in points (d), (e), and (f);
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 625 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point d (new)
(d) third country is committed to adopt an emission trading system similar to the EU ETS;
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 626 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11– point e (new)
(e) the third country has committed to climate neutrality and has accordingly formally formulated and communicated, where applicable, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change a long-term low greenhouse gas emissions development strategy aligned with that objective, and has implemented that obligation in its domestic legislation;
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 627 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11 – point f (new)
(f) the third country has, when implementing the roadmap pursuant to point (c), demonstrated substantial progress towards the alignment of domestic law with Union law in the field of climate action on the basis of that roadmap. The implementation of an emission trading system by 1 January 2030 is conditional upon third country’s receipt of the financial, institutional, and expert support from the Union.
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 628 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12
12. The Union, may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries in the application of Article 9A third country satisfying the conditions set out in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), shall be listed in Annex II, Section C, of this Regulation, and shall submit two reports on the fulfilment of the conditions pursuant to paragraph 7, points (a) to (f), one before 1 July 2025 and another before 1 July 2029. By 31 December 2025 and by 31 December 2029, the Commission shall assess, notably on the basis of the roadmap pursuant to paragraph 11, point (c), and the reports received from the third country, whether that third country continues to respect the conditions set out in paragraph 11.
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 633 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. A third country listed in Annex II, Section C of this Regulation, shall be removed from that list if the Commission has reasons to consider that the country has not shown sufficient progress to comply with one of the requirements listed in paragraph 11, points (a) to (f), or if the country has taken action incompatible with the objectives set out in the Union climate and environmental legislation.
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 634 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A, B or C, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7, 9, 11 or 13 are satisfied.
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 635 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. The Union may conclude agreements with third countries with a view to take account of carbon pricing mechanisms in these countries.
2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 636 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 639 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 641 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1093 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time.
2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1098 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.
2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1103 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7
7. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(10), 2(114), 18(3) and 27(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1259 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 a (new)
Section C - Countries outside the scope of this Regulation who are committed to decarbonisation processes that should result in the adoption of emission trading system similar to the EU ETS [Currently empty]
2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 223 #

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the role that greenewable and low carbon hydrogen can play in balancing grids by using any surpluselectricity; notes the need to develop the hydrogen-storing technologies and capacities and the role that renewable hydrogen and electrolysers can play in providing more flexibility to the grids and integrating the increasing share of renewable electricity production;
2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 247 #

2020/2217(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to respect Open Data Directive objectives when negotiating the implementing act on high-value data sets; calls for these data sets to include inter alia a list of company and, business registers, public procurement and other data sets pertinent to well functioning of the EU;
2020/11/12
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 28 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the higher turnout was ultimately linked toshould not divert our attention from the gains by Eof eurosceptics, which should be considered as a warning for European integration, especially in several founding Member States where far-right extremists and anti-European forces won the electionspopulist and nationalist movements; whereas many of these radical forces from left to right are against the EU integration project;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the higher turnout is also a sign that EU citizens want the EU to act swiftly and effectively on important matters such as climate change, migration, protection of fundamental rights and democratisation;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas we need to be more efficient and proactive in taking advantage of all means of communication, including digital technology, to foster a strong link between European political decisions and constituents’ sense of connection to EU institutions;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 56 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the amendedParliament should pursue its proposals for amendments to the Electoral Act, still pending ratification by some Member States, already requires further improvements (i.e. regarding parental leave for MEPs)with renewed vigour and to push for unified European electoral rules;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 70 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the 2019 elections failed to culminate in the choice of a Commission President from among the various Spitzenkandidaten, resulting in a backward step from the process which was established in 2014;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten process has yet to be fully developed; whereas it lacks, among other things, the possibility for Spitzenkandidaten to stand as official candidates in all Member States on transnational lists, allowing all European voters to choose and vote for their preferred Spitzenkandidatimproved, allowing all European voters to know who are the candidates to the presidency of the European Commission and how they were chosen by European political parties; whereas Parliament raised this issue in its decision of 7 February 2018 on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission15 ; ; _________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0030.
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 84 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten system needs to be improved and formalised in the EU’s primary law after an in-depth institutional reflectionaddressed and reflected upon in the Conference for the Future of Europe; whereas this reflection should also include the de facto political role of the Commission and its President and any related changes to the decision-making process of the Union;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas institutional improvements such as transnational lists, as acknowledged by Parliament in its resolution of 7 February 2018 on the composition of the European Parliament, or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union, as proposed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union, would radically transform the European elections into one true European election,are needed in order to achieve a true European political sphere as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national electiondebates that it is today;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 94 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas proposal such as the "transnational lists" or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber are still under discussion; whereas none of them count currently with a majority support; Whereas the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe provides a true opportunity to discuss these issues and other institutional reforms; Whereas the success of the Conference will crucially depend on the agenda, the involvement of the citizens and the European Council's willingness to implement results;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas European political parties and foundations are the primary facilitators of a successful European political debate, both during and beyond European elections and should be rendered more visible;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 125 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the higher turnout in the 2019 European elections; considers that this shows that an increasing proportion of citizens consider the EU to be the appropriate level at which to address the challenges of our time such as climate change and environmental concerns, social and gender inequalities, sustainable growth, and geopolitical concerns such as migration and foreign policyas economy and sustainable growth, public health, climate change and environmental protection, digital revolution, the promotion of freedom, human rights and democracy, social and gender inequalities, migration and demography, security and the role of the EU in the world; urges all the European institutions, therefore, to take responsibility and to act upon the mandate they have been given, directly or indirectly, by the citizens; regrets both the lack of decisiveness by the Council and the lack of clear intent to achieve solutions based on a common approach;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. DeplorWelcomes the fact that the outcome of the elections did not lead togender balance in Parliament has improved over the last elections; Stresses however that there is still room for further improvements in order to achieve a genuine gender -balance ind Parliament; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Parliament and other bodies such as the Venice Commission, to formulate recommendations to Member States with a view to increasing the representation of women in the European Parliament;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 158 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the reason whyAcknowledges that the Spitzenkandidaten process failed to produce a President of the European Commission after the 2019 elections is because no improvements were made to it following the experience of 2014; intends to strengthen the democratic process for choosing the Commission President before the next European elections of 2024;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 165 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the up-comingCalls for the swift adoption of the joint declaration of the three European institutions on the Conference on the Future of Europe, recalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of transnational lists and the Spitzenkandidaten process as the priority institutional issues during the Conference;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 173 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition; recommends that the election procedure be reversed so that Parliament proposes and elects the President of the Commission, after obtaining the consent of the European CouncilRecalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of the Spitzenkandidaten process and transnational lists in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe; Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition, as shown in the election of July 2019 of the von der Leyen Commission;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 186 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the outcome of the European elections has reinforced the political dimension of the election of the European Commission, and therefore the need for more accurate and objective scrutiny of the declarations of interests of the Commissioners-designate; calls for the creation of an independent body, endowed with the appropriate means, to have this scrutiny included in its responsibilitiesstrengthening of this scrutiny before, during and after the mandate of the Commissioners-designate by reinforcing the role of the already existing Independent Ethical Committee;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 190 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the attribution of portfolios in the Commission follows solely a logic where national interests take priority over the European common interest;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 203 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Insists that all European voters should be allowed to vote for their preferredbe allowed to know who the candidate fors to the Ppresidentcy of the European Commission are, giving them the choice to vote for his or her political party; reiterates, therefore, that the Spitzenkandidaten should be able to stand as official candidates atin the next elections in a joint European constituency across all Member StateEuropean Elections;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 206 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that granting European voters a second vote for transnational lists in a joint European constituency, drawn up by European political parties and movements, would elevate the European elections above purely national campaigns based on national interests, particularly if such lists were headed by the respective Spitzenkandidaten;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 213 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that the proposed changes to the EU’s primary law within this report, which reflect the increased political role of the Commission within the EU framework, should also include the individual and collective responsibility of the Commission towards Parliament and the Council, as well as the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 221 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that despite the fact that the agreed reform of the Electoral Law has not yet been ratified by some Member States, further improvements are required, such as provisions for remote voting operations in defined or exceptional circumstances, as well as on the elections in the joint European constituencyshould be addressed at the Conference on the Future of Europe;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 235 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note ofCommends the efforts by the 14. Commission and other institutions to tackle foreign interference during the electoral campaign; points out, nevertheless, that the financial and human resources needed to counter these attacks on European democracy, including at national level, are many times superior to the combined designated European resources; urges the Commission and the Member States to raise significantly the financing they make available for the fight against foreign interference;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 243 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission and the Council to consider, in accordancfully engage with the work of Parliament’s new Special Committee on Foreign interference and Disinformation, the urge and take into creation of a European organisation dedicated to the fight against foreign interferenceonsideration the outcome of its work; encourages the Commission and the Council to work much more closely with Parliament on these matters, as the protection of our democratic institutions is a core competence of the European Parliament;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 249 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers European political parties' manifestos should be known before the elections, which requires clear and transparent rules on campaigning; underlines the European election rules shall promote European party democracy, including by making obligatory for parties running in European elections and the European party logo appear (next to the national one) on the ballot sheet;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 256 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Is of the opinion that the introduction of an annual European Week taking place simultaneously in all national parliaments, with debates between MPs, European Commissioners, MEPs and representatives of civil society on the Commission Work Programme would support the emergence of connected inter-parliamentary public spheres as well as improving the communication of European actions at national level;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 262 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the outcome of the European elections is a clear signal for an in-depth institutional reflection that will allow citizens, civil society and their representatives to shapepresents an opportunity for an in-depth reflection about the future of the Union; calls, therefore, on all institutional partners to assume their responsibility and deliver an ambitious, interactive and inclusive Conference on the Future of Europe; open to citizens, civil society and their representatives, and which can strengthen representative democracy as well as EU's resilience by delivering tangible results for its citizens, including on health protection and security
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 21 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament of 13 August and the leaders of the five political groups of 17 August on the situation in Belarus following the presidential election of 9 August,
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council 14 August and European Council on 19 August on the situation in Belarus following the presidential election of 9 August,
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the 2020 presidential elections have thus far followed the same pattern as the parliamentary elections;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the presidential election campaign was marred by widespread bureaucratic interference favouring the incumbent, intimidation and repression towards other candidates, their families and supporters, denial of registration of candidates who collected sufficient number of signatures, multiple arrests, attempts to silence independent journalists, bloggers and take down dissident websites on the internet;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas independent platforms established by civil society organisations of Belarus (such as Golos - Belarus2020.org) conducted independent exit polls and analysed protocols of more than 200 precinct electoral commissions, which released genuine results, that clearly point to the fact that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya received an absolute majority of votes (in the range of 71.1% to 97.6%);
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the Central Election Committee announced Alexander Lukashenko as the winner of the election allegedly receiving 80.10% and his main opponent Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya 10.12%, irregularities during the polling days were reported constantly, people were often denied their right to vote, protocols from polling precincts were falsified;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas the Belarusian authorities did not comply with minimum international standards for a credible, transparent, free and fair presidential election process;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas peaceful protests expressing a desire for democratic change and freedom started already on the night of Sunday 9 August in Minsk and many other cities around the country, the scale of protests is unprecedented in the history of Belarus going into the hundreds of thousands;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the authorities responded to peaceful protests with disproportionate brute force, heavy use of tear gas, batons, flash grenades and water cannons, several thousand protestors were detained, there have been reports of torture, rape, missing persons, several people have been found dead so far;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Gg. whereas Lukashenko and his regime have approved these criminal actions and pogroms by OMON of innocent people and whereas more than 7000 Belarusians were detained, more than 400 hospitalised, 5 confirmed dead and dozens still missing, while further arrests and harassment of activists, including journalists, are still taking place all over Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)
Gh. whereas the European Union and its Member States did not recognise the results of the presidential election due to substantial doubt about the fairness of the election, condemned the disproportionate, unacceptable use of force against peaceful protestors and supported the right of the people of Belarus to determine their future;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G i (new)
Gi. whereas the European Council decided to impose sanctions against a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of the election results in Belarus prohibiting them from entering into the EU and freezing their financial assets in the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2020/2081(INI)

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 population;deleted
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) pay close attention to the fallout of the presidential election campaign and insist that a lack of progress innot conducting new elections in according toance with international standards and further crackdowns against the opposition will have direct adverse effects on relations with the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) insist that the upcoming constitutional reform is a crusupports the initiative of the Belarusian People's Coordination Councial opportunity to introduce genuine changes which would address the weaknesses of the current political system and enable the Belarusian people to participate more actively in political lifeto immediately reintroduce the Constitution of 1994, which can be done through a national referendum;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) strongly support the decision to not recognise the election results as announced by the Belarusian Central Electoral Committee, not to recognise Alexander Lukashenko as president of the country once his current term of office expires; note that the current presidential term in Belarus ends at the latest on 5 November 2020 and after that date a position of the President of Belarus will be vacant. According to the article 81 of the Constitution of Belarus in this case new election of President has to be held not earlier than 30 days and not later than 70 days;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) recommend to recognise Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as president elect by the people, until new elections have taken place;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) demand that new elections take place as soon as possible under international supervision led by OSCE/ODIHR in the presence of international observers, guaranteeing that the election is conducted in accordance with internationally recognised standards;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(gd) recommend to recognise the Belarusian People's Coordination Council as the legitimate representative of the people demanding democratic change and freedom in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(ge) welcome the efforts of the Belarusian People's Coordination Council for a peaceful and democratic transition of power as a result of an inclusive national dialogue;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
(gf) urge to prepare a comprehensive review of its policy towards Belarus, taking into account different scenarios of developments in the country, that also include a substantially increased financial and technical commitment from the EU;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g g (new)
(gg) urge the EU to organise a donors conference for democratic Belarus, which would bring together international financial institutions, G-7 countries, EU member states and institutions, and others willing to pledge a multi-billion euro financial package to support the future reform efforts and restructuring of the economy;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g h (new)
(gh) call on the Russian Federation to refrain from any interference, covert or overt, in the peaceful democratic revolution in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 277 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g i (new)
(gi) as long as the political situation in Belarus does not change reconsider any ongoing disbursements of the EU financial assistance and adjust it accordingly, so that it reaches the end- recipients and circumvents the authorities;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g j (new)
(gj) encourage Member States to facilitate and accelerate the procedure for obtaining visas for those who flee Belarus for political reasons;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g k (new)
(gk) call for a full EU/international investigation of crimes against the people of Belarus committed by law enforcement authorities of Lukashenko regime against peaceful protesters demanding transparent, free and fair Presidential elections, stopping current repressions and immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g l (new)
(gl) call to establish in the European Parliament an inquiry committee (or another proper body of the European Parliament) on the investigation of crimes committed in Belarus, which would periodically report on its findings to the plenary sessions of the European Parliament;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g m (new)
(gm) condemn the suppression of internet and media, road blockades, and intimidation of journalists in order to stop the flow of information about the situation in the country - the people have the right to access information; condemn the crackdown on international journalists and media limiting their ability to report on the democratic revolution in a free, fair and balanced way;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g n (new)
(gn) propose to appoint an EU special representative for Belarus in order to support the process of a peaceful transition of power in accordance with the will of Belarusian people under the leadership of the president elect by the people and the Belarusian People's Coordination Council;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) demand for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained after participating in the democratic revolution protests following the falsified presidential election of 9 August; demand the authorities to provide all information on people who went missing in relation to their participation in the protests after 9 August;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) demand that all legal actions undertaken by the authorities against members of the Belarusian People's Coordination Council are dropped and all of them who are detained and arrested are freed;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2020/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) demand that any spread of disinformation in Belarus concerning the EU and its Member States is vigilantly countered as well as any hybrid threats undertaken by third actors;
2020/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the security and defence policies of the European Union and its Member States are guided by the principles of the United Nations Charter, and by a common understanding of the universal values of the inviolable and inalienable rights of the human person, of human dignity, of freedom, of democracy, of equality and of the rule of law; highlights that all defence- related efforts within the Union framework respect these universal values whilst promoting peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that current and future security and defence-related activities within the Union framework will draw on AI, on robotics and autonomy, and on related technologies and that the Union must assume leading role in research and development of AI systems in security and defence field; believes that the use of AI- enabled applications in security and defence offer number of direct benefits such as higher quality collected data, greater situational awareness, increased speed for decision-making, as well as greater reliability of military equipment; recalls that AI systems are also becoming key elements in countering emerging and hybrid security threats;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that, based on a human- centric approach, the Union follows a path of responsibility and transparency, of protecting our citizens, and of defending our values, whilst seizing the opportunities that those technologies offer;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to adopt clear safety and security provisions and requirements for AI-systems in security and defence, and carry our regular tests and verifications across the entire life cycle; underlines the necessity of ensuring compliance with applicable standards and obtained certifications where AI modifies e.g. through machine learning the functionality and behaviour of systems in which it is integrated, in order to ensure full traceability, explicability and accountability of decisions made with involvement of AI;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the utmost importance of education and ethics-based training in the field of security and defence AI technologies with particular focus on ethics of semi-autonomous and autonomous operational systems based on human accountability;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) While emission reduction targets are set for 2030 and 2050, the Union has not yet set specific Union wide applicable objectives for removal; such objectives are necessary taking into account that the EU climate-neutrality objective cannot be achieved without gradually increasing carbon removals.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective. The European Commission should establish a regulatory and investments framework, for the deployment of carbon removal technologies, including setting removal objectives, and should develop a methodology to allow the calculation of the climate mitigation potential of the application of such technologies, such as CCU, which is also rolled out beyond the EU.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co- benefits with other environmental policies and legislation. The Commission should develop specific indicators for measuring the progress of adaptation, while Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 2023, the Commission shall develop a methodology to allow the calculation of the climate mitigation potential of carbon removals and on this basis shall propose a regulatory framework setting removal objectives and detailing the rules for the certification and accounting of carbon removals.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 228 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including setting specific and gradually increasing removal objectives as well as the adoption of other legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall define specific indicators for measuring the progress of adaptation.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the collective progress made by all Member States on adaptation in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 4.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 388 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of specific removal objectives set out in Article 2(4);
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 406 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the adequacy of Union measures to ensure progress on adaptation in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 4.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 407 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the adequacy of Union measures to ensure a gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 2(4).
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 413 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the progress towards either the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptationadequacy of Union measures to ensure gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 42(4) is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 437 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the adequacy of relevant national measures to ensure progress in accordance with specific indicators on adaptation as referred to in Article 4.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 440 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the adequacy of relevant national measures to ensure a gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 2(4).
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 456 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 or the proportion of removals is not increasing in a satisfactory manner, it may issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.
2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Euronest Parliamentary Assembly resolution of 9 December 2019 on the future of the Trio Plus Strategy 2030: building a future of Eastern Partnership; having regard to final statements and recommendations of Parliamentary Association Committees of 19 December 2019 with Ukraine and Moldova; having regard to European Parliament annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy of 18 December 2019,
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
- having regard to the Joint Statement of 5 December 2019 adopted by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine on the Future of Eastern Partnership,
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
- having regard to the Joint Letter of 15 February 2020 by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine on the MFF 2021-2027,
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement,
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Agreements between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, and to the signing of an Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas by the European Union and the Republic of Belarus on 8 January 2020,
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Eastern Partnership (EaP) is based on mutual interests and understanding, shared ownership and responsibility, differentiation, mutual accountability and a shared commitment between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the European Union to deepen their relations and adhere to international law and core values such as democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, and a social market economy, sustainable development and good governance;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the achievements and the strengthened differentiation in bilateral relations between the EU and the EaP countries with which it signed an Association Agreement are welcome, now it is time to provide those countries with clearer guidance on specific reform priorities, alignment criteria and on the next steps in the EU integration process;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Joint statement of 5 December 2019 on the Future of Eastern Partnership called upon the EU to engage further in joint discussions on the progress, opportunities and challenges concerning the association-related reforms with the aim of facilitating full implementation of the AAs/DCFTAs and invited the EU to consider establishing an EU+ Three Associated Partners dialogue in the areas including, but not limited to, transport, energy, justice and digital economy;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Joint letter of 15 February 2020 on the MFF 2021– 2027 reiterated their strong commitment to contribute to the strategic success of the EaP, in particular through the differentiation principle and the establishment of a EU+ Three Associated Partners enhanced dialogue, and emphasised that a dedicated financial tool providing a robust assistance to support complex reform commitments in line with AAs/DCFTAs would be decisive for all actors involved in the process;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas there is a necessity to encourage the development of ever closer relations with the EU and to set out a tailor made strategy for the most advanced EaP countries to support and sustain an ambitious pace of implementation of European integration reforms and that even more advanced forms of cooperation and integration are possible, provided that comprehensive reforms are implemented in a timely and sustainable manner;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, the success of transformation in the EaP countries, in particular of the three associated partner countries, can yield a positive example, which could also have an influence on the society in neighbouring Russia;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) acknowledge and strive for a continuous transformational impact of EaP policy in order to bring about political, social, economic and legal change in the three associated partner countries (the EU Trio countries);
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) by taking into account the request from the EU Trio countries, create within the EaP policy a closer cooperation initiative – the EU Advanced Partnership Strategy (EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030) which will establish an EU reform and investment support platform, to be implemented first in the EU Trio countries, in areas including, but not limited to, investment capacity building, transport, energy, justice and digital economy, and will pave the way for an ambitious integration agenda with the EU;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) in line with the 'more for more' approach, and in the spirit of the existing arrangements with the EEA/EFTA countries, to include the associated countries in the proceedings of the Committees established pursuant to Article 291 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 as a means to show the EU's commitments to further integration and to strengthen the countries' reform orientation and administrative know-how;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) emphasise, that the implementation of the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030 can be extended to the remaining Eastern Partners of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus on the basis of individual assessments of EU reform commitments and of the progress made; stress, that further setbacks with regard to democracy, reforms and the rule of law and the erosion of the European orientation may entail the exclusion of the countries concerned from the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030; ensure that Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus will have individualised, beneficial and tailor-made partnership relationships with the EU, conditional on reform commitments;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) embrace an enhanced and future- oriented vision for the next decade of the EaP with the aim of ensuring lasting and irreversible achievements and deepening EU-EaP cooperation; invite the EU institutions to lead the creation of ever closer relations with the most advanced EaP countries, to begin with the EU Trio countries, and, with the support of a coalition of like-minded EU Member States, to establish for this purpose the EU Trio Plus Process, which shall be focused on tangible projects and programmes, such as the EU Support Group, Investment Framework platform, access to EU financing, and which will take into account the best reform support practices, including from the Western Balkans and the European Economic Area;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) devise additional measures for deeper integration such as in selected EU agencies, investment framework platforms, intra-EU programmes and initiatives, in full compliance with existing conditionalities and pursuant to the more for more principle and which will take into account the best reform support practices;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) invite the EaP countries acceding to the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030, starting with the countries that signed an Association Agreement with the EU, to use the reinforced political steering and benchmark instruments of the implementation of the EU Association Agreements, such as joint reporting and monitoring, which would bring in a credible merit-based approach, to the benefit of the EU and its influence in the EaP countries and beyond;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) acknowledge that, as the subsidiarity principle is the best way the EU uses to determine the sphere of competencies among the Union and its member states, the same principle shall be applied to the relations between the EU and the six EaP countries, while at the same time accepting that the EU needs to react faster and in adherence to the EU's values to the deterioration of the rule of law and the quality of democratic governance in the partner countries and apply smart conditionality to prevent the partner governments from further backsliding;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) invite the EaP countries, especially the EU Trio countries, to the Conference on the Future of Europe, which could set out a list scenarios on the future relationship of those countries with the EU;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) acknowledge the associated partnership status of advanced EaP countries, notably the signatories of AAs with DCFTAs (the EU Trio countries), in order to accommodate the mutual need for more venues for political dialogue, further economic cooperation and legislative harmonisation;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) engage further in State building and in strengthening institutions, by making instruments similar to the Support Group for Ukraine (the EU Support Group) available to the associated partners first and foremost; strong, independent and efficient institutions at a central and local level are key to democratic accountability, deoligarchisation, and the fight against corruption and State capture;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 244 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) engage further in State building and in strengthening institutions and their accountability, by making instruments similar to the Support Group for Ukraine available to the associated partners first and foremost; strong, independent and efficient institutions at a central and local level are key to democratic accountabilitygovernance, deoligarchisation, and the fight against corruption and State capture;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) encourage the work of political foundations in fostering the next generation of political leaders in the EaP countries;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) acknowledge and encourage initiatives by the governments of associated countries (the EU Trio countries) to boost their mutual cooperation; a similar approach should be applied to cooperation amongst all the Eastern European Partners on various issues;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 a (new)
New EaP instruments of financial support for the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) provide greater financial assistance, including in the context of the external financial instruments that are currently under legislative negotiation; such assistance should be tailored to the specific needs of the individual partners and used to implement activities under the EaP programme; note that this access to EU funding should be linked with reform commitments and should include a set of ambitious benchmarks of the European financial assistance for the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030 countries;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 284 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) provide for the EU Trio Plus countries a greater access to EU funding, including via Connecting Europe Facility and the TEN programme as well as a gradual access to the Green Deal Fund of Just Transition to modernise emission- intensive industries; note that this access should be linked to differentiated benchmarks in line with the EU integration reform commitments;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 286 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l c (new)
(lc) develop public investment management strategy for the EU Trio Plus countries, which would help absorbing the TEN infrastructure investments and would increase investment support, including via the Connecting Europe Facility;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 287 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l d (new)
(ld) create for this purpose the Connectivity Agenda, which will include a list of major infrastructure projects implemented in the new Investment Framework platform and managed together with IFIs and the European Commission; propose that investments be tightly linked with reform implementation and suggest signing the Reform Contracts for Investments with the EU Trio countries and remaining Eastern Partners willing to join the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 288 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l e (new)
(le) adopt a comprehensive infrastructure-building plan with the aim of improving connectivity between the EU and its Eastern European Partners, and among the EaP countries themselves;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 311 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) ensure the EaP countries’ further engagement in the fight against climate change, including participatiomaking sure that under the new European Green Deal adequate actions and funding are dedicated to improving energy security and interconnectivity, energy efficiency as well as waste water management in lin the new European Green Deale with the absorption capacity of the partner countries while the implementation of the European Green Deal should not compromise the growing trade of the EaP countries with the EU; for this reason the identification of sectors that might be affected and would be in need of extra support should be performed;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) address the rural-urban divide in the EaP countries through effective financial and technical incentives to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), small-scale farmers and family enterprises in rural and suburban areas, and through the improvement of human connectivity and infrastructure between cities and countryside in view of fostering social cohesion;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 330 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) extend to other associated partners the approach employed by the EU in its efforts to support the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, including by means of tailored and flexible macro-financial assistance and instruments and engagement and coordination of international financial institutions and donors, and by improving the environment for foreign direct investment (FDI); in the proposed single Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) stress the importance of differentiation within the EaP in assisting the EU Trio Plus countries in line with the principles of ‘more for more’ and ‘less for less’;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) address the EU’s qualified labour shortages by increasing labour mobility from the EaP countries and providing social guarantees;deleted
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 360 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) address the EU’s qualified labour shortages by increasing labour mobility from the EaP countries and providing social guarantebrain-drain in the EaP countries by promoting quality and inclusive education, formation and training programmes, and creating job opportunities in view of providing socio- economic perspectives to young people and families in their local communities;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 373 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) acknowledge the importance of cross-border mobility in strengthening people-to-people contact, and expand funding for and the participation of the EaP countries in educational, professional skills-boosting and exchange programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) strengthen intra-EaP academic cooperation by launching a regional programme supporting centres of academic and research excellence in the region and an EaP university focused on good governance and public administration;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) strengthen intra-EaP academic cooperation by launching an EaP university focused onand targeted EaP programmes in specialised universities focused on European values and rule of law, good governance and public administration;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) ensure that all EU support programmes include a gender-equality dimension and target the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of society, including Roma people, as well as refugees and internally displaced persons from areas experiencing violent conflict such as Eastern Ukraine, being often subject to poverty and social exclusion; reinforce initiatives on their political as well as socio-economic empowerment and on improving their access to education, healthcare and decent housing;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 397 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) ensure the fundamental right to freedom of religion or belief by protecting and promoting the rights all of religious components present in the region, on the bases of the concept of full and equal citizenship;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 404 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) acknowledge the importance of security and stability and peace for the future development of EaP members by boosting cooperation in security and defence and devoting particular attention to regional conflicts; by means of reconciliation, cyber security and actions countering disinformation and propaganda, as well as strengthening the resilience of persons, families, communities and state institutions;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 431 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) acknowledge the unique experience and expertise of EaP countries; recognisrecognise the importance of pro- democratic reforms and trust in institutions as the most efficient security mechanism; acknowledge the contribution of the associated partners to common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions; deepen cooperation in EU- related defence policies, prioritising efforts in pre-emptive peace-building, including preventive diplomacy, as well as early warning and action mechanisms and expanding funding for enhancing cyber resilience;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 466 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) acknowledge the contribution of EaP civil society actors and organisations to democratisation and reform processes in their countries and the whole EaP region; continue supporting their activities and safeguarding their working environment and strengthen civil society's ability to act as a watchdog for reform and to hold the respective state institutions to account, and securing its presence in trilateral meetings, including in all Human Rights Dialogues and Association and Cooperation Council meetings;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 483 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) establish an EaP European municipalities Twinning program to support Twinning Partnerships between municipalities in EaP countries and EU Member States, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, which have institutional memory of the European modernisation;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 486 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) strengthen the dialogue and cooperation with Churches and religious communities and organisations in areas such as peace-building and reconciliation, strengthening trust in a just and free society, as well as education, healthcare and basic social service;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 507 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) increase the visibility of the support provided by the EU in the recipient EaP countries and boost EU citizens’both EU and EaP citizens’ information resilience and awareness about the EaP;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 514 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(za) utilise more efficiently the existing EU structures such as EEAS East StratCom taskforce to identify and respond to disinformation and propaganda campaigns undermining the EU-EaP countries' relationship and its goals;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 526 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(zb) prioritise local projects raising awareness about the EU in small towns and regions and going beyond existing EU-minded cohorts;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 528 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
(zc) build campaigns to inform citizens about the opportunities stemming from the EaP and AA/DCFTA implementation, raising awareness about the benefits of closer association and linking them to the positive impact on labour markets in the EaP countries;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 531 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z d (new)
(zd) further strengthen and capitalise upon the Young Ambassador programme and the Eastern Partnership Civil Society fellowships, establishing an active alumni network on the basis of existing successful models;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 532 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z e (new)
(ze) promote inclusive and participatory platforms of dialogue and cooperation bringing together stakeholders across different sectors and levels, including policy-makers, economic actors, academic, civil society as well as Churches, religious communities and citizens with fewer opportunities, with the goal of countering polarising and extremist tendencies in politics and society, as well as the impact of disinformation and propaganda campaigns;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the continuous deepening of EU-Georgia relations and the firm support that Georgia’s chosen path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration enjoys across the political spectrum and in society; acknowledges the progress achieved by Georgia, which has made it a key partner of the EU in the region, and reiterates the need to continue implementing reforms under the Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area; reminds that the EU assistance is based on the principle "more for more" and conditional to reform progress in, but not limited to, areas of democracy and rule of law, independence of judiciary and electoral system reform;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its full support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and condemns the illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia by the Russian Federation; emphasises that the AA covers the entire territory of Georgia, including its occupied regions, and aims to benefit its whole population; calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its obligations under the EU-mediated ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008, notably to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia; condemns "borderisation" activities along the Administrative Boundary Line by Russian and de facto South Ossetian security actors; asks the Commission and the EEAS to enhance their efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully, including through the EUMM and the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Commends the Georgian authorities for completing the constitutional reform process and the major political parties for signing the Memorandum of Understanding and the Joint Statement of 8 March 2020, which established the key features of the electoral system to be used for the upcoming parliamentary elections; calls on all parties to ensure that the agreement is translated into law and fully implemented and the necessity of addressing actions that could be perceived as inappropriate politicisation of Georgia’s judicial process; calls on all parties to ensure that the agreement is translated into law and into full abandonment of practices of politicisation of judicial processes and fully implemented in letter and spirit as soon as possible;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Georgian authorities to implement swiftly and fully the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and review relevant legislation to address the identified shortcomings; recalls the assessment by the OSCE/ODIHR-led International Election Observation Mission of the last direct presidential election held in October - November 2018; notes with concern the negative character of the campaign and the use of harsh rhetoric on both sides; highlights that the process had been undermined by undue advantage enjoyed by the government side, use of violent rhetoric and impunity of violence against opposition; notes cases of misuse of administrative resources, undue pressure on voters and intimidation, vote buying, announcement of a massive debt relief offered by a private institution linked to the chairperson of the ruling party; notes that the run-off election day proceeded in an orderly manner, opening, voting and counting were assessed positively, the observed tracking of voters reinforced concern about potential intimidation; urges all stakeholders to fully address the recommendations of the OCSE/ODIHR;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of media freedom, which should entail equal access for all political parties to the media during the upcoming electoral campaign, pluralistic and non-discriminatory coverage of political views in programmes by public and private broadcasters, clear provisions regulating free and paid advertisements, and improved transparency through strengthened media monitoring; underscores the importance of an independent and pluralistic media landscape, which is free from government or any other state interference; acknowledges that the media landscape in Georgia is dynamic and pluralistic, but also polarised; expresses deep concern that media outlets critical towards the government often become subject of pressure in the form of court cases against the founders (Nika Gvaramia of TV Mtavari), arrest of the shareholders (Giorgi Rurua and TV Mtavari), financial and tax related charges (Avtandil Tsereteli and TV Pirveli) and firing, or resignation of critical TV journalists and editors (Public Broadcaster of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara);
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the government of Georgia to ensure effective handling of information environment in the run up to the 2020 elections; urges the Georgian government to work with the civil society and the private sector to limit and prevent information manipulations, including disinformation and propaganda campaigns against any political group or the country by domestic or foreign actors; urges social media platforms to take effective actions to protect information environment and prevent undermining electoral integrity by misuse of social media platforms; expresses hope that the national public broadcaster will fulfil its obligation of editorial independence, fairness and impartiality in the run-up and during the 2020 parliamentary elections and that concerns raised by the OSCE/ODIHR election observation report of 2018 Presidential election specifically in relation to the bias of the Georgian Public Broadcaster will be addressed accordingly;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reaffirms support to the vibrant civil society in Georgia; expresses hope that in the run-up to the 2020 elections environment for independent watchdogs and activists will be free from any intimidation, interference or verbal attacks;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern about recent court cases against opposition politicians, which contributed to a climate of increased mistrust and heightened tensions between the ruling party and the opposition, and led to a polarisation of politics and society; calls on Georgia to respect the highest standards of judicial independence and fair trial as committed to under the AA; welcomes the decision of President Zourabichvili of 15 May 2020 to pardon two imprisoned leaders of opposition as an important step in the implementation of 8 March agreement and looks forward to the release of Giorgi Rurua; urges to stop any actions of politicised justice or any kind of other illegal or unjustified administrative pressure on opposition leaders;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the cyber- attacks against Georgian institutions and media outlets widely attributed to Russian actors; calls on all political actors in Georgia to refrain from using social media to attack people, organisations and institutions and spread deliberate misinformation; reminds with concern that in December 2019 and, similarly, in May 2020 Facebook shut down an extensive network of accounts and pages funded by Georgia’s ruling party, which engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” and attacks against opposition, media, civil society and independent activists and spread anti- democratic and anti-Western messages;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of reducing antagonism and the polarisation of politics and ensuring constructive cooperation in the country’s democratic institutions, in particular the parliament; therefore profoundly regrets that the ninth meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee of 12 and13 February 2020 in Strasbourg ended without an agreement on a final statement and recommendations being reached;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recommends to give a special mandate to the European Parliament Delegation in the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee to watch and observe preparations and realization of fair and transparent forthcoming October 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
Acknowledges the associated partnership status of Georgia and the other signatories of AAs and DCFTAs, and calls for an enhanced political dialogue with them in order to advance further economic integration and legislative harmonisation; for example, as in the case of the EEA/EFTA countries, calls to include Georgia and the other associated countries as observers in the proceedings of the Committees established pursuant to Article 291 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, as well as in the meetings of the European Council working groups and committees, to show the EU's commitments to further integration and to strengthen the countries reform orientation and administrative know-how;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. In order to implement the principle “more for more”, calls on the EU to consider creating for the three associated countries, including Georgia, an enhanced cooperation strategy of reforms and investments, which would be conditional on the areas including, but not limited to, investment capacity building, transport, energy, justice and digital economy, and paving the way for an ambitious agenda of integration into the EU;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Highlights in this context the need to recommend the EU to: – in order to implement principle “more for more” in an effective way and to have institutional capacity to assist and to evaluate developments on the ground in associated countries to establish a special Support Group for the associated countries, including Georgia, as it was done in the case of Ukraine (SGUA), – to upgrade the EU macro-financial assistance conditionality, which will work hand in hand with upgraded steering mechanisms and detailed reporting on the progress made by Georgia, in particular in the area of justice sector reform, – to boost the EU investment assistance linked with conditionality in a similar manner as it was proposed in Reform Contract for Investment to Ukraine in coordination with International Financial Institutions, – in the context of the huge forthcoming challenges in managing socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in job losses, closures of businesses and keeping in balance the public finances, to invite the Commission in the autumn of 2020 to propose for Eastern Partners, especially for the ones associated with the EU and committed to EU integration reforms, including Georgia, a detailed, conditional and tailor-made economic and investment plan, as it will be also done for the Western Balkans region;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU’s security environment isdepends on peace and stability in its neighbourhood and is also vulnerable to external pressure that prevents the EU from exercising its sovereignty;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for greater coherence, consistency and complementarity between the EU’s external financing instruments and the CFSP to enable the European Union to tackle growing security and foreign policy challenges; considers that the simplified structure of external instruments proposed under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument calls for proper checks and balances, a sufficient level of transparency, and strategic policy input and scrutiny of implementation by Parliament; stresses the importance of differentiation principle in the investment related assistance for Neighbourhood countries with more commitments to the European reforms under the principle 'more for more' and 'less for less'; stresses the need for efficient and adequate funding under the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance for 2021-2027 (IPA III); highlights the role of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), particularly in supporting peace and stability around the world; expects a timely adoption of the post-2020 instruments, so as to avoid unnecessary funding gaps;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for greater coherence, consistency and complementarity between the EU’s external financing instruments and the CFSP to enable the European Union to tackle growing security and foreign policy challenges; considers that the simplified structure of external instruments proposed under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument calls for proper checks and balances, a sufficient level of transparency, and strategic policy input ands well as regular scrutiny of implementation by Parliament; stresses the need for efficient and adequate funding under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for 2021-2027 (IPA III); highlights the role of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), particularly in supporting peace and stability around the world; expects a timely adoption of the post-2020 instruments, so as to avoid unnecessary funding gaps;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognises the importance of the stability of the Eastern Neighbourhood for the Union's own security and the EU's transformative potential for neighbouring regions and countries; calls for further strengthening of the Eastern Partnership policy for the next decade by creating a Strategy for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia - trio of most advanced EaP EU associated countries (Trio Strategy 2030), based on the principle of “more-for- more" and “less-for-less”, led by EU institutions and the coalition of like- minded EU countries (European Trio process) with a focus on tangible projects and programmes to follow the best practices from the Berlin process and European Economic Area integration; believes, that success of transformation in the EaP countries, especially EU associated countries of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, can provide for a positive effect also on the society of the neighbouring Russia;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; emphasises that NATO is the key security partner of the EU; stresses that efficient cooperation with partner organisations such as the UN or NATO is more vital than ever;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 283 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; stresses that efficient and close cooperation with partner organisations such as the UN or NATO is more vital than ever;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the decision of the President of the Commission to build, within five years, a genuine and operational European Defence Union;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that strengthening substantial relations with East and Southeast Asia is essential to the EU's rules-based, comprehensive and sustainable Connectivity Strategy; takes note of the military build-up in the region and calls for all parties involved to respect the freedom of navigation, to solve differences through peaceful means and to refrain from taking unilateral actions to change the status quo, including in the East and South China Seas and the Taiwan Strait; expresses concern that foreign interferences from autocratic regimes through disinformation and cyber-attacks on the upcoming general elections threaten Asian democracies and regional stability; reiterates its support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations, mechanisms and activities;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Promotes the boosting of the European Union’s strategic communication capabilities; calls, in that connection, for furthersubstantially increased budgetary and staffing support for the EEAS Strategic Communications Division and the three Strategic Communication Task Forces (East, South and Western Balkans);
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Notes that Russia is the most imminent source of hybrid and conventional security threats to the EU and its Member States and is actively striving to undercut European unity, independence, universal values and international norms; maintains, that while no change in aggressive policy can be expected under the current leadership in Moscow, the positive change to a more democratic and European-style country is possible in a more distant future; calls therefore for increased efforts to strengthen resilience of the EU and its Member States and for the creation of a long-term EU strategy towards Russia, built on three pillars of deterrence, containment and transformation;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Council to supplement the EU human rights and foreign policy toolbox with a Global Magnitsky Act type sanction regime enabling to impose asset freezes and visa bans on individuals involved in grave human rights violations;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the lasting deterioration in the Union’s strategicecurity environment in the face of multiple challenges directly or indirectly affecting the security of its Member States and citizens: armed conflicts immediately to the east and south ofn the European continent and in its vicinity, jihadist terrorism, cyber attacks, hybrid threats, foreign interference into domestic elections, disinformation, uncontrolled migration, increasing threats to natural resources, climate change, etc.;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that instability and unpredictability on the Union’s borders and in its immediate neighbourhood (north Africa, the Middle East, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Russian aggression against Ukraine and Georgia, etc.) pose a direct threat to the security of the continent; stresses the inextricable link between internal and external security;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that global actors (the US, China, Russia) and an increasing number of regional actors (Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc.) are seeking to assert power through a combination of unilateral diplomatic posturing and increasing military military build-ups;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2019/2135(INI)

4 a. Stresses that strengthening substantial relations with East and Southeast Asia is essential to the EU's rules-based, comprehensive and sustainable Connectivity Strategy; takes note of the military build-up in the region and calls for all parties involved to respect the freedom of navigation, to solve differences through peaceful means and to refrain from taking unilateral actions to change the status quo, including in the East and South China Seas and the Taiwan Strait; expresses concern that foreign interferences from autocratic regimes through disinformation and cyber-attacks on the upcoming general elections threaten Asian democracies and regional stability; reiterates its support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations, mechanisms and activities;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Union has been slowincreasing demand for the Union to react and adapt – politically, diplomatically and militarily – to new crises and to this new international context; considers that, in the specific area of defence, insufficient investment, differences inlack of capabilities and a lack of interoperability, but also, and above all, a political reluctance to implement the robust provisions provided for in the European treaties and the numerous cooperation arrangements between Member States have weakenedlow level of responsiveness, but also political limitations to make full use of provisions provided for in the European treaties did not permit to realize the Union’s abilityfull potential to play a decisive role in external crises; recognises, further, that no country is able by itself to address the security challenges on the European continent and in its immediate environmentwithout working together with allies and partners;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesCalls for, in this adverse and volatile context, the belated but real recognition of shared security interests and the growing political will on the part of European countries and the European institutions to act collectively for their security by endowing themselves with greater means to act autonomously, for further political action and higher defence expenditure;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is convincedStresses that the response to the Union’s security challenges lies primarily in strengthening its strategic autonomyategic responsibility of the Member States, including increasing of defence spending and investing into development of capabilities;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the ambition of achieving European strategic autonomy was recognised for the first time in June 2016 by the 28 Heads of State and Government in the ‘Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy’, presented by the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on 28 June 2016;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the principleidea of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to strengthen reflects the aim of taking more responsibilitsy freedom to assess, take decisions and take actior European security with partners wherever possible and alone where circumstances so requiren necessary, in order to defend its interests and values;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, therefore, that European strategic autonomy is based, above all, on the ability of the Union to assess a crisis situation and take a decision autonomously, which necessarily entails an independent has to be improved, which entails an better informed decision-making process, the availability of means of assessment and a freedomcapabilities to analyse and take action; considers, also, that European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to act alone when its interests Union has to act with partners whenever possible and alone when necessarey at stake (theatres of operations not considered as priorities by its European partners)nd its interests are at stake or within the framework of existing cooperation arrangements; considers, lastly, that European strategic autonomy is part of a multilateral framework whichdefence initiatives respects commitments within the UN and complements the (NATO) alliances and partnerships to which most Member States are signed up; stresses thatNATO; stresses that the idea of strategic autonomy does not mean that the Union will systematically act ing alone, everywhere and always;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the affirmation of European strategic autonomy depends on the establishment of European defence cooperation in the technological, capability, industrial and operational fields; considers that only practical and flexible is important for the affirmation of European strategic ambition; considers that cooperation bafocused on pragmatic initiativeaddressing European defence capability gaps will make it possible to gradually overcome the difficulties, forge a genuine common strategic culture and shape common responses tailored to the continent’s main security and defence issueneeds;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved if Member States demonstrate solidarity, which is reflected in particular in the need to priorfor effective use of available resources innovative and competitisve the procurement of European capabilities where equipment is available and competitivedefence industry in Europe is necessary;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is a legitimate and necessary ambition and that it must remain a priority objective ofhas a positive impact for European defence policy; stresses that its practical and operational implementation is a common responsibility ofto be discussed among European states;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Maintains that European strategic autonomy must takdefence initiatives must provide practical formgains in the areas of industry, capability (joint programmes, investment in defence technologies) and operations (financing of operations, capacity building for partners, capacity to plan and conduct missions);
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that Europe’s defence is based largely on solid transatlantic alliance, the Union’s capacity to interveneact militarily, in a credible manner, in external theatres of operations;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and European bodies to prioritise and maintain a high level of commitment in Africa; welcomes, therefore,maintain the right geographical balance, ensure effective use of resources; in this spirit acknowledges the Council’s decision of July 2018 to extend the mandate of the EUTM RCA military training mission for two years and its intention to launch a civilian mission to complement the military component; notes that these recent developments are a positive sign of re-engagement on the part of the Member States;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned at the deteriorating situation in Burkina Faso; wonders whether it would be appropriate to deploy a civilian and/or military mission in order to strengthen security sector governance, human rights and the restoration of people’s trust in their security forces;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes, however, that the effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations in general is being hampered by athe security situation in creasing reluctanceisis regions, limited means on the part of Member States and the European institutions to make such missions and operations more robust, both in terms of human resources and their mandates; notes that CSDP military operations increasingly tend to be based on armed forces training (EUTM), with no executive dimension;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 258 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that the issue of financing for CSDP missions and operations is crucial to the sustainability of the policy; highlights the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism so that it covers the full costswith the aim of making the financing mechanism of CSDP military operations and missions more effective; supports, in this connection, the proposal by the VP/HR, backed by the Commission, to create a European Peace Facility, which would finance part of the costs of EU defence activities, including the joint costs of CSDP military operations and those relating to military capacity-building for partners; hopes that the Member States will reach an agreement quickly so that this instrument can be introduced; stresses the importance of making the Union’s financial rules more flexible in order to enhance its ability to respond to crises and facilitate the implementation of Lisbon Treaty provisions; calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider a flexible mechanism to help Member States wishing to participate in a CSDP mission to bear the cost of doing so, thereby facilitating their decision to launch or strengthen a mission; notes that this instrument would be wholly consistent with the Union’s strategic autonomy objectives in the operational field;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 266 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Supports the creation of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) for executive missions to enable allcertain CSDP military operations to be carried out; calls for enhanced cooperation between the MPCC and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability; draws attention to the problems of recruitment and resource provision, which need to be overcome in order for the MPCC to be fully effective; calls on the EEAS to transform the MPCC from a virtual entity, with multiple-assignment posts, into a robust civilian-military entity which can plan and conduct operations;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that the mutual assistance clause (Article 42(7) TEU), which has been invoked once, demonstrates the solidarity among Member States in the common fight against terrorism; notes, however, that the conditions for triggering the article and the arrangements for providing the assistance required have never been clearly defined; calls for a more operational implementation of this instrumentdiscussion on experience in invocating this legal clause;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 286 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that the implementation of CSDP missions and operations must be backed up by flexible instruments in order to make it easier for the Union and its Member States to commit to ensuring European strategic autonomy's ability to assume more responsibility , in the service of the stability of the European continent; stresses, in this connection, the effectiveness of modular, multipurpose and genuinely operational command structures, such as the European Corps (Eurocorps); notes that the missions of this command structure have been successfully extended and diversified: between 2015 and 2018 the European Corps was deployed four times as part of the EU training missions in Mali and the Central African Republic (EUTM Mali and EUTM RCA); calls on the Member States and the Commission to follow this example of flexible and operational cooperation, which has already proved valuable and effective;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that strengthening European strategic autonomy will necessarily be based on increasing the Member States’ capabilities and defence budgets, and on strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Welcomes the recent efforts by the European institutions and the Member States, following on from the publication of the ‘EU Global Strategy’, to breathe new life into the hitherto virtual instruments of the CSDP and to fully implement the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that these promising ambitions must now be consolidated and followed up with practical action so that they make an effective contribution to security on the European continent and in its immediate neighbourhood;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Notes with satisfaction the Commission’s proposal of 2 May 2018 to establish a EUR 13 billion budget line for defence cooperation in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) under the heading of industrial policysupporting collaborative defence research and capability development; notes that this proposal, which reflects an unprecedented commitment by the Commission, remains subject to the unanimous agreement of the Member States in the next MFF;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of June 2017 to create a European Defence Fund (EDF), which would foster cooperation between Member States and support the European defence industry throughout the Union, including cross-border SMEs; notes that this proposal is the first initiative for which Community funds are to be used in direct support of defence projects; recognises that this is a major step forward for European defence, from both a political and an industrial perspective; notes that the EDF could finance structural projects such as the future European aircraft or tank or a European anti-missile defence capability as well as small and medium projects creating innovative future orientated solutions for defence; notes that the 2019 work programme for the preparatory action will focus on electromagnetic spectrum dominance and future disruptive defence technologies, two key areas for maintaining Europe’s technological independence in the long term; welcomes, also, the adoption by the Commission in March 2019 of the first work programme European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the publication of nine calls for proposals for 2019, including for; notes that EDIDP 2019 calls included the Eurodrone, which is a keyn important capability for Europe’s strategic autonomy, and a call specifically devoted for small and medium enterprises, encouraging innovation throughout the Union; points out that 12 further calls for proposals will follow in 2020, covering priority areas in all domains (air, land, sea, cyber and space); notes the importance of EDF in contributing to innovation, competitiveness, efficiency and cross- border cooperation of the European defence industry throughout the EU; notes the link between the procurement decisions taken today by the Member States and the prospects for industrial and technological cooperation under the EDF;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 426 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Stresses that the ambition of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of Europeans to take action to defend their interests, either independently or within anwith partners whenever possible or independently when necessary, making full use of international institutional cooperation frameworks (NATO, UN);
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 435 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Considers that European strategic autonomymbitions must be based on sustainable cooperation and strategic partnerships with countries and organisations sharing the Union’s values; welcomes, further, the contributions made by CSDP partners to Union missions and operations;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 461 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
60. Supports, in parallel with institutional cooperation and partnerships, the combining of different forms of flexible, multifaceted, open and, at the same time, operational, ambitious and demanding cooperation, both within and outside EU, NATO and UN structures, which could facilitate joint commitments in operations, thereby strengthening the Union’s operational strategic autonomy; stresses, in this connection, that examples of cooperation such as the European Intervention Initiative, the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO), Joint Expeditionary Force and the increasing integration of the German and Dutch armed forces refelect this drive for closer military cooperation between Member States;
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 478 #

2019/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
61. Considers that progress in European defence will pave the way for majoris reflected in structural changes; notes the announcement of the creation of a Directorate-General for Defence and Space at the Commission under the responsibility of the Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market; notes that this new DG should be responsible for supporting, coordinating or complementing the Member States’ actions in the area of European defence and would thus contribute to strengthening European strategic autonomy; notes the definition of its five main tasks (implementation and oversight of the EDF, creation of an open and competitive European defence equipment market, implementation of the action plan on military mobility, enhancement of a strong and innovative space industry, implementation of the future space programme), but calls on the Commission to provide further details on the role and responsibilities of the new DG; Wonders how it will coordinate its work with that of other defence policy structures which have other responsibilities (EDA, EEAS, etc.);
2019/11/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to instances of persecution and discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality, social class, caste, religion, belief, language, sexual orientation and age, which remain rife in many countries and societies; is seriously concerned at the increasingly intolerant and hate-filled responses targeting people who are the victims of these human rights violations;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reminds that the EU enlargement proved to be the most effective tool in support of democracy, rule of law and human rights, therefore the option of EU accession should remain open to the countries willing to join the EU and implementing European-style reforms as stipulated in the Article 49 of the TEU;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Regrets that the decision to allow the return of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has not been connected with the real progress in the area of human rights in Russia and in the territories occupied or controlled by Russian forces; reminds that Russia is bound by its international commitments as a Member of the Council of Europe;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomUrges the initial discussions within the Council regarding the establishment of anCouncil to adopt as soon as possible the EU human rights sanctions mechanism, the so-called ‘Magnitsky List’, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals complicit in serious human rights violations, as called for by the European Parliament on many occasions;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 1
Since its set up, the EIT has established itself gradually as a successfulunique instrument addressing societal challenges through the integration of the knowledge triangle. The EIT operates mainly through Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), which are large-scale European partnerships between education and training, business and research organisations. There are currently eight KICs that operate in the following areas: climate change, digital transformation, energy, food, health, raw materials, urban mobility and added-value manufacturing (see Figure 2). The EIT and the KICs’ objectives shall always be coherent with the most relevant Union policies, such as the industrial strategy, the green deal and the economic recovery plan, and they should contribute to their implementation.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Nevertheless, all current and future KICs shall use best efforts to dedicate more attention to research embedded in the knowledge triangle contributing together with education and innovation to entrepreneurial development and an innovation ecosystem.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 167 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 9
The EIT approach help build resilience, increase sustainability and contributes to both incremental and disruptive innovations to happen, to effectively address market failures and help transform industries and support the creation of start-ups, spin-offs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It enables the creation of long-term business strategies for addressing global challenges and helps creating the framework conditions that are essential for a well- functioning innovation ecosystem to grow and innovation to thrive.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 17
The EIT has been able to stay agile and to develop the governance principles and rules for the successful management of its KICs under the overall umbrella of Horizon 2020, in accordance with the EIT Regulation. Its operational independence has allowed it to test and effectively implement a number of novelties in the management of its beneficiaries such as a competitive funding mechanism, which shall become the standard funding regime, financial sustainability targets and specific key performance indicators.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 3
Second, physical proximityroximity (physical and virtual) is a key enabling factor for innovation. Initiatives aiming at developing innovation networks and providing services that support the creation, sharing and transfer of knowledge, play a key role in fostering the interactions between business, academia, research organisations, governments and individuals. Still, research and innovation performances across the EU, as reflected in the annual European Innovation Scoreboard, vary considerably. It is of crucial importance that innovation is inclusive and rooted in the local territories. EIT activities, thanks to their “place- based” approach, are well suited to contribute to strengthening local innovation ecosystems.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 228 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 3
The EIT will furthermore facilitate the access of EIC beneficiaries to KICs’ innovation ecosystems and relevant actors of the knowledge triangle. In this way EIC beneficiaries can become actively involved in KICs’ activities and benefit from KICs’ services. In parallel, EIT beneficiaries will be able to apply to the EIC instruments, when EIT KICs support may not be available for support additional to the services provided by the EIT KICs. The EIC may help start-ups supported by KICs with a high growth potential to rapidly scale-up. In particular, the most innovative KICs- backed ventures may, if selected under the EIC, benefit from a fast-track access to EIC actions, in particular the blended finance support offered by the EIC Accelerator and/or by the financial support offered by InvestEU instruments.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 4
The EIT will also ensure stronger synergies alsowith all the missions and the relevant partnerships, as for example PRIMA, IMI, EDCTP, FCH, ECSEL, and with programmes and initiatives in the [Excellent Science] Pillar, to accelerate the transfer of knowledge resulting from blue sky research into concrete applications benefiting the society. In particular, with regard to the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and the ERC, the EIT will collaborate on the development of innovation and entrepreneurial skills of MSCA fellows and ERC grantees. That collaboration shall be made available on a voluntary basis and shall not increase the administrative burden for the beneficiaries.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 235 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.2 – paragraph 7
Opportunities for synergies will be also explored between the SharWidening Participation and Spreading Excellence part of Horizon Europe and the RIS and other outreach activities supported by the EIT. The aim is to reach a more balanced representation of EIT activities across the Union. The EIT shall guide the KICs to make better use of the RIS. In particular, target countries of the Horizon Europe Sharing Excellence part will be able to leverage on EIT expertise and support for the development of downstream activities (i.e. close to market), as the target group for for EIT outreach activities. The RIS budget shall also be used by the KICs as leverage for ESI funds. Such synergies shall be used by the KICs to create funding schemes that are similar to the widening actions of the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Teaming and Twinning).
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 1 – paragraph 4
The EIT wishall facilitate shared services towards the KICs andthe establishment of shared services and facilities, aiming to jointly handle specific operational tasks that are common to several KICs. It shall also facilitate exchanges of experiences and good practices between KICs and foster collaboration between them (cross- KIC activities) on both thematic and horizontal topics. Cross-fertilisation between different subject areas is increasingly important for creativity, innovation and business. Cross-KIC activities have the highest potential where several KICs already address common EU policy priorities and where no dedicated KICs exist. Bringing together the different KICs communities in dedicated joint actions of mutual benefit has high potential for synergies and. The EIT wishall boost such activities and take an active part in defining the content and structure of the cross-KIC activities. It wishall monitor the implementation of cross-KIC activities as well as the results achieved, with the aim of makingensuring long-term sustainability of those activities as an integral part of the KICs’EIT and the KICs’ multi-annual strategies.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
The EIT Regional Innovation Scheme, steered by the EIT and implemented by KICs, has been so far run on a voluntary basis. From 2021 on, the EIT RIS wishall become mandatory and an integral part of the KICs’ multi- annual strategyies. The EIT will continue to provshall ensure that RIS activities are used as a bridge guidance and support to KICs in the preparation of multi-annual EIT RIS strategies and in their implementation. EIT RIS activities will continue with improved(i) towards relevant Research and Innovation Smart Specialisation Strategies thereby catalysing other investments, especially ESI funds and (ii) towards the integration of potential new partners thereby extending the KICs' geographical coverage. The EIT shall continue to provide guidance and support to KICs in the preparation and implementation of multi-annual RIS activities so that they support to the innovation capacity of countries and regions, including outermost regions, that underperform in terms of innovation and have limited participation in the KICs’ activities. The EIT budget devoted to implementing EIT RIS activities wishall be at least 105% of the overall EIT support funding to KICs, thereby increasing thefacilitating an increased number of KIC partners from targeted regions. Activities supported through the RIS wishall aim to:
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
attract new partners in EIT KICs, extend the geographical coverage of EIT KICs also through the innovation hubs and link local innovation ecosystems to pan-European innovation ecosystems through cooperation with EIT KICs and their co-locations centres and link local innovation ecosystems to pan-European innovation ecosystems through cooperation with EIT KICs and their co-locations centres.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 2 – paragraph 3
In addition, in order to ensure KICs’ deeper integration in local innovation ecosystems, each KIC will be required to develop and implement a strategy aiming at strengthening the relationship with regional and local innovation actors, and the EIT will actively monitor the implementation. A “place-based” innovation approach should beThe EIT shall further increase its regional impact through an enhanced openness of the KICs towards a wide range of pan-European potential partners and stakeholders, a balanced geographical coverage, a strengthened dissemination and exploitation of results and a better articulated regional strategy of KICs. When selecting projects and partners, and when it is strictly necessary to separate proposals of equal quality, after an assessment based on the excellence criterion, KICs shall give priority to those proposals that: - include a higher number of low R&I performing regions or countries, according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Widening countries as established by Horizon Europe; - include a higher number of regions or countries that are not yet participating in the KIC community; - involve regions and countries that commit to contribute with ESI funds. KICs shall deepen their integration into the local innovation ecosystems also through the innovation hubs, which should serve as an entry point for integrated within the KIC’s multi-annual strategy and business plan and build on KIC’s CLCs (and RIS), thus leveraging on their role as gateway for accessing a KIC community andcting with local players and knowledge triangle actors. The innovation hubs can help establish synergies, internationalise the local networks, identify funding and project opportunities, provide advices to the public authorities on complementarities and support the beneficiaries. The innovation hubs can also grow into regional co-location centres. In addition, each KIC shall be required to develop and implement a multi-annual strategy, integracting with the co- located partners.ted in its business plans, aiming at strengthening the relationship with regional and local innovation actors. Where relevant, KICs should demonstrate links with local Smart Specialisation Strategies and with the activities of relevant thematic platforms and interregional initiatives, including with the Managing Authorities of ESI Funds. The EIT wishall continuously monitor the implementation of these territorial strategies including the leverage effect on the ESI Funds. The EIT shall also monitor how CLCs operate and how they integrate in the local innovation ecosystems.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 270 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The Water, Marine and Maritime Sectors and Ecosystems priority field covers a wide range of traditional and emerging economic sectors, which are intrinsically linked to an environmental natural capital that is under pressure. This field will play a crucial role in delivering a climate- neutral, sustainable and competitive Union by 2050, as new technologies and the need to decarbonise the economy are leading to an increasing use and exploitation of marine and aquatic resources. Seas, oceans and inland waters have a central role in climate processes, in human health and wellbeing, in the provision of food, the preservation of biodiversity, critical ecosystem services, renewable energy and other resources. Wastewater treatments will reduce the amount of energy used, the pathogenic bacteria during the sewage sludge dewatering and in general increase the plant's efficiency and quality. This priority field is complementary to the eight existing KICs. A factsheet summarising the challenges of the Water field and the expected impact of the future KIC is included in Annex 1B(new) to this Decision.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 306 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Within the scope of the EIT Regulation, the EIT will seek greater impact of its activities through international cooperation and will coordinate international EIT- funded activities by and in compliance with the Horizon Europe approach to international cooperation, the EIT shall endeavour to ensure that its activities have a greater impact through international cooperation and shall monitor international and cross- KIC activities funded by the KICs. A better-defined long-term collaboration strategy is needed between EIT and the KICs. Its focus wishall align closely with relevant industrial policy objectives of the European Union as well as its research and innovation priorities and ensuring European added value.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 2
MThe EIT shall make sure that the measures ensuring continuous openness of the KICs and transparency during implementation will be improved notably by includingadopting and applying transparent and clear criteria for the inclusion of new partners, by a continuous monitoring of the effectiveness of the measures and other common provisions for new members that add value to the partnerships. They wishall also run their activities in a fully transparent way, including through a systematic use of open calls for projects, for partners and for the establishment of new CLCs. When selecting projects and partners, and when is strictly necessary to separate proposals of equal quality, after an assessment based on the excellence criterion, KICs shall give priority to those proposals that: - include a higher number of low R&I performing regions or countries, according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Widening countries as established by Horizon Europe; - include a higher number of regions or countries that are not yet participating in the KIC community; - involve regions and countries that commit to contribute with ESI funds; - involve a higher number of SMEs; - ensure a better gender balance. KICs will remain dynamic partnerships that new partners, including an increasing share of SMEs, can join on the basis of excellence and strategic fit. In order to limit the concentration of funding and ensure that KICs activities benefit from a wide network of partners, the procedure for the preparation of the multi-annual Business Plan (including the identification of priorities, the selection of activities and the allocation of funds) wishall be made more transparent, open and inclusive. Finally, KICs will increase the share of calls, in particular for innovation projects that are open to third parties. All these measures will increase the number of participating entities involved in KICs’ activitiemake public in a timely and accurate way, using the Horizon Europe database, the necessary detailed data and information about which projects are funded and under which funding allocation process. Finally, KICs should report on the involvement of new partners and beneficiaries in their regular reporting..
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 322 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 3
As KICs operate across the entire value chain of innovation, they wishall ensure an appropriate and continuous balance of education, research, entrepreneurship and innovation activities in their Business Plan portfolio. The EIT shall monitor that KICs operations will bare implemented through a lean, efficient and cost-effective structure that would keep administrative and overhead costs to a minimum. EIT will ensure that KICs will achieve their expected impacts through a broad range of activities, identified in the KICs’ Business Plans, which effectively support the fulfilment of their objectives. In order to decrease the administrative burden, the KICs’ Business Plans and the EIT grants for the KICs shall cover a period of up to three years, while the KICs activities shall continue to be reported annually.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 327 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 4 – paragraph 4
Commitments from each KIC’s partner throughout the contractual duration of the initiative wishall be ensured by regularly monitoring the actual partner’s contributions against the original commitments. EIT wishall ensure that KICs have a risk management system in place for cases where some partners are not able to meet their original commitments. Yet, the priority for the KICs shall be to diversify their revenues and leverage other investments for their R&I activities rather than to rely on contributions from their partners. Any effort towards financial sustainability shall not lead to increases of tuition-fees or membership fees from partners, nor to a reduction of the grant funding mechanism in favour of other financial instruments, such as loans or blended finance, except for close-to- market activities. Tuition-fees or membership fees must remain commensurate to ensure the participation of small entities, such as SMEs.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 1
The EIT should ensure a balanced distribution of the budget throughout the years and a smooth transition from the current and the next MFF period, in particular for the ongoing activities. Through a lean and simplified funding model, the EIT will enhance the impact and contribution of KICs towards reaching the objectives of the Horizon Europe Programme. In order to increase the value added of its support, the EIT wishall adapt its funding model in order to increase over time the commitments from KICs’ partners or from other private and public sources. There are four main areas where the EIT will implement improvements.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 1
Through a lean and simplified funding model, the EIT will enhance the impact and contribution of KICs towards reaching the objectives of the Horizon Europe Programme. In order to increase the value added of its support, the EIT wishall adapt its funding model in order to increase, over time, the commitments from the KICs’ partners and from other private and public sources. There are four main areas where the EIT will implement improvements.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 334 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 2
Firstly, the EIT will apply the appropriate co-funding rates introduce a co-funding rate in order to increase the levels of private and public investments. The adaptation of the funding model will, other than revenues from their partners, thus facilitateing the KICs in the transition towards financial sustainability. It will incentivise them to decrease gradually during the duration of the framework partnership agreementsThe EIT shall adapt the share of EITthe funding in theiraccording to the KICs’ Business Plan while increasing the level of co-investment from non-EIT sources. Fixed decreasing co-funding rates will be applicable across phases of the entire KICs’ life cycle (start-up, ramp- up, maturity, exit from the EIT grant)EIT funding shall be performance-based, shall incentivise impact and reward success, shall be directly tied to the progress made towards the achievement of the KICs’ objectives, and may be discontinued in the case of as presented belowersistent lack of results.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – point 5 – paragraph 6
Finally, the EIT will continufurther increase its efforts towards simplification in order to alleviate unnecessaryand reduction of the administrative burden27 ofor the KICs, allowing the implementation of their multi-annual Business Plan and multi-annual strategys in an agile and efficient way. This will include the use of lump sum or unit costs for relevant KIC activities. Moreover, in order to provide a better planning of the resources, in particular of innovation activities, as well as facilitate stronger commitment and long-term investment from participating partners in KICs activities, the EIT will sign multi-annual grant agreements with KICs, when appropriate, under the respective framework partnership agreements. These multi-annual grant agreements should not exceed 3cover a period of at least three years. _________________ 27In particular, the annual reporting on KIC complementary activities would be discontinued, as recommended by the Court of Auditors in its Special Report of 2016 ( Recommendation 1, p. 51).
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 a (new)
3 a. The crisis resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 Major social, economic, environmental and technological changes deriving from the outbreak of COVID-19 will require the collaboration of all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the EIT should contribute to the innovation efforts that are needed in order to provide a coherent response to the crisis. The EIT should ensure that the KICs help deliver innovative solutions indifferent fields of action, in accordance with the priorities of the Union’s recovery plan, European Green Deal, the Union Industrial Strategy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in order to contribute to the recovery of our societies and economy and strengthen their sustainability and resilience. Each KIC should develop a two-year strategic plan to contribute in mitigating the effects of the crisis on the economy, in particular the upheaval of society, and the contraction of investment. Specific attention should be paid to actions aiming to increase the resilience their innovation ecosystems and in particular, of microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, but also of students, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees who have been hit hardest by the crisis. The EIT should ensure that the KICs are able to operate with the necessary flexibility to adapt to the increasing demands arising from the COVID-19 crisis and in order to respond to the European recovery plan. The KICs, in synergy with other innovation strands and agencies, may propose initiatives aiming to support the current innovation ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle. They may publish dedicated calls for proposals, promote initiatives using their partnerships, ecosystems and communities, elaborate individual and cross-KIC projects to support sustainable business restructuring, identify SMEs, start-ups and other stakeholders that need support. They should be flexible enough to create “fit-for-purpose” support measures for their partners and beneficiaries and even beyond their existing communities. They will need to adapt to a period of more decentralised and remote working methods, less travel, more uncertainty and continued physical distancing. They are to help partners, their beneficiaries and students with innovative collaborative tools, instruments, information and support services. Towards the end of 2023, the EIT Governing Board, in coordination with the Commission, shall assess whether to extend the duration of each KIC’s COVID-19 related initiatives.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 354 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 b (new)
3 b. EIT Health should collate expertise and gather data and information for the development of vaccines, testing methods and medical treatments for COVID-19. EIT Health should put in place horizontal platforms that can support research and development in vaccine-related initiatives by academia, industry, in particular small and medium- sized enterprises, and by other organisations that have experience with preclinical expertise, vaccine trials and the production of clinical trial material.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 363 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2
Around EUR [2500] million (83,396,7 % of the total EIT budget) is envisaged to fund existing and new KICs and includes EUR [200] millionof which: - at least 15 % for the Regional Innovation Scheme. Through the introduction of a co-fu; - around 10 % for the launch of two new KICs, in 2022 and ing rate, t 2025 respectively. The KICs are expected to mobilise a further EUR [1500] million offunding from other public and private sources. The budget for the launch of two new KICs (to be launched in 2022 and 2025, respectively) will be around EUR [300] million. Should additional budget to that of the EIT become available, the EIT could also launch additional KICs.
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 368 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Mid-term review of the EIT Three years after its establishment and taking into account the periodic evaluations established in Article 19 of the Regulation [xxx] on EIT, the EIT shall be subject to a thorough mid-term review by the Commission. Among other elements, that mid-term review shall also assess the effectiveness of the KICs’ financial sustainability strategies, the feasibility of further increasing the collaboration between the EIT and all implementing bodies under Pillar III of Horizon Europe in order to examine whether the EIT could play a more horizontal role across all pillars of Horizon Europe and/or to establish a one- stop-shop for innovation with a set of different complementary activities .
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2019/0152(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 7 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) systemic impact, by addressing complex and interconnected issues, creating innovative comprehensive solutions, delivering transformative applications with integrated effects on multiple sectors, contributing to shaping Union policies and address global societal challenges, within each KIC’s Community and especially in the cross-KIC relations;
2020/05/07
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The crisis resulting from the outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a massive and disruptive impact on Member States' health and economic systems, causing societal disruptions. Those impacts will require the collaboration of all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the EIT should contribute to the innovation efforts that are needed to provide a coherent response to the crisis. Moreover, the EIT and its KICs should reinforce its actions in order to support and increase the resilience of microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups as well as students, researchers, entrepreneurs and employees.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 115 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) Ongoing research into tackling the effects of the COVID-19 crisis should be accelerated. The EIT should boost the impact of that research and help develop products and innovative services arising from that research, ensuring that they reach as many people as possible.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 116 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 c (new)
(5 c) The EIT Governing Board and the KICs shall adopt flexibility measures and actions necessary to provide the appropriate support to their ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle, creating, where necessary, ad hoc support measures for their partners and beneficiaries and even beyond their communities. They shall provide their partners, their beneficiaries and students with tools and instruments to adapt to more decentralised and remote working methods, less travel, more uncertainty and continued social distancing.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Taking into account the specificity of KICs, it is necessary to provide for special minimum conditions to form a KIC,. Those conditions may, on an exceptional basis derogatinge from the rules for participation and dissemination of the UnionHorizon Europe framework programme supporting research and innovation. Similarly, specific rules on ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination may be necessary for KIC added-value activities.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) The EIT should ensure a balanced distribution of the budget throughout the years and a smooth transition from the current and the next MFF period, in particular for the ongoing activities.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 158 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) The KICs, acting as an innovation facilitator through their co-location centres and innovation hubs should consider the countries’ smart specialisation strategy priorities and thus enhance countries innovation capacity by fully reflecting regional capacities and potential, opportunities, weaknesses, as well as local actors, their activities and markets.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 175 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6 a) 'EIT innovation hub’ means a local community hub established in the RIS Member States and regions, where the KICs can collaborate with local knowledge triangle actors in order to implement innovation goals across the whole Union, ensuring a more balanced geographical presence of the activities of the EIT community, serving as an entry point for interacting with local players, mobilising and internationalizing the local networks, establishing synergies and promoting the active integration of ecosystems at all levels and facilitating KICs’ efforts to foster complementarities and collaboration within the knowledge triangle; innovation hubs have an ambition to grow into regional co-location centres;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6 b) ‘EIT country liaison officers network’ is a network of national representatives nominated by the Member States and the countries associated to Horizon Europe, comprising part of the National Contact Points structure of Horizon Europe and helping to spread awareness, provide guidance, practical information and assistance about the participation in EIT;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘Regional Innovation Scheme’ (‘RIS’) means an outreach scheme targeted at partnerships between higher education institutions, research organisations, companies and other stakeholders, in order to foster innovation across the Union, increase the geographical outreach of KICs’ activities and expand synergies with the European Structural and Investment Funds in order to improve the local innovation ecosystems across the Union;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 185 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘KIC multi-annual business plan’ means a document describing the objectives and the planned KIC added- value activities;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) Steer the implementation of RIS scheme by providing means for establishing Innovation Hubs in EIT RIS Member states.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) provide the necessary support and synergies with KICs to develop innovative solutions and help with the European Economic Recovery, while achieving the Union's priorities of the ‘European Green Deal’;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 242 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) ensure that KICs can operate with the necessary flexibility to adapt their operations to the increasing demands arising from the COVID-19 crisis;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) design and coordinatemonitor the implementation of support actions undertaken by the KICs for the development of entrepreneurial and innovation capacity of higher education institutions and their integration in innovation ecosystemactions.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 261 #

2019/0151(COD)

(b) innovation-driven research, experimentation, prototyping and demonstration in areas of key economic and societal interest and drawing on the results of Union and national research, with the potential to strengthen Union’s competitiveness at international level and find solutions for the major challenges faced by European society, including health and digital challenges and the implementation of the Union's climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 272 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Without prejudice to the framework partnership agreements and multi-annual grant agreements between the EIT and the KICs, the KICs shall have substantial overall autonomy to define their internal organisation and composition, as well as their precise agenda and working methods. In particular, KICs shall:
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) elaborate a two-year strategic plan detailing initiatives envisaged to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, while paying specific attention to actions aiming to increase the resilience of microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, but also of the students, researchers and employees;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(d b) in synergy with other Union innovation strands and other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and in order to respond to the European recovery plan, publish dedicated calls, promote initiatives using their partnerships, ecosystems and communities, develop individual and cross-KIC projects to support business restructuring, and identify microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and other stakeholders that need support and for example a better access to finance;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 283 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d c (new)
(d c) propose initiatives aiming to support their ecosystem based on the knowledge triangle, while at the same time being flexible enough to create measures that are fit for purpose for their partners and beneficiaries and beyond their existing communities;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The relationship between the EIT and each KIC shall be based on framework partnership agreements and multi-annual grant agreements .
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. When selecting projects and partners, and when is strictly necessary to separate proposals of equal quality, after an assessment based on the excellence criterion, KICs shall give priority to those proposals that: (a) include a higher number of low R&I performing regions or countries, according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Widening countries as established by Horizon Europe; (b) include a higher number of regions or countries that are not yet participating in the KIC community; (c) involve regions and countries that commit to contribute with ESI funds;- involve a higher number of SMEs; (d) ensure a better gender balance.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 294 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) specific rules on ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination may apply for KIC added-value activities, where appropriate.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 329 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. The EIT shall establish a competitive and performance-based allocation mechanism for granting an appropriate share of its financial contribution to the KICs. It shall include assessing the KICs’ business plans and performance as measured by continuous monitoring , and in particular their progress in achieving financial sustainability , the KIC’s openness to new members, their dissemination strategies and their geographical spread, as well as the performance of those business plans as measured by continuous monitoring , and in particular their progress in achieving financial sustainability. Particular attention shall be paid to actions put in place to mitigate the effects of theCOVID- 19 crisis and to the development of innovative ideas.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. The EIT shall establish a competitive and performance- based allocation mechanism for granting an appropriate share of its financial contribution to the KICs. It shall include assessing the KICs’ business plans, their openness to new members, dissemination strategies, geographical coverage and size of the KICs’ consortia and performance as measured by continuous monitoring , and in particular their progress in achieving financial sustainability .;
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a Mid-term review of the EIT By … [three years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], this Regulation shall be subject to a thorough mid-term review by the Commission, also on the basis of the periodic evaluations established in Article 19(2) and (3). Among other elements, that mid-term review shall also assess the effectiveness of the financial sustainability strategies of the KICs, the feasibility of further increasing collaboration between the EIT and all implementing bodies of Pillar III of Horizon Europe in order to maximize synergies and have a one-stop-shop for innovation with a set of different complementary activities. The review should also examine whether the EIT could play a more horizontal role across all Pillars of Horizon Europe.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2019/0151(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 6 – point 1
1. The staff of the EIT shall consist of personnel employed directly by the EIT . The Staff Regulations, the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants and the rules adopted by agreement between the institutions of the Union for giving effect to them shall apply to the staff of the EIT. As a transitional measure, this provision shall apply to the staff of the EIT whose contracts expire in 2020.
2020/05/06
Committee: ITRE