24 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2021/2042(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having in regard to the Russian Federation's membership of the Council of Europe as well as the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the consequent commitments and obligations arising from the membership of both organisations,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is threatening peace and security in Europe by continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours,seeking to destabilise neighbouring countries, including inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenkoa in Belarus or fuelling frozen conflicts in numerous countries, waging a hybrid warfare against Western societies and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the situation in Russia is deteriorating dreadfully because of President Putin’s systemic repression of democratic forces such as when just two weeks after the arrest of Alexei Navalny Russian authorities detained more than 11 000 peaceful demonstrators, bringing the total number of Russians detained since January 2021 to more than 15 000; whereas the organisers and masterminds of the 2015 assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov remain unidentified and unindicted, while the OSCE report on this issue has concluded that the 'main issues for addressing impunity is not the capabilities of the Russian law enforcement, but political will';
Amendment 102 #
Ba. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities currently hold nearly 400 political prisoners in violation of 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;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in its resolutions of 17 September 2020, 21 January 2021 and 29 April 2021 Parliament called for a review of the EU’s policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles agreed in 2016, emphasised that future EU relations with Russia would depend on the pace of Russia’s democratic transformation (or lack thereof) 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; and in adherence to the EU's own values and principles;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the five EU guiding principles for relations with Russia have helped to deterred the Kremlin regime from further aggression against Ukraine, but they are silent with respect to containingdo not address President Putin’s war against the people of Russia nor the Kremlin's broader destabilising activities;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the new EU strategy should be centred on the ‘push-back, contain and engage’ principles aimed at strengthening the EU’s capacity to combat the Kremlin’s threats, especially in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, including Belarus, as well as in Russia itself, by defending human rights andveloping a number of policy priorities as well as different scenarios that will take into account a range of possible developments in EU-Russia relations, and within Russia itself, including assisting Russia’s possible transformation into a democracy in accordance with the principle of ‘democracy first’, or in turn responding to a more repressive and revanchist turn in the Kremlin's policies;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should be based on the assumption that the people of Russia can transform their country into a democracyhave support for freedom and democracy at its heart;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should work in the interest of the EU and offer Russia a constructive dialogue aimed at promoting the values of human rights and democracy; and ensure that any future strengthening of bilateral relations is dependent on the Russian Federation's fulfilment of its own commitments to human rights and democracy in accordance with its constitution and internal agreements;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep peace and stability in the EaP regionEurope by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and toto cease its destabilising activities against the transatlantic space, to refrain from interfering in the countries of the Eastern neighbourhood, including by return theing occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhoodregion, as well as to stop its destabilising activities in the Southern Neighbourhood, particularly in Syria and Libya;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
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, including, by immediately halting the construction of Nord Stream 2;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the EU and its Member States should continue itstheir work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats with instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influences from the EU and its Member States, in particular, attempts to polarise and divide democratic societies through disinformation and support to anti-democratic forces across Europe;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU should establish with the US a transatlantic alliancemust strengthen its cooperation with the US 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 ofan ambitious agenda to support freedom and democracy;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 project and ensure the full implementation of all sanctions;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adopt sanctions against the Russian authorities for their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision-making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by urgently updating the EU global sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corruption;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) the EU should establish a centralised anti-money laundering framework, including an EU authority for financial controls, to be put under Parliament’s and the Council's supervision and to be entrusted with the protection of the EU and its Member States from illicit financial practices and influences from Russia and other authoritarian regimes;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) Calls on the EU to urgently demand the release of all political prisoners unjustly imprisoned for political reasons, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, Yuri Dmitriev, and all others designated by the Memorial Human Rights Centre as 'political prisoners';
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) Stresses its unwavering support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Meduza and other independent media targeted by the Kremlin; rejects all attempts by the Kremlin to silence independent media, whether through administrative, financial or coercive means;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announccalls on the EU to adopt a strategy that will take into account different possible developments in EU-Russia relations as well as within Russia; this must include 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; at the same time, the EU and its democratic allies must also be prepared to deal with a more repressive and revanchist regime and should therefore simultaneously work to strengthen the resilience of democratic societies, and strengthen the EU and its Member States' cyber, intelligence and military capabilities to ensure sufficient deterrence;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) calls on the Council to deny recognition of any attempt by Vladimir Putin to continue in office beyond the end of his current and final presidential mandate on 7th May 2024, should he attempt to do on the basis of the illegal 2020 constitutional amendments;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(nb) stresses that the EU must demand that Russian authorities conduct an impartial and independent investigation into the assassination of the Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and brings its organisers and masterminds to justice, in accordance with the recommendations of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, and further calls on the Russian authorities to ensure an impartial and independent investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny;