14 Amendments of Michael GAHLER related to 2017/2130(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU and associated partners need to match resources and instruments to the commitments taken under Association Agreements and bring more focus on the implementation of these agreements, taking into account the fact that the Eastern Partnership Association Agreements are different from other current Association Agreements in that they contain the gradual establishment of DCFTAs;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU remains open for those European countries that respect and are fully committed to promote the EU values, as stated in the Rome declaration 2017;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the EU’s eastern partners remains under threat from unresolved regional conflicts, including some that are sustained by the Russian Federation in contradiction with its international commitments to uphold the international legal order; whereas the Russian aggression against Ukraine, especially the illegal annexation of the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and their subsequent heavy militarisation as well as the occupation of some parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine and the continued occupation of two Georgian regions in violation of the EU-brokered cease-fire agreement, remain a fundamental threat also for European security as a whole; whereas the EU and its Eastern partners continue to be exposed to hybrid threats and propaganda stemming from the Russian Federation aimed at destroying the unity of the EU, sowing discord and mistrust within the EU and the Eastern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) to ask the Commission together with the European Investment Bank to propose arrangements for the implementation of a new European Investment Plan for Ukraine, Georgia and other Eastern Partnership countries that have made the most progress on reforms towards gradual economic and political integration with the European Union, by increasing the lending capacity of the European Investment Bank from the current EaP levels of EUR 1.6 billion per year and by taking into account EEIP provisions in carrying out its investment mandate; to request as a first step in this regard the establishment of a separate investment window in the form of a trust fund for Ukraine based on the best practices of multi-donor instruments, stressing that this trust fund should focus on private and public investments, in particular on social and economic infrastructure and those aimed at boosting investment absorption capacity, and on the coordination of IFIs and international donor support on the ground;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) to avoid energy projects, which run counter to the EU energy security strategy, jeopardise the energy security of the EU and its Eastern Partners, as well as increase their dependence from Russia and decrease the gas transit through the territory of the Eastern partners;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) to ensure a more active and effective role of the EU in resolution of the conflict in the East of Ukraine and subsequent peace-building, in particular if possible leading support in the deployment of an armed OSCE police mission in the conflict area aimed at effective and sustainable implementation of the Minsk arrangements, as well as by increased assistance to Ukraine in developing its defence and security capabilities and security sector reform;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
(q) to commit to sustaining the unity of action among EU Member States in maintaining collective pressure on Russia, in particular through strengthened targeted restrictive measures, to solving the conflict in Ukraine through genuine implementation of the Minsk agreements, to solving the Russia-Georgia conflict through ensuring the tangible results in the Geneva International Discussions and implementation of all provisions of the 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement by the Russian Federation, to re-establishing Ukraine’s full sovereignty in Crimea, and that of Georgia in South Ossetia and Abkhazits occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region / South Ossetia, and of Moldova in Transnistria, and to putting an end to the additional threats of state- sponsored assassinations, cyber warfare, disinformation and other types of destabilisation;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) to call for an immediate end to military hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan which unnecessarily claim the lives of civilians and soldiers whilst hampering socioeconomic development; to reaffirm support to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries as well as to the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs’ efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to their 2009 Basic Principles; to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to re-launch negotiations in good faith with a view to implementing these principles to solve the conflict; to call on the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia to commit to genuine confidence-building and to dialogue between Armenian and Azerbaijani civil societies; to make the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties conditional on meaningful commitments to solving the conflict through maintaining the ceasefire and supporting the implementation of the 2009 Basic Principles;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) to pay adequate attention to the dangerous ecological situation in the East of Ukraine, caused by the on-going conflict and occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and to establish a special monitoring mechanism in this regard;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
(s) to call for continued support to the work carried out by the EU and OSCE missions in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as essential operations to ensure peace and security first and foremost for the benefit of the citizens on the ground; to ensure the implementation of EUMM's mandate throughout Georgia and to urge the Russian Federation to grant unimpeded access of the Mission to Georgia's occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region / South Ossetia; to reflect, jointly with the partner countries, on the prospect of an enhanced role for the EU in solving these conflicts, including by launching ambitious fully-fledged Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions tasked with enhancing security and stability;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) in order to ensure further positive development of the Eastern Partnership and to enhance effective implementation of its goals to consider an attractive ‘EaP+’ (or EU+3) model for associated countries, based on the highest possible common denominator, that would include joining the cCustoms uUnion and Schengen aArea, further EU internal market accesthe Digital Union and the Energy Union, further EU internal market access, including trade with digital goods and services, integration into the EU transport networks and establishment of the industrial partnerships, participation in other EU programmes, increased involvement in the CSDP, as well as more immediate measures such as additional unilateral tariff preferences, the abolition of roaming tariffs between the partners and the EU and the development of high- capacity broadband; to open the ‘EaP+’ model to other EaPstern Partnership countries once they are ready for such enhanced commitments;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) to reconfirm the acknowledgement by the EU of the European aspirations of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova as stated in the Association Agreements and previous Eastern Partnership declarations;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
(ac) to maintain that EU support should be tailor-made to match the level of shared ambition regarding cooperation with each partner following the principles of both ‘more for more’ and ‘less for less’; to call in particular for the EU to align budgetary instruments such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the European Fund for Sustainable Development to political ambitions, notably within its annual and multiannual budgetary procedures, including through setting up a separate support mechanism directed towards implementation of the three Association Agreements;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad a (new)
(ada) envisage possibility of launching the next macro-financial assistance for those partners, who successfully completed previous programmes, but require further assistance;