22 Amendments of Galato ALEXANDRAKI related to 2024/2080(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the resolution of 26 November 2020 on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal and appalling actions by Turkey and the urgent need to address them effectively,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on the export of arms that can be used for internal repression and aggression against third countries,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Welcomes in particularNotes:
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to addresAlbania’s complete failure to make progress; reiterates the call for genuine reforms to address the enormous deficiencies that persexist regarding the ‘fundamentals’; calls for the rights of the Greek ethnic minority of Northern Epirus to be upheld;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present; condemns the destabilising interventions of Türkiye, through the promotion of religious fundamentalism;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; calls on the North Macedonia Government to work constructively with neighbouring countries to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiationsneed to completely freeze relations with Skopje;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)
– deplores the fact that the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh was completed a year ago, resulting in the forcible displacement of at least 140 000 Armenians from their places of origin; denounces the military support provided by Türkiye to Azerbaijan; highlights that Azerbaijan’s attack cannot remain unanswered and calls for sanctions on the Azeri authorities responsible for the ethnic cleansing; calls for the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy to be suspended; calls for the negotiations for a new partnership with Azerbaijan to be halted, given the unacceptable state of human rights in the country;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)
– Calls on the Commission and the Council to rule out any provision of military, technical or economic support to Azerbaijan;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)
– Calls on the Commission to provide support to Armenia for de- mining;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM); notes Türkiye’s intense activity in the region through the cultivation of anti- European hatred by means of religious fanaticism;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de- escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; considers that any interference with the implementation of the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Member States deriving from international law is a totally unacceptable act;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de- escalation of tenTurkish aggressions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be expansionist and at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
– denounces the export of military supplies and expertise to Türkiye, which is violating international law by: - occupying 38 % of the land of the Republic of Cyprus, - violating the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus in the sea and in the air, - maintaining troops and conducting military operations in Syria and Iraq while, specifically, carrying out acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide against population groups, particularly the ongoing genocidal acts against the Kurds in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq, - supporting the ongoing aggression of Azerbaijan against Armenia;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)
– denounces the absence of initiatives to prevent Turkish aggression against the Republic of Cyprus, Greece, Syria, Iraq and Armenia, as well as Türkiye’s ongoing genocidal acts against 18 million Kurds in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 c (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 1 c (new)
– calls on the Commission to examine, as a solution to the Kurdish problem, turning Türkiye into a bi-zonal , bi-communal federation between a Turkish and a Kurdish federal state, on a footing of political equality, in order to fully safeguard the rights of Kurds;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
– the fact that Türkiye is making an inadequate effort in aligning with the EU’s CFSP, including on sanctions and the anti- circumvention of sanctions, as well as with the need for Türkiye to cooperate closely with the EU’s Sanctions Envoy; deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas, while Hamas is hosted in Turkish territory;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 6
Paragraph 4 – indent 6
– the concern about Turkish, Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in Central Asia in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that cooperation between the EU and Lebanon should be improved, with the aim of supporting Lebanon’s armed forces to counter terrorist organisations;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes the importance of improving relations with Egypt in order to counter religious terrorism and to successfully curb migration flows;
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that geopolitical challenges have strengthened the shared interest of the EU and India in ensuring security, prosperity and sustainable development; calls for an India-EU summit to keep bilateral relations high on the agenda; considers India’s role in stabilising South Asia and countering terrorism to be important;
Amendment 972 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 – indent 2
Paragraph 43 – indent 2
– to work with Cyprus, Türkiye, the UK and the UN to implement concrete measures for a demilitarisation of the buffer zone on Cyprus, and to improve security on the island, both of the Greek Cypriot community andpress for the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions ofn the Turkish Cypriot communityCyprus issue;