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9 Amendments of Ryszard CZARNECKI related to 2015/2001(INI)

Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has for decades striven to build a mutually beneficial strategic partnership with Russia based on shared values and principles and on common interests; whereas the EU remains open to such a relationship and to dialogue leading to it, and wishes to return to a cooperative relation with Russia, should Russian authorities meet their international and legal obligations, particularly with regard to Ukraine and to Georgia;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Russia is in the process of destabilizing Moldova, having put in place an export-embargo on various Moldovan products with the exception of those from the southern Gagautian region which is ethnically and linguistically distinctive from the rest of the country and has close ties with Russia;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas in reaction to Russia’s covert military invasion of Ukraineannexation of Crimea and hybrid war launched against Ukraine by Russia, the EU has adopted a stage-by-stage series of restrictive measures; whereas similar sanctions have been adopted by a number of other countries in reaction to Russia’s aggression;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas these restrictive targeted measures are not directed against the Russian people but aim at stimulating a change in Russian policy towards, and actions in, the common neighbourhood; whereas the sanctions could be lifted, partially or fully, as soon as Russia commits itself towhen Russia implementings, fully and honestly, the provisions of the Minsk agreements and the return ofs the Crimea to Ukraine; whereas the sanctions will be strengthened should Russia chose to do otherwise and refrain from taking any positive step to change its policy;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas these restrictive targeted measures are not directed against the Russian people but against certain individuals and enterprises connected to the Russian leadership, who are taking direct advantage of the current stand-off with Ukraine, in the economic and defensive sectors, and aim at stimulating a change in Russian policy towards, and actions in, the common neighbourhood; whereas the sanctions could be lifted, partially or fully, as soon as Russia commits itself to implementing, fully and honestly, the provisions of the Minsk agreements and the return of Crimea to Ukraine; whereas the sanctions will be strengthened should Russia chose to do otherwise and refrain from taking any positive step to change its policy;
2015/03/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, in this regard, that the strengthening of internal policies, notably through closer integration, is the keystone of an efficient and successful EU external policy; calls, therefore, on the Member States to carry on with, and intensify their efforts towards, the effective elimination of decision-making bottlenecks and the consolidation of common policies, with the aim of minimising the vulnerabilities of these policies and maximising their resilience, in particular in the areas of trade, financial services and transactions, migration, energy, external borders management, information and cyber security;Deleted
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Firmly supports the swift creation of a robust European Energy Union, specifically the interconnection of national energy networks in order to reduce considerably the dependence of individual Member States on external energy suppliers, particularly Russia; is of the firm conviction that the challenges to and vulnerability of European solidarity, and the exposure of individual Member States, to the illegitimate use of energy as a political and diplomatic bargain chip can only be combatted efficiently through the full implementation of the Third Energy package and the completion of a transparent, integrated, synchronised and resilient European internal energy market;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates its call on the Russian authorities to immediately return the wreckage of the Tu-154 Polish Government aeroplane and all of its black boxes to Poland; calls on the High Representative, President of the Council as well as leaders of the EU Member States to raise this issue in any bilateral contacts with the Russian authorities; underlines the level of dependence of the Russian judiciary on the authorities and calls for an impartial, international investigation into the causes of the crash;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its deep concern for the state of human rights and the rule of law in Russia, and strongly condemns the crackdown on independent civil society and the persistent and multiform repression of activists, political opponents and critics of the regime, which has in some cases led to their murder (Anna Politkovskaya, Natalya Estemirova, Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko, and others); demands that all assassinations of political activists, journalists and whistle blowers be investigated properly and independently; reiterates its call on the Council to deliver on its commitment to defend these principles, and to adopt restrictive measures for the officials involved in the well-documented Magnitsky case; strongly condemns introduction of the so-called ‘Foreign Agents-law’, which is aimed at intimidating all Kremlin-independent NGO-activities and demonizing all foreign involvement in Russian civil society; is especially concerned with the deteriorating human rights situation in Crimea since its illegal annexation, including the institutionalised discrimination of the local national, cultural and linguistic minorities' rights;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET