Activities of Tunne KELAM related to 2009/2230(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION AFET opinion to the INI report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the accompanying action plans proposed by the Commission will be more successful only if constructive cooperation takes place with external partners in the region; reiterates the Council conclusions of 11 November 20091 adopting the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, constituting that this strategy shall be an EU internal strategy whereby the external aspects of cooperation will be dealt with within the Northern Dimension Framework;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Northern Dimension framework should provide the main fundamentalan important basis for the external aspects of cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region; underlines, in this context,notes the importance of close sectorial cooperation with Norway, Belarus and in particular Russia, the only non-EU country with direct access to the Baltic Sea; specifically notes the status of the Kaliningrad Oblast enclave, which is surrounded by EU Member States;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the implementation of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region can only prove to be successful if there is coherent coordination on European and macro regional level;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the importance of allocating adequate funds to the EU budget line foreseen for implementation of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region to ensure cooperation and coherence on European level and macro regional level;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that the finances of the Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region cannot be the financing instrument for any external cooperation with third states in the Baltic Sea Region;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that cooperation with Russia could be stepped up; wWelcomes, therefore, the intention efforts of the Commission and the Member States in the region to have a renewed engagementcooperate with Russia on a vast number of areas, such as transport connections, customs and border controls; believes that the EU-Russia common spaces will provide a valuable framework in this regardunderlines especially the need for coordinated effort to improve the environmental situation and to develop safe maritime transport; expects all actors around the Baltic Sea to join the Espoo Convention;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for an objective and reliable environmental impact assessment of the Northern Stream Gas Pipeline under the supervision of the European Commission before actual construction of this and other similar projects can begin as well as the need to ensure that the construction of the pipeline doesin question will not affect shipping conditions adversely or pose risks to the security of the countries around the Baltic Sea;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the strategic significance of the Baltic Sea Rregion for diversification of energy production and supplies as well as for the development of renewable energy projects such as wind farms or biofuels available in the region;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the still significant economic disproportion that exists in the Baltic Sea Region and in terms of innovation, and the necessity to increase the potential of highly developed areas and eliminate inequality in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity with adisproportion in the field of economic development and innovation that exists in the Baltic Sea Region and to the opportunity to take use of the Baltic Sea Strategy to reach a new level of synergy which can reduce the existing inequalities and will create an area of high level of competitiveness, and sustainable prosperity which is also crucial in the face of anfacing the problem of aging population;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that deepening of relations with third countries is possible on the basis of shared responsibilities for the environmental challenges and of equal commitments to transparency, reciprocity and international rules; expects all actors around the Baltic Sea to join the Espoo Convention; notes that external relations with third states in the Baltic Sea Region beyond the sectoral cooperation within the Strategy must be financed from instruments meant for external relations of the EU;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. ConsiderNotes that the idea of macro- regions should combines the considerable potential for optimising the response to the challenges and problems appearing inof a given region with that of using the resources available, relying to use of resources available with the EU level financial approach, coordinated by the European Commission;