1 Amendments of Ioan Mircea PAŞCU related to 2012/2318(INI)
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that todayStresses that the Black Sea region is of strategic importance for the European Union, including for the EU's energy security and the diversification of its energy supplies; the Black Sea represents today one of the most important energy routes to Europe and that the main risks it poses to the EU's stability stem from protracted regional conflicts, such as the one between Georgia and the contested territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and the related conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi; stresses that, given Europe's dependence on the Black Sea for the transit of energy supplies, the EU has a strategic interest in deterring regional actors from brinkmanship and, for that purpose, may need to mobilise European naval assetse Union has a strategic interest in deterring the escalation of protracted regional conflicts and in identifying long-lasting solutions to them; for that purpose it may need, when necessary, to mobilise European naval assets; calls again on the Commission and the EEAS to draw up a strategy for the Black Sea region, that should also address the maritime security and safety of the Black Sea;