Activities of Adrian SEVERIN related to 2009/2216(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas persons forcefully displaced from the conflict zones in the South Caucasus are still denied the right to return to their homes,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reaffirms the EU's main objective in the region, namely to encourage the development of the South Caucasus countries towards open and peaceful, secure and stable states, which are ready to establish good neighbourly relations, able to contribute to regional stability and to develop institutional and legal interoperability among themselves and with the EU; calls on the EU to develop a regional policy for the South Caucasus to be implemented together with the countries in the region and complemented by bilateral policies;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the responsibility of external actors to use their power and influence in ways that are fully consistent with international law, including human rights law; believes that reduction of the competition between external actors in the region should be pursued, but cannot come at the price of effectively accepting any actor’s claim to have ‘privileged interests’; is of the opinion thatconsiders it unacceptable for any external actor to introducinge conditions for the respect ofor the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the South Caucasus states is unacceptable;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Fully supports the Minsk Group Co- chairs’ mediation, the Madrid Principles and the Moscow Declaration; condemns the idea of a military solution and the heavy consequences of military force already used, and calls on both sides to avoid militant rhetoric; furthermore, calls on both sides to show more ambition in the peace talks and to abandon the tendency to prefer perpetuating the status quo created through military conquests in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions; calls on the international community likewise to show courage and political will to overcome the remaining sticking points which hinder an agreement;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that interim status for Nagorno- Karabakh cshould not imply interim legitimisation of the de facto authorities there; believes that inter alia in order to raise their credibility with a view to such a prospect, these authorities should rapidly abandon the positions that Nagorno- Karabakh includes all Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands and that displaced persons’ right of return cannot even be discussed at the present stage; calls on the Government of Armenia to exercise its influence in this respect and on the Council and Commission to join this call;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers democratisation, good governance and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rights of minorities, political pluralism and the rule of law to be basic principles for and of peaceful and stable democratic states;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Underlines the importance of the Black Sea region and stresses the need for intensified cooperation in this area, by consolidating the synergy between the regional policies there and by establishing, whenever appropriate, special institutionalised partnerships between the EU and the countries in the region; with a view to this, recommends the establishment of an institutionalised structure taking the form of a Black Sea Union;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the dangerous potential for a spillover of frozen conflicts in the region; in this context, recommends the setting-up of a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the South Caucasus, embracing the countries concerned and the relevant regional and global actors, with a view to developing a Stability Pact for the South Caucasus;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Considers that the EU should continue to support economic development, trade and investment in the region, and believes that the negotiation and establishment of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements plays a very important role in this respect; calls on the Commission to consider possible ways to assist the countries in the region to prepare them and enable them to negotiate and then implement and sustain the commitments provided for in possible future FTAs; furthermore, encourages the countries of the South Caucasus to consider establishing a free trade area among themselves;