24 Amendments of Adrian SEVERIN related to 2013/2081(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is of the opinion that the promotion of the EU values in the world must not be done at the expenses of the EU geo- political interests and the security of the European citizens, while acknowledging that the EU interests in the world could be best promoted and protected in areas and with partners sharing the same values;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Notes that an efficient synergy between EU's external actions and the Member States should be achieved both in political and in budgetary terms;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the announcement concerning the launch of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which could give the European and US economies an important boost and stimulate progress on other international agreements; recalls the need to set up a Transatlantic Political Council; notes that, in the meantime, continuing the practice of holding annual EU-US summits would provide an opportunity to identify common objectives and coordinate strategies in relation to threats and challenges of global relevance and the development of a common approach to emerging powertakes note of the high potential for the creation of a common EU-US market, which will bring economic growth and jobs;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Considers that harmonizing rules regarding trade and investments in the Euro-Atlantic space together with the economic and political power of the EU and US, will create and impose a model to be followed by other regional and global actors, in the framework of a new world order;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that in order to build trust it is necessary for the USA to make drastic changes to its data collection activities directed against the EU and its citizens:; is of the opinion that transparency, commitment and loyalty are features which strengthen EU-US relations;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Believes that EU-US common standards for balancing freedom and security and for performing intelligence activities, as well clearer, fairer and based on the principle of reciprocity agreements for sharing classified information are necessary;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Salutes Russia's proposal outlined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urging Syria to relinquish control of its chemical arsenal and Russia's willingness to assist in such operation;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Underlines the EU's willingness to contribute to the Partnership for Modernisation and to any successor to the current partnership and cooperation agreement that is linked to Russia's progress as regards human rights, the rule of law and pluralist democracy; believes that within the process of negotiations, the EU must show understanding and respect for the cultural, historical, geo-political and social particularities of Russia, and, while building the mutual trust, it must promote solutions which could accommodate those particularities with the political goals of the EU by strategic firmness and tactical flexibility;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses the importance of creating a common European foreign policy on energy with the objective of improving energy security through the initiation of a trilateral cooperation between EU, Russia and transit countries;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Encourages the EU to further develop its strategic partnership with China; calls for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice to the Chinese Government; calls for more uniformity from the EU and Member States with regards to their policies towards China as a EU tactical priority; calls for building a dialogue based on geo-strategic standards and mutual respect; calls, while welcoming the almost 60 active sectoral dialogues, for further sectoral dialogues to be developed and for the human rights dialogue to be strengthened;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Considers that the EU-China relations would greatly benefit from a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership promoting both parties' global interests, joint projects and institutional interoperability, all in the frame of a mutual understanding and respect;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Believes that the EU is strategically interested in the internal coherence of China, in china's capacity to softly participate at the stabilisation of the global equilibriums and in China's contribution to the EU development through trade and through providing labour without immigration;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Welcomes China's positive involvement in maintaining stability in its surrounding areas; concludes that this kind of relations should be built on common interests rather than on differences when assessing their respective policies towards regions characterised by conflict;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. Understands that the political, social and economic stability of China are strategically essential for the global security and stability, and therefore for the security and stability of the EU;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41 a. Takes the view as well that, within the enlargement process, EU should make the distinction between the performance criteria that should and could be fulfilled better and/or faster before accession and the performance criteria that could be better and/or faster fulfilled after accession without hindering the EU internal macro equilibriums; to this end the EU must acknowledge that the acceding states cannot have the same level of development and performance as the already existing Members, and therefore it has to request from the former a no bigger performance progress than the one necessary for a basic legislative, social, economic and institutional compatibility and interoperability between the acceding and the old Member States;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41 b. Emphasizes that in order to avoid post accession social tensions and/or socio-economic imbalances within the enlarged Union, the Commission must promote pre-accession policies aimed to mitigate the structural social inequities, as well as to overcame the cultural cleavages within the acceding states prior the time of accession; this should regard in priority the national integration of social and cultural minorities, thus preventing their post accession mass displacement towards other Member States;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Takes note that after experiencing the European Union integration process within the Eastern Partnership, Armenia has decided to join the Eurasian Union;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Considers it regrettable, nevertheless, that the overall situation with regard to democratic standards and respect for human rights in most of the Eastern Partnership countries has scarcely progressed, if not deteriorated; stresses, furthermore, that all the frozen conflictsStresses that all the frozen conflicts in the EU Eastern Neighbourhood must be resolved and that the EU Eastern Partnership should equip itself to play a more active and effective role in this respect; reiterates its view that the development of relations should be conditional onencouraged and facilitated by a meaningful commitment to democracy and the rule of law, while understanding that the perpetuation of the crisis and conflicts does not offer an appropriate environment for such developments;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Regrets the lack of vision and hesitation of the European Union with regards to the Association Agreement with Azerbaijan, this being a consequence of failing to understand the strategic role of this country in economic, geopolitical and cultural terms;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45 a. Urges that the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement should be signed during the Vilnius EU Summit, since Ukraine is the most important geo- strategic asset on the unsettled border between the European Union and the emerging Eurasian Union; acknowledges that the coming into force of said agreement will offer the best instruments for the institutional approximation and the fulfilment of the necessary requirements concerning democracy and the rule of law for Ukraine;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45 b. Recognises the Ukrainian commitment to close cooperation with the European Parliament Monitoring Mission on the sensitive issue of selective justice and reform of the judiciary criterion;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)
Paragraph 45 c (new)
45 c. Welcomes the continuation of the positive implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code extending the list of measures alternative to detention; calls on Ukraine to amend its penal code by removing criminal sanctions for clearly political acts carried out by state functionaries acting in an official capacity;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 d (new)
Paragraph 45 d (new)
45 d. Takes notice of the positive opinion of the Venice Commission on the draft law of Ukraine "On Amending the Constitution of Ukraine on Strengthening the Independence of the Judges"; welcomes the priority given to this draft law by the President of Ukraine;