9 Amendments of Victor BOŞTINARU related to 2018/2158(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the implementation of the Minsk Agreements remains a precondition for closer cooperation with Russia;
Amendment 54 #
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 2015, including: Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017) on the EU's and NATO's eastern borders; the militarisation of the Kerch Strait and the Azov Sea, with violations of international law and the deliberate act of aggression of Russia against Ukraine on 25 November 2018, including the capture of Ukrainian servicemen and the seizure of Ukrainian vessels; the militarisation and the deployment of A2/AD capabilities in the Black Sea; russian interference aimed at influencing elections and stoking tensions in European societies; restrictions on fundamental freedoms and extensive human rights violations in Russia, including the systemic targeting of human rights defenders and civil society in Russia, discrimination against the Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalny and many others; cyber attacks and assassinations on European soil carried out by Russian intelligence agents using chemical weapons; the intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of foreign citizens in Russia in breach of international law, including Oleg Sentsov and many others; the organisation of illegal and illegitimate elections in the Donbas; flawed presidential elections lacking any real choice and with restrictions on fundamental freedoms; violations of arms control agreements;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that Russia's direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, including in eastern Ukraine, and its illegal annexation of Crimea and, violation of the territorial integrity of Georgia, and warlike actions in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov constitute a deliberate violation of international law, democratic principles and fundamental values; reiterates its commitment to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that while the EU's stance is firm, coherent and concerted with respect to EU sanctions on Russia, and EU sanctions on Russia will be prolonged as long as Russian violations of international law continue, further coordination and coherence is required in ithe EU's foreign and security policy approach to Russia; calls, in this context, on Member States to end 'golden visa/passport' programmes;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that Russia and the EU will remain key economic partners in the foreseeable future, but Nord Stream 2 reinforces EU dependency on Russian gas supplies contrary to the need to find alternative sources and routes, threatens the EU internal market and is not in line with EU energy policy, and therefore needs to be stopped;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the VP/HR and on the Member States to strengthen their efforts towards a solution of the so-called "frozen conflicts" in the Eastern neighbourhood, in order to ensure more security and stability for the EU's Eastern partners;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to make greater efforts to build resilience, particularly in the cyber and media fields, and to effectively counter Russian propaganda and disinformation; calls for EU-wide support for the European civilian and military cyber-security industry and a stronger engagement in research; encourages, in this context,strongly supports the work and the promotion of European values in Russian by East Stratcom, and calls for an increase of resources and staffing; stresses that the EU should provide the Eastern partners with adequate support to increase their resilience against the challenges posed by Russia;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for a EU-wide mechanism allowing the screening of parties financing, and for consequent measures to be taken so as to avoid that some parties and movements are used to destabilise from the inside the European project;