Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2017/2130(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Eastern Partnership: November 2017 Summit (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the Eastern Partnership, in the run-up to the November 2017 Summit PDF (302 KB) DOC (64 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital d a (new)
Recital d a (new)
da. whereas the EU and Associated Partners need to match resources and instruments to the commitments taken under Association Agreements and bring more focus on the implementation of these agreements, taking into account the fact that the EaP Association Agreements are different from other current Association Agreements in that they contain gradual establishment of the DCFTA;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Eastern Partnership policy is based on the sovereign right of each partner to choose the level of ambition and the goals to which it aspires in its relations with the EU; whereas those countries that pursue closer relations with the EU should be able to count on more support and assistance in achieving mutually set goals;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point –a (new)
(-a) to re-acknowledge the European aspirations of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as stated in the Association Agreements and previous EaP Summit Declarations;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
(n) to improve both energy independence and efficiency through specific investments, strengthened cooperation in all priority areas covered by the EU Energy Union and by closer integration of the partners’ energy markets with the European energy market with a particular focus on interconnectivity and infrastructure, whilst scrutinising closely the consequences of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline; to ensure that all possible new offshore and onshore parts of pipeline infrastructure within the region, including the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, can only become a reality if they in no way undermine regional energy security and the Energy Union strategy, as well as respect environmental rules and key principles enshrined in relevant EU legislation;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point q
(q) to commit to sustaining the unity of action among EU Member States in maintaining collective pressure on Russia, in particular through strengthened targeted restrictive measures, to solving the conflict in Ukraine through genuine implementation of the Minsk agreements, to solving the Russia-Georgia conflict through ensuring the tangible results in the Geneva International Discussions and implementation of all provisions of the12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement by the Russian Federation, to re-establishing Ukraine’s full sovereignty in Crimea, and that of Georgia in South Ossetia and Abkhazits occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia and of Moldova in Transnistria, and to putting an end to the additional threats of state- sponsored assassinations, cyber warfare, disinformation and other types of destabilisation;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) to pay adequate attention to the dangerous ecological situation in the east of Ukraine, caused by the Russian aggression and subsequent destruction of industrial and mining infrastructure;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point s
(s) to call for continued support to the work carried out by the EU and OSCE missions in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as essential operations to ensure peace and security first and foremost for the benefit of the citizens on the ground; to ensure the implementation of EUMM’s mandate throughout Georgia and to urge the Russian Federation to grant the unimpeded access of the Mission to Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia; to reflect, jointly with the partner countries, on the prospect of an enhanced role for the EU in solving these conflicts, including by launching ambitious fully-fledged Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions tasked with enhancing security and stability;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) to consider an attractive ‘EaP+’ model for associated countries, based on the highest possible common denominator, that would include joining the customs union and Schengen area, further EU internal market access, participation in other EU programmes, increased involvement in the CSDP, as well as more immediate measures such as additional unilateral tariff preferences, the abolition of roaming tariffs between the partners and the EU and the development of high- capacity broadband and deeper cooperation in the area of defence; to open the ‘EaP+’ model to other EaP countries once they are ready for such enhanced commitments;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ac
(ac) to maintain that EU support should be tailor-made to match the level of shared ambition regarding cooperation with each partner following the principles of both ‘more for more’ and ‘less for less’; to call in particular for the EU to align budgetary instruments such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the European Fund for Sustainable Development to political ambitions, notably within its annual and multiannual budgetary procedures, including through setting up a separate support mechanism directed towards implementation of the three Association Agreements;