Activities of Werner SCHULZ related to 2010/2087(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An EU Strategy for the Black Sea (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on an EU Strategy for the Black Sea PDF (278 KB) DOC (203 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the lack of any substantial progress as regards the solution of the unsolved conflicts in the region represents a stumbling block that prevents the Black Sea Strategy from fully developing,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the Black Sea region is of geo-strategic importance as regards the energy security of the EU with regard, in particular, to the diversification of energy supplies,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced, therefore, that the success of the strategy depends on the provision of appropriate and identifiable funding; calls for the creation of a specific budget line for the Black Sea Strategy, as well as for devising efficient disbursements methods; encourages prioritising the financing of small-scale development projects; calls on the Commission and regions to promote people-to-people projects in the framework of cross-border cooperation and to provide for and enhance the finance instrument of the Small Project Fund;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for a project-based approach with a view to including local authorities, business communities, NGOs or other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in designing, joint ownership and implementation of Black Sea Strategy activities; underlines the importance of monitoring Black Sea activities through the definition of benchmarks or other appropriate indicators;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that in order to provide visibility, strategic guidance and high-level coordination, ministerial meetings between the EU and the wider Black Sea region countries should be organised on a regular basis and include all actors in the region; believes that the Strategy for the Black Sea should be developed at all levels of regional cooperation; notes, therefore, the parliamentary cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea countries, welcomes the creation of the Black Sea Civil Society Forum and encourages strengthened cooperation among local authorities, civil society and business;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the creation of the Black Sea Civil Society Forum and encourages strengthened cooperation among local authorities, civil society and business; calls on the Commission to provide enhanced support to civil society including supporting CSOs networks; underlines the role of the non- governmental sector to ensure both the effective implementation of Black Sea Strategy activities and the success of confidence-building measures;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the complementarities of the BSS and the Eastern Partnership, and calls on the Commission to make positive use of the differing approaches of the two initiatives and to clarify, at all levels, how the substantial complementarities of the Black Sea Strategy with the EaP is to be achieved; calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the EEAS effectively coordinates the various initiatives and instruments deployed by the EU in the wider Black Sea region;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recommends the development of an initiative to alleviate the consequences of conflicts, in order to improve the situation of the population of non-recognised territories and refugees;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out the need to strengthen monitoring and establish advance- warning systems to avoid destabilisation and conflict-escalation; recommends to focus on concrete cases rather than general expressions of concern; asks for the consideration of confidence-building measures such as public disclosure of arms sales and naval military activities;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that a security strategy for the Black Sea region should also incorporate the objectives of improving governance, democratic rule and state capabilities; calls on the Commission to mainstream initiatives on institution-building and democratic governance; underlines that the objective of improving governance, rule of law and state structures in the former Soviet states of the region is in itself a security strategy, since total or partial state failure and political stagnation create the conditions for external interference and transnational threats;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses that the full development of the Black Sea Strategy is directly linked to concrete progress in the peaceful resolution of the frozen conflicts; calls, in this regard, for more direct engagement of the EU in the peace processes with regard, in particular, to enhancing confidence-building measures and assistance programmes with a view to laying down the basis for lasting comprehensive settlements;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the requirements of energy efficiency and the protection of the environment and climate when funding infrastructure projects in the Black Sea Region in order to fulfil the international emission reduction targets;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for more stringent controls on existing drilling platforms in the Black Sea and urges the EU to take the initiative so that all the countries of the region adopt stricter rules for drilling activities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Expresses its concern at the impact that potentially competing energy infrastructure projects could have on the region and in particular in the Southern corridor; points out, in this regard, that the competition between Nabucco, which is an EU energy priority, and South Stream undermines the coherence and the credibility of the EU energy policy; calls on the Commission to make a thorough and transparent analysis of the sustainability for the region of the completion of the two projects;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the economic, social and human development of the region as a whole should be promoted; regards further liberalization of trade and intensification of intra-regional trade as essential to the economic development of the region; supports the EU's Integrated Maritime Policy aimed at the socio-economic development of maritime regions, but regrets that its Black Sea dimension is poorly developed; welcomes the results registered in cooperation on education, research and technology; further encourages the goal of promoting social development, people-to-people contacts and the development of a strong civil society; calls for the strengthening of academic and student networks, eInfrastructures and collaborative research projects and supports establishment of an Institute of European Studies in the Black Sea Region;