Activities of Knut FLECKENSTEIN related to 2017/2130(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Eastern Partnership: November 2017 Summit (debate) DE
Eastern Partnership: November 2017 Summit (debate) DE
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 (12)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit will take stock of what has been already achieved and of the need to continue to deliver on all commitments already taken in the Eastern Partnership; the outcomes of November 2017 Summit should provide for the delivery of tangible results for citizens, notably in terms of employment, transport and connectivity, energy independence, mobility and education, noting that a new European External Investment Plan (EEIP) is an important instrument in this regard;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) to commit to working jointly on increased mobility between the EU and partner countries; to support Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine in implementing the visa liberalisation agreement and to ensure that suspension mechanisms are not triggered in the future, notably though close cooperation in the areas of police and customs to safeguard against security threats, criminality and overstays; to open visa dialogues with Armenia, to encourage progress by Azerbaijan in the implementation of Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements (VFA/RA) with a view to opening a visa dialogue in the future, and to finalise negotiations on VFA/RA with Belarus for the benefit of its citizens, should these countries make significant progress in the area of fundamental values and meet the precise conditions defined in visa liberalisation roadmapaction plans;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) to ensure that the outcomes of the November 2017 Summit also address, where possible, the security threats that affect the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity ands well as the political, social and economic development of the partners and of the region as a whole;
Amendment 140 #
(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 Eastern Ukraine through genuine implementation of the Minsk agreements, to solving the Russia-Georgia conflict through tangible results in the Geneva International Discussions and full implementation by Russia of the 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, to re-establishing Ukraine’s full sovereignty in Crimea, and that of Georgia in South Ossetia and Abkhazits occupied territories of Abkhazia and the 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 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) to call for an immediate end to military hostilities between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces which unnecessarily claim the lives of civilians and soldiers whilst hampering socioeconomic development; to reaffirm support to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries as well as to the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs’ efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to their 2009 Basic Principles; to call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to re-launch negotiations in good faith with a view to implementing these principles to solve the conflict which does not have a military solution; to make the ratification of new agreements between the EU and each of the parties conditional on meaningful commitments to solving the conflict throughsuch as maintaining the ceasefire and supporting the implementation of the 2009 Basic Principles;
Amendment 173 #
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 Eastern Ukraine as essential operations to ensure peace and security first and foremost for the benefit of the citizens on the ground; to ensure an effective implementation of these mission's mandate and urge Russia to guarantee their unimpeded access; 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 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) to consider, within the EaP policy, an attractive longer-term ‘EaP+’ model for associated countries, based on the highest possible common denominator that have made very good progress in implementing AA/DCFTA-related reforms, that wcould includeeventually lead to joining the customs union, energy union, digital union and Schengen area, further EU internal market access, integration into EU transport networks, industrial partnerships, participation in other EU programmes, increased involvement in thecooperation in the field of 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; to open the ‘EaP+’ model to other EaP countries once they are ready for such enhanced commitments and have also made very good progress in implementing mutually-agreed reforms;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point w
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point w
(w) to reiterate the principle of differentiation and that the scope and depth of cooperation with the European Union is determined by the EU’s ambitions and those of the partners, as well as by the pace and quality of reforms to be evaluated based on their full and effective implementation;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point y
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point y
(y) to invite Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to focus on the implementation of the Association agendas in order to unlock all the opportunities available through the Association Agreements, engaging also in the joint discussions on the progress, opportunities and challenges relating to the AA/DCFTA-related reforms; reiterates the importance of genuine implementation of the abovementioned reforms for the future stability and development of the countries and the wellbeing of their societies; to reaffirm that the deepening of relations within the EaP+ model as well as any prospect of EU membership requires significantvery good progress in terms of the implementation of these reforms, notably as regards the rule of law, respect for human rights and good governance;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ad
(ad) to welcome the Commission proposals to provide the partners with macro-financial assistance while insisting on strict and effective conditionality attached to the proposals, notably in terms of upholding the rule of law (including an independent judiciary), ensuring good governance (including combating corruption effectively) and defending human rights; to call on the Commission to draw up new MFA programs for partner countries and to make systematic provision for this conditionality in future proposals for such assistance; to provide Parliament and the Council with a detailed written report every six months on the progress made in these three areas for partners already benefiting from such assistance;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ae a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point ae a (new)
(aea) to ask the Commission to work for the successful implementation of the European Investment Plan in Eastern Partnership countries, especially for those that have made the most progress on reforms towards gradual economic and political integration with the European Union; to request the establishment of a trust fund for Ukraine based on the best practices of multi-donor instruments, stressing that this trust fund should focus on private and public investments, in particular on social and economic infrastructure and those aimed at boosting investment absorption capacity, and on the coordination of IFIs and international donor support on the ground;