19 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2023/2125(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Kremlin regime today and for the foreseeable future presents a grave military threat to Ukraine and all of Europe, which will only escalate due to Russia’s transition to a war economy, increased military production and ongoing mobilisation efforts;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia, combined with massive disinformation campaigns and systematic falsification and revisionism of the recent European history, has been one of the main causes of the Kremlin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory and liberation of all occupied territories, to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas since 24 February 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU has been providing substantial military and budgetary support to make Ukraine capable of defeating Russia and its proxies; whereas the EU has adopted 11 packages of sanctions against Russia to strategically weaken its military capacity; whereas the EU supports the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s leaders and their allies for the crime of aggression against Ukraine; whereas the EU’s financial institutions, together with those of G-7 countries, have frozen the assets and reserves of the Central Bank of Russia in response to Russia’s aggression and these assets should be used to support Ukraine’s reconstruction; whereas the EU must do much more in terms of providing Ukraine will all of the necessary military capabilities to avoid a stalemate and liberate occupied territories;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against Russia could open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlin regime; whereas this may lead to major political transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus; whereas at the same time preparations should also be made for less optimistic scenarios, including the Kremlin regime remaining in power despite military setbacks in Ukraine;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament’s recommendation of 16 September 2021 on the direction of EU-Russia political relations1 made recommendations to the EU institutions in six policy directions asking for the adoption of a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and a democratic Russia, which will assist the Russian people in its struggle to have a normal life and transform Russia back into a democracy; _________________ 1 OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 170.
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EU should take a holistic view of the transformation of Russia into a democracy, which should include a broad array of democracy support measures before and after the change of power in Russia, including the ones necessary to facilitate broad “de- Putinisation” and “de-rashism” efforts across Russian society and sustain democratic change in Russia over the long term;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
Paragraph 2 – point c
(c) establishment of a special tribunal on the crimes of aggression;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) accession of Ukraine to Euro- Atlantic structuresthe European Union and NATO;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped in a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society, independent media and democratic forces;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Asks the Commission to develop a long-term structured approach regarding the support to Russian independent media and civil in and outside of the EU , including the establishment of a sufficiently funded policy that would provide long term core support for independent Russian media and journalism in exile.
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) withdrawal of Russian troops from all the occupied territories of Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries, Moldova, and Georgia;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) restoration of media and political freedoms, civil liberties, and free media;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
Paragraph 6 – point e
(e) paying reparations to Ukraine and its citizens, as well as to victims of persecution in Russia;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f
Paragraph 6 – point f
(f) launch of an accountability agenda which will include prosecution, lustration, vetting and reconciliation processes, as well as the reform of public institutions, in particular in the education, justice and security sectors;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point f a (new)
(f a) ceasing the state backed foreign information manipulation and other malign interference campaigns towards EU and other actors;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 6 – point f b (new)
(f b) carrying comprehensive historical and legal assessment of the Soviet regime and the Putin regime and a transparent public debate about their crimes;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the EU’s support to a transitional government in Russia should be provided in an inclusive manner, encompassing support to pro-democratic political, justice and security elites, intellectuals, education professions, grassroots civil society and democratic forces;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EU should expect a broad coalition of democratic forces in Russia to immediately start work on preparing a new constitutional framework based on the principles of parliamentary democracy and delegation of important decision-making powers to the regions-centralization reform aimed at fostering a more democratic, inclusive society, and that this framework should include the major economic and social reforms Russia needs to facilitate the transition and build a solid basis for sustainable democracy over the long term;