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2016/2669(DEA) EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union: Belarus

Progress: Procedure completed - delegated act enters into force

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RoP 114-p03

Events

2016/08/24
   EP - Delegated act not objected by Parliament
2016/07/06
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2016/07/06
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament rejected two motions for resolutions on the Commission delegated decision of 15 April 2016 amending Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union, as regards Belarus. Qualified majority was needed for the adoption of the motions for resolutions.

To recall, the Commission delegated decision seeks to amend Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU by including Belarus to the list of eligible countries for EIB financing operations covered by an EU guarantee.

- The first draft resolution (tabled on behalf of EFDD group, and rejected by 108 votes to 428, with 158 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision on the ground that the delegated decision does not take properly into consideration all the aspects relating to respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy in Belarus.

The Member who initiated the draft resolution is particularly critical of the fact that Belarus remains a centralised and autocratic state, tightly controlled by the President. President Lukashenko was re-elected on 11 October 2015 with 83.5 % of the vote, but significant problems, particularly during counting and tabulation, undermined the integrity of the elections.

The draft resolution also stressed that: (i) despite some positive actions taken since August 2015, human rights violations are still rampant and systematic; (ii) journalists working for independent media or working for foreign media without accreditation are often detained, prosecuted and fined; (iii) for decades the opposition has been entirely absent from the parliament; (iv) Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty is applied.

- The second draft resolution (tabled on behalf of the ECR, ALDE and Greens/EFA, and rejected by 278 votes to 129, with 285 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision, considering that it would be inappropriate and premature to grant and EU guarantee at this stage taking the view that the forthcoming general elections on 11 September 2016 represent an opportunity for Belarus to end its long-standing practice of fraudulent elections, and constitute a decisive test with which to measure the genuine will of the Belarusian authorities to reconcile with their own citizens and to engage constructively with the EU.

Members who initiated the draft resolution stressed that since the decision to lift sanctions the overall human rights situation in the country has shown only a very limited improvement. The motion for a resolution:

called on the European External Action Service to report to Parliament on the conduct and outcome of the elections on 11 September 2016, stressing that only after these elections will Parliament be in a position to assess any new delegated act on the matter; called on the Commission to ensure that an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank could not be used to finance the Ostrovets nuclear power plant, and to assess whether such a guarantee is in compliance with the EU sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation.

2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act
Documents
B8-0869/2016
2016/06/29
   EP - Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act
Documents
B8-0870/2016
2016/05/25
   CSL - Delegated act not objected by Council
2016/04/27
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2016/04/25
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act extended at Parliament's request by 2 month(s)
2016/04/15
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
C(2016)02164
2016/04/15
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
C(2016)02164
2016/04/15
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act 2 month(s)

Documents

Activities

Votes

B8-0869/2016 - Résolution #

2016/07/06 Outcome: -: 428, 0: 158, +: 108
IT SE GB SK LV CY MT LT LU EE NL PT HR SI CZ DK IE FI AT BE BG EL RO HU ES PL DE FR
Total
71
12
63
11
8
5
6
9
6
6
25
20
9
8
20
13
10
13
15
19
17
20
28
21
51
48
87
72
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43

Italy EFDD

17

Sweden EFDD

1

United Kingdom EFDD

20

Lithuania EFDD

Abstain (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Czechia EFDD

For (1)

Petr MACH
1

Poland EFDD

1

Germany EFDD

1

France EFDD

1
icon: S&D S&D
173

Italy S&D

29

Sweden S&D

Against (1)

Marita ULVSKOG
5

United Kingdom S&D

19

Slovakia S&D

3

Latvia S&D

Abstain (1)

Andrejs MAMIKINS
1

Cyprus S&D

Abstain (1)

Costas MAVRIDES
1

Malta S&D

3

Lithuania S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

Abstain (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Netherlands S&D

3

Portugal S&D

8

Croatia S&D

Against (1)

Biljana BORZAN

Abstain (1)

Tonino PICULA
2

Slovenia S&D

Abstain (1)

Tanja FAJON
1

Czechia S&D

3

Denmark S&D

3

Ireland S&D

Against (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Finland S&D

2

Austria S&D

3

Belgium S&D

Abstain (1)

Kathleen VAN BREMPT
4

Bulgaria S&D

4

Greece S&D

4

Romania S&D

Against (1)

Victor BOŞTINARU
13

Hungary S&D

4

Spain S&D

13

Poland S&D

5

Germany S&D

22

France S&D

13
icon: NI NI
16

Italy NI

For (1)

Renato SORU
1

United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

Diane DODDS
1

Greece NI

5

Hungary NI

3

Poland NI

Against (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

Germany NI

2

France NI

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
51

Italy GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Barbara SPINELLI
3

Sweden GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Portugal GUE/NGL

For (1)

Marisa MATIAS
4

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Finland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Greece GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Nikolaos CHOUNTIS
6

Spain GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ
11

Germany GUE/NGL

8

France GUE/NGL

3
icon: ENF ENF
34

Italy ENF

4

United Kingdom ENF

For (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Netherlands ENF

3

Austria ENF

Abstain (1)

Barbara KAPPEL
4

Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Romania ENF

Against (1)

Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

Poland ENF

Against (1)

Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
1

France ENF

19
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
44

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Latvia Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Croatia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Finland Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

Spain Verts/ALE

4

Germany Verts/ALE

13

France Verts/ALE

6
icon: ECR ECR
62

Italy ECR

2

United Kingdom ECR

16

Slovakia ECR

2

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Cyprus ECR

Against (1)

Eleni THEOCHAROUS
1

Netherlands ECR

2

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Czechia ECR

2

Denmark ECR

4

Finland ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Bulgaria ECR

2

Greece ECR

Against (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Romania ECR

Against (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

Poland ECR

17

Germany ECR

5
icon: ALDE ALDE
66

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

Fredrick FEDERLEY

Abstain (1)

Jasenko SELIMOVIC
2

United Kingdom ALDE

Against (1)

Catherine BEARDER
1

Latvia ALDE

1

Lithuania ALDE

3

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Estonia ALDE

3

Netherlands ALDE

7

Portugal ALDE

2

Croatia ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Czechia ALDE

4

Denmark ALDE

3

Ireland ALDE

Against (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Finland ALDE

4

Austria ALDE

Against (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Belgium ALDE

5

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Romania ALDE

2

Spain ALDE

8

Germany ALDE

4

France ALDE

Abstain (1)

Jean-Marie CAVADA
7
icon: PPE PPE
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Italy PPE

15

Sweden PPE

3

Slovakia PPE

6

Latvia PPE

4

Cyprus PPE

Abstain (1)

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
1

Malta PPE

3

Lithuania PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

3

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Netherlands PPE

5

Portugal PPE

6

Croatia PPE

Abstain (1)

Dubravka ŠUICA
3

Slovenia PPE

5

Czechia PPE

7

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Ireland PPE

4

Finland PPE

Abstain (1)

Petri SARVAMAA
3

Austria PPE

Abstain (1)

Othmar KARAS
4

Belgium PPE

4

Bulgaria PPE

Abstain (1)

Andrey KOVATCHEV
7

Greece PPE

4

Romania PPE

11

Hungary PPE

12

Spain PPE

15

Poland PPE

For (1)

Jerzy BUZEK
23

Germany PPE

Abstain (2)

Andreas SCHWAB, Elmar BROK
32

France PPE

Abstain (1)

Arnaud DANJEAN
20

B8-0870/2016 - Résolution #

2016/07/06 Outcome: 0: 285, +: 278, -: 129
PL IT DE NL ES BE DK LT CZ RO SE FI HR MT BG PT EE SK AT SI LV CY LU GB HU IE EL FR
Total
48
70
85
25
50
19
13
9
20
28
12
13
9
6
17
20
6
11
17
8
8
5
6
63
21
10
20
72
icon: ECR ECR
62

Poland ECR

17

Italy ECR

2

Germany ECR

5

Netherlands ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Denmark ECR

4

Czechia ECR

2

Romania ECR

For (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

Finland ECR

2

Croatia ECR

For (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

Richard SULÍK
2

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Roberts ZĪLE
1

Cyprus ECR

1

United Kingdom ECR

16

Greece ECR

Against (1)

Notis MARIAS
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
44

Germany Verts/ALE

13

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Spain Verts/ALE

4

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Indrek TARAND
1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Claude TURMES
1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

France Verts/ALE

6
icon: PPE PPE
203

Poland PPE

Against (1)

Dariusz ROSATI

Abstain (1)

Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA
23

Italy PPE

14

Germany PPE

32

Netherlands PPE

5

Spain PPE

14

Belgium PPE

4

Denmark PPE

Abstain (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Lithuania PPE

2

Czechia PPE

7

Romania PPE

Against (1)

Iuliu WINKLER
11

Sweden PPE

3

Finland PPE

3

Croatia PPE

3

Malta PPE

3

Bulgaria PPE

7

Portugal PPE

For (1)

Carlos COELHO
6

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Slovakia PPE

Against (1)

Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK
6

Austria PPE

5

Slovenia PPE

5

Latvia PPE

Against (1)

Sandra KALNIETE

Abstain (1)

Artis PABRIKS
4

Cyprus PPE

Abstain (1)

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Hungary PPE

Against (1)

László TŐKÉS
12

Ireland PPE

4

Greece PPE

4

France PPE

Against (1)

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX
20
icon: S&D S&D
175

Poland S&D

5

Italy S&D

Against (1)

Simona BONAFÈ
29

Germany S&D

23

Netherlands S&D

3

Spain S&D

13

Belgium S&D

Abstain (1)

Kathleen VAN BREMPT
4

Denmark S&D

3

Lithuania S&D

2

Czechia S&D

3

Romania S&D

13

Sweden S&D

5

Finland S&D

2

Croatia S&D

2

Malta S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

4

Portugal S&D

8

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Slovakia S&D

3

Austria S&D

Against (1)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER
4

Slovenia S&D

Abstain (1)

Tanja FAJON
1

Latvia S&D

Abstain (1)

Andrejs MAMIKINS
1

Cyprus S&D

Abstain (1)

Costas MAVRIDES
1

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

United Kingdom S&D

19

Hungary S&D

4

Ireland S&D

Against (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Greece S&D

For (1)

Eva KAILI
4

France S&D

13
icon: ALDE ALDE
66

Germany ALDE

4

Netherlands ALDE

7

Spain ALDE

8

Belgium ALDE

Against (1)

Hilde VAUTMANS
5

Denmark ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

Abstain (1)

Antanas GUOGA
3

Czechia ALDE

4

Romania ALDE

2

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

Fredrick FEDERLEY
2

Finland ALDE

4

Croatia ALDE

2

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Portugal ALDE

2

Estonia ALDE

Against (1)

Jana TOOM
3

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Latvia ALDE

1

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

France ALDE

Against (1)

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Abstain (1)

Dominique RIQUET
7
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43

Poland EFDD

1

Italy EFDD

17

Germany EFDD

1

Lithuania EFDD

Abstain (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Czechia EFDD

Against (1)

Petr MACH
1

Sweden EFDD

Abstain (1)

Kristina WINBERG
1

United Kingdom EFDD

Abstain (1)

Jonathan ARNOTT
20

France EFDD

Against (1)

Joëlle BERGERON
1
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16

Poland NI

Against (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

Italy NI

For (1)

Renato SORU
1

Germany NI

For (1)

Udo VOIGT

Against (1)

Martin SONNEBORN
2

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Diane DODDS
1

Hungary NI

3

Greece NI

5

France NI

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
48

Italy GUE/NGL

3

Germany GUE/NGL

5

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Spain GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ
11

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Sweden GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Finland GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

For (1)

Marisa MATIAS
4

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

4

Greece GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Nikolaos CHOUNTIS
6

France GUE/NGL

3
icon: ENF ENF
34

Poland ENF

Against (1)

Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
1

Italy ENF

4

Netherlands ENF

3

Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Romania ENF

Abstain (1)

Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

Austria ENF

4

United Kingdom ENF

Against (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

France ENF

19

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    • date: 2016-07-06T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The European Parliament rejected two motions for resolutions on the Commission delegated decision of 15 April 2016 amending Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union, as regards Belarus. Qualified majority was needed for the adoption of the motions for resolutions. To recall, the Commission delegated decision seeks to amend Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU by including Belarus to the list of eligible countries for EIB financing operations covered by an EU guarantee. - The first draft resolution (tabled on behalf of EFDD group, and rejected by 108 votes to 428, with 158 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision on the ground that the delegated decision does not take properly into consideration all the aspects relating to respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy in Belarus. The Member who initiated the draft resolution is particularly critical of the fact that Belarus remains a centralised and autocratic state, tightly controlled by the President. President Lukashenko was re-elected on 11 October 2015 with 83.5 % of the vote, but significant problems, particularly during counting and tabulation, undermined the integrity of the elections. The draft resolution also stressed that: (i) despite some positive actions taken since August 2015, human rights violations are still rampant and systematic; (ii) journalists working for independent media or working for foreign media without accreditation are often detained, prosecuted and fined; (iii) for decades the opposition has been entirely absent from the parliament; (iv) Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty is applied. - The second draft resolution (tabled on behalf of the ECR, ALDE and Greens/EFA, and rejected by 278 votes to 129, with 285 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision, considering that it would be inappropriate and premature to grant and EU guarantee at this stage taking the view that the forthcoming general elections on 11 September 2016 represent an opportunity for Belarus to end its long-standing practice of fraudulent elections, and constitute a decisive test with which to measure the genuine will of the Belarusian authorities to reconcile with their own citizens and to engage constructively with the EU. Members who initiated the draft resolution stressed that since the decision to lift sanctions the overall human rights situation in the country has shown only a very limited improvement. The motion for a resolution: called on the European External Action Service to report to Parliament on the conduct and outcome of the elections on 11 September 2016, stressing that only after these elections will Parliament be in a position to assess any new delegated act on the matter; called on the Commission to ensure that an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank could not be used to finance the Ostrovets nuclear power plant, and to assess whether such a guarantee is in compliance with the EU sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation.
    • date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00 type: Delegated act not objected by Parliament body: EP
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      • The European Parliament rejected two motions for resolutions on the Commission delegated decision of 15 April 2016 amending Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union, as regards Belarus. Qualified majority was needed for the adoption of the motions for resolutions.

        To recall, the Commission delegated decision seeks to amend Annex III to Decision No 466/2014/EU by including Belarus to the list of eligible countries for EIB financing operations covered by an EU guarantee.

        - The first draft resolution (tabled on behalf of EFDD group, and rejected by 108 votes to 428, with 158 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision on the ground that the delegated decision does not take properly into consideration all the aspects relating to respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy in Belarus.

        The Member who initiated the draft resolution is particularly critical of the fact that Belarus remains a centralised and autocratic state, tightly controlled by the President. President Lukashenko was re-elected on 11 October 2015 with 83.5 % of the vote, but significant problems, particularly during counting and tabulation, undermined the integrity of the elections.

        The draft resolution also stressed that: (i) despite some positive actions taken since August 2015, human rights violations are still rampant and systematic; (ii) journalists working for independent media or working for foreign media without accreditation are often detained, prosecuted and fined; (iii) for decades the opposition has been entirely absent from the parliament; (iv) Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty is applied.

        - The second draft resolution (tabled on behalf of the ECR, ALDE and Greens/EFA, and rejected by 278 votes to 129, with 285 abstentions) called on Parliament to object to the delegated Commission decision, considering that it would be inappropriate and premature to grant and EU guarantee at this stage taking the view that the forthcoming general elections on 11 September 2016 represent an opportunity for Belarus to end its long-standing practice of fraudulent elections, and constitute a decisive test with which to measure the genuine will of the Belarusian authorities to reconcile with their own citizens and to engage constructively with the EU.

        Members who initiated the draft resolution stressed that since the decision to lift sanctions the overall human rights situation in the country has shown only a very limited improvement. The motion for a resolution:

        • called on the European External Action Service to report to Parliament on the conduct and outcome of the elections on 11 September 2016, stressing that only after these elections will Parliament be in a position to assess any new delegated act on the matter;
        • called on the Commission to ensure that an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank could not be used to finance the Ostrovets nuclear power plant, and to assess whether such a guarantee is in compliance with the EU sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation.
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