Activities of Julia PITERA related to 2018/2158(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
State of EU-Russia political relations (debate) PL
Amendments (12)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the full implementation of the Minsk Agreement remains a precondition for closer cooperation with Russia;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas new areas of tension between the EU and Russia have arisen since 20154, including: aggressive actions taken by Russia in reaction to the pro- European “Euromaidan”; Russian intervention in Syria; large-scale military exercises (Zapad 2017); rRussian interference aimed at influencing elections and stoking tensions in European societies as well as meddling in democratic election processes; restrictions on fundamental freedoms and extensive human rights violations in Russia, including the systemic targeting of human rights defenders and civil society in Russia, discrimination against the Tatar minority in occupied Crimea, and the politically motivated persecution of Alexei Navalny and many others; cyber attacks and assassinations on European soil carried out by Russian intelligence agents using chemical weapons; the intimidation, arrest and imprisonment of foreign citizens in Russia in breach of international law, including Oleg Sentsov and many others; the organisation of illegal and illegitimate elections in the Donbas; flawednon-democratic presidential elections lacking any real choice and with restrictions on fundamental freedoms; violations of arms control agreements;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Condemns Russia’s attacks in the Sea of Azov and actions in the Kerch Strait insofar as they breach international maritime law and international commitments undertaken by Russia itself in the bilateral agreement of 2003 between Ukraine and Russia and UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provide for the freedom of navigation; points out that the sanctions against Russia should be rolled over and extended to individuals and companies that profit from illegal situation, until the Russian Federation enables Ukraine to fully restore sovereignty and territorial integrity;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements demonstrates Russia's lack of good will; asks for consultatiregrets that the negotiations within the Normandy format have not brought tangible results; calls ons, to be advanced within the Normandy formatherefore, for a more effective involvement of the European Union as a whole in ending the Russian military interference on the Ukrainian soil;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that while the EU's stance is firm, coherent and concerted with respect to EU sanctions on Russia, further coordination and coherence is required in its foreign and security policy approach to Russia; calls, in this context, on Member States to end 'golden visa/passport' programmes, which benefit Russian oligarchs often supporting the Kremlin and may undermine the effectiveness of international sanctions;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reminds that it is important to continue strengthening sanctions towards Russia by prolonging and deepening them and extending their scope until the Russian Federation fully complies with international norms, stops aggressive behaviour towards Ukraine;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Underlines that various EU cases of money laundering, including the ING Bank, ABLV Bank, Danske Bank as well as Deutsche Bank were linked to Russian capital and/or citizens; calls for more effective scrutiny of all suspicious transaction reports and more actions by the Commission to better cooperate amongst Member States in the stricter control of capital coming from Russia and emphasises the need to provide full transparency of Russian financial flows in the EU;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that Russia and the EU will remain key economic partners in the foreseeable future, but Nord Stream 2 reinforces EU dependency on Russian gas supplies, threatens the EU internal market and is not in line withe EU integrity by not following one of the main principles of the EU energy policy, and therefore needs to be stopped; nergy Union - diversifying the countries from where gas is imported to the EU and therefore Nord Stream 2 project needs to be abandoned; underlines that no new projects should be implemented without prior legal assessment of the legal conformity to EU law and to the agreed political priorities;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that civil society organizations are often too weak to have a substantial impact on the fight against corruption in Russia, while NGOs are systematically discouraged from actively engaging in any anti-corruption efforts or in promoting public integrity; underlines that it is necessary to involve civil society in independent monitoring of the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies; calls on Russia to correctly implement international anti-corruption standards formulated in i.e. UN Convention against Corruption and OECD Anti-Bribery Convention;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses that Russia should stop anti-EU disinformation and propaganda in the EU and third countries; calls on the EU and Member States to allocate enough resources to effectively fight propaganda and fake news spread by Russia;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Underlines that Russia has been meddling in the democratic processes in various EU Member States and other countries, supporting anti-EU, populist parties and solutions (e.g. Brexit); calls, in this respect, the EU to find effective solutions to counter such actions by Russia, especially in the context of this year’s European elections;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the EU institutions and Member States to make greater efforts to build resilience, particularly in the cyber and media fieldset the rules and develop solutions to protect the cyber and media fields from Russian interference; emphasises the need to create a mechanism for exchange of information in these fields between the EU (and amongst its Member States) and the Eastern Partnership countries; calls for EU-wide support for the European cyber- security industry and a stronger engagement in research; encourages, in this context, the promotion of European values in Russian by East Stratcom;