7 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2020/2112(INI)
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Russian Federation to enact its Arctic policies in full respect of international law and to be mindful of the consequences of its actions; isStresses that national sovereignty must form the legal therefore worried by the military build-up pursued by Russia, including the development of anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) capabilitiesritorial basis for all States’ actions in the Arctic region;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that cooperation with Russia in the Arctic should be consistent with the principle of selective engagement and should not jeopardise the goals of sanctions against Russian actions elsewis a key component of stability and maintaining balance in the region;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the inclusion of the Arctic by China in its economic development programmes, with the aspiration to integrate the Arctic’s northern sea route into its Belt and Road Initiative (as a ‘Polar Silk Road’), as well as the Arctic’s prules of international law resulting from the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as from inent place in the military strategy of the Russian Federation, are cause for concern and challenge any idea that the Arctic could be dealt with as a self-containedternational treaties relating to the region, must be the core standards governing the Arctic region;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that it is crucial that the right of innocent passage of foreign ships through territorial seas be preserved and regrets all efforts made by the Russian Federation aimed at closing its navigable Arctic routes;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned by the persistent intention of the Russian Federation and China to pursue far-reaching and highly impactful exploitation projects without appropriate assessment of their environmental impactsCalls on all the countries concerned to ensure that the environmental factor is taken into account in all their economic and commercial activities in the region;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the validity of the three founding pillars of the integrated EU policy for the Arctic, namely climate change, sustainable development and international cooperation; stresses that the European Union cannot replace the Member States in terms of extensions of sovereignty, including diplomatic ones;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets Russia’s veto of EU observer status in the Arctic Council; supports the EU’s continued de facto membership of Arctic Council working groupStresses that the Arctic Council can only be formed by sovereign States;