Activities of Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the EU-Western Balkans summits held in Sofia and Zagreb in 2018 and 2020, and to their respective declarations,

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to the European Council conclusions of 23-24 June 2022 on Wider Europe, Ukraine, the membership applications of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, Western Balkans, economic issues, the Conference on the Future of Europe and external relations,

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 June 2019, 25 March 2020 and 14 December 2021 on enlargement and the stabilisation and association process,

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the EU is committed to supporting EU candidate and potential candidate countries, sharing EU’s common values, notably the Western Balkan countries; whereas the EU continues to be their biggest trade partner and largest provider of investment and financial assistance through the IPA III, the Economic and Investment Plan (EIP) for the Western Balkans and Macro- Financial Assistance;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas a new impetus is needed to reenergise the enlargement process, ensuring its continuity, consistency, credibility and impact; whereas in order to have a greater impact in the respective societies, the enlargement process must be less bureaucratic and more politically guided, as well as more dynamic and more outreach-oriented;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the European Council has taken the unprecedented decision to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, sending a strong message of support and solidarity to these countries in the light of the unprovoked Russian aggression against Ukraine;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas each enlargement country should be judged on its own merits; and its fulfilment of the EU membership criteria, which requires the effective implementation of EU-related reforms;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) undertake a thorough assessment of the EU’s enlargement capacity and enhance it with the new EU strategy for enlargement, including through necessary institutional reforms, strengthening EU’s capabilities to accommodate new Member States;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) strengthen Member States’ commitment to enlargement by delivering on EU’s obligations towards the Western Balkan countries; maintain its long- standing commitment to the Western Balkan countries and make sure their parallel track continues unaffected with more dynamism on the basis of merit, political reforms and agreed commitments;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen strategic communication on the benefits of enlargement both in the accession countries and in the Member States; improve the visibility of EU funding and its tangible results in the region;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) ~~accelerate the~~propose a meaningful strategy of accelerated integration of countries that demonstrate strategic orientation and unwavering commitment to EU-related reforms, democratic consolidation and foreign policy alignment;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) offer membership-oriented roadmaps of tangible and concrete steps, as well as regular feedback on accomplished results to all aspiring countries by further enhancing the revised enlargement methodology;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) reward progress with a wider phasing-in of candidate countries into respective EU policies and initiatives while sanctioning any backtracking; ensure that the integration into the EU Single Market and other sectors is based on strict conditionality and tangible progress in the reform process;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) recognise the threat created by Russia’s war of aggression by ~~imme~~supporting Ukraine and Moldova as candidate~~ly granting EU candidate status to Ukraine~~ countries in meeting the criteria of the “acquis communautaire” and continuing to provide political and technical support to ~~Moldova and~~ Georgia with a view to enabling them country to reach this important milestone as soon as possible, as a clear political signal of support to the people of these countries, and a means to accelerate internal reform processes;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae a (new)

(ae a) encourage inclusive regional economic cooperation on an equal footing in EU accession countries, especially in the Western Balkan region; strongly support cooperation strengthening alignment with EU standards and the EU acquis, and contributing to EU integration processes;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) step up citizen participation and the involvement of civil society in the enlargement process and invest in the youth and intraregional mobility; support the implementation of reforms related to youth and education and assist accession countries in tackling youth unemployment;

2022/07/11
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)

— having regard to the fact that Belarus has become an accomplice to Russia‘s war against Ukraine,

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine~~Russia wages war not only against Ukraine, but also against the NATO and the EU and collective democracies as such; whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War; whereas Ukraine defends not only its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also European common values of democracy; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Highlights the dramatic de~~Remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territor~~ation in Europe~~ial integrity and s~~ecurity accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act~~ overeignty; calls on the EU to increase its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid; calls on the EU together with other partners in the democratic world to come up with a clear plan for systemic financing o~~rder to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response~~f weapons deliveries for Ukraine, which would allow Ukraine to win the war against Russia; calls for a large-scale lend-lease military assistance facility for Ukraine, which would match the level of military deliveries from the US; calls on Member States to Rumassi~~a’s w~~vely accelerate their military a~~gainst~~ssistance to Ukraine, in~~cluding~~ particular the provision of ~~milit~~weapons in response to clearly equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid; identified needs and in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter, which allows for individual and collective self-defence; calls on the EU to urgently launch CSDP military assistance mission to enhancing Ukraine's ability to regenerate its forces and effectively conduct operations with an aim to help Ukraine to restore its territorial integrity and effectively exercise its sovereignty, protect the civilians in Ukraine and be able to deter and respond to possible future military offensives by Russia; calls on Member States to increase intelligence cooperation with Ukraine regarding the ongoing war and to share satellite images through SatCen and other satellite systems; insists on the need for the EU to step up their cybersecurity assistance to Ukraine; calls for full use of the EU cyber sanctions regime against individuals, entities and bodies responsible or involved in the various cyber-attacks targeting Ukraine;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights th~~e dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine~~at Russia’s war of aggression is the biggest geopolitical challenge and threat to European security the dramatic deterioration in European security; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; reiterates its call for the Member States to increase defence spending and ensure more effective capabilities; stresses the need to make full use of EU capability-development initiatives and budgets, notably the EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces and strengthen a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base, in order to strengthen the European pillar within NATO; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiatives;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on Members states to act in simplifying and harmonizing procedures for military mobility and shorten the timelines of granting permissions to enable the EU Member States to act faster and increase the efficiency of response, in line with their defence needs and responsibilities, both in the context of Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operations, as well as national and multinational activities (e.g.in the framework of NATO); calls for renewal of the Action Plan on Military Mobility;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. CStresses the need to increase weapons production by the EU military industries; considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Anna FOTYGA, Alviina ALAMETSÄ, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Javier NART, Sven MIKSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Reiterates the language set in the Strategic Compass that “a stronger and more capable EU in security and defence will contribute positively to global and transatlantic security and is complementary to NATO, which remains the foundation of collective defence for its members. These two go hand in hand.”

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Expresses grave concern over China’s continued military belligerence, pressure, assault exercises, airspace violations and other grey-zone military actions including cyber and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan; urges China to stop all these actions, restore the full respect of the Taiwan Strait’s median line; reiterates any change to cross-strait relations must be neither unilateral nor against the will of the Taiwanese people; stresses that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait has a direct impact on European security and prosperity;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers synergies and coherence with the implementation of NATO’s Strategic Concept essential, particularly in the areas of countering ~~Russian~~ aggression of Russia and its accomplice Belarus, cyber defence, hybrid warfare and support to strategic partners;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. In the context of the increasing tensions and recurrent outbreaks of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, welcomes European Council President Michel's efforts to mediate with both countries to seek for a sustainable normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan to promote a South Caucasus that is a secure, stable, peaceful and prosperous region; notes that with the aim of further involving the EU in the search for sustainable peace would be to set up the EU CSDP mission;

2022/10/10
Committee: AFET

2022/2048(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Miriam LEXMANN, David LEGA, Anna FOTYGA, Charlie WEIMERS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. expresses grave concern at Chinese government’s position indicated at the CCP’s 20th Party Congress that China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan; reiterates that the status quo of the Taiwan Strait should not be unilaterally altered against the will of the Taiwanese people; is of the view that the dispute between Taiwan and China should be solved through peaceful dialogues without any preconditions;

2022/10/24
Committee: AFET

2022/2048(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Miriam LEXMANN, David LEGA, Anna FOTYGA, Charlie WEIMERS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Underlines that Taiwan is a key EU partner and democratic ally in the Indo-Pacific region, one that contributes to maintaining a rules-based international order and upholds fundamental values; strongly urges the EU and its Member States to intensify cooperation and pursue a comprehensive enhanced partnership with Taiwan, notably essential cooperation on critical supply chain resilience, and countering disinformation and foreign interference.

2022/10/24
Committee: AFET

2022/2048(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Miriam LEXMANN, David LEGA, Anna FOTYGA, Charlie WEIMERS, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Strongly advocate Taiwan’s meaningful participation as an observer in the meetings, mechanism and activities of the World Health Organization, UNFCCC, International Civil Aviation Organization and Interpol;

2022/10/24
Committee: AFET

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Stresses that particular attention should be paid to the uncontrolled and unsupervised diffusion orders exchanged directly between Interpol member countries, as diffusion orders carry the same risks of politically motivated abuses as red notices, but are not reviewed by the Interpol bodies; calls for the immediate suspension of the Russian Federation’s access to Interpol’s systems and calls on the EU Member States not to accept diffusion orders from the Russian Federation;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes the announcement by Interpol’s Secretary-General that it would implement enhanced monitoring measures to identify and prevent further abuse of Interpol’s systems by Russia; remains concerned, however, that monitoring alone will not fully mitigate the risks of Russian abuse; stresses, therefore, that given the current special circumstances ~~Interpol~~the Russian Federation should ~~take~~ immediate ~~and firm measures to exclude the Russian Federation from the organisation~~ly be excluded from Interpol;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Highlights the need to address the problem of lack of regulation of exclusion of member countries from Interpol;

2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital M

~~M. whereas the functioning of the Union is founded on representative democracy and whereas EU citizens are directly represented at Union level in Parliament;~~deleted

2022/05/06
Committee: AFET

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital S a (new)

Sa. whereas EU Common Foreign and Security policy is defined and implemented by the European Council and the Council acting unanimously, except where the Treaties provide otherwise, as provided for in the Article 24 TEU and whereas Member States are represented by their Heads of State or Government in the European Council and by their Governments in the Council, who are themselves democratically accountable either to their national Parliaments or to their citizens and whereas the functioning of the Union is founded on representative democracy and European citizens are directly represented at the Union level by the European Parliament and whereas every citizen has the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union as provided for in the Article 10 TEU;

2022/05/06
Committee: AFET

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital S b (new)

Sb. whereas the European Parliament, as a direct representation at the Union level of the citizens, has a unique obligation to guarantee to the citizens of EU the right to be informed about the actions or inactions of the European Council and the Council and their individual members, which were made in order to define and to implement EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;

2022/05/06
Committee: AFET

2022/0000(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)

(sa) involve the European Parliament in the scrutiny of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy implementation and create proper procedures for the Parliament to execute an obligation to guarantee to the citizens of EU the right to be informed about the actions or inactions of the European Council and the Council and their individual members, which were made in order to define and to implement EU Common Foreign and Security Policy; create proper parliamentary procedures for individual members of the European Council and the Council to inform the Parliament about their position, which they take during the process of definition and implementation of EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;

2022/05/06
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

— having regard to its previous resolutions on Georgia, in particular, that of 8 June 2022 on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists and that of 16 September 2020 on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Georgia,

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

— having regard to the Joint Staff Working Document on Economic and Investment Plan for Eastern Partnership,

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to Reporters' Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index 2022,

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Georgia submitted its application for EU membership on 3 March 2022 in the context of continued strong public support for Georgia's European aspirations as well as Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas freedom of expression, freedom of media and the safety of journalists are a cornerstone of a functioning democracy;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the 19 April 2021 Agreement, mediated by the President of the European Council, underlined the need to address politicised justice through judicial reform in order to increase the independence, transparency and accountability of the judicial system;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the media environment of Georgia continues to deteriorate and, in the recent years, an unprecedented high number of violent physical attacks against journalists have occurred in Georgia; whereas in 2022 Georgia fell in the World Press Freedom Index from 60th to 89th place out of 180;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas selective investigations and prosecutions targeting those critical of the current government undermine public trust not only in judicial institutions, but also in the Georgian authorities;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Radosław SIKORSKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas former President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose health has been constantly deteriorating, continues to be incarcerated;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)

Df. whereas Nika Gvaramia, the director of the TV channel Mtavari, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison on dubious charges of money laundering, bribery and document forgery;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)

Dg. whereas 20% of Georgian territory continues to be occupied by the Russian Federation;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)

Dh. whereas Russia continues to employ disinformation, cyber attacks and other hybrid methods to undermine Georgia's societal and institutional resilience;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D i (new)

Di. whereas the Russian Federation has intensified the annexation of Georgia’s occupied territories, including through the intentions of holding the so- called 'referendum' in the Tskhinvali/South Ossetia region on the matter of 'joining' the Russian Federation, transfer of the “Bichvinta” property complex and the surrounding area to the Russian Federation, as well as the incorporation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia in military, economic, justice, social and other spheres of the Russian Federation;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its international obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, notably to withdraw all its military and security from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow establishment of international security mechanisms therein, to allow the EUMM unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia pursuant to its mandate;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

11b. Condemns the increasing number of cases of intimidation, threats and violence against the persecution of journalists, including an increasing number of criminal investigations into media workers and owners;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, David LEGA, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Notes continued Russian disinformation campaigns targeting the Georgian society, including in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to continue strengthening cooperation with relevant Georgian institutions to address Russian disinformation and its consequences;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Condemns the sentencing of Nika Gvaramia, the director of the independent TV channel Mtavari, on 16 May 2022; notes that the postponement of Nika Gvaramia's appeal process is unacceptable and reiterates its call for a review of Gvaramia's conviction;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reiterates the importance of independent oversight of Georgia’s state institutions; regrets, in this respect, the dismantling of State Inspector’s Service against ODIHR recommendations; highlights the positive role of the public defender of Georgia in protecting human rights, promoting good governance and strengthening the rule of law; calls for an inclusive process of selecting the new Public Defender;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Radosław SIKORSKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Georgian authorities to release former president Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on humanitarian grounds in order to allow him to undergo proper medical treatment abroad;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Deplores the erection of new Stalin statues in Georgia, including in the city of Zestofani in 2020; stresses that the glorification of Stalin and other totalitarian communist leaders not only distorts the bloody and cruel legacy of communism, but is first and foremost an affront to its millions of victims;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Notes that, according to expert evaluations, the DCFTA has had a positive impact on legislative approximation and institutional development, but it only had a modest impact on trade between the EU and Georgia; calls on the Commission to review the DCFTA's potential to increase trade volumes between the EU and Georgia;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Commission to support the full implementation of the DCFTA through coordinated assistance, with a focus on support for SMEs and structural reforms, including development of quality infrastructure to facilitate efficient implementation of the approximated legislation;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Regrets the continued delays in the development of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port following the Georgian Government's cancellation of the project contract with the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) in 2020; is deeply concerned by the Panama Papers revelations concerning Bidzina Ivanishvili's investment in the rival Poti port project and the impact of vested interests on key projects as well as overall investors' confidence in Georgia;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls on the Commission to extend “Roam-like-at-home” Regulation to Georgia, which has the potential to bring significant benefits for EU and Georgian businesses and citizens;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the Commission to support creation of a common roaming space between Georgia and the EU through coordinated assistance with a focus on gradual reduction of international roaming tariffs between Georgia and the EU in line with the EU regulations thus protecting consumers’ rights, as well as assisting gradual approximation of Georgia to the EU acquis and contributing to Georgia’s European integration process;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Underlines Georgia's role as a significant contributor to the EU crisis management (CSDP) operations;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Calls for an increased assistance and enhanced partnership in the area of security and defence with Georgia as declared in the EU Strategic Compass, including through the European Peace Facility; welcomes EU’s commitment and determination to support Georgia in countering hybrid threats;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)

15e. Calls on the Council and the EEAS to further engage with Georgia on the CSDP, particularly in view of Georgia’s interest in discussing the possibility of participating in PESCO projects and in developing cooperation with the relevant EU agencies, with a view to enhancing Georgia’s resilience;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)

15e. Reiterates support to the human capital development, strengthening private sector role in Vocational education system management and addressing skills mismatch for better employment possibilities;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)

15f. Welcomes Georgia’s strong commitment to starting the process of becoming the Third Country Associated to Erasmus+ Programme and encourages Georgia’s participation in the new Horizon Europe Program in order to make use of the opportunities for the Georgian scientific and innovation community;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)

15g. Calls the European Commission and Georgia to consider increasing the number of Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) projects in Georgia in order to increase EU-Georgia connectivity;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)

15h. Encourages European Commission, ENTSO-E and Georgia to start working on synchronization of Georgian electricity grid with the European Continental Grid and on the inclusion of Georgia in Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA);

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Welcomes the signing of the Jean Monnet Dialogue between the European Parliament and the Georgian Parliament; regrets the delays in implementing the JMD; reiterates the European Parliament's commitment and calls on the Georgian Parliament to start the process as soon as possible;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2236(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Deplores and condemns the personal attacks against Members of the European Parliament by representatives of the Georgian Dream party; considers these attacks unacceptable and damaging to the mutual relationship between Georgia and the European Union;

2022/09/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2232(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Andrzej HALICKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the positive role Taiwan plays in fostering peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region; urges the EU and Member States to take a proactive role in working with like-minded international partners to pursue peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and to intensify cooperation with Taiwan to promote common values of freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law in the Indo- Pacific region;

2021/12/21
Committee: AFET

2021/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas NATO has reconfirmed its Open Door Policy;

2022/02/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2199(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Andrzej HALICKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas integration of Ukraine to the European Union is as important as integration of Ukraine to NATO;

2022/02/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2199(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Andrzej HALICKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas the Commission, the EEAS and EU Member States should be responding to Kremlin`s threats not only with NATO-led hard security instruments, but also with the EU`s soft power of the European integration, which is central to economic and political success, as well as security of Ukraine;

2022/02/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2199(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Andrzej HALICKI, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Invites the EU institutions to provide a more ambitious integration agenda for Ukraine, as well as for the Association Trio, which could include the practical steps to the first intermediate stage of Ukraine`s accelerated full integration into the EU`s Single Market;

2022/02/09
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Developing an EU ~~defence doctrine~~security defence policy using the Strategic Compass to drive strategic autonomy

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls for an integrated approach to the EU security and defence by strengthening not only conventional (military) but also other dimensions of security such as information, cyber, economic, energy, infrastructure, value chains in strategic sectors and other areas of security of the EU;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Considers weaponised migration flows through the eastern EU’s external border coupled with a disinformation campaign as a combined hybrid warfare aimed at intimidating and destabilising the EU; calls on the Union to develop relevant legislative means providing necessary safeguards to effectively react and respond to instrumentalisation of migration for political purposes by third countries, to ensure an effective protection of the EU’s external border and provide measures to prevent irregular crossings;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – introductory part

38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led into ~~a reduction in the number of projects~~making projects more efficient and an increase in its political monitoring; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; considers that the Strategic Compass should aim to:

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)

41a. Underlines the geopolitical importance of the Union in taking lead responsibility for its regional stability, security and prosperity and preventing destabilising processes in the EU neighbourhood, both East and South as well as the Arctic;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)

41b. Is concerned that Russian Federation military forces continue to occupy large parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law, that they are still present in the Republic of Moldova, and that Russia continues to destabilise peace and security in the region as well as actively use hybrid measures against democracies in Europe; continues to condemn Russia’s military intervention and illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the keeping of the frozen conflict in Moldova; stresses the need to speak with one voice on the EUs policy in that context;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy~~, in particular a~~ and assumes gre~~gards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)~~ater responsibility in the transatlantic alliance; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Miriam LEXMANN, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Urmas PAET, David LEGA, Attila ARA-KOVÁCS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for coherence between NATO’s new strategic concept ~~to be coherent with~~and the EU’s Strategic Compass;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Notes with serious concern the recent display of force and escalating tensions in the regional hotspots such as South and East China Sea and Taiwan Strait; underlines that the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific regions is of great importance for the EU and its Member States; expresses grave concern over China’s continued military manoeuvers in the Taiwan Strait, including those aimed at Taiwan or taking place in Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone; calls on the PRC to stop such military sabre-rattling that pose serious threats to the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo- Pacific region; reiterates that the relationship between China and Taiwan should be developed constructively through dialogues, without coercion or destabilizing tactics by either side; stresses the opposition to any unilateral action that may undermine the status quo of the Taiwan Strait and that any change to cross-strait relations must not be made against the will of Taiwan’s citizens;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Miriam LEXMANN, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Urmas PAET, David LEGA, Attila ARA-KOVÁCS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)

45b. Recalls that China, together with other non-democratic countries, also remains a major threat to democracies in Europe through disinformation campaigns, in which they exploit the openness and freedom of expression to propose an authoritarian alternative to the democratic system; note that cooperation in the fight against disinformation is therefore in the interest of both the EU and Taiwan;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2183(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Miriam LEXMANN, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Urmas PAET, David LEGA, Attila ARA-KOVÁCS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)

45c. Encourages the EU and the Member States to deepen cooperation with Taiwan in confronting disinformation from malign third countries, including the sharing of best practices, joint approaches to fostering media freedom and journalism, deepening cooperation on cybersecurity and cyber-threats, raising citizens’ awareness and improving overall digital literacy among the population in order to strengthen the resilience of our democratic systems; support intensified cooperation between relevant European and Taiwanese government agencies, NGOs and think tanks in this field;

2021/10/29
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic ~~and the recent~~, the rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan and recent hybrid actions against the EU and its Member States aimed at challenging our democratic foundations, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. To achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU should shape its CFSP on the basis of the following ~~five~~six actions:

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3

- achieving European sovereignty by interlinking the EU’s external actions, and assuming greater responsibility in the transatlantic alliance,

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

- engaging in a comprehensive strategic dialogue with democratic partners worldwide and coordinating common actions of shared interest;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and ~~organisation~~their proxies; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’s response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the development of a common strategic culture respecting the specific character of the security and defence policies of the Member States and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revised version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms; supports the EU Associated Trio format of countries most advanced on the European path; reminds that success of the EaP countries can be demonstrated and consolidated only through EU integration process, and it can show also to the Russian people what socio-economic benefits European-type reforms can bring;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to use the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit to develop an ambitious agenda for advancing reforms and democratic governance in the Eastern Partnership and thus support the CFSP goals;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Reiterates its position of non- recognition of the illegitimate Lukashenka regime in Belarus; stands in solidarity with the EU Member States who are facing hybrid threats from the Lukashenka regime and the Kremlin; stresses its unwavering support for democratic Belarus, and calls on the Lukashenka regime to immediately cease all repressions and release all political prisoners; expresses its support for additional targeted sanctions against individuals and entities responsible or enabling the repression of the Belarusian people;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil societyregrets that Russian Federation military forces continue to occupy parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law, that they are still present in the Republic of Moldova, and that Russia continues to destabilise peace and security in the region as well as actively use hybrid measures against democracies in Europe; condemns Russia’s military intervention and illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the keeping of the frozen conflict in Moldova; stresses the need to speak with one voice on the EUs policy in that context;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Underlines that European Parliament has recommended the EU to review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles, and to develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a strategy on future EU relations with a democratic Russia, which would demonstrate clearly for the people of Russia the benefits such relations could bring; reiterates that the EU has to make it clear that if Russia continues its current policy on Belarus, the EU will have to introduce additional containment and deterrence measures on Russia;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Reiterates, as underlined in its resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy4 , its call for the EU to develop a more assertive, comprehensive, and consistent EU-China strategy that unites all Member States and shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a whole by engaging China in a structured and systematic format of 27+1; emphasises that this strategy should promote a rules-based multilateral order, have the defence of EU values at its core and should be based on the three principles of cooperating where possible, competing where needed, and confronting where necessary; strongly advocates for Taiwan’s full participation as an observer in meetings, mechanisms and activities of international organisations; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382.

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Michael GAHLER, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Miriam LEXMANN, David LEGA, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Javier NART, Engin EROGLU, Klemen GROŠELJ, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Attila ARA-KOVÁCS, Bert-Jan RUISSEN, Anna FOTYGA, Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Notes with serious concern the recent display of force and escalating tensions in the regional hotspots such as South and East China Sea and Taiwan Strait; underlines that the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific regions is of great importance for the EU and its Member States; expresses grave concern over China’s continued military manoeuvers in the Taiwan Strait, including those aimed at Taiwan or taking place in Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone; calls on the PRC to stop such military sabre-rattling that pose serious threats to the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo- Pacific region; reiterates that the relationship between China and Taiwan should be developed constructively through dialogues, without coercion or destabilizing tactics by either side; stresses the opposition to any unilateral action that may undermine the status quo of the Taiwan Strait and that any change to cross-strait relations must not be made against the will of Taiwan’s citizens;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Denounces the Chinese Communist Party's coercion against Lithuania and other EU Member States and partners, and calls for greater solidarity with countries coerced by the CCP, including by collaborating with our democratic allies in opening our markets to economies suffering under the CCP's economic coercion;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and autocratic regimes, which are in the majority for the first time in 20 years; calls for the EU and the Member States to make full use of the tools at their disposal to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwide; Calls on the EU to intensify cooperation with democracies worldwide and adopt new international tools and instruments for defending democracy, such as preventive sanctions for authoritarian leaders who intend to ‘steal’ elections and for oligarchs who finance these regimes, uncovering and freezing ‘dark’ money of vast corruption, and application of universal jurisdiction in cases of gross human rights violations;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that the EU should not recognise the voting which took place in Russia on 17-19 September 2021, as the opposition candidates were not allowed to run, free media was persecuted, international observers from the OSCE/ODHIR were not allowed to come and observe the elections, electronic voting was marred and there were numerous instances of voting irregularities and electoral fraud;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Russian Government to immediately release Alexei Navalny, who survived state-sponsored assassination attempt by military grade chemical weapon, but was detained in Russia, sentenced under trumped up charges and imprisoned for political reasons; reminds that there are over 400 political prisoners in Russia, and 685 political prisoners in Belarus and the number of political prisoners in both countries continues to grow;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Condemns instrumentalisation of illegal migration, a hybrid attack aimed to destabilize Europe by Lukashenko regime in Belarus, who devised a scheme ferrying migrants from Iraq and Turkey to Minsk and with the help of Belarusian border guards facilitating their illegal crossing into the European Union; calls on the European Commission to prepare relevant legislative proposals providing Member States necessary safeguards to effectively react and respond to instrumentalisation of migration by hostile third countries aimed at intimidating and destabilising the EU;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Points out that authoritarian Russia is an aggressive power that poses a threat to Europe’s peace and security; reminds that Russia is responsible for waging a war in Europe, in Donbas, for occupation of territories of neighbouring countries and for illegal annexation of Crimea;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Reminds that in the authoritarian states the internet and cyber space often remains the sole area free of state control and censorship for human rights defenders, free media and pro-democratic opposition and it must be defended; deplores the fact that Apple and Google have removed jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s smart voting application from the iOS and Android stores under pressure from the Russian government;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages the US to move towards the abolition of the death penalty~~, the reform of the criminal justice system, including through addressing systemic racism, and the end of all discrimination against LGBTQI persons~~; urges dialogue and exchange of best practices between the EU and US on promoting racial and gender equality;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Supports the proposal of President Biden to hold a Summit for Democracy with like-minded democracies, proposes that the EU establishes together with the US a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and elaborate a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionality of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracy;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Believes that the EU should engage more with the US in ~~the Western Balkans~~Eastern Europe and Weastern ~~Europe~~Balkans in order to build resilient, prosperous, democratic multi- ethnic societies there, capable of resisting the disruptive influence of both local and external authoritarian forces;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas China, as stated by the European Council in 2019, is cooperation and negotiation partner, economic competitor and systemic rival to the EU;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas China is increasingly aspiring a more global role, as Chinese President Xi Jinping openly vowed in his report at the 19th Communist Party Congress in 2017 that by 2049 China would become a global leader in terms of composite national strength and international influence;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. Whereas the examples of long- term democracy tradition in Hong Kong and Taiwan demonstrate that democracy is the value for the Chinese people;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recognizes China’s right to pursue its interests and fulfil its potential of global leadership, however, such leadership must be built on respect for universal human rights, democracy and the rule of law, therefore longer-term future development of China towards more authoritarianism or towards democracy will have a significant global impact;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Stresses that the EU and the US have the same strategic long-term geopolitical interest – to ensure that upcoming global leadership of China would not weaken the rules-based liberal world order, therefore the EU and the US must coordinate their policies towards China and concrete measures should be elaborated at a special EU-US Summit on China;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20 b. Believes that the EU and the US should elaborate a joint strategy to help China adapt itself to democracy values and norms and by becoming “one nation, one democratic system” country to be welcomed by other democracies in taking up its new role of global leadership;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Stresses that the lifting of countersanctions by China is a necessary and preliminary pre-condition for the scrutiny and ratification of the EU-China Investment Agreement;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Underlines additional conditions and pre-ratification commitments that should be met before the European Parliament can give its consent to the EU- China Investment Agreement, notably: a) having a timetable for China’s ratification and implementation of key International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on labour rights and a robust monitoring mechanism, as well as concrete measures or steps towards putting an end to other human rights violations against the Uyghur minority in China; (b) a recommitment by China to uphold its international commitments to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong’s Basic Law;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Stresses urgent need to significantly boost the expert capacity on China in the EEAS and the Commission;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37 b. Points out the importance of independent studies and research on China in Universities, think tanks, research institutions and schools across EU, free of Chinese financial support or influence, ensuring academic integrity and freedom of speech, therefore calls on EU to develop a program to finance China-related research and language training in the EU;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Gabriel MATO, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) Whilst always acting within the framework of international law, it is essential that the Union possess an appropriate instrument to deter and counteract economic coercion by third countries in order to safeguard its rights and interests and those of its Member States. This is particularly the case where third countries take measures affecting trade or investment that interfere in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State ~~by seeking~~, including its governmental and judicial actions and decisions, by seeking, directly or indirectly, to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State. Such measures affecting trade or investment may include not only actions taken on, and having effects within, the territory of the third country, but also actions taken by the third country, including through entities controlled or directed by the third country and present in the Union, that cause harm to economic activities in the Union.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Gabriel MATO, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The objectives of this Regulation, in particular counteracting third countries’ economic coercion of the Union or a Member State, cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States acting on their own. This is because Member States as distinct actors under international law may not be entitled under international law to respond to economic coercion directed against the Union. Additionally, because of the exclusive competence conferred on the Union by Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States are prevented from taking common commercial policy measures as a response to economic coercion. Therefore, those objectives ~~can b~~are achieved with greater effectiveness at Union level, and in the spirit of unity and solidarity.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) The Union should support and cooperate with third countries affected by the same or similar measures of economic coercion or other interested third countries, in particular, like minded democratic partners. The Union should participate in international coordination in bilateral, plurilateral or multilateral fora that are geared towards the prevention or elimination of the economic coercion.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) The Union should only impose countermeasures when other means such as negotiations, mediation or adjudication do not lead to the prompt and effective cessation of the economic coercion and to reparation of the injury it has caused to the Union or its Member States, and where action is necessary to protect the interests and rights of the Union and its Member States and it is in the Union’s interest. It is appropriate that the Regulation sets out the applicable rules and procedures for the imposition and application of Union response measures and permits expeditious action ~~where necessary~~ to preserve the effectiveness of any Union response measures.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Gabriel MATO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) It is important to ensure an effective and regular communication and exchange of views and information between the Commission on the one hand and the European Parliament and the Council on the other, in particular on efforts to engage with the third country concerned to explore options with a view to obtaining the cessation of the economic coercion and on matters that may lead to the adoption of Union response measures under this Regulation.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Gabriel MATO, David LEGA

— interferes in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State, including its governmental and judicial actions and decisions, by seeking to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)

- circumvents or assists another third country to circumvent restrictive measures imposed by the Union

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Gabriel MATO, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) whether the third country is engaging in a pattern of interference seeking to obtain from the Union or from Member States or other countries particular acts, or to hinder the Union's or the Member States' capacity to act;

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Andrius KUBILIUS, Gabriel MATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. The Commission shall use the Single Entry Point to allow all Union stakeholders to submit information concerning measures taken by a third country.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Gabriel MATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

The Commission shall keep the European Parliament and the Council regularly informed of relevant developments.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, David LEGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Any Union response measure shall not exceed the level that is commensurate with the injury suffered by the Union or a Member State due to the third country’s measures of economic coercion, taking into account the gravity of the third country’s measures and the rights in question, as well as the impact of the measures on the Union or a Member State.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2021/0406(COD)

Miriam LEXMANN, Vladimír BILČÍK, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Gabriel MATO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall keep under review the measures of economic coercion deployed by a third country that have triggered the Union response measures, the effectiveness of the Union response measures adopted and their effects on the Union’s interests and shall keep the European Parliament and the Council regularly informed thereof.

2022/06/21
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges that NATO remains the cornerstone of the collective defence for those States, which are members of it;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that the transatlantic community is faced with a broad array of unprecedented common challenges~~, ranging from the fight against~~ to democracies, ranging from Russian aggression, terrorism to, hybrid threats~~, climate change,~~ including disinformation, cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs), climate change, and a shifting global power balance, as well as the resulting challenge to the international rules-based order;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that the ongoing and future work being carried out in parallel on both the EU’s Strategic Compass and the expected update of NATO’s Strategic Concept represents a unique opportunity to identify additional synergies ~~in order~~and to further the EU-NATO cooperation; underlines that both processes must come to cohesive conclusions; ~~expresses its vision that the EU Strategic Compass could lay the foundations for an EU contribution to the update of NATO’s Strategic Concept;~~ believes that these processes should separately highlight the added value of each organisation, help define a better division of tasks and, by means of a constant dialogue and close coordination, map out whether the EU or NATO should take the lead in a given field;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines that security dimension of the Eastern Partnership countries should be properly reflected in the Strategic Compass because of the fact that security environment and resilience of both partners – the EU and NATO – cannot be achieved without long-term security resilience of all EaP countries;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls all NATO member-states to adopt the decision on the margins of the upcoming NATO Summit regarding the Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and Georgia which is only one strategic precondition for future security stability of Trans-Atlantic community;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the EU’s competences and encourages the cooperation of both organizations in the key field of resilience, among other things in the area of protecting critical infrastructure, such as in the transport, energy and IT sectors;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Emphasises that improved military mobility will benefit the EU enhancing Member States’ connectivity in both military and civilian spheres as well as increase the preparedness of the EU and NATO response to crises; calls the EU and its Member States to step up efforts to continue to reduce procedural barriers to military mobility; notes that the coherence and mutual reinforcement of efforts should be ensured to improve military mobility as well as to achieve synergies between EU and NATO; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure sufficient financial allocation for military mobility development needs;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the requests by the United States, Canada, and Norway to participate in the PESCO project on military mobility; underlines that this marks an important step towards increased coherence between the common EU and NATO capability development efforts, and illustrates the revitalisation of the transatlantic partnership; encourages openness of other PESCO projects for participation of non-EU Allies;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Expresses its utmost concern regarding the continuous revisionist policies pursued by Russia under President Putin; underscores the need for both NATO and the EU to remain vigilant and to adequately respond to acts of aggression and provocation by Russia, such as, in particular, its illegitimate and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014; regrets President Putin’s evident rejection of dialogue, and ~~considers Russia’s continued aggressive actions as a threat to~~expresses its grave concern over the ongoing build-up of Russian military forces on Ukraine’s borders and in Russia`s occupied territories of Ukraine, which is a significant security threat not only to Ukraine and the Black sea`s region, but also threatens Euro- Atlantic security and stability; calls on the Euro-Atlantic community to contribute the strengthening of Ukraine’s military resilience;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Acknowledges that the current Putin’s regime is a key challenge as for the whole Transatlantic community as well as for neighbouring countries, in particular for Ukraine, Georgian and Moldova. This acknowledgment is a key strategic precondition for further strategic assessment of the security future of the Transatlantic community;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses serious concern that authoritarian adversaries and competitors of the transatlantic partnership are ~~not only using military but also~~also using political and economic tools to undermine our societies and democracies; points to the significant security and economic challenges posed by hybrid threats, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns, which in some cases constitute an attack against the very nature of our democracies;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Is convinced that the Member States must increase their efforts to improve the ~~EU’s~~ir ability to act with a more capable, deployable, interoperable and sustainable set of military capabilities and forces, which would give the EU the capacity to contribute more equitably to transatlantic security, enable it to achieve strategic autonomy, and further pave the way to progressively frame a European Defence Union (EDU) in line with Article 42 of the TEU; stresses that strategic autonomy strengthens transatlantic security, and by no means aims to decouple from or weaken NATO; underlines at the same time that strategic autonomy not only entails defence capability development but also the institutional capacity enabling the EU to act, where possible with partners, and independently if necessary; believes that these increased European military efforts will allow the EU to take greater responsibility for European security, to be more resilient and to better promote common EU-NATO interests and values, in particular in the European neighbourhood;

2021/04/27
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underscores the need to advance defence capability development in order to adequately respond to commonly identified threats; believes that EU Member States, especially the 21 joint EU-NATO members, need to ~~act coherently and should consider identifying a clear ‘European level of ambition’ in quantitative and qualitative terms regarding capability development in NATO~~implement the NATO defence investment pledge; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination between the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP);

2021/04/22
Committee: AFET

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the EU and its institutions, building on the foundation laid by the ‘integrated approach’, to ~~develop both~~further contribute to a common European security and defence culture, which respects the specific character of the security and defence policies of the Member States, as well as a strategic approach, throughout its policy-making, which should apply in particular to decisions in the fields of trade, development cooperation, infrastructure, mobility and digital technologies;

2021/04/22
Committee: AFET

2020/2217(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to respect Open Data Directive objectives when negotiating the implementing act on high-value data sets; calls for these data sets to include inter alia a list of company ~~and~~, business registers, public procurement and other data sets pertinent to well functioning of the EU;

2020/11/12
Committee: ITRE

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the consequences of the EU not having enough competence when it comes to health care; whereas the pandemic has demonstrated the need to develop EU military mobility, as important element in support for management of major civilian crises; whereas by developing capabilities under PESCO this experience and lessons identified should be taken into account; whereas, by the same analogy, it would make sense to establish an EU common defence strategy in order to be able to respond to an attack on the EU’s borders and territories; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the objective of a common defence;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) maintain the EU’s budgetary ambition for the strengthening of defence ~~capabili~~initiatives, notably thought the sufficient financing of EDF and military mobility in the upcoming MFF;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2042(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4

- affirming and seeking widespread~~, binding recognition that migration is becoming ever more necessary as part of the resp~~ understanding that climate change may become onse tof the ~~impacts of climate chang~~main causes of mass migration in near future, and proposing international arrangements for managing climate-induced migration,

2020/10/15
Committee: DEVE

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Providers of hosting services shall put mechanisms in place to allow any individual or entity to notify them of the presence on their service of specific items of information that the individual or entity considers to be illegal content or information that is incompatible with the terms and conditions of the provider. Those mechanisms shall be easy to access, user- friendly, and allow for the submission of notices exclusively by electronic means.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 shall be such as to facilitate the submission of sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated notices, on the basis of which a diligent economic operator can identify the illegality or incompatibility of the content in question. To that end, the providers shall take the necessary measures to enable and facilitate the submission of notices containing all of the following elements:

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) an explanation of the reasons why the individual or entity considers the information in question to be illegal content or incompatible with the provider’s terms and conditions;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) a clear indication of the electronic location of that information, in particular the exact URL or URLs, and, where necessary, additional information enabling the identification of the illegal or incompatible content;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Online platforms shall provide recipients of the service, and individuals or entities that have submitted a notice, for a period of at least six months following the decision referred to in this paragraph, the access to an effective internal complaint-handling system, which enables the complaints to be lodged electronically and free of charge, against the decision taken by the provider of the online platform not to act upon the receipt of a notice or against the following decisions taken by the online platform on the ground that the information provided by the recipients is illegal content or incompatible with its terms and conditions:

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) decisions whether or not to remove or disable access to or restrict visibility of the information;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) decisions whether or not to suspend or terminate the provision of the service, in whole or in part, to the recipients;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) decisions whether or not to suspend or terminate the recipients’ account.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) decisions whether or not to restrict the ability to monetise content provided by the recipients;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(cb) decisions whether or not to apply labels or additional information on content.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) it has particular expertise and competence for the purposes of detecting, identifying and notifying illegal content or an incompatibility of the content with the platform’s terms and conditions;;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

1. Online platforms shall suspend, for a reasonable period of time and after having issued a prior warning, the provision of their services to recipients of the service that frequently provide manifestly illegal content or that is incompatible with their terms and conditions.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the natural or legal person on whose behalf the advertisement is displayed and the natural or legal person who finances the advertisement;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) identification and assessment of ~~the most prominent and recurrent~~each of the systemic risks reported by very large online platforms or identified through other information sources, in particular those provided in compliance with Article 31 and 33;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. Very large online platforms that display advertising on their online interfaces shall compile and make publicly available through application programming interfaces a searchable, easy to access and functional repository containing the information referred to in paragraph 2, until onthree years after the advertisement was displayed for the last time on their online interfaces. They shall ensure multi- criterion queries can be performed per advertiser and per all data points present in the advertisement. They shall ensure that the repository does not contain any personal data of the recipients of the service to whom the advertisement was or could have been displayed. They shall make sure that if advertisements have been labelled, moderated, or disabled, these labels shall be clearly visible and identifiable for users and researchers.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3

3. Very large online platforms shall provide access to data pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 through online databases or application programming interfaces, as appropriate, and with an easily accessible and user-friendly mechanism to search for multiple criteria, such as those reported in accordance with the obligations set out in Articles 13, 23 and 33.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4

4. In order to be vetted, researchers ~~shall be~~ affiliated with academic institutions, journalists, civil society organisations or international organisations representing the public interest, shall be independent from commercial interests, have proven records of expertise in the fields related to the risks investigated or related research methodologies, and shall commit and be in a capacity to preserve the specific data security and confidentiality requirements corresponding to each request.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission shall, after consulting the Board, and no later than one year after entry into force of this legislation, adopt delegated acts laying down the technical conditions under which very large online platforms are to share data pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 and the purposes for which the data may be used. Those delegated acts shall lay down the specific conditions under which such sharing of data with vetted researchers can take place in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, taking into account the rights and interests of the very large online platforms and the recipients of the service concerned, including the protection of confidential information, in particular trade secrets, and maintaining the security of their service.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Dace MELBĀRDE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1

1. Very large online platforms shall publish the reports referred to in Article 13 within six months from the date of application referred to in Article 25(4), and thereafter every six months. The reports shall include information disaggregated by Member State and clearly stating the human and technical resources allocated for the purpose of content moderation for each official EU language.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) This Directive leaves unaffected the ability of Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure the protection of the essential interests of their security, to safeguard public policy and public security, and to allow for the investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences, in compliance with Union law and fundamental rights. In accordance with Article 346 TFEU, no Member State is to be obliged to supply information the disclosure of which would be contrary to the essential interests of its public security. In this context, national and Union rules for protecting classified information, non-disclosure agreements, and informal non-disclosure agreements such as the Traffic Light Protocol14 , are of relevance. _________________ 14 The Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) is a means for someone sharing information to inform their audience about any limitations in further spreading this information. It is used in almost all CSIRT communities and some Information Analysis and Sharing Centres (ISACs).

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) Those growing interdependencies are the result of an increasingly cross- border and interdependent network of service provision using key infrastructures across the Union in the sectors of energy, transport, digital infrastructure, drinking and waste water, health, certain aspects of public administration, as well as space in as far as the provision of certain services depending on ground-based infrastructures that are owned, managed and operated either by Member States or by private parties is concerned, therefore not covering infrastructures owned, managed or operated by or on behalf of the Union as part of its space programmes. Infrastructure owned, managed or operated by or on behalf of the Union as part of its space programmes is particularly important for the security of the Union and its Member States and the proper functioning of the Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP ) missions. Such infrastructure is therefore to be adequately protected as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council.18a Those interdependencies mean that any disruption, even one initially confined to one entity or one sector, can have cascading effects more broadly, potentially resulting in far-reaching and long-lasting negative impacts in the delivery of services across the internal market. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of our increasingly interdependent societies in the face of low- probability risks. _________________ 18aRegulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69)

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) Given the importance of international cooperation on cybersecurity, CSIRTs should be able to participate in international cooperation networks in addition to the CSIRTs network established by this Directive. Member States could also explore the possibility of increasing cooperation with like-minded partner countries and international organisations such as the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the United Nations with the aim to create an open, free, stable and secure cyberspace based on international law.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)

(26 a) Due to the fact that cybersecurity has both a civilian and a military dimension, an integrated policy approach and close cooperation between the CSIRTs Network and the foreseen Military CERT-Network should be developed.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36

(36) The Union should, where appropriate, conclude international agreements, in accordance with Article 218 TFEU, with third countries or international organisations, allowing and organising their participation in some activities of the Cooperation Group and the CSIRTs network. Such agreements should ensure adequate protection of data. The Union should also continue to support capacity building in third countries. Member States should, where appropriate, encourage the participation of like- minded partner countries, which share our European values, in relevant PESCO projects.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37

(37) Member States should contribute to the establishment of the EU Cybersecurity Crisis Response Framework set out in Recommendation (EU) 2017/1584 through the existing cooperation networks, notably the Cyber Crisis Liaison Organisation Network (EU-CyCLONe), CSIRTs network and the Cooperation Group. EU- CyCLONe and the CSIRTs network should cooperate on the basis of procedural arrangements defining the modalities of that cooperation. The EU-CyCLONe’s rules of procedures should further specify the modalities through which the network should function, including but not limited to roles, cooperation modes, interactions with other relevant actors and templates for information sharing, as well as means of communication. For crisis management at Union level, relevant parties should rely on the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements. The Commission should use the ARGUS high-level cross- sectoral crisis coordination process for this purpose. If the crisis entails an important external or Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) dimension, the European External Action Service (EEAS) Crisis Response Mechanism (CRM) should be activated. In addition, the Union shoud make full use of its cyber diplomacy toolbox.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40 a (new)

(40 a) Member States should improve their capabilities to detect, analyse, and mitigate cyber security incidents in real time in order to stop malicious activities ideally before they can affect networks and systems. The Union and the Member States should also strenghten their capabilities to attribute cyber attacks in order to effectively deter and respond to cyber attacks in a proportionate way.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43

(43) Addressing cybersecurity risks stemming from an entity’s supply chain and its relationship with its suppliers is particularly important given the prevalence of incidents where entities have fallen victim to cyber-attacks and where malicious actors were able to compromise the security of an entity’s network and information systems by exploiting vulnerabilities affecting third party products and services. Entities should therefore assess and take into account the overall quality of products and cybersecurity practices of their suppliers and service providers, including their risk- management systems and their secure development procedures.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 68

(68) Entities should be encouraged to collectively leverage their individual knowledge and practical experience at strategic, tactical and operational levels with a view to enhance their capabilities to adequately assess, monitor, defend against, and respond to, cyber threats. It is thus necessary to enable the emergence at Union level of mechanisms for voluntary information sharing arrangements. To this end, Member States should actively support and encourage also relevant entities not covered by the scope of this Directive to participate in such information-sharing mechanisms. In addition, Member States could also explore the possibility of including entities from like-minded partner countries in the information-sharing mechanisms. Those mechanisms should be conducted in full compliance with the competition rules of the Union as well as the data protection Union law rules.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 68 a (new)

(68 a) Given that cybersecurity has both a civilian and a military dimension, information exchange across sectors (defence, civilian, law enforcement and external action) should also be encouraged. The Joint Cyber Unit could play an important role in protecting the EU from cyber-attacks by helping actors to acquire a common understanding of the threat landscape and to coordinate their response.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point k

(k) cooperating and exchanging information with regional and Union-level Security Operations Centres (SOCs) and, where appropriate, with military CERTs in order to improve common situational awareness on incidents and threats across the Union;

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. EU-CyCLONe shall be composed of the representatives of Member States’ crisis management authorities designated in accordance with Article 7, the Commission and ENISA. ENISA shall provide the secretariat of the network and support the secure exchange of information. For large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises at Union level involving more than one Member State, a Union level crisis management structure involving all relevant actors, including the Joint Cyber Unit, shall be established.

2021/06/01
Committee: AFET

2020/0278(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)

Article 14 a Financial support Expenditure related to the implementation of this Regulation shall be covered by funding of home affairs policies, under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework Asylum and Migration Management Fund. This includes the installation of verification infrastructure (creation and use / renewal of existing premises at border crossing points, reception centers, etc.), creation of access to relevant databases in new locations, recruitment of additional staff, training of border guards and other staff, recruitment of medical staff, purchase of medical equipment and the installation of premises for medical examinations (where necessary), the establishment of an independent mechanism for monitoring fundamental rights.

2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) While emission reduction targets are set for 2030 and 2050, the Union has not yet set specific Union wide applicable objectives for removal; such objectives are necessary taking into account that the EU climate-neutrality objective cannot be achieved without gradually increasing carbon removals.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Adaptation is a key component of the long-term global response to climate change. Therefore, Member States and the Union should enhance their adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change, as provided for in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement, as well as maximise the co- benefits with other environmental policies and legislation. The Commission should develop specific indicators for measuring the progress of adaptation, while Member States should adopt comprehensive national adaptation strategies and plans.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4

4. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall assess how the Union legislation implementing the Union’s 2030 target would need to be amended in order to enable the achievement of 50 to 55 % emission reductions compared to 1990 and to achieve the climate-neutrality-objective set out in Article 2(1), and consider taking the necessary measures, including setting specific and gradually increasing removal objectives as well as the adoption of other legislative proposals, in accordance with the Treaties.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The Commission shall define specific indicators for measuring the progress of adaptation.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) the collective progress made by all Member States on adaptation in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 4.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of specific removal objectives set out in Article 2(4);

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the adequacy of Union measures to ensure progress on adaptation in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 4.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(b a) the adequacy of Union measures to ensure a gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 2(4).

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the ~~progress towards either the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation~~adequacy of Union measures to ensure gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 42(4) is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) the adequacy of relevant national measures to ensure progress in accordance with specific indicators on adaptation as referred to in Article 4.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) the adequacy of relevant national measures to ensure a gradually increasing proportion of removals in accordance with specific indicators as referred to in Article 2(4).

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2020/0036(COD)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Liudas MAŽYLIS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 or the proportion of removals is not increasing in a satisfactory manner, it may issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available.

2020/06/09
Committee: ITRE

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to Euronest Parliamentary Assembly resolution of 9 December 2019 on the future of the Trio Plus Strategy 2030: building a future of Eastern Partnership; having regard to final statements and recommendations of Parliamentary Association Committees of 19 December 2019 with Ukraine and Moldova; having regard to European Parliament annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy of 18 December 2019,

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

- having regard to the Joint Statement of 5 December 2019 adopted by Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine on the Future of Eastern Partnership,

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)

- having regard to the Joint Letter of 15 February 2020 by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine on the MFF 2021-2027,

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Eastern Partnership (EaP) is based on mutual interests and understanding, shared ownership and responsibility, differentiation, mutual accountability and a shared commitment between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the European Union to deepen their relations and adhere to international law and core values such as democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, and a social market economy, sustainable development and good governance;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the achievements and the strengthened differentiation in bilateral relations between the EU and the EaP countries with which it signed an Association Agreement are welcome, now it is time to provide those countries with clearer guidance on specific reform priorities, alignment criteria and on the next steps in the EU integration process;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Joint statement of 5 December 2019 on the Future of Eastern Partnership called upon the EU to engage further in joint discussions on the progress, opportunities and challenges concerning the association-related reforms with the aim of facilitating full implementation of the AAs/DCFTAs and invited the EU to consider establishing an EU+ Three Associated Partners dialogue in the areas including, but not limited to, transport, energy, justice and digital economy;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the Joint letter of 15 February 2020 on the MFF 2021– 2027 reiterated their strong commitment to contribute to the strategic success of the EaP, in particular through the differentiation principle and the establishment of a EU+ Three Associated Partners enhanced dialogue, and emphasised that a dedicated financial tool providing a robust assistance to support complex reform commitments in line with AAs/DCFTAs would be decisive for all actors involved in the process;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there is a necessity to encourage the development of ever closer relations with the EU and to set out a tailor made strategy for the most advanced EaP countries to support and sustain an ambitious pace of implementation of European integration reforms and that even more advanced forms of cooperation and integration are possible, provided that comprehensive reforms are implemented in a timely and sustainable manner;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas, the success of transformation in the EaP countries, in particular of the three associated partner countries, can yield a positive example, which could also have an influence on the society in neighbouring Russia;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) acknowledge and strive for a continuous transformational impact of EaP policy in order to bring about political, social, economic and legal change in the three associated partner countries (the EU Trio countries);

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) by taking into account the request from the EU Trio countries, create within the EaP policy a closer cooperation initiative – the EU Advanced Partnership Strategy (EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030) which will establish an EU reform and investment support platform, to be implemented first in the EU Trio countries, in areas including, but not limited to, investment capacity building, transport, energy, justice and digital economy, and will pave the way for an ambitious integration agenda with the EU;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)

(ab) emphasise, that the implementation of the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030 can be extended to the remaining Eastern Partners of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus on the basis of individual assessments of EU reform commitments and of the progress made; stress, that further setbacks with regard to democracy, reforms and the rule of law and the erosion of the European orientation may entail the exclusion of the countries concerned from the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030; ensure that Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus will have individualised, beneficial and tailor-made partnership relationships with the EU, conditional on reform commitments;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) embrace an enhanced and future- oriented vision for the next decade of the EaP with the aim of ensuring lasting and irreversible achievements and deepening EU-EaP cooperation; invite the EU institutions to lead the creation of ever closer relations with the most advanced EaP countries, to begin with the EU Trio countries, and, with the support of a coalition of like-minded EU Member States, to establish for this purpose the EU Trio Plus Process, which shall be focused on tangible projects and programmes, such as the EU Support Group, Investment Framework platform, access to EU financing, and which will take into account the best reform support practices, including from the Western Balkans and the European Economic Area;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) devise additional measures for deeper integration such as in selected EU agencies, investment framework platforms, intra-EU programmes and initiatives, in full compliance with existing conditionalities and pursuant to the more for more principle and which will take into account the best reform support practices;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) invite the EaP countries acceding to the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030, starting with the countries that signed an Association Agreement with the EU, to use the reinforced political steering and benchmark instruments of the implementation of the EU Association Agreements, such as joint reporting and monitoring, which would bring in a credible merit-based approach, to the benefit of the EU and its influence in the EaP countries and beyond;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)

(hb) invite the EaP countries, especially the EU Trio countries, to the Conference on the Future of Europe, which could set out a list scenarios on the future relationship of those countries with the EU;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) acknowledge the associated partnership status of advanced EaP countries, notably the signatories of AAs with DCFTAs (the EU Trio countries), in order to accommodate the mutual need for more venues for political dialogue, further economic cooperation and legislative harmonisation;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) engage further in State building and in strengthening institutions, by making instruments similar to the Support Group for Ukraine (the EU Support Group) available to the associated partners first and foremost; strong, independent and efficient institutions at a central and local level are key to democratic accountability, deoligarchisation, and the fight against corruption and State capture;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) acknowledge and encourage initiatives by the governments of associated countries (the EU Trio countries) to boost their mutual cooperation; a similar approach should be applied to cooperation amongst all the Eastern European Partners on various issues;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 a (new)

New EaP instruments of financial support for the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(la) provide greater financial assistance, including in the context of the external financial instruments that are currently under legislative negotiation; such assistance should be tailored to the specific needs of the individual partners and used to implement activities under the EaP programme; note that this access to EU funding should be linked with reform commitments and should include a set of ambitious benchmarks of the European financial assistance for the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030 countries;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)

(lb) provide for the EU Trio Plus countries a greater access to EU funding, including via Connecting Europe Facility and the TEN programme as well as a gradual access to the Green Deal Fund of Just Transition to modernise emission- intensive industries; note that this access should be linked to differentiated benchmarks in line with the EU integration reform commitments;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l c (new)

(lc) develop public investment management strategy for the EU Trio Plus countries, which would help absorbing the TEN infrastructure investments and would increase investment support, including via the Connecting Europe Facility;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l d (new)

(ld) create for this purpose the Connectivity Agenda, which will include a list of major infrastructure projects implemented in the new Investment Framework platform and managed together with IFIs and the European Commission; propose that investments be tightly linked with reform implementation and suggest signing the Reform Contracts for Investments with the EU Trio countries and remaining Eastern Partners willing to join the EU Trio Plus Strategy 2030;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l e (new)

(le) adopt a comprehensive infrastructure-building plan with the aim of improving connectivity between the EU and its Eastern European Partners, and among the EaP countries themselves;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) extend to other associated partners the approach employed by the EU in its efforts to support the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, including by means of tailored and flexible macro-financial assistance and instruments and engagement and coordination of international financial institutions and donors, and by improving the environment for foreign direct investment (FDI); in the proposed single Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) stress the importance of differentiation within the EaP in assisting the EU Trio Plus countries in line with the principles of ‘more for more’ and ‘less for less’;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

~~(r) address the EU’s qualified labour shortages by increasing labour mobility from the EaP countries and providing social guarantees;~~deleted

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) strengthen intra-EaP academic cooperation by launching an EaP university ~~focused on~~and targeted EaP programmes in specialised universities focused on European values and rule of law, good governance and public administration;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Sandra KALNIETE, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Traian BĂSESCU, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)

(ya) establish an EaP European municipalities Twinning program to support Twinning Partnerships between municipalities in EaP countries and EU Member States, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, which have institutional memory of the European modernisation;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the continuous deepening of EU-Georgia relations and the firm support that Georgia’s chosen path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration enjoys across the political spectrum and in society; acknowledges the progress achieved by Georgia, which has made it a key partner of the EU in the region, and reiterates the need to continue implementing reforms under the Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area; reminds that the EU assistance is based on the principle "more for more" and conditional to reform progress in, but not limited to, areas of democracy and rule of law, independence of judiciary and electoral system reform;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates its full support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and condemns the illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia by the Russian Federation; emphasises that the AA covers the entire territory of Georgia, including its occupied regions, and aims to benefit its whole population; calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its obligations under the EU-mediated ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008, notably to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia; condemns "borderisation" activities along the Administrative Boundary Line by Russian and de facto South Ossetian security actors; asks the Commission and the EEAS to enhance their efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully, including through the EUMM and the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Commends the Georgian authorities for completing the constitutional reform process and the major political parties for signing the Memorandum of Understanding and the Joint Statement of 8 March 2020, which established the key features of the electoral system to be used for the upcoming parliamentary elections~~; calls on all parties to ensure that the agreement is translated into law and fully implemented~~ and the necessity of addressing actions that could be perceived as inappropriate politicisation of Georgia’s judicial process; calls on all parties to ensure that the agreement is translated into law and into full abandonment of practices of politicisation of judicial processes and fully implemented in letter and spirit as soon as possible;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Georgian authorities to implement swiftly and fully the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and review relevant legislation to address the identified shortcomings; recalls the assessment by the OSCE/ODIHR-led International Election Observation Mission of the last direct presidential election held in October - November 2018; notes with concern the negative character of the campaign and the use of harsh rhetoric on both sides; highlights that the process had been undermined by undue advantage enjoyed by the government side, use of violent rhetoric and impunity of violence against opposition; notes cases of misuse of administrative resources, undue pressure on voters and intimidation, vote buying, announcement of a massive debt relief offered by a private institution linked to the chairperson of the ruling party; notes that the run-off election day proceeded in an orderly manner, opening, voting and counting were assessed positively, the observed tracking of voters reinforced concern about potential intimidation; urges all stakeholders to fully address the recommendations of the OCSE/ODIHR;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the importance of media freedom, which should entail equal access for all political parties to the media during the upcoming electoral campaign, pluralistic and non-discriminatory coverage of political views in programmes by public and private broadcasters, clear provisions regulating free and paid advertisements, and improved transparency through strengthened media monitoring; underscores the importance of an independent and pluralistic media landscape, which is free from government or any other state interference; acknowledges that the media landscape in Georgia is dynamic and pluralistic, but also polarised; expresses deep concern that media outlets critical towards the government often become subject of pressure in the form of court cases against the founders (Nika Gvaramia of TV Mtavari), arrest of the shareholders (Giorgi Rurua and TV Mtavari), financial and tax related charges (Avtandil Tsereteli and TV Pirveli) and firing, or resignation of critical TV journalists and editors (Public Broadcaster of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara);

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges the government of Georgia to ensure effective handling of information environment in the run up to the 2020 elections; urges the Georgian government to work with the civil society and the private sector to limit and prevent information manipulations, including disinformation and propaganda campaigns against any political group or the country by domestic or foreign actors; urges social media platforms to take effective actions to protect information environment and prevent undermining electoral integrity by misuse of social media platforms; expresses hope that the national public broadcaster will fulfil its obligation of editorial independence, fairness and impartiality in the run-up and during the 2020 parliamentary elections and that concerns raised by the OSCE/ODIHR election observation report of 2018 Presidential election specifically in relation to the bias of the Georgian Public Broadcaster will be addressed accordingly;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Reaffirms support to the vibrant civil society in Georgia; expresses hope that in the run-up to the 2020 elections environment for independent watchdogs and activists will be free from any intimidation, interference or verbal attacks;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses its concern about recent court cases against opposition politicians, which contributed to a climate of increased mistrust and heightened tensions between the ruling party and the opposition, and led to a polarisation of politics and society; calls on Georgia to respect the highest standards of judicial independence and fair trial as committed to under the AA; welcomes the decision of President Zourabichvili of 15 May 2020 to pardon two imprisoned leaders of opposition as an important step in the implementation of 8 March agreement and looks forward to the release of Giorgi Rurua; urges to stop any actions of politicised justice or any kind of other illegal or unjustified administrative pressure on opposition leaders;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly condemns the cyber- attacks against Georgian institutions and media outlets widely attributed to Russian actors; calls on all political actors in Georgia to refrain from using social media to attack people, organisations and institutions and spread deliberate misinformation; reminds with concern that in December 2019 and, similarly, in May 2020 Facebook shut down an extensive network of accounts and pages funded by Georgia’s ruling party, which engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” and attacks against opposition, media, civil society and independent activists and spread anti- democratic and anti-Western messages;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the importance of reducing antagonism and the polarisation of politics and ensuring constructive cooperation in the country’s democratic institutions, in particular the parliament; therefore profoundly regrets that the ninth meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee of 12 and13 February 2020 in Strasbourg ended without an agreement on a final statement and recommendations being reached;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN, Andrzej HALICKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Recommends to give a special mandate to the European Parliament Delegation in the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee to watch and observe preparations and realization of fair and transparent forthcoming October 2020 parliamentary elections in Georgia;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Miriam LEXMANN, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)

Acknowledges the associated partnership status of Georgia and the other signatories of AAs and DCFTAs, and calls for an enhanced political dialogue with them in order to advance further economic integration and legislative harmonisation; for example, as in the case of the EEA/EFTA countries, calls to include Georgia and the other associated countries as observers in the proceedings of the Committees established pursuant to Article 291 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, as well as in the meetings of the European Council working groups and committees, to show the EU's commitments to further integration and to strengthen the countries reform orientation and administrative know-how;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. In order to implement the principle “more for more”, calls on the EU to consider creating for the three associated countries, including Georgia, an enhanced cooperation strategy of reforms and investments, which would be conditional on the areas including, but not limited to, investment capacity building, transport, energy, justice and digital economy, and paving the way for an ambitious agenda of integration into the EU;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2200(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE, Miriam LEXMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Highlights in this context the need to recommend the EU to: – in order to implement principle “more for more” in an effective way and to have institutional capacity to assist and to evaluate developments on the ground in associated countries to establish a special Support Group for the associated countries, including Georgia, as it was done in the case of Ukraine (SGUA), – to upgrade the EU macro-financial assistance conditionality, which will work hand in hand with upgraded steering mechanisms and detailed reporting on the progress made by Georgia, in particular in the area of justice sector reform, – to boost the EU investment assistance linked with conditionality in a similar manner as it was proposed in Reform Contract for Investment to Ukraine in coordination with International Financial Institutions, – in the context of the huge forthcoming challenges in managing socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in job losses, closures of businesses and keeping in balance the public finances, to invite the Commission in the autumn of 2020 to propose for Eastern Partners, especially for the ones associated with the EU and committed to EU integration reforms, including Georgia, a detailed, conditional and tailor-made economic and investment plan, as it will be also done for the Western Balkans region;

2020/05/26
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the EU’s security environment isdepends on peace and stability in its neighbourhood and is also vulnerable to external pressure that prevents the EU from exercising its sovereignty;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for greater coherence, consistency and complementarity between the EU’s external financing instruments and the CFSP to enable the European Union to tackle growing security and foreign policy challenges; considers that the simplified structure of external instruments proposed under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument calls for proper checks and balances, a sufficient level of transparency, and strategic policy input and scrutiny of implementation by Parliament; stresses the importance of differentiation principle in the investment related assistance for Neighbourhood countries with more commitments to the European reforms under the principle 'more for more' and 'less for less'; stresses the need for efficient and adequate funding under the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance for 2021-2027 (IPA III); highlights the role of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), particularly in supporting peace and stability around the world; expects a timely adoption of the post-2020 instruments, so as to avoid unnecessary funding gaps;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for greater coherence, consistency and complementarity between the EU’s external financing instruments and the CFSP to enable the European Union to tackle growing security and foreign policy challenges; considers that the simplified structure of external instruments proposed under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument calls for proper checks and balances, a sufficient level of transparency, and strategic policy input ands well as regular scrutiny of implementation by Parliament; stresses the need for efficient and adequate funding under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for 2021-2027 (IPA III); highlights the role of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP), particularly in supporting peace and stability around the world; expects a timely adoption of the post-2020 instruments, so as to avoid unnecessary funding gaps;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Sandra KALNIETE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Recognises the importance of the stability of the Eastern Neighbourhood for the Union's own security and the EU's transformative potential for neighbouring regions and countries; calls for further strengthening of the Eastern Partnership policy for the next decade by creating a Strategy for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia - trio of most advanced EaP EU associated countries (Trio Strategy 2030), based on the principle of “more-for- more" and “less-for-less”, led by EU institutions and the coalition of like- minded EU countries (European Trio process) with a focus on tangible projects and programmes to follow the best practices from the Berlin process and European Economic Area integration; believes, that success of transformation in the EaP countries, especially EU associated countries of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, can provide for a positive effect also on the society of the neighbouring Russia;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; emphasises that NATO is the key security partner of the EU; stresses that efficient cooperation with partner organisations such as the UN ~~or NATO~~ is more vital than ever;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; stresses that efficient and close cooperation with partner organisations such as the UN or NATO is more vital than ever;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Welcomes the decision of the President of the Commission to build, within five years, a genuine and operational European Defence Union;

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)

Sandra KALNIETE, Andrius KUBILIUS, Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Promotes the boosting of the European Union’s strategic communication capabilities; calls, in that connection, for ~~further~~substantially increased budgetary and staffing support for the EEAS Strategic Communications Division and the three Strategic Communication Task Forces (East, South and Western Balkans);

2019/11/13
Committee: AFET

2019/2136(INI)