13 Amendments of Riho TERRAS related to 2023/2127(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions of 19 July 2020, 19 January 2022, and 13 June 2023 on fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong,
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Stresses the utmost importance of having a united and single EU policy strategy towards China, which would eliminate divisive initiatives such as 17+1; believes that visits to China of the leaders of the EU Member States and their main messages to China’s leadership should be coordinated at the EU level;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Calls for a development of a comprehensive transatlantic strategy towards China;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b Calls for further development and strengthening of the EU Indo-Pacific strategy in order to counterbalance China in the region;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) conduct a comprehensive economic analysis of impact of the potential slowdown or even a deep crisis of the Chinese economy on the EU economies;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) further develop and strengthen EU’s relations with India, which is overtaking China in its demographic growth and has a strong potential to catch up with China in its economic growth;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) support an independent and impartial UN investigation into human rights violations in China, in particular in Xinjiang and, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and urge the Chinese authorities to grant meaningful access to the regions concerned and immediately and unconditionally release the Uyghur scholar and 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate Ilham Tohti;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) review and support China to follow up on the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and UN Committee on Women’s Rights regarding violations of rights and freedoms and breaches of international legal obligations in China, in particular Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) closely monitor the trials of political prisoners in Hong Kong and call for the release of such political prisoners, including the founder of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai, who is a British citizen and the focus of the European Parliament resolution of 14 June 2023, and the 47 pro-democracy activists, including former elected legislators, arrested and imprisoned for holding a primary election campaign in 2020;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) review the autonomous status of Hong Kong in the light of the National Security Law and the PRC’s violation of its international commitments, its breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, and the crackdown on Hong Kong’s autonomy and opposition figures, including members of civil society, and erosion of the rule of law;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) condemn attempts by the Chinese authorities to target Hong Kong diaspora communities within the EU and call on Member States to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC, Macau, and Hong Kong; reiterate the call for EU Member states to consider lifeboat and other visa schemes for the Hong Kong diaspora;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) The European Parliament: commends achievements of the Taiwanese democracy and its capabilities of defending democracy against China’s hybrid attacks; stresses that these achievements should be promoted internationally as it brings understanding that all nations, including Chinese, are able to create a flourishing democracy;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
(yb) commits to establishing in the European Parliament a formal parliamentary delegation for bilateral cooperation with the Parliament of Taiwan;