Activities of Adrian SEVERIN related to 2011/2050(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
New EU-Russia agreement (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the EU-Russia relationship is based on the assets of territorial proximity, cultural familiarity, strategic convergence and economic complementarity;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas the tutorial attitude in approaching the dialogue with Russia on human rights issues has not generated much progress, but rather contributed to undermining mutual trust;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the success in conciliating, accommodating and jointly pursuing both specific and common geo-strategic interests of EU and Russia would create the right context for consolidating their mutual trust and narrowing their yet existing differences in the field of values;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that the new agreement provides a comprehensive and forward-looking framework for the further development of relations with Russia in upcoming years, and take the necessary action to ensure that the negotiations with Russia continue at a steady pace; ensure that this agreement will be as legally binding as possible in order to foster a more predictable relation between the two partners;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) make sure that within the process of negotiations, the EU shows understanding and respect for the cultural, historical, geo-political and social particularities of Russia, and, while building the mutual trust, promotes solutions which could accommodate those particularities with the political goals of the EU by strategic firmness and tactical flexibility;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) actively work on the conclusion of the negotiations for an agreement which will be beneficial for both parties and in line with their increased and ever deepening cooperation; ensure that the negotiations generate mutual trust and are focused on tangible results and political substance;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) seek the broadest possible consensus among the EU Member States on the objectives and on the conduct of the negotiations of a new agreement with Russia; stress the importance that the Union negotiates as a single body and advocate that Member States' interests in relation with Russia and vice versa are better promoted and protected at the Union level;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) remain vigilantcautious on the requirements that the EU intends to set as regards respect for democratic principles, and consider this respect as an absolute prerequisite for the signature of anecessity for the achievement of the mutual trust and the institutional interoperability which should circumscribe the signature and the enhancement of the EU-Russia Agreement;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) reiterate, with this in mind, that the EU should negotiate this Agreement with Russia exclusively and not with the Customs Union to which Russia is party; highlight the fact that the success of this agreement will open the door to its extension to the Russia led Customs Union countries;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) reiterate that modernisation of Russia is a common interest for both parties and that the EU wishes to further promote the process initiated through the Partnership for Modernisation; underline that Russia's policies of economic modernisation should be accompanied by political reformconsistent with its political modernisation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) stress the importance of Russia's and EU's full compliance with its international legal obligations and with the fundamental human rights principles enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), both of which Russia isand EU Member States are partyies to; recall that political pluralism, media freedom, independence of the judiciary, freedom of speech and assembly, and non- discrimination are the necessary preconditions for Russia's further development and modernisation as well as for making the EU-Russia strategic cooperation sustainable;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) incorporate in the Association Agreement clauses and benchmarks which could provide mutual guarantees that the protection and promotion of human rights will not be used as instruments in support of geo-political agendas;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) stress that the Russian society as a whole, as well as the EU-Russia strategic partnership would be stimulated by, and would benefit from, a political system that ensures a level playing field for all political parties, offering real competition and effective political alternatives;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) include the necessary conditions andprovisions concerning actions for the eradication of the endemic corruption that undermines citizens' confidence in the State and jeopardises the efforts towards modernisation; include , as well, specific terms for cooperation between Russia and EU in coping with the trans-border corruption;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) promote strategic partnership between the EU and Russia in meeting global challenges, such as, inter alia, non- proliferation, counter-terrorism, the peaceful resolution of conflicts, the security of energy supply, the Arctic dimension, climate change, poverty reduction, while aiming to achieve a multipolar global order characterised by a balance of powers of the global and regional players; to this end, it should be agreed to put in place an appropriate communication, consultation, coordination and cooperation mechanism;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) cooperate with Russia to enhance stability, political cooperation and economic development in the shared neighbourhood, while fully respecting each country's sovereign right to choose its foreign policy orientation and security arrangements; within this frame, a joint effort for stimulating multilateral arrangements concerning the security (including energy and environmental security, as well as fast reactions against natural calamities) in the shared neighbourhood should be considered;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) closely watch and assess, stimulate and support Russia's compliance with WTO rules and Moscow's willingness to use WTO membership as a driver of structural reform; stimulate, eventually, Russia's efforts to win accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) underline that full compliance by Russia with the WTO rules is a necessary precondition, and minimum standard, for an agreement withminimum standard for the sustainability of the agreement with the EU; the EU-Russia agreement should also be seen and used as a tool to improve Russia's membership and compliance with WTO rules and foster a relation which will have positive internal effects in both Russia and the EU;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) encourage and support in specific terms Russia to pursue the restructuration of its economy, and accelerate its evolution from a model oriented to and focussed on energy towards an industry- and services- driven model; stress that oil prices are volatile and that current high prices should not be a pretext for postponing the necessary modernisation of the economy;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
(wa) stress the importance of creating a common European foreign policy on energy with the objective of improving energy security through the initiation of a trilateral cooperation between EU, Russia and transit countries;