14 Amendments of Boris ZALA related to 2010/2050(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the European Security Strategy (ESS) entitled “A secure Europe in a better world”, adopted by the European Council on 12 December 2003,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy (ESS) entitled “Providing security in a changing world”, adopted by the European Council on 12 December 2008,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
– having regard to the Vienna Group proposal for transferring Iranian uranium to Russia and France and to the bridging proposal sponsored by the governments of Turkey and Brazil in an attempt to delayahead of the passage of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1929 (2010),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran (hereafter referred to as Iran) is facing an array of governance challenges - from power struggles between competing factions within the country’s ruling elites to a crippling social and economic malaise, a problematic regional security environment and rising popular discontent at home - many of which are products of the Iranian regime’s own makinga non- democratic state which systematically suppresses all forms of political opposition and engages in gross violations of human rights, including freedom of expression and association, and freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention and torture,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the leadership has continuously used the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to suppress internal dissentpolitical opposition, and whereas IRGC intervention in internal Iranian politics has peaked under President Ahmadinejad,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Iran has problematic poses a threlations with almost all its neighbours; to stability and peace in the region; whereas especially Israel and the Gulf region feel intimidated by Iran's aggressive rhetoric and its ongoing nuclear programme,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there has been a remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and Turkey, and whereas Iran is using its state and non-state allies Syria,Iran lends political and material support to non-state armed organisations such as Hezbollah and Hamas, to further destabilise the region,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that although President Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005 on a platform of social justice and economic populism, Iran’s domestic problems have continued to deteriorate despite burgeoning oil prices; deplores, therefore, Ahmadinejad’s aim of shoring up his political position at home by embracing a radical international agenda with the expectation that a stridently anti-Western,American and anti-Israel stance will enhance Iran’s leadership position in the Muslim world;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns that the IRGC is slowgradually taking over Iran; indicates that despite ideological congruity between Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRGC leadership, the development of the IRGC into a state within a state is turning Khamenei into a hostage in the hands of his own Praetorian Guardpower in Iran, signifying the ascent of “totalitarian” elements within the regime; expresses its deepest concerns that such tendencies will result in the escalation of violence and oppression against political opposition, and an increased incidence of human rights abuses;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the proposal of 14 October 2010 by the High Representative to hold a new round of talks in Vienna with representatives of the Iranian Government, noting that official dialogue with Iran over the nuclear issue has been stalled since October 2009;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the High Representative to define an EU approach towards Iran that places the nuclear dossier in a wider context of stability, development and good governance in the Middle East, reflects the unique range of policy instruments at the EU’s disposal, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy, takes into account the dynamics of the EU’s relations with key stakeholders in the region, such as Turkey, Syria and Russia, and testifies to the EU’s ambition of being a global security provider;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Rejects fiercely the desire expressed by the Iranian leadership to "wipe out" Israel; also fiercely rejects the anti-Semitic rhetoric of the Iranian president, especially his denial of the Holocaust and his underlying agenda of delegitimizing the Israeli state; calls on the EU institutions to safeguard the existence of the Jewish stateIsrael;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses its concerns on the remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and EU accession candidate Turkey; asks the Council andCalls on the Council and the Commission to constructively engage Turkey in the Ccommission to discuss the Turkish attitude towards Iran with their counterparts in Ankara; calls on the Turkish authorities to follow the European approach towards the Iranian nuclear threaon pursuit of a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear stand-off, taking into account Turkey’s EU membership aspirations as well as its strategic role and recent diplomatic outreach in the Middle East; calls on the EU institutions to do their utmost to sever the lines between Teheran and Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas;