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Draft report (2024/2080(INI)) 2024-11-08

Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024

Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Amendment 89

António Tânger Corrêa, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Notes that the report was submitted to the European Parliament on 20 June 2024; recalls that the report should be forward-looking in nature; comments hereinafter on several developments emphasised by the VP/HR in his report;

1. Notes that the report was submitted to the European Parliament on 20 June 2024; recalls that the report should be forward-looking in nature; notes that a new composition of the European Parliament took office in July 2024, mandated with a renewed vision for the European Union's foreign, security, and defence policy;

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Amendment 90

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to dedicate further financial and human resources to EEAS to ensure it can effectively conduct its role as the EU’s diplomatic service in light of the highly contested geopolitical context and the increased demands on its limited capacities in recent years;

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Amendment 91

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1b. Recognises the evolving nature of global security threats and recalls the crucial role that diplomacy and development play alongside military defence cooperation in ensuring long-term international security; underscores that sustainable peace cannot be achieved through military measures, but requires comprehensive strategies that address the root causes of instability, such as poverty, inequality, and climate change; stresses that the EU’s Global Gateway initiative and other development programs should be aligned with CFSP objectives, by fostering EU resilience, inclusive economic growth, and human rights;

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Amendment 92

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1c. Underlines the critical importance of gender empowerment within the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as a means to promote peace, stability, and sustainable development; stresses that the inclusion of women in conflict prevention, resolution, and peacebuilding efforts enhances the effectiveness and resilience of these processes; calls on the EU to prioritize gender equality in its external actions, support women-led initiatives in conflict-affected regions, and ensure women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation in all aspects of the CFSP;

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Amendment 93

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1d. Welcomes the Niinistö Report and its recommendations for strengthening Europe’s civilian and military preparedness and resilience; supports the adoption of a whole-of-society approach to resilience, involving the active engagement of EU institutions, Member States, civil society, and individual citizens in strengthening the Union’s security framework; calls on Member States, the Commission and EEAS to closely examine the report’s conclusions and recommendations and dedicate the necessary political willingness and financial and human resources to implement the proposed actions which would enhance the Union’s role as a decisive security actor on the European and global stage;

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Amendment 94

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 e (new)

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1e. Urges member states to establish a council of Defence Ministers;

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Amendment 95

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1f. Encourages, pending the full application of qualified majority voting to decisions without military or defence implications, the full use of all currently existing possibilities to enhance decisiveness in this regard including the use of constructive abstention in line with Article 31 (1) TEU;

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Amendment 96

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1g. Welcomes the proposal of the High Representative on anti-corruption sanctions regime, which would allow the EU to target serious acts of corruption worldwide; calls for its swift adoption by the Council;

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Amendment 97

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

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1h. Welcomes the resolve displayed by the Union and most Member States in the pursuit of full energy independence from the Russian Federation; reiterates its call for an immediate and full embargo on Russian imports of fossil fuels, including LNG, uranium, and products produced with crude Russian imports; urges the Commission and Council to enhance its monitoring capacity of fossil fuels, in order prevent re-export; highlights the essential nature and geopolitical importance in this regard of speeding up the green transition;

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Amendment 98

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 i (new)

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1i. Reiterates its support for the European Political Community as a platform for discussion, dialogue and cooperation with European partners on the foreign policy and security challenges we are facing, with the aim of strengthening security and stability in Europe and pursuing political and security cooperation based on shared interests; calls for the close involvement of Parliament in the clarification of the scope and the future work of this Community; underlines that, for the future success and coherence of this format, some level of alignment on democratic values and principles is essential; reiterates that the European Political Community may under no circumstances become a pretext for delays to the EU accession of enlargement countries;

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Amendment 99

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 j (new)

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1j. Strongly believes that the EU CFSP should contribute to the implementation and delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are the core pillars in the construction of a stable and peaceful global order;

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Amendment 100

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – introductory part

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Welcomes in particular:

2. Notes:

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Amendment 101

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent -1 (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– achievements of the EU enlargement policy, particularly 20th anniversary of the “big bang” enlargement when ten countries joined the EU; reiterates that enlargement is of the utmost strategic importance for the EU as it represents a geostrategic investment in long-term peace, democracy, stability, security, climate protection and prosperity across the continent and all the more so in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and other common geopolitical challenges; stresses that preparation for enlargement requires reforms on the EU side and calls on the EU Institutions and Member States to undertake the necessary reforms to ensure that their absence does not delay the accession of new Member States;

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Amendment 102

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 103

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 104

Alberico Gambino

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023 and the opening of the first negotiating cluster on 15 October 2024; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’ and to foster dialogue and constructive engagement between the majority and the opposition to overcome the strong political polarization in the country with a transparent and inclusive democratic process that respects all parties;

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Amendment 105

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’; emphasises this new step should serve as an impetus for accelerating the accession process of other Western Balkans countries, as they are the EU’s closest partners and as the prosperity and stability of the region is fundamental.

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Amendment 106

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’; commends the country’s consistent, full alignment with the EU’s foreign and security policy and promotion of the rules-based international order, including EU’s restrictive measures against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 107

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; welcomes the second meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania and the opening of accession negotiations on Cluster 1 – Fundamentals; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’ and accelerate the pace of the EU-related reforms process;

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Amendment 108

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; calls for a comprehensive evaluation of the potential impacts of EU enlargement on existing Member States before advancing in negotiations with candidate countries; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’;

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Amendment 109

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Albania’s complete failure to make progress; reiterates the call for genuine reforms to address the enormous deficiencies that exist regarding the ‘fundamentals’; calls for the rights of the Greek ethnic minority of Northern Epirus to be upheld;

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Amendment 110

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations having regard to the principle of equality of sovereign States; highlights the need to further reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’;

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Amendment 111

Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023 and the opening of the first cluster of negotiating chapters with Albania; highlights the need to further intensify reforms with a special focus on the rule of law, the fight against corruption and organized crime and media freedom;

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Amendment 112

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Vasile Dîncu, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; welcomes the opening of the accession negotiations on the first cluster; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’;

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Amendment 113

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 114

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 115

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 116

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022 and to intensify efforts in reaching a political agreement on the electoral and constitutional reform in accordance with the decisions of the Constitutional Court of BiH in order to ensure the principles of equality and non-discrimination of constituent peoples and all citizens as enshrined in the Constitution; reminds that EU assistance in BiH should be focused on the electoral law reform following the Mostar Agreement and in the spirit of the Dayton-Paris Agreement based on power-sharing; emphasizes that the EU should play a central role as mediator in this process; calls for an internal agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the alignment of visa requirements with third countries; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 117

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022, including bringing the Constitution in line with the European Convention on Human Rights, complying with the Sejdić-Finci and related rulings, such as the Kovačević ruling; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the Republika Srpska entity and reiterates in this context its call for a thorough assessment of the security situation and capabilities on the ground and for the consideration of deploying personnel and additional capacities for EUFOR Althea also to the Brčko district;

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Amendment 118

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022;

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Amendment 119

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022, especially to accelerate its work on fulfilling the 14 key priorities from the Commission's Opinion on the country's EU membership application; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 120

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present; condemns the destabilising interventions of Türkiye, through the promotion of religious fundamentalism;

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Amendment 121

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’, recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present and the need for an effective strategic communication to fight against information manipulation;

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Amendment 122

Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the decision on the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 123

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022; condemns the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly present;

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Amendment 124

Jorge Martín Frías, António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 125

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the progress in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, especially in the areas of freedom of movement and energy; regrets the lack of progress in the implementation of the path to normalisation and calls for efforts to be made and capacity to be put into normalising relations and developing the EU-facilitated dialogue; regrets that the unjustified sanctions against Kosovo have not been lifted despite the HRVP’s recommendation to do so and urges the Member states to lift the sanctions immediately; regrets the biased approach of the EU towards Serbia despite its yearlong roll-back on rule of law, democracy, fundamental rights, thus further transforming into an authoritarian regime, its numerous disruptive actions in the region and its non-alignment with the CFSP sanctions; reiterates its position that accession negotiations with Serbia should advance only if the country makes significant progress on its EU-related reforms, in particular in the area of the ‘fundamentals’ (judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, public procurement, statistics, financial control) and aligns with EU sanctions against Russia;

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Amendment 126

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 127

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the progress in the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue;

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Amendment 128

Andrey Kovatchev, Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 129

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 130

Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– CEFTA's decision allowing Kosovo to be represented by its own institutions, as well as the removal of restrictions on the entry of Serbian-finished products into Kosovo;

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Amendment 131

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 132

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the progress made by Montenegro in meeting the interim benchmarks for Chapters 23 and 24 of the EU acquis; encourages the country to continue to make progress on and implement EU-related reforms swiftly; condemns attempts by Russia and neighbouring countries to exploit ethnic tensions in Montenegro in order to inflame conflicts and divide communities; notes the use of the Serbian Orthodox Church as an instrument of external influence and condemns its interference in this respect;

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Amendment 133

Davor Ivo Stier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the progress made by Montenegro in meeting the interim benchmarks for Chapters 23 and 24 of the EU acquis; encourages the implementation of EU-related reforms swiftly; expresses concern over foreign interference, the rise of anti-Western and divisive rhetoric in the country, as well as controversial legislative proposals on citizenship and foreign agents;

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Amendment 134

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the progress made by Montenegro in meeting the interim benchmarks for Chapters 23 and 24 of the EU acquis; encourages the country to continue to make progress on and implement EU-related reforms swiftly; calls on the EU to put an end to enlargement processes that it cannot manage, at the risk of jeopardising the vital interests of the current Member States;

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Amendment 135

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; calls on the North Macedonia Government to work constructively with neighbouring countries to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiations;

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Amendment 136

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to completely freeze relations with Skopje;

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Amendment 137

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls on the North Macedonia Government to achieve tangible results in fulfilling its obligations under the EU Negotiating Framework, adopt the necessary constitutional changes and implement in good faith the Prespa Agreement with Greece and the Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighbourliness and Cooperation with Bulgaria and its Protocols in order to enter into the next phase of the negotiation process;

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Amendment 138

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations;

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Amendment 139

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations upon fulfilment of the criteria set out under the negotiating framework; calls on the North Macedonia Government to work constructively on its commitments towards the enlargement policy framework in order to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiations;

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Amendment 140

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023 and calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; calls on the government and the neighbouring countries to work constructively together to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiations, while reiterating that bilateral issues must be kept separate from the accession process;

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Amendment 141

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; calls for a comprehensive evaluation of the potential impacts of North Macedonia's accession before advancing towards membership; calls on the North Macedonia Government to work constructively with neighbouring countries to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiations;

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Amendment 142

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the constructive role that the local vibrant civil society plays in the EU integration processes; encourages the enlargement countries to provide an enabling space and appropriate framework for cooperation to ensure their meaningful involvement; underlines that civil society is vital in fostering democracy and pluralism and promoting good governance and social progress;

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Amendment 143

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 144

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful resumption of the CFSP dialogue between the EU and its partners in the Western Balkans and the importance of these partnerships for peace and security; recalls that EU enlargement is a geostrategic investment, which requires commitment from both the EU and the enlargement countries on their pathways to accession; recalls in this context the continued need for reforms regarding the rule of law, fundamental rights and public administration, and for alignment with the CFSP, including on sanctions; highlights additionally the threats posed by malign foreign interference in the region and underlines the importance of combating disinformation; cautions against engagement with the EU systemic rivals which could undermine the prosperous, sustainable and secure future that EU accession offers and recalls in this context the added value of the investments made by the European Union under IPA III, the newly established Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans (and the Growth Plan), and the Western Balkans Investment Framework; calls upon the Commissioner for Enlargement to increase the visibility of EU action in the Western Balkans;

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Amendment 145

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful resumption of the CFSP dialogue between the EU and its partners in the Western Balkans and the importance of these partnerships for peace and security; recalls that EU enlargement is a geostrategic investment, which requires commitment from both the EU and the enlargement countries on their pathways to accession; recalls in this context the continued need for reforms regarding the rule of law, fundamental rights and public administration, and for alignment with the CFSP, including on sanctions; considers it extremely important and an essential condition in the rapprochement with the EU of its partners in the Western Balkans that their foreign policy and the way they vote on the United Nations General Assembly resolutions indicate that they will support Ukraine in the future and will be in favour of sanctions against Russia and the tightening of those sanctions;

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Amendment 146

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful resumption of the CFSP dialogue between the EU and its partners in the Western Balkans and the importance of these partnerships for peace and security in light of the dynamic changes of the international environment; recalls that EU enlargement is a geostrategic investment and a merit-based process, which requires commitment from both the EU and the enlargement countries on their pathways to accession; recalls that the Union is founded on the values of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, which are part of the Copenhagen criteria, which are the key set of criteria for EU membership; recalls in this context the continued need for reforms regarding the rule of law, fundamental rights and public administration, and for alignment with the CFSP, including on sanctions;

Or. en

Amendment 147

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 148

António Tânger Corrêa, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the successful resumption of the CFSP dialogue between the EU and its partners in the Western Balkans and the importance of these partnerships for peace and security; recalls in this context the continued need for reforms regarding the rule of law, fundamental rights and public administration;

Or. en

Amendment 149

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 150

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. es

Amendment 151

Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 152

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 153

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 154

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 155

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

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Or. fr

Amendment 156

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

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Or. en

Amendment 157

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

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Or. de

Amendment 158

Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; encourages Ukraine and Moldova to continue this positive trend towards full alignment, including in line with the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of all EU Member States; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

Or. en

Amendment 159

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; welcomes the results of the constitutional referendum in Moldova, expressing the will of the people to join the EU; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

Or. en

Amendment 160

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024;

Or. en

Amendment 161

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

Or. en

Amendment 162

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; calls for the acceleration of the screening process and the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

– the decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova; commends the fact that the CFSP alignment rate of Moldova has substantially increased from 54 % in 2022 to 86 % in 2024; welcomes the beginning of the screening process for Ukraine and Moldova, despite previous delays; calls for the timely organisation of the subsequent intergovernmental conferences;

Or. en

Amendment 163

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– welcomes the high levels of alignment with the CFSP by most of the countries of the Western Balkans, with the exception of Serbia;

Or. en

Amendment 164

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

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Or. en

Amendment 165

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations such as the Armenia-Azerbaijan joint statement of 7 December 2023 on confidence-building measures as well as the progress made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process, which has led to an agreement on several sections of the border; encourages both parties to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; calls on Azerbaijan to demonstrate genuine efforts to this end; reaffirms its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both Armenia and Azerbaijan and strongly supports the normalisation of their relations based on the principles of the mutual recognition of territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders, in accordance with the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration; reiterates its demand for the withdrawal of Azerbaijan’s troops from the entirety of Armenia’s sovereign territory;

Or. en

Amendment 166

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; Condemns Azberbaijan for continued efforts to undermine possibility of regional peace and continued threats against Armenia; calls on the EU and its Member States to exclude any security, technical or financial assistance to Azerbaijan, including through various EU instruments, that might contribute to the increase of Azerbaijan’s offensive capabilities or endanger the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia; welcomes regular meetings under the Armenia-EU Political and Security Dialogue format, which is yet another milestone of cooperation in the fields of defense and security between the sides;

Or. en

Amendment 167

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; offers its total support to the Armenian people and the region’s Eastern Christians, who are the target of Azerbaijan’s expansionist designs; recalls that Azerbaijan has blatantly and repeatedly interfered in France’s internal affairs, particularly in New Caledonia and Martinique, in order to destabilise the peace there and incite insurrection;

Or. fr

Amendment 168

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; recalls in this context its position that any partnership agreement between the EU and Azerbaijan – including on energy – must have strong conditions attached on the respect of international law, fundamental rights and international obligations, in particular on Azerbaijan making substantial progress towards a comprehensive and sustainable peace agreement with Armenia;

Or. en

Amendment 169

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; condemns any military aggression, use of force or hybrid threats against Armenia, as well as foreign interference and attempts to destabilize the political situation in Armenia; welcomes, furthermore, the decision to adopt the first assistance measure under the European Peace Facility in support of Armenian armed forces;

Or. en

Amendment 170

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Fernand Kartheiser, Charlie Weimers, Nikos Anadiotis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; in the interests of the normalisation of relations, calls on Azerbaijan to allow the refugees of Artsakh to return to their homes and to withdraw its troops from the sovereign territory of Armenia;

Or. el

Amendment 171

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive and fair peace agreement without delay; urges for the withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from Armenia’s internationally recognised sovereign territory and the liberation of the remaining Armenian hostages held by Azerbaijan;

Or. en

Amendment 172

Thijs Reuten, Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay and urges the Azerbaijani authorities to withdraw from all parts of the sovereign territory of Armenia and to release 23 remaining Armenian hostages;

Or. en

Amendment 173

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay; calls on Azerbaijan to respect Armenia’s territorial integrity; calls on Azerbaijan to release the political prisoners that it is holding;

Or. fi

Amendment 174

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages continued negotiations on a comprehensive peace agreement, and the broad involvement of civil society of all kinds in such negotiations;

Or. en

Amendment 175

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement without delay;

– the ongoing attempts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to normalise their relations; encourages them to sign a comprehensive peace agreement;

Or. en

Amendment 176

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– deplores the fact that the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh was completed a year ago, resulting in the forcible displacement of at least 140 000 Armenians from their places of origin; denounces the military support provided by Türkiye to Azerbaijan; highlights that Azerbaijan’s attack cannot remain unanswered and calls for sanctions on the Azeri authorities responsible for the ethnic cleansing; calls for the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy to be suspended; calls for the negotiations for a new partnership with Azerbaijan to be halted, given the unacceptable state of human rights in the country;

Or. el

Amendment 177

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) under the Common Security and Defence Policy, which continues to help to increase security in the region by substantially decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas, reducing the level of risks for the population living in such areas; welcomes Armenia’s assistance to the activities of the EUMA on its territory; commends the Council for the decision to increase the number of deployed observers as well as the Mission’s capacity, extend its deployment timeframe and calls for further expansion and presence in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 178

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the EU and its Member States have remained among the largest supporters of the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA);

Or. en

Amendment 179

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ICC prosecutor application to the Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber of arrest warrants for Hamas officials and the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister of Israel and for war crimes;

Or. en

Amendment 180

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the regular meetings under the EU-Armenia Political and Security Dialogue format and the EU-Armenia Partnership Council; welcomes also the first adopted assistance measure for the Armenian armed forces under the European Peace Facility, as well as several Member States’ military support to Armenia;

Or. en

Amendment 181

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ICJ Case 192 - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel);

Or. en

Amendment 182

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Calls on the Commission and the Council to rule out any provision of military, technical or economic support to Azerbaijan;

Or. el

Amendment 183

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued work of the EEAS on addressing and countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) through the EU FIMI Toolbox, the setting up of STRATCOM taskforces, through close cooperation with Member States, international partners, civil society and other relevant stakeholders;

Or. en

Amendment 184

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the Advisory opinion of the ICJ on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in OPT, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in OPT;

Or. en

Amendment 185

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Calls on the Commission to provide support to Armenia for de-mining;

Or. el

Amendment 186

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 – indent 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the latest reports of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as its legal analysis and recommendations on implementation of the International Court of Justice;

Or. en

Amendment 187

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – introductory part

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns in particular:

3. Condemns in in the strongest possible terms:

Or. en

Amendment 188

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – introductory part

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns in particular:

3. Notes in particular:

Or. en

Amendment 189

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – introductory part

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Condemns in particular:

3. Deeply regrets:

Or. en

Amendment 190

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure within Ukraine; demands that Russia and its proxy forces cease all military action and that the Russian leadership immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies; is extremely concerned about the information that Russia has more than 10 000 North Korean troops; condemns, in the strictest terms, North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 191

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing war in Ukraine calls for a diplomatic approach in addressing the conflict, urging negotiations to reduce tensions without escalating military engagement;

Or. en

Amendment 192

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian and critical infrastructure within Ukraine; demands that Russia and its proxy forces cease all military action and that Russia immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops and equipment from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies; condemns any hybrid attacks executed by Russia in Ukraine and strongly denounces the spread of Russia’s propaganda about its war in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 193

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure in the Ukraine war, and the lack of initiatives to help bring peace to Ukraine through negotiation and diplomacy and to help its devastated citizenry rebuild after years of war;

Or. en

Amendment 194

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing hostilities as part of the Ukraine conflict and the increasing attacks by both parties to the conflict against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure; demands that both parties to the conflict and their proxy forces cease all military action so that a diplomatic conflict resolution process can begin immediately;

Or. de

Amendment 195

Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure within Ukraine; requires Russia and its proxy forces to respect the national sovereignty of Ukraine and to cease all military action and requires the Russian leadership to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies;

Or. el

Amendment 196

Mariusz Kamiński, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Russia's new wave of imperialism with the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure within Ukraine; demands that Russia and its proxy forces cease all military action and that the Russian leadership immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies;

Or. en

Amendment 197

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing illegal and unjustifiable Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure within Ukraine; demands that Russia and its proxy forces cease all military action and that the Russian leadership immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies;

Or. en

Amendment 198

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the Russian attacks against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure within Ukraine; demands that Russia and its proxy forces cease all military action and that the Russian leadership immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it unlawfully occupies;

Or. en

Amendment 199

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fernand Kartheiser, Charlie Weimers, Nikolaos Anadiotis, Nicolas Bay

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the unacceptable continued occupation of 37 % of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, which according to Protocol 10 of its treaty of accession is European territory; demands that Türkiye recognise the Republic of Cyprus, cease all military action and immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Cyprus whose territory, or parts thereof, it illegally occupies;

Or. el

Amendment 200

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

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Or. de

Amendment 201

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

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Or. en

Amendment 202

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus and its active support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; reiterates its call for EU sanctions against Belarus to be extended by mirroring EU sanctions against Russia; calls for continued support from the EU and Member States for Belarusian democratic forces, political prisoners and their families; given the repressive environment in Belarus, does not believe that the announced presidential election to be held in January 2025 will be free or fair;

Or. en

Amendment 203

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus; notes that a free and democratic Belarus is key to the security of Ukraine and the EU; calls for increased support to the Belarusian democratic forces and for the EEAS, the Council and the Member States to continue pushing for the release or all political prisoners in Belarus;

Or. en

Amendment 204

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus; the role of Belarus in instrumentalised migration, particularly in light of the influx of thousands of migrants in Poland which Belarus orchestrates to force their passage into the European Union;

Or. en

Amendment 205

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin to maintain its grip on Belarus, while brutally oppressing the Belarusian people to stay in power, as well as weaponising migration against the EU and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 206

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus; expresses its support for the democratic opposition in Belarus and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Or. fi

Amendment 207

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus; and allowing the country to serve as a Russian military base;

Or. en

Amendment 208

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Charlie Weimers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus;

– the role of the illegitimate regime of Aliaksandr Lukashenka in effectively surrendering national sovereignty to the Kremlin in order to maintain its grip on Belarus; as well as the instrumentalisation of the issue of migration;

Or. el

Amendment 209

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Denounces Lukashenka's and Putin's instrumentalisation of migration as hybrid weapon against the EU; expresses solidarity with the affected EU Member States and calls on Commission to provide all necessary support, including through the erection of surveillance equipment and physical barriers;

Or. en

Amendment 210

Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– North Korean interference in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine by sending military equipment and ammunition to Russia as well as by sending thousands of soldiers to train in eastern Russia and join the fight against Ukraine;

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Amendment 211

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 212

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 213

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 214

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing malicious activities, interference and hybrid warfare deployed by the Russian Federation, its institutions and proxies in undermining and subverting the democratic stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova; notes with concern Russia’s suspected interference in the elections in Georgia and Moldova and calls for a thorough and open interpretation of these occurrences;

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Amendment 215

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing malicious activities, interference and hybrid warfare deployed by the Russian Federation, its institutions and proxies in undermining and subverting the democratic stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova, including the recent interference in the constitutional referendum on EU accession and the presidential elections;

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Amendment 216

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing malicious activities, interference, including Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, and hybrid warfare deployed by the Russian Federation, its institutions and proxies in undermining and subverting the democratic stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova;

Or. en

Amendment 217

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 218

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 219

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing malicious activities, interference and hybrid warfare deployed by the Russian Federation, its institutions and proxies in undermining and subverting the electoral process, the democratic stability and sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova;

Or. en

Amendment 220

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Russian gas laundering through Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani authorities’ facilitation of Russia’s circumvention of EU sanctions;

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Amendment 221

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the attack on Kosovan police officers by well-organised Serbian paramilitaries in Banjska/Banjskë in the north of Kosovo, which took place on 24 September 2023 and resulted in the murder of the Kosovan police officer Afrim Bunjaku and the injuring of two more Kosovan police officers; stresses that the perpetrators of this deplorable attack must be held accountable and face justice without delay;

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Amendment 222

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, and Israel’s disproportionate response in Gaza that caused civilian casualties to an excessive extent and a catastrophic humanitarian situation with reasons to suspect large-scale and major violations of international law; the deliberate and malignant fuelling of an exceptionally tense situation, through repeated attacks targeting Israel since 7 October 2023, by State and non-State actors in the region with Iran being the main instigator as well as the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon acting as some of its proxies; the decision by Israel to proceed with a large scale military operation in Lebanon on 30 September 2024 in retaliation to Hezbollah’s attacks, further escalating the conflict;

Or. en

Amendment 223

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023 and the continued holding of hostages by Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in Gaza, and which triggered a conflict between Hamas and Israel and which has had a disproportionate effect on civilians on both sides and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has been exploited even further by Hamas, an EU-listed terror organisation;

Or. en

Amendment 224

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a terrible effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation; condemns in the strongest terms the taking and continuing detention by Hamas of innocent people, including women and children, hostages, and demands that the hostages be released immediately and unconditionally.

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Amendment 225

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a disproportionate effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation; asks the Commission to better monitor the payment of European funds to Palestinian institutions, which may sometimes be linked to Hamas officials;

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Amendment 226

António Tânger Corrêa, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which resulted in the slaughter of more than 1,200 Israeli citizens, including women and children, and more than 250 hostages, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a disproportionate effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 227

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023;

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Amendment 228

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the loss of civilian lives in the attacks on 7 October 2023; the staggering loss of life and unprecedented destruction wrought by Israel in Gaza and the continuous escalation of war in the Middle East; stresses the need for an urgent ceasefire, the release of hostages and a long-term and just diplomatic settlement;

Or. en

Amendment 229

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías, António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza;

Or. en

Amendment 230

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Charlie Weimers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks on civilians committed by Hamas in Israel on 7 October 2023, which are crimes against humanity and which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a disproportionate effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

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Amendment 231

Seán Kelly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, and the Israeli authorities’ response in Gaza and the West Bank that has had a disproportionate effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 232

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, and the disproportionate retaliatory action by the Israeli Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, which caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 233

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023 and the disproportionate Israeli military response to these attacks, which have dramatic effects on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza;

Or. en

Amendment 234

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, and the Israel military actions against Gaza, which have disproportionately effected civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 235

Marc Botenga, Rima Hassan, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which was followed by a deliberate genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza by the Israeli army;

Or. en

Amendment 236

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a severe effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 237

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– all forms of violence against civilians in the ongoing Middle East crisis; denounces actions by Hezbollah and Israel within Lebanon that exacerbate the conflict; calls upon all involved parties to uphold international humanitarian law and to prioritize urgent de-escalation efforts to safeguard civilian lives; urges the disarmament of Hezbollah as part of broader measures to reduce hostilities and ensure regional stability;

Or. en

Amendment 238

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the legislation approved by the Israeli Parliament, forbidding contact between Israeli state entities and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in disrespect to international law and fundamental humanitarian principles;

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Amendment 239

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued rocket and drone attacks on Israel by Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as the Houthis in Yemen and Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, all committed at the instigation of the Islamic Republic of Iran;

Or. en

Amendment 240

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Charlie Weimers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the threats of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Israel, which further inflame the climate in the wider Middle East region;

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Amendment 241

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the current conflict in Gaza that has a disproportionate effect on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation;

Or. en

Amendment 242

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued establishment and expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank; these settlements violate international law, undermine efforts towards achieving a two-state solution, and pose a significant obstacle to lasting peace; calls upon Israel to immediately halt and reverse these measures in order to foster an environment conducive to constructive dialogue and conflict resolution; calls to revoke the citizenship of dual-nationality settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem;

Or. en

Amendment 243

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the direct missile and drone attacks by Iran on Israel, thereby escalating the already tense conflict in the Middle East; calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease escalating the conflict and stop funding terror proxies in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 244

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Israel's authorities’ constant attempts to undermine and discredit the UN, its Secretary General and, especially, UNRWA, as well as its attacks on UNIFIL;

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Amendment 245

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the declaration by the Israeli government to consider U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “persona non grata”;

Or. en

Amendment 246

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent developments in Tunisia have raised concerns about human rights and democratic standards, with reports indicating limited transparency, restricted opposition participation, and reduced political competition in the presidential election; continues EU's commitment and support for Tunisia during this politically and socio-economically sensitive period, maintaining contact at various levels;

Or. en

Amendment 247

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the legislation adopted by the Knesset banning the activities of UNRWA and ceasing its relations with Israel authorities; deplores the dire consequences this will have for the region as UNRWA is the main humanitarian assistance structure in Gaza and the West Bank, of which millions of people depend for vital services; recalls that this legislation infringes international law;

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Amendment 248

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the actions taken by some members of the Israeli government to deny the West Bank access to financial resources, as stated on 25 October in a letter by the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, ministers from G7 countries and EU Commissioner for Financial Services addressed to Israeli PM Netanyahu;

Or. en

Amendment 249

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the military escalation in Lebanon, and the unacceptable number of civilian casualties, the forced displacement caused by the escalating violence and the persistent use of military force;

Or. en

Amendment 250

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 251

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Iran’s persistent non-compliance with its legal safeguard obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification; expresses concern at the growing military cooperation between Iran and Russia, in particular the intention to sign a treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership, and strongly condemns Iran’s provision of drones and ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine and its people;

Or. en

Amendment 252

Marc Botenga, Rima Hassan, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Iran’s persistent non-compliance with its legal safeguard obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification; the unwillingness of the United States to engage in meaningful and constructive talks with Iran in line with international law ; commends the effort of E3 group for showing their commitment to the JCPOA via the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV);

Or. en

Amendment 253

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Iran’s persistent non-compliance with its legal safeguard obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification and destabilisation of the Middle East, including through proxies, attacks on Israel and sponsoring terrorism and civil conflicts;

Or. en

Amendment 254

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Iran’s persistent non-compliance with its legal safeguard obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification; the attacks perpetrated or attempted within the European Union by terrorist organisations and networks affiliated to Iran;

Or. en

Amendment 255

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the USA’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the associated persistent non-compliance by Iran with its legal safeguard obligations under this agreement, in particular the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification;

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Amendment 256

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Iran’s persistent non-compliance with its legal safeguard obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the advancement of its nuclear programme beyond all credible civilian justification;

Or. en

Amendment 257

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

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Or. en

Amendment 258

António Tânger Corrêa, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)’s responsibility in at least 11 attempted attacks in European soil between 2018 and 2024, turning Europe in one of the battlefields in its war against Israel and the West, which poses a serious threat to European security;

Or. en

Amendment 259

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran and the execution in Iran of the German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy detaining foreign civilians and dual nationals;

Or. en

Amendment 260

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran and the recent resort to the death penalty against a European citizen; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

Or. en

Amendment 261

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

– brutal oppression of the people of Iran, in particular woman, and the wrongful detention of European citizens in Iran; urges the VP/HR to do the utmost to free these citizens and to put an end to the practice of Iranian hostage diplomacy;

Or. en

Amendment 262

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the signature of the memorandum of understanding on a strategic and global partnership between the European Union and Tunisia, without proper democratic oversight of the European Parliament; further deplores the whole process of the European Commission to disburse the €105 million financial support for Tunisia on migration, which final aim is to outsource the EU migration policy without proper human rights guarantees for migrants;

Or. en

Amendment 263

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued oppression of human and women's rights in Iran as well as the use of the death penalty against innocent civilians and regime opponents; recalls the needs for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty;

Or. en

Amendment 264

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender-based restrictions on women be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

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Or. en

Amendment 265

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 266

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender-based restrictions on women and all forms of gender apartheid be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 267

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade amounting to gender apartheid; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender-based restrictions on women be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 268

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender-based restrictions on women and girls be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 269

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to all public places without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender-based restrictions on women be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 270

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all restrictions on women be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 271

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued PRC’s violations of human rights in mainland China, against people in Tibet, Hong Kong and Macau and the transnational repression of Chinese dissidents as well as the persistent presence of Chinese police office on the EU territory;

Or. en

Amendment 272

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the use of Shari'a and blasphemy laws against religious minorities, such as Christians, in the Middle East, which is used to persecute them and oppress their freedom of religion or belief;

Or. en

Amendment 273

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the PRC for not implementing the recommendations of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); calls on the PRC to allow the OHCHR independent access to XUAR and invites the OHCHR to issue a comprehensive situational update and an action plan for holding the PRC accountable;

Or. en

Amendment 274

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the rampant honour killings throughout the Middle East and South East Asia, which disproportionally affects women and girls;

Or. en

Amendment 275

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued war in Sudan, greatly affecting innocent civilians, particularly in Darfur;

Or. en

Amendment 276

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 277

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft intimidating China’s neighbours; strongly condemns the PRC’s unwarranted military exercises of 14 October 2024, its continued military provocations against Taiwan and its continued military build-up, which is changing the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, and reiterates its firm rejection of any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; lauds the restraint and disciplined reaction of the Taiwanese authorities and calls for regular exchanges between the EU and its Taiwanese counterparts on relevant security issues; denounces the regime-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as terror, oppression and systematic human rights abuses across mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau;

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Amendment 278

Michael Gahler, Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft intimidating China’s neighbours, which violate peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding international waters, and impede the Freedom of Navigation (FON) rights of all other parties; strongly condemns statements by the Chinese President that the People’s Republic of China will never renounce the right to use force with respect to Taiwan, and insists that the use of coercive measures to achieve unification contradicts international law; denounces the government-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang;

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Amendment 279

Mariusz Kamiński, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing scope and intensity of operations of Chinese government vessels and aircraft intimidating China’s neighbours; warns against China’s Military-Civil Fusion aimed at integrating civilian and defence economies, along with their respective technological ecosystems; denounces the government-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, targeting Uyghurs, as well as the persecution of other minorities, including Tibetans, Christians, and Falun Gong followers;

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Amendment 280

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft intimidating China’s neighbours; denounces the government-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang; urges the Chinese authorities to use their influence on Russia so that it might end its barbaric war of aggression and withdraw its troops from Ukraine territory, which is a precondition for a just peace;

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Amendment 281

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft intimidating China’s neighbours and more particularly Taiwan; recalls in this last respect the necessity to preserve the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, to oppose any unilateral actions by force or coercion and to call all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any actions that may further escalate cross-strait tensions;

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Amendment 282

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of vessels and aircraft of all actors in the Indo-Pacific region;

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Amendment 283

Seán Kelly

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 284

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft, FIMI and cyber-attacks intimidating China’s neighbours; denounces the government-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang;

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Amendment 285

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing breadth and intensity of operations of Chinese Government vessels and aircraft attempting to intimidate China’s neighbours; denounces the government-led system of forced labour and China’s crimes against humanity in Xinjiang;

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Amendment 286

Pekka Toveri

Motion for a resolution

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Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the expanding military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, with reported supplies of artillery ammunition, ballistic missiles and over 10.000 soldiers to support Russian aggression in Ukraine; expresses concern over the development of cooperation between these two authoritarian states;

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Amendment 287

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– North Korea’s continued weapons testing and development of its nuclear programme, further escalating tensions in the region, and the recent deployment of thousands of North Korean troops to Russia to support its war effort against Ukraine;

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Amendment 288

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Condemns the PRC's 'no limits' relationship with Russia, continued support for its war machine and circumvention of sanctions imposed on Russia as a result of its war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 289

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Stresses the need to address the complex and multi-dimensional security threat posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), including military, hybrid and economic threats;

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Amendment 290

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Calls on the Commission and the Council to review the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels as well as the autonomous status of Hong Kong in the light of the National Security Law and the PRC’s violation of its international commitments, including breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the ‘one country, two systems’ principle, the crackdown on Hong Kong’s autonomy and opposition figures, and erosion of the rule of law; calls on the EEAS to closely monitor the trials of political prisoners in Hong Kong and call for the release of all political prisoners, including the founder of Apple Daily Jimmy Lai;

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Amendment 291

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Reiterates its condemnation of China's destruction of Hong Kong's political freedoms and autonomy, in violation of its obligations, and the resulting human rights abuses, including the transnational repression on individuals outside Hong Kong; is concerned by Hong Kong's role in assisting Russia to circumvent the sanctions in force and to procure critical components for the production of arms, which is a direct result of China's destruction of the city's freedoms, autonomy and the rule of law; calls on the EC and the Member States to take immediate action, in coordination with transatlantic allies, to address sanctions circumvention via mainland China and Hong Kong;

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Amendment 292

Marc Botenga, Rima Hassan, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

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Amendment 293

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

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Amendment 294

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; condemns additionally the physical attack on 29 September 2024 on an ECOWAS Member Parliament and other participants in an officially declared opposition rally in Lomé; calls on the Togolese authorities to ensure the promotion and protection of the fundamental principles of human and peoples' rights enshrined in Article 4 of the revised ECOWAS Treaty, such as the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, belief and expression; calls on the ECOWAS authorities and its member states to support the efforts needed to safeguard the principles of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights throughout the sub-region; takes note of the closure of the European Union Military Partnership Mission in Niger (EUMPM Niger) and of the Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM); observes with concern how Russia has intensified the development of state-to-state relationships and cooperation initiatives with African states through military cooperation and the commitment to cooperate on the development of nuclear energy;

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Amendment 295

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

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Amendment 296

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

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Amendment 297

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

– the coups in Burkina Faso and in Niger with President Bazoum being detained and the constitution suspended; further condemns the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM); deplores that the French troops and UN peacekeepers have departed and been replaced by Wagner Group mercenaries, Russian and Turkish military, whose industries supply arms to Sahelian capitals;

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Amendment 298

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM); deplores the rise of terrorist attacks and heavy civilian losses in the region as well as the presence and predation activities of Russian paramilitaries;

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Amendment 299

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

– the decision of the central Sahel military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thus plunging ECOWAS into a deep political crisis; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM); notes Türkiye’s intense activity in the region through the cultivation of anti-European hatred by means of religious fanaticism;

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Amendment 300

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Iran and other totalitarian or authoritarian regimes use information manipulation and malign interference as integral instruments to exert pressure on multilateral institutions and democratic values and norms, to abuse power, to increase the incidence and severity of human rights violations, to constrict spaces for civil society, independent media and democratic opposition movements, to spread anti-Western disinformation and to use various forms of transnational repression to intimidate and constrict spaces for civil society, independent media and democratic opposition movements in the diaspora;

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Amendment 301

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the civil war in Sudan between the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the devastating consequences for the civil population and the atrocities committed against them; emphasises that the EU should urgently review its regional strategy for the Sahel;

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Amendment 302

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the despicable large-scale use of rape as a weapon of war and drastic worsening of the humanitarian situation in Sudan;

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Amendment 303

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the increasing attacks, harassment, arbitrary detention, torture, and killings of human rights defenders (HRDs) worldwide, especially those advocating for environmental, indigenous, women’s, LGBTQI+, and anti-corruption rights; further notes the increasingly sophisticated tactics by state and non-state actors, including digital surveillance and smear campaigns, aimed at silencing HRDs;

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Amendment 304

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the last minute tactical and technical constraints put by the authorities of RDC which prevented the EU EOM to monitor the presidential elections; condemns the continuing severe clashes between the military and the M23 rebel movement destabilising the eastern DRC; calls on the review of the EU strategy for the Great Lakes Region;

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Amendment 305

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the risk of collapse of the state structures and difficult humanitarian situation in Haiti due to rampant gang violence;

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Amendment 306

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– attempts to circumvent EU and international sanctions, seeing these strategies as direct threats to the international rules-based order;

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Amendment 307

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;

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Amendment 308

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 309

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the ongoing and dramatic decline in fundamental rights and freedoms, security and living conditions in many Ibero-American countries, resulting from the spread of socialism; condemns the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns, in the strongest terms, the decades-old systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime led by Miguel Díaz-Canel and Castro family members, and its effort to spread its dictatorial model throughout the region, notably using two puppet organizations: the Sao Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government immediately resign and peacefully make way for a new executive headed by the legitimate and democratically elected President, Edmundo González Urrutia; condemns Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes's attempts at curtailing free speech in Brazil in an effort to shore up Lula da Silva's increasingly repressive regime, particularly by banning the social media X, formerly Twitter; denounces Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's blatant misrepresentation of the discovery and conquest of the Americas by European explorers, as well as her spiteful and misleading rhetoric directed against the Spanish people and the Spanish Crown in particular, as a direct attack against a Member State and its institutions;

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Amendment 310

Marc Botenga, Rima Hassan, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic human rights violations of the Cuban people by the United States' economic embargo and unjustifiable extraterritorial sanctions; Condemn the United States' sanctions on Venezuela, which have triggered an unprecedented economic crisis, marking the worst peacetime crisis in modern history and leading to catastrophic inflation and a severe decline in living conditions; Ask from all parties involved in the Venezuelan presidential election from July 2024 to publish all acts regarding the final result; Condemns violence as an unacceptable way of resolving this conflict;

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Amendment 311

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; in particular emphasises the "cuban medical brigade" employed in some European countries as a persecution of fundamental rights and freedoms and a way of slavery and forced labour"; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;

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Amendment 312

Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and urges the EU and its Member States to recognise Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela; demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;

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Amendment 313

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran and Venezuela, among others; condemns the reported human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; strongly condemns and fully rejects the allegations of electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government promotes freedom of assembly and association;

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Amendment 314

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns the systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;

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Amendment 315

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the failure by Azerbaijan to comply with the order of 17 November 2023, issued by the International Court of Justice, indicating provisional measures regarding the safe, unimpeded and expeditious return of the 100,000 ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh after the September 2023 pre-planned, unjustified military attack by Azerbaijan which amounted to ethnic cleansing, as well as the refusal of Azerbaijani authorities to release all 23 Armenian prisoners of war it currently detains; stresses the need to support all initiatives and activities that could lead to the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the signing of a long-awaited peace agreement and calls on Azerbaijan to demonstrate genuine efforts to this end; warns Azerbaijan that any military action against Armenia would be unacceptable and would have serious consequences for the partnership between Azerbaijan and the EU; highlights that Azerbaijan’s connectivity issues with its exclave of Nakhchivan should be resolved with full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Armenia; reiterates its position that the EU should be ready to impose sanctions on any individuals and entities that threaten the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Armenia; stresses that the multiple warnings of the European Parliament on the situation have not led to any change in the EU stance towards Azerbaijan; calls for the EU to end its reliance on gas exports from Azerbaijan; calls on the Commission to suspend the 2022 memorandum of understanding on the strategic partnership in the field of energy and to act accordingly; calls for the EU to cease all technical and financial assistance to Azerbaijan that might contribute to strengthening its military or security capabilities; calls on the Member States to freeze exports of all military and security equipment to Azerbaijan; condemns Azerbaijan’s repeated attempts to denigrate and destabilise Member States, including through the so-called Baku Initiative Group;

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Amendment 316

Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the escalating trend of undermining the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), emphasizing that such actions pose a direct threat to the foundational principles of international justice; reaffirms the European Union’s steadfast commitment to protecting and upholding the ICJ and the International Criminal Court (ICC), particularly in the face of mounting pressures that threaten their independence; urges the EU to enhance financial support to ensure the sustained autonomy and impartiality of these institutions; and expresses its deep concern about the possible passage of legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives to impose targeted sanctions on ICC judges, officials and legal experts;

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Amendment 317

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 – indent 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– Russian intervention in Mali, Niger and the region in support of military juntas; strongly condemns the use of mercenaries and increasing violence in the region and demands a strong international response and steps to de-escalate conflicts with the help of the entire international community;

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Amendment 318

Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye which depends on Türkiye’s own constructive engagement with tangible results across the board of EU - Türkiye relations, particularly on the Cyprus issue; regrets that despite some de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean, Türkiye continues its aggressive policy and to unfoundedly dispute the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU Member States in the area; in this respect condemns the signature and the evocation from the Turkish Government of the memoranda of understanding between Türkiye and Libya on comprehensive security and military cooperation and on the delimitation of maritime zones, which are interconnected and are clear violations of international law, the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the sovereign rights of EU Member States; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

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Amendment 319

Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; regrets that despite some de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean Türkiye continues to unfoundedly dispute the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU Member States in the area; in this respect condemns the signature and the evocation from the Turkish Government of the memoranda of understanding between Türkiye and Libya on comprehensive security and military cooperation and on the delimitation of maritime zones, which are interconnected and are clear violations of international law, the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the sovereign rights of EU Member States; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

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Amendment 320

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; expresses concern over Turkey's ongoing occupation of territory in Cyprus and stresses that any improvement in EU-Turkey relations must be contingent upon Turkey's withdrawal from Cypriot territory and its respect for Member State sovereignty;

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Amendment 321

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to review relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; further underlines that Türkiye’s pathway to the EU remains closed until Türkiye’s foreign policy is in line with the CFSP and the Turkish Government and authorities establish respect for the principles of the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms.

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Amendment 322

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; considers that any interference with the implementation of the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Member States deriving from international law is a totally unacceptable act;

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Amendment 323

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy not only shows a very low alignment with EU priorities under the CFSP but is even taking the country further away from the EU CFSP; regrets the absence of progress in Türkiye in some crucial areas such as fundamental rights;

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Amendment 324

Marion Maréchal

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to clarify relations with Türkiye by putting a definitive end to the process of its accession to the EU, which has been kept alive despite the deadlock on a number of chapters of the EU acquis; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

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Amendment 325

Emmanouil Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; while also noting with concern that Türkiye maintains unfounded claims against the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU Member States, reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

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Amendment 326

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean, while also noting with concern that Türkiye maintains unfounded claims against the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU Member States; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 327

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; recalls Türkiye’s acts of aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean against Greece and Cyprus, both EU Member States;

Or. fr

Amendment 328

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean;

Or. de

Amendment 329

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 330

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP; recognises that there are no prerequisites for promoting EU accession negotiations with Türkiye;

Or. fi

Amendment 331

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean;

Or. en

Amendment 332

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean;

Or. en

Amendment 333

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– stresses that Türkiye’s eventual accession to the EU depends on full compliance with the Copenhagen criteria and on its normalisation of relations with all EU Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 334

Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its position that Türkiye is a strategic partner in particular when it comes to stopping illegal migration to the EU, as well as military, economic and energy cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 335

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– uncertainties related to Türkiye’s foreign policy priorities; the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of tensions in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 336

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye; welcomes the partial de-escalation of Turkish aggression in the east Mediterranean and the Aegean; reiterates its concern that Türkiye’s foreign policy continues to be expansionist and at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP;

Or. el

Amendment 337

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 338

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fernand Kartheiser, Charlie Weimers, Nikolaos Anadiotis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to improve relations with Türkiye, which is unfortunately still failing to comply with international law, the law of the sea and the EU acquis, at odds with EU priorities under the CFSP, causing continual problems for Greece and Cyprus with its revisionist position; ·

Or. el

Amendment 339

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– denounces the export of military supplies and expertise to Türkiye, which is violating international law by:

- occupying 38 % of the land of the Republic of Cyprus,

- violating the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus in the sea and in the air,

- maintaining troops and conducting military operations in Syria and Iraq while, specifically, carrying out acts of ethnic cleansing and genocide against population groups, particularly the ongoing genocidal acts against the Kurds in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq,

- supporting the ongoing aggression of Azerbaijan against Armenia;

Or. el

Amendment 340

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– calls for the status of the buffer zone and the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus to be respected; urges Türkiye and the Turkish Cypriot leadership to cease and reverse all such unilateral activities and avoid any further actions and provocations, including the increasing militarisation by Türkiye of the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus that are not conducive to the resumption of the UN-led negotiations; calls for engagement in peaceful negotiations and a real process of dialogue in line with the UN framework;

Or. en

Amendment 341

Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to consider more carefully the challenges coming from the Mediterranean and the southern neighbourhood, which spill over into the European continent and pose a clear threat to security and stability of the Euro-Atlantic region;

Or. en

Amendment 342

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– denounces the absence of initiatives to prevent Turkish aggression against the Republic of Cyprus, Greece, Syria, Iraq and Armenia, as well as Türkiye’s ongoing genocidal acts against 18 million Kurds in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq;

Or. el

Amendment 343

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– stresses that in the absence of a drastic change of course by the Turkish Government, Türkiye’s EU accession process cannot be resumed;

Or. en

Amendment 344

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– calls on the Commission to examine, as a solution to the Kurdish problem, turning Türkiye into a bi-zonal , bi-communal federation between a Turkish and a Kurdish federal state, on a footing of political equality, in order to fully safeguard the rights of Kurds;

Or. el

Amendment 345

Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the urgency for the EU and the Turkish Government to move forward toward a mutual reflection process which leads to a mutually beneficial, more dynamic and strategic partnership, considering the key role played by Türkiye in the region and its significance as a NATO ally;

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Or. en

Amendment 346

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 347

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 348

Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 349

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fernand Kartheiser, Charlie Weimers, Nikolaos Anadiotis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the urgency for Türkiye to recognise the Republic of Cyprus, fulfilling its Cypriot obligations for a proper resolution of the Cyprus issue and bringing an end to the illegal occupation of Cypriot territories, before the EU and the Turkish Government move forward toward a mutual reflection process which leads to a mutually beneficial, more dynamic and strategic partnership, considering the key role played by Türkiye in the region;

Or. el

Amendment 350

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the urgency for the EU and the Turkish Government to move forward toward a mutual reflection process which leads to a mutually beneficial, more dynamic and productive partnership;

Or. en

Amendment 351

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the importance for the EU and the Turkish Government to reflect on ways to develop a cooperative and mutually beneficial strategic partnership, in line, most recently, with the European Council Conclusions of 17-18 April 2024, considering the key role played by Türkiye in the region and its significance as a NATO ally;

Or. en

Amendment 352

Emmanouil Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the importance for the EU and the Turkish Government to reflect on ways to develop a cooperative and mutually beneficial, strategic partnership, in line, most recently, with the European Council Conclusions of 17-18 April 2024,considering the key role played by Türkiye in the region and its significance as a NATO ally;

Or. en

Amendment 353

Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need for the Turkish Government to improve the relations with the EU and its Member States in a mutually beneficial way and to develop a cooperative strategic partnership in line with international law and European Council Conclusions of 17-18 April 2024, considering Türkiye is a NATO member;

Or. en

Amendment 354

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 355

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need for the EU and the Turkish Government to move forward toward a mutual reflection process which leads to a mutually beneficial, more dynamic and strategic partnership, considering the key role played by Türkiye in the region and its significance as a NATO ally;

Or. en

Amendment 356

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the strategic interest of the EU in a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Türkiye in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, subject to the established conditionalities set out in European Council Conclusions;

Or. en

Amendment 357

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the particular importance that the European Union attaches in this regard to resumption of and progress in the Cyprus settlement talks in further enhancing EU-Türkiye cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 358

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 359

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that Türkiye is making an inadequate effort in aligning with the EU’s CFSP, including on sanctions and the anti-circumvention of sanctions, as well as with the need for Türkiye to cooperate closely with the EU’s Sanctions Envoy; deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas; calls on the Council to strongly condemn Türkiye’s hostile geopolitical behaviour in the region and to terminate Türkiye’s EU accession negotiations, as well as all EU funding and programmes linked to Türkiye’s accession;

Or. fr

Amendment 360

Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that Türkiye is making an inadequate effort in aligning with the EU’s CFSP, including on sanctions and the anti-circumvention of sanctions, as well as with the need for Türkiye to cooperate closely with the EU’s Sanctions Envoy; deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas; reiterates its concerns about the ongoing deterioration of democratic standards in Türkiye; recalls that Türkiye also targets the EU with foreign information manipulation and interference and that its government is considering introducing a Russian-style Foreign Agents Law;

Or. en

Amendment 361

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas;

Or. de

Amendment 362

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– deplores the nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas;

Or. en

Amendment 363

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that Türkiye is making an inadequate effort in aligning with the EU’s CFSP, including on sanctions and the anti-circumvention of sanctions, as well as with the need for Türkiye to cooperate closely with the EU’s Sanctions Envoy; stresses, in this regard, that the European Union’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, has initiated an investigation into a loophole that allows countries like Turkey to rebrand sanctioned Russian oil and export it to the EU; deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas;

Or. en

Amendment 364

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that Türkiye is making an inadequate effort in aligning with the EU’s CFSP, including on sanctions and the anti-circumvention of sanctions, as well as with the need for Türkiye to cooperate closely with the EU’s Sanctions Envoy; takes a favourable view of the news that Türkiye has blocked the export to Russia of products originating in the United States that are of benefit to Russian military action; deplores the unacceptable nature of the solidarity and support that the President of Türkiye has publicly provided to the terrorist organisation Hamas;

Or. fi

Amendment 365

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 366

Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Fernand Kartheiser, Charlie Weimers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 367

Emmanouil Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 368

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– underlines that Türkiye does not meet the Copenhagen criteria; calls, in this regard, on the Council to terminate Türkiye’s accession negotiations to the EU as well as all associated EU funding and programs in relation to Türkiye's accession thereto;

Or. en

Amendment 369

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

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Or. en

Amendment 370

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

– the call on Türkiye to fully adhere to the principles of good neighbourly relations and to cease all actions that provoke tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); emphasises the need for increased EU solidarity and cooperation in safeguarding the sovereign rights of Member States in this strategically important region;

Or. en

Amendment 371

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood, emphasizing the need to normalise relations with Armenia as a step towards the normalisation of relations in the South Caucasus region; urges Türkiye to refrain from setting preconditions on the normalisation related to its support of Azerbaijan and to open up the border between Armenia and Türkiye;

Or. en

Amendment 372

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood and to halt its efforts to upgrade the secessionist entity in the illegally occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus which jeopardises the efforts for the resumption of the UN-led negotiations;

Or. en

Amendment 373

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood; in that regard, condemns the role played by Türkiye in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including its use of Syrian jihadists to aid the Aliyev regime;

Or. fr

Amendment 374

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood;

– the call on Türkiye to work on a constructive, and not assertive nor aggressive, approach in its neighbourhood, while understanding Türkiye's security concerns, in particular the threats emanating from terrorism;

Or. en

Amendment 375

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the call for the status of the buffer zone and the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus to be respected; urges Türkiye and the Turkish Cypriot leadership to cease and reverse all such unilateral activities and avoid any further actions and provocations, including the increasing militarisation by Türkiye of the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus that are not conducive to the resumption of the UN-led negotiations; calls for engagement in peaceful negotiations and a real process of dialogue in line with the UN framework;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the strategic interest for a stable and secure Easter Mediterranean with mutually beneficial relationship with all actors based on the respect of human rights, international law and UNCLOS, on the areas of green transition, energy security, combat extremism and terrorism as well as the illicit trade in weapons and human trafficking;

Or. en

Amendment 377

Emmanouil Kefalogiannis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the particular importance that the European Union attaches in this regard to resumption of and progress in the Cyprus settlement talks in further enhancing EU-Türkiye cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– calls to carefully analyse the incompatibilities between Türkiye’s candidacy to the BRICS+ and the EU’s CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 379

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 380

Nathalie Loiseau, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the continued backsliding of democratic standards in Georgia, in spite of and in parallel to the granting of EU candidate status on 14 December 2023, as made evident by the intimidations and irregularities observed during the 26 October 2024 parliamentary elections; the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; concurs with the European Council’s conclusions of 27 June 2024 that failure to reverse the current course of action jeopardises Georgia’s EU path, de facto leading to a halt of the accession process; calls on the EU to react meaningfully to the watershed implications of the recent unfair elections for democracy and rule of law in Georgia;

Or. en

Amendment 381

Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Urmas Paet, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; deeply regrets the uneven playing field in the recent parliamentary elections, the divisive campaign rhetoric that further polarised the population, and the reported irregularities that raise concerns about the ability of some voters to cast their ballot without fear of retribution; calls on the Georgian authorities to heed the will of the Georgian people to join the EU and therefore to ensure free and fair elections, to stop democratic backsliding, to abandon the laws that jeopardise Georgia’s European future and to pursue pro-European democratic reforms;

Or. en

Amendment 382

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; is extremely concerned about the recent statements made by former Georgian Prime Minister, the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, inter alia, that the country’s opposition parties would be banned if the Georgian Dream party won the election; takes the view that, in consideration of these matters, it is not possible at present to encourage Georgia’s membership of the EU;

Or. fi

Amendment 383

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Sven Mikser, Alessandra Moretti, Yannis Maniatis, Vasile Dîncu, Hana Jalloul Muro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; notes that citizens of Georgia have demonstrated their attachment to democratic values and their country advancing on the EU integration; stresses that the democratic backsliding in Georgia needs to be reversed and guarantee a conducive environment for media, civil society and opposition;

Or. en

Amendment 384

Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 385

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 386

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. en

Amendment 387

Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. en

Amendment 388

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. en

Amendment 389

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on 'transparency of foreign influence,' the law on 'family values and protection of minors,' as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership; reminds that, at the same time, Georgia should align with the EU’s core foreign affairs and security principles, including compliance with sanctions against Russia;

Or. en

Amendment 390

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 391

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. en

Amendment 392

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, are not incompatible with EU values and democratic principles; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. en

Amendment 393

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the adoption of the law on ‘transparency of foreign influence’, the law on ‘family values and protection of minors’, as well as the changes to the Electoral Code in Georgia, is a sovereign right of Georgia; recalls that Georgia’s bid for accession to the EU will be assessed on the basis of its own merits and of the country’s success in meeting the Copenhagen criteria for EU membership;

Or. de

Amendment 394

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the observation that Russia and China have become significant players in the Southern Neighbourhood, especially North Africa, while Türkiye and the Gulf states, chief amongst them the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, have risen as regional forces; argues that the idea of a single ‘neighbourhood’ for both Eastern and Southern Europe overlooks their distinct challenges; calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to secure adequate resources for the timely and effective implementation of the new pact for the Mediterranean; reiterates that a dynamic network of strategic partnerships tailored to the specific needs and aspirations of each country in our Southern Neighbourhood should be at the centre of that new pact; believes in this context that the EU should conduct a thorough review of the current incentive structure that combines the promise of financial assistance and trade benefits in exchange for political and economic reforms; ensuring it aligns with broader EU objectives, including the promotion of human rights and democratic values; stresses that besides prioritising bilateral cooperation, the EU should also continue to foster regional cooperation through existing frameworks like the Union for the Mediterranean which offers a valuable platform for promoting dialogue and joint action on issues of common concern;

Or. en

Amendment 395

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 396

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in Central Asia in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus; stresses that the countries of Central Asia are key economic partners in ensuring the EU’s energy independence through the supply of critical metals, which are essential for the continent’s energy transition;

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Amendment 397

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in Central Asia in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus; calls for a renewed European commitment to our partners in the region in order to divert Russian and Chinese pressure; notes the importance of the region for European energy security and trade in critical raw materials;

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Amendment 398

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia;

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Amendment 399

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in the region in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the Gulf states, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 400

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the awareness about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and emphasises that any EU engagement in the region must respect the sovereignty of Central Asian countries, avoiding policies that could be perceived as external interference; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 401

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 402

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in Central Asia in response, given its geostrategic importance; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 403

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the concern about Turkish, Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in Central Asia in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

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Amendment 404

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 405

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the importance of the strategic relevant of the Southern Neighbourhood, its stability, economic development and prosperity; underlines its relevance and the interference of strategic competitors in that area urging the need of the European Union to send a solid and clear political message of the importance of a renewed cooperation model with these countries; recalls that instability and insecurity in the Southern Neighbourhood remains an ongoing challenge for European external border management;

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Amendment 406

Michael Gahler, Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the strategic importance of the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific in the face of increasing Chinese intimidation exerted in the region, including through military and hybrid means, and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in the regions in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing economic relations and intensifying substantial ties with like-minded partners in the region including Taiwan;

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Amendment 407

Vasile Dîncu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the focus on achieving accountability in the cyberspace, through the operationalisation of the EU digital diplomacy toolbox and the attention given to strengthening global cyber resilience; calls for an increased focus on building the cyber resilience capacity of developing democracies, faced with hybrid challenges to their electoral systems;

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Amendment 408

Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– stresses that the countries of Central Asia are key economic partners in ensuring the EU's energy autonomy;

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Amendment 409

Antonio López-Istúriz White

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the effectiveness of the implementation of a Gulf Strategy, advancing in a strategic partnership agreements with each of the Gulf countries working together to promote global and regional security and prosperity;

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Amendment 410

Mariusz Kamiński, Michał Dworczyk

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the Arctic is of geostrategic importance as regards the expansion of potential maritime routes, access to natural resources, climate conservation, territorial claims, inter alia, due to Russian military expansion in the High North, and the freedom and safety of navigation, as well as China’s self-proclamation as a 'near-Arctic state' and its efforts to develop, in close partnership with Russia, a Polar Silk Road;

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Amendment 411

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the Arctic is of geostrategic importance as regards the expansion of possible maritime routes, access to natural resources, climate conservation, territorial claims; stresses that this importance is heightened not only by Russian military expansion in the High North but also by China's increasing presence and interest in the region; underscores the need for ensuring freedom and safety of navigation amidst growing influence and militarization from these two states;

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Amendment 412

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the fact that the Arctic is of geostrategic importance as regards the expansion of possible maritime routes, access to natural resources, climate conservation and the freedom and safety of navigation;

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Amendment 413

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 414

Sven Mikser, Lucia Annunziata, Nicola Zingaretti, Thijs Reuten, Alessandra Moretti, Giorgio Gori, Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the need to fight impunity and strengthen accountability efforts globally, including through the International Criminal Court (ICC), and to stand up for International Law and International Humanitarian Law; remains strongly concerned regarding the trend of undermining the decisions of international institutions and their employees by state officials; regrets the failure of some ICC Member States to execute ICC arrest warrants, thereby undermining the Courts work;

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Amendment 415

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the urgent and ongoing need to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment through all EU external action, in line with the 2021-2025 Gender Action Plan, especially in light of the current global rollback of women's rights; emphasizes that at the current rate of progress, achieving gender equality worldwide will take another 131 years, underscoring the critical importance of accelerating efforts to safeguard and advance women's rights and opportunities;

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Amendment 416

Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the importance for EU candidate countries to respect enlargement standards, notably in the fields of environmental and agricultural norms, and the fight against corruption;

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Amendment 417

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 – indent 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– the urgent need to protect human rights defenders (HRDs), who play a critical role in upholding human rights, democracy, and the rule of law globally; calls for enhanced support and protection mechanisms for HRDs facing threats, harassment, and violence, especially those in high-risk areas or working on sensitive issues such as environmental, indigenous, and women’s rights;

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Amendment 418

Marc Botenga, Rima Hassan, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4a. Stresses that enlargement should lead to an upward social spiral, recalls that the minimum wage in countries candidates for EU membership is currently much lower than the EU average, and that in these conditions, enlargement would expose workers to more social dumping;

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Amendment 419

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Identifies, in the following section, Parliament’s CFSP objectives in 2025, thus complementing the views expressed in the VP/HR’s annual CFSP report;

5. Identifies, in the following section, Parliament’s CFSP objectives in 2025;

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Amendment 420

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5a. Considers that the rise of China remains one of the primary geopolitical challenges of the 21st century and notes that the relationship between the EU and the PRC is increasingly characterised by economic competition and systemic rivalry; reiterates its requests for a renewed, more assertive, comprehensive and coherent EU-China strategy that shapes relations with the PRC in the interest of the EU as a whole and takes full account of the challenges stemming from the PRC’s rise as a global actor and its increasingly oppressive domestic policies and assertive foreign policy; highlights that the credibility of the EU’s approach to China very much depends on the willingness of the Member States to show a united position;

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Amendment 421

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5b. Calls on the VP/HR to promote a convincing, durable and targeted democratic narrative that demonstrates that democracy delivers for individuals and societies across the globe and is capable of withstanding autocratic pressure and influence; encourages, in this context, to further strengthen democratic resilience in EU Member States via combatting Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and the subsequent strengthening of EU’s strategic communication toolbox and welcomes in this vein the invest in the resilience of democracies in Member States as well as strategic communications and the fight against foreign interference and the spread of disinformation, and welcomes the EEAS’s engagement with the UN on a global code of conduct for information integrity;

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Amendment 422

Mariusz Kamiński, Adam Bielan

on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Addressing the global consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine

Addressing Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its global consequences

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Amendment 423

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Addressing the global consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine

Addressing the global consequences of the Ukraine conflict

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Amendment 424

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Addressing the global consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine

Addressing the need for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine

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Amendment 425

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is not only closely watched but actively scrutinized by autocratic regimes worldwide, who aim to undermine the rules-based international order by identifying and exploiting weaknesses exposed through the conflict; notes that the war in Ukraine has become a critical testing ground for the resilience of Western alliances, with perceived vulnerabilities encouraging autocratic powers to expand their influence, particularly across the Global South; emphasizes that recent developments, such as the BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, 2024, underscore how Putin leverages international platforms to counteract isolation and build alliances, reinforcing the need for a unified and strategic EU response to uphold the principles of international order;

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Amendment 426

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is being closely watched by autocratic actors around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage; notes that Russian aggression has seriously undermined European and global security, causing economic uncertainty, food insecurity and high energy prices; points out that the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine destabilises both the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans, posing a direct threat to the security and stability of the EU; considers that in light of these escalating risks, the EU must keep as an urgent priority to accelerate the enlargement process;

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Amendment 427

Miriam Lexmann

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is being closely watched by autocratic actors around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage, including in Taiwan Straits; is concerned by the growing cooperation and coordination among autocratic regimes, including through their material or other support for Russia's aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 428

Hannah Neumann

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 429

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is being closely watched by autocratic actors around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage; stresses, therefore, the existential nature of the war from the perspective of the entire European continent;

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Amendment 430

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to the war in Ukraine is being watched around the world and has had a negative effect on how the EU is perceived on the international stage;

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Amendment 431

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes that the EU’s response to the Ukraine conflict is being closely watched by actors around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage;

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Amendment 432

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 – point a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

(a) Underlines that the Russian invasion of Ukraine clearly exposes the link between foreign attempts to manipulate information and threats to the EU as well as to global security and stability; reiterates its calls for the adoption of an EU coordinated strategy to counter foreign interference and to build democratic resilience, especially in the EU’s neighbourhood;

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Amendment 433

Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6a. Reaffirms its position regarding the continued support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine; calls for an immediate stop of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and of the bloodshed and destruction in Ukraine; strongly believes that there is no military solution to the conflict and thus, continued diplomatic efforts are needed in order to end the war and find a peaceful solution, in the interest of all citizens affected by the conflict;

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Amendment 434

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6a. Recognises that the supply of thousands of Shahed drones from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia has further cemented Iran’s role as a pariah state, accompanied with the potential for IRGC military intervention in Ukraine to support Moscow’s war aims, while Russia’s ongoing support from countries such as North Korea and China further demonstrate its unwavering hostility to international laws and norms;

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Amendment 435

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6b. Considers the threats posed to the EU’s East not only concern conflict with Russia but also terrorism, organised crime, human trafficking, corruption, mass irregular migration, and a host of other threats to the cohesion of societies both within and outside the EU;

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Amendment 436

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6c. Condemns in the strongest terms North Korea`s role in aiding Russia`s war of aggression against Ukraine and calls for decisive countermeasures to halt North Korea’s direct and indirect support of Russia’s military and involvement in sanctions evasion as both of which threaten peace and embolden forces working against the international rules-based order and collective security frameworks worldwide;

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Amendment 437

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

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Amendment 438

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

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Amendment 439

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls on Ukraine to continue its progress towards EU membership using all the resources made available to it under the Ukraine Facility and to ensure the meaningful involvement of its civil society in the implementation and monitoring phases thereof; recalls that EU accession is a strictly merit-based process that requires the fulfilment of the criteria for EU membership, including those concerning democracy, the rule of law, fundamental values and the fight against corruption;

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Amendment 440

Adam Bielan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Commends Ukraine for its progress in the consultations within the EU accession screening process and calls on Ukraine to continue its dedicated work towards EU membership, making full use of the resources available under the Ukraine Facility; encourages Ukraine to ensure the meaningful involvement of its civil society throughout the implementation and monitoring phases of this process;

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Amendment 441

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls for a careful assessment of Ukraine’s readiness before advancing towards membership;

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Amendment 442

António Tânger Corrêa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls on Ukraine to continue its progress towards EU membership in accordance with the Copenhagen criteria;

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Amendment 443

Robert Biedroń, Sven Mikser, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 444

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 445

Jordan Bardella, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls on the EU and its Member States to maintain their military support to Ukraine, particularly with regard to military defence materiel, ammunition and shells; considers that Ukraine is, on the one hand, a country at war and, on the other, one which cannot, pursuant to the Copenhagen criteria, be a candidate for accession to the EU;

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