Amendment No. 21 | Doc. 13018 | 01 October 2012

The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation

Signatories: Ms Ana GUŢU, Republic of Moldova, ALDE ; Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Viorel Riceard BADEA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Josep Anton BARDINA PAU, Andorra, ALDE ; Mr Arcadio DÍAZ TEJERA, Spain, SOC ; Ms Arlette GROSSKOST, France, EPP/CD ; Mr Andrzej HALICKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernard MARQUET, Monaco, ALDE ; Mr Tudor PANŢIRU, Romania, SOC ; Mr Cezar Florin PREDA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2012 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 23.34, insert the following paragraph:

"to put a stop to the political and economic pressure exerted by the company Gazprom by means of the price charged for natural gas sold to the countries of central and eastern Europe."

Explanatory note

The Russian Federation uses its natural resources to blackmail the countries of central and eastern Europe, for example the Republic of Moldova, in an attempt to convince them to accede to the so-called Euro-Asian Union of which Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are members.