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2007/2627(RSP) Resolution on the ESDP operation in Chad and the Central African Republic

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 123-p2

Events

2007/10/18
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2007)5401
2007/09/27
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2007/09/27
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

Following the debate which took place during the sitting of 26th September 2007, the European Parliament adopted a joint resolution by 453 votes in favour, 104 against and 15 abstentions, and called on the Council, the Commission and the United Nations to coordinate their efforts in order to create conditions that would enable the different parties to the conflict in the broader region of Darfur, eastern Chad and northern CAR to find a political solution which would end the insecurity and resulting humanitarian disaster in the area, facilitating the return of the refugees and IDPs to their places of origin. It recalled that no peacekeeping mission in eastern Chad and northern CAR could be successful without a genuine political reconciliation process.

Parliament endorsed the launch of an ESDP operation in eastern Chad and northern CAR, to last for one year, but made its final approval conditional on the fulfilment of the following:

the mission of the European force (EUFOR) must create the conditions necessary for a secure environment for the work of the UN police force, the return of IDPs, the supply of humanitarian aid, the free movement of humanitarian personnel and the continuation of the dialogue between the political forces in the region; it was extremely important that EUFOR was seen to be impartial; the composition of EUFOR should therefore be diverse and Member States should contribute the necessary troops as soon as possible; at the same time, and in order to avoid becoming a target, EUFOR must remain neutral with regard to the complex political situation in the region by avoiding becoming involved in fights between governmental authorities and rebel groups; in full compliance with the principles of international humanitarian law, EUFOR should not become involved or interfere with the tasks performed by the NGOs present in Chad and CAR, in order not to endanger them; EUFOR must establish effective coordination with UNAMID in order to secure the area under its responsibility in the most efficient way; EUFOR must work as a deterrent force, which means that it must have a robust mandate under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and clear rules of engagement allowing the use of force when necessary, in particular to prevent attacks on civilians, camps and villages, humanitarian workers or UN police officers, as well as in self defence; in order to deter any potential aggressor, EUFOR must have the necessary number of troops and must be equipped appropriately; it must be able to secure its supply lines and conduct long-range patrols with armoured vehicles, helicopters (including transport and attack helicopters) and reconnaissance planes; EUFOR must be considered as a bridging force with a temporary mandate; a clear exit strategy must therefore be defined before the deployment begins, which should foresee the replacement of EUFOR by a successor operation (an AU, a UN or a hybrid force) in order to provide for the successful conclusion of its mandate and the timely return of the troops committed.

Parliament regretted that this ESDP operation could not be conducted, for many reasons, from the newly established operations centre of the EU in Brussels.

Lastly, it underlined that its final approval of the ESDP operation would be subject to its being kept fully informed of the different phases in the preparation of the operation as regards, inter alia, the crisis management concept, joint action, the concept of operations, the operation plan, and the force generation process.

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T6-0419/2007
2007/09/27
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/09/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B6-0362/2007
2007/09/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0364/2007
2007/09/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0365/2007
2007/09/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B6-0366/2007
2007/09/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B6-0367/2007
2007/09/26
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents
RC-B6-0362/2007
2007/09/26
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The House held a debate, following on the Council and the Commission statements, on the ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic.

The resolution winding up this debate was due to be put to the vote on 27 September 2007.

Documents
Debate in Parliament

Documents

Activities

Votes

RC B6-0362/2007 - Opération PESD à l'est du Tchad - résolution #

2007/09/27 Outcome: +: 453, -: 104, 0: 15
DE PL FR ES IT RO HU NL BG PT BE CZ AT SK IE FI LT DK SI LV EL LU MT EE SE CY ?? GB
Total
84
48
64
35
40
26
15
23
12
18
19
20
16
13
10
12
7
10
5
7
9
6
4
3
11
1
1
53
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
210

Germany PPE-DE

42

Poland PPE-DE

14

France PPE-DE

Against (1)

Patrick GAUBERT
16

Spain PPE-DE

16

Italy PPE-DE

11

Romania PPE-DE

8

Hungary PPE-DE

12

Netherlands PPE-DE

6

Bulgaria PPE-DE

3

Portugal PPE-DE

6

Belgium PPE-DE

4

Czechia PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Jana HYBÁŠKOVÁ
13

Austria PPE-DE

6

Slovakia PPE-DE

8

Ireland PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Mairead McGUINNESS
4

Finland PPE-DE

3

Slovenia PPE-DE

3

Latvia PPE-DE

2

Greece PPE-DE

5

Luxembourg PPE-DE

3

Malta PPE-DE

2

Sweden PPE-DE

3

United Kingdom PPE-DE

20
icon: PSE PSE
154

Germany PSE

20

Poland PSE

8

France PSE

26

Spain PSE

15

Italy PSE

8

Romania PSE

6

Hungary PSE

2

Netherlands PSE

6

Bulgaria PSE

5

Portugal PSE

9

Belgium PSE

6

Czechia PSE

2

Austria PSE

6

Slovakia PSE

2

Ireland PSE

1

Finland PSE

3

Lithuania PSE

2

Denmark PSE

4

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

Borut PAHOR
1

Greece PSE

2

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

Robert GOEBBELS
1

Malta PSE

2

Estonia PSE

For (1)

Katrin SAKS
1

Sweden PSE

3

PSE

1

United Kingdom PSE

12
icon: ALDE ALDE
72

Germany ALDE

5

Poland ALDE

4

France ALDE

8

Spain ALDE

2

Italy ALDE

5

Romania ALDE

7

Hungary ALDE

1

Netherlands ALDE

4

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Belgium ALDE

5

Austria ALDE

Abstain (1)

Karin RESETARITS
1

Finland ALDE

4

Lithuania ALDE

Abstain (1)

Danutė BUDREIKAITĖ
3

Denmark ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Jelko KACIN
1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Lydie POLFER
1

Estonia ALDE

2

Sweden ALDE

For (1)

Olle SCHMIDT
1

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

Marios MATSAKIS
1

United Kingdom ALDE

11
icon: UEN UEN
36

Poland UEN

Abstain (1)

Mirosław PIOTROWSKI
18

Italy UEN

7

Ireland UEN

4

Lithuania UEN

2

Denmark UEN

For (1)

Mogens CAMRE
1

Latvia UEN

4
icon: NI NI
9

Poland NI

1

Italy NI

1

Czechia NI

1

Austria NI

1

Slovakia NI

3

United Kingdom NI

Against (2)

Jim ALLISTER, Roger HELMER
2
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
15

Poland IND/DEM

3

France IND/DEM

2

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Czechia IND/DEM

Against (1)

Vladimír ŽELEZNÝ
1

Ireland IND/DEM

For (1)

Kathy SINNOTT
1

Denmark IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

Jens-Peter BONDE
1

Sweden IND/DEM

2

United Kingdom IND/DEM

3
icon: ITS ITS
14

France ITS

5

Italy ITS

Against (1)

Luca ROMAGNOLI
1

Romania ITS

5

Belgium ITS

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
25

Germany GUE/NGL

5

France GUE/NGL

2

Italy GUE/NGL

5

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Finland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Esko SEPPÄNEN
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

Sweden GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Eva-Britt SVENSSON
1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
37

Germany Verts/ALE

12

France Verts/ALE

5

Spain Verts/ALE

2

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Bart STAES
1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Satu HASSI
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Claude TURMES
1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

Carl SCHLYTER
1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

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    • date: 2007-09-26T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P6-RC-2007-362&language=EN title: RC-B6-0362/2007 type: Joint motion for resolution
    • date: 2007-10-18T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=14082&j=0&l=en title: SP(2007)5401 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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    • date: 2007-09-26T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070926&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The House held a debate, following on the Council and the Commission statements, on the ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic. The resolution winding up this debate was due to be put to the vote on 27 September 2007.
    • date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14082&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
    • date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-419 title: T6-0419/2007 summary: Following the debate which took place during the sitting of 26th September 2007, the European Parliament adopted a joint resolution by 453 votes in favour, 104 against and 15 abstentions, and called on the Council, the Commission and the United Nations to coordinate their efforts in order to create conditions that would enable the different parties to the conflict in the broader region of Darfur, eastern Chad and northern CAR to find a political solution which would end the insecurity and resulting humanitarian disaster in the area, facilitating the return of the refugees and IDPs to their places of origin. It recalled that no peacekeeping mission in eastern Chad and northern CAR could be successful without a genuine political reconciliation process. Parliament endorsed the launch of an ESDP operation in eastern Chad and northern CAR, to last for one year, but made its final approval conditional on the fulfilment of the following: the mission of the European force (EUFOR) must create the conditions necessary for a secure environment for the work of the UN police force, the return of IDPs, the supply of humanitarian aid, the free movement of humanitarian personnel and the continuation of the dialogue between the political forces in the region; it was extremely important that EUFOR was seen to be impartial; the composition of EUFOR should therefore be diverse and Member States should contribute the necessary troops as soon as possible; at the same time, and in order to avoid becoming a target, EUFOR must remain neutral with regard to the complex political situation in the region by avoiding becoming involved in fights between governmental authorities and rebel groups; in full compliance with the principles of international humanitarian law, EUFOR should not become involved or interfere with the tasks performed by the NGOs present in Chad and CAR, in order not to endanger them; EUFOR must establish effective coordination with UNAMID in order to secure the area under its responsibility in the most efficient way; EUFOR must work as a deterrent force, which means that it must have a robust mandate under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and clear rules of engagement allowing the use of force when necessary, in particular to prevent attacks on civilians, camps and villages, humanitarian workers or UN police officers, as well as in self defence; in order to deter any potential aggressor, EUFOR must have the necessary number of troops and must be equipped appropriately; it must be able to secure its supply lines and conduct long-range patrols with armoured vehicles, helicopters (including transport and attack helicopters) and reconnaissance planes; EUFOR must be considered as a bridging force with a temporary mandate; a clear exit strategy must therefore be defined before the deployment begins, which should foresee the replacement of EUFOR by a successor operation (an AU, a UN or a hybrid force) in order to provide for the successful conclusion of its mandate and the timely return of the troops committed. Parliament regretted that this ESDP operation could not be conducted, for many reasons, from the newly established operations centre of the EU in Brussels. Lastly, it underlined that its final approval of the ESDP operation would be subject to its being kept fully informed of the different phases in the preparation of the operation as regards, inter alia, the crisis management concept, joint action, the concept of operations, the operation plan, and the force generation process.
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