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2014/2021(INI) Recommendations to the Council on the negotiations of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFET PETERLE Alojz (icon: PPE PPE) PAŞCU Ioan Mircea (icon: S&D S&D), VAN BAALEN Johannes Cornelis (icon: ALDE ALDE), BÜTIKOFER Reinhard (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), LEGUTKO Ryszard Antoni (icon: ECR ECR)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
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Events

2014/04/17
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2014/04/17
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2014/04/17
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 490 votes to 18, with 62 abstentions, a resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership agreement.

Recalling that Japan has been an EU strategic partner since 2003 and that it already cooperates with the EU in a number of crucial fields, Parliament addressed the following recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EASA):

The strategic partnership agreement negotiations : Parliament urged, as a priority, the conclusion of the negotiations aiming at providing a long-standing framework for a closer relationship contributing considerably to the deepening of political, economic and cultural relations between both parties.

It sought to strengthen the political dialogue with this country by:

reaffirming shared values, common goals and responsibilities for the promotion of global peace and enhancing the non-proliferation, disarmament and elimination of weapons of mass destruction, cybersecurity and the fight against international crime; enhancing cooperation and coordination in the international arena; exploring the scope of enhancing cooperation on global security issues and strengthening cooperation on civilian crisis management and natural and man-made disasters; urging the Japanese Government to inform the international community as precisely and comprehensively as possible of available data on the Fukushima situation at the reactor site and on the levels of pollution.

Parliament also suggested supporting regional dialogue in the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and also bilateral relations with Japan and China and North Korea.

Human rights and fundamental freedoms : Parliament reaffirmed the shared values of respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms. It called to negotiate a provision in the agreement including reciprocal conditionality and political clauses on human rights and democracy , reconfirming the mutual commitment to these values.

In an amendment adopted in plenary, Parliament called on the EU to enter into a dialogue with the Japanese Government on a moratorium on capital punishment with a view to its eventual abolition.

Sectoral cooperation : Parliament requested that the possibilities for closer cooperation on satellite navigation systems should be explored and that bilateral trade and cooperation on policies promoting safe, secure and sustainable energy, energy efficiency, renewable energies, nuclear safety, etc should be intensified. Cooperation is sought in the areas of sustainable management of fish stocks, cyberspace, cultural exchange, academic, youth, people-to-people and sports exchanges to respond to the needs of an aging and active society.

Lastly, Parliament called for the strengthening of the provisions on parliamentary cooperation as well as providing binding deadlines for the implementation of the strategic partnership agreement and to provide for monitoring mechanisms, including regular reports to Parliament.

Documents
2014/04/17
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2014/03/26
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details

The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted an own-initiative report by Alojz PETERLE (EPP, SI) containing the European Parliament’s recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership agreement.

Recalling that Japan has been an EU strategic partner since 2003 and that it already cooperates with the EU in a number of crucial fields, Members addressed the following recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EASA):

The strategic partnership agreement negotiations : Members urged, as a priority, the conclusion of the negotiations aiming at providing a long-standing framework for a closer relationship contributing considerably to the deepening of political, economic and cultural relations between both parties.

Members sought to strengthen the political dialogue with this country by:

reaffirming shared values, common goals and responsibilities for the promotion of global peace and enhancing the non-proliferation, disarmament and elimination of weapons of mass destruction, cybersecurity and the fight against international crime; exploring the scope of enhancing cooperation on global security issues and strengthening cooperation on civilian crisis management and natural and man-made disasters; urging the Japanese Government to inform the international community as precisely and comprehensively as possible of available data on the Fukushima situation at the reactor site and on the levels of pollution.

Members suggested supporting regional dialogue in the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and also bilateral relations with Japan and China and North Korea.

Human rights and fundamental freedoms : Members reaffirmed the shared values of respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms. They called to negotiate a provision in the agreement including reciprocal conditionality and political clauses on human rights and democracy , reconfirming the mutual commitment to these values.

Sectoral cooperation : Members requested that the possibilities for closer cooperation on satellite navigation systems should be explored and that bilateral trade and cooperation on policies promoting safe, secure and sustainable energy, energy efficiency, renewable energies, nuclear safety, etc should be intensified. Cooperation is sought in the areas of sustainable management of fish stocks, cyberspace, cultural exchange, academic, youth, people-to-people and sports exchanges to respond to the needs of an aging and active society.

Lastly, Members called for the strengthening of the provisions on parliamentary cooperation as well as providing binding deadlines for the implementation of the strategic partnership agreement and to provide for monitoring mechanisms, including regular reports to Parliament.

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2014/03/18
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2014/03/13
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2014/03/05
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2014/02/28
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2014/01/21
   EP - PETERLE Alojz (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET

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Votes

A7-0244/2014 - Alojz Peterle - Résolution #

2014/04/17 Outcome: +: 490, 0: 62, -: 18
DE ES PL GB FR IT RO HU CZ BE BG AT SK SE DK PT NL HR FI EL LT IE SI LV MT CY LU EE
Total
78
44
42
55
58
30
23
17
18
17
15
17
12
17
13
17
21
10
9
13
7
8
5
7
4
5
4
3
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202

Czechia PPE

2

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

For (1)

1
2

Luxembourg PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
141

Netherlands S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
63

Slovakia ALDE

For (1)

1

Sweden ALDE

Abstain (1)

3
3

Finland ALDE

1

Greece ALDE

1

Lithuania ALDE

1

Ireland ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1
2
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40

Italy ECR

1

Denmark ECR

For (1)

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1
icon: EFD EFD
22

United Kingdom EFD

3

Belgium EFD

For (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

For (1)

1

Denmark EFD

1

Netherlands EFD

For (1)

1

Finland EFD

For (1)

1

Greece EFD

1

Lithuania EFD

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
46

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

4

Belgium Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

2

Austria Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

4

Denmark Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

2

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

1
icon: NI NI
26

Spain NI

1

France NI

2

Italy NI

2

Belgium NI

Abstain (1)

1

Ireland NI

For (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
29

Spain GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Sweden GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

1

Portugal GUE/NGL

Against (1)

4

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

3

Ireland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
AmendmentsDossier
46 2014/2021(INI)
2014/03/05 AFET 46 amendments...
source: PE-529.899

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