17 Amendments of Tarja CRONBERG related to 2013/2146(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to Parliament’s resolutions on the CFSP and the CSDP, in particular its resolution on the Role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in cases of climate-driven crisis and natural disasters adopted 22 November 2012,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
1. Considers that with the Lisbon Treaty the EU has acquired recently new instruments of external action which enable it to develop a more active, unified and genuinely own foreign policy;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that also in other parts of the world significant geostrategic changes are taking place, owing in particular to the rise of a multipolar international scene with new actors pursuing competitive regional and global ambitions, growing interdependency, the rise of multidimensional asymmetric threats, the refocusing of US security policy towards the Asia-Pacific, the growing struggle over energy and resource security, the increasingly serious effects of climate change and a severe and long-lasting global financial and economic crisis affecting all EU Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that in such a geopolitical climate, the EU must preserve and promote its values, interests and stability on the global stage, as well as protect the security and prosperity of its citizens; stresses that this demands a fresh approach to shaping a new multipolar world order that is inclusive, credible and cooperative, and underpinned by the rule of law and democracy, as well as universal values, including human rights and aims to achieve the resolution of differences without recourse to armed conflict;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that special attention must be paid to respecting the principles of humanitarian aid (independence, impartiality, neutrality); believes indeed that safe access to affected populations and the security of humanitarian workers dependrely above all on how they are perceived by influential actors in the field, and that they should be seen as independent from any partisan political consideration; points out, however,yet, reminds that the Commission’'s humanitarian aid and civil protection (ECHO) service is still part of a political organisation – the EU –- and, consequently as such, strongly believes that more should be done to enhance cooperation between ECHO and the EEAS, both at the level of Commissioners and services and at field level, for instance between ECHO field offices and EU delegations;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the CA must be rooted in a vision shared by all EU actors of the evolving strategic context in which EU action takes place; calls, therefore, for more regular and transparent information- sharing, policy co-ordination and teamwork between EU actors through all phases of EU action; calls, further, for the development of formal structures in which those exchanges could take place and where early warning, situation analysis and crisis and post-crisis monitoring could be conducted, potentially integrating existing structures (such as the EU SitRoom, the Emergency Response Coordination Centre and ARGUS); reiterates the need for a ‘Crisis Response Board’ within the EEAS, to be chaired by the HR/VP and bringing together all actors relevant to crisis management; recalls its recommendation and its demand to integrate the UN concept of the 'Responsibility to Protect' into the work of the EEAS and the Member States and for them to engage in an organised reflection on how to further refine its concept and its operationalisation;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that poor coordination and policy planning amongst the relevant institutions is partly responsible for the weak implementation of the EU’s foreign policies on the groundimproving since the EU delegations have taken over the coordination function between the EU and the Member States, but more progress needs to be made to further enhance implementation of the EU’s foreign policies on the ground, particularly when it comes to crisis regions and in link with CFSP activities;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines Parliament’s determination to ensure that the Union’s external financial instruments for the period 2014 to 2020 are designed so as to facilitate the pursuit of a CA to the Union’s external relations, in particular, by creating instruments that work across the nexus of conflict prevention, crisis management, peace-building, development cooperation and the strengthening of strategic partnerships; the new Partnership Instrument provides the EU also with a tool to accompany foreign policy activities with third countries financially; the underlines its determination to exercise in full its democratic control of the implementation of these instruments to ensure that the Union’s important but finite resources are used in an efficient and cost effective way to achieve results; underlines Parliament’s right, as part of the Mid-Term Review of the external financial instruments, to review the implementation of the instruments and make any necessary changes;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a better anticipation of the funding needed toinancial needs for the implementation of EU strategies; regrets that, in some cases, the EU’'s actions have been delayed because of financial issuematters; calls for such existing structural problems to be remedied in the future, including by making use of the new provisions on strengthening capacities for participation and deployment in civilian stabilisation missions (Article 4c) provided by the Instrument for Stability and Peace (ISP);
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines that the EEAS cannot be expected to take on its new coordination role and all the additional work related to its enlarged tasks without increasing its resources, starting from personnel over infrastructure to finances;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Insists that such strategies should clearly set out the EU’'s objectives and priorities and the specific timeframe for implementation and determine what instruments are best suited for each action (e.g. economic sanctionsranging from inter alia humanitarian and development aid, diplomatic action and mediation, humanitarian and development aideconomic sanctions, and the CSDP); insists that the role and contribution of thefrom CSDP should be part of the initial political analysis and definition of policy objectives, thereby facilitating early involvement of CSDP planners when necessaryand the relevant parliamentary bodies on European and national level; welcomes, in that context, the positive development of a Political Framework for Crisis Approach for CSDP missions and operations and calls for this to be extended tofor all crisis response initiatives;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes, in particular, the EU’'s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa, whichthat aims to bring stability to this strategic region, by fighting piracy and its underlying causes, establishing legitimate authorities in Somalia and promoting regional cooperation through the simultaneous use of the EU’'s external instruments, and in cooperation with relevant partners in the field; recalls, however, that EU action in the region has been built up on the basis of pioneering CSDP initiatives (namely, EUNAVFOR Atalanta and EUTM Somalia) that have then been followed by other EU instruments, making the CA in the Horn of Africa more of an ex-post empirical and pragmatic achievement rather than a well- designed and planned strategy; believes stronglystrongly believes that, in the future, EU strategies must be drawn up before the EU engages in a region, not after; issued before the EU's engagement in a region and not after and that the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa should have been appointed much earlier so that he could have contributed more to the development of a strategy for the region; recalls that it is important to give a clear mandate and role to EUSRs so that they are seen by EU commanders and other senior EU representatives on the ground as main EU actor who coordinates activities and ensures coherence and consistency;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Deeply regrets that a coherent and comprehensive EU approach was lacking for the Horn of Africa when the pirates off the coast of Somalia were most active and the drought and famine crises led to more than 7 million refugees in Somalia and 12 million in the region; is convinced that a true CA for the Horn of Africa needs to seriously address issues such as drought, famine, refugees, climate change impacts, land grab, illegal fishing, illegal dumping of toxic waste, but also more security and peace related issues such as unilateral interventions by neighbouring Kenya, Ethiopia and illegal arms transfers by Eritrea to Al Shabaab; calls for a stronger focus on mediation, dialogue and reconciliation efforts and a clear and strong role for the EUSR;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Is concerned about some actions of the EU's partner's in the region which might undermine the efforts of the EU, the UN and the international community to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region; deeply regrets the activities of the C.I.A. in Somalia which has, according to media reports, installed secret detention facilities, does illegal abductions and renditions, and uses drones for extrajudicial killings;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that many current national, regional and international conflicts are also climate-driven and that as a consequence the CA needs to incorporate the concept of human security; recalls the analysis published by UNEP in December 2011 on the situation in the Sahel region, where it is stated that rising temperatures have led to water shortages and have specifically put local populations, whose livelihoods are dependent on natural resources such as farming, fishing and herding, under strong pressure, resulting, in some cases, in violence and armed conflict;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the EU to actmake further progress on acting as one at country level, with a clear division of responsibilities and under the leadership of a Head of Delegation, responsible for implementing the EU’s external policy in the country, while coordinating locally with Member States as well as the host government, civil society and other international partners;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the important role of mediation and dialogue in preventing and resolving conflicts peacefully; commends the progress the EEAS has made in strengthening its mediation capacities and reiterates its support for further enhancing Europe's capacities in this field and calls for making mediation an important standard feature of any future CA for a specific crisis region; believes that the European Parliament's successful involvement in mediation processes, inter alia in Ukraine and Macedonia, has demonstrated the important role parliamentarians can play in supporting mediation and dialogue processes and intends to further step up its efforts in this field;