26 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the future of the European UnionMember States is linked with global development; whereas the challenges EUthey faces need global soluinternational consultations and global issues need European actionfree cooperation among states;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU safeguards its values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity and acts for preserving peace, preventing conflicts and strengthening international security, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, and with the aims of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted in 1990; whereas the EU is part ofhas committed, facilitated, and, by action or by omission, supported serious infringements of the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act of 1975; whereas the EU has to conform to the collective UN security system, also as one of the regional arrangements foreseen underreferred to in Chapter VIII of the Charter;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU wishes to fosters the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries with the primary aim of eradicating poverty, and provides humanitarian assistance to populations, countries and regions confronted with natural or manmade disasters; whereas in reality, whether within or on the fringes of its territory, it is not facilitating the development of countries or the social advancement of populations;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU strengthens the foundation of social sustainability by consolidating, supporting and promoting democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international lawhas wreaked havoc outside by exercising a right to interfere and wreaked havoc within by pursuing an ideological policy that ignores societies and European culture; whereas this narrow and biased view of human rights fails to allow for the basic rights of security, cultural continuity, and identity;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU enhancundermines economic sustainability by stimulating the integration of all countries into the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international particular by exacerbating the calamitous effects of liberalism untempered by restraints to balance trade;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, according to its treaties, the EU promotes an international system based on stronger multilateral cooperation and good global governance, but whereas in reality it is damaging the system by pursuing an aggressively bloc- based policy;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the main emphasis of the EU'’s external policy, going beyond the subsidiarity principle as set out in the Treaty on European Union, has been on bilateral relations, on cooperation and partnerships with countries and groups of countries all over the world; whereas special attention has been paid over the last decades to the geopolitical goals and concerns in its immediate Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, asthough the largest trading block in the world, the EU, has a strong role in bilateral and multilateral trade arrangements and has developed active trade policy measures for promoting economic growth, poverty reduction and protection of the environment and of natural resourcesits performance shows, does not generate growth or development, nor is it capable of tilting the international balance of economic power;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EUMember States carriesy the biggest financial burden in international development cooperation, since more than half of Official Development Assistance worldwide is provided by the EU and its Member States; whereas EU development policies have high quality by promoting effectively poverty reduction and economic, social; whereas the EU must seek to assist Member States in their foreign and anid environmental sustainabilitypolicies;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the United Nations system is the first and foremost global forum for improving global governance and for promoting the EU’s values and interestsinternational cooperation;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the EU and its Member States have a crucial role in promoting the principles and goals of the United Nations and in solving the common problems of mankind; whereas on the other hand Europe needs global partners in solving its own problems in areas like security, the protection of the environment, immigration and solving financial instabilities;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas the EU and its Member States take an active part in the work of the UN System in different ways and formats; whereas in the WTO for example the Commission represents the Member States, while ministers participate in major conferences; whereas in environmental negotiations and cooperation the Commission plays a leading role, based on the Treaty provisions; whereas development policy is an area of shared competences; whereas the General Assembly and other universal UN organs are composed of representatives of their member countries; whereas according to the Treaty the EU Member States are obliged to coordinate their action in all international foratheir ministers participate in major conferences; whereas the General Assembly and other universal UN organs are composed of representatives of their member countries;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the General Assembly representing the governments of all member countries must have ways and means to give direction to the United Nations System and coordinate all its activities; is of the opinion that in the long term the democratic governance of the UN should be strengthened by establishing a World Parliament representing the people;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the Security Council, whose composition is based on an outdated world order, must be reformed in order to reflect the new world geopolitical reality andso as to more effectively meet the present and future security challenges;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considering the contribution of the EU to peace and security architecture in the world, calls on a reform of the Security Council that would ensure a permanent seat to the European Union; notes that, due to the absence of the EU from the Security Council, the burden of echoing, advocating for and defending the interests of the EU, based on a coordinated CFSP, lies on the two permanent and the rotating European membersalls for the European Union to content itself, in the same way as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States, with its role as observer to the UN General Assembly;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. With a view to ensureing the necessary legitimacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the decisions that this Sustainable Development Council would take, considers that its status and composition should be similar to those of the Security Council, with a few permanent members, including the EU, and rotating ones; considers however that no justification whatsoever can be found to entitle a country or a regional organisation to the right to stop any decision taken by a majority or a qualified majority of the members, and therefore rejects any form of veto right;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that this Council should also have a strong coordinative role in all other fields in the UN System but security; in light of the recurring human catastrophes linked to illegal migrations, and considering that sustainable development of the countries of origin could facilitate in the long run a drying -up of illegal migration flows, is of the conviction that this Council should coordinatebe a place in which to exchange ideas on the work of all agencies related to this concern;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the EUMember States should take more advantage of partnerships with the UN Specialized Agencies, Funds, Programmes, Commissions and Committees both in enhancing itstheir global goals and in solving itstheir own problems;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that besides these necessary reforms to be carried out within the UN a better achievement of EUthe Member States’ foreign policy goals implies a more effective coordination of the various dimensions of all its exthat there should be no meddling in their initiatives, be it at bilateral or at multilaternal policy, both billevel, but ratheral and multilateral that there needs to be a facilitator to help work out common positions;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomesDeplores the fact, in that regard, the organizing into clusters of that the EU should be wfork of the Commission elected in 2014 giving the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative the responsibility of coordinating the external policy of the EU; stresses that policies of global dimension must be at the core position in the work of this specific clusterced to submit to a reality check regarding the role and responsibility of the Member States in order to understand that it has to confine itself to the role falling to it by virtue of the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the opinion that the European Parliament must be in position to address these challenges in the same comprehensive and overarching way, and organize its work accordingly; considers that the Committee on Foreign Affairs must be entrusted the coordination of all policy fields relevant to the external action of the EU, with other Committees being requested to express their opinion, which has been rejected by the peoples of the Member States because of its irresponsible utterances, cannot represent the wills of Member States, which bear sole responsibility for foreign policy;