96 Amendments of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2014/2249(INI)
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the European Union and its Member States are facing unprecedentedhave to cope with varying challenges, such as the refugee crisis, the foreign policy challenges in the immediate neighbourhood andome of which are better be dealt with on a national basis, whereas others, e.g., the fight against terrorism, as well as globalisation, climate change, the consequences of the financial and debt crisis, the lack of competitiveness and the social consequences in several Member States, and the need to reinforce the EU internal market, which have so far been inadequately addressedand the need to reinforce the EU internal market, could benefit from being addressed on European level;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Union needs to restore the lost confidence and trust of its citizens by enhancing the transparency of its institutions and their decision-making, and improving its capacity to act processes, and by fully respecting the national sovereignty of Member States as well as the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty have not yet been exploitmain priority to be fulfilled tois their full potential even though they contain some necessary tools that could have been applied to prevent some of the crises with which the Union is confronted, or could be used to cope with the current challenges without having to initiate a Treaty revision in the short term total implementation of all articles of Lisbon Treaty. As long as any Member State does not comply with this pre-requisite, those provisions of the Lisbon Treaty which have, so far, not been exploited to their full potential may not be activated;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RecallConsiders that the European Parliament is the parliament of the whole Union; considers that its working methodsworking methods of the European Parliament should be reformed so as to strengthen its control over the Commission in the implementation of the acquis, and to ensure proper democratic accountability even inbut only as far as those areas are concerned, in which not all Member States participate;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that political dialogue between national parliaments and the European Parliament should be intensified and made more meaningful and substantiaeffectively in clearly distinguishing between those tasks subjected to national sovereignty of the single member state and those subjected to EU institutional level, without overstepping the limits of their Member States´ respective constitutional competences; points out, in this regard, that national parliaments are best placed to mandate and scrutinise at national level the action of their respective governments in European affairs, while the European Parliament should ensure the democratic accountability and legitimacy of the European executive;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages meaningful political dialogue with national parliaments on the contents of legislative proposals; insists, however, on a clear delineation of the respectivstrengthens national parliaments to democratically express their deviation by granting them Veto-right or, if no consensus can be achieved, by allowing them to find individual national solutions for their countries; proposes to clearly distinguish and define the areas where decision-making competences ofshould remain with the national parliaments and the European Parliament, where the former should exercise their European function on the basis of their national constitutions, in particular via the control of their national governments as members of the European Council and the Council, which is the level where they are best placed to directlywhere they should be transferred to the European Parliament, respectively. In the latter case, national parliaments should exercise their European function on the basis of their national constitutions, amongst others, by backing up the Council and the European Parliament in influenceing the content of and exerciseing scrutiny over the European legislative process; is therefore against the creation of joint parliamentary decision- making bodies for reasons of transparency, accountability and ability to act;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments, as well as the introduction of intervening options, in joint bodies such as the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), and the Inter- parliamentary Conference on Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP-IPC), and in the framework of Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union on the basis of the principles of consensus, information sharing and consultation, consultation respecting the principles of subsidiarity and national sovereignty in order to exercise control over their respective European institutions and administrations; underlines the need for stronger cooperation between the specialised committees of the European Parliament and their national equivalents;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the exchange of best practices in of parliamentary scrutiny between national parliaments, such as the holding of regular debates between the respective ministers and the specialised committees in national parliaments before and after Council meetings, and with Members of the European Commission as well as the European Parliament in an appropriate timeframe;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Insists on curbabolishing the interference of the European Council in the legislative process as it goes against the letter and spirit of the Treaties;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that it is possible within the Treaties to merge the function of President of the European Council with that of President of the European Commission; and that the European Council, by means of an Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA), could engage itself politically to appoint as its President the Commission President, who should be elected by the European Parliament on a proposal by the European Council on the basis of the European election results, as was the case in the 2014 European elections;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the European Council to start activating the ‘passerelle clause’ (Article 48 (7) TEU) in order to switch from unanimity to QMV voting in the remaining policy areas where this is not yet theonly if every Member State fully complies with all articles of Lisbon Treaty and only in an individual policy area or case;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes that the Council be transformed into a true legislative chamber by reducing the number of Council configurations by means of a European Council decision, thus creating a genuinely bi-cameral legislative system involving the Council and the European Parliament, with the Commission acting as the executive; suggests involving the currently active specialised Council configurations as preparatory bodies for the legislative Council, along the lines of the Committees in the European Parliament;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Insists on the importance of enhancing the transparency of Council legislative decision-making and the accessinvolvement of Parliament representatives as observers in meetings of the Council and its bodies in cases of legislation;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Demands that the Council switches completely to QMV voting and that it abandons the practice of transferring contentious legislative fields to the European Council, as this goes against the letter and the spirit of the Treaty, which stipulates that the European Council can only decide unanimously, and should only do so, on broad political goals, not on legislation;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is determined to strengthen the role of Parliament in the election of the Commission President by reinforcing the formal consultations of its political groups with the European Council President, as foreseen in Declaration 11 annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon, in order to ensure that the European Council takes full account of the election results when presenting a candidate for Parliament to elect;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to organise better co-operation modalities with the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in order to be able to takhave their opinions taken into account at an earlier stage in the legislative procedure;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the importance of both, national sovereignty and the subsidiarity principle, as laid down in Article 5 TEU, which is binding on all institutions and bodies, notably the CoR and the EESC, and of the instruments contained in Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; supports a flexibl, the latter also being quantitatively reflected in an adequate proportional representation of the countries in the European Parliament; supports an appropriate interpretation of the deadlines enshrined in the Protocol and calls on the Commission to improve the quality of its responses to reasoned opinions;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Recalls that any further development of the EMU should be based on, and build on, existing legislation and its implementation; but especially on meeting the stability criteria;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for further institutional reforms in order to provide the EMU with an effective and democratic economic government with improved capacities and integrated within the institutional framework of the Union, whereby the Commission acts as the executive and Parliament and Council as co-legislators, as outlined belowPoints out that potential institutional reforms as far as the EMU is concerned should always bear the option for any national parliament to step down and act on its individual national basis so as to enhance national sovereignty of the Member States;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Insists onSuggests the adoption of Convergence and Compliance Guidelines, to be enshrined within a Convergence Code and adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure, with a view to creating a more binding framework for economic policy coordination (with key economic, competitiveness and social targets, such as in the areas of labour markets, competitiveness, business environment and public administrations, aspects of tax policy and social protection) that is open to all 28 Member States and that guarantees themrespective Code which is open to all 28 Member States and which Member States can individually adopt, and that offers the possibility of participating in a shock-absorption mechanism;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Believes that a limited number of crucial areas for structural reforms that increase competitiveness, the growth potential, real economic convergence and social cohesion over a five-year period to strengthen the European social market economy, as outlined in Article 3 (3) TEU,on areas defined as to be tackled on European level should be laid down;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines the importance of a clear division of competences between the EU institutions and the Member States incsimultaneously allowing every Member State to decide on which issue they will participate on a EU level or on national level, whereas ing the former case the Member States’ ownership of, and the national parliaments’ role in, implementation programmes should be extended;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for better use of available instruments in conjunction with Article 136 TFEU to facilitate the adoption and implementation of new measures in the eurozoneEurozone, in particular granting the immediate switchback to national currencies if the stability criteria are undercut;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Points out the need for fewerdiversified and more targeted Country Specific Recommendations (CSR), based onto be included with the policy framework set out in the Convergence Code and the Annual Growth Survey (AGS), and on the concrete proposals presented by each Member State, in line with their respective key reform objectives, from a broad range of structural reforms, fostering competitiveness, real economic convergence and social cohesion;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Points out the need to switch fromInsists on unanimity to QMV for the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) Regulation, by using the provisions of Article 48 (7) TEU and Article 312 (2) TFEU; highlights the importance of establishing a link between the duration of Parliament’s legislative term and the duration of the MFF, which can be reduced to five years under the provisions of Article 312 (1) TFEU;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for better use of the existing structural funds in the direction of fostering competitiveness and cohesion, and for the creation of an increased EU investment capacity through the exploitation of innovative approaches such as the European Fund for Strategic Investments, or through the creation of a specific facility to finance and guarantee infrastructure projects in the interest of the Unioneconomic growth;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Insists on the full implementation of the existing six-pack and two-pack framework and the European Semester to address, in particular, macroeconomic imbalances,Reminds that each Member State is itself fully responsible for meeting the stability criteria and to secure long-term control over deficit and still extremely high levels of debt by improving spending efficiency, prioritising productive investments, providing incentive to structural reform and taking into account business cycle conditions;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. RecallsHas to draw the conclusion from several years of experience that the euro ias the common currency of the Union and that the EU budget is designed to help less developed Member States catch up and become able to join the eurozonehas failed and that a reform is needed urgently to pave the way for economic recovery, growth and prosperity in all Member States;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Proposes the establishment of a fiscal capacity within the eurozone in order to assist Member States in the implementation of agreed structural reforms, based on incentives and certain conditions, including the effective implementation of the National Reform Programmes agreed within the European Semester; considers that this could be done through the creation of additional capacity and/or by earmarking funding from the existing EU budget for this purpose; underlines that any new instrument should be placed within the EU budget, but outside the ceilings of the MFF, and financed from real own resources;o grant Member States the option of deciding whether they want to implement structural reforms on fiscal capacity with their national competences or whether they explicitly ask for assistance from the EU,
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Reiterates its support for the suggestion to transformEmphasizes the position of Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs into a Treasury Minister, as madas the lin its resolution of 12 December 2013 on constitutional problems of a multitier goverk between the Ministries of Finance inof the European Union6 Member States; __________________ 6 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0598. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0598.
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Considers it necessary to incorporate the European Stability Mechanism into the Union legal framework and, as a next step, toRecognizes that the European Stability Mechanism has been created as a temporary tool intended to help solving unforeseen problems but, as it contradicts the sense of the Treaty, should now be withdrawn instead of being transform ited into a European Monetary Fund;
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Calls for due consideration to be given to the main findings of the Expert Group created by the Commission, with a view to constituting a Redemption Fund in which those Member States who received financial support from the EU, from ESM and other funds created to lend money in times of crises, pay back the money and the interest they owe to the EU and the other Member States;
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Believes that the Single Market contains growth potential that has not yet been fully exploited, particularly with reference to the Digital Single Market; calls, therefore, for better control of thengagement to push this issue cforrect application, and better enforcement, of the existing acquis in this domainward so as to achieve economic growth and prosperity;
Amendment 594 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Considers it necessary to strengthen the level playing field inside the single market by creating a single rule book applicable to all banks in the EUplayers active in this field;
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Supports the creation of a system of competitiveness authorities tasked with bringing together the national bodies responsible for tracking progress in the area of competitiveness in each Member State, and proposes that tracking of progress of such a system should be under the supervision of the CommissionRecalls that competitiveness is an issue of national competence which should be dealt with on Member States level making their bodies responsible for tracking progress in the area of competitiveness in their Member State;
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Recalls the need for proper democratic legitimacy and accountability to be ensured at theMember States levels ofwhere decision- making should continue with national parliaments scrutinising national governments, with an enhanced scrutiny role for the European Parliament at EU level, including a central role, together with the Council, in the adoption of the Convergence Code;
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Insists that, when additional EU powers are required, Parliament’s role in economic governance be strengthened by means of extending the ordinary legislative procedure to matters of economic and fiscal affairs, including the harmonisation of tax law and social law, using the flexibility clause,if a Member State asks for additional support by the EU, Parliament’s role in ecombination with Article 333 (2) TFEU (enhanced cooperation) and general use of the ‘passerelle clause’ enshrined in Article 47 (8) TEU, to strengthen the democratic legitimacy and effectiveness of EU governancenomic governance be strengthened;
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Reiterates that interparliamentary cooperation shouldmust not be seen as establishing a new joint parliamentaryEuropean body or any other institution, because the eEuro is the currency of the EU and the European Parliament is the parliament of the EU; recalls that the EMU is established bypean Parliament already exists offering the option for interparliamentary cooperation; recalls in this connection theat Union, whose citizens are directly represented at Union level by Parliament, which can find ways to guarantee the parliamentary democratic accountability of eurozone-specific decisions if addressed for this by Member States;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Insists that the Commission be endowed with powers to implement and enforce any future or existing instruments adopted in the area of EMUexisting parliamentary procedure when and how to bestow the Commission with powers to implement and/or delegate acts shall be applied in the well-known manner;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Considers it necessary to address the weakness in the existing institutional structure, whereby certain parts of the Treaty may be overseen by the Court of Justice while others are excluded from such scrutiny; calls for binding coordination and surveillance of the budgetary discipline of those Member States whose currencat certain parts of the Treaty which have, so far, been excluded from parliamentary scrutiny need to be subjected to parliamentary scrutiny ias the euro, subject towell, calling for the control of the Court of Justice on the basis of Article 136 TFEU, in conjunction with Article 121 (6), and under strengthened parliamentary scrutiny in the detailed implementation of Article 121 (3) and (4) TFEU;
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Is of the opinion that differentiated integration shouldmust remain open to allup to the decision of each Member States;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Recalls that priority should be given to the ordinary legislative and budgetary procedures at EU level by making use, when necessary, of proposals for derogations and the establishment of dedicated budget lines; recalls that any other provisions, such as eurozone or enhanced cooperation provisions, should only be used when the aforementioned procedures are not need to be individually authorized by parliament in a first step and should only be used if extreme economic challenges occur strongly impairing national economies of the Member States, but only on legally and/or politically possible basis;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Is convinced that the deepening of the EMU should go hand in hand with the completion of the internal market by removing all remaincompletion of the internal market should continue and needs to be supported by removing internal barriers, especially as concerns the Energy Union, the common digital market and the market in services;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Calls for full enforcement of existing internal energy market legislation according to Article 194 TFEU in order to establish an Energy Union, but is of the opinion that energy should remain an issue of national responsibility of each single Member State;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Stresses that the rights of workers, when they exercise their right of mobility, should be guaranteed, along with their social rights, in accordance with Articles 151 and 153 TFEU, in order to ensure a stable social basis for the EMUthe respective national laws of the Member State of their nationality;
Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Points out the importance of promoting the idea of a minimal wage determined by each Member State, and suggests that, under current Treaty provisions, an ‘Employees Mobility Directive’ could be adopted to reduce still- existing barriers for employeesat the idea of introducing a minimum wage should be decided by each single Member State;
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls on the Commission to set uppropose social criteria for the evaluation of Member States’ performance, and to recommend structural reform, through the modification of Regulation No 1303/2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying downproposing general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, to ensure better use of regional and social funds;
Amendment 716 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Calls on the Commission to follow national parliaments' requests, if any, to asses better the need for EU action, and the potential economic, social and environmental impacts of alternative policy options before it proposes a new initiative (as legislative proposals, non-legislative initiatives and implementing and delegated acts), in keeping with the Better Regulation Guidelines adopted by the Commission on 19 May 20157 ; __________________ 7 SWD (2015) 111 final SWD (2015) 111 final
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Calls for the establishmentproposal of a new social pact aimed at preserving Europe’s social market economy, respecting the right to collective bargaining; points out that such a pact cshould enhanceonly represent a voluntary supporting basis for the coordination of the social policies of the Member States;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Takes the view that the European Union’s comprehensive approach to external conflicts and crises affecting the European Union as a whole should be reinforced by bringing together more closely the different actors and instruments in all phases of the conflict cycle, and considers it necessaryhelpful that Parliament and the Council start adoptproposing joint strategic documents;
Amendment 735 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Insists on using the provisions of Article 22 TEU to set upwork out an overall strategic framework for, and to take decisions on, strategic interests that can, in extreme cases, extend beyond CFSP to other areas of external action; recalls that decisions taken on the basis of such a strategy could be implemented by QMVratification of each Member State's national parliament;
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Calls for parliamentary oversight of EU external action to be strengthened, including by continuing the regular consultations with the Vice-President/High Representative (VP/HR), the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission, and for negotiations on replacing the 2002 Interinstitutional Agreement on access to sensitive information of the Council in the field of CFSP to be concludedfter having obtained parliament's consent;
Amendment 740 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Considers it necessary that the EU Special Representatives be integrated into the EEAS, including bybut without transferring their budget from the CFSP lines to the EEAS lines, as this wouldiming at increaseing the coherence of EU efforts;
Amendment 742 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Calls for the use of Article 31 (2) TEU, which allows the Council to take certain decisions on matters of CFSP by QMV, in certain areas and on special issue after having obtained parliament's consent to each individual case, and the ‘passerelle clause’ contained in Article 31 (3) TEU) to switch progressively to QMV for individual decisions in the area of CFSP that do not have military or defence implications; recalls that Article 20 (2) TEU, which lays down the provisions for enhanced cooperation, provides additional possibilities for Member States to move forward with CFSP and should therefore be used, but only if they agree to;
Amendment 744 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. BelieveRecalls that there is a need to increase the flexibility of the financial rules for external action in order to avoid delays in financial rules for external action need to be strictly obeyed in order to achieve a high degree of compliance as regards the operational disbursement of EU funds and, thereby, increasenable the EU’s ability to respond to crises in a speedy andn effective way simultaneously allowing for equal treatment of all Member States; considers it necessary, in this regard, to set up a fast-track procedure for humanitarian assistance to ensure that aid is disbursed in the most efficient and effective way possible;
Amendment 746 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
Paragraph 82
82. UrgeCommits the Council, the EEAS and the Commission to uphold their respective obligations to immediately and fully inform Parliament at all stages of the negotiating and concluding processes of international agreements, as stipulated in Article 218 (10) TFEU and as detailed in interinstitutional agreements with the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 752 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Suggests, as a first step in this direction, that the provisions of Article 46 TEU regarding the establishment of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) through a QMV vote in the Council be implemented for special challenges as need to be agreed on by the Member States, as this instrument would allow more ambitious Member States to cooperate more closely in the area of defence, and empower them to use the EU’s institutions, instruments and budget;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Insists on complementing the provisions for PESCO with an EU white book on security and defence on the basis of the EU global strategy for foreign and security policy currently under preparation by the VP/HR, as such a document would further define the EU’s strategic objectives in the field of security and defence, and identify the existing and required capabilities as requested by the Member States;
Amendment 774 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. UnderlinesCalls to discover the need tofor a defineition of a common European capabilities and armaments policy (Article 42(3) TEU), and the boundary conditions between which such a policy should be activated and which would encompass the joint planning, development and procurement of military capabilities and which should also include proposals to react to cyber, hybrid and asymmetrical threats by concerted action; encourages the Commission to work on an ambitious European Defence Action Plan, as announced in the 2016 Work Programmeplan meeting such challenges affecting the European Union and its individual Member States;
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Considers it necessary to strengProposes to evaluate whethenr the European Defence Agency (EDA) by providing it with needed resources and political backing, thereby allowing it to play a leading andneeds to be strengthened by backing it in such a way that it will be allowed to play a coordinating role in capability development, research and procurement, if necessary in case of an attack;
Amendment 783 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Recallsminds of the existence of Article 44 TEU, which provides additional flexibility provisions and introduces the possibility of entrusting the implementation of crisis management tasks to a group of Member States, which should clearly be named and which would carry out such tasks, in the name of the EU and under the political control and strategic guidance of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) andf bestowed upon them by consent of the European Parliament, in the name of the EEASU;
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Suggests thato figure out decent cases in which Article 41 (3) TEU may be used to establish a start-up fund comprised of Member States’ contributions to finance preparatory activitiesto finance preparatory activities which need to be properly defined pertaining to Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) activities not charged to the Union budget;
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Calls for the creation of a permanent military operational headquarters that would cooperate closely with the existing Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC); calls for the institutionalisa better link between the national military operational headquarters of the Member States so as to achieve appropriate and effective cooperation on the one hand, and with the existing Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) on the other hand; recommends to check the need for a potential and voluntary approximation of the various European military structures (among others the different ‘Battle Groups’, Euroforces, France-United Kingdom defence cooperation, Benelux air defence cooperation) and possible, but voluntary integration into the EU framework, and for an incre clear definition of cases, in the usability of EU battlegroups, inter alia by extending common financing andwhich EU battlegroups should be activated, inter alia by considering, by default, their deployment as an initial entry force in future crisis management scenarios;
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Notes that this permanentlinking the national military headquarters could engage in permanent contingency planning and play a major coordinating role in future applications of Article 42(7) TEU; is of the view that the ‘mutual defence clause’, as laid down in this Article and requested by France during the Foreign Affairs Council on 17 November 2015, will constitute a catalyst should be reconsidered properly by all Member States in their national parliaments before further development ofing the EU’s security and defence policy, leading to stronger commitment by all Member States;
Amendment 803 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
Paragraph 93
93. Considers that there is a need to enhance EU-NATO cooperation at all levels in areas such as capability development and contingency planning for hybrid threats, analls on national parliaments of the EU Member States to scrutinise first, a potential need to enhance EU-NATO cooperation, second, the levels where this would be required if the former was agreed on, and third, in which areas (e.g., capability development and contingency planning for hybrid threats) this should become effective, as well as questioning whether consent is obtained to intensify efforts at removing remaining political obstacles;
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94
Paragraph 94
94. UnderlPoinets thatout that even in the light of the recent attacks and the increase of the terrorist threat, a more intense and structured exchange of information and data between national security agencies and intelligence services, and with Europol and Frontex, is absolutely essentialdoes not at all prove an effective tool for fighting terrorism, but would vehemently violate citizens' rights;
Amendment 817 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Recalls, in this context, that Article 222 TFEU provides forincludes a solidarity clause that can and should be activated when a Member State is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of a natural or man- made disaster;
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
96. Highlights the need to set up an EU commonadjust asylum and immigration policy, which should provide as well for fair distribution of asylum seekers in the European Union; takes the view that such a policy should involve all Member States, but that, if this proves impossible, the potentialtakes the view that such a policy should involve all Member States optionally at individual national level or at EU-wide level, depending of whether the Member State´s borders are outer borders of the European Union or not, also granting the Member States the free choice of enhanced cooperation could be exploited;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Stresses the importance of distinguishing between the concepts of ‘unsafe third countries’ (war zones) and ‘safe third countries’ (mostly Western Balkans countries), and the corresponding distinction of procedures for processing applicants coming from these two categories of countries; calls for the signature of agreements with safe third countries in order to control and reduce migration flows before migrants arrive at the EU borderprevent people from migrating across EU borders preventing to seek asylum; insists, at the same time, on strict procedures for returning applicants with unfounded claims directly at EU borders;
Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99
Paragraph 99
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102
Paragraph 102
102. Finds it imperative to strengthen the role of Parliament as co-legislator, on equal footing with the Council, through the use of Article 81 (3) TFEU, which makes it possible to switch decision-making in the field of family law with cross-border implications to the ordinary legislative procedure if the Council decides so unanimously, after having consulted the Parliament; calls for a switch in decision- making on all other policies in the field of JHA to the ordinary legislative procedure, using the ‘passerelle clause’ in Article 48 (7) TEU;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 103
Paragraph 103
103. Insists on putting into practice the principles enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty, namely solidarity and the sharing of responsibility between Member States, the principle of mutual recognition in the implementation of JHA policies (Article 70 TFEU), and the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rightsfundamental principles originally agreed on, namely the stability criteria, the no- bail-out clause, the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality;