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17 Amendments of Karol KARSKI related to 2019/2136(INI)

Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU’s security environment is vulnerable to external pressure that prevents the EU from exercising its sovereigntywhich already is taking place in the form of hybrid warfare, including hostile propaganda from Russia and other actors, as well as increasing threat from radical terrorist groups;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a moment when competing powers are increasingly challenging the rules-based global order, we, as Europeans,the EU and its Member States must defend multilateralism, international law, democracy and human rights;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the European Union needs to take on a global leadership role and unlock its political potential to think and act like a geopolitical powera more prominent role in international sphere and unlock its political potential to act while defending and promoting its common values and interests in the world; reaffirms the need to secure ‘EU strategic autonomy’; fully supportnotes the Commission President’s decision to transform the EU’s executive branch into a ‘geopolitical commission’, underlining however the leading role of the Council and Member States in defining foreign policy of the EU;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the European Union has to switch from a responsive to an anticipatory approach and team up with like-minded partners, especially NATO, in order to defend the global rule-based order founded on international law; recalls that the EU’s CFSP is based on partnership and multilateralism, which help to unite the relevant regional and global powers; underlines the urgent need to explore new forms of alliances and find innovative mechanisms for cooperation;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #
8. Promotes an EU foreign policy that will unite the EU institutions and all foreign ministries behind a common and strong EU-level foreign policy that should be based on consensus among the Member States; emphasises the need to build where necessary ad hoc coalitions to strengthen EU cohesion and democratic legitimacy;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses its commitment to enlargement, which remains a key policy of the EU and for the European perspective of the Western Balkans; reiterates that pursuant to Article 49 TEU, any state in Europe may apply to become a member of the European Union provided that it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy, respects fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and upholds the rule of law;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the European Union can only deliver its full potential when speaking with one voice and when decision-making is shifted step by step from the national to the supranational level, taking full advantage of the possibilities offered by the EU institutions and their procedures, especially the Council; stresses that the European Union should use all available means to achieve this goal, including those offered by parliamentary diplomacy;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines the unconditional EU support for sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all Eastern Partnership countries within their internationally recognized borders and strongly underlines the importance of the proactive stance based on international law against protracted conflicts in the Eastern Neighbourhood;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Reaffirms its strong support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and remains fully committed to the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Reiterates its support for the Eastern Partnership, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2019; stresses however that in order to be more successful it needs new initiatives and commitments from both sides, the EU and our partners;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Underlines, that more than a decade after the end of the Russian aggression in Georgia and subsequent ceasefire brokered by the EU, the Russians are still in blatant violation of some of its provisions and the borderisation process is ongoing; in light of recent unlawful detention of monitors of EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) by armed South Ossetian de facto security forces, calls for strengthening of EUMM mandate and visibility and urges Russian Federation as the occupying power to honour its international obligations and grant EUMM unhindered access to the occupied regions;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in the area of security and defence; stresses that , however, the leading role of NATO as a guarantor of European security and underlines the need of maintaining closest possible cooperation with the Alliance on all defence-related matters, as well as efficient cooperation with other partner organisations such as the UN or NATO is more vital than ever;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that qualified majority voting (QMV) could make the EU’s foreign and security policy more effective and would speed up the decision-making process; calls on the Council to make regular use of QMV in the cases envisaged in Article 31(2) of the TEU and calls on the European Council to take up this initiative by making use of the ‘passerelle clause’ contained in Article 31(3) of the TEU; encourages the Council to consider extending QMV to other areas of the CFSP;deleted
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomNotes the decision of the President of the Commission to build, within five years, a genuine European Defence Union;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the VP/HR, the Commission and the Member States to continue and step up their efforts to increase their ability to confront hybrid threats by strengthening the EU’s cyber defences and resilience against hybrid threats; calls, in this regard, for the development of comprehensive joint capacities and methods to analyse risk and vulnerability;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Promotes the boosting of the European Union’s strategic communication capabilities; calls, in that connection, for further support for the EEAS Strategic Communications Division by turning it into a fully-fledged unit within the EEAS, responsible for the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods, with proper staffing and adequate budgetary resources, possibly by means of an additional dedicated budget line;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the important role of the civil and military missions that form part of the CSDP in maintaining peace, avoiding conflicts and strengthening international security; underlines, however, the leading role of NATO as important pillar of European security and welcomes the ongoing process of NATO enlargement which contributes to the stability and well-being of Europe;
2019/11/13
Committee: AFET