9 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ recommendations in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change; underlines that switching to QMV will ensure that the EU - instead of going with the lowest common denominator - acts quicker and more deliberate and will also shield the EU from third-country pressure and divide- and-rule tactics; stresses that this will help the EU develop into a credible geopolitical power, increase the effectiveness of its external action and hence will also strengthen the influence of Member States in an unstable, rapidly changing and increasingly multipolar world; recalls that Article 31(2) TEU, which is designed to ensure that no Member State could be imposed a decision on issues vital to its national interests if QMV were to be used in CFSP, would remain applicable;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch to QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and human right, human rights and in areas relevant to the accession process such as when deciding on the start of the negotiation process as well as the opening and closing of individual negotiations clusters and chapters, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political will;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the need to reduce the EU's institutional complexity, in particular the EU's external representation; proposes in this regard to merge the function of President of the European Council and President of the European Commission and create a single Presidency of the EU to enhance the visibility, efficiency and consistency of EU external action; calls to make the relevant treaty provisions more explicit in this regard;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member States;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for inclusion of the principle of “strategic autonomy” into the list of objectives to be achieved through the Union’s foreign and security policy enshrined in Article 21 or Article 22(2) TEU;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CWelcomes the Commission proposal for a regulation allowing the joint purchase of defence equipment (Edirpa); calls for the introduction of provisions in Articles 42 and 46 TEU enabling the joint procurement of defence equipment andconsolidating this possibility and enabling other security-related spending from the budget of the Union as well as the establishment of joint military units and command structures; calls for the extension of the possibilities for financing common military expenditure from the EU budget in order to allow a proper parliamentary budgetary control;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the establishment of new formats of cooperation and discussion, such as a European Security Council and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers; believes that such new formats are particularly relevant in an increasingly unstable world and following Russia's illegal war in Ukraine which has affected Europe's security significantly; calls furthermore for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in Parliament;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the transformation of The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) into a common EU policy with an opt-out option, thus allowing the European Parliament to exercise genuine budgetary control;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a view to convening a convention composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission to propose possible Treaty changes.