Activities of Pablo IGLESIAS related to 2014/2229(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security challenges in the Middle East and North Africa and prospects for political stability (A8-0193/2015 - Vincent Peillon) ES
Amendments (26)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
– having regard to the escalating crises and conflicts, their political, ethnic and sectarian dimension, the rise of paramilitary groups and the weakness or collapse of certain states in the region; having regard to the many human rights violations resulting from this; whereas the MENA countries and international community have shared security interests in connection with the fight against ISIS;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the action taken by the Member States against ISIS in Iraq; notes that this type of operation should be carried out under the auspices of the European Union; to this end, calls on the EU to develop sufficient operational capacity to achieve CSDP targets; stresses however that a response must be found at political and regional level to the challenge presented by ISIS on the basis of respect for international law and the United Nations Charter; calls on the EU to facilitate regional dialogue involving all stakeholders, in particular Saudi Arabia and Iran;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StresseRegrets that the European Union will only gain real influence on the international scene if it is able to speak with one voicesecurity and defence policy is governed by the tendency for foreign policy to follow the United States and NATO model; calls on the VP/HR accordingly to appoint representatives at the highest level, i.e. EU foreign ministers or very senior political figures acting on her instructions and together with her, to ensure a constant dialogue with the countries of the region;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RecallTakes the view that the invasion of Iraq and foreign interference in Syria’s internal affairs that the emergence of ISIS isve been a breeding ground for the emergence and expansion of ISIS, which are also a symptom of the economic, political, social and cultural crisis afflicting the region; calls on the EU, together with the Arab worldondemns the role that the United States, the Member States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey have played in exacerbating the conflict; calls on the EU, together with the neighbouring countries and regional players, to assess the root causes and adopt a global approach through an approach based on security, political, economic, social and cultural considerations;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the allocation of EUR one billion under the EU strategy entitled 'Elements of an EU Regional Strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the Da'esh threat' , under which EUR 400 million has been earmarked for humanitarian aid; calls for special attention to be given to Jordan and Lebanon; is concerned that, as a result of extreme poverty and deprivation, refugee camps may become a hotbed of radicaliscalls for aid to be brought to the canton of Kobani as a matter of urgency; is concerned at the situation in the refugee camps resulting from extreme poverty and deprivation; welcomes the funds for host populations under the new strategy and under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP);
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomUrges the involvement of the countries of the Arab Peninsula in the international coalitionregional governments in the fight against ISIS; urges their governments of countries of the Arab Peninsula to redouble their efforts to prevent thestop financing of international terrorism, for example through including increased surveillance of waqfs and private donors; stresses the urgent need to introduce an efficient system of penalties coordinated with the LAS so as to put an end to ISIS financing by the Arab world; stresses also the urgent need for a decryption system to deal with clandestine oil sales by ISIS;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses also the importance of regional dialogue with Turkey and Iran; stresses the need to reintegrate Iran intothe urgent need for a political settlement for the conflict in Libya; supports the proposal of Algeria for national dialogue in Libya and calls regional actors to get involved on it; condemns the intervenational community once it has provided definitive assurances and cast- iron guarantees of its carried out by NATO, in which some EU member states actively participated; recalls that the intervention to develop nuclear energy for civilian purposes onlyof 2011 led to a humanitarian and political disaster for the Libyan people;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses deep concern at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stated lack of commitment to the creation of a Palestinian state; condemns Israel's disproportional use of force within and beyond its borders; demands that the Israel government issue formal apologies for the January 28th incidents in south Lebanon, including the bombing of UN installations and the killing of Francisco Javier Soria Toledo by the IDF, and to provide justice and reparation to the family of the soldier;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses full support for a new common security and defence policy (CSDP) to promote stability and security in the MENA countries; points out that the EU could play a major role in providing specific training in border surveillance, anti-terrorism and the prevention of arms’ trafficking and in overhauling security; stresses the need for such cooperation to rest upon the basis of the EU's commitment to Human Rights and the rule of law; takes note that previous border agreements show that, absence of adequate monitoring, significant abuses could take place under this framework;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned about the focus on military ‘solutions’ in the EU’s counter- terrorism policies, resulting in numerous military assistance programmes for authoritarian regimes aimed at strengthening their military capacities and thereby supporting their repressive policies; warns against the temptation to revert – in the name of security, stability and the fight against violent extremism – to the previous short-sighted, ineffective practices of collusion with certain authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa; takes the view that it is vitally important to uphold democratic principles based on defending human rights as a basis for the EU’s foreign policy strategy; expresses concern at the strengthening of security cooperation with very repressive states;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Strongly criticises the intensive arms trading by some EU Member States with various highly repressive states in the Middle East and North Africa, such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Morocco; calls on the Council, in this connection, to check whether there have been breaches of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and to adopt stringent measures to ensure that all Member States adhere to the code of conduct; calls for the suspension of, and a ban on, exports of tear gas and crowd control equipment to those countries until investigations have been conducted as regards their improper use and until the perpetrators of such improper use have been held to account;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Firmly opposes the use of drones in extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings of terror suspects, and demands a ban on the use of drones for this purpose;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the authorities in the EU Member States and in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa to uphold the ban on torture as enshrined in particular in the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which most of them have signed and ratified; reiterates that confessions obtained under torture are invalid, and condemns that practice;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the crucial importance of promoting improved cooperation between the EU Member States and the MENA countries in combating terrorism; calls for closer cooperation with the Europol and Interpol countries, providing them with assistance in developing the necessary anti-terrorist structures and resource, which must not be conceived as a battle between civilisations or religions, giving rise to racist or xenophobic presumptions, and must comply with the most basic rights;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Condemns the continuing occupation of Palestine by Israel and the latter’s violation of international law and international humanitarian law; reiterates its call for an end to Israeli colonisation in the Palestinian territories and to criminal attacks and the isolation of the Gaza Strip; stresses the urgent need to bring about a fair and lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East with a view to achieving a two-State solution – an independent and viable Palestinian State with its capital in East Jerusalem, and the State of Israel, living side by side in peace and security within the internationally recognised 1967 borders;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasises the fact that the Union’s external actions to combat international terrorism should, in the first place, be aimed at prevention, and at a policy which opposes all kinds of military intervention, thoroughly rethinking the EU’s position in international negotiations, and highlights the need to promote political dialogue, tolerance and understanding among different cultures and religions; is convinced that, in the security field, the EU should limit itself to cooperation programmes focusing on deradicalisation and countering violent extremism, where deemed appropriate, but refrain from imposing its economic or political ideas on sovereign states through its external dimension policies;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the urgent need for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, taking due account of the moderate opposition existing alongside the Syrian National Council and strengthening the moderate Sunni components; points out that no democratic solution in line with the fundamental principles of the Union can be negotiated with Bachar Al-Assad, following the massacres perpetrated by himcondemns the war crimes and violation of Human Rights that have taken place in the country since the beginning of the civil war; expresses its support to the efforts of the UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, to achieve an conflict settlement among the parties through the implementation of concrete ceasefires; considers that the preservation of the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country should be a condition of any agreement;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for any initiative to end the fighting in Syria to take into account the requirements of international humanitarian law; calls on the European Union to step up its efforts to channel humanitarian aid towards the areas controlled by the moderate opposition and the Kurds, who have been in the forefront of the fight against Islamic State; supports the Commission’s recommendation to encourage restoring the administration and public services in the Kurdish regions of Syria, and calls urgently for help to be provided for the reconstruction of Kobane;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need for the Iraqi Government to continue to promote the sharing of political responsibilities, power and oil profits, encompassing all religious and ethnic communities in that country; calls for this to be made an essential condition for implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq; calls on the EU to contribute to capacity building by the Iraqi Government; expresses concern with the growing political and military clout of pro-government Shiite militias accused of committing war crimes; emphasizes that the central government's reliance on such groups is incompatible with access to European support and funding;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the urgent need for a political solution to the conflict in Libya and the need that the EU reconsider the shortcomings and errors in strategy implemented in Libya; condemns the intervention carried out by NATO in which some EU members countries participated actively;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates its call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to press ahead with talks aimed at finding a peaceful and lasting solution to the Western Sahara conflict, points out that the conflict is a major obstacle to integration and cooperation in the region, meaning that it is absolutely vital and urgent to complete the decolonisation process in the Non- Self-Governing Territory of Western Sahara in line with international law and to put an end to the Moroccan occupation once and for all;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Regrets the circumstances in which the Sahrawi people find themselves, having been forced to live under Moroccan occupation or in exile in refugee camps for almost 40 years following Morocco’s invasion of the former Spanish colony; points out that there are more than 80 000 Moroccan troops and millions of mines along the 2 000 km-plus wall that divides the territories of Western Sahara from north to south, and deplores the fact that, more than 20 years after the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front and the establishment of MINURSO (the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), the referendum has still not taken place, thanks to the intransigence of Morocco and the accompanying complicity and passivity of the international community and the European Union;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to continue to encourage democratic reforms within the EU neighbouring countries; stresses the importance of maintaining the ‘two- thirds/one third’ principle for the allocation of ENP funding; calls on the Commission, the EEAS, the Council and the Member States to develop a political and strategic ENP dimension; welcomes the launch by the HR/VP and the Commission of broad consonsiders that the EU should drastically revise its external policy, in particular its strategy as regards the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, as part of the ongoing European Neighbourhood Policy review, in the light of its failure; calls for the EU to establish a new framework of relations with those countries and regions based on non- intervention in their internal affairs, respect for their sovereignty and defence of human rights, and aimed at supporting understanding, the development of neighbouring regions and promoting employment and education, rather than ‘association agreements’ serving mainly to establish free trade areas that benefit corporate interests on the European side and multination on ENP renewals;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of refugee protection policies as a critical tool for the promotion of democratic values; regrets the unwillingness of certain European states to enact inclusive policies; calls for the EU to develop a robust refugee protection policy;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets that conditionalities as well as a minimum one-year period isare necessary for the release of macro-financial assistance to countries in a very precarious financial situation; urges the European Union to mobilise or redirect funding very promptly and free of conditions; calls on Arab donors to coordinate aid within the LAS and, as far as possible, together with the European Union;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to develop partnerships with countries in the region that are not direct neighbours; supports the conclusion of a convention to establish a free-trade area between the EU and GCC and the resumption of negotiations for a new joint action programme with the GCC;