10 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2018/2097(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU’s aspirational global political and economic leadership has been undermined as a result of the financial crisis, rising Euroscepticism, the proliferation of crises on our doorstep and rising scepticism of European public opinion on the projection of force abroad, which has given rise to a tendency to respond to events rather than to shape them;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Western democracies have become more protectionist and inward- looking, and are swinging to the extremes at a time when multilateral cooperation is the only way to respond tohas failed to prove that it can effectively face global challenges effectively; whereas this power vacuum is being filled by other powers such as China or Russia;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the time has come for the European Union to take its destiny into its own hands; takes the view that the EU should embrace its role as a fully-fledged, sovereign political power in international relations that helps to resolve conflicts worldwide and shapes global governance;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that no single EU Member State can respond effectively to today’s global challenges on its own; believes that, by equally pulling their weight together within the EU, the Member States can exert an influence on the world stage that they would not otherwise possess; is convinced that 28 Member States together, representing 500 million citizens, have more leverage in international negotiations and in setting international regulations and standards; believes, moreover, that under the protection of the EU, globalisation can represent an opportunity for EU citizens and not a threat;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EEAS to invest in collective leadership and develop ‘issue- based coalitions’ with like-minded countries, to support a rules-based international order, multilateralism and free trade, and to pursue cooperative solutions to global challenges; calls on the EEAS to engage with emerging powers in the provision of global public goods such as peace and security, including by working together on crisis management operations around the world, climate change mitigation, and fight against its consequences on financial stability, and clean air and water;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that investing in the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans means investing in the security and future of our Union; reiterates the European perspective for the countries in the Western Balkans; highlights that the enlargement process is merit-based and must depend on nothing other than the concrete results achieved by each individual country and mostly on necessary past or future arrangements to prevent their accession from transferring either domestic problems or problems with neighbouring countries to the Union; reiterates the importance, throughout this process, of the rule of law, reconciliation and good neighbourly relations, security and migration, socio-economic development, transport and energy connectivity and the digital agenda;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Mediterranean is one of the most unequal borders in the world; reiterates the urgent need to stimulate the economic development of the Southern Mediterranean basin and Sub- Saharan Africa in order to create local economic opportunities in the countries of origin of migrants, allowing them to stay in their countries of origin; welcomes, in this regard, Commission President Juncker’s proposal to build a new Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs between Europe and Africa, and his initiative to develop the various European- African trade agreements into one continent-to- continent free trade agreement, as an economic partnership between equals;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the steps taken to increase the EU’s military autonomy, namely the establishment of a European single command centre in Brussels for European military training missions, and removing obstacles to the deployment of EU Battlegroups, as part of the EU-NATO cooperation; believes that the establishment of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence projects and the coordinated review of national defence budgets will help the Member States to spend their defence budgets more effectively;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the capacity to dispatch forces to globalpolitical engagement in preventing future or ending current conflicts is an essential pre-condition for becoming a credible political power; calls on the EEAS and the Member States to develop sufficient military capabilities to defend their values and interests around the world, if necessary, always in cooperation with NATO;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22