Activities of Nikos ANDROULAKIS related to 2021/2182(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the need for a stronger, more ambitious, credible and united common foreign policy becomes a necessity as EU faces multiple geopolitical challenges in the wider region which directly or indirectly affect all its Member States and its citizens;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls the Member States to align their arms export policy on the basis of the provisions of Common position 2008/944/CFSP, and to adopt a strict application of criterion 4 on regional stability;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly and its continuing provocative actions in Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean which are going contrary to EU interests, putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; and the EU as a whole; recalls deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversiblengagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, subject to the established conditionalities, especially the respect of international law and good neighbourly relations, in order to keep the country as closely anchored to the EU values as possible; recalls that the EU is ready to use all instruments at its disposal, including sanctions in order to defend its interests and those of its Member States as well as to uphold regional stability; reiterates its call on the VP / HR, for as long as Turkey continues with its current illegal, unilateral actions in the Eastern Mediterranean that run counter to the sovereignty of any EU Member State (notably Greece manner, keepd Cyprus), to introduce an initiative ing the cCountry as closely anchored to the EU as possible; cil for all EU Member States to halt arms export licensing to Turkey in accordance with the Common Position; regrets that certain Member States continue to export arms to Turkey, despite the present danger that those arms could be used against other EU Member States;
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the EU’s renewed commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and recognition of its growing importance for EU interests; acknowledges the intense geopolitical competition in the region and calls for the EU to strengthen its strategic focus, presence and actions with the aim of contributing to the stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development of the region; underlines the need for a strategic long-term engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and for establishing comprehensive bilateral and multilateral dialogue mechanisms with Indo-Pacific countries and their societies; regrets that EU was left out from the new partnership in the Indo-Pacific area between Australia, United Kingdom and United States and the consequences that this agreement had for the European defence industry;