53 Amendments of Hannah NEUMANN related to 2024/2080(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021- 2025 (GAP III),
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders ; adopted in 2004, updated in 2008 and further specified with a 2020 guidance note on the Guidelines' implementation,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the geopolitical context in which the EU is operating has accentuated the need for more ambitious, credible and unified EU action on the world stage and has highlighted the necessity for Member States to demonstrate the required political will to redefine the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) into a fully fledged EU policy; whereas the EU should be guided in its external action by the values and principles enshrined in Article 2, Article 3 (5) and Article 21 TEU, which have inspired the EU’s own creation, development and enlargement; whereas the EUuropean Union should correspondingly stand up for the universal values, norms and principles such as freedom and democratic standards worldwide, as well as the universality of human rightshuman rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this report first reviews the VP/HR’s annual CFSP report and subsequently complements it with Parliament’s positions on the CFSP objectives in 2025; whereas in so doing, the report expands particularly on (1) the global consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, (2) conflict and peace in the Middle East, (3) cooperation with like-minded partners and (4) the general visibility of EU action abroad; whereas Parliament’s forward- looking CFSP position is ultimately underlined by key demands concerning the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the parliamentary oversight of the MFF; whereas there is a need to defend and strengthen the rules-based international order, the universal norms, values and principles of the UN Charter such as human rights and international justice, multilateralism, and the Helsinki Final Act in particular as regards the non-violation of international borders;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) are our main allies when it comes to defending and promoting human rights abroad; whereas HRDs are increasingly at risk of attacks and threats from state and non-state actors; whereas Parliament has consistently called for a proper and coordinated implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (2008); whereas the Member States, alongside the EU institutions, should implement the Guidelines, which include a range of specific commitments, such as regular reporting, coordination and action in support of HRDs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
– the successful finalisation of the screening process for Albania at the end of 2023; reiterates the call for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; highlights the need to further intensify reforms to address deficiencies that persist regarding the ‘fundamentals’; commends the country’s consistent, full alignment with the EU’s foreign and security policy and promotion of the rules-based international order, including EU’s restrictive measures against Russia and Belarus;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
– the opening of accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; encourages the authorities to take all of the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s recommendation of 12 October 2022, including bringing the Constitution in line with the European Convention on Human Rights, complying with the Sejdić-Finci and related rulings, such as the Kovačević ruling; deplores the recurring inflammatory rhetoric and secessionist laws and policies of the leadership of the entity ‘Republika Srpska’ and recalls in this context the importance of EUFOR Althea being visibly presen entity and reiterates in this context its call for a thorough assessment of the security situation and capabilities on the ground and for the consideration of deploying personnel and additional capacities for EUFOR Althea also to the Brčko district;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
– the progress in the Belgrade- Pristina Dialogue, especially in the areas of freedom of movement and energy; regrets the lack of progress in the implementation of the path to normalisation and calls for efforts to be made and capacity to be put into normalising relations and developing the EU-facilitated dialogue; regrets that the unjustified sanctions against Kosovo have not been lifted despite the HRVP’s recommendation to do so and urges the Member states to lift the sanctions immediately; regrets the biased approach of the EU towards Serbia despite its yearlong roll-back on rule of law, democracy, fundamental rights, thus further transforming into an authoritarian regime, its numerous disruptive actions in the region and its non-alignment with the CFSP sanctions; reiterates its position that accession negotiations with Serbia should advance only if the country makes significant progress on its EU-related reforms, in particular in the area of the ‘fundamentals’ (judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, public procurement, statistics, financial control) and aligns with EU sanctions against Russia;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
– the successful finalisation of the screening process for North Macedonia at the end of 2023; and calls for entering into the next phase of negotiations without further delay; calls on the North Macedonia Government to work constructively with neighbouring countries to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiationgovernment and the neighbouring countries to work constructively together to remove remaining obstacles to move forward with accession negotiations, while reiterating that bilateral issues must be kept separate from the accession process;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
– the constructive role that the local vibrant civil society plays in the EU integration processes; encourages the enlargement countries to provide an enabling space and appropriate framework for cooperation to ensure their meaningful involvement; underlines that civil society is vital in fostering democracy and pluralism and promoting good governance and social progress;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has a disproportionate and the disproportionate Israeli military response to these attacks, which have dramatic effects on civilians and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situationcrisis in Gaza;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender- based restrictions on women and all forms of gender apartheid be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 a (new)
– the fact that the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Iran and other totalitarian or authoritarian regimes use information manipulation and malign interference as integral instruments to exert pressure on multilateral institutions and democratic values and norms, to abuse power, to increase the incidence and severity of human rights violations, to constrict spaces for civil society, independent media and democratic opposition movements, to spread anti- Western disinformation and to use various forms of transnational repression to intimidate and constrict spaces for civil society, independent media and democratic opposition movements in the diaspora;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 b (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 b (new)
– the increasing attacks, harassment, arbitrary detention, torture, and killings of human rights defenders (HRDs) worldwide, especially those advocating for environmental, indigenous, women’s, LGBTQI+, and anti-corruption rights; further notes the increasingly sophisticated tactics by state and non-state actors, including digital surveillance and smear campaigns, aimed at silencing HRDs;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 c (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 9 c (new)
– attempts to circumvent EU and international sanctions, seeing these strategies as direct threats to the international rules-based order;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 10
Paragraph 3 – indent 10
– the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who are systematically undermining Nicaragua’s democratic structures; recalls that the regime in Nicaragua maintains strong ties with other autocracies, such as those in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba; condemns, in the strongest terms, the systematic human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the Cuban regime; strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime in Venezuela and demands that the Maduro government cease its policy of repression and attacks on civil society and the opposition;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 7 a (new)
– the urgent and ongoing need to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment through all EU external action, in line with the 2021-2025 Gender Action Plan, especially in light of the current global rollback of women's rights; emphasizes that at the current rate of progress, achieving gender equality worldwide will take another 131 years, underscoring the critical importance of accelerating efforts to safeguard and advance women's rights and opportunities;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 7 b (new)
– the urgent need to protect human rights defenders (HRDs), who play a critical role in upholding human rights, democracy, and the rule of law globally; calls for enhanced support and protection mechanisms for HRDs facing threats, harassment, and violence, especially those in high-risk areas or working on sensitive issues such as environmental, indigenous, and women’s rights;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the rise of China remains one of the primary geopolitical challenges of the 21st century and notes that the relationship between the EU and the PRC is increasingly characterised by economic competition and systemic rivalry; reiterates its requests for a renewed, more assertive, comprehensive and coherent EU-China strategy that shapes relations with the PRC in the interest of the EU as a whole and takes full account of the challenges stemming from the PRC’s rise as a global actor and its increasingly oppressive domestic policies and assertive foreign policy; highlights that the credibility of the EU’s approach to China very much depends on the willingness of the Member States to show a united position;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the VP/HR to promote a convincing, durable and targeted democratic narrative that demonstrates that democracy delivers for individuals and societies across the globe and is capable of withstanding autocratic pressure and influence; encourages, in this context, to further strengthen democratic resilience in EU Member States via combatting Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and the subsequent strengthening of EU’s strategic communication toolbox and welcomes in this vein the invest in the resilience of democracies in Member States as well as strategic communications and the fight against foreign interference and the spread of disinformation, and welcomes the EEAS’s engagement with the UN on a global code of conduct for information integrity;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is being closely watched by autocratic actors around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage; stresses that the Russian aggression against Ukraine violates the rules-based international order, fundamental principles of international law as enshrined in the UN Charter and key conventions and resolution;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the EU and its Member States to provide humanitarian assistance, military support, economic and financial aid and political support in every possible way until Ukraine’s victory in order to ultimately stop Russia’s war of aggression and allow Ukraine to liberate all its people and re-establish full control within its internationally recognised borders; underlines in particular the urgent need to provide Ukraine with increased air defence capacities to defend its critical energy infrastructure ahead of the forthcoming winter, and calls on the Member States to immediately lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against legitimate military targets on Russian territory which would be fully in line with Ukraine’s right to self- defence according to the UN Charter;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the EU and the Member States to reinforce the effectiveness and strict implementation of its 14 sanction packages adopted so far and adopt new ones as soon as the need arises; calls for effective cooperation with like- minded partners across the globe to increase the pressure on Russia as well as to further assess and fight sanction circumvention;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Unwaveringly supports the 10-point peace plan put forward by Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and recalls that any initiative aimed at ending the Russian war of aggression needs to be based on input provided by UkraineUkraine’s terms and ultimately accepted by the Ukrainian people;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that Ukraine, as a victim of aggression, has the legitimate right to self-defence in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter; calls on the VP/HR, the Commission the Council and the Member States concerned to enable effective Ukrainian countermeasures against Russia within the confines of international law; recalls that Russia has violated international law and that the full seizure of the frozen Russian assets is an appropriate step towards enforcing Russia’s obligation to abide by international law, and to compensate Ukraine and other injured parties for the losses caused by Russia’s war of aggression; stresses that use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine financially is at the moment still a theoretic proposal; notes that such funds should be considered additional and cannot replace funding for Ukraine from existing state budgets;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deeply deplores that Hungary is blocking both the newly established EUR 5 billion Ukraine Assistance Fund (UAF) set up in March 2024 within the European Peace Facility (EPF) and the eighth tranche of EPF reimbursements for Member States that delivered military aid to Ukraine over more than 18 months; urges the HR/VP and the Member States to urgently overcome this and to guarantee that the EU’s only instrument in support of military aid to Ukraine becomes fully-functional again and that such blockades are prevented in the future or to find an alternative mechanism that is fully reliable;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Commends the Commission’s proposal to establish the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, worth an estimated EUR 35 billion, which respondscontributes to answering to Parliament’s call and builds upon the decision of the Council to direct extraordinary revenues stemming from immobilised Russian state assets to the Ukraine Assistance Fund and the Ukraine Facility, as well as upon the G7’s decision to offer Ukraine a USD 50 billion loan secured through immobilised Russian state assets;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls the fact that the security of the Republic of Moldova is inextricably linked to the security of Ukraine and deems the Republic of Moldova the second line of defence of the European way of life; believes that both Ukraine’s and Moldova’s accession to the EU would be a geostrategicmutually beneficial investment in a united and strong Europe; encourages the VP/HR to enhancedeepen the CFSP partnership with Ukraine and Moldova through concrete measures and, in particular, through measuresthose ensuring the inviolability of the state borders of and between both countries;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses concern about rising tensions in the Middle East and the destabilising role that the Iranian regime and its network of non-state actors play in the region; urges all parties to show maximum restraint and de-escalation and refrain from any further escalation; calls upon the VP/HR and the Member States to continue and step up their diplomatic efforts with international partners, including with the Gulf countries to encourage urgent de-escalation and meaningful dialogue; strongly deplores the escalation in the Middle East and the loss of thousands of civilian lives;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Affirms the right of Israel to defend itself as enshrined in and constrained by international law; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and a subsequently imminent and permeanent ceasefire to address the risk of mass starvation and the outbreak of a health epidemic in Gaza; recalls that Israel also has the obligation to protect the civilian population and that military operations must be proportionate and in line with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its unwavering support for a negotiated two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borders, with two sovereign, democratic states as peaceful neighbours and with Jerusalem as their shared capital; condemns the acceleration of the illegal Israeli settlement of Palestinian land, which constitutes a violation of international law; expresses concern overcondemns the rising violence committed by Israeli forces and extremist settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; in this context, supports the sanctions enacted by the Council against violent settlers; expresses support for US President Biden’s three-phase Peace Plan and regrets the lack of will on both sides to ensure its implementation; regrets, further,further regrets that the latest rounds of peace talks did not bring any tangible results;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the strong links between Iran and among Iran/the IRGC, its proxies such as the Houthis, Iraqi and Syrian militias, and organisations on the EU terrorist list, namely Hamas and Hezbollah’s military wing; calls on the Council and the VP/HR to add Hezbollah in its entirety to the EU list of terrorist organisations; deplores Hezbollah’s attacks against Israeldeplores Hezbollah’s attacks against Israel; is gravely concerned about Israeli military actions in Lebanon, which have resulted in man Israeli ground invasion in Lebanon; is deeply concerned about the situationy civilian casualties and many more displaced; condemns the Israeli attacks on the UN, including UN staff, especially the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and(UNIFIL); recalls the need for a cessation of hostilities as soon as possible to create space for a diplomatic solution along the Blue Line, consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, as the only path to durably de- escalate tensions and, stabilise the Israel- Lebanon border in a durable manner;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines that the EU needs to increase its effective presence in the region, by all means at its disposal, and calls on the VP/HR to make this a priority for his office and the forthcoming MFF;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Is concerned about the legislation approved by the Israeli Knesset regarding the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); reiterates the importance of EU’s continued political and financial support to the Agency due to its important mandate of providing critical services including humanitarian relief during an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza; welcomes the third disbursement of EU support for 2024 to the Agency in line with agreed conditions to enhance its neutrality processes and controls systems;
Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the need to strengthen civil society organisations in the region, particularly organisations working on the protection of human rights and peacebuilding;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that the world is becoming more multipolar and less multilateral; emphasises that multilateral forums, chief among them the United Nations and its agencies, should be considered the EU’s format of cooperation of choice and should therefore be granted sufficient EU funds and support to protect the United Nations and the multilateral system as a whole; expresses concern, in this respect, about the increasing relevance of exclusive formats of cooperation, which experiencebear witness to increasing competition; observes, at the same time, that international institutions and norms are increasingly being instrumentalised; stresses that this trend puts the EU in a delicate position, which balancesing the need to appeal for a broad and inclusive concept of multilateralism while prioritising cooperation with selected, like-minded partners at the same time;
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 800 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Reiterates that Taiwan is a key EU partner and a democratic ally in the Indo- Pacific region; recognises the importance of Taiwan in securing global supply chains, especially in the high-tech sector, and urges the EU and its Member States to engage in closer cooperation with Taiwan; underlines that preserving peace, stability and the freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region remains of critical importance to the interests of the EU and its Member States; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure, through clear and consistent signalling, that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by means of force or coercion, cannot be accepted and will have high costs; highlights that China’s territorial claims have no basis in international law; denounces, furthermore, China’s blocking of Taiwan’s participation in multilateral organisations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support Taiwan’s meaningful participation in relevant international organisations;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to make full use of their diplomatic toolbox and financial instruments to support and protect Human Rights Defenders against threats and attacks by governmental and non-governmental actors, including businesses or groups acting on behalf of them, criminal groups and armed groups, as well as threats in conflict and transition settings;
Amendment 898 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Calls for taking the lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, most notably on democracy, human rights, gender equality and climate change; stresses the need to further develop regional strategies, including on climate action, human rights and security cooperation;
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 c (new)
Paragraph 37 c (new)
37c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to better tackle sanctions circumvention, focusing on, inter alia, on strengthening international cooperation in this regard;
Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls for the further development of the EU’s preventive diplomacy, including peace mediation and dialogue, as a proactive foreign policy tool; urges the EEAS to conduct ‘lessons learnt’ exercises; stresses the urgent need to boost and double the relevant EU budget within NDICI and strongly increase EU action on mediation, dialogue and reconciliation in order to take into account the high demand for such measures and approaches in various regions and countries, in particular in the Middle East, Sahel region, East Africa, Caucasus etc;
Amendment 952 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Reaffirms the role of the EU Special Representatives, who promote the EU’s policies and interests in specific regions and countries and play an important role in the development of a stronger and more effective CFSP by providing the EU with an active political presence in key countries and regions, acting as a ‘voice’ and ‘face’ for the EU and its policies; stresses the need to strengthen strategic communications and the EU’s work on countering disinformation via dedicated resources and offices in strategically relevant regions and countries;
Amendment 963 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 – indent 1
Paragraph 43 – indent 1
– to work with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, NATO and the other partners concerned, to enable robust constabulary forces to assume all key tasks of internal security in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo as from 2026, and to prepare the proposals for the necessary CFSP missions to be launched in 2025, using the EU’s Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) as preventive military reinforcement; recalls that the expenditure for these measures, including the RDC’s standby expenditure, should be charged to the EU budgetestablish the EU’s Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC);
Amendment 984 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the VP/HR to follow up on the examples of the successful evacuation actions in Sudan and of the stepped-up consular protection, and to work towards a comprehensive system of protection for EU citizens abroad as well as the local staff in EU Delegations and CFSP missions and operations;
Amendment 985 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Welcomes the EU’s efforts as a global frontrunner in the fight against climate change and urges the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to propose new initiatives such as the externalisation of the European Green Deal; believes that the implementation of the European Green Deal will have significant geopolitical consequences and will influence the EU’s relations with its partners and that the EU should support ambitious CO2 reduction targets in third countries and stresses the need for climate diplomacy to play a crucial role; highlights the relevance of economic resilience and of building Paris- compatible decarbonized economies; highlights that connectivity investments need to focus on economic resilience and a Paris-Climate-Agreement compatible decarbonisation of the economy;
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Recalls that all CFSP and CSDP expenditure should be charged to the EU budget, unless the Council decides otherwise on a case-by-case basis, or when the expenditure concerns operations with military or defence implications; recognises that it falls to the Council to determine whether an EU action abroad is an operation with military or defence implications; underlines that in all other cases of CFSP or CSDP decisions entailing expenditure, the Council should consider charging the expenditure to the EU budget;
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Recalls point 1(m) of its recommendation of 8 June 2022 to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and its call to urgently launch a discussion with a view to establishing another off-budget financial facility which would address the entire life-cycle of military capabilities at EU level from collaborative R&D and joint procurement to joint maintenance, training and security of supply;
Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47b. Regrets the fact that the CFSP budget for civilian CSDP missions has only marginally increased from the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 to the MFF 2021-2027 (from a starting point of approximately EUR 350 million per year), while at the same time the number and tasks of missions have increased, the security environment has become more challenging, the cost of operations has increased; urges therefore the Member States for a substantive increase of funding for the CFSP budget, while at the same time ensuring the efficient use of the funds allocated to the CSDP civilian missions, in order to make sure that they effectively respond to crisis situations and unforeseen events;
Amendment 1007 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
Amendment 1009 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
Amendment 1014 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Calls on the Commission to present its proposals for the next MFF in the first semester of 2025 to allow for sufficient time to negotiate the programmes; underlines the need for a more detailed budgetary nomenclature both in the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, CFSP and the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance, which allow the budgetary authority to set policy and geographic priorities in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure;