11 Amendments of Jaak MADISON related to 2021/2182(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesExpresses concern about the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to develop its leadership role in the defence andInsists that the EU does not have the mandate to defend or promotion ofe human rights in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global Hthe world, and that this mandate lies with the United Nations; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human Rrights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti-corruption sanctions regime, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concludedd democracy watchdog, and nor should it be;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political willConsiders that a common EU foreign policy is not possible, given the different national interests of itsthe Member States to jointly agree on and promote EU foreign policy goals and EU security and defence cooperationhat should be preserved and respected;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls for the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSP; in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified, however, that in order to preserve the sovereignty of Member States, unanimity must remain the decision-making benchmark in the Council when it comes to foreign and security policy; considers that the interest of Member States are vastly different in light of geopolitical realities and that these interests can only be preserved through unanimity, as any form of majority voting forhas the adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to actpotential of ignoring and undermining vital national interests;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. CRecalls for the EU to ensure its strategic sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to the Union’s existencethat existence on the global scene, as the term itself suggests, is based exclusively on the representation onf the global scene, such as economics, security and technology, and to establMember States; stresses that the European Union has absolutely no legitimacy in thish a European Defence Unionrea;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment ofthere is no such thing as “EU sovereignty” since the EU is not a strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation w, and can therefore not sovereign; emphasises that the EU derives iths partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcementower to act from the Member States, and that the EU cand NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR only act because of the conferral of power by the Member States;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for the Union to develop its technological sovereignty through the enhancement of industrial defence capabilities, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), and theat common defence projects have always been founded on transnational cooperation; rejects any drift towards federalism in this area, as envisaged by the Commission; stresses that Member States should not have their technologies and research protjection and resilience of critical infrastructurs jeopardised by the Europeanisation of industrial defence bases;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperityrejects any new plans to further enlarge the European Union;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; 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, proporinsists that all accession negotiations with Turkey be unconditionatelly and irreversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possibley terminated;