14 Amendments of Radosław SIKORSKI related to 2020/2111(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission President's State of the Union delivered on the 16th of September 2020;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic, which is affecting millions of human lives, giving rise to an unprecedented global health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis, triggering systemic tensions of global governance headed towards a more nationalistic and more authoritarian world;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the geopolitical competition and tensions following the COVID-19 outbreak, and recognises that the European Union still has to position itself in the new world order in which, alongside the EU, the US, China and Russia play a leading role;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the lack of leadership the United States has shownaware of the United States reluctance to take the leading role in fighting COVID-19; believes that the false information in President Trump’s tweets and during his press conferences have been very unhelpful in the joint fight against the virus;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. IWhile recognizing each country's right to shape its own foreign policy, is worried about the decision of the US to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the general tendency of its President to withdraw the USthe current US administration to stand aloof from the multilateral organisations that were created to establish a rules-based world order;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the need to find a new method oftensify efforts to revive cooperation between the EU and US, based on mutual respect and a joint agenda to defend multilateralism, the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for a European response to China's intensified expansion towards most exposed Member States and EU's neighbours; current rush to contain the economic fallout will be an opportunity for Chinese strategic investments in key sectors like telecommunication, transport and technology;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Chinese regime to fully cooperate with an independent investigation into the origins of COVID- 19, and calls on the Member States to present a united front towards a rising China, which is leading aChina, with regards to its crackdown on the pro- democracy movement in Hong Kong and has threateneds to annex Taiwan; calls on the Member States to advocate Taiwan’s membership of the WHO;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the VP/HR to recognise these concerns and simultaneouslbase the EU policy create an atmosphere of dialogue, engagement and genuine cooperation, based on a new, more assertive strategy in which the EU pushes backgarding China on the following principles: cooperate where possible, compete where needed, confront whenre necessary; to defend European valueshe EU shall not compromise on its values and principles in its dialogue with Beijing; is of the view that, as part of this new strategy, the EU should seek closer collaboration with countries in the region and other democracies;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for exploring the possibility of creating a new forum for multilateral cooperation among Western allies, i.e. the EU, the USA, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, drawing on the legacy of the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Strategic Export Controls; the remit of a new committee should cover the monitoring and control of export of technologies, trade flows and sensitive investments to countries of concern;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Reiterates the importance of article 24(3) TEU, highlighting that Member States shall support the Union's external and security policy unreservedly in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity and refrain from any action which is contrary to the interest of the Union; once the policy is agreed, Member States shall support the HR/VP in its execution, without acting in parallel.
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the important role of the armed forces during the COVID-19 pandemic and believes that a more in-depth joint operation and coordination of member states’ armed forces within existing frameworks - such as the PESCO project European Medical Command - or within new frameworks - such as military hospital trains - could lead to greater efficiency and contribute to the EU’s preparedness to fight pandemics; recognises the need to review the EU’s security and defence strategies to develop strategic autonomy, to become better prepared and more resilient to the new and hybrid threats and technologies that have made the nature of warfare less conventional and challenge the traditional role of the military, as well as for a future in which Russia and China are becoming more assertive; stresses that the future Strategic Compass on security and defence should reflect these developments and take account of the broader geopolitical implications of COVID-19; believes that, given the new political balance and a potential worsening of the international security environment following COVID-19, the EU defence budgets must not be cut;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Encourages Member States to switch from a strictly national focus on defence to a European one, as no individual MS alone has the potential to address the identified threats; enhanced EU defence policy will also benefit NATO, while strengthening the European pillar within the alliance and responding to repeated calls for stronger transatlantic burden-sharing;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions tasked with conflict prevention or mitigation to be strengthened, notably those in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood, to help stabilise already fragile settings and prevent a relapse in conflicts and violence due to additional tensions caused by COVID-19; calls in this regard for an analysis of establishment of a standing EU multinational unit dedicated to fulfil Article 43 TEU military tasks and to enhance the EU’s ability to conduct crisis management operations as well as a swift adoption of the European Peace Facility;