30 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2020/2111(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has a responsibility to act as a global player and adjust its foreign policy in line withEU Member States are contributing supportive assistance to the fight against the COVID-19 crisis, this should not be seen as a global actor's responsibility;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the health and economic scale of the COVID-19 crisis is more than just a burden on the Member States, and this has corresponding consequences at social, health and above all economic level;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that public healthcare and social security are not EU but Member State competences, reflecting each Member State’s priorities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the voluntary bilateral assistance that has been provided by certain Member States or private entities within Member States, such as taking in patients, providing protective gear, or deploying doctors;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 136 #
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 roleEU Member States are responding accordingly at the external level to find solutions, including bilaterally, to calm the geopolitical situation; recalls that the main task of the EU should be first and foremost to focus internal European action and crises;
Amendment 142 #
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 itselfstresses the marginal role of the EU in the new world order in which, alongside the EU, the US, China and Russia play a leading role;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 276 #
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 a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and has threatened to annex Taiwan; calls on the Member States to advocate Taiwan’s membership of the WHO;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. ExpStresses concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity by the intensification of disinformation campaignsthat Russia is an important partner in the fight against the COVID 19 crisis; demands, in view of a possible economic and health crisis and in order to calm the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the EU, that further sanctions to be avoided;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the multilateral rules- based world order is vital for global peace, the rule of law and democracy; believes that a geopolitical EU must play a firmer role in defending it and seek ways to de- escalate tensions between powers;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that only a more united EUsovereign Member States, backed up by sufficient and credible military capacities, will be able to conduct a strong foreign policy, and believes that the VP/HR should receive a stronger mandate in speaking on behalf of the EU;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believesis convinced that the end of the unanimity rule on foreign policy would help the EU to conduct a foreign policy that is more effective and more proactivirreparably weaken the sovereignty of Member States and would have as well far-reaching consequences for the external action of Member States; stresses that unanimity on foreign policy issues must have remained in place;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. BelievStates that the end of the unanimity rule on foreign policy would help the EU to conduct a foreign policy that is more effective and more proactiveshould remain mandatory for any decision concerning foreign policy;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the important role of theMember States' armed forces during the COVID- 19 pandemic and believes that a more in- depth joint operations and effective coordination of mMember sStates’' armed forces within existing frameworks - such as the European Medical Command - or within new frameworks - such as military hospital trains - could lead to greater efficiency and contribute tohelp ensure that the EU’ is 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 futurestresses that Member States' armed forces should take into account the wider geopolitical implications of COVID-19; is convinced that Member 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 cuts' defence spending must not be reduced in the face of a potentially deteriorating international security environment as a result of COVID-19;
Amendment 422 #
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 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 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Needs for a complete refocus of the priorities for the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF), taking into account the socio-economic impact of the pandemic in the medium to long term; calls for the budget envisaged for ‘climate mainstreaming’ to instead be mobilised for COVID-19-related measures;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that its biggest global consumer market of almost 500 million people gives the EU Member States leverage on the world stage, and believes that a geopolitical Commission should use this leverage when other countries are not prepared to comply with the rule of law or international treatiesis leverage should be utilised in trade negotiations; urges the EU and its Member States to make aid granted to developing countries conditional upon agreements on the effective readmission of all illegal immigrants present in the EU eligible for return;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to reduce dependency on third countries in certain strategic and existential sectors and might prompt diversification of its most critical supply chains; emphasises the fact that relocating the production of most medicines to within the Member States must be a top priority;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the strategic importance of EU engagement and support in its neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; stresses that the EU must give Western Balkcalls for a rigorous monitoring and countries that are not yet partol of thehow EU a fair chance to join the EU, and that the EU must continue its efforts to invest in the regionid is used by countries that receive it;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the strategic importance of EU engagement and support in its neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; stresses that the EU must give Western Balkan countries that are not yet part of the EU a fair chance to join the EU, and that the EU must continue its efforts to invest in the regionCOVID-19 pandemic does not provide the excuse for the EU to expand still further, and under no circumstances should the EU admit new members; stresses that Turkey has taken advantage of the pandemic situation to continue its destabilising policies in the Eastern Mediterranean and all accession talks should be discontinued on a permanent basis;