3 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2020/2149(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. NoStates growing instability and the rise of unprecedented challenges in the international environment, which increased demands on the Union to act as a global player; highlights the European External Action Service’s (EEAS) central role in conducting the external policy of the Union; notes that the EEAS’s enhanced role has not been underpinned by a corresponding staff increase; calthat national diplomatic services and embassies are the legitimate representatives of the Member States in connection with fair and balanced international relations; emphasises that it is not the job of the EEAS to take their place; calls therefore for a significant reduction in EEAS appropriations and staff; calls als o for sufficient human resources to be made available in order not to put at risk the Union’s effectiveness on the international scenethe EEAS to end its recruitment and calls on Member States and their diplomatic services to react accordingly;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the importance of continuing to improve the rationalisation and modernisation of the financial and administrative management; welcomestakes note of the ongoing discussions on the EEAS budget simplifications and calls on modernising and simplifying the EEAS administration, also through full implementation of the “Innovative 2019” project;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the need to fight foreign propaganda and to expose disinformation and malicious foreign influence;Underlines the fact that the supposed fight against foreign disinformation is in fact simply further underlminesing the importance of the EEAS Strategic Communication Task Force and calls for the broadening of its mandate, including in relation to state sponsored disinformation originating in China, and providing it with further necessary financial and human resourcesright to information; is concerned at EEAS initiatives in this area, which seek to restrict freedom of information, in particular in the digital field;