Activities of Thierry MARIANI related to 2020/2113(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region
Amendments (12)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the US continues to play a relevant role in the region, including through a direct military presence; whereas Israel, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt all have major non-NATO ally status; whereas NATO member Turkey and Qatar, however, have played a particularly destabilising role in the Middle East;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the summit of 27 to 28 March 2022 between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Morocco aiming to create a security alliance, which was also attended by the US Secretary of State, paved the way for a new regional approach to security and confirmed the countries’ intention to divide the region into blocks;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas countries in the region are key trading partners for the EU and there are important economic ties between the two sides; whereas the ongoing global energy crisis has led to increased contact with Qatar and other countries in the region on the import of energy resources into the EU; whereas there is potential for stronger cooperation in other areas such as the green transition, better governance and human rights; whereas the aforementioned makes the EU dependent on a country that supports Islamist movements by funding, embracing and harbouring terrorist and extremist groups and using charities to sponsor the spread of radical Islam by global terrorist entities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas problems associated with governance and breaches of the rule of law in the region are a significant source of instability; whereas the imprisonment or torture of political opposition figures and social activists across the region is paving the way for further conflict; whereas increasing persecution, ranging from routine discrimination in education, employment and social settings to genocidal attacks, is leading to the exodus of Christians;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the current situation in the broader Middle East region is characterised by ongoing conflicts with a regional dimension; stresses that the presence of foreign forces in these conflicts is contributing to maintaining them and to further regional instability; notes that as well as ongoing conflicts, there are latent ones which the EU must take into consideration when defining its long-term strategy to tackle the underlying causes of instability in the region; stresses that the reopening of the border between Syria and Jordan on 29 September 2021 has benefitted the Syrian economy and people and has reduced tensions across the region; calls on the EU to resume dialogue with Syria and to allow the return of Syrian refugees who wish to do so in order to prevent conflict;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the EU has itsMember States have their own interests in the region, as EU security is interdependent with security in the Middle East; highlights that EU funding instruments directed at the region could make an important contribution to stability and prosperity; criticises the fact that the sanctions imposed by the EU and US are causing more instability in the Middle East;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the region is becoming increasingly polarised into blocks; considers this counterproductive for the EU’sdangerous for the Member States’ goals in the area of stability and security; calls on the EU to enhance its bilateral discussions with all the different stakeholders;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on theall countries in the region to refrain from exporting arms or combatants or intervening militarily in other countries, as such interventions are some of the main causes of regional destabilisation; firmly opposes the use of drones in extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings of terror suspects and demands a ban on the use of drones for this purpose;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU to promote the development of a strong civil society in the region; highlights that the shrinking civil space in several countries poses a threat to regional stabilityfoster support for minorities and Christian communities in the Middle East;