Activities of Raphaël GLUCKSMANN related to 2023/2127(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-China relations (debate)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its report of 8 February 2022 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the report of the Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament (ING2),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2022 on the Human Rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files,
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law should remain at the centre of the relationship between the EU and China, in line with the EU’s commitment to upholding these fundamental principles in all areas of its external action;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas China is changing and moving into a new era of security and control characterised by an increasingly assertive economic and foreign policy, attempts to change the international rules- based order and increasingly oppressive domestic policies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas domestically, the Chinese government is implementing increasingly oppressive domestic policies, repressing any form of dissent, cracking-down on all civil and political freedoms and targeting particularly harshly ethnic and religious minorities, such as Tibetans and Uyghur population, attempting to eradicate their identity through torture, forced sterilization, enforced disappearance, and implementing a massive campaign and systemic forced labour scheme against the Uyghurs;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) maintain diplomatic stabilityengagement while increasing the EU’s assertiveness towards China in order to assume its responsibility as a member of the UN Security Council to pressure Russia into stopping its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and refraining from delivering any military aid and from facilitating the circumvention of EU sanctions against Russia;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) address the risks created by China’s acquisition of critical infrastructures in the Members States, in the Western Balkans and in the EU neighbourhood;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) urge China to make concessions to address the management and the restructuration of the debt of the countries of the Global South; as a response should reinforce Global Gateway with proper and appropriate funding, should better involve and take into account priorities of the partner countries when identifying projects and should ensure a proper oversight and parliamentary scrutiny mechanism;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) develop an ambitious, holistic and results-oriented EU strategy for Human Rights in China articulating the use of all areas and instruments of EU external action and setting concrete goals such as the closure of detention camps in Xinjiang, the end of the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities and human rights defenders and the abolition of death penalty;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensure a unified European approach when China uses its economic leverage to silence opposition against its human rights abuses; intensify and include Members of the European Parliament in the Human Rights Dialogue with China and work towards a united approach and facilitate best practices on cultural and academic cooperation with China whilein order to preventing undue influence from Chinese sources of finance, espionage, the thefts of scientific knowledge and exercise of strict control, by China, over topics related to China in the field of research and teaching;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) reiterates its position that the credible evidence about birth prevention measures and the separation of Uyghur children from their families amount to crimes against humanity and represent a serious risk of genocide;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) welcome the European Commission proposal for a regulation to prohibit products made using forced labour, including child labour, on the internal market of European Union; urge the EU co-legislators to speed up the process to come to an agreement as a matter of urgency and before the end of the parliamentary term;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) show solidarity with civil society in China and Hong Kong and, speed up the implementation of the EuropeanU Global human rights framework with Magnitsky-style sanctions regime in close collaboration with international partners, including the freezing of foreign assets and visa restrictions against thoseand ensure the swift adoption of additional sanctions targeting high- ranking Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses, including political decision makers in Hong Kong;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) identify and close down any avenues that currently facilitate transnational repression efforts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including in the European Union and in particular those targeting diaspora communities through the Chinese overseas police service stations, in cooperation and coordination with like- minded partners;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) actively work to counteract foreign interference and implement the recommendations and suggested initiatives referred to in the different resolutions and reports of the European Parliament related to foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) condemn attempts by the Chinese authorities to target Hong Kong diaspora communities within the EU and call on Member States to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC and Hong Kong, through the Chinese overseas police service stations in the EU which should unconditionally be closed down, and call on Member States to suspend extradition treaties with the PRC and Hong Kong and to protect individuals who are harassed and persecuted in the EU and those at risk of extradition;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) urge the EU and the Member States to actively engage and offer assistance and support to human rights and democracy activists in China; denounce that China’s responses to protests and forms of political public demonstrations go against with international human rights standards and its obligations under international human rights law;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) swiftly implement, in this context, the European Economic Security Strategy to foster economic resilience and make better use of our existing trade instruments to minimise the detrimental effects of de- risking on the European economy, deter China’s unfair practices, and to ensure close alignment with like-minded partners around the world, such as our transatlantic partners and partners in Southeast Asia;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) work towards a more coordinated approach and response towards the protection of critical infrastructure at EU level and call on the EU Institutions to terminate any research funding to Chinese companies active in the areas of critical and strategic importance for the EU;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) urge the European Commission to come up before the end of the parliamentary term with a detailed analysis of the risks regarding the semiconductors, quantum computing, blockchain, space, AI or biotechnologies and the possible need of EU action in these fields; further urge the Commission to continuously monitor the risks concerning Chinese-state-subsidised investment in EU critical infrastructure, and step up cooperation with Member States to raise awareness hereof, and effectively mitigate these risks;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) revisit the EU’s engagement policy with Taiwan, engage further with Taiwan on sectoral areas of shared interest and continue supporting democracy there together with like-minded partners; call on the Commission to open a scoping exercise and an impact assessment for a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan; encourage further exchanges between Parliament and its Taiwanese counterparts in this context;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) ensure that the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is not changed by means of force or coercionshould condemn China’s confrontational attitude towards Taiwan and strive for the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, denouncing any unilateral use of threat or force or any unilateral change to this status quo, which would have massive and global repercussions. A change of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait must only take place by peaceful means and with mutual consent, by supporting initiatives aimed at promoting peaceful resolution, dialogue, cooperation and confidence- building between the two sides; prepare a scenario-based strategy for tackling potential security challenges in the Taiwan Strait; support any reinforced EU policy of deterrence vis-à-vis China in view of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the Region, and more largely in the East and South China Seas;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) establish a ‘Far-East StratCom Task Force’ as part of the European External Action Service, to be tasked with identifying, monitoring and countering disinformation efforts and nation-specific actions by China, information manipulation efforts, interference and nation-specific actions by China; strengthen expertise and language capacity with regard to China in the EEAS, in Member States and in the EU institutions in general to make use of open-source intelligence;