Activities of Milan UHRÍK related to 2022/2051(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe served as an unprecedented platform for discussion between selected citizens and politicians from a selected spectrum of opinion and resulted in concrete proposals that need to be honoured even ifare difficult to take into account, as they necessitated Treaty changes;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is necessary to consider and assess whether honouring those recommendations would genuinely make the Union a stronger and more visible global player, and whether it would lead to more efficient decision- making and would improve, with a view to enhancing the European Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the field of foreign policy being, as the only democratically elected institution of the Union;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ legitimate recommendations in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change to be incorporated;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RecallNotes that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch to QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and huthe idea of qualified majority voting is a violation of the fundamental principles of the functioning of the EU and contradicts the substance of the TEU; recalls that the Member States are and must remain rights, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political willsovereign and equal partners in the EU;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthenreform the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member States where there is consensus among all Member States on a given issue;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the foreign policy field, notably by strengthening the wording of Article 36 TEU concerning the consultation of the European Parliament on the main aspects and strategic choices in the field of CFSP and common security and defence policy; calls for changing Article 218 TFEU to require the European Parliament’s consent for all international agreements and before decisions on the provisional application of international agreements are taken; recalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy; suggests therefore introducing provisions for involvement of the European Parliament on equal footing with the Council in the implementation of international agreements in Article 218(9) TFEU; calls for more involvement of the European Parliament in the Team Europe approach;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10