Activities of Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ related to 2021/2182(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2021
Amendments (35)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security (WPS),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas no single Member State alone is able to tackle any of the challenges we face today; whereas, however, no state can be forced into foreign policy positions or actions against its will based on democratic consensus of its people and parliamentarian decisions; whereas the equality between the Member States in designing EU foreign and security policy and actions should be respected and guarantied; whereas the prerogatives of the national parliaments in the area of the foreign and security policy of their countries should be respected;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of the EU's traditional external alliances, which did not show solidarity even in the worst moments of this crisis; whereas the EU did receive aid from other third countries; whereas this calls for the EU to reconsider its external relations to base them on the principles of solidarity and multilateralism;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the effects of climate change are having increasingly severe impacts on different aspects of human life as well as on development opportunities, the worldwide geopolitical order and global stability; whereas those with fewer resources to adapt to climate change will be hardest hit by the impact of climate change; whereas EU foreign policy should focus more on promoting multilateral activities by cooperating on specific climate-related issues, building strategic partnerships and strengthening cooperation and inter-actions between state and non-state actors, including major contributors to global pollution;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas in view of the collapse of important arms control and disarmament agreements but also in view of "emerging technologies" such as cyber technology and autonomous weapons disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation should become a major focus of EU's foreign and security policy; whereas the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP has to be reviewed and updated in that way that the criteria have to be strictly applied and implemented and a sanction mechanism has to be established;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
Paragraph 1 – indent 1
- taking the lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, most notably on democracy, human rights, gender equality and climate change,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Taking the lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, most notably on democracy, human rights, gender equality and climate change
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations; recognizes that multilateralism, to be effective, must address and resolve the issue of power inequalities between state and non-state actors;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Insists that the necessary changes in EU's foreign and security policy must be orientated on crisis prevention, cooperative regional security cooperation, global climate and environmental action, strengthening of both political and social human rights, ensuring the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisations; stresses the need for a response which does not limit fundamental rights and freedoms; expresses concern over increasing threats on freedom of speech and media independence both within and outside the EU; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to develop its leadership role in the defence and promotion of human rights in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti-corruption sanctions regime, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concluded, gender equality and actively engage with other actors to fight climate change in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Deplores that commitments and declarations about promoting the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda and equal representation of women in foreign and security policy often remain rather being rhetoric than aiming and ensuring actual implementation, leading to limited progress on the agenda's goals worldwide;reminds that women's participation in peace and security processes can play a significant role in determining the success and sustainability of peace agreements, as well as the durability and quality of peace;calls on the EU and its Member States to exercise leadership in the implementation of the WPS agenda and to work for overcoming - the continued resistance of mediators and negotiators to include women in peace talks, - the resistance of post-conflict planners to analyse women’s needs and allocate sufficient resources to address them, - the resistance of political parties to front women candidates, - the resistance of security services to prevent violence against women, - the resistance of rule of law actors to apply agreed international law to the investigation and prosecution of crimes against women;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU’s efforts as a global frontrunner in the fight against climate change and urges the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to propose new initiatives such as the internationalisation of the European Green Deal and to promote the greening of industries; believes that the implementation of the European Green Deal will have significant geopolitical consequences and will influence the EU’s relations with some of its partners;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU to develop a robust global health strategy, including global and EU efforts to ensure preparedness and an effective response to upcoming crises and to secure free, fair and equitable access to vaccines around the world by wavering intellectual property rights;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Believes that there is the urgent need to advance disarmament both regionally and globally; expresses serious concern about the risk of a resumption of the nuclear arms race in Europe; strongly rejects any plan for the deployment of new nuclear weapons in Europe, and calls for the immediate withdrawal of all US nuclear weapons from Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands; calls on all EU Member States to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons adopted by 122 states at the UN on 7 July 2017;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls for the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSP; whereas the prerogatives of the national parliaments in the area of the foreign and security policy of their countries should be respected in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to act;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a holistic approach to the CFSP requires the synergy of all available EU assets in the field of external action; in this respect, hHighlights the key role of the European Parliament in the EU’s diplomacy; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to recognise Parliament as an integral part of ‘Team Europe’ and to reflect this in the operational structures;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to boost EU foresight capacities, including as regards the CFSP; proposes that interinstitutional foresight activities be undertaken at political level in order to embed foresight in policy-making and to improve the EU’s preparedness for upcoming challenges; insists on enhanced parliamentary control and scrutiny procedures for all external financial instruments; calls on improved transparency in the implementation of the financial instruments through the creation of a single common transparent public database of projects and actions;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to ensure its strategic autonomy and sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to the Union’s existence on the global scene, such as economics, security and technology, and to establish a European Defence Union;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commreaffirms that in order to do this, it must build a new strategy overcoming Atlantist vission President’s announcement that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HRs of our common interest and our allies;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans and in the Southern Neighbourhood, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperity;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, keeping the countr that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner; Reiterates its call to initiate the freezing of the accession negotiations and consider resumption when the rule of law has been restored; remains, however, committed to democratic and political dialogue with Turkey as closwelyl anchored to the EU as possibles the implementation of an EU-wide arms embargo on Turkey;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines the need to strengthen EU-US transatlantic cooperation on the basis of an equal partnership; welcomes in this context the statement ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ from the EU-US summit 2021, which provides a good basis for an ambitious transatlantic agenda; fully supports and commits to pursuing synergies and shared foreign and security objectives by further deepening cooperation in the framework of the EU-US transatlantic dialoguethe EU’s strategic autonomy, whereas the EU should not be a subordinate of the US and should be treated as an equal partner; highlights that the EU shouldneeds to be prepared to reflect on how to adapt tohave differentiated position on the changing role of the US on the global stage;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both partiStresses that both the EU and Russia have the responsibility to contribute to building a European peace order that will guarantee the security of all, including the states in the common neighbourhood, strengthening democracy, rule of law, guaranteeing all human rights, facilitate civil society contacts and promote trade and economic cooperation; calls in view of the tensions, arms race and a faster and faster moving spiral of political and military confrontation for a fundamental reorientation of EU's policy on Russia; takes the view that this process should start with an honest are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the peoplessessment of the results of the current policy and complement its critical assessment of Russia,’s including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil societyternal development and external policy by a self-critical analysis of its own policy; calls on the EU and Russia to stop the propaganda war, to address their differences without preconditions and to start a structured result-oriented dialogue;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that the Arctic is of strategic and political importance to the EU and underlines the EU’s commitment to be a responsible actor, seeking the long-term sustainable and peaceful development of the region; is concerned, however, by the progressive and substantial Russian military build-up in the Arctic as well as by the impact of far-reaching Chinese projects and initiatives in the region; calls on all stakeholders to respond to the very alarming effects and consequences of climate change in the Arctic and stresses that policy options must respect the indigenous populations and their livelihoods;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates, as underlined in its resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy4 , its call for the EU to develop a more assertive, comprehensive, and consistent EU-China strategy that unites all Member States and shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a whole; emphasises that this strategy should promote a rules-based multilateral order, have the defence of EU values at its core and should be based on the three principles of cooperating where possible, competing where needed, and confronting where necessary; strongly advocates for Taiwan’s full participation as an observer in meetings, mechanisms and activities of international organisations; _________________ 4Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382.
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the Commission President’s announcement of plans to present a new joint communication on a partnership with the Gulf region; calls for the EU to present a coherent strategy for balanced EU engagement in the region, with the promotion of democracy, human rights, gender equality, regional security and cooperation as a key strategic objective; reiterates that the EU’s priority is to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as a matter of security for Europe and the region and the only way to stop Iran’s worrying nuclear activities;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines that the situation in Afghanistan is a wakeup call for the EU to deploy its external actions and means; stresses that the NATO intervention in Afghanistan has completely failed; is concerned by the dramatic humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan; stresses the need for those in power across Afghanistan to bear responsibility and accountability for the protection of human life and property and for the restoration of security and civil order; reiterates that Afghan women and girls, like all Afghan people, deserve to live in safety, security and dignity and welcomes the broad international support for their rights and freedoms; calls for the EU to preserve the achievements of the last 20 years and to ensure that Afghanistan does not descend into a safe haven for terrorist groups; emphasises the importance of cooperating with neighbouring and regional countries to ensure global security and regional stability;
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Highlights India’s rising regional and geopolitical influence; underlines that increased political engagement is required to reinforce the EU-India partnership and unleash the full potential of the bilateral relations; reiterates the need for a deeper partnership based on shared valueis concerned with the deterioration of the internal human rights situation in India, most notably with the Citizenship Amendment Act; acknowledges that India is a key partner for the EU given its position and its leading role in fundamental areas; highlights that the bilateral relationship between the EU and India should be in line with human rights standards;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for special attention to be paid to enhancing cooperation with our partners in Latin America; believes that a strengthened relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is central to the EU’s geopolitical strategy in the world; stresses the need for the Union to strengthen the ties that unite the EU with LAC countries, particularly in defending the rules-based multilateral order; calls for the EU to use all available tools to deepen its cooperation with LAC partners, ensure the swift ratification of the EU-Mexico agreement, deliver on the sustainable and environmental protocol with Mercosur so that the EU association agreement with Mercosur can be ratified, and conclude the negotiations for updating the EU association agreement with Chile; urges the EU to recover its position as the preferred partner of Latin American countries in view of other geopolitical actors occupying increasing space in the region, especially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine diplomacy;
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Highlights the specific contribution of the European Parliament to the EU’s foreign and security policy through its parliamentary diplomacy assets, for example its dense network of standing interparliamentary bodies, its political dialogue with office-holders across the world and its democracy support, mediation and election observation activities; affirms that the European Parliament must have a binding role in the most important decisions of the Union in the international arena, especially those referring to the deployment of military missions;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Expresses deep concern at the fact that the proposed financial instruments for 2021-2027 do not meet the demands of the European Parliament for robust democratic and transparent scrutiny by the European Parliament and national Parliaments expressed in its report on the implementation of the EU external financial instruments, mid-term review 2017 and the future post-2020 architecture (A8-0112/2018);insists on enhanced parliamentary control and scrutiny procedures for all external financial instruments; calls on improved transparency in the implementation of the financial instruments through the creation of a single common transparent public database of projects and actions;