Activities of Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ related to 2022/2048(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2022
Amendments (33)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 which established the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda in 2000;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the Joint Communication of the High Representative/Vice President and the European Commission on the 25th of November of 2020 on the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP)III, entitled “An ambitious agenda for gender equality and women's empowerment in EU external action’,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has brought war back to the European continent, has seriously undermined European and global security, has created economic uncertainty, has led to a spike in energy prices, has exacerbated the climate crisis; has considerable potential to further destabilise many non-EU countries and has therefore significantly changed the geopolitical context of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. 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 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas as it has been evident with the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian aggression of Ukraine, the EU is vulnerable to external pressure in many areas, such as economy, energy, trade, banking system, defence, that prevents the EU from exercising its sovereignty; whereas there is an urgent need to create the conditions for a strategic autonomy of the EU and its Member States; whereas there is an urgent need to make the EU more independent from other political actors;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. 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 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. 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 sanction mechanism has to established;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is a test of the effectiveness of the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy and of its role as a credible foreign policy player, a reliable international partner and a credible security and defence actor; stresses that the EU should play a major diplomatic role in order to put an end to the conflict that has claimed the lives of thousands of people and is edging the world towards a potential nuclear war; Calls on the EU to support efforts to get all EU Member States to sign and ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, opened for signature at the United Nations in New York on 20 September 2017 and entered into force on 22 January 2021;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that the tectonic shift in the geopolitical landscape caused by the war in Ukraine and other international challenges calls for a swifter and more resolute implementation of the concept of strategic sovereignty and for a geopolitical awakening of the EU; stresses that the EU's concept of strategic autonomy should be based on alliances of variable geometry, overcoming Atlantist visions of our common interest and our allies;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the need to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy, whereas the EU should not be a subordinate of the US, or any other global actor, and should be treated as an equal partner; highlights that the EU needs to be prepared to have differentiated position to its traditional allies;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Strategic Compass, adopted by the Council in March 2022, gives the EU the tools to be both an effective security provider in a hostile environment andEU should be a more assertive global actor for peace and human security, and therefore calls for its swift implementation;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) making full use of the ‘Team Europe’ approach to coordinate and avoid duplication in the EU’s foreign and security policy; Highlights 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 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, including trade and sustainable development policy; stresses that the following principles should be at the core of a EU gender- based policy: human rights, democracy and the rule of law, disarmament and non-proliferation, international cooperation for development and climate action; calls for the participation of the feminist civil society organisations in the designing and implementing the EU’s Foreign Policy; in addition, affirms that a foreign and security policy that does not represent women, girls and LGBTIQ+ rights and does not address current injustices further reinforces imbalances;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the shift in the Member States’ approaches, moving towards creating more EU strategic sovereignty by adopting the Versailles Declaration of 11 March 2022 and the Strategic Compass on 21 March 2022, which highlight the need to strengthen EU defence capabilities and to contribute positively to global and transatlantic security, in close collaboration with NATO;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. 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; reaffirms that in order to do this, it must build a new strategy overcoming Atlantist visions of our common interest and our allies;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of stepping up the EU’s efforts, in cooperation with NATO and other international partners, to address hybrid threats, cyberattacks, disinformation and propaganda campaigns;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. The EU should lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, most notably on democracy, human rights, gender equality and fight against climate change;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the need to intensify the dialogue with the UK on possible avenues for future cooperation and coordination in the area of foreign and security policy, including in the framework of the EU- NATO partnership,for the EU and it Member States to intensify the dialogue in the United Nations and other international forums;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the European Union to use the concept of human security as set out in UN Resolution 66/290 in its Women, Peace and Security agenda; insists that security must focus on human lives and their protection from threats such as violence, lack of education, health care, food or economic independence; considers that human security should be at the core of all partnerships, through a commitment to achieving mutual development of the people and minimum decente living conditions for all, taking into account that the world is threatened by climate change, the lack of food sovereignty, the outbreak of conflicts and the regression of rights and freedoms; calls on the HR/VP to include in the Strategic Compass the need, in the short- and medium-term, to defuse conflicts in the European neighbourhood and prevent them in the future, providing it with the necessary resources to effectively contribute to peacebuilding, the respect of international law and human rights, human security, gender equality, respect and protection of rights of LGTBIQ+ people and inclusive and egalitarian sustainable development; take stock of the impacts of its own foreign policies that are based on encouraging stability at all costs in countries in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood and its own security; redefine its objectives with regard to resilience, security, economic development, and the threat posed by the direction taken so far to European strategic interests;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of strong transatlantic cooperation basedthe EU on shared values and objectives, and on the principle of partnership in leadership and responsibility, while respecting the other party’s autonomy, interests and aspirationsving its strategic autonomy;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that the "One China Policy" is one of the cornerstones of the EU-China relations;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a key partner for the EU; cCalls for a continued focus on the Asian continent, as many countries are exposed to the increasing fragility of supply chains and agri-food systems, and the erosion of macro-economic stability arising from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Insists that the necessary changes in EU's Foreign and security policy must be orientated towards 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 Goals2030 Agenda;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. 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 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 well as the implementation of an EU-wide arms embargo on Turkey;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Recalls that enlargement and reform of the EU are two closely interrelated processes; underlines that as proved by previous enlargements accession of the countries of the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe will be accompanied by fundamental changes with in the EU itself; underlines that the European Union needs to create the enlargement capacity, e.g. to decide and implement fundamental reforms, which go far beyond institutional and the reform of the voting procedures; underlines that a profound reform of many policy areas is needed, such as the reform of the cohesion and agricultural policy, whereas the Conference on the Future of European echoed broad citizen’s demands for strengthening ‘Social Europe’;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and calls on the Russian leadership to end it immediately and withdraw unconditionally from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it has unlawfully occupied; urges the international community to hold Russiaall of those accountable for the countless war crimes and human rights violations its armed forces have perpetrated in Ukraine and elsewhere, and reaffirms that Russia will have to pay compensation for all of the damage and destruction it has caused in Ukraine;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses the importance of strengthening relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by updating the EU-LAC strategy, in particular against the backdrop of the increasing and disproportionate influence of China and Russia in the region in comparison with the EU; stresses, in this context, the importance of concluding balanced and modernised agreements with Chile, Mexico, and Mercosur with a strong human rights dimension and aligned with the goals of the European Green Deal, provided that, in the case of Mercosur, agreement is reached on the additional instrument; with a strong human rights dimension and aligned with the goals of the European Green Deal
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. 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 financials 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 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enable and strengthen parliamentary oversight of EU external action, including by continuing regular consultations with the VP/HR and the Commission, and by involving Parliament in the proper further implementation and scrutiny of the European Peace Facility and the Strategic Compass;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls the important role of national parliaments in the Member States; underlines the key role the NATO Parliamentary Assembly can play and calls for a further strengthening of Parliament’s relations with itRecalls the prerogatives of the national parliaments in the area of the foreign and security policy of their countries should be respected;