Activities of Idoia VILLANUEVA RUIZ related to 2023/2050(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future? (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future?
Amendments (15)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the multilateral, rules- based order ihas being reshaped and some former alliances are beginning to re- emergeen steadily eroded;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas it us urgent in the interest and for the advancement of democracy, human rights, rule of law to uphold and defend multilateralism and a rules-based international order;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the strategic autonomy of the EU is a only geopolitical measure that will make the EU a respected international player;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU still does not have the necessary confidence to initiate has proven itself incapable as a geopolitical actor to mediatione in areas of strategic importance;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the EU remains dependent and in the shadow of the United States of America as a geopolitical actor;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the EU must proceed with the development of a fully-fledged strategic autonomy that clearly demarcates that the EU has its own interests and will not subordinate to third- state actors;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the main obstacle to the EU’s global leadership in preventive diplomacy is the lack of will on the part of the Member States to step away from their individual interests in external relations in order to build joint capacity togetherEU to fully develop and foster a geopolitical strategic autonomy;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) acknowledges the strong link between EU internal and external security and reflect this when approaching conflict preventionat there is a need to end the narrow interpretation of security as protection from third countries threats and to start the discussion from a concept which does not neglect factors such as environmental hazards, threat of diseases, hunger, social injustice, right wing disinformation and violence;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) adapt the EU’s conflict prevention tools to the changing nature of conflicts, including as a result of climate change, environmental hazards, threat of diseases, hunger, social injustice, the rise of new technologies and food scarcity;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) stresses that the EU’s ability to act as a global foreign policy player, a reliable international partner, honest broker and a credible security and defence actor rests on its ability to promote indivisible human rights values while also proactively defining, asserting and defending its European interests in the world;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) 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;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) draw on the lessons learnt from the EU’s missed opportunities for preventive diplomacy and its achievements in Africa, the Western Balkans, Nagorno-Karabakh, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and Ukra, Ukraine, Israel and Palestine;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) stresses the need for the EU to have an active role wherever there are breaches of international humanitarian law;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(v a) aim to come up with lessons learnt from failed preventive diplomacy efforts in Palestine; states that if the EU wants to have a more effective role in the international arena it must be seen as a mediator and honest broker, hence it must uphold international law; stresses that the EU has lost it swindling geopolitical capital when Ursula Von Der Leyen touched down in Tel-Aviv and openly declared that the EU sided with Israel; stresses that the EU has lost a major political opportunity by not proposing a cease-fire;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
(ac a) stresses that EU autonomy 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;