641 Amendments of Manu PINEDA
Amendment 1 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the EU-China Strategic Partnership launched in 2003,
Amendment 3 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the resolution of 21 January 2021 from the European Parliament on connectivity and EU-Asia relations,
Amendment 5 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Climate Agreement, which came into force on 4 November 2016,
Amendment 53 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the People’s Republic of China has been described by the EU institutions as a cooperation partner, a negotiating partner with conflicting interests, an economic competitor, and a systemic rival; whereas, however, for many years EU has managed to maintain mutual advantageous relations with China which balanced the different challenges stemming from very different constitutional, political and ideological structures and self-understanding of both the partners grounded on historical and cultural experiences and developments including the relations between both entities;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU’s announced systemic rivalry can increasingly be seen as the overriding paradigm in how the EU deals with China; whereas this development is influenced by US efforts to shore up its allies across the globe — including Europe — as President Joseph Biden seeks to counter Beijing’s rising influence;
Amendment 56 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas instead of keeping diplomacy and political dialogue to settle differences and conflicts in the mutual relations, to clarify historic reasons for current interpretations of different interests and by that to create an understanding of the various approaches for shaping the current relationship and to understand and accept the systemic rivalry as a task for constructive competition and cooperation, sanctions have become the policy tool of choice of the EU with the aim to penalises political behaviour which has led to reciprocals measures by China;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas China is an investor in European Investment Bank bonds and the European Investment Bank has also been working with the China Green Finance Committee (under the aegis of the People’s Bank of China) to develop a common definition between Europe and China of green projects and green bond standards;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas both sides disagree on the fundamental question of values and norms as well as interests dedicated to the development of the entities; whereas both China and the EU are bound to their obligations under international human rights law; whereas the EU and China reaffirmed that human rights are universal, indivisible, and interdependent and interrelated, but have implemented this obligation in a different manner linking this task to national strategies of developing both the EU on the one hand and China on the other; whereas China as the EU has repeatedly reiterated its full support for international law enshrined in the UN Charter; whereas hundreds of millions of individuals had been brought out of poverty and acknowledged with social developments which never had been a reality in the traditional circles of social structures at the ground;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 81 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 92 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 101 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 111 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 127 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 154 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Stresses that EU-China cooperation should be more people- oriented and deliver more real benefits to citizens in order to build mutual trust and understanding;
Amendment 155 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a Believes it is imperative that both the EU and China do not act in a belligerent way towards each other or other countries, including through its rhetoric; highlights that both parties should always seek to promote dialogue where conflicts arise;
Amendment 168 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) continudeepen the engagingement with China to tackle global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity, health and pandemic preparedness, debt relief and humanitarian assistance, and increase dialogue with China on security issues in view of China’s increasingly critical role in global security;
Amendment 175 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) call on Chinaontinue to count on China as a reliable partner to uphold the rules- based international order, especially the principles of the UN Charter, including respect for the territorial integrity or political independence of all states;
Amendment 183 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) call on the EU and China to assume their responsibility as important international actors and avoid a transformation of the relations into confrontation; stresses that good cooperation between both partners is necessary to address global problems; reiterates that China remains a strategic partner for the EU and has been a reliable partner in many areas of international cooperation and upholding multilateralism;
Amendment 193 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) maintain diplomatic stability while increasing the EU’s assEU cooperativeness towards China in order to assume its responsibilityon, as well as welcoming China's diplomatic and dialogue proposal as a member of the UN Security Council to pressure Russia into stopping itend Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 200 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) underline EU and China’s mutual interest in promoting low-carbon development and addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transparent, public and well-regulated energy markets; believes in the value of strategic EU- China partnerships as necessary for the implementation of the Paris Agreement and for the effective combating of climate change; call on the EU and China to use their political weight to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement as well as the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and urge a cooperative approach at the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC;
Amendment 202 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) recall that, as of January 2021, the number of countries that have joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China is 140, including 18 countries of the European Union, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia;
Amendment 203 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) point out that the EU has worked with China in the context of the EU- China Connectivity Platform; call for coordinated cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative on the basis of reciprocity, sustainable development, inclusiveness, good governance, rule of law, ambitious social, environmental and fiscal standards, open and transparent rules, in particular as regards public procurement;
Amendment 206 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure that China plays a constructive role in multilateral organisations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations and support steps towards allowing Taiwan’s participation in the meetings, mechanism and activities of relevant international institutions such as the WHO, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Amendment 218 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 247 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) regret deeply the sanctions and countersanctions the parties have imposed on one another; stress that sanctions tend to be easier to introduce than to lift and therefore lead to years of confrontation, which generally tends to get worse;
Amendment 250 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 266 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 295 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 304 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 311 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 318 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 325 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 349 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Ensuring Europe’s strategic autonomy in dealing with China by de-risking
Amendment 357 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) work closely towards fostering unity among the Member States’ approach towardswith China and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy to ensure that Europe is able to defend its values and economic interests, as well as the global rules-based order;
Amendment 383 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
Amendment 414 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) ensure greater coordination and cooperation with like-minded partners on issues of common concern, especially but not exclusively on issues such as strategic dependencies, economic coercion, political interference and disinformation, and to promote rules-based multilateralism and strategic solidarity between democracies;
Amendment 422 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) highlight that the EU’s ‘One China policy’ remains the foundation of our engagement with both the PRC and Taiwan but also underline the positive effect of deepening ties between the EU and Taiwan;
Amendment 426 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
Amendment 438 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
Amendment 451 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
Amendment 462 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
Amendment 16 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the visit to the Syrian Arab Republic of the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights of 3 July 2023 to the 54th regular session of Human Rights Council,
Amendment 23 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Geneva and Astana processes have failed, given the continued refusal of the Syrian regime to negotiate seriously a political solution with the opposirepeated failure of the attempts to find a political solution;
Amendment 51 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas Israel has occupied a part of the Syrian territory in the Golan Heights since 1967; whereas the Israeli military continues to launch air strikes and other forms of attacks on Syrian infrastructure, including civilian;
Amendment 54 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas terrorist organisations continue to have a presence and control part of the Syrian territory, and terrorist attacks continue to regularly take place in government-controlled areas; whereas terrorist organisations operating in Syria have received backing and support from several international actors; whereas hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed in terrorist attacks since the beginning of the war;
Amendment 63 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Türkiye occupies a part of the Syrian territory both with its own army and through proxies, and is engaging in large-scale armed conduct on Syrian territory on a regular basis;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the United States continues to occupy a part of Syria in the al-Tanf military base and the 55km area surrounding it, where there is estimated to be around 900 US soldiers as well as local proxies; whereas the US presence in Syria is involved in the exploitation of the country's oil fields;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ISIS committed crimes against humanity, including genocide, in the territories temporarily under its control prior to the intervention of the Syrian state's forces and the international coalition;
Amendment 86 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Syrian state is not sufficiently addressing the basic needs of the Syrian people, the country’s economic situation is extremely precarious and Syria has turned into a narco-stat; whereas sanctions and other unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria have had a strong impact on the daily livelihoods of the Syrian people, and have made increasingly difficult their access to international aid and to international markets for basic products, including medicines and medical equipment, in a country where 90% of the population lives below the poverty line;
Amendment 100 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reaffirm the EU’s support for Syria’s continued democratic aspirations, despite the regime’s total repression since the peaceful protests in 2011, which has been bolstered by decisive military and financial assistance from Iran and Russia to enable Assad and his cronies to retain power; highlight the need to pursue inclusive and democratic dialogue between the government and peaceful opposition forces in order to reach a final settlement and end the country's partition;
Amendment 104 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stress the regime’s personal responsibility for the death of half a million civilians, the destruction of the country, the displacement of the majority of the population, the torture and disappearance of 150 000 people at the hands of the concentration-camp system, the use of chemical weapons against civilians and the systematic destruction of any peaceful opposition; highlight the responsibility of terrorist organisations and the international actors supporting them for the destruction of the country and the death of civilians; stress the need to ensure accountability for all war crimes committed by the different sides throughout the war in Syria;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) underline the need to lift sanctions and unilateral coercive measures which currently have an impact on the people of Syria, in line with the call of the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral and coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights;
Amendment 108 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 119 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 130 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) deplore the continued presence on Syrian territory of hundreds of Iranian and Russian bases and militias, as well as the presence of Turkish and US military and their proxies; express concern about the economic exploitation of the country by predatory foreign powers, including the exploitation of Syrian oil by the US;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) condemn the attacks by Turkish forces and their occupation of Syrian territories in the north; express their deep concern about the persistence of radical Islamist opposition in Idlib province; support the continuation of the international coalition against the Islamic State, which remains active in Syria despite significant defeatscall for a UN-led process to take place in order for Turkish, US and Israeli forces to abandon the Syrian territories they occupy and to ensure that the Syrian people can face the security challenges and threats still present in their territory with the support they require;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) condemn the repeated airstrikes and other attacks by the Israeli military on Syrian territory and underline the need to put an end to them immediately;
Amendment 160 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) step up efforts to counter Russianall disinformation about Syria, including disinformation in Arabic;
Amendment 174 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) urge that information be exchanged automatunder judicially supervision between all Member States on possible war criminals whose asylum applications are rejected under Article 1(F) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;
Amendment 193 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) invite the international community, at the 2024 Brussels Conference, to increase urgently its humanitarian assistance to the 15.3 million Syrians who depend on it on a daily basis; insist on access to clean water, education and long- term budget support tailored to women’s needs; point out that the EU is the biggest contributor in this regard; welcome the continued efforts of Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq to host 6 million refugees while facing difficult economic conditions, while calling on these host countries to respect their obligations under international law to effectively provide protection and access to fundamental rights to Syrians, refraining from deportations or refoulement, as well as promoting hate speech and discriminatory narratives;
Amendment 200 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) highlight that the effectiveness of the international aid provided by the EU and other international acts is severely damaged by sanctions and unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria, as well as on all of Syria's economy, as they target key sectors for the country's development and prevent access to international markets;
Amendment 204 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) increase resettlement quotas of EU Member States for Syrian refugees, and ensure that Syrian refugees and Palestine refugees fleeing from Syria are granted international protection and access to fundamental rights and services in the EU;
Amendment 217 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) recall that Syria cannot be regarded, in whole or in part, as a safe country for the return of itsSyrian nationals living as refugees in Europe, people who have fled the crimes of the regime and risk torture and enforced disappearance if they return to Syriaor asylum seekers, or Palestine refugees previously living in Syria; highlight that the security and humanitarian conditions are not adequate in any part of the country;
Amendment 222 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) recall how UNRWA, despite chronic funding shortages, continues to play a crucial role to ensure the continued provision of essential services to Palestine refugee communities in Syria and the region, and call for additional EU humanitarian assistance to Palestine refugees affected by the conflict;
Amendment 43 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Lukashenka regime is dangerously undermining the sovereignty of Belarus by deepening Belarus’ integration intoRussia and Belarus are two sovereign states which have signed a number of cooperation agreements in various fields under the Union State with Russia;
Amendment 48 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 63 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Lukashenka regime may poses a direct threat to the EU and its citizens by continuing to instrumentalise migration, accepting the deployment ofpeace and security if it deploys Russian tactical nuclear weapons on its territory and refusinges to implement nuclear safety requirements at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Astravyets;
Amendment 129 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that the Lukashenka regime’s unilateral withdrawal froCalls on the European Union to engage in a process of critical thought and reform the Eastern Partnership policy, announced on 28 Januparticularly 2021, has no legitimacy as it does not rein view of the rising number of confleict the true will of the Belarusian peoples in these countries;
Amendment 130 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 188 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 204 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with great concern the rampant economic, political and military integration of Belarus into the Union State with Russia; condemns the announced deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons under Russian command on Belarusian territory; calls for the EU and the Member States to maintain unity in addressing the multifaceted threats posed by the Lukashenka regime to the EU, in particular the continued state-engineered illegal migration crisis at the borders of Belarus with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, and to work in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to ensure nuclear safety at the Belarusian NPP;
Amendment 239 #
2023/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the EU, its institutions and its Member States to develop a more ambitious and comprehensive strategy in order to support democratic forces, civil society activists, independent trade unions and free media both in and outside Belarus; calls for improved EU communication with the people in Belarus in order to provide them with information and counter disinformation and propaganda by the state-controlled media; urges the EU Member States to coordinate their actions in order to alleviate the difficulties faced by democratic forces and civil society activists in exile, for example in the process of obtaining residence permits or opening bank accounts. Calls, lastly, for channels of communication with the Belarusian authorities to be kept open to address shared challenges, and urges in particular that they work together with EU Member States to reduce the transport of weapons and other forms of collaboration in the war in Ukraine and use their role in the region to promote a diplomatic peace agreement;
Amendment 97 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Ukraine will suffer further destruction and disarray while the war continues. Under the continuation of this scenario the long-term effectiveness and logic of the Facility will be undermined. EU Member States shall make all efforts to increase diplomacy and bring about an end to the war so that our support through the Facility can build lasting results and aid Ukraine with sustainable recovery, reconstruction and modernisation.
Amendment 139 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) The Facility and the reconstruction of Ukraine will not be used by investment funds to benefit their asset portfolios and balance sheets by appropriating Ukraine's public goods, public assets, lands, key industries and infrastructure and facilitating the wide scale privatisation and financialisation of Ukrainian social enterprises by international capital.
Amendment 180 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Given the already considerable debt burden faced by Ukraine, at least 50 percent of the Union support through the Facility should be in the form of grants.
Amendment 183 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Recalls that Ukraine's debt burden was critical before the Russian invasion and has only worsened during the course of the war, and that in light of the severity of the economic situation in Ukraine, continuing to pay off pre-war debt and debt accrued during the war will severely limit Ukraine's access to public funds for reconstruction and the provision of public goods and services in the interest of upholding the human rights of the Ukranian population, therefore the EU will call on international borrowing institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, development banks, and international financial institutions to cancel Ukraine's external debt.
Amendment 242 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 92
Recital 92
(92) While it is primarily the responsibility of Ukraine to ensure that the Facility is implemented in compliance with applicable standards, taking into account the principle of proportionality and the specific conditions under which the Facility will operate, the Commission should be able to receive sufficient assurance from Ukraine in that regard. To that end, Ukraine should commit in the Plan to improve its current management and control system and to recovering amounts misused, and the committment should be accompanied by an implementation plan, to include timelines, to be agreed with the Commission. Ukraine should establish a monitoring system feeding into an annual progress report. Ukraine should collect data and information allowing the prevention, detection and correction of irregularities, fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests, in relation to the measures supported by the Facility, and this data should be shared with the Audit Board on a monthly basis. The framework agreement and the financing and loan agreements should provide for the obligations of Ukraine to ensure the collection of, and access by the Audit Board and the Commission to, adequate data on persons and entities receiving funding for the implementation of measures of the Ukraine Plan.
Amendment 319 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. A precondition for the support to Ukraine under the Facility shall be that Ukraine continuereturns to upholding and respecting effective democratic mechanisms, including a multi-party parliamentary system, andreversing the banning of multiple opposition political parties, restoring the multi-party parliamentary system, restores workers collective bargaining rights, reverses bans on opposition media organisations and ceases attacks on press freedom, upholds the rule of law, and to guarantees respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
Amendment 462 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Ukraine shall publish data on persons and entities receiving amounts of funding exceeding the equivalent of EUR 2500 000 for the implementation of reforms and investments specified in the Ukraine Plan referred to in this Chapter. Ukraine shall update those data twice a year, in June and December.
Amendment 526 #
2023/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the Audit Board shall adopt recommendations to Ukraine on all cases where in its views competent Ukrainian authorities have not taken the necessary steps to prevent, detect and correct fraud, corruption, conflict of interests and irregularities that have affected or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the expenditure financed under the Facility and in all cases where it identifies weaknesses affecting the design and functioning of the control system put in place by Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine shall implement such recommendations, or provide a justification on why it has not done so in a timely fashion. In exceptional cases, a request may be made for an extension of time in which to implement the recommendations, but in all cases this should not exceed six months after the initial recommendation was made.
Amendment 31 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 34 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the future of the Western Balkans lies in the European Union if the people of the Western Balkans choose to join the Union and their states meet the standards required to do so;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Aa. whereas five EU Member States do not recognise Kosovo’s self- proclaimed independence
Amendment 52 #
2022/2201(INI)
1. WelcomNotes Kosovo’s application for EU membership, which reflects the pro- European orientation of its citizens and a clear geopolitical strategic choice;
Amendment 71 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 82 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. 3a. Recalls that five Member States do not recognise Kosovo’s self- proclaimed independence and calls for this position to be respected and taken into account in the Commission’s and the EEAS’s policy on Kosovo;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 226 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the immediate withdrawal of NATO troops from Kosovo, as they constitute a threat both to stability in the region and to a dialogue-based political solution to the conflict;
Amendment 283 #
2022/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Calls on increased transparency and stricter parliamentary scrutiny of the funds allocated to the various programmes in Kosovo; expresses particular concern about the funds earmarked for democracy and governance, as well as those allocated for the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially in view of the limited progress made in these areas and the high rates of corruption;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas respect for civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights is a vital part of any electoral process; whereas it is essential to respect the fundamental freedoms and essential rights – such as the right to a universal, public and free education – that enable people to make free decisions;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Amendment 11 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas ensuring the participation of women is key to guaranteeing free and fair elections; whereas progress towards gender equality has taken a step backwards;
Amendment 26 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas media freedom and pluralism are crucial components of the right to freedom of expression and information, as well as enablers of democratic, free and participative societies; whereas it is crucial that citizens have access to independent and reliable information; whereas the spread of false information, propaganda and disinformation creates a climate of global scepticism that threatens freedom of information and democratic debate;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas the concentration of power of media conglomerates, platform operators and internet intermediaries, and media control by economic corporations and political actors risk causing negative consequences for the pluralism of public debate and access to information and having an impact on the freedom, integrity, quality and editorial independence of journalism and broadcast media;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas transparency of media ownership and funding sources are absolute preconditions for ensuring media pluralism and independent journalism; whereas every effort must be undertaken to ensure the robustness of the media sector, to ensure independence from economic and political pressures, and to increase media freedom and pluralism;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) design and implement more decisive EU actions to promote and protect the right to participate, as part of a much broader strategy on human rights and democracy support; ensure that these actions mainstream gender perspectives and inclusion of groups in vulnerable situations;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) condemn the increase in hate speech by certain public authorities, political parties and the media, as it constitutes a direct threat to the rule of law and the values enshrined in human rights; call, in this regard, on states to monitor hate speech by public authorities and elected officials and to adopt strong and concrete measures and sanctions against it; insist that governments around the world clearly condemn and take a zero-tolerance approach to racism and discrimination;
Amendment 58 #
2022/2154(INI)
(da) acknowledge the importance of access to universal, public and free education that empowers people to make free choices;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) strengthen the link between election observation work and the EU’s widerEU’s support for human rights and democracy using both political, commercial and cooperation tools; consider authoritarian electoral legitimisation strategies as early symptoms of underlying non-democratic trends and react accordingly;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) condemn the fact that the EU has maintained its relations and trade and economic policies with countries where fundamental freedoms have been violated, including the right to participate in free elections;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) underline the need to make European funding more transparent and easier to trace to ensure that it is not used to infringe human rights and democracy in non-EU countries;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) explore the possibility of introducing a standing invitation for election observation within the democratic clause in EU agreements, the Generalised Scheme of Preferences and equivalent mechanisms, given the current reluctance of many countries to send election observation invitations to the EU; support Parliament’s Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group and its work, especially in the framework of election observation;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 106 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) forge a coalition of democratic countries and multilateral institutions, such as the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Council of Europe, to counter the legitimisation of fake elections more effectively in international forums, in particular the UN;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) ensure that human rights are not used as a political tool and adopt a neutral stance when analysing the human rights and democracy situation;
Amendment 6 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Calls for stepping up EU’s financial support to UNRWA in 2023, in order to help the Agency to fulfil its mandate and to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of vital services, including education and humanitarian assistance, to one of the most vulnerable populations in the Middle East.
Amendment 7 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 17 September 2020 on Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (2020/2003(INI)),
Amendment 13 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560 of 16 September 2019 amending Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment , and to the Council conclusions of 16 September 2019 setting out the Council’s review of the Common Position,
Amendment 14 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to the 20th anniversary of UN Resolution 1325 (2000) adopted by the UN Security Council on 31 October 2000 on the important role of women in prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post conflict reconstruction,
Amendment 15 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
– having regard to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),
Amendment 35 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the war in Ukraine is the latest on a long list of wars and violent conflicts which have taken place in recent years in the EU’s vicinity and around the world; whereas protracted crisis in Syria, Yemen, the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are worsening; whereas while humanitarian relief can help to mitigate the effects of these crises on vulnerable communities, inclusive political solutions are needed;
Amendment 92 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) take action concerning other conflicts which take place around the world; insists that the speed at which EU, the UN and other international partners acted in response to the war in Ukraine should trigger the same urgency for solutions to the neglected crises in Syria, Yemen, the Horn of Africa and the Sahel; stresses that widespread condemnation, measures to promote a cessation of conflict, rapidly mobilizing funding, and opening borders to citizens seeking protection, must be replicated in other crises;
Amendment 93 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) lead by example and revise refugee protection mechanisms, guided by a humanitarian imperative and international law, so that all people fleeing war can be equally protected regardless of their passport;
Amendment 94 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) ensure that in an increasingly unstable multipolar world in which nationalist, xenophobic and anti- democratic forces are on the rise, it is vital for the European Union to keep its leading role as a soft power, committed to investing in conflict prevention, crisis management and mediation before military options are considered; push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts; develop further the EU’s mediation and diplomatic capabilities for crisis prevention and management and conflict resolution, including for frozen or new conflicts, or at least their reduction, in synergy with efforts by the UN, ensuring the full and meaningful participation of women in mediation efforts, prioritise prevention, mediation, reconciliation and political solutions to conflicts while addressing the root causes and drivers at the basis of the crises;
Amendment 95 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(ad) revive the process of nuclear arms control and disarmament in view of the fact that the failure to create a nuclear weapon free world has triggered the readiness of nuclear power states to go to war;
Amendment 96 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(ae) support all efforts to put arms control and disarmament back on the international agenda and take effective measures to ensure that conventional arms transfers from the EU to third states fully comply with Arms Trade Treaty (ATI) criteria and the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP;
Amendment 97 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a f (new)
(af) take into consideration that there is no alternative to dialogue and negotiations and that the ultimate goal of the EU and its Member States must be conflict resolution through a political arrangement that avoids future conflict;
Amendment 108 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 116 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 122 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) promote the strengthening of the UN as an indispensable forum for conflict prevention and resolution, multilateral solutions for global challenges and for policy outreach, policy dialogue and consensus-building across the international community;
Amendment 129 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) work together with like-mindevelop broadedr partners around the globe in order to defend the rules-based orderhips to support effective multilateralism and to defend and implement international law, thus promoting and defending peace, democratic principles and respect for human rights;
Amendment 137 #
2022/0000(INI)
(ea) promote negotiations within an OSCE conference to peacefully settle territorial disputes and security concerns between member states, and to establish a system of collective security in Europe through the conclusion of a comprehensive European treaty on collective security;
Amendment 138 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) avoid maintaining energy supply dependency from third countries such as Qatar and USA; instead, accelerate a total transition away from fossil fuels in Europe by rapid and massive investments in renewable energy to swiftly replace dependency on oil and gas; freeze natural gas, oil and electricity prices at European level in order to support the most vulnerable populations currently hit by soaring energy prices;
Amendment 139 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) impose a profit tax on energy producers and the industrial-military complex which benefit from the war and high energy prices with a view to contributing to the reconstruction of Ukraine;
Amendment 140 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) provide persons in precarious and vulnerable situations in Europe with adequate financial support against energy-poverty (gas, oil and electricity), food shortage and rising housing prices;
Amendment 162 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) fight and counter propaganda and disinformation campaigns in Europe, its neighbourhood and around the world with full respect for the freedoms of expression and of information;
Amendment 169 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) in the light of the fact that most oligarch's assets are hidden in European tax havens swiftly increase financial transparency; promote the creation of a global financial registry (GFR) that would include information on wealth and assets of all fortunes globally above 10 million euros; impose sanctions on EU tax havens that would refuse to cooperate;
Amendment 170 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) urges all Member States to comply fully with their obligations, as set out in the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP at a time of decreasing global transparency in the arms trade, especially on the part of several major arms-exporting countries;
Amendment 224 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 227 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 236 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 242 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 251 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 260 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 269 #
2022/0000(INI)
(r) engage within the EU, then with NATO, on a reflection on the nature of possible security guarantees that can be provided to Ukraine;
Amendment 271 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
Amendment 293 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) make full use of the possibilities for funding from the Union’s budget provided for by the Treaties in order to facilitate force generation and military deploymentsdiplomatic efforts and peace building;
Amendment 294 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
Amendment 299 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
Amendment 304 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Amendment 311 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Amendment 315 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
(aba) increase diplomatic efforts in order to promote a de-escalation in Ukraine which could lead to a sustainable end of the conflict through a political agreement ensuring the rights of the Ukrainian population;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
— having regard to its previous resolutions on the countterritory,
Amendment 23 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas five EU Member States do not recognise Kosovo’s self-proclaimed independence
Amendment 24 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas there are currently 3770 NATO troops in Kosovo, of which 600 are from the USA.
Amendment 76 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 91 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 100 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that five Member States do not recognise Kosovo’s self-proclaimed independence and calls for this position to be respected and taken into account in the Commission’s and the EEAS’s policy on Kosovo;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 112 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Calls on increased transparency and stricter parliamentary scrutiny of the funds allocated to the various programmes in Kosovo; expresses particular concern about the funds earmarked for democracy and governance, as well as those allocated for the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially in view of the limited progress made in these areas and the high rates of corruption;
Amendment 194 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 209 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reconfirms its support for the EU- facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and reiterates the importance of constructive engagement on the part of the authorities of both Serbia and Kosovo in order to achieve a comprehensive legally binding normalisation agreement, which is crucial for both countries to advance on their respective European paths; calls for all past agreements to be respected and fully implemented, including the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities;
Amendment 235 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses that setting up and cooperating with a special court on crimes committed after the war should be a priority;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for the immediate withdrawal of NATO troops from Kosovo, as they constitute a threat both to stability in the region and to a dialogue-based political solution to the conflict;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2236(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine calls for unity and solidarity on the part of the international community; welcomes the strong response of Georgian society in support of Ukraine; calls for political alignment by the Georgian authorities and all poliincreased dialogue and efforts towards peace on the part of the international community as the continuation of the war is not only causing destruction and enormous loss of lives in Ukraine but has the potentical stakeholders with EU positions on this important matter, in line with the country’to lead to destabilisation across Europe an ambitid beyonsd;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the two-state solution, with the state of Israel and the state of Palestine living side by side, together in peace, security and mutual recognition under the 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps and Jerusalem as the capital of both states, is the only viable solution to the conflict;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas meaningful negotiations can only happen when two sides are on equal footing; whereas decades of occupation of Palestine and lack of international recognition are serious obstacles to fair negotiations;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas 30 years after the Oslo Accords the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian authority have fulfilled their commitments yet the Palestinian people's right to self- determination is still denied by the Israeli authorities;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Israeli authorities systematically confiscate and demolish EU funded projects, assets and infrastructure in Palestine; whereas only in the first ten months on 2022 81 EU- funded structures worth over EUR 245,000 were demolished or seized;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas UNRWA continues to operate with chronic funding shortfalls that undermine its effort to fulfil its mandate, recently renewed by the international community;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU funding includes a multiannual contribution to UNRWA, whose workessential work for the development and the wellbeing of millions of Palestine refugees Parliament continually supports and advocates to be continued;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Palestinian Authority does not have key competences which are at the core of statehood, including border control or full tax collection;
Amendment 122 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Amendment 134 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas despite the systematic breach of its Article 2, which conditions the agreement to the fulfilment of human rights' obligations, the EU continues to have an Association Agreement with Israel and allows for Israeli participation in EU funded programmes, including those related to the development of military and surveillance technology that perpetuates the occupation and/or those that are carried out in illegal Israeli settlements; whereas this contrasts with a lower level of engagement with the Palestinian Authority despite the mutually beneficial implications of increased cooperation;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strongly call for East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be brought under one legitimate, democratic PA rule; facilitate political consensus and reconciliation among Palestinian political factions; commend international mediation efforts to reach agreement between different Palestinian political factions, regretting the lack of implication by the EU in these efforts up to date; stress the importance of democratic elections being respected by all parties involved;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) promote a real engagement with all actors on the ground to promote an inclusive and democratic approach, and therefore remove the political wing of Palestinian political organisations participating in the country's institutions and political life from the EU list of external designated terrorist groups;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) exert further pressure on the Israeli authorities to ensure the withdrawal of the six social and human rights' organisations designated as terrorist by the Israeli military authorities in order to further reduce the space for Palestinian civil society;
Amendment 229 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g b) withdraw all current EU rules preventing Palestinian civil society or human rights' organisations from accessing EU funding because of criteria related to the political affiliation of individuals related to the organisations or the projects they implement;
Amendment 317 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) (s) (new) support the efforts to end the impunity of the crimes committed in the context of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, including through active support of the ongoing investigations in the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 340 #
2021/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) ensure continued and additional financial support to Palestinian refugees through UNRWA, including in 2023 as jointly agreed by the budgetary authority on the EU general budget, to meet the increasing needs on the ground;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Article 2 (4) of the Charter of the United Nations,
Amendment 3 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 entitled Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
Amendment 4 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 2131 (XX) of 21 December 1965 entitled Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of their Independence and Sovereignty,
Amendment 436 #
2021/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments inworsening of diplomatic relations between Brussels and Russia and; reiterates that 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 parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, 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 society is conditional on cooperation and engagement with international partners based on mutual respect, facts, and international law; believes that as a precondition for beneficial and peaceful relations between the EU and Russia the EU must become compliant with Article 2 of the UN Charter and cease all attempts to interfere in Russia's internal affairs;
Amendment 456 #
2021/2182(INI)
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 shoulmust live up to the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, and 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 ofmutual respect, cooperation, and respect for international organisationslaw; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382. 4
Amendment 35 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
Amendment 40 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union ismust be founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in recent years there has been a concerning increase in murders, assaults and other forms of violence against people who defend human rights, the environment and access for peoples to their land and natural resources
Amendment 46 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas some ‘structural’ economic reforms, and in particular the budget cuts that go with them at the request of international institutions, have a negative impact on human rights, in particular on economic and social rights and on the living conditions of the population, and they can lead to an increase in unemployment, poverty, inequality and job insecurity, a decrease in the quality of basic public services and the restriction of access to those services; whereas governments have obligations with regard to Human Rights and Sustainable Development;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas private military and security companies have been implicated in a number of human rights violations and incidents resulting in loss of lives; whereas in some cases these incidents amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes, and they are implicated in murders, attacks or threats against human rights defenders;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is extremely concerned by the challenges to human rights and democracy, resulting in the weakening of the protection of democratic institutions and of universal human rights, as well as the shrinking space for civil society, observed around the world; calls for the EU and its Member States to make stronger efforts to address the challenges to human rights, both individually and in cooperation with like- minded international partnerthe United Nations;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 88 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for greater transparency and traceability in the use of European funds so that they are not used to violate human rights;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the visibility of the EUSR’s role should be enhanced in order to have a meaningful impact on human rights; underlines that the EUSR has a flexible mandate which could be adapted to evolving circumstances; is of the opinion that the EUSR’s position could be made more effective by enhancing communication activities and developing a more public profile through, inter alia, the publication of public statements in support of human rights activists at risk, including Sakharov Prize laureates and finalists, and of human rights defenders imprisoned for long periods, thereby helping to protect their physical integrity and their essential work;
Amendment 119 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, an essential universal forum for international consensus-building on peace and security, sustainable development and respect for human rights and international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to maintain their vital support to the UN and to continue their efforts to speak with one voice in the UN and other multilateral forums; stresses that the challenges to the universal enjoyment of human rights call for even stronger multilateralism and international cooperation; highlights the vital role of UN bodies as the forum for advancing peace, conflict resolution and the protection of human rights, and welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Human Rights;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls for human rights not to be exploited for political ends and for a neutral perspective to be advocated when analysing the human rights situation;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Considers that sanctions have a severe impact on the population, especially in some sectors such as health and small businesses; calls for sanctions that have a direct effect on the population to be lifted, in particular those aimed at promoting political change in countries or responding to human rights violations, to avoid increasing the suffering of the peoples;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the highly negative impact of COVID-19, which has disproportionately affected women, LGBTIQ persons and vulnerable groups, including the poorpeople living in poverty, children, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, minorities, informal workers and persons in prison or detention, among others; stresses that vulnerable groups are also more affected by the negative economic and social consequences of the pandemic, as well as the restrictions in access to healthcare and education; notes with concern the increase in hate speech against certain vulnerable groups, in particular minority groups;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to increase the funding for and the provision of basic public services; highlights the importance, in this context, of social protection and the need to support United Nations initiatives to establish ‘universal health coverage’;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Appreciates the huge generosity and solidarity of some countries, which in response to the global health crisis decided to share their staff and medical supplies with the countries that needed them most;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the authorities of the global south to demand that their debts be audited and that all illegitimate debts with foreign creditors be cancelled, with a view to entirely eliminating debt and meeting the basic human needs of their populations;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Amendment 183 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Rejects the fact that in many countries people are denied the right to protest via legal, administrative and other measures, such as the suppression of protests through the use of force, assault and arbitrary detention; points out that in 2020 and 2021 dozens of protests were suppressed and protesters were even killed; recognises that hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arbitrarily detained, and many of them have been subjected to torture and ill treatment and have had to pay large fines following proceedings in which the minimum procedural standards were not guaranteed; demands respect for the rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression guaranteed by international standards and the United Nations treaties, and calls on governments not to use force against peaceful demonstrators;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Rejects the fact that the violations of workers’ and trade union rights continue to take place worldwide and that the freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively, the right to information, consultation and participation and to take collective actions as well as the right to fair remuneration, decent working conditions and health and safety in the workplace are at the core of such violations;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Highlights the key obligations and responsibilities of the Member States and other parties with obligations, including businesses, to mitigate the effects of climate change, prevent its negative impacts on human rights and promote adequate political coherence that is sufficiently ambitious, non-discriminatory and in line with human rights obligations; points out that environmental change undermines the most basic human rights, such as access to water, natural resources and food; points out that, since 2008, land grabbing by multinational companies in the agricultural industry has increased exponentially, as according to the FAO, between 50 and 80 million hectares of agricultural land in developing countries are under negotiation for purchase or lease by international investors, two thirds of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa; considers that the fight against the exploitation and hoarding of resources must be a priority for the EU and its Member States; draws particular attention to the link between this exploitation of resources and the financing of conflicts, wars and violence, including, directly or indirectly, by multinational corporations; recognises that the environmental consequences of climate change may exacerbate migration and displacement, and therefore stresses the need to rapidly implement policies to reduce the impacts of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Deplores the fact that women, including in the EU, continue to make up the majority of victims of gender-based violence, such as domestic violence and sexual violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation, and that they face discrimination in political and professional life, as well as in access to education and healthcare; stresses that the provision of care, protection and access to justice for victims of gender- based violence and trafficking has significantly decreased as a result of the pandemic, and calls for the EU to promote the development of emergency assistance plans and protocols both at UN level and in partner countries, with the aim of adapting assistance programmes to the circumstances of the pandemic, its aftermath and future crises;
Amendment 221 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets the fact that the overall progress in women’s rights is far below the UN countries’ commitments included in the Beijing Convention in 1995 and is concerned at the trend of backsliding in progress achieved; in this regard, is extremely concerned about the deterioration of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their sexuality, as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights, without coercion and discrimination, in particular with regard to safe and free access to abortion; calls for the EU and its Member States to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of their international commitments and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); emphasises that access to sexual and reproductive health and rights must be guaranteed for all individuals, including all types of sexuality and relationships, education and information, family planning, modern methods of contraception, safe and legal abortion, and maternity, prenatal and postnatal healthcare; calls for the EU and Member States to reaffirm the inalienable rights of women to bodily integrity, dignity and autonomous decision-making, and to uphold the universality and indivisibility of all human rights in all contexts, and to promote and defend in particular those that are most under threat, such as the rights to sexual and reproductive health;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Emphasises that the economic crisis has further exacerbated inequalities and that women are the first to suffer as a result; emphasises, moreover, that the objective of ‘empowering women’ can only be achieved by creating stable, well- paid jobs, instead of the insecure, part- time jobs which are too often so common for women, and by applying genuine salary equality and universal access to public services, especially including access to free, good-quality education
Amendment 302 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 311 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 338 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Rejects any attempt to outsource the EU’s migration policy; rejects any agreement that does not guarantee the protection of refugees and respect for the fundamental rights of migrants; condemns the creation and use of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa, which is financed to a large extent by the European Development Fund (EDF);
Amendment 341 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean; rejects the human rights abuses and violations suffered by refugees and migrants, particularly at the borders of the EU; regrets that some of these people have even been returned to the border or deported to places where their lives were at risk, in breach of international law and in particular the right to asylum; condemns attacks on NGOs that assist these people but which have been subjected to campaigns seeking to discredit them and which are increasingly seeing their work challenged; calls on the EU and its Member States to be fully transparent about the allocation of funds to third countries for cooperation in migration matters, and to ensure that such cooperation does not directly or indirectly benefit the security, police or justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of the EU’s external policy as ‘migration management’, and stresses that any attempt to collaborate with third countries on migration must be accompanied by an improvement in the human rights situation in those countries; calls for the suspension of all agreements and negotiations concerning readmission agreements with countries that do not respect human rights; insists on the need to establish frameworks for the protection of migrants, in particular through the opening of safe and legal routes for migrants and the granting of humanitarian visas, and to improve their implementation; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 359 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls on all the Member States to strictly observe the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, and in particular to halt all transfers of weapons, surveillance and intelligence equipment and materials that could be used by governments, terrorist groups or mercenaries to crack down on human rights and a fortiori for the purposes of armed conflict; stresses that some EU Member States are among the largest arms exporters in the world and considers it essential to apply and strengthen international standards on arms sales to prevent any EU Member State or European company from participating directly or indirectly in an escalation of violence or in the financing of armies or groups involved in abuses; calls for these companies to commit to their moral, social and legal responsibilities; is firmly opposed to any reorientation of the CFSP towards greater militarisation focused solely on strengthening NATO and considers that European policies should be solely focused on peace and conflict resolution;
Amendment 375 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41b. Recalls the responsibility of businesses in ensuring that their operations and supply chains are not implicated in human rights abuses, including environmental, indigenous and labour rights as well as threats and attacks on human rights defenders;
Amendment 382 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses the failure of the introduction of human rights clauses in free trade agreements with third countries, as such agreements have even led to the violation of basic economic and social rights, including the impoverishment of the populations concerned and the hoarding of resources by transnational companies; believes that there is a need to implement new forms of cooperation to facilitate the economic and social development of third countries, always with a view to benefit for their peoples and not the economic benefit of the companies;
Amendment 407 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Deplores the fact that torture and inhuman or degrading treatment continue to be widespread in many countries and calls for the EU to strengthen its efforts aimed at eradicating these practices, while supporting victims and promoting mechanisms to hold perpetrators accountable; denounces in the strongest terms the human rights violations reported in prisons, including in EU countries, and calls for all allegations to be investigated.
Amendment 7 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which constitutes the legal basis for EU- Russia relations,
Amendment 57 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorismincreasing tensions and military operations on the border with Ukraine and other eastern borders onf the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko in BelarusEU are a threat to peace in the European continent; whereas both sides would benefit from good neighbourhood relations and should solve all problems politically and on the basis of international law;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is in our best interest to build mutually beneficial relations between the EU and Russia; whereas the EU should promote dialogue in order to encourage such a relationship;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Russia is the EU's largest neighbour and there are strong historical, cultural and human ties between Russia and EU Member States;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas there are many global challenges in which cooperation between the EU and Russia is needed to solve global problems; whereas cooperation between the EU and Russia is vital in several areas including energy and climate change;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas Russia, the EU and its Member States have a record of cooperation in the Arctic in the context of the Northern Dimension Partnerships; whereas it is of major importance that they continue to cooperate constructively to fight the consequences of climate change in the Arctic region; whereas both sides have the responsibility to ensure the Arctic does not become another subject of military tensions;
Amendment 85 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas despite the barriers imposed in 2014 the EU is still Russia's biggest trading partner and Russia is the EU's fourth biggest one;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the situation concerns regarding Russia is deteriorating dreadfully because of President Putin’s systemic repression of democratic forces such as when j's human rights situation cannot be used as an excuste two weeks after the arrest of Alexei Navalny Russian authorities detained more than 11 000 peaceful demonstrators, bringing the total number of Russians detained since January 2021 to more than 15 000interfere in Russia's internal affairs;
Amendment 115 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 132 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in its resolutions of 17 September 2020, 21 January 2021 and 29 April 2021 Parliament called for a review of the EU’s policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles agreed in 2016, emphasised that future EU relations with Russia would depend on the pace of Russia’s democratic transformation and called for the EU institutions to devise a new strategic approach on the assumption that any dialogue with Russia must be based on respect for international law and human rights;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the five EU guiding principles for relations with Russia have deterred the Kremlin regime from further aggression against Ukraine, but they are silent wiboth the EU and Russia adopted key policy documents regarding their relation in 2016; whereas confrontation has continued, including regarding Ukraine; whereas both sides have the respect to containing President Putin’s war against the people of Russiaonsibility to come up with a solution to this confrontation based on political dialogue;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the new EU strategy should be centred on the ‘push-back, contain and engage’ principles aimed at strengthening the EU’s capacity to combat the Kremlin’s threatEU must work towards the establishment of a new framework for relations agreed with Russia; whereas third countries affected by these relations, especially in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, including Belarmus,t as well as in Russia itself, by defending human rights and assisting Russia’s transformation into a democracy in accordance with the principle of ‘democracy first’lso be taken into consideration for the establishment of this new framework;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should be based on the assumption that the people of Russia can transfnew framework of relations between the EU and Russia must aim to tackle the deficits of democracy on both sides, inter alia, growing inequality, women's rights, LGBTI rights, orm their country into a democracy; rise of far right and xenophobic forces;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should work in the interest of the EU and offer Russia a constructive dialogue aimed at promoting the values of human rights and democracyto de- escalate the current tensions and work on building mutually advantageous relations and cooperation between the EU and Russia based on respect for international law and human rights;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Recommends that the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles, and develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia based on the following principles and actand develop together with Russia a comprehensive framework to de-escalate current tensions:
Amendment 210 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)
(-a) the EU should gradually restart political dialogue: sanctions on parliamentarians should be lifted to allow interparliamentary dialogue, and dialogue on governmental dialogue must begin through dialogue at ministerial level in order to build mutual trust and identify key priorities for the future of EU-Russia relations;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Deterring the Russian threat – pushing back against the security threa-escalation of tensions on the European continent
Amendment 225 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, should work together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhoodRussia to de-escalate ongoing military tensions in the EaP region by conducting a pan-European negotiation to solve existing territorial conflicts and promote disarmament;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EU should encourage the withdrawal of NATO troops from Europe as a first step for de-escalation, and work on increased transparency on military and border guard activities in the context of regional de-militarisation;
Amendment 243 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the EU should be ready to call for the exclusion ofensure cooperation with Russia fromin the SWIFT payment system if the Russian authorities continue their aggressive threats and military action against EU Member States and EaP neighbouring countriesfields of trade and investment, and work towards the lifting of sanctions which have damaged the productive sectors of both sides; the improvement of EU-Russia connectivity is also an important opportunity to increase investments and ensure economic development for both sides, which must be promoted;
Amendment 260 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on howcooperate with Russia to cut itstheir dependency on Rufossian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in powerl fuels and promote common projects to increase the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency;
Amendment 281 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Amendment 289 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the EU should initiate a dialogue on security compaaspects with EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU and propose a new EU integration strategy for Eastern Partners building on former Commission President Romano Prodi’s formula of ‘everything, but the institutions’Russia which should end the military escalation in EaP, as well as work towards a new model of association agreement with the EU that encourages the role of these countries as bridges between the EU and Russia and that can have a key role in ensuring peace;
Amendment 295 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the EU should promote a consultation framework with the Eurasian Union to promote mutually advantageous and sustainable economic relations and trade in the region;
Amendment 298 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the EU should work to guarantee the full implementation of the Minsk Protocol to halt the ongoing war in Donbas, and promote additional confidence building measures together with Russia in order to facilitate peace;
Amendment 313 #
2021/2042(INI)
(e) the EU should continue its work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats with instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influences from the EU and its Member Stateswork on promoting free and pluralistic media both within and outside the EU as the main tool to counter false information;
Amendment 349 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Amendment 355 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU and Russia should establish with the US a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and propose a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionalityeffective cooperation mechanisms to fight money laundering, which is a problem on both sides, as well as working together in international fora for strict international regulation on money laundering and on the definition of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracyrruption as a crime under international law, as well as on the adoption of specific measures to counter it in its international dimension;
Amendment 366 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 projectthe EU should strengthen dialogue with Russia in order to guarantee the achievement of sustainable development goals and the implementation of the Paris agreement to which both are parties;
Amendment 388 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adoptlift its sanctions against the Russian authorities foras their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision-making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by updating the EU global sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corrupy have proven they are of no use to achieve any form of improvement in the situation;
Amendment 404 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 411 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) the EU should establish a centralised anti-money laundering framework, including an EU authority for financial controls, to be put under Parliament’s supervision and to be entrusted with the protection of the EU and its Member States from illicit financial practices and influences from Russia; third countries, including through the financing of xenophobic and neo-fascist parties and movements;
Amendment 422 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) the EU should initiate and contribute to international investigation of crimes committed by President Putin’s regime against the people of Russia together with the crimes committed by Mr Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus, within the framework of an impunity platform and an EU Justice Hub; in the context of those investigations, the EU should establish a task force of advisers to assist national and international investigations, trials and the setting-up of EU tribunals, and report periodically to Parliament on the state of political freedoms in Russiawork for the strengthening of the International Criminal Court, inter alia through the promotion of universal membership including Russia and the United States;
Amendment 432 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Engagement to suppfort democracy – supporting a pro-democracy society in Russia
Amendment 449 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) the EU should confront work together withe Russian-language propaganda of President Putin’s regime and support the establishment of a Free Russia Television with 24/7 airtime in order to de-escalate tensions, including by immediately ending the use of war language and portraying one another as enemies;
Amendment 452 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) the EU should encourage people- to-people contacts with Russia including by investing in common cultural and research programmes and through visa liberalisation;
Amendment 457 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) the EU must be prepared not to recognise the parliament of Russia and to ask for Russia’s suspension from international organisations with parliamentary assembliesactively and regularly participate in international election observation missions in Russia, including ifn the 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia are recognised as fraudulent;
Amendment 473 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announce a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broad offer with conditions and incentives such as visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation of Russiavoid any form of interference in internal Russian affairs ahead of after the 2021 parliamentary election, in full respect of the principle of non-intervention which is a core element of international law and democratic principles;
Amendment 497 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Amendment 499 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) the EU should adopt an ambitious strategy to support the successful development of EaP countries, which would serve as a good example and would incentivise the Russian people to support democracy; accordingly, the EU should propose to EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU a new momentum of European integration with a view to keeping their motivation for reformsevaluate its Eastern Partnership policy in light of the ongoing wars and increasing problems in EaP countries, and should end the vision of the Eastern Partnership as a geopolitical project to weaken Russia;
Amendment 508 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) the EU should work towards the establishment of good relations with all its Eastern neighbours, including the biggest one of them which is Russia, as this goes in the best interests of the people of Europe and is a fundamental element to achieve peace;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas events of the last two decades, such as in particular the economic crisis, military interventions in the Middle East, the crisis of public health services and the failure to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic, have resulted in a call to replace the neoliberal agenda by a progressive agenda focussing on people;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 27 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. Whereas the Biden administration has thrown its support behind a move at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily lift patent protections for coronavirus vaccines; whereas the EU, following the resistance of those EU Member States which host big pharma business remains reluctant to actively support this request; whereas United States and the EU have enacted temporary trade measures that aim to restrict exports of vital medical supplies as other essential products needed for the worldwide fight against the pandemic;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas the pandemic has mirrored that an expansive web of inequalities has become a reality of the societies of the US and the EU which is not restricted to income and wealth, but includes education, health, and housing, unevenness of opportunity and access to public services;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the adoption of the new proposal of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for an EU-US agenda for global change in December 2020 as a blueprint for a renewed transatlantic partnership;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates its commitment to international cooperation within the UN as an indispensable forum for multilateral solutions for global challenges and for policy outreach, policy dialogue and consensus-building across the international community;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the transatlantic partners to proactively support a temporary international waiver on the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS) for all coronavirus-related medical products, including vaccines and treatments; urges them to work together with all the WTO partners to ensure that intellectual property rights such as patents, industrial designs, copyright and protection of undisclosed information do not create barriers to the timely access to affordable medical products including vaccines and medicines or to scaling-up of research, development, manufacturing and supply of medical products essential to combat COVID-19;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. expresses concern at supply disruptions from the growing use of export restrictions and other actions that limit trade of key medical supplies and food, including by EU Member States; calls on the transatlantic partners and their allies to promptly remove those restrictive measures on products needed for the fight against the pandemic and its consequences and to refrain from imposing new ones or intensifying export and other trade restrictions;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 265 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the transatlantic partners to support and actively contribute to the UN Secretary-General's call for a global cease fire, including through effective measures against illicit arms trade and enhancing the transparency and accountability of Member States' arms exports;
Amendment 331 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Amendment 335 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 408 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the United States to immediately do away with the criminal blockade of Cuba, an illegal trade, economic and financial embargo that has lasted more than 70 years, resulting in losses of thousands of millions of dollars for the island, in addition to great suffering among its population, especially with the current global health crisis;
Amendment 420 #
2021/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the EU and the US not to close their eyes to the Apartheid regime practiced by the Israeli government against Palestine and its people; calls on the transatlantic partners to take action condemning the brutal attacks and severe violations of human rights and international law that have been occurring in the region; calls on the US not to be another factor of instability in the region and calls on the removal of its Embassy from Jerusalem;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas in 2020, China was the main trading partner in goods for the EU; whereas economic and trade relations are an important component element of EU- China cooperation, but not its only determining factor;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to engage in dialogue with China on possible ways to ensure better global preparedness to respond to pandemics; calls further on China to cooperate fully in an independent investigation into the origins of COVID;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the EU and China to assume their responsibility as important international actors and avoid a transformation of the relations into confrontation; stresses that good cooperation between both partners is necessary to address global problems; reiterates that China remains a strategic partner for the EU and has been a reliable partner in many areas of international cooperation and upholding multilateralism;
Amendment 323 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 347 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned by the assertive and, at times, aggressive diplomatic pressure from the Chinese authorities; underlines that EU institutions can in no way bow to pressure or censorship from Chinese channelcurrent state of affairs in the relationship between the EU and China; notes that only through dialogue can both parties overcome their differences;
Amendment 392 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 396 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 416 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Points out that the EU has worked with China in the context of the EU- China Connectivity Platform; calls for coordinated cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative on the basis of reciprocity, sustainable development, inclusiveness, good governance, rule of law, ambitious social, environmental and fiscal standards, open and transparent rules, in particular as regards public procurement;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s 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; considers that to put an end to these injustices, the unequal balance of power between the genders must be recognised;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that GAP III includes the pillar of 'leading by example'; condemns the European Commission's lack of action on violations of women's rights, LGBTIQ rights and human rights in EU Member States; deplores the Commission's failure to take action to prevent these rights violations and to whitewash hate speech, xenophobia, misogyny, sexism and LGTBIQ phobia; condemns the establishment of LGTB- free zones in Poland; condemns the recent ban on the discussion of homosexuality in school curricula and media in Hungary;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to use GAP III as a basis to enhance gender mainstreaming in their external action, to put its gender-transformative, rights-based, intersectional approach into practice, and to adopt a feminist foreign policy; welcomes the initiatives of some member states, such as Sweden and Spain, to develop feminist foreign policy strategies; welcomes the highlighting in GAP III of the work of equality ministries to achieve the eradication of gender-based violence and gender inequalities;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, class, religion, disability or age, as part of EU external action; welcomes the definition of inequalities as structural social and cultural;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to pursue intersectional gender equality as the guiding principle of EU’s external action, incorporating the following objectives: respect for and full enjoyment of human rights of women, freedom from psychological, physical and sexual violence, participation of women in conflict prevention, mediation, resolution of conflicts and peacebuilding, political participation of women and influence in all areas of society, participation of women in decision-making processes, negotiations and leadership, economic rights, autonomy and empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Welcomes the fact that GAP III addresses the extreme vulnerability of migrant women and girls; in this regard, calls on the Commission to incorporate the gender and intersectional approach immigration policies that guarantees the right of women and girl asylum seekers and refugees, devoting resources to eradicating the discrimination faced by women and girls on the basis of, inter alia, their gender, racial ethnic origin, socio-economic status, administrative situation and place of origin and to step up work in order to ensure proper identification and protection against potential violence, harassment, rapes and women trafficking at reception centres across Europe; calls for the full application of the Istanbul Convention in migration and asylum policies; and stresses the need for all Member States in the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to fully implement all its provisions as well as the need for the EU to access the Convention;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Notes that GAP III mentions the inclusion of gender equality provisions in free trade agreements; regrets, however, that neither gender nor human rights clauses are triggered when human and women's rights violations occur, as is happening in Gaza and Colombia; calls on the Commission to study the impact of gender on existing trade agreements and, in advance, on any new ones that may be signed; calls for the incorporation into new agreements and into existing ones, as far as possible, of effective clauses and sanctioning mechanisms to achieve gender equality and guarantee women's rights and empowerment; calls on the Commission and the Council to promote and support the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and Association Agreements and to ensure that it specifically foresees binding commitments to respect and promote gender equality and women empowerment; calls for the promotion of principles of internationally recognised standards, international Agreements and UN Conventions and commitments on girls and women rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women in these agreements, based on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the SDGs, the CEDAW and the fundamental ILO Conventions; calls on the Commission to include gender impact of EU trade policy and agreements in ex- ante and ex-post impact assessments and to ensure that trade agreements do not exacerbate existing inequalities or create new ones;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Recognises the fact that humanitarian crises intensify SRHR related challenges and recalls that in crisis zones, women and girls are particularly exposed to sexual violence, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual exploitation and unwanted pregnancies; calls to guarantee universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights as agreed in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the review conferences thereof acknowledging that they contribute to the achievement of all health-related SDGs such as prenatal care and measures to avoid high-risk births and reduce infant and child mortality; points out that access to family planning, maternal health services and safe and legal abortion services are important elements for saving women’s lives;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Calls for one of the priorities for GAP III to be the fight against sexual violence, address issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, advance women's economic and material empowerment and advocate for sustainable development; calls to ensure that the EU has a unified position and takes strong action to univocally denounce the backlash against gender equality, LGBTIQ+ rights and measures undermining women’s rights, autonomy and emancipation in every field; reminds that an important way to combat this backlash is by proactively advancing rights-based gender equality and mainstreaming gender overall;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Regrets that GAP III barely mentions trafficking and makes no reference to sexual exploitation and sex tourism; calls on the Commission and Member States, in this regard, to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all forms of trafficking inhuman beings, paying particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in persons to specifically combat child marriage, the sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex tourism; calls for mandatory impact assessment on the risks posed by a third country with regard to human trafficking as part of general ex-ante conditionality of all visa liberalisation agreements; stresses the need of the introduction of effective cooperation with third countries in regard to human trafficking among the mandatory criteria to be met for any visa liberalisation agreement; calls on the Commission, the Council and the EEAS to introduce in their negotiations with third countries on association and cooperation agreements with third countries a benchmark framework of cooperation with regards to effectively counter-human trafficking, including a transparent protocol for recording data on referrals and prosecution of trafficking; calls for the establishment of a gender- sensitive approach to trafficking in persons, by comprehensively addressing the impact it has on the realization of a wide range of human rights, in the context of any conflict;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3 g. Stresses that in order to achieve the full guarantee and enjoyment of human rights and women's rights, the EU should support the creation of this Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights within the UN framework and to base it not on business plans but on an international commitment;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3 h. Condemns the increase in gender- based violence and femicides during the COVID19 pandemic; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and Member States to increase vigilance and redouble efforts to eradicate violence against women;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3 i. Stresses that education is a key factor in achieving gender equality and in combating stereotypes and intersectional and gender-based discrimination; considers that public, quality, inclusive education and equal access to education are essential for achieving gender equality; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to make education for equality a priority of feminist foreign policy;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3 j. Deplores the still widespread and harmful practices of child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation, obstetric violence and gender selection; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to make the eradication of such discrimination a priority in their external action;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Regrets the weakness of GAP III in terms of women's access to the use and enjoyment of natural resources; stresses that women carry the greatest burden of care work on land and family farms; regrets that women do not have control and ownership of land; stresses that in the context of climate emergency, food insecurity and malnutrition in much of the world, the role and empowerment of women is critical to address these challenges;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that the appointment of senior gender advisors to support the leadership and staff of the Commission's Directorates-General responsible for external relations, the European External Action Service and EU delegations and CSDP missions and operations is only encouraged; points out that this figure should be mandatory;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Regrets that there is still no gender parity in management positions and that the Commission has committed itself to achieving this only by the end of the mandate; considers that gender balance in management positions should be achieved by 2022;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need to tackleDeplores the shrinking space for civil society and highlights the need to tackle this reduction and to closely consult with organisations fighting, in particular, for the rights of women, girls and marginalised groups; strongly condemns the criminalisation and persecution of women defenders of women's rights, LGBTIQ rights and human rights; insists that the European Union must make use of human rights clauses in free trade agreements in countries that fail to protect women defenders;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points out the importance of linking the concept of human security and the gender approach; 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, healthcare, food or economic independence;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and Member States to develop and promote the UN disarmament agenda; insists that the reduction of arms exports must be a pillar of a European feminist foreign policy in the interests of progressing towards a culture of peace;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the introduction of country-level implementation plans; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take full ownership of gender-sensitive country reporting and gender mainstreaming; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to establish gender-specific indicators to be applied in the project selection, monitoring and evaluation phases of all actions of EU's foreign and security policy that receive funding from the EU budget; calls for the introducing in the forthcoming Common Implementing Regulation to lay down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action, basic requirements towards furthering gender equality through all external financial instruments; calls for mandatory gender impact assessment as part of general ex- ante conditionality, and for the collection of gender-disaggregated data on beneficiaries and participants; stresses the need for a systematic gender budgeting approach, combined with an appropriate and uniform system of tracking, monitoring and evaluating EU expenditures related to gender equality across EU's foreign and security policy; calls on the Commission to systematically assess the impact of the Programmes financed by EU budget and to report back to the European Parliament;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Regrets the target that only 85% of new EU external actions will have gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a significant or main objective by 2025; regrets that the remaining 15% of external actions do not include gender equality; insists that the target of 100% be reached by 2025;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Welcomes the assumption of special responsibility by the EU's multilateral delegations for the promotion of gender equality policies, calls on the Commission and the EEAS to work in this direction in all international bodies, especially in the framework of the United Nations and in its relations with other regional organisations, as a defining axis of the EU's foreign policy;
Amendment 18 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for increased funding to UNRWA in order to allow the Agency to fulfil its mandate and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of vital services such as health and education to millions of Palestine refugees;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 2131 (xx) entitled Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of their Independence and Sovereignty,
Amendment 2 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Article 2(4) of the Charter of the United Nations,
Amendment 3 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (xv) entitled Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,
Amendment 58 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on international relations and has further exacerbated existing global tensions and security challengesin the main because Global North countries are not only refusing to allow the waiving of monopolies for COVID-19 medical tools, but some companies such as Pfizer are attempting to use vaccines as a tool to secure concessions such as strategic sovereign assets from countries in need of vaccine supplies; in addition, there are some US states bringing legal cases against China in spite of the fact that the WHO expert mission concluded that the theory that the COVID-19 virus originated in China was not based on any solid evidence;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the intensified EU- NATO cooperation that has been in place since the signature of the 2016 Joint Declaration, and underscores that not only the security of EU Member States and their citizens would strongly benefit from a true strategic EU-NATO partnership; but the security of those in the countries where NATO has had a military presence has been imperilled by NATO activities since its inception, in particular as a result of NATO's aggressive expansion toward the borders of Russia and most regretfully with respect to the disastrous Libya adventure which helped create the conflict and instability across the Sahel that persists today; is deeply concerned with the ramped up aggressive stance in recent years not only towards Russia but now the increased targeting of China and belligerent messaging and activities by a number of NATO member states that are ignoring China's calls for a measured approach to the unfolding multipolar global power dynamic and instead appear to be prepared to engage aggressively through military build-up in the South China Sea, illegal unilateral coercive measures, weaponising unfounded human rights abuse claims, and stoking of tensions with China's close neighbours and economic partners, all this instead of using solely peaceful and diplomatic means to navigate these developments in global power dynamics; deeply regrets and condemns the statement from US Strategic Command on Tuesday 20th of April 2021 which read "The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option."; stresses that a strategic partnership with an administration who would consider a nuclear first strike policy reasonable is not in the interest of the security of any human or living being on earth;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ReaffirmNotes its previous commitment to the EU’s ambitions in the field of security and defence, and reiteranotes the EU’s ambition to be a global actor for peace and security; underlinreiterates the fact that NATO remains indispensable forhas through its militarism, expansionism, an wars of aggression undermined the security and collective defence of its members and the transatlantic community as a whole, and has done massive damage to the prospect of peace between NATO members and their neighbours; deeply regrets and condemns the role of NATO members in the illegal invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, the disastrous regime change wars in Libya and Syria, the creation, training, arming and empowerment of multiple fascist terrorist groups over the course of these wars which have come back to haunt Europe in particular and led to the death of innocent civilians in mainland Europe, and the ongoing ramping up of tensions with Russia, China, Iran and others instead of working towards diplomacy and peaceful coexistence with beneficial trade partners;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. UnderscoRegrets that the EU-NATO partnership and transatlantic cooperation as a whole are built on common support for the core values of democracy, freedom, respect for human rights, the rule ofhas through the multiple wars waged by its members in the last quarter century in particular, done much to undermine and violate international law and derail the promotion of peace and international cooperation;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the transatlantic community is faced with a broad array of unprecedented common challenges, ranging from the fight against terrorism to hybrid threats, climate changemany of them which are the consequences of the actions of the transatlantic community, ranging from the fight against terrorism that has proliferated as a direct result of our wars of aggression and attendant hybrid threats, climate change which historically the transatlantic community caused and is doing very little to combat, it is of particular note that the US military is the most polluting single entity on planet earth, disinformation, and cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs), and a shifting global power balance, as well as the resulting challenge to the international rules-based order with NATO members are pioneers of and engage in routinely, emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) that NATO members are at the forefront of developing, and a shifting global power balance resulting from the failure of the advanced neoliberal capitalist model, which suffers greatly from excessive public expenditure on militarism, to effectively compete with some other styles of management within the capitalist system, namely the management style of the Communist Party of the Peoples Republic of China who now have equal if not more purchasing power than any other nation on earth, but have also just undertaken the single greatest poverty reduction campaign in human history, we would do well for humanity itself not to attempt to undermine this effort, but to learn from it;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 150 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 165 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the upcoming NATO Summit is an important opportunity to advance EU-NATO cooperation; underlines that the EU is a partner of NATO and that EU-NATO cooperation is mutually reinforcing and based on the agreed guiding principles of transparency, reciprocity, inclusiveness, the decision- making autonomy of both organisations and the principle of the single set of forces; reiterates that a European military capability to act is essential to contribute to the fulfilment of NATO’s core tasks, as well as to enhance deterrenceNotes that there is an upcoming NATO Summit;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomeRejects the requests by the United States, Canada, and Norway to participate in the PESCO project on military mobility; underlinemphasises that this marks an important step towards increased coherence between the common EU and NATO capability development efforts, and illuse participation of third countries in PESCO projects is not permitted under any provision in the treaties of the revitalisation of the transatlantic partnershipEuropean Union and that any such plans are in violation of EU law;
Amendment 196 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the importance of close transatlantic cooperation in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation; furthermore, sees potential for further transatlantic cooperation on a range of international issues, such as maritime security, pandemic response and in the areas of outer space and the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 232 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 256 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 274 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 284 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 308 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 324 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 339 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 357 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 372 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 382 #
2020/2257(INI)
Amendment 403 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 412 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 418 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 425 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 433 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 442 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 448 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 460 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 470 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 21 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas in September 2015 all countries committed to an ambitious agenda on how to tackle global challenges together, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas, whilst multilateralism remains the best organizational system to solve global challenges, it must be recognized that it is struggling to find the path to effective implementation;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the world has entered a new era of ‘unpeaturbulence’, characterised by great geopolitical competition involving ‘semi-conflicts’,and instability that has derived in an increasing number of ‘semi-conflicts’, hot and cold conflicts, hybrid warfare and disinformation which happen away from the public eye, but have significant implications for EU and global security;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas multilateralism is in need of swift revitalisation to tackle this multidimensional crisis; whereas peace and security, climate change, gender equality, global public health and the deepening of poverty and inequalities at the global level are some of the pressing challenges that the world is facing right now; whereas only through a reinforced multilateral order will the international community be able to find lasting and sustainable answers to these challenges;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Praises the ability of the EU and its Member States to work in a coherent and synergic fashion and to present unified positions in the UN system, with particular regard to the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council and UN Human Rights Council; praises, in this regard, the valuable coordination efforts by the EU delegations to the UN in New York and Geneva; believes that this unified, synergic approach should be replicated for every UN body, agency or other international organisation, so that the EU can act and deliver as one across the board in multilateral fora; laments that the Security Council is not as reactive to crises like the ones in Syria, Ethiopia and Sudan as it has been to other crises in the past and that this has had a negative impact on preventing, managing and resolving these crises; points to the fact that in 2022, only two EU Member States will be on the Security Council; considers that the EU should promote reflecting on the terms of a reform of the Security Council that can restore its ability to address crises in a timely and effective manner, thoroughly limit the right to veto and change the composition of the Security Council to reflect today’s world better; reiterates its view, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States should find a broad consensus on reforming the Security Council, inter alia, through the provision of a permanent seat for the EU, in addition to the already existing seats held by EU Member States;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to address the challenges of preventing and combating illicit financial flows and strengthening international cooperation and good practices on assets return and recovery, including by more effective measures to implement existing obligations under the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; Stresses the need to implement effective, inclusive and sustainable measures to prevent and combat corruption within the framework of the 2030 Agenda; Stresses that the combating of illicit financial flows must the streamlined at a global level;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 194 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses concern at the erosion of the existing arms control and disarmament system and its legal instruments; support all efforts to putting the arms control and disarmament agenda back on the international agenda, including by reviving the Conference on Disarmament; Stresses that the EU should lead by example in this chapter;
Amendment 231 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the key role of multilateral fora in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights this as an example of their importance in promoting and protecting global public health; celebrates the development of the Covax initiative, which constitutes an unprecedented exercise of international solidarity, and thanks its donors and contributors, while stressing the need to continue donating and increasing resources in order to make vaccines and treatments available for free to all countries; commends the work of the World Health Organization in combating the pandemic through its decisions based on scientific knowledge and evidence and stresses the need to enhance its mandate and executive capacity, especially with regard to data sharing and resource mobilisation, as well as reform the decision-making process of its Emergency Committee and establish enforcement mechanisms for its decisions and precepts; strongly supports the central role of the World Health Organization in the management of COVID-19 and put forward proposals for the reform of the multilateral health architecture; encourages UN Member States and other stakeholders, including the private sector, to mobilize a large-scale, coordinated and comprehensive global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, taking note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Shared responsibility, global solidarity: responding to the socio economic impacts of COVID-19”, in which the need for a multilateral response and precepmounting to at least 10 per cent of global gross domestic product is highlighted; stresses that the EU can and must have a decisive impact in the fight against COVID-19 by implementing must fulfil the mandate of the European Parliament and temporarily wave COVID-19 vaccine patents;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the EU, in cooperation with the US and other WTO Members, to work on concrete ways to support the request from a majority of WTO members of granting a temporary waiver from certain provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) for COVID 19 health products including their materials and components, method of manufacture at MC12 to scale up production and diversity options to ensure equitable access to diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and other relevant health products required for the containment, prevention, and treatment of COVID 19 and to ensure the delivery of these results by MC12;
Amendment 244 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need for further multilateral action in economic governance, especially in regards to taxation; celebrates the direction set up by the G20 in their latest proposal for establishing a minimum corporate tax rate of 15 %; encourages the international community to further integration in this area in order to avoid disloyal practices and abuses; calls for the enlargement of international standards and norms in this policy area; recalls the key importance of the World Trade Organization in regulating and facilitating world trade; stresses the importance to undertake and support initiatives to counter tax evasion, money laundering and corruption; to support the creation of a democratic, empowered and financed intergovernmental UN tax body that could ensure a voice for developing countries in tax matters; works for the acceleration of the negotiations on an effective code of conduct to combat international tax evasion through the use of Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs); urges the UE to call on European companies and organizations operating in third countries to comply and insure effective respect of human rights, including in their supply chains, and make sure they are held accountable in case of their violations, namely through mechanisms that make it possible to compensate victims;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for extending multilateralism to new challenges and realities such as biodiversity, cybersecurity, gender equality, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, which need to be developed alongside experts and scientists who should be party to multilateral, multi- stakeholder arrangements;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Joint Declaration between the European Union and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on European Union support to UNRWA (2021-2024),
Amendment 7 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament’s resolution of 23 October 2020 on gender equality in the EU’s foreign and security policy (2019/2167(INI)),
Amendment 21 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas EU policy has been primarily focused on the issues of migration and asylum, as well as counter terrorism; whereas it is necessary to focus on the underlying causes of instability in order to provide long-term strategies and solutions to shared challenges;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the ongoing war in Yemen begun in 2014 and has a devastating effect on the country; whereas it is estimated that over 150,000 people have died as a direct consequence of the war and over 4 million have been displaced; whereas Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and Senegal have troops on the ground in Yemen; whereas the conflict has been fueled by regional arms transfers;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the conflict in Syria which begun in 2011 is ongoing with areas of the country controlled by the Turkish and US military; whereas it is estimated that more than 500,000 been killed and 12 million displaced; whereas regional, as well as international, powers have fueled the conflict with weapons and fighters;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas there are ongoing social and political conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon in which different regional powers attempt to influence the local population in order to expand their control; whereas these conflicts have the potential to further develop;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine continues to be a source of regional instability;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Amendment 86 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the EU’s continued support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is a key element in the EU strategy of contributing to the promotion of security, stability and development in the region;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2113(INI)
4 b. Recalls that the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority for a definitive settlement of the conflict based on a solution enabling both countries to live side by side in peace and security, based on the 1967 borders, is a perquisite for regional stability; expresses again its deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and calls for the immediate lift all the restrictive measures on the movement of people and goods imposed by Israel on the territory which are having a devastating impact on the population; is gravely concerned about the Israeli settlements policy in the West Bank and East Jerusalem;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Reaffirms UNRWA’s essential contribution to stability and security in the Middle East, and appeals to the EU and the wider international community to increase its support to the Agency both politically and financing, also in view of the renewal of its mandate by the UN General Assembly in 2022;
Amendment 145 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the need to end the ongoing occupation of different parts of Syria by regional actors; calls on the European Union to impose an arms embargo on Turkey until it ceases its offensives against its neighbouring country; highlights the need for an inclusive and democratic resolution to the ongoing conflict in Syria based on democracy and the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity; underlines that this resolution much be reached through dialogue between the Government and democratic opposition forces;
Amendment 156 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the attacks on the people of Yemen which are responsible for thousands of deaths, the destruction of key civilian infrastructure and widespread famine; calls on Saudi Arabia and all other countries involved in its coalition to immediately stop their military intervention; calls on all countries in the region to stop all transfers of arms into the country and on EU Member States to stop their arms trade in countries participating in this war;
Amendment 162 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to align their arms export policies with the provisions of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and to adopt a strict application of all criteriaensure monitoring by the Council, annual reporting on the implementation of the Common Position to the European Parliament and the adoption of a strict application of all criteria, envisaging sanctions when these are not met;
Amendment 176 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the countries in the region to refrain from exporting arms or combatants or intervening militarily in other countries, as such interventions are some of the main causes of regional destabilisation; firmly opposes the use of drones in extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings of terror suspects and demands a ban on the use of drones for this purpose; as well as a commitment to work in the relevant international fora on a global ban;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses deep concern about a potential nuclear race in the region and calls on the EU to activate all diplomatic efforts to avoid it; calls on Israel to ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; and to declare any nuclear weapons it may have, progressively dismantling them in order to achieve a denuclearized region;
Amendment 232 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses the need to monitor and evaluate EU naval force missions (EUNAVFOR) in line with human security criteria, and to consider their future tasks in line with the needs set out by these criteria;
Amendment 249 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the EU and Member States to commit to re-establish accountability measures and redress for victims of international human rights and international humanitarian laws violations in Yemen, including notably the re-establishment of a UN monitoring and reporting mechanism;
Amendment 252 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Stresses that closer partnership with Gulf countries should be linked to clear human rights benchmarks for progress in the GCC, including on accountability for war crimes in Yemen, women’s rights, freedom of expression and association, release of human rights defenders, death penalty, migrant workers, and alignment in international fora;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU to promote the development of a strong civil society in the region, particularly through engagement with trade unions, women’s organisations or environmental organisations; stresses the need for them to be consulted while designing and evaluating the EU’s policies in the region; highlights that the shrinking civil space in several countries poses a threat to regional stability;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2113(INI)
17. Highlights the importance of the sustainable development goals set out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as key promoters of regional stability, inter-alia climate action, the eradication of poverty or the promotion of gender equality, as key promoters of regional stability; stresses the need to further enhance cooperation between the EU and countries in the region in order to fulfil all of them, particularly the ones concerning challenges which require global cooperation such as climate change, setting out clear strategies, timeframes and goals in these areas;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Highlights the gravity of violence against women in the region, particularly in situations of conflict; calls for the EU to establish bilateral dialogue with the countries in the region on this topic in order to promote the abolition of all laws enshrining gender inequality; stresses the importance of supporting local women’s organizations as a means of empowerment;
Amendment 276 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Stresses that the best way for the EU to promote security and stability in the region is through tackling the underlying causes, particularly lack of democracy, and promoting social development and cooperation, including people to people contacts; stresses therefore that the EU should develop its own strategy to discourage a military race which would have grave security implications;
Amendment 277 #
2020/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Amendment 79 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Belarusian authorities denied that COVID-19 had spread in the country, thereby wasting precious time that could have been used to prepare and protect the country’s population and in particular its medical staff, did not cancel mass events, and instead engaged in the intimidation of journalists and ordinary people who dared to contradict the official government narrative;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 110 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas states are sovereign to choose their own economic, political and social model, as well as their bilateral and multilateral agreements;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 160 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support the sovereignty of Belarus against pressure from the Russian Federation for deeper integration and remind Belarus that the European Union is open to further development of relations with the country both bilaterally and within the Eastern Partnership framework if Belarus meets conditions linked to democracy, the rule of law, international law, human rights and fundamental freedomsased on equality and mutual benefit;
Amendment 192 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) insist that any EU macro-financial support for mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is conditional on strict political criteria, notably those linked to democracy and human rights, nuclear safety concerns voiced by some of the EU Member States and threats posed by Belarus-Russia military cooperation, and that adequate measures are taken to combat the virus and protect the populatimust be always linked to avoid the suffering of the population and never be conditioned to political criteria, avoiding the use of this global pandemic as political weapon;
Amendment 210 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) work for the establishment of normal parliamentary relations between the European Parliament and the Parliament of Belarus as this is the appropriate framework for a comprehensive dialogue on issues of common interest, including those where the partners have fundamental differences;
Amendment 218 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 287 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 323 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) support independent media outlets and journalists, including those who work on a freelance basis with unregistered foreign media;
Amendment 329 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) effectively guarantee that EU international agreements comply with human rights, as there is no monitoring of their application and it is only applied following double standards and economic interest;
Amendment 333 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) reject the imposition of sanctions by the EU on third countries with the aim of protecting its geopolitical and economic interests independently of the humanitarian situation or the harm to the population;
Amendment 336 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) remind Belarus that the EU is its second-biggest trade partner and that intensification of economic relations could bring much-needed balance for Belarusian external trade;
Amendment 352 #
2020/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) welcome and encouragnote the energy diversification of Belarus, reducing its dependence on Russia through imports of oil and gas from new suppliers, including via the territory of the EU;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors Review No 09/2019: European defence,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to Article 2(4) of the UN Charter,
Amendment 6 #
Amendment 9 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to Article 42(2) of the TEU, the common security and defence policy (CSDP) includes the progressive framing of a common EU defence policy, which could lead to common defence being put in place, but does not require such a common EU defence policy;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 41(2) of the TEU prohibits the use of the EU Budget for military or defence operations;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas PESCO is incompatible with a state policy of neutrality, as in the case of Ireland;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Article 1(b) of Protocol 10 states that the Member States are to ‘have the capacity to supply by 2010 at the latest either at national level or as a component of multinational force groups, targeted combat units for the missions planned, structured at a tactical level as a battle group, with support elements including transport and logistics, capable of carrying out the tasks referred to in Article 43 of the Treaty on European Union, within a period of five to 30 days, in particular in response to requests from the United Nations Organisation, and which can be sustained for an initial period of 30 days and be extended up to at least 120 days’; whereas Article 1(b) needs to be revisthe Battlegroups have never been deployed sin order to respond to the challenging geoce their establishment in 2007, owing to oppolsitical environment; whereas the Member States are still far from achieving this goalon on the part of Member States and the complexity of their implementation and funding, which is at odds with the original objective of speed and efficiency;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 30 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas PESCO’s long-term vision is to achieve a coherent full-spectrum force package available to the Member States; whereas PESCO should enhance the EU’s capacity to act as an international security provider in order to protect EU citizens and maximise the effectiveness of defence spending; whereas the cost of non-Europe in security and defence is estimated to be more than EUR 100 billion per year;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the consequences of the EU not having enough competence when it comes to health care; whereas, by need for the EU to urgently focus on resourcing and supporting healthe same analogy, it would make sense to establish an EU common defence strategy in order to bystems across the able to respond to an attack on the EU’s borders and territories; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the objective of a common defenceoc which have been undermined by years of neoliberal policy;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Commission established the Group of Personalities on Defence Research in 2015 as an advisory body to set out the agenda for an EU military research programme; whereas the group was heavily dominated by the arms industry and included the CEOs of arms companies MBDA, Indra, Saab Airbus, BAE Systems, Leonardo S.p.A (formerly Finmeccanica), and the Chair of ASD, the European arms industry lobbying group; whereas the Commission’s directorate for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) had 37 meetings between 2013 and 2016 with the arms industry to discuss the Preparatory Action on Defence Research; and whereas the Commission proposes to mobilise tens of billions from the EU budget and Member State contributions through the European Defence Fund for the research and development of weapons and military equipment;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the European Defence Fund creates a self-fulfilling and continuous loop between supply and demand for security and defence hardware, funded with public money; and whereas this creates the spectre of a permanent European war economy and entrenched military industrial complex;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 78 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas PESCO creates a binding framework between the pMS, which committed themselves to jointly investing, planning, developing and operating defence capabilities within Union framework in a permanent and structured manner by subscribing to 20 binding commitments in five areas set by the TEU; whereas these commitments should constitute a move from mere defence cooperation towards the integration of Member States’ defence forces; whereas despite these binding commitments, no effective comunder the PESCO framework will further militarise the EU; whereas the enthusiasm of many pMS for PESCO is limited, as exemplified by the lack of progress to date in significantly embedding PESCO into national defence pliance mechanism for PESCO is in placening processes;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas PESCO is only the most egregious example of a broader strategy to normalise militarism in the EU; whereas militarism that is normalised will be transferred to other domains such as migration or development; whereas this is already happening, in particular at Europe’s borders;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas militarism reduces the resources available for other public investments like health and social security, hinders the capacity to examine or address the structural causes of insecurity and risk, and in this way produces new insecurities and deepens existing ones;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas according to the European Court of Auditors Review No 09/2019: European defence, the key PESCO concept of ‘strategic autonomy’ is overly vague and broad, lacks a clear military translation, and is unhelpfully used in various contexts and meanings; whereas the same Review points out that there are clear strategic differences between EU Member States in terms of defence, no common perception of threats nor a common vision of the EU’s role, as well as different rules of engagement and a wide range of views on the use of military force;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 89 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 100 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas work on the first three waves of PESCO projects has led to the pMS proposing 47 projects; whereas the current list of projects lacks coherence, strategic ambition and does not adequately address priority shortfalls as identified by the pMS; whereas one of these projects has been stopped in order to avoid unnecessary duplication; whereas other projects did not make sufficientmuch progress or are at risk of being stopped, and around 30 projects are still in the ideation and preparatory phase;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas only the most strategicfar-reaching PESCO projects, such as EUFOR Crisis Response Operation Core (EUFOR CROC), have the potential to decisively contribute to the creation of a coherent full spectrum force packagebeen driven by certain Member States, and whereas many other Member States have serious doubts about the desirability of both the PESCO project and the goal of creating a European army;
Amendment 116 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 121 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 125 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 129 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 131 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
Amendment 138 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
Amendment 151 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas in conjunction with the EU Global Strategy, a specific defence and security strategy, such as the EU Security and Defence White Book suggested in numerous Parliament reports, could facilitate a shared understanding of current and future challenges and provide important guidance to PESCO and the CDP deriving from an understanding of strategic ambitions and actions to be taken in the long ruwill face resistance from Member States suspicious of further defence integration;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas currently, PESCO projects are dependent on the 25 participating Member States’ financial contributions; whereas it is expected that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, national defence budgets will, rightly, suffer reductions; whereas paradoxically, several of the currently 47 PESCO projects, if funded accordingly, could strengthen Member States’ preparedness, should another massive public health crisis occur: military mobility – a flagship PESCO project –, the European Medical Command and many other projects in areas related to logistics and transportation, health care, disaster relief and the fight against malicious cyber activities; whereas cutting funding for the strategic capabilities that the EU and its Member States currently lack would also weaken their ability to jointly act against future pandemics as public funds are directed to where they are needed; whereas a joint and coordinated approach to a second wave or to future pandemics will not be best achieved through defence strategy, projects or funding;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas the prospect of co- financing certain PESCO projects via the future European Defence Fund (EDF) has led pMS to multiply their proposals, and despite the fact that this has encouraged exchanges and cooperation, not all proposals necessarily have the EU’s best strategic interest in mind; whereas this is evidence that many pMS are already chafing against the PESCO straitjacket;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas according to the European Court of Auditors Review No 09/2019, without US capabilities, the EU members of NATO would need to spend several hundred billion euros to overcome the capabilities gap;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 175 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
Amendment 181 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the governance of PESCO is led by pMS, and therefore eventually leads to the insufficient coordination and overall consistency of the projects; whereas this should constitute grounds for the extension of the mandate of the PESCO secretariaquestioning the wisdom and utility of the entire project;
Amendment 195 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 199 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 206 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 217 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 227 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 237 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 242 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 251 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 255 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 264 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 276 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 283 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 288 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 294 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
Amendment 298 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 305 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 313 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
Amendment 316 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
Amendment 318 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
Amendment 324 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
Amendment 328 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
Amendment 329 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
Amendment 339 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 340 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Rejects the Commission’s proposal of June 2017 to create a European Defence Fund (EDF), which would foster cooperation between Member States and support the European defence industry; notes that this proposal is the first initiative for which Union funds are to be used in direct support of defence projects; rejects, also, the adoption by the Commission in March 2019 of the first European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the publication of nine calls for proposals for 2019, including for the Eurodrone; rejects also the recent announcement of 16 pan-European defence industrial projects and three disruptive technology projects that will benefit from €205 million financing through the two precursor programmes of a fully-fledged European Defence Fund: the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) and the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP); notes the link between the procurement decisions taken today by the Member States and the prospects for industrial and technological cooperation under the EDF; recalls that the setting-up of the new heading V on Security and Defence, the EU defence research programme, European Defence Fund and Military Mobility clearly violate the provisions laid down in Article 41(2)TEU which states that any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget; denounces and deeply deplores the unprecedented speed with which the EU is being militarised; emphasises that the evidence is overwhelming that the most effective method of preserving and promoting peace and stability is to focus on poverty eradication, sustainable and fair economic development and an end to the facilitation of tax evasion, corruption and capital flight by the global financial system, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 341 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes the cuts to the European Defence Fund proposed by both the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU in December 2019 and in the draft European Council conclusions for the MFF and own resources for the 2021- 2027 period in February 2020; welcomes the proposed cuts in the allocation to the European Defence Fund in the new MFF from €13 billion to €8 billion; calls for the Fund to be abolished;
Amendment 342 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Deplores the PESCO commitment from participating Member States to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP and to earmark 20% of that sum for investment in defence capabilities;
Amendment 343 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Rejects the notion of European strategic autonomy being dependent on the establishment of European defence cooperation in the technological, capability, industrial and operational fields; considers that only practical, flexible, strictly peaceful and civil cooperation based on pragmatic initiatives will make it possible to face common challenges, forge a genuine common strategic culture, and shape common responses tailored to the continent’s main security issues; stresses that strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved if Member States demonstrate solidarity with each other; considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy formulated as an ambition to increase military spending and to further the militarisation of the EU is ethically and morally illegitimate;
Amendment 344 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Deeply regrets the recent significant increases in defence budgets across the bloc and the increase in defence expenditure across the EU for the sixth year in a row in 2019; is of the opinion that this should be not be supported or encouraged at Union level; adds that military personnel should be guaranteed a living wage;
Amendment 345 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Regrets the efforts by the European institutions and some Member States, following on from the publication of the EU Global Strategy, to breathe new life into the hitherto virtual instruments of the CSDP and to fully implement the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that these ambitions must not be consolidated and followed up with any further practical action;
Amendment 346 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Considers that Europe’s security is best defended by focusing on poverty eradication, sustainable and fair economic development, an end to the facilitation of tax evasion, corruption and capital flight by the global financial system, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 347 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Notes that the Union currently has a presence on three continents through the deployment of 17 civilian or military missions (11 civilian and six military); recognises that none of these missions have contributed substantially to peace, international security, and stability;
Amendment 348 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Stresses the importance of pursuing conflict resolution as a priority and a decisive shift away from security and defence, and in particular away from security and defence strategies predicated on increased military spending;
Amendment 349 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 k (new)
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1k. Considers Union financing for military CSDP missions prohibited in line with Article 41(2) TEU, which outlines that expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications shall not be funded by the Union budget; regrets, in this regard, the proposal by the VP/HR, backed by the Commission, to create a European Peace Facility, which would finance part of the costs of EU defence activities, including the joint costs of CSDP military operations and weaponry and military equipment; deplores the fact that the EPF will enable the transfer of billions of euro of public money to arms companies to produce arms for export to states in Africa and elsewhere, where they will inevitably perpetuate existing conflicts and almost certainly spark others; recognises that the concept of military peace support operations proposed as part of the Facility is a contradiction in terms; emphasises that the evidence overwhelmingly shows that the most effective method of preserving and promoting peace and stability is to focus on poverty eradication, sustainable and fair economic development and an end to the facilitation of tax evasion, corruption and capital flight by the global financial system, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 350 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 l (new)
Paragraph 1 l (new)
1l. Notes the failure of the Union’s Battlegroup project and the fact that Battlegroups have never been deployed, owing in particular to opposition on the part of Member States and the complexity of their implementation and funding, which is at odds with the original objective of speed and efficiency; stresses that the battlegroups must be dismantled immediate effect;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 m (new)
Paragraph 1 m (new)
1m. Opposes the creation of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) for the operational planning and conduct of the EU’s non-executive military missions; rejects any military- civilian operations and any subordination of areas of civilian competence to the military;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that democracy is based on respect for human rights, civil and political rights, equality and non- discrimination, as well as the rights of protest and association; recalls that social and economic rights, in particular the right to work, health, education, housing, a healthy environment, access to water and food and fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of expression, are necessary for the achievement of a democratic society, and that these rights and freedoms are under threat in many EU and African countries and that numerous violations of these rights and freedoms endanger democracy by laying the foundations for authoritarian states; stresses that civil society must be inclusive, in order to represent all existing groups, such as women, LGBTI+ people, young people, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that the relations between the EU, its Member States and African countries are unequal and that, following decolonisation, new rules have been imposed on African countries in order to maintain the economic and political domination of the former colonial powers; deplores that this neo- colonialism has resulted at political level in the dismissal of governments, the assassination of political leaders, political instability and in some cases in the financing of armed conflicts or direct military intervention by the former colonial powers; recalls, therefore, that the question of democracy in Africa is intrinsically linked to the real independence and sovereignty of those states;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the global systemic crisis will accelerate as a result of the pandemic and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) predicts an unprecedented contraction in trade flows, ranging from 13% to 32%; recalls that the NGO Oxfam predicts that some 500 million people are at risk of falling into poverty while the African Union has estimated that the continent would need at least USD 200billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic and social consequences; recalls that in a study published at the end of March 2020, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimated the needs of the countries of the South at USD 2 500 billion and that, according to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) note published on 7 April 2020, 'two billion people work in the informal economy (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk”;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Deplores that imposed structural reforms, debt and debt servicing, imposed on African countries for years, have hampered economic and social development, greatly reduced the capacity of States to meet the needs of their populations and generated situations close to bankruptcy, at a time when public investment has never been more essential, particularly to deal with natural pandemics; regrets that these structural adjustment programmes imposed by the IMF and the World Bank have encouraged the lack of development and dismantling of public services and infrastructures, and other pillars of the economy of these countries; recalls that this has led to a worsening of the living conditions of the population and has favoured the monopolisation of resources and the seizure of the economy by the major, mainly Western, industrial groups, creating an increase in unemployment, the deterioration in the social situation and the impoverishment of the populations are determining factors in the instability from which the African countries suffer;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Recalls that in 2019, nearly 16.6 million Africans were affected by extreme weather events, 195% more than in 2018, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), and that natural disasters have an adverse impact on the lives, livelihoods, homes and ecosystems, as well as on the macro economy;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020)0004); calls for strong and constant EU engagement in the security, stability and development of Africapolitical cooperation with African countries to tackle common challenges like climate change, Sustainable Development Goals, and ending discrimination;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the new strategy with Africa must have as its main objective the eradication of poverty and inequalities, promoting human development; insists that relations with Africa must take place within a framework of mutual development and equal partners; stresses that, in order to permit mutual development and employment both within the African countries and the European Union, it is necessary to put in place a new model of multilateral cooperation that meets the needs of the people and is based on the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the guiding framework of the new relationship; calls for the European Union and its Member States to promote the participation of African representatives in international fora on equal terms;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that the participation of European, African and international civil society is an indispensable means for the strategy to have an impact and benefit the peoples of both continents; calls on the EC and the EEAS to involve civil society organisations and NGOs, especially local ones, in the implementation of the strategy at all phases of projects and programmes (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation);
Amendment 100 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the EC and the EEAS to take specific actions to protect migrants from death, disappearance, family separation and violation of their rights; calls on the EC and the EEAS to facilitate and implement safe and legal migration channels, particularly for employment but not only for those deemed "highly skilled", in the framework of a migration and mobility partnership based on shared responsibility and the respect for Human Rights and International and Refugee Law; calls on the EC and the EEAS to take into account and avoid any negative spill over of EU external migration policies on African continental and regional migration and mobility;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses that respect for and full realisation of the human rights of women are the foundations of a democratic society; considers, therefore, that the absence of psychological, physical and sexual violence and abuse, women's political participation and participation in all areas of society, including decision- making processes, peace-building and peace-keeping efforts, negotiations and leadership, education, labour market access and entrepreneurism, ensuring their economic and social rights, autonomy, emancipation as well as access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, which are fundamental rights and objectives to be achieved for the construction of a truly democratic society; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to include a gender approach based on these principles in all its policies in Africa;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recalls that climate change is having tragic consequences in the European Union and in African countries; calls on the EC and the EEAS to incorporate the fight against climate change, the ecological and digital transition as well as the Green Deal into the strategy, while ensuring that such transition is just and leaves no one behind; calls on the EU to define and legally recognise climate refugee status as a person displaced and forced to move as a direct or indirect result of climate changes, such as droughts, extreme temperatures, changes in water composition, the rise of sea levels, desertification and floods. As stated by the UN General Assembly in 2018 in the Global Compact on Refugees, climate, environmental degradation and natural disasters increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements, caused by the loss of livelihoods and food insecurity;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls for the EU's common agricultural policy to be restructured by scaling down agricultural subsidies that are detrimental to local production in both African countries and EU Member States; stresses that the current agro- industrial model is based on social and environmental dumping and is designed solely to satisfy financial interests at the expense of the income of small and medium-sized farms and the needs of the population; reaffirms the need to take agriculture and food out of the logic of trade and free trade agreements; supports a new global agriculture and food model that meets the objectives of food sovereignty for peoples and states (which includes the right of peasants, with a particular focus on female farmers, to produce food for their people and families, by ending land grabbing and ensuring farmers' access to land, seeds and water), ecological transition, job creation and fair pay for both male and female farmers, and the right to quality food for all;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Recalls the changes in the political and economic structures of African societies created by European intervention through colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade, that de- developed the African continent and made it completely dependent; calls for the Member States directly or indirectly responsible to put forward reparations towards the States whose resources have been plundered and societies decimated by European colonialism;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support in the UN and other international fora the implementation of a binding instrument to make private companies accountable for human rights violations globally, given the grave consequences this lack of accountability has for the peoples of Africa in many areas;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Emphasises that land and natural resource grabbing by multinational companies is a major obstacle to the development of African countries; reaffirms that the activities of European companies operating in Africa must fully respect international human rights standards and ILO conventions; calls on the Member States to ensure that companies governed by their national law do not under any circumstances fail to respect human rights and the social, health and environmental standards that apply to them when they set up or carry out their activities in a third country; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to penalise European companies and their subsidiaries which fail to comply with these standards and to ensure that victims have access to justice;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5j. Stresses that development aid is fundamental for the diversification of the African countries' economies and for coping with the current economic and social crisis; calls on the EU and its Member States to increase financial support and humanitarian aid to meet the urgent needs of the populations; calls for EU and Member States' aid to be in the form of grants and not loans so as not to increase the debt burden; deplores the fact that many EU Member States have failed to reach the target of 0.7% of GNI and that some have even decreased their contributions to development aid; deplores the fact that these contributions are increasingly dedicated to support private sector investments (which could be more appropriately be supported by other type of funding) rather than through specialized international agencies and CSOs; deplores the decline in Member States' participation in food aid programmes; condemns the conditionality imposed on some countries to prevent migratory movements; urges that development aid should under no circumstances be used to limit or control borders or to ensure the readmission of migrants, as such approach undermines aid effectiveness principles;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Considers that massive public investment is essential to meet the needs of the people; stresses that in order to finance the new model of relationship it is necessary to incorporate additional measures to increase and boost domestic resource mobilisation, such as: to fulfil ODA commitments, facilitate remittances transactions, promote tax transparency, adopt legislation for mandatory tax transparency for multinational companies in the EU and revise tax treaties with African countries;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Paragraph 5 l (new)
5l. Stresses that the massive flight of capital from African countries, mainly to tax havens (more than 50 billion a year for Africa), is an obstacle to the development of these countries; considers, therefore, that the holding of a world tax conference in order to develop binding mechanisms is necessary to ensure tax justice at global level;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 m (new)
Paragraph 5 m (new)
5m. Stresses that the demand for the cancellation of the public debt of the African countries has never been more legitimate and necessary in order to release the funds needed for investment in public infrastructure, particularly health infrastructure; calls therefore on the international institutions and the 'creditor' countries to remove the obstacles to development in the African countries by cancelling the debt and interest on the debt which these countries continue to pay;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 n (new)
Paragraph 5 n (new)
5n. Recalls that the aim of the private sector is, by definition, to make a profit; stresses that the search for corporate profit cannot guide the EU's external and humanitarian action, which must be based on respect for human rights, the strengthening of multilateralism and international cooperation, in adherence to the principles of policy coherence for development and 2030 Agenda, peacebuilding efforts and disarmament, the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change; insists that the role of donor and human development partner cannot be outsourced or privatised; regrets that the private sector is not required to meet the same conditions for action in a country as NGOs; underlines the need of holding the private sector accountable, and demonstrate that the support provided by the External Action Guarantee and the European Fund for Sustainable Development to their investments is binding to the achievement of concrete indicators of SDGs;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 141 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal.African states and regional institutions must have the leading role in matters relating to the security of Africa and that the EU should assist its African partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal, including by implementing a conflict prevention, do no harm and policy coherence approach in all aspects of its relationship with Africa; calls therefore for the dismantling of all EU Member States' military bases and ending the CSDP missions in the African continent; calls on the EU to refrain from partnering with governments and security forces with problematic human rights records, as well as for the EU to foresee sanctions on EU Member States that break the rules regarding arms sales;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘LGBTIQ Equality Strategy (2020-2025)’,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on the declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone,1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0089
Amendment 59 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s ‘EU LGBTI Survey II: A long way to go for LGBTI equality',1a _________________ 1a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2020-lgbti-equality-1_en.pdf
Amendment 63 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the first objective of the Union’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020- 2025 focuses on ending gender-based violence and describes it as ‘one of our societies’ biggest challenges’; whereas the Union’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy recalls that everyone has a right to safety, be it at home, in public or online;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of power between women and men, in sexism and gender norms and stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by menand girls in all their diversity by men; whereas gender-based violence also occurs due to perceived deviation from gender norms;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and LGBTI persons and gender-based violence present different but not mutually exclusive forms and manifestations; whereas those different forms of violence are often interlinked with, and inseparable from, offline violence because they can precede, accompany or continue them;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing, dead- naming and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender- based cyberviolence; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas hate speech against LGBTI persons is pervasively common, in particular online, and legislation is notably absent from some Member States’ legislative framework to prevent, address and sanction such forms of online abuse; whereas, at present, 15 Member States do not include gender identity in hate speech legislation; whereas the Commission has proposed to extend the list of ‘EU crimes’ under Article 83(1) TFEU to cover hate crime and hate speech, including when targeted at LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women in all their diversity can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discriminationtargeting of LGBTI persons is often on the grounds of their gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination increase the exposure to violence for women belonging to ethnic minorities, with disabilities, as well as lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women, and can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women and LGBTI persons, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-based cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitments under the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 concerning hate speech online, and the proposal to extend the list of ‘EU crimes’ under Article 83(1) TFEU to cover hate crime and hate speech, including when targeted at LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of domestic violence and abuse because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; highlights that many LGBTI persons were forced to be confined with family members, legal guardians or co-habitants who harassed, abused or exposed them to violence; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through specialised shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violence;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that inter alia stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and lack of sense of control, caused by cyberviolence, can have an impact on mental health and may lead to self-harm and suicidal ideation;
Amendment 285 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that gender norms and stereotypes are at the core of gender discrimination and are one of the main barriers to the entry of women and girls in the ICT and digital fields; stresses the need to tackle the gender gap in the ICT sector through education, awareness-raising campaigns and the promotion of the representation of women in the sector;
Amendment 289 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that the labelling of LGBTI persons as an ‘ideology’ is spreading in online and offline communication and the same is true with regard to ongoing campaigning against so-called ‘gender ideology’ or in favour of ‘anti-gender movements’; highlights that LGBTI activists are often the targets of defamation campaigns, online hate speech and cyberbullying and abuse due to their advocacy work for LGBTI equality;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
The scope should cover any form of gender-based violence committed, assisted or aggravated in part or fully by the use of ICT, such as mobile phones and smartphones, the internet, social media platforms or email, against a woman because she is a woman, or affects women disproportionately. The scope should encompass gender-based violence against LGBTIQ persons, who are targeted because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics.
Amendment 358 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
- ICT-related violations of privacy (including the accessing, sharing and manipulation of private data or images, including intimate data without consent, image-based sexual abuse and non- consensual disclosure of sexual images, doxxing, dead-naming, identity theft);
Amendment 363 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 6
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 6
- sexist, transphobic or interphobic hate speech (including: posting and sharing violent content, use of sexist or gendered comments and insults, abusing women for expressing their own views and for turning away sexual advances, inciting to hatred against individuals on grounds of their gender identity, expression or sex characteristics);
Amendment 373 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States should implement a series of measures in order to prevent gender- based cyberviolence, having an intersectional approach:
Amendment 376 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- awareness-raising and educational programmes involving all relevant actors and stakeholders to address the root causes of gender-based cyberviolence, within the general context of gender-based violence in order to bring about changes in social and cultural attitudes and remove gender norms and stereotypes, while promoting responsible behaviour on social media and increasing literacy about the safe use of the internet;
Amendment 428 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- aggravating circumstances, depending on the profile of the women and, girls and LGBTI victims (exploiting specific characteristics, vulnerabilities of women and girl, girls and LGBTI persons online);
Amendment 17 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 25 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned that the research & development of disruptive military technologies and autonomous weapons play a more and more dominant role in the Unions security policy; is convinced that even partially autonomous systems still force the opponent to further automate its own systems and will lead to a further uncontrollable arms race, which inevitably leads to the introduction of killer robots at the end;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for a total ban on all autonomous weapons systems, regardless of the degree of automation, enshrined in international law, for example in the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) or in a newly drafted convention banning these weapons; further calls for an end to all research into the gradual automation of weapons systems;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 115 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 123 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Rejects the efforts within European Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the envisioned Defence Fund (EDF) to promote research & development of autonomous weapons and disruptive military technologies; calls for an end to EU research in this field; demands the immediate termination of all calls with military AI implications like the call EDIDP-AI-2020 (Defence technologies supported by artificial intelligence);
Amendment 17 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a large proportion of arms supplies continue to go to countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; whereas in 2018, arms to Saudi Arabia worth EUR 1.937 billion, to Egypt worth EUR 1.355 billion and to the United Arab Emirates worth EUR 292 million were exported; whereas these three states are part of the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemen conflict and these exports constitute a clear violation of the Common Position; whereas the current situation in Libya is similar since European arms exports are being authorised to states which are directly involved in the conflict and providing the conflict parties with arms;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas arms exports and transfers have an undeniable impact on human rights and human security, on socio-economic development and on democracy; whereas arms exports also contribute to circumstances that force people to flee from their countries; whereas these are strong reasons for establishing a transparent, effective, commonly implemented and strictly defined arms control system;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that ten Member States made full submissions to the 20th annual report, and eleven to the 21st; deplores the fact that two of the main exporting countries – Germany and the UK – did not make full submissions; whereas, according to the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC), Germany in 2018 issued 3.742 licences for the export of military equipment to 61 states which can be classified as problematic with regard to at least one of the eight criteria of the Common Position;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the eight criteria to be extended and applied also to the transfer of military, security and police personnel, to arms-exports-related services, know- how and training, security technology and to private military and security services; calls further for an upgrade of criterion 8 by making denial of export licences automatic if they are incompatible with development;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the timely and complete transmission and publication of data, for which a strict deadline is set, to end no later than March following the year in which the export took place;
Amendment 121 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Demands, that all Member States which have not provided complete information to provide additional information on their past exports for the next annual report;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Suggests, further, that the COARM annual report should be completed by a summary containing, inter alia, comparative trends with previous years and aggregated figures;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Rejects EU - funds for European arms production for political, ethical and legal (Article 41.2 TEU) reasons; notes that its objective of increasing the “competitiveness” of the European defence industry has a negative impact on the intention to pursue a restrictive arms export policy; is further concerned that the planned large-scale projects like the “Future Combat Air System” and the “Main Ground Combat System” will only be possible through large exports; is concerned, that this could lead to a further erosion of the eight criteria and to a convergence of national export practices to the lowest common denominator;
Amendment 257 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for an assessment of Member States ‘compliance with the eight criteria of the Common Position by an independent group of experts from member states/ Council, Commission and civil society on a parity basis; calls for the publication in the COARM report, by name and on a case-by-case basis, of the States which, according to the group of experts, have violated the Common Position; calls for the introduction of sanctions against those States which, according to the group of experts, have violated the Common Position;
Amendment 307 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for the establishment of a Subcommittee on Arms Exports and Conversion to monitor compliance with the Common Position and address issues relating to the conversion of defence- related industries to the production of civilian goods;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the OECD and Sahel and West Africa Club report 'The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa' (14 Feb 2020),
Amendment 2 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report 'Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019' (April 2020),
Amendment 33 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its securitywithout development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace in the Sahel region; whereas in order to ensure development and poverty eradication it is necessary to tackle the sources of poverty; whereas the primary sources of entrenched poverty in the region are climate change; unsustainable, exploitative and crushing repayment conditions on anid development, each country muand loans; punishing tariff regimes and the effects of having to compete on the global agricultural goods market against heave or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it toily subsidised products from global North countries; the regressive reforms pushed by the World Bank on the agriculture sectors of these countries so they are forced to grow plantation crops for export and import food domestic use food from abroad; the exploitation of natural resources by foreign mining corporations and fossil fuel companies; the ongoing theft of trillions of dollars of tax revenue by global North countries, banks, and companies through the use of transfer mispricing and secrecy jurisdictions; whereas when these structural issues are addressed the work of improving governance can meaningfully progress and contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Global military expenditure was 7.2 per cent higher in 2019 than it was in 2010 and the combined military expenditure of states in Africa grew by 1.5 per cent to an estimated $41.2 billion in 2019, the region's first spending increase for five years;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas given the relationship between security and development, eradication of poverty is key to achieving lasting peace in the region;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment due to the legacies of colonialism, neo-liberal trade policies and economic reforms pushed on these countries by global North governments and major multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF, irregular tax flows into global North tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, the corruption of global North companies who steal money from global South countries using trade misinvoicing and transfer mispricing, compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change for which the global North is responsible, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administrations some of whom are being propped up by the French military, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate to Europe in search of a better life, impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas lasting peace can only be achieved through dialogue and conflict resolution, and never through military operations;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to restricpeated failures to address long-lasting solutions ton their mandate, training programmes, and a lack of basic equipment, including weapons, ammunition and vehicl conflict with development initiatives that would focus on the gaps around social, economic and governance issues that are exploited by the rebels and extremists to gain a foothold and a following in areas where chronic underdevelopment has resulted in a lack of basic governance and public services structures;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 124 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor the Malian army nor the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) have been able to contribute effectively to the fight against jihadists or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse and a new and comprehensive strategy the; whereas it is clear from the historical record that military intervention always leads to a further explosion in violence, from Chad in 1969 to Libya in 2011, Operation Serval in 2013 and Operation Barkhane from 2014 to the present day, again and again these intensely violent interventions bring about a short period of lessened violence that returns with more force needs to be implementedlater on; whereas we have learned from this history that military interventions will always be counter-productive in the long-term, and that unless underlying structural issues around the dynamics of inequality, the unequal distribution of resources and power, and governance issues are addressed, there will never be lasting stability in the region;
Amendment 158 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas many EU Member States do not meet the development cooperation objectives set;
Amendment 180 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for the promotion of a renewed relationship between the EU and the African continent based on solidarity, mutual respect and mutual benefit, adhering always to the principles of respect for international law, national sovereignty and equality between parties;
Amendment 182 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 202 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. CRejects all calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, transport and training essential for improving the combat capability of African armed forces fighting against jihadism; supports the Joint Communication of the Comas a response to the degradation in the security conditions in the region or as a means to fill any gaps in EU missions and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 28 April 2015 entitled ‘Capacity building in support of security and development – Enabling partners to prevent and manage crises’4 ; _________________ 4projects; JOIN(2015)0017.
Amendment 214 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 225 #
2020/2002(INI)
5. Considers that there are no possible sustainabilityle and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affectand that for there to be a possible lasting peace and stability in the region persistent underlying structural problems that primarily stem from global North economic and trade policies must be addressed and that it is therefore necessary:
Amendment 235 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
a) for the EU budget be large enough to effectively address the current challenges relating to training and military equipment (including weapons, munitions and transport)to work towards abolishing the debt burdens of developing countries in order to roll back the remote- control power that rich countries exercise over poor countries, and restore soverign control over economic policy at the national level;
Amendment 244 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) to adapt the APF in order to overcome the current limidemocratise the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, and allow global South countries - who are the world's majority - to have a fair and equal representations o in the acquisition of arms and munitionsse institutions so they can have a real say in the formulation of policies that affect them;
Amendment 250 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 256 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 261 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls article 208 of the TEFU that states that the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. AgreeRejects tohe apply to existing training programmesication of the same facilities for the procurement of military equipment, including weapons, as those currently provided for the deployment and training of the G5 Sahel force, including financial support if needed to existing training programmes;
Amendment 276 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces of the beneficiary countries by:in a direct that encompasses DDR programmes (Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration);
Amendment 279 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point a
Paragraph 10 – point a
Amendment 287 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b
Paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 292 #
2020/2002(INI)
Amendment 295 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d
Paragraph 10 – point d
d) ensuring that training corresponds to the operational reality, i.e. it should include mobility;eleted
Amendment 308 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 318 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 321 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 330 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of jihadists, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), even if some of these services should be temporarily provided by the army or security forces, until such time as the civil administration takes over;
Amendment 335 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 349 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 361 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 370 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the EU to pay particular attention to the spread of jihadism in areas such as the Indian Ocean and West Africa and to lend cooperation and establish untied aid programmes when requiredfor social and economic development, and start engaging with debt cancellation for these countries;
Amendment 384 #
2020/2002(INI)
22. States that there can be no security strategy without jointlong term security goals are dependant on addressing structural issues around debt burdens, illegal tax flows, regressive neoliberal reforms, and other issues that create inequality and stifle genuine development action;
Amendment 389 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 399 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 435 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 25 – point d a (new)
d a) ensuring - through debt cancellation and stopping illicit tax flows - that countries have the financial freedom to give subsidies to their famers in order to allow infant agricultural businesses to grow strong enough to supply their own people and facilitate stronger inner-African trade in agricultural goods;
Amendment 452 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Expresses its deep concern that the current security crisis in Africa could lead to a massive displacement of the population, undermining North African states and affecting Europe;
Amendment 476 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that the EU, together with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, intervenes on a financial level to help control debt and the payment of interestwork towards cancelling debt, suspend the payment of interest immediately, and immediately cancel all so called 'dictator debts' - debts racked up by heads of state with no democratic mandate;
Amendment 482 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 486 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Requests the immediate suspension of the repayment of the debt of global South countries (with interest freeze), requests the constitution of an audit of this and the cancellation of any illegitimate debt (that which did not benefit the populations) without entering the amounts cancelled in official developments assistance (ODA) to inflate it artificially; underlines the importance of reparation payments, in particular the ecological, economic and social debt which the global North countries owe towards the South;
Amendment 487 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Calls for the real democratisation of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, in order to allow global South countries - who are the world's majority - to have a fair and equal representation in these institutions so they can have a real say in the formulation of policies that affect them;
Amendment 488 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29 c. Calls for tax justice, in particular for a change to the WHO's customs invoicing standards which presently facilitate massive corruption and tax fraud by global North companies through trade misinvoicing and transfer mispricing;
Amendment 489 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Amendment 36 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas Turkey has been repeatedly asked to refrain from all actions, which violate the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU member- states, as well as from provocations which impair the prospects for a constructive and sincere dialogue;
Amendment 111 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that Turkey’s continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards has brought EU-Turkey relations to a historical low point, having deteriorated to such an extent that it requires both parties to profoundly reassess the current framework ofstate of their relations;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that no incentive that the EU could offer can ever replace the much- needed political will to build a mature democracy, and respect the principle of good neighbourly relations and, in turn, become a member of the EU;
Amendment 165 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that, since Parliament’s last report, the situation, far from improving, has deteriorated even further; firmly insists, therefore, on the formal suspension of accession negotiations with Turkey, in order for both sidesTurkey to review in a realistic manner the appropriateness of the current framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, to explore possible new modelsits willingness to comply with the current framework, which remains the pre-requisite for a future relationsaccession to the EU;
Amendment 181 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the current lack of understanding between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction that Turkey is a strategica democratic Turkey can be an important neighbour and ally with which the EU wishes to have the best possible relations provided that Turkey endorses a mutual policy of respect towards the EU and all its member-states;
Amendment 223 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that this fundamental area, which is at the core of the accession process, cannot be disconnected and isolated from overall relations and that it remains the maina serious obstacle to progress on any positive agenda that could be offered to Turkey;
Amendment 242 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Deeply regrets that this repressive form of rule has now become a deliberate, relentless, systematic state policy, which extends to any critical activities, such as the use of the right of assembly and demonstration, the Kurdish activism, or even to events that took place prior to the attempted coup, such as the Gezi protests;
Amendment 251 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that the current overly broad anti-terrorism provisions and the abuse of the anti-terror measures have become the backbone of this state policy; is very concerned that, as noted in the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review, the Turkish authorities do not plan any revision of the anti-terrorism law; reiterates its firm condemnation of theany violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), whiand is concerned about the terrorist attacks in Turkey, such has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002the alleged IS attack in Ankara Gar in 2015; hopes for a comprehensive clarification and follow-up;
Amendment 304 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is deeply concerned about the constant attacks and pressure on the opposition parties, which undermines the proper functioning of a democratic system; is deeply concerned about the gradually increasing pressure on the main opposition party (CHP) and its leader, including the confiscation of party brochures by court order, the application for waiver of immunity against the leader on the basis of his political statements, or by the threats made publicly against the CHP leader by a convicted criminal from the field of organised crime and member of the fascist Grey Wolves Movement; is shocked that these threats are described by the de facto coalition partner (MHP- Devlet Bahçeli) as a "democratic expression";
Amendment 317 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes with great concern the way that the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been specifically and continuously targeted by the Turkish authorities; strongly condemns the continued detention of both former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ and the former mayor of Diyarbakır Gülten Kışanak;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Turkey to release all imprisoned human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, academics and others who have been detained on unsubstantiated charges and to enable them to carry out their work without threat or impediment in all circumstances; strongly condemns the re-arrest and continued detention of Osman Kavala, a prominent civil society figure and Ahmet Altan, a prominent author writer; ;
Amendment 335 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that there is growing economic leverage on behalf of the government, including non-transparent distribution of public funds (advertising, public tenders),which allows almost complete control of mass media
Amendment 341 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls upon the Turkish authorities to demonstrate zero tolerance towards all incidents of physical and verbal abuse or threats against journalists and activists.
Amendment 344 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Turkish authorities to promote positive and effective reforms in the area of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, by enabling religious communities to obtain legal personality
Amendment 399 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Turkish authorities to fully respect the historical and cultural character of cultural and religious monuments and symbols, especially those that have been classified as UNESCO world heritage sites
Amendment 408 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Notes with great concern that child labour is still widespread in Turkey, that child abuse has increased in Koran schools and in juvenile prisons; calls for a definitive end to the planned amendment to the law which provides for minors to marry their rapists;
Amendment 415 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recalls that trade union freedom and social dialogue are crucial to the development of a pluralist society; regrets in this context the legislative shortcomings in labour and trade union rights and stresses that the right to organise, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike are fundamental rights of workers; is further concerned about the persistence of strong anti-union discrimination by employers and the dismissals, harassment and imprisonment to which managers and members of some unions continue to be subjected; calls on the Turkish authorities to align themselves with the ILO core labour standards to which the country has committed itself;
Amendment 420 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Stresses that workers are being sacked en masse for organising themselves in trade unions; stresses in this regards the very questionable reasons that are put forward for such dismissals;
Amendment 422 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Is concerned that people living in poverty are the main victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, notes with concern the allegation that the number of infected people is being hidden;
Amendment 424 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly increased unemployment and poverty rates in Turkey;
Amendment 430 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is alarmed by the consolidation of an authoritarian interpretation of the presidential system; is deeply concerned about the continued hyper-centralisation of power in the Presidency, which does not ensure a sound and effective separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches and the judiciary; notes with concern that the presidential system in Turkey shows more and more unmistakable signs of an autocracy;
Amendment 460 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Strongly condemns the removal and imprisonment of democratically elected mayors from office on the basis of questionable evidence and, in particular, their arbitrary replacement by unelected trustees appointed by the central government; strongly believes these unlawful decisions constitute a direct attack on the most basic principles of democracy, depriving millions of voters of their democratically elected representation;
Amendment 483 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment ofIs concerned about the development of an extremely explosive atmosphere explicitly against Syrian refugees, that attacks against Syrian refugees have increased including cases of death; takes the view that the EU- Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with their respective commitments, namely the refugee deal with Turkey, should be terminated immediately;
Amendment 497 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the European Union not to remain complacent and rely on the 2016 EU -Turkey statement, which should be terminated, and to pursue a change in its immigration policy, especially now that the anti-immigration front in Europe is gaining ground.
Amendment 513 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. StressReiterates that athe modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need tis incumbent upon the full and indiscriminate implementation of Turkey’s current obligations, which derive from the present Customs Union Agreement between EU- Turkey, whilst also being based on a strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms as prescribed through the Copenhagen criteria; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States;
Amendment 539 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, whichthus violate both theing the sovereignty and sovereign rights of EU Mmember S-states and international laws protected under the international Law of the Sea and the EU acquis; it deplores that Turkey continues to conduct illegal drillings within the lawfully delimitated EEZ of the Republic of Cyprus and threatens to create new fait accompli contrary to the provisions of UNCLOS; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat, which undermines the prospects for constructive dialogue and are not conducive to good neighbourly relations in the region;
Amendment 551 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on all EU Member States, in view of Turkey's militarised foreign policy, to stop all arms exports to Turkey;
Amendment 559 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns the partial re"opening" of Varosha beach, whichy Turkey on the occupied area of Cyprus, which negatively alters the situation on the ground, undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality; and underlines that this unilateral action violates past agreements and all the relevant UNSC resolutions, particularly Resolutions 550(1984) and789(1992) which call upon Turkey to transfer the Varosha area to its lawful inhabitants under the temporary administration of the UN; warns against any change of the status quo at Varosha in violation of the aforementioned UNSC resolutions;
Amendment 572 #
2019/2176(INI)
28a. Welcomes the efforts under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General to resume negotiations on the Cyprus problem; reiterates its support for a comprehensive, fair and viable solution on the agreed basis of bicommunal bizonal federation with political equality, as this is defined by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, providing for one state with a single sovereignty, a single international legal personality and a single citizenship, in accordance with international law, the EU acquis and the principles on which the EU is founded; draws attention to the call of the UN Secretary-General to relaunch the negotiations as soon as possible and from where they left off at Crans Montana in 2017, therefore on the basis of (a) the Common Declaration of the two leaders of 11 February 2014, (b) his Six Points Framework of 30 June 2017 providing, inter alia, for the termination of the Treaty of Guarantee, of any unilateral right of intervention and the speedy withdrawal of all occupation forces, and (c)the convergences achieved by the end of the Conference; regrets that the highest Turkish authorities have endorsed the two state solution and urges Turkey to review its stance, commit concretely to the UN Secretary General’s call and contribute to the comprehensive settlement on the agreed basis as this is to the mutual benefit of all the involved parties;
Amendment 579 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Amendment 589 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, which constitute grave violations of international law and calls on the Turkish government to end its illegal occupation of northern Syria and Afrin and withdraw its military and paramilitary proxy forces;
Amendment 626 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Regrets that, rather than calling for an end to the violence and for a resumption of peaceful negotiations supporting the efforts of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, Turkey instead decided to unconditionally sustain the military actions of one of the sides in the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and, in violation of the international law, sent foreign proxy forces from Syria to support the war effort;
Amendment 11 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- whereas the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo does not belong to the United Nations Organisation and is not recognised by almost half of its Member States; whereas several EU Member States do not recognise the Republic of Kosovo,
Amendment 14 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
— having regard to its previous resolutions on the countterritory,
Amendment 26 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the self-declared independence of Kosovo is not recognised by five EU Member States;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Kosovo remains the only countterritory in the Western Balkans whose citizens need a visa to travel to the Schengen Area although all benchmarks for visa liberalisation have been fulfilled since 2018;
Amendment 48 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the EU has provided assistance funds of €1.21 billion in the 2007-2020 for key areas where little progress has been made, including democracy and governance, and rule of law and fundamental rights;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas there are currently over 3,500 NATO troops in Kosovo;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Kosovo’s continued commitment to advancing on its European path, as well as the strong support for European integration among Kosovo’s populationthe Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue as the only way forward to solve the ongoing territorial conflict;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the limited progress in implementing the ERA, and calls on the Kosovo authorities to take ownership of the process, demonstrate greater political will and improve administrative capacity in order to enhance implementation of the EU-related reformskey areas such as fundamental rights and rule of law;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 85 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 89 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on increased transparency and closer parliamentary scrutiny of the funds allocated to different programmes in Kosovo; expresses particular concern about the €140.5million allocated to democracy and governance, and the €78.7 million allocated to rule of law and fundamental rights, particularly taking into account lack of progress in these areas and high rates of corruption;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the signature of the agreement for economic normalisation between Kosovo and Serbia on 4 September in Washington; underlines that transatlantic cooperation is a crucial factor for stability in the region;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the immediate withdrawal of NATO troops from Kosovo, as they constitute a threat for stability in the region and for a political solution to the conflict based on dialogue;
Amendment 189 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 194 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo is a priority and a precondition for EU accession; cCalls for active and constructive engagement in the EU-facilitated dialogue led by the EU Special Representative, seeking a comprehensive and legally binding agreement in accordance with international law; reiterates its call to move forward with the full implementation, in good faith and in a timely manner, of all the agreements already reached;
Amendment 211 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that five Member States have not yet recognised Kosovo, and reiterates its calls for them to do so; stresses that recognition would be beneficial to the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbiais position to be respected and taken into account in the Commission and EEAS policy towards Kosovo;
Amendment 238 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that strong political support, effective implementation and close monitoring are required to fight Kosovo’s large informal economy, which constitutes a serious barrier to the development of its private sector, and affects the capacity of the state to provide good quality public services, and makes it impossible to guarantee workers' rights;
Amendment 12 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to Article 2(4) of the UN Charter,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the lasting deterioration in the Union’s strategic environment in the face of multiple challenges directly or indirectly affecting the security of its Member States and citizens: armed conflicts immediately to the east and south of the European continent, jihadist terrorism, cyber attacks, uncontrolled migration, increasing threats to natural resourcescyber attacks, terrorism, climate change, etc.;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that instability and unpredictability on the Union’s borders and in its immediate neighbourhood (north Africa, the Middle East, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Balkans, etc.) pose a direct threat to the security of the continent; stresses the inextricable link between internal and external security; stresses the role played by a number of EU states in undermining the external security situation through EU foreign and trade policy;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that global actors (the US, China, Russia) and an increasing number of regional actors (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc.) are seeking to assert power through a combination of unilateral diplomatic posturing and increasing military military build-ups;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that, in this context, these actors are deliberately circumventing or attempting to destroy the multilateral mechanisms essential to maintaining peace; also deplores the fact that EU countries are facilitating the increasing military build up through continued arms sales to some of the most agressive actors in the region;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Union has been slow to react and adaptcontributing – politically, diplomatically and militarily – to new crises and to this new international context; considers that, in the specific area of defence, insufficient investment, differences in capabilities and a lack of interoperability, but also, and above all, a political reluctance to implement the robust provisions provided for in the European treaties and the numerous cooperation arrangements between Member States have weakened the Union’s ability to play a decisive role in external crises; recognises, further, that no country is able by itself to address the security challenges on the European continent and in its immediate environment;
Amendment 113 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to strengthen its freedom to assess, take decisions and take action where circumstances so require in order to defend its interests and valuesthe financial interests of some of its member states abroad;
Amendment 123 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, therefore, that European strategic autonomy is based, above all, on the ability of the Union to assess a crisis situation and take a decision autonomously, which necessarily entails an independent decision-making process, the availability of means of assessment and a freedom to analyse and take action; considers, also, that European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to act alone when its interests are at stake (theatres of operations not considered as priorities by its European partners) or within the framework of existing cooperation arrangements; considers, lastly, that European strategic autonomy is part of a multilateral framework which respects commitments within the UN and complements the (NATO) alliances and partnerships to which most, but not all Member States are signed up; stresses that strategic autonomy does not mean that the Union will systematically act alone, everywhere and always;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the affirmaRejects the notion of European strategic autonomy being dependsent on the establishment of European defence cooperation in the technological, capability, industrial and operational fields; considers that only practical and, flexible, strictly peaceful and civil cooperation based on pragmatic initiatives will make it possible to gradually overcome the difficulties, forge a genuine common strategic culture and shape common responses tailored to the continent’s main security and defence issues;
Amendment 147 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved if Member States demonstrate solidarity, which is reflected in particular in the need to prioritise the procurement of European capabilities where equipment is available and competitive;
Amendment 155 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is a legitimate and necessary ambition and that it must remain a priority objective of European defence policy; stresses that its practical and operational implementation is a common responsibility of European statesformulated as an ambition to increase military spending and futher the militarisation of the EU is an ethically illegitimate concern;
Amendment 161 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 172 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that Europe’s defence is based largely on the Union’s capacity to intervene militarily, in a credible manner, in external theatres of operationsecurity is best defended by focusing on poverty eradication, unconditional humanitarian aid, sustainable and fair economic development, stopping global tax regimes from facilitating corruption, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 187 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Union currently has a presence on three continents through the deployment of 16 civilian or military missions (10 civilian and six military, of which three are executive and three are non-executive missions); recognises the contribution made by these missions to peace and international security and stability; stresses that their implementation must be accompanied by an overhaul of the instruments laid down in the Lisbon Treaty and introduced in recent years, in order to make them more effectiveat none of these missions have contributed substantially to peace, international security, and stability;
Amendment 194 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and European bodies to prioritise and maintain a high level of commitment in Africa; welcomes, thereforeregrets, the Council’s decision of July 2018 to extend the mandate of the EUTM RCA military training mission for two years and its intention to launch a civilian mission to complement the military component; notes that these recent developments are a positive sign of re-engagement on the part of the Member States;
Amendment 199 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Questions whether missions sach as EUTM MAli are helping the region or aggravating the situation; notes that there have been multiple attacks on EUTM Mali soldiers, UN MINUSMA soldiers, MAlian soldiers, and Operation Barkhane since 2013;
Amendment 204 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is concerned at the deteriorating situation in Burkina Faso; wonders whether it would be appropriate to deploy a civilian and/or military mission in order to strengthen security sector governance, human rights and the restoration of people’s trust in their security forces;
Amendment 227 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. DeplorNotes the lengthy decision- making and implementation processes; points out that very few recent military operations have been given an executive mandate because of the different speeds at which commitment decisions are made, and calls, in this connection, for changes to CSDP structures and procedures so that missions can be deployed in a more rapid, flexible and coherent manner; notes the use of a new crisis management tool – the launching of mini-missions under Article 28 TEU – with a view to responding to crises more quickly and flexibly;
Amendment 236 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the importance of organising joint training and exercises between European armed forces, thereby promoting interoperability, with a view to maximising mission preparedness and addressing a broad range of threats, both conventional and non-conventional; stresses that these joint training and exercises should never be conducted in the service of the development of the much mooted 'EU Army';
Amendment 259 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that the issue ofe financing for military CSDP missions and operations is crucial to the sustainability of the policy; highlights the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism so that it covers the full costs of CSDP military operations and missions; supporexcuded from possibility in line with Article 41(2) TEU which outlines that expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications shall not be funded by the UNion budget; regrets, in this connection, the proposal by the VP/HR, backed by the Commission, to create a European Peace Facility, which would finance part of the costs of EU defence activities, including the joint costs of CSDP military operations and those relating to military capacity-building for partners; hopes that the Member States will reach an agreement quickly so that this instrument can be introduced; stresses the importance of making the Union’s financial rules more flexible in order to enhance its ability to respond to crises and facilitate the implementation of Lisbon Treaty provisions; calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider a flexible mechanism to help Member States wishing to participate in a CSDP mission to bear the cost of doing so, thereby facilitating their decision to launch or strengthen a mission; notes that this instrument would be wholly consistent with the Union’s strategic autonomy objectives in the operational fieldweaponry and military equipment; calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider a flexible mechanism to help Member States wishing to participate in a CSDP mission to bear the cost of doing so, thereby facilitating their decision to launch or strengthen a mission; emphasises that it is empirically proven that the most effective method of preserving and promoting peace and stability is to focus on poverty eradication, unconditional humanitarian aid, sustainable and fair economic development, stopping global tax regimes from facilitating corruption, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 263 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. SuOpportses the creation of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) for executive missions to enable all CSDP military operations to be carried out; calls for enhanced cooperation between the MPCC and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability; draws attention to the problems of recruitment and resource provision, which need to be overcome in order for the MPCC to be fully effective; calls on the EEAS to transform the MPCC from a virtual entity, with multiple-assignment posts, into a robust civilian-military entity which can plan and conduct operationsrejectsany any military-civilian operations and any subordiantion of areas of civilian competence to the military;
Amendment 271 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes the failure of the Union’s battlegroup project; the battlegroups have never been deployed since their creation in 2007, owing in particular to opposition on the part of all the Member States and the complexity of their implementation and funding, which is at odds with the original objective of speed and efficiency; stresses that the battlegroups be dismantled immediate effect;
Amendment 276 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes that the mutual assistance clause (Article 42(7) TEU), which has been invoked once, demonstrates the solidarity among Member States in the common fight against terrorism; notes, however, that the conditions for triggering the article and the arrangements for providing the assistance required have never been clearly defined; calls for a more operinsists that any measures taken against terrorist activities should be treated within the rule of law, and purely by means of police investigation and enforcement as well as multifaceted preventive measures; opposes therefore the activational and implementation of this instrumentArticle 42(7) of the TEU;
Amendment 290 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expects the Union to make effective use of all existing CSDP policy instruments in the areas of diplomacy, cooperation, development, civil and peaceful conflict management and peacekeepingrevention; stresses that CSDP military and civilian instruments cannot, under any circumstances, be the only solution to security issues and; strongly regrets therefore that athe ‘comprehensive approach’ should always be adopted; considers that only the use of all these instruments on the basis of a ‘comprehensive approach’ will provide the flexibility needed to effectively achieve the most ambitious security objectivin its current formualtaion and implementation is de facto the subordination of all relevant policy areas and options under CSDP which at present principally represents the geostrategic and economic interests of certain EU entities and member states;
Amendment 312 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. WelcomeRegrets the significant reversal of the trend of cuttincreases ing defence budgets; is of the opinion that this should be not be supported andor encouraged at Union level; adds that military personnel should be guaranteed a living wage;
Amendment 317 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. WelcomeRegrets the recent efforts by the European institutions and the Member States, following on from the publication of the ‘EU Global Strategy’, to breathe new life into the hitherto virtual instruments of the CSDP and to fully implement the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that these promising ambitions must nowt be consolidated and followed up with practical action so that they make an effective contribution to security on the European continent;
Amendment 325 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Notes with satisfactionDeeply regrets the Commission’s proposal of 2 May 2018 to establish a EUR 13 billion budget line for defence in the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) under the heading of industrial policy; notes that this proposal, which reflects an unprecedented commitment by the Commission, remains subject to the unanimous agreement of the Member States in the next MFF;
Amendment 329 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. WelcomeRejects the Commission’s proposal of June 2017 to create a European Defence Fund (EDF), which would foster cooperation between Member States and support the European defence industry; notes that this proposal is the first initiative for which Community funds are to be used in direct support of defence projects; recognises that this is a major step forward for European defence, from both a political and an industrial perspective; notes that the EDF could finance structural projects such as the future European aircraft or tank or a European anti-missile defence capability; notes that the 2019 work programme for the preparatory action will focus on electromagnetic spectrum dominance and future disruptive defence technologies, two key areas for maintaining Europe’s technological independence in the long term; welcome; rejects, also, the adoption by the Commission in March 2019 of the first European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the publication of nine calls for proposals for 2019, including for the Eurodrone, which is a key capability for Europe’s strategic autonomy; points out that 12 further calls for proposals will follow in 2020, covering priority areas in all domains (air, land, sea, cyber and space); notes the link between the procurement decisions taken today by the Member States and the prospects for industrial and technological cooperation under the EDF; recalls that the setting-up of the new heading V on Security and Defence, the EU defence research programme, European Defence Fund and Military Mobility clearly violate the provisions laid down in Article 41(2)TEU which states that any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget; denounces and deeply deplores the unprecedented speed with which the EU is being militarised; emphasises that it is empirically proven that the most effective method of preserving and promoting peace and stability is to focus on poverty eradication, unconditional humanitarian aid, sustainable and fair economic development, stopping global tax regimes from facilitating corruption, peaceful and diplomatic conflict resolution, disarmament, demobilisation of troops and reintegration programmes;
Amendment 343 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the effectivStrongly rejects the implementation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an important step towards closer cooperation in security and defence among Member Statesthe founding of the EU defence Union; stresses that this provision, introduced in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty (Article 46 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), is legally binding and includes a set of ambitious commitments to enable European countries wishing to do so to move ahead faster on common defence projects; recognises the rolewhich will further militarise the EU; warns in this regard that with PESCO can play in structuring European demand; notes that a significant number of EDIDP-eligible projects are being developed within the PESCO framework and may also benefit from higher rates of subsidy; supports full consistency between PESCO projects and the EDFthe existing unanimity rule in the Council concerning CSDP decisions will be annulled;
Amendment 355 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. NoteRejects the Commission’s proposal to allocate EUR 6.5 billion to military mobility projects in the next MFF; Recalls Article 41(2) of the TEU prohibiting the use of the EU Budget for military or defence operations;
Amendment 360 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Questions the slow start-up of the 34 projects and the delays to the launch of a third wave of 13 projects, given that none are as yet up and running; notes that only four projects will reach their initial operational capacity in 2019; highlights the lack of ambition and scale of some projects, which do not address the most obvious capability gaps, particularly those in the first wave, which are primarily capability projects involving as many Member States as possible; notes that the desired inclusion of participation in PESCO projects should not jeopardise a high level of ambition on the part of the participating Member States; considers that third countries’ involvement should be subject to stringent conditions and based on established and effective reciprocity; calls on the Member States to submit projects with a strategic European dimension, thereby strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), which is an essential part of the strategic autonomisation process and relates more to the operational side in order to respond directly to the operational needs of European armed forces;
Amendment 383 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses the strategic dimension for Europe of the space sector, and emphasises the need to make progress in developing technologies with both civilian and military uses which are capable of ensuring European strategic autonomy; welcomat Europe should not contribute to the militarisation of Space; notes the inclusion in the next MFF of the Commission’s EUR 16 billion space programme proposal to boost EU space leadership; welcomes the progress made on EU satellite services (Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS); emphasises that, if it is to enjoy decision-making and operational autonomy, the Union must have adequate satellite resources in the fields of space imagery, intelligence-gathering, communications and space surveillance; considers that space-based services should be fully operationalised in order to provide high-resolution satellite imaging in support of CSDP missions and operations; stresses the need to finance, through the EDF, industrial projects with a space dimension where the Union can generate real added value;
Amendment 408 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Welcomes efforts to strengthen the Union’s capacity to address ‘hybrid’ threats, which are combinations of ambiguous posturing, direct and indirect pressure and the involvement of military and non-military capabilities, and are just some of the range of internal and external security challenges facing the Union; notes the reflections on the triggering of the mutual assistance clause with regard to hybrid threats in order to provide the Union with an effective common response;
Amendment 446 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Draws attention to NATO’s fundamental role in collective defence, as explicitly recognised in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; believes that the EU-NATO partnership is essential for addressing the security challenges facing Europe and its neighbourhood; believes that EU-NATO cooperation should be complementary and takes full account of each of the two institution’s specific features and roles; affirms that not all EU Member States are members of NATO;
Amendment 460 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Supports, in parallel with institutional cooperation and partnerships, the combining of different forms of flexible, multifaceted, open and, at the same time, operational, ambitious and demanding cooperation, both within and outside EU, NATO and UN structures, which could facilitate joint commitments in operations, thereby strengthening the Union’s operational strategic autonomy; stresses, in this connection, that examples of cooperation such as the European Intervention Initiative, the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) and the increasing integration of the German and Dutch armed forces refelct this drive for closer military cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 4 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that between 1962 and 1971, the US army sprayed some 80 million litres of Agent Orange over the forests and crops in South Vietnam in an effort to deprive the local population of food and prevent progress by the national liberation movement and guerrillas; points out that the agent has infiltrated subterranean waters and rivers, causing serious physical and mental disadvantages for some 3 million Vietnamese people; points out that 1 million Vietnamese people are still suffering serious consequences, including the 150 000 people born with birth defects;
Amendment 11 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that all parties must uphold human rights and, in this respect, the French Government should take responsibility for the crimes it committed in Vietnam during the colonial period, including the imprisonment of 20 000 Vietnamese resistance fighters in the Poulo-Condor concentration and forced labour camp; takes the view, therefore, that any agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam should require the French authorities to provide a list of all those Vietnamese resistance detainees who were imprisoned and died on the island of Côn Đảo during the French occupation;
Amendment 31 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the fight for justice for the millions of Agent Orange victims and detoxification of the soil should be a top priority in future EU-Vietnam agreements; takes the view that the San Francisco judgment of 10 August 2018 against Montsanto has created a solid legal basis for solving similar issues; reiterates, therefore, that the EU should do everything in its power to support a comprehensive plan of action to tackle the environmental and human damage caused by Agent Orange, including supporting the Vietnam Association For Victims Of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) in its legal action against US chemical companies that produce Agent Orange;