Activities of Hermann TERTSCH related to 2021/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A new EU-China strategy (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a new EU-China strategy
Amendments (105)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— – having regard to the EU-China dialogue on human rights, launched in 1995, and the 37th round thereof, held in Brussels on 1 and 2 April 2019,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to Article 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, which guarantees all citizens the right to freedom of religious belief, and to Article 4 thereof, which upholds the rights of ‘minority nationalities’;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the report of the Reflection Group Appointed by the NATO Secretary General of 25 November 2020 entitled ‘NATO 2030: United for a New Era’,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué of London, May 5, 2021;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other UN human rights treaties and instruments,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— having regard to its previous resolutions and reports on the situation in China and EU-China relations, in particular those of 21January 2021 on the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong and of 17 December 2020 on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and having regard to its previous recommendations relating to Hong Kong, in particular that of 13 December 2017 to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on Hong Kong, 20 years after handover;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the Protocol of 2014 to the International Labour Organization (ILO)Forced Labour Convention of 1930, which has not been signed by China,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
— having regard to the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy of June 2016,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
— having regard to the European Union Maritime Security Strategy,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 f (new)
Citation 5 f (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concluded on 10 December 1982 and in force since 16 November 1994,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a whereas in its strategic framework on human rights and democracy, the EU pledges that human rights, democracy, and the rule of law will be promoted ‘in all areas of the EU’s external actions without exception’, and that the EU will ‘place human rights at the centre of its relations with all third countries including strategic partners’;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas through its strong economic growth and ambitious hegemonic foreign policy agenda, China is assfirmly detertming a stronger globaled to play a world´s leading power role both as an economic power and as foreign policy actor, which poses serious political, economic, security and technological challedangers to the EU, has significant consequences for the world order and poses threats to liberal democracydemocratic values;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the Peoples Republic of China is a unitary, one-party communist state, governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC), committed to Marxism– Leninism; whereas as such it does not share democratic values such as individual freedom, freedom of speech and freedom of religion;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas China has a wide and extensive track record of human rights violations that eschewcontradict and violate the country’s bilateral and multilateral commitments in these areas;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in 1984, China applied rules under which it was permitted to forcibly extract the organs of people who had been imprisoned or executed for belonging to minority ethnic religious groups such as Uyghurs, Christians, Tibetans and Falun Gong, for the purposes of selling the organs on the black market, and whereas in 2015 the Chinese regime undertook to put a stop to this atrocious, intolerable practice that is still being carried out today; whereas the UN Committee against Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment have expressed concern about reports of organs being removed from Falun Gong prisoners and have asked the Government of the People’s Republic of China to increase accountability and transparency in the organ transplant system and to take action to ensure that those responsible for such abuses are prosecuted and punished;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas in the recent years the Communist Party of China has taken an increasingly aggressive approach to exerting influence in democracies around the world, efforts recently expanded under the cover of COVID-19 responses, by utilizing economic leverage and technological superiority, state-direction of the economy, and export of authoritarianist information operations, and an expanding digital toolkit, in an aim to bolster autocrats and contributing to the erosion of democracy worldwide,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas China constantly rejects all the recommendations made by UN member states with regard to the freedom of expression, the freedom of association, the independence of the judiciary, guarantees for the legal profession, the protection of human rights defenders, the rights of ethnic minorities, the abolition of the death penalty, the abolition of ‘re- education’ through labour, the prohibition of torture, freedom of the press, effective remedies to combat discrimination, and many other issues;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the existing EU China Strategy has revealed its limitations in the light of recent developments and the challengethreats posed by China and needs to be updated;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) elaborateconsider a more assertive EU- China strategyapproach that unites all Member States and shapes relations with Beijing in the interest of the Member States and the EU as a whole, while defending our values and promoting a rules-based multilateral order;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) propose a new EU-China strategyfuture new approach to the European Union's relations with China based on six pillars:
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 5
5) Fostering open strategic autonomySafeguarding the EU´s interests;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 6
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 6
6) Defence of core European interests and values by transforming the EU into a geopolitical actor while respecting the sovereignty of the Member States;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 6 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point 6 a (new)
6 a) Calls on the Commission to stop the EU-China Global Investment Agreement as long as China does not guarantee and show respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens as well as does not fulfil international commitments and its own obligations such as Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong Basic Law;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the new EU-China strategy involves China in an open dialogue on global challenges, such as climate changethe environment and the fight against global pandemics;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the VP / HR to ensure that the new approach to EU-China relations engages China in an open dialogue on global challenges, such as the environment -on the basis that China is the world's most polluting power- and the fight against pandemics on a global scale;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports greater dialogue and cooperation with China on peace and security, sustainable development, science, technology and innovation, environmental issues, space and aerospace, founded on a shared commitment to openness and working together in a transparent, just and equitable manner as part of a rules-based international system;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports greater dialogue and cooperation with China on peace and security, sustainable development, science, technology and innovation, environmental issues, space and aerospace;contribution to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and environmental issues, including ocean protection, overfishing, pollution, unchecked resource extraction, animal trafficking,
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Remind that while at the Davos Forum last January 2021, the European Union urged with its climate agenda and its "leaders" in governments threatened their middle classes with the alleged need for new tax increases and penalties, the leader of China -the most polluting country in the world- resorted to propaganda to misinform with lessons on how to manage the health of the planet and with new promises, like all the previous ones, unfulfilled;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that some fields of cooperation such as ITC, space and aerospace, can have a dual use application and can be used against Chinese citizens and against the West;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underscorlines the importance of capitalising on China’s commitment to tackling climate change by reinforcing partnership in this field and emphasises the need to ensure that China commits to peak its emissions before 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement by implementing a carbon border adjustment mechanismforcing China to respect environmental commitments and recalls that according to the European Commission reports, China has the highest polluting emissions in the world for years;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for result-oriented Human Rights Dialogues to be held regularly and in a transparent manner and calls for a solid benchmarking of the progress made in bilateral dialogues more generally;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the UN Human Rights Council to be asked to investigate the continued breaches of human rights in China, particularly, but not exclusively, the Uyghur genocide; calls for China to be required to allow UN Human Rights Council rapporteurs and special rapporteurs on human rights to enter the country and carry out a free and independent investigation so that they can draw up a report on the worrying and alarming situation with regard to systematic breaches of human rights and the Uyghur genocide;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets that the open dialogue with China and trust necessary for building a transparent relationship will be difficult bearing in mind the PRC's growing espionage activities, malign influence activities and cyber attacks targeting the EU and EU Member States;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. emphasises the universal and unified character of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and reaffirms UNCLOS’s important role in setting out the legal framework that governs all activities in the ocean and the seas. In this regards calls on China to refrain from any unilateral actions that could escalate tensions and undermine regional stability and the international rules-based order and express serious concerns about reports of militarisation, coercion, and intimidation in the region,
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained people and prisoners of conscience, including practitioners of Falun Gong, and for an end to enforced disappearances, and insists that all individuals should be able to choose their legal representative, have access to their family and to medical care, and have their cases investigated;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to engage in dialogue with China on possible ways to improve, in a transparent manner, initial response capabilities to infectious diseases that have the potential to develop into epidemics or pandemics, including recognition, risk-mapping and early warning systems to ensure better global preparedness to respond to pandemics; calls further on China to cooperate fully in an independent investigation into the origins of COVIDSARS-CoV-2;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines that the virus originated in China and calls for an independent investigation into the Chinese Communist Party's role and responsibility in escalating a local COVID-19 outbreak into a devastating global pandemic; calls for the Chinese Communist Party to pay reparations for the loss of life and economic damage to those affected if found responsible; notes that negligence is not an excuse;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that negotiations on the agreement in principle on investments between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China have seemingly – and quite rightly – been stalled since China retaliated to EU sanctions, with the Chinese regime adopting an increasingly hostile stance towards the EU; emphasises that this might be an opportunity for a fresh start when it comes to establishing a comprehensive strategy with like-minded, democratic countries that do not pose a threat to the interests of the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that the promotion of and respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law has to remain at the centre of the relationship between the EU and China, in line with the EU’s commitment to upholding these values in its external action and China’s expressed interest in adhering to them in its own development and international cooperation;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points out that the agreement in principle on investments between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China gives China access to strategic EU sectors (telecoms, energy infrastructure, modern information and digital technologies connected, for example, with big data, intelligence, robotics and smart manufacturing), facilitating China’s ‘technological supremacy’ and thereby fulfilling one of the objectives set in the country’s ‘Made in China 2025’ plan, which involves the Chinese Government promoting Chinese firms by making government funds available to them so that they can acquire sections of the European economy that are critical to the EU’s security, at the same time leaving the EU at the mercy of technologies provided by third countries whose values and methods are unreliable;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Points out that with the pandemic the EU has witnessed how dangerously dependent it is on China for health equipment, and that shortfalls of materials, components, batteries and computer chips are becoming increasingly frequent owing to supply freezes by China, which have a direct impact on the stability of manufacturing and the business fabric of the Member States;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Points out that, as it currently stands, the agreement in principle on investments between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China will make the EU more dependent, also in agriculture, where the Chinese Government is investing large amounts of money in agricultural technology and innovation under a legislative framework that allows it to do whatever it wants; points out, furthermore, that under the current approach it would be easier for China to continue buying European firms and farmland, thereby increasing Europe’s dependence on a country in which, for example, private property does not exist, and food safety standards are a world away from those that apply in Europe;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Points out that the individual interests of certain Member States for whom China is their main trading partner cannot be the main objective of the EU when it comes to drawing up or concluding agreements between the EU and China, and even less so if those objectives are clearly detrimental to the interests, stability and security of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Points out with concern that China is using current advances in science, technology and innovation for purposes that are contrary to European principles, and points out that it has built up a sophisticated network of invasive digital surveillance that includes facial recognition technology and data collection, which it uses to monitor and oppress population groups that the Chinese Communist Party does not like;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Underlines the conditions and pre- ratification commitments that must be met and must be checked before Parliament can give its consent to any agreement between the EU- and China CAI, notably:
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a
Paragraph 8 – point a
(a) having a timetable for China’s ratification and implementationeffective compliance of key International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on labour rights and a robust monitoring mechanism, as well as concrete measures or steps towards putting an end to other human rights violations against the Uyghur minoritys, Tibetans, Christians and other religious communities and churches, in China;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
(a a) having a timetable for China’s ratification and effective compliance of all Human Right International standars and principles (universal framework);
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
Paragraph 8 – point b
(b) a recommitment by China to upholdand effective fulfillment by China that it will respect and fulfill its international commitments to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong’s Basic Law;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
(c) the immediate lifting of the counter-sanctions imposed by the Chinese Government on EU entities and individuals;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. States its support for UN to carry out legal investigations into alleged genocide and crimes against humanity taking place China, in particular in the Xinjiang region and Tibet;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Stresses that the PRC, as a permanent member of the Security Council of the UN, but also as a signatory of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, is a State part of the international human rights system, within and beyond the UN; while having this in mind, condemns in the strongest possible terms the scale and scope of the human rights violations by the PRC, in particular on the Uighur minority in the Xinjian region, which fulfil the definition of genocide as defined in the 1948 Genocide Convention, and stresses that other State Parties of the 1948 Genocide Convention have the legal obligation to take measures to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide, including by enacting relevant legislation and punishing perpetrators;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the future EU strategy onnew approach to the European Union's relations with China should provide the necessary tools and data to analyse the political, economic, social and technological threats stemming from China, its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and 17+1 policies, its investment strategy and their implications for the Union’s strategic autonomy and the liberal ordergeopolitical stance and the multilateral rules-based order; estimates that this analysis will be accompanied by an in-depth study of the economic and social impact on the lives of the 446 million citizens of the 27 EU Member states;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to commission an EU-wide audit and broken down by Member States of the EU dependency on China in certain strategically important and critical sectors, setting out plans to reduce dependency, while maintaining overall trade relations with China, which should be as open as possible always under the criterion of strict reciprocity;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. expresses its serious concerns about China's belligerent attempt to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas by force, unilaterally by repeatedly intruding into the territorial seas, conducting “confrontation exercises”, also jointly with Russian Federation, building and militarizing artificial islands, flouting the international law of the sea with excessive maritime claims, attempting to restrict the freedom of navigation and overflight and using civilian vessels to expand China’s presence in disputed areas,
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
(a) preserving the EU’s unity and full respect for the sovereignty of the Member states;;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b
Paragraph 14 – point b
(b) building on the EU toolbox for national risk-mitigating measures, to develop joint standardand harmonised risk-mitigating to propose measures for the new generation of technologies, such as 5G networks;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
(c) strengthening the EU’s unique brand ofa responsible European global leadership;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c – point i (new)
Paragraph 14 – point c – point i (new)
i) to take into account Beijing’s new strategic intent and capabilities and directly address areas where Beijing’s current objectives—and the levers Beijing deploys to pursue them—either complement or conflict with EU's interests,
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point c a (new)
(c a) Limit Beijing’s ability to exploit EU's openness for China’s gain,
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d
Paragraph 14 – point d
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d
Paragraph 14 – point d
(d) ensuring that the President of the Commission is present atCommission and Council closely observe the BRI annual forum to ensurand encourage that the decisions taken by EU Member States involved in the BRI initiative are in line withdonot undermine common EU policies and interests;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
(d a) cooperate closely with like-minded partners to set high standards that promote sustainable finance, environmental preservation, fair business conditions, transparency and high labour standards especially in regions of strategic importance,
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e
Paragraph 14 – point e
(e) examining all infrastructure contracts in EU Member States and accession countries to ensure their conformity with EU legislation;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e – point i (new)
Paragraph 14 – point e – point i (new)
i) to review EU's regional strategic, in particular for Africa and Indo-Pacific region, to bolster the rule of law and human rights in regional countries facing growing influence from China,
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point e a (new)
(e a) to work collectively to foster global economic resilience in the face of arbitrary, coercive economic policies and practices and to review how the PRC fulfils obligations and responsibilities commensurate with its global economic role and membership in international organizations such as the WTO,
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is deeply concerned at the situation in the East China Sea, where Beijing has escalated tensions by declaring its own air defence identification zone (ADIZ), conducted military exercises in an attempt to intimidate Taipei, and pursue an aggressive and sustained campaign to undermine Taiwan’s democratic process and popular support for the current Taiwanese government through disinformation campaigns and other influence operations and that continuation of such practices makes Beijing an unreliable actor which actions need to be halted in order to save the international rule based order, stability and peace in Indo-Pacific region,
Amendment 317 #
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the future EU-China strategy should berevision of the European Union's relations with China should be the subject of a broad consensus, as well as more coordinated between the EU institutions and the Member States, as well as between the different Commission Directorates General;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the EU to work with all Member States which do not have investment screening mechanisms to urgently bring forward such legislation as a precondition of the ratification of theany EU- China CAIagreement, in line with the EU Framework for Screening of Foreign Direct Investment, and calls for Member States to be issued with special guidance on screening investments and acquisitions from Chinese firms under the influence of the Chinese state;
Amendment 345 #
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, to threats or censorship from Chinese channels, having the obligation to denounce, condemn and sanction such attitudes;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned by the assertive and, at times,unacceptable and aggressive diplomatic pressure from the Chinese authorities; underlines that EU institutions can in no way bow to pressure or censorship from Chinese channels; is concerned by the activities of the Confucius Institutes in the EU;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Is concerned with the close ties between the CCP and industry in China, particularly security companies; recommends that Member States undertake an internal audit of procurement practices to ensure that products integrated into their national networks and defence institutions are free of technologies coming from companies in China;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Expresses its solidarity with the Czech Republic after Chinese Foreign Minister's threats to the Czech Senat Speaker; is of the opinion that threats to Member States or any other country are unacceptable;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the VP/HR to coordinate the Union’s actions with like-minded partners on the protection of human rights and support for civil society in China and for Chinese diaspora around the world living under CCP pressure, as well as the defence of liberal democracy in the worlddemocratic values, notably in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and with a view to engaging China to respect international law, the freedom of navigation and the peaceful resolution of disputes;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it necessary for the EU to promote a balanced and prosperous transatlantic relationship with the BidenU.S. Administration, in the framework of a Transatlantic Dialogue on China, including a parliamentary dimension, in order to maintain and demonstrate the united strength of global liberal democracies in multilateral organisations;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the importance of the EU remaining vigilant about China’s changing role and growing global influence in multilateral organisations and to ensure better coordination among the Member States and towards combining the strength of global liberal democracies in order to respond to this development; like-minded partners in order to respond to this development aimed at replace global governance with a system based on authoritarian governance principles and eroding U.N. mechanisms for human rights accountability; notices that the Chinese government’s greater engagement with international and multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, Interpol, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Telecommunication Union or International Civil Aviation Organization aims to reshape norms, standard and practices globally in order to foster China's long-term geopolitical strategy and economic interests; regrets that Chinese domestic censorship, exercised now, among others, at the United Nations forum, aims at manipulating procedures to minimize scrutiny of China's conduct, in particular in the case of the situation of ethnic Uyghur Muslims and other Turkic Muslim minorities,
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the importance of the EU remaining vigilant about China’s changing role and growing influence in multilateral organisations and to ensure better coordination among the Member States and towards combining the strength of global liberallike-minded democracies in order to respond to this development;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. reviews China's actions aimed at undermining the global trading system by violating the rules and norms of that system, and then using its market size to evade or undermine international enforcement efforts; calls for addressing China's unfair trade practices through better use of the WTO rules and procedures,
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Regrets Chinese support to the most oppressive regimes worldwide, in particular in Syria, Iran and North Korea, but also in Venezuela and Cuba,
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. calls for a stronger cooperation and establishing a system which will end decades long China's pracitces of aggressive and irresponsible acts in cyber space, including refraining from conducting or supporting cyberattacks, forced technology transfers, cyber- espionage and cyber-enabled intellectual property theft,
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Is concerned about economic coercion against Member States and third countries; supports the idea of collective economic defence via collaboration with likeminded democracies against China’s economic coercion;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Fostering open strategic autonomyresilience and reducing dependence
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that investment and trade conditionality by itself is not enough to counter Chinese assertiveness; finds that the EU should increase strategic autonomy, predatory technology acquisitions and technonationalist industrial policies; finds that the EU should foster resilience by addressing other dimensions of the EU- China relationship, notably digital and technological sovereignty and supply chain security; in this regard calls to take into account enhanced rules requiring Chinese firms to undergo security screening before investing in certain strategic sectors, including IT, telecommunication, energy, transport, in order to expose the CCP and government ties—such as Huawei and ZTE, which refused to provide similar information in the past and are not willing to abide high transparency standards,
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that investment and trade conditionality by itself is not enough to counter Chinese assertiveness; finds that the EU should increase strategic autonomreduce its dependency by addressing other dimensions of the EU- China relationship, notably digital and technological sovereignty and supply chain security;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the CAI and other instruments mitigate theunder strict surveillance a potential global investment agreement or other instruments do not have the serious distorting effects caused by Chinese subsidies on state-owned companies when moving to acquire EU companies and bid in EU public procurement procedures;
Amendment 429 #
28. Calls for increased funding for 5G rollout projectsEuropean projects related to the deployment of 5G technology and research inton 6G, AI and big data technology, in orderartificial intelligence and big data to be encouraged, protected and promoted to ensure future network security and an increased digital sovereignty in the European digital industry, which will be vital for digitalisization and for European economic growth, but also for closing the and to avoid the widening technologicaly gap with China;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to propose a strategy to deal with trade imbalances more broadly, going beyond the insufficient current trade defensive instruments, if necessary, so as to tackle the large structural trade deficit, and stand up to China’s abuse of large-scale export credits and loans, the opaque financing of strategic Chinese companies, China’s policy of indigenous innovation connected to its efforts to promote Chinese standards, and its endeavour to become a leading export nationhegemonic intentions in the export of advanced technological goods;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it necessary to conclude a Bilateral Investment Agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the CAI and in line with the One China policy, which would ensure that stability is safeguarded in the region and the right to Taiwan’s democratic existence is reaffirmed;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Considers also important the conclusion of negotiations and agreements with Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, which would help to ensure the safeguarding of stability in the region and a diversification of investments;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Points out that the reshoring of US manufacturing in recent years has been brought about as a result of the tariff policy pursued by the US, and urges the EU to take similar action to ensure that European firms bring their manufacturing back to Europe;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the importance on working on AI regulation and on an ethical and civil liability framework for AI systems and affiliated technologies that boosts citizen-centred and privacy- sensitive innovationdrives innovation focused on respect for the individual and privacy, in partnership with key strategic partners that share the EU’s liberal and democratic values of the EU;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the Union should continue working towards its transformation into athe strengthening of its geopolitical playerrelevance by ensuring a more united geopolitical approach of its Member States, as well as by fostering its strategic autonomy;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points to the need to strengthen the EU’s tools to defend itself, increase its capacity to protect its interests overseas, acquire greater influence in its direct neighbourhood and ensure that the Member States are unicoordinated in their geopolitical approach;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. calls on the EU to gather a coalition of states and non-state actors to counter Beijing's attempts to limit a free and open global internet,
Amendment 483 #
35 b. points out the need to introduce independent from CPC's influence programmes to study Chinese culture, language and politics, for example by closer contacts with Taiwanese academia and society;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35 c. supports NGOs and institutions, including regional infrastructure investment transparency platforms, which asses and control transparency and accountability of the PRC's sponsored projects and investments, especially under its flagship Belt and Road Initiative;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for defence cooperation among the Member States to be strengthened and for the Member States to invest in stronger cooperation with other democratic players such as the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for defence cooperation among the Member States to be strengthened and for the Member States to invest in stronger cooperation with other democratic players such as the US, the UK, Canada, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Points out the need to equip the European External Action Service with a mandate and the necessary resources to study and counter and report Chinese disinformation operations;