Activities of Andrius KUBILIUS related to 2021/2182(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent, the rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan and recent hybrid actions against the EU and its Member States aimed at challenging our democratic foundations, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU should shape its CFSP on the basis of the following fivesix actions:
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
- achieving European sovereignty by interlinking the EU’s external actions, and assuming greater responsibility in the transatlantic alliance,
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
- engaging in a comprehensive strategic dialogue with democratic partners worldwide and coordinating common actions of shared interest;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisationtheir proxies; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’s response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the development of a common strategic culture respecting the specific character of the security and defence policies of the Member States and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revised version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms; supports the EU Associated Trio format of countries most advanced on the European path; reminds that success of the EaP countries can be demonstrated and consolidated only through EU integration process, and it can show also to the Russian people what socio-economic benefits European-type reforms can bring;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to use the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit to develop an ambitious agenda for advancing reforms and democratic governance in the Eastern Partnership and thus support the CFSP goals;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both 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 societyregrets that Russian Federation military forces continue to occupy parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law, that they are still present in the Republic of Moldova, and that Russia continues to destabilise peace and security in the region as well as actively use hybrid measures against democracies in Europe; condemns Russia’s military intervention and illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the keeping of the frozen conflict in Moldova; stresses the need to speak with one voice on the EUs policy in that context;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Underlines that European Parliament has recommended the EU to review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles, and to develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a strategy on future EU relations with a democratic Russia, which would demonstrate clearly for the people of Russia the benefits such relations could bring; reiterates that the EU has to make it clear that if Russia continues its current policy on Belarus, the EU will have to introduce additional containment and deterrence measures on Russia;
Amendment 467 #
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 by engaging China in a structured and systematic format of 27+1; emphasises that this strategy should promote a rules-based multilateral order, have the defence of EU values at its core and should be based on the three principles of cooperating where possible, competing where needed, and confronting where necessary; strongly advocates for Taiwan’s full participation as an observer in meetings, mechanisms and activities of international organisations; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382.
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Denounces the Chinese Communist Party's coercion against Lithuania and other EU Member States and partners, and calls for greater solidarity with countries coerced by the CCP, including by collaborating with our democratic allies in opening our markets to economies suffering under the CCP's economic coercion;