22 Amendments of Jean-Lin LACAPELLE related to 2021/2065(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in order to achieve the strategic objective of developing itsthe global leadership role, of the EU must continue to take the lead in strengthenuropean continent, the Member States must continue to bolster their autonomy with regard to certaing multilateral partnerships on global priorities, in particular its partnership with the UN, and its comprehensive and open cooperation with NATO and other like- minded countries, and in protecting and promoting democracy and human rights globally;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the time is ripeany attempts to reform EU decision-making, making full and more eff would not be well recteive use of the EU’s hard and soft power instruments, including by introducing qualified majority votingd, particularly in times of instability; whereas voting by unanimity for decision-making in certainall EU foreign policy areas is irrevocable, including in areas such as human rights and the protection of international law, while also ensuring that the EU’s external and internal actions are coherently interlinkedin particular with regard to decisions having military implications;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the role of the EEAS is anot the heart of implementing the necessary reforms of the EU’s foreign, security and defence policieo substitute the Member States in foreign policy matters;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Parliament’'s determination and resolverole is to protect and defend the Union and the values and principles for which it stands, including the principle of territorial integrity, national sovereigntyinterests of the citizens of the Member States and twhe rules-based international order, must be matched by adequate decision-making and institutional structures for external actionsreas the promotion of liberal values cannot replace this absolute priority;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the structure of the EEAS should be reformed, using the pragmatic space created by the recent crises and whereas these reforms should clarify some of the unclear boundaries between the EEAS, the Commission, the Council and the structuresrecent crises cannot be exploited to carry out reforms that weaken the sovereignty of the Member States;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that development cooperation, trade policy and security and defence policy are coherent with the overall goals of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and especially ensure conditionality for development-aid in relation to the beneficiaries ability for migration-management;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) revise the EEAS Decision with a view to increasing the leverage of the EEAS, sharpening its tools and increasing its legitimacyto reaffirm the primacy of the Member States in foreign policy matters;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) increase leverage by introducing qualified majority voting for certain foreign policy areas, such as human rights and the protection of international law, and for imposing sanctions, in order to increase the effectiveness of the EU’s foreign policystrongly reaffirm the keeping in place of voting by unanimity for foreign policy decisions, in particular for decisions imposing sanctions or with military implications;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) sharpen the tools by aligning all external action with the Treaties, which state that the EU must achieve an ever- increasing degree of convergence of Member States’ actions, which requires that the EEAS be given a clearer role in proposcoordinating policy development so that policies conducted, defined and implemented on the basis of mutual political solidarity among the Member States can be formed;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increase legitimacy by adhering more closely to the principles of the Treaties, especially Article 24 TEU, which notes that the ‘Member States shall support the Union’s external and security policy actively and unreservedly in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity’, without prejudice to the national strategic independence of the Member States in the area of defence;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) integrate fully the ‘more for more’ principle into relations with third countries, whereby the EU will develop stronger partnerships with those that share the CFSP’s principles and the fundamental values of the Unionrepresent the best platform of influence for it;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adapt the structure of the EEAS tofor the new enlargement policies, hybrid threats and disinformation, the development of defence instruments and other emerging challengesdownsizing and closure of all offices outside the EU;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ensure that the use of financial resources available match the level of ambition and support the operative flexibilities needed in order to react in real time to emerging geopolitical challengesnd the conditionality for migration managment is transparent;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) establish an EU Crisis Response Centre with the task of coordinating the response of EU embassies of the Member States and the services they offer to EU citizens in times of crisis;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) adapt the organisation of the EEAS and the corresponding Commission services to new strategic needs without further delay, starting with the Arctic;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) support fully and develop the pilot project ‘Towards a European Diplomatic Academy’, which has been extended by one year in order to assess whether it is appropriate to establish these functions within permanent organisational structures, whether permanent or not, depending on the choice that is made;