2 Amendments of Alojz PETERLE related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is faced with multiple challenges that affect global stability and that can only be tackled with long-term and holistic external actions; recalls the ambition of EU leaders as expressed in the Rome Declaration to strive towards a Union that is ‘big on big issues and small on small ones’; calls for the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) to make this a reality by substantially increasing external action appropriations (Heading 4), thereby makingo position common foreign policy a core EU function and responsibility of the EU;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased funding is needed for an effective European response to modern global challenges and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, which are reflected in the EU Global Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy, including development aid, human rights violations, bad governance, security threats and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issues;