Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2023/2107(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU-Japan relations
Amendments (8)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas Japan has yet to abolish the death penalty and continues to enforce it;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas Japan is ranked 116 out of 146 in the World Economic Forum’s global gender gap index; whereas women account for just 10.6 % of all prefectural assembly members;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
Mc. whereas on 19 July 2022, Japan ratified Convention No 105 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the abolition of forced labour;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with interest Japan’s efforts to promote a stable architecture in the Indo-Pacific, for instance through its participation in the Quad, its engagement with Pacific island states or the recent Camp David Agreement with Korea and the US; continues to note Japan’s concerns about North Korea; intends to continuously cooperate with Japan in order to oppose China’s aggressive policies towards its neighbours; shares Japan’s position that Taiwan is an important partner and a precious friend; shares, further, Japan’s high regard for the Association of Southeas Asian Nations (ASEAN); welcomes the fact that some new vice-ministerial formats also include the EU (in groupings such as Japan/Australia/Korea/EU and Japan/Korea/US/EU);
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of ILO Convention No 105 on the abolition of forced labour; calls on Japan to ratify the last missing fundamental ILO conventions, in particular Convention No 111 on discrimination in respect of employment and occupation;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Japanese authorities to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty and commute all death sentences;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the shift in Japan’s national security strategy; continues to support Japan’s engagement for a world without nuclear weapons; calls for a comprehensive security partnership between the EU and Japan as the basis for enhanced consultations, common exercises, shared defence research and development and work on joint contingency planning for dangerous crises; welcomes Member States’ 2+2 dialogue formats with Japan; welcomes NATO’s Individual Tailored Partnership Programme with Japan, but regrets the fact that the opening of a NATO liaison office in Japan has been delayed; proposes the creation of an EU/NATO/AP4 (Japan/Korea/Australia/New Zealand) security dialogue format; encourages the European External Action Service to post a military attaché in Tokyo; would welcome the negotiation of an EU- Japan Framework Participation Agreement; is critical of the fact that the Enhancing Security Cooperation In and With Asia (ESIWA) project is not very substantive; calls for enhanced maritime awareness cooperation on the basis of the Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) initiative; insists on including non- conventional security issues such disinformation, cyber, space and climate change;