3 Amendments of António TÂNGER CORRÊA related to 2024/2024(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Highlights that recent events, notably Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have brought EU foreign policy and its implementation to the forefront of concerns among the EU Member States and institutions; underlines the cstresses the difficulties faced by the EEAS and its delegations in conducting the European Union's foreign policy due to fundamentral role played by the European External Action Service (EEAS)inadequacies: a. Diplomacy is one of the pillars of state sovereignty, and the European Union can only exercise it within the framework of subsidiarity and proportionality (Articles 5 and 24 of the Treaty of the European Union). Therefore, the EEAS requires a profound review; b. The so-called EEAS ambassadors are not career diplomats and, its delegations in conducting the Union’s external policyn the overwhelming majority of cases, lack adequate academic preparation and relevant experience; c. The EEAS relies on local hires who, in addition to not meeting the required qualifications, lack the necessary conditions for impartiality and conflict of interests;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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3. WelcomesRegrets the critical failures identified by the Court of Auditors’ Special Report regardingin areas theat coordination role of the EEAS and its conclusions that coordination is mostlynstitute the very purpose of the EEAS, particularly the lack of feedback from EEAS headquarters on planning and political reporting; regrets the lack of professionalism and effective, allowness ing the service to properly support the High Representative/Vice-PresidEEAS’s actions noted by the ECA Report, including the absence of action plans and implementation timetables; underscores the limited impact of measures takent to deliver their mandate; notes that nevertheless some weaknesses in information management, staffing and reporting remain; calls on the EEAS to implementcounteract this trend of low effectiveness, noted by the same Report. reinforces that the deficiencies observed indicate the need for a review of the EEAS’s responsibilities, as it fails to address critical areas that can be handled by sovereign states and their political advisers in their recommendations of the Special Report by the deadline in 2025spective missions, in line with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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4. NoteConsiders that that the EEAS is committed to make itself more cost- effective while continuing to face significant budgetary constraints in 2023; acknowledges that tshould scale down its representation missions, which should be conducted by straightened sovereign States. The EEAAS has substantially cut mission and representation budget, reducing non- compulsory expenditure and freezing and postponing building maintenance, infrastructure and IT projectsS’s role shall focus on implementing EU programs and supporting the embassies and missions of Member States, whenever necessary and upon request and the budget must be accordingly adapted;