2 Amendments of Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF related to 2008/2241(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Strongly believes that the European Union can make an impact only if it speaks with one voice, if it is equipped with appropriate instruments, if it further strengthens its cooperation with the UN while placing emphasis on common approaches and policies such as effective multilateralism, and if it is granted the robust democratic legitimacy which results from parliamentary scrutiny; believes in this respect that the committees on foreign affairs and defence of the Member States’ national parliaments should meet regularly, under the auspices of the European Parliament, in order to scrutinise the main developments in the CFSP;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Believes that the coming months provide a unique opportunity for the EU to work out a new transatlantic agenda with the incoming US administration, including the long pending reform of the United Nations, covering strategic issues of common concern, such as a new global order, the financial crisis, the establishment of a deep and comprehensive transatlantic market, climate change, energy security, the situation in the Middle East, Iran and Afghanistan, the fight against terrorism and organised crime, and the Millennium Development Goals;