Activities of Tobias PFLÜGER related to 2008/2324(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Non-proliferation and the future of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996 on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons,
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. strongly concerned about the lack of progress in achieving concrete objectives (such as the so-called ‘13 steps’) in pursuit of the goals of the NPT Treaty, as agreed at the previous Review Conferences, especially now that threats are arising from a variety of sources, including increasing proliferation going hand in hand with the greater demand for, and availability of, nuclear technology, the potential for such technology and radioactive material to fall into the hands of criminal organisations and terrorists, and the reluctance of nuclear weapons States that are signatories to the NPT to reduce or eliminate their nuclear arsenals and decrease their adherence to a military doctrine of nuclear deterrence, as well as the maintenance by NATO of a nuclear first strike doctrine,
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. being of the view that the ongoing deployment of nuclear weapons in the European Union is damaging the global efforts to prevent so-called rogue states from developing nuclear weapons,
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. being of the view that the sharing of nuclear technology infringes the NPT,
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) review and update Council Common Position 2005/329/PESC of 25 April 2005 relating to the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in preparation for a successful outcome at the 2010 NPT Review Conference; place emphasis on the legal obligation to pursue in good faith, and bring to a successful conclusion, negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control;
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) establish a constructive dialogue with all countries possessing nuclear weapons on European territory, namely France, the United Kingdom, Germany and all countries taking part in nuclear sharing – as well as with NATO – with a view to making the European continent a nuclear- weapons-free zone, in accordance with Article VII of the NPT, well before the year 2020;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) establish a constructive dialogue with all countries possessing nuclear weapons on European territory, namely France and the United Kingdom – as well as with NATO – with a view to making the European continent a nuclear-weapons-free zone, in accordance with Article VII of the NPT, well before the year 2020;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(fb) continually reassess compliance with the NPT in the development of the European Security and Defence Policy;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
(fc) continually reassess compliance with the NPT in the European Union's relations with NATO;
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Council and, for information, to the Commission, the UN Secretary-General, the President of the 2010 NPT Review Conference, the national parliaments of the EU Member States, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the NATO Secretary General, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non- proliferation and Disarmament and Mayors for Peace.