Activities of Ana GOMES related to 2013/2146(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - EU comprehensive approach and coherence of EU external action (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that in such a geopolitical climate, the EU must preserve and promote its values, interests and stability on the global stage, as well as protect the security and prosperity of its citizens; stresses that this demands a fresh approach to shaping a new multipolar world order that is inclusive, credible and, just, cooperative, and underpinned by respect for human rights, the rule of law and democracy, as well as universal values, including human rights;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the CA is today considered by all relevant international actors (including multilateral organisations and states) to be the best way to frame an efficient response to multidimensional crises and to promote human security globally, directly coming from the recognition of the fact that attempting to bring stability by means solely of a single approach (military, in some recent cases) is most likely to fail;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that the Lisbon Treaty provides the framework for the Union to achieve a more coherent, joined- up and comprehensive approach for the effective pursuit of the Union’s external relations, including by creating the triple- hatted High Representative (HR) of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who is also Vice-President of the Commission and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Council, and by establishing a unifying and effective European External Action Service (EEAS);
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to meet their Treaty-based commitments to support the Union’s external relations and security policy actively and in a spirit of mutual solidarity and to comply, in conducting their own policies, with the Union’s action in this area; calls on the Member States to play a constructive role by promoting strategic policy coordination at EU level and urges as well that all member states effectively commit to EU-agreed positions and reflect them in their own internal foreign affairs agendas and policies, particularly in multilateral organisations, such as the United Nations and the UN Security Council;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the concept of a CA should be understood as the coordinated work of all relevant institutions (the EEAS and the Commission’s relevant services, including ECHO, DEVCO, TRADE and ELARG) pursuing common objectives within an agreed framework designed at EU level, and mobilising its most relevant instruments, including the CSDP when the security situation so requires; believes that, so far, institutional and procedural shortfalls have largely prevented such coherent EU external action in most crisis areas where the EU has acted, damaging EU strategic interests and the EU's credibility as a global actor and security provider;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the CA must be rooted in a vision aimed at delivering human security, including when necessary via the exercise of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), shared by all EU actors of the evolving strategic context in which EU action takes place; calls, therefore, for more regular and transparent information- sharing, policy co-ordination and teamwork between EU actors, including EU member states, through all phases of EU action; calls, further, for the development of formal structures in which those exchanges could take place and where early warning, situation analysis and crisis and post-crisis monitoring could be conducted, potentially integrating existing structures (such as the EU SitRoom, the Emergency Response Coordination Centre and ARGUS); reiterates the need for a ‘'Crisis Response Board’' within the EEAS, to be chaired by the HR/VP and bringing together all actors relevant to crisis management;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for better anticipation of the funding needed to implement EU strategies; regrets that, in some cases, the EU’s actions have been delayed because of financial issues; calls for such structural problems to be remedied in future, including by making use of the new provisions provided by the Instrument for Stability and Peace (ISP); also recalls the need to review the financing mechanism of military CSDP operations (the ATHENA mechanism), so as to allow for a more adequate and fairer burden- sharing of the costs of EU military operations, thus enabling all member states to contribute to them in force generation or financing the supporting costs;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that, even when strategies are defined, the EU often does not manage to implement them, and is instead forced to take contingency and emergency action; recalls that this has notably been the case in the Sahel region, for which a very comprehensive and well-prepared EU strategy document (the 2011 EU Strategy for Security and Development in the Sahel) had been unanimously approved but did not lead to satisfactory implementation until the situation in Mali deteriorated dramatically; calls for a lessons-learned analysis of this particular case, as well as – more broadly – for improved early warning analysis of key volatile regions, in order to establish concrete conflict-prevention and mediation initiatives and thereby improve upstream action by operating a policy shift from reactive-centric approaches to a more adequate and efficient prevention- focused approach;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the EU to act as one at country level, with a clear division of responsibilities and under the leadership of a Head of Delegation, responsible for implementing the EU’s external policy in the country, while coordinating locally with Member States as well as the host government, civil society and other international partners; calls on the Member States to commit to a unified EU action in third countries and to make sure that coordination and articulation of actions on the ground are duly concerted with the EU institutions, namely the Commission and the EEAS; regrets in this regard that autonomous action by member states in third countries, especially post-conflict and democratising societies, without proper articulation between them and the EU local Delegation has proved damaging to EU's goals and interests, as well as to its credibility vis-à-vis the third state and other international partners;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the HR/VP to invest all efforts in steering an EU-internal debate on the reform of the UN Security Council, with a view to securing a unified representation of the EU in it; is of the view that an enlarged and reformed Security Council, namely in decision making procedures and the restriction of the veto power, is not only in line with the overall goals of the UN Charter, but is also consistent with the EU's wider foreign policy and strategic interests;