8 Amendments of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2009/2057(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to seize the opportunity offered by the setting-up of the EEAS to create a more coherent, consistent and effective foreign policy; calls on all the Member States to commit themselves to the CFSP;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Requests the Vice-President/High Representative to commit herself to consulting Parliament’s relevant committee about appointments she makes to senior posts in the EEAS, including EUSRs, to taking the gender balance into account in the appointments and to agreeing to the committee conducting hearings with the nominees, if the committee so decides;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Continues to be concerned about the repeated gas crises such as the Russian- Ukrainian crisis of January 2009, which highlighted the EU’s increasing energy dependency on sources of supply and transit channels which face threats to their stability; recalls the urgent need to address energy challenges by implementing a common European external energy policy; calls in this regard on the Vice- President/High Representative to pursue with determination Parliament's recommendations for the development of such a policy, in particular by promoting EU cohesion in negotiations with energy suppliers and transit countries and defending the common interests of the Member States, by developing effective energy diplomacy and more efficient mechanisms for responding to crisis situations and, finally, by promoting the diversification of energy supplies, sustainable energy use and the development of renewable energy sources; calls on the Vice-President/High Representative to strengthen and further develop a constructive energy dialogue with Russia;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that significant potential conflicts arise from intensified competition over access to, and control of, energy resources, and consequently that the EU should further develop mitigation and adaptation policies with a view to addressing the security risks posed by climate change; considers in this regard that the EU needs to continue to strengthen its leadership in global climate governance and further develop a dialogue with other key actors such as the emerging powers (China, Brazil, Russia, India), the United States and developing countries, given that climate change has become a key element of international relations;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Council, the Member States and the Vice-President/High Representative actively to seek peaceful solutions in international conflicts and to strengthen the EU’s conflict prevention mechanisms;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU and NATO should develop a more intensetheir partnership, taking into account the progressive development of the EU's foreign, security and defence policies; to that end, recommends a review of the so-called Berlin-Plus arrangements and the development of a more strategic dialogue on shared strategic interests anddialogue on contingency planning;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its commitment to the transatlantic partnership as the cornerstonean important element of the EU's external action; urges the Vice- President/High Representative to ensure that the EU acts as a coherent, equal and active partner of the US in strengthening global security and stability, promoting peace and respect for human rights, and adopting a united approach to global challenges such as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, climate change and energy security; calls on both partners, the EU and the US, to encourage China, India, Russia, Brazil and other emerging powers to share responsibility for the global order and for the settlement of conflicts; encourages the Vice- President/High Representative to work towards strengthening EU-US institutional mechanisms in line with Parliament's resolutions;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Vice-President/High Representative to intensify the EU's efforts to work towards effective conflict prevention and peaceful settlement under international law of the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria and, above all, that between Russia and Georgia and its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia;