Activities of Willy MEYER related to 2010/0816(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
European External Action Service (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Binding agreements should be made with regard to access for Members of all political groups of European Parliament to classified documents and information in the area of CFSP and ESDP.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Provisions should be adopted relating to the staff of the EEAS and their recruitment. For matters relating to its staff the EEAS should be treated as an institution within the meaning of the Staff Regulations. In accordance with Article 27(3) of the TEU, the EEAS will comprise officials from the General Secretariat of the Council and the Commission as well as personnel seconded from the diplomatic services of the Member States. The High Representative will be the Appointing Authority, in relation both to officials subject to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities ("Staff Regulations") and agents subject to the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants. The High Representative will also have authority over the Seconded National Experts ("SNEs") in post in the EEAS. The number of officials and servants of the EEAS will be decided each year as part of the budgetary procedure and will be reflected in the establishment plan.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The establishment of the EEAS and its implementation shall not lead to any additional costs, neither within the EU budget nor within the national budgets.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. .The EEAS, which has its headquarters in Brussels, shall be a functionally autonomous body of the European Union, separate from the Commission and the General Secretariat of the Council, with the legal capacity necessary to perform its tasks and attain its objectivesnot be a sui generis institution.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The parliamentary control concerning the EEAS has to be entirely ensured. Therefore the European Parliament's right of scrutiny must be guaranteed to its full extent. This has to be assured for the national parliaments as well, especially in terms of the CSFP and ESDP.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
- a directorate general for administrative, staffing, budgetary, security and communication and information system matters under the direct authority of the Secretary-General;
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. The Union delegations shall have the capacity to, upon request by Member States, support the Member States in their diplomatic relations and in their role of providing consular protection to Union citizens in third countries.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 1 (b)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 (b)
(b) if necessary, and on a temporary basis, specialised seconded national experts (SNEs)The establishment and the implementation of the EEAS shall not include any additional posts.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. In the framework of the management of EU external cooperation programmes, which remain under the responsibility of the Commission, the High Representative and the EEAS shall contribute to the programming and management cycle for the following geographic and thematicThe planning, programming, management and implementation of operational expenditure of all financing instruments, on the basis of the policy objectives set out in the said instruments:f EU external action, namely - the Development Cooperation Instrument, - the European Development Fund, - the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, - the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, - the Instrument for Cooperation with Industrialised Countries, - the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation. - the Instrument for humanitarian aid shall not be transferred to the EEAS. The European Parliament must have the full budgetary and parliamentary control over these instruments.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex – paragraph 1 (new)
Annex – paragraph 1 (new)
1. General Secretariat of the Council 1.The military structures of the EU, located in the General Secretariat of the Council, as well as the civilian-military structures such as the European Union Military Staff, the European Defence Agency (EDA), the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) and the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC), shall neither be part of the EEAS nor institutionally connected to it. Furthermore the EU intelligence structures in particular the EU Situation Centre (SitCen) shall not be part of the EEAS. The European Parliament calls on the Council to stop the development of and abolish all military and civil-military structures under its competence, as well as stop the financing of military and civil- military activities.