16 Amendments of Adrian SEVERIN related to 2008/2063(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the broadening of the Union's external action under the Lisbon Treaty, including the provision of new legal bases and instruments affecting areas related to foreign policy (external action and CFSP/CSDP), necessitates a new interinstitutional balance and cooperation which would ensure coherence within the Union's external action and guarantee adequate democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regards it as crucial to establish the closest possible collaboration between the President of the European Council, the President of the Commission, and the High Representative/Vice–President of the Commission and the rotating PresidencyPresident of the European Parliament in order that their different functions may contribute to the coherence and efficiency of the CFSP;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the High Representative, in his capacity of Vice- President of the European Commission, as well as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Council, should: exert, when necessary, a right of initiative in CFSP matters, while securing cooperation with the European Council; initiate measures aiming to the implementation of the decisions related to the field of CFSP/CSDP and act towards their effective implementation in collaboration with the Commission's members and services concerned, assisted by the European External Action Service; seek coordination of the various positions of the Member States involving the support of the President of the European Council;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Expects that the relevant EU Council bodies will directly co-operate with the committees and competent bodies responsible for the CFSP and CSDP from the European Parliament;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines the important role of the President of the European Council in CFSP/CSDP related matters, which will consist in mediating and facilitating the consensus building between the Member States; to this end, stresses that the co- operation between the President of the European Council and the Foreign Affairs Council is indispensable;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Considers that the European Parliament, among other attributions, will seek to facilitate, through the efforts of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, the consensus among the Member States' national parliaments in what concerns their support for the European Union's external policy initiatives;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that Parliament be fully consulted on the nomination of the firstas well as any other interim appointment: stresses that the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission, as we is fully as any other interim appointnd directly accountable to the European Parliament;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates that the future office of High Representative/Vice–President of the Commission will derive its legitimacy directly from the European Parliament; and that its two mandates within the Commission and the Council will be inseparable and exercised in full harmony; therefore invites him/her to build upon the current practice and appear regularly before Parliament in plenary and before its Committee on Foreign Affairs, as well as to participate in meetings, in order to hold regular, systematic and substantive consultations with Parliament and its competent bodies, and to involve Parliament in the decision-making process, thus enhancing the transparency and accountability of the Union's foreign policy; furthermore, recommends that the working procedures between the European Parliament and the High Representative/Vice-President of the European Commission be defined through an agreement drawn between the abovementioned parties;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the debate with the High Representative/Vice–President of the Commission on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP/CSDP for the coming year constitutes an ideal opportunity to consult Parliament at the beginning of every year, and that a follow–up debate should be scheduled six months thereafter; recommends in this context that a joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Conference of Delegation Chairmen and representatives of other competent EP bodies be held for a first exchange of views with the High Representative on the main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP/CSDP, followed by a debate in the plenary meeting;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests the High Representative's representative chairing the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to appear regularly before Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other competent bodies responsible for the CFSP/CSDP, in joint or separate sessions, to report on current issues under discussion in PSC meetings;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Requests that the High Representative's deputies or representatives and EU Special Representatives (as stipulated by Article 36 of the consolidated Treaty) appear before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, ands well as before other relevant committees and competent bodies responsible for the CFSP/CSDP as and when requested so to do;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expects that the establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) will provide greater clarity with regard to the criteria for and the appointment and evaluation of EU Special Representatives, including the definition and purpose of their tasks, the length of their mandate, and coordination and complementarity with the Un; stresses the need for the EEAS to work in cooperation with the diplomatic services of the Member States, in such a way as to ensure that their action's future Delegations; are complementary and compatible;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to facilitate regular contacts between Parliament and the team Presidencyrelevant bodies of the EU Council on external action issues;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that the Commission should be ppresence of the High Representative in his/her capacity of Vice-President of the Commission at all Council meetings and related preparatory meetings when external action issues are considered, in order to will ensure consistency of the external action of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes provisions for closer cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments under the Lisbon Treaty; stresses the need to establish closer collaboration between relevant committees of the European and national parliaments, building on the current practice of meetings between the chairs of the foreign affairs, defence and European affairs committees of national parliaments and of Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, including parliamentary observers from non-EU NATOOSCE and Council of Europe members together with members of the NATOOSCE Parliamentary Assembly and PACE; refers to its ongoing report on this matter;