Activities of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2009/2198(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy PDF (257 KB) DOC (159 KB)
Amendments (30)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2009 on a political solution to the problem of piracy off the Somali coast; note: P7_TA(2009)0099
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to the exchange of letters among the European Union and the Governments of Kenya and the Republic of the Seychelles, concerning the transfer to these countries of suspected pirates and armed robbers apprehended by EUNAVFOR in the operation area,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Security Strategy (ESS) and the report on its implementation highlight the key threats and challenges facing the European Union: • proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, • terrorism and organised crime, • cyber-security, • energy security, • impact of climate change, • regional conflicts, • failed states; and natural disasters, • regional conflicts, • state failure • maritime piracy;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that, through common policies and actions decided in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), the Union is taking steps to address the challenges and threats identified in the ESS, thereby helping to improve the security of European citizenwith the aim of guaranteeing the security of European citizens and contributing to the preservation of peace in the world, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, with the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and with the aims of the Charter of Paris, including those relating to external borders;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its recommendation for a regular review of the ESS, every five years, coinciding with the beginning of a new parliamentary term and after due consultation with the European Parliament;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security in the world lies with the UN Security Council and reiterates the need for a reform of the United Nations Organisation in order to make it more capable of exercising its functions and providing effective solutions to global challenges and threats;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the need for the Union to pursue these objectives by enhancing its own institutional capacity to respond to these challenges and by means of multilateral cooperation with and within international organisations – in particular the United Nations – and regional organisations in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its support for the Union’s efforts to address these threats by developing a holisticcomprehensive approach synergising the various means of action – both civil and militaryincluding conflict prevention and crisis management, financial assistance and development cooperation, social and environmental policies, diplomatic and trade policy instruments and enlargement – available to the Union and its Member States; emphasises that such coordination of civil and military means gives genuine added-value to the Union’s crisis management work;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, in the longer term, a measure along the lines of a White Paper – providing scope for a wide-ranging public debate – would raise the profile of the CSDP and step up security and defence cooperation by defining the Union’s security and defence interests more clearly, thereby making the implementation of the ESS and the planning and conduct of EU crisis management operations more effective and better defined;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory sentence and point a
Paragraph 8 – introductory sentence and point a
8. Calls on the Council to enter into a substantial debate with the European Parliament and the national parliaments in 2010 on the implementation of the new provisions in the Lisbon Treaty concerning the CSDP, including: a. the creation of the post ofrole of the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, coupled with the establishment of a European external action service (EEAS) incorporating the crisis management units,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls, after the introduction of a clause on mutual assistance, as formulated in Article 42 of the Lisbon Treaty, on those European Union Member States belonging to the Western European Union (WEU) to terminate the Modified Brussels Treaty of 1954;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the Vice- President/High Representative should act very rapidly to make the Union’s various external policies more coherent, and that this coherence should be reflected on the ground by special representatives/heads of delegation vested with a certainthe necessary authority vis-à-vis the different European playersparties concerned and the international community;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the establishment of a civil- military Crisis Management and Planning Directorate (CMPD) to take responsibility for crisis management and strategic planning of the Union’s civil and military operations and help develop the CSDP, particularly in terms of civil and military capabilities; deprecates, however, the extremely lengthy delay in setting up this new structure; hopes that the instruments available to the Commission will also be used as part of this single strategic planning capacity in order to develop a holistic European approach; takes the view that the establishment of the EEAS, into which the CMPD will be incorporated as part of a coherent grouping that will also include the EU Military Staff, Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) and the Joint Situation Centre (SitCen), should make it possible to meet these requirements; calls for an appropriate proportion of civilian experts at the leadership level of the CMPD and a serious commitment to address gender disparities at all levels;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that the EEAS must fully comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights in all aspects of the Union's external action in accordance with the spirit and purpose of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls once again for the establishment of a permanent EU operations centre overseen by the Vice-President/High Representative, which would be responsible for operational planning and the conduct of military operations; calls for this operations centre to be attached to the EEAS; stresses that the division of the existing system into seven headquarters makesexisting divided system its less effective and responsive and generates huge costs, and that a permanent interlocutor in the military sphere is essential for civil and military coordination on the ground; takes the view that the permanent operations centre could therefore be classed as a form of military planning and operational capacity, and located in the same place as the CPCC in order to allow the necessary synergies for effective civilian and military coordination; reiterates that the EU operations centre would complement existing NATO command structures, without compromising the decisional autonomy of both organisations;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the successful contribution made by the European Union’s naval operation in Somalia (EU NAVFOR Somalia – Operation Atalanta) in combating piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia; praises, at the same time, its contribution to the reinforcement of naval cooperation in Europe and the further development of the maritime dimension of the CSDP; emphasises that Operation Atalanta has established itself as a key player in the fight against piracy, inter alia through the Maritime Security Centre (Horn of Africa), and is in favour of extending and broadening the mandate for this operation designed to address a security issue directly affecting the EU (security of citizens and supplies) and respond to a humanitarian and operational emergency (by escorting ships chartered by the World Food Programme to deliver food to the Somali population and ships delivering logistical support to the African Union’s military observation mission in Somalia (AMISOM)); also welcomes the involvement of non-EU countries (Norway and Croatia) and the operation’s constructive cooperation with the other naval forces present in the region, particularly in the context of the SHADE (Shared Awareness and Deconfliction) processes;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Council decision to extend the operation for another year until December 2010; regrets, however, the continuing problems with the prosecution of suspected pirates and armed robbers apprehended in the operation area, which undermine the credibility of the international anti-piracy efforts;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the need to stabilise the security and political situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to contain the global threats directly affecting Europeans’ security (terrorism, drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction) and, accordingly, welcomes the EU Action Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan adopted by the Council on 27 October 2009; calls, howeverreiterates the need for a comprehensive approach in dealing with these issues, linking security more closely with development, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as well as gender-related aspects; calls, therefore, on the Council and the Commission to take more tangible steps toin this direction, also by increaseing the EU’s contribution and ensureing that its activities are better integrated with those of the Member States and of the international community;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Commends the successful deployment of the EULEX Kosovo mission throughout Kosovo, and emphasises the need for all its components (police, justice and customs) to be able to continue to operate unhindered throughout the territory, including in the north, within the general framework of UN Security Resolution 1244;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. In this connection, welcomes the signing of the police cooperation agreement between EULEX Kosovo and Serbia, and notes the purely technical nature of this agreement designed to facilitate the fight agaiimed at combating corruption and organised crime without prejudice to the differing positionst organised crimen the status of Kosovo;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Reiterates, with a view to the revision of the treaty on nWelcomes UNSC Resolution 1887 of 24 September 2009 and fully supports its calls for a halt to the spread of nuclear weapons and intensified efforts to achieve disarmament under strict and effective international control; calls on the Member States to formulate a strong common position for the 2010 Nuclear Non-pProliferation in May 2010,Treaty (NPT) Review Conference and reiterates its recommendation to the Council of 24 April 2009 on non-proliferation and the future of the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)*1, stressing the need further to reinforce all three pillars of the NPT, namely non- proliferation, disarmament and cooperation on the civilian use of nuclear energy; 1 Texts adopted of that date, P6_TA(2009)0333. urges, furthermore, for the ratification and entrance into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test -Ban Treaty (CTBT);
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Welcomes the declarations and stated objectives of the new American administration and its commitment to take nuclear disarmament forward; welcomes, at the same time, the commitment of the Russian Federation and the United States of America to continue negotiations to conclude a new comprehensive legally binding agreement to replace the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START I), which expired in December 2009; looks forward to tangible results in this regard, at the earliest possible date;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Reiterates its full support for wider disarmament and a total ban on weapons, such as chemical and biological weapons, antipersonnel mines, cluster and depleted uranium munitions, that cause great suffering to civilians; urges, therefore, enhanced multilateral efforts to secure full implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the Anti- Personnel Mines Convention (APMC) and the further development of the international regime against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; welcomes, in this regard, the commitments undertaken by all EU Member States with the adoption of the EU Common Position on Arms Exports, as well as the provision of Article 28B(1) of the Lisbon Treaty, which entrusts joint disarmament operations to the EU;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Welcomes the German coalition agreement of 24 October 2009 on the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from Germany in the context of its support for President Obama's policy for a world free of nuclear weapons, the desirability of intermediate steps in reaching this goal and the necessity of introducing new dynamics in arms control and disarmament at the 2010 NPT Review Conference; encourages other Member States with US nuclear weapons on their soil to make a similar clear commitment;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Regards it as important to strengthen the civil capacity for conflict resolution; therefore calls on the Council and the Commission to establish an EU Civil Peace Corps with civil protection and humanitarian relief capabilities for crisis management and conflict prevention as requested by the European Parliament since 2000;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls the need for constructive cooperation between the EU and NATO, particularly where the two organisations are active in the same theatres of operation; 1 Texts adopted of that date, P6_TA(2009)0076. , with due regard for the different nature of the two organisations, their equality and the autonomy of each party in decision- making;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Views it as regrettable that the technical agreements between the NATO and EU operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo have still not been signed; recommends avoiding unconstructive blockages and calls for the development of a new institutional framework for EU- NATO relations that facilitates broader cooperation when the two organisations operate in the same theatre of operations.
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Stresses that the further development of the EU's strategic partnership with Russia needs to include meaningful dialogue on security, crisis management and conflict resolution; underlines that this should be based on the stated commitment of both parties to their shared values, respect for international law and territorial integrity;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Takes the view that the new version of the anti-missile shield envisaged by the American administration should be based ondiscussed in the context of a common European approach to the matter, in coordination with Russia, and with efforts being madeand, if such a system is to be developed, invite Russia to cooperate on the matter, and make the necessary efforts to involve the European defence industry in its development;