29 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2012/2253(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the success of the EEAS should be measured against its ability to pursue a comprehensive approach by the EU to today's external challenges and its capacity to achieve a more efficient use of scarce resources through greater cooperation and economies of scale at European Uniowithin the European Union level, while reaffirming the primacy of diplomatic services in aind national levelsividual Member States in forming foreign policy;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas operational decision-making and implementation in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy / Common Security and Defence Policy (CFSP/CSDP) are too slow because of structural and procedural reasons; whereas this has become apparent once more with the crisis in Mali, in respe recent crises in Mali and Libya have proved that traditional "coalitionse of which decision-making procedures and funding decisions have not been swiftly adopted and implementthe willing" are preferential in situations where rapid military responses are required;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EEAS should be a streamlinedlimmed down, results-orientated, efficient structure, capable of providing support for political leadership in the area of CFSP and facilitating decision-making in the Council; whereas, for this reason, the EEAS should be capable of providing, at short notice and in a coordinated fashion, expertise from different departments, including from the Commission; whereas the current structure of the EEAS is too top-heavy and marked by too many decision-making layers;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the opportunities for quick deployment offered by the EU battlegroups are not usedEU battlegroup concept has been proved to be ineffective, and a costly diversion of Member States' military resources from other multilateral engagement, for example through NATO or the UN;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the experience of the past has clea permanent EU operational Headquarters (OHQ) would be a financially and militarily shown the need for establishing permanent operational Headquarters in Brussels for the conduct of CSDP missionswasteful initiative at a time of diminishing defence budgets, and would duplicate the role of NATO's SHAPE headquarters in which all EU Member States have, at some stage, been involved;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, in the case of the Arab revolutions, it has become apparent that the EU is unable to ensure, in the short term, a reallocation of resources, including staff, to match new politicaldevelopment and humanitatian assistance priorities; whereas the size and staff profiles of EU delegations must reflect theis Union's strategic interests;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, particularly at times of budgetary restrictions, the EEAS should act as a catalyst for greater synergies, not onl and cost efficiency within the EU institutional framework but also between the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas consular protection is the responsibility of individual Member States, at a time when some Member States' governments are seriously reducing their diplomatic and consular presence, and whereas the EEAS shcould be seen as an opportunity to foster greater cooperation and synergiescarry out a supportive role on a case by case basis in facilitating the sharing of resources as long as no additional cost is created to the EU by doing so;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the target of at least one third of staff originating from Member States has almost been reached, and whereas the staff originating from the three components (the Commission, the Council Secretariat and the national diplomatic services) should be appropriately distributed at all levels and between delegations and Headquarters;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Bearing in mind that there has been good progress in the setting up of the EEAS but that more can be achieved in terms of synergy, cost effectiveness and coordination between institutions and political leadership, created by the combination of the roles of High Representative, Vice-President of the Commission and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Council, by strengthening the instrumental character of the Service, addresses the following recommendation to the High Representative/Vice President, the Council and the Commission:
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. to provide support to the HR/VP in the accomplishment of his/her multiple duties by foreseeing the appointment of (a) political deputy/ies; to ensure that these deputies, given their political role, appear before the responsible committee of Parliament prior to their taking up duties; to consider, possibly, a more regular involvement of the Member States' foreign ministers for specific tasks and missions on behalf of the Union;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. to reduce and simplify the command structure of the EEAS and enhance the role of its Executive Secretary General by establishing a clear chain of command to support effective decision-making as well as timely policy response; in this context, to rationalise the posts of Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director in charge of Administration, and reduce and simplify the hierarchical structure of the Managing Directorates; in the same spirit, to clearly define the relevant competences within the management structure of the EEAS in order to optimise efficient and effective decision-making;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. to safeguard, at the same time, the 'community' character of the neighbourhood policy, bearing in mind that Parliament rejects any intergovernmentalisation of Community policies,improve the character of the neighbourhood policy given that the Commission is mainly responsible for negotiating international agreements for and on behalf of the Union;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. to carry out a systematic and in-depth audit of the external policy-related structures put in place by the Commission and the Council Secretariat, with a view to overcoming current duplications and promoting cost efficiency; to make this report available to Parliament;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. in coordination with the Member States, to set out options over the medium to long-term for achieving economies of scaleto carry out a supportive role on a case by case basis in facilitating the sharing of resources between some Member States diplomatic and consular services, and the EEAS in third countries, including in relation to the provision of consular servicess long as no additional cost is created to the EU by doing so, and any such action is only carried out in response to requests from the Member States concerned;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. to this end, to promote deeper cooperation with Member States and to developfacilitate where requested by individual Member States joint political reporting between delegations and embassies;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. to that end, to develop further an ‘appropriate structure’ that integrates crisis response, peace building and CSDP structures, and assures coordination with the geographical desks, delegations and other policy departments concerned in crisis management, building on the crisis platform concept;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. to ensure effective and integrated planning, and faster decision-making, for civilian CSDP operations, by combining the relevant planning capacities from the Crisis Management and Planning Directorate (CMPD) and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC); in addition, to create a permanent conduct structure by establishing a permanent military Operational Headquarter, co-located with a Civilian Conduct Capability, in order to allow the effective implementation of military and civilian operations, whilst safeguarding their respective chains of command;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. to seriously develop the opportunities opened up by the EEAS Decision and by the TEU, notably by enhancing the coordinating role of delegations, especially in crisis situations, and by enabling them to support Member States in their role of provideing consular protection to EU citizens from Member States who are not represented in a given country in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 35 TEU; to ensure any additional tasks do not take resources away from existing policies and priorities, unless there is a reorientation and redeployment of staff is to take up these new challenges;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. to ensure that, whenever applicable, every EU delegation has a human rights focal pointthe capability to properly control and evaluate local EU assistance programmes;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. to ensure that, once appointed by the HR/VP, the new Heads of Delegations are officially confirmed byexchange views with the relevant committee of Parliament before taking up their posts;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. to promote common training and other concrete measures for the consolidation of an esprit de corps among EEAS staff with various diplomatic culture and institutional background, and to consider joint training initiatives forreview the existing training and educational programmes at an EU level, in order to ensure that EEAS staff cand national diplomats, as part of their continuous professional development provide value-added to national diplomatic delegations;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. given that, as indicated in the 2012 EEAS Staffing Report, the target of at least one third of staff recruited from Member States has almost been reached, to focus now on consolidating EU staff within the EEAS and on opening up the career perspectives of EU officials in the Service; to ensure that the quotas from the three different sources are respected at both AD and AST levels and among all grades, in order to avoid thatensure that the principles of mobility and rotation are applied equally to staff from different backgrounds; to focus now on the recruitment of new EU staff fprom national ministries 1 P7_TA(2010)0280. 2 OJ L 67 of 5.3.2004, p. 1. are concentrated at managerial levels; also to explore, in that regard, the modalities for national diplomats working at the EEAS to apply for permanent posts within the Servicevided compensating reductions are made elsewhere within the EU institutions;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37