17 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2013/2146(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that in such a geopolitical climate, the EU must preserve and promote its values, interests and stability on the global stage, as well asnd assist Member States in protecting the security and prosperity of itstheir citizens; stresses that this demands a fresh approach to shaping a new multipolar world order that is inclusive, credible and cooperative, and underpinned by the rule of law and democracy, as well as universal values, including human rights; recognising that, while this may be the objective of the democracies, there are many autocratic States around the world that do not share it;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -3 (new)
Paragraph -3 (new)
3. Recognises that there is nothing novel or unique about what is now called the "comprehensive approach" which the EU now seeks to promote; notes that a nation or organisation will always use whatever means are most appropriate and which it has available in order to influence change; recalls that since 1991 NATO, for example, has prepared for both Article 5 Collective Defence and for crisis management operations, developing the concept of Peace Support Operations (PSO) in 1999 with a view to tackling the complex challenges posed by unstable states in uncertain environments, with these PSO covering a range of activities and involving military forces as well as diplomatic, humanitarian, and other civil agencies; observes accordingly that the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan supports the Afghan government through operations to bear down on the insurgency, support the growth in capability of the Afghan security forces, and bring about improvements in governance and socio-economic development in order to provide long-term security and stability; notes also that it is the NATO ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Teams that support reconstruction and development and help the Afghan Authorities strengthen the institutions required to fully establish good governance, the rule of law and the promotion human rights;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Emphasises therefore that the strength of the EU lies in its potential to mobilise resources across the full range of diplomatic, security, defence, economic, development and humanitarian instruments – in full compliance with the provisions of the UN Charter – and that using these instruments in a comprehensive approach (CA) gives it a unique flexibility to effectively address the most challenging goals;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the CA is today considered by all relevant international actors (including multilateral organisations and states) to be the best way to frame an efficient response to multidimensional crises, directly coming from the recognition of the factlong-standing recognition that attempting to bring stability by means solely of a single approach (military, in some recent cases) is mostis likely to fail;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to meet their Treaty-based commitments to support the Union’s external relations and security policy actively and in a spirit of mutual solidarity and to complyoperate, in conducting their own policies, with the Union’s action in this area; calls on the Member States to play a constructive role by promoting strategic policy coordination at EU level;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that the CA is the common responsibility ofFeels confident that all EU actors in EU institutions, in EU Member States and on the ground in third countries, and that, ppreciate the same time, it mustmerits of a comprehensive approach which fully respects the specific competencies of each institution and actor;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the concept of a CA should be understood as the coordinated work of all relevant institutions (the EEAS and the Commission’s relevant services, including ECHO, DEVCO, TRADE and ELARG) pursuing common objectives within an agreed framework designed at EU level, and mobilising its most relevant instruments, including the CSDP when the security situation so requires; believes that, so far, institutional and procedural shortfalls have largely prevented such coherent EU external action in most crisis areas where the EU has acted;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that a CA requires responsive, flexible and efficient structures in the EEAS; recalls its view that the EEAS institutional set-up should be streamlined to ensure effective decision-making and use of its instruments, including CSDP civilian and military instruments, as requested in Parliament’s 2013 report on the matter;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that whilst cooperation is essential, the competencies and procedures of all institutions and Member States must be fully respected; calls, therefore, on all EU actors to act in good faith and to do their best to allow the pursuit of a CA;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines Parliament’s determination to ensure that the Union’s external financial instruments for the period 2014 to 2020 are designed so as to facilitate the pursuit of a CA to the Union’s external relations, in particular, by creating instruments that work across the nexus of conflict prevention, crisis management, peace-building, development cooperation and the strengthening of strategic partnerships, provided that this is budget and man-power neutral; underlines therefore its determination to exercise in full its democratic control of the implementation of these instruments to ensure that the Union’s important but finite resources are used in an efficient and cost effective way to achieve results; underlines Parliament’s right, as part of the Mid-Term Review of the external financial instruments, to review the implementation of the instruments and make any necessary changes;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Insists that such strategies should clearly set out the EU’s objectives and priorities and the specific timeframe for implementation and determine what instruments are best suited for each action (e.g. economic sanctions, diplomatic action and mediation, humanitarian and development aid, and the CSDP); insists that the role and contribution of the CSDP should be part of the initial political analysis and definition of policy objectives, thereby facilitating early involvement of CSDP planners when necessary; welcomes, in that context, the positive development of a Political Framework for Crisis Approach for CSDP missions and operations and calls for this to be extended to all crisis response initiatives);
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WBelcomes, in particulaieves strongly that, in future, EU strategies must take full account of the actions of other organisations such as NATO and the UN, avoid duplication and be drawn up before the EU engages in a region, not after; welcomes, however, the EU’'s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa, which aims to bring stability to this strategic region by fighting piracy and its underlying causes, establishing legitimate authorities in Somalia and promoting regional cooperation through the simultaneous use of the EU’'s external instruments, in cooperation with relevant partners in the field; recalls, however, that EU action in the region has been built up on the basis of pioneering CSDP initiatives (namely EUNAVFOR Atalanta and EUTM Somalia) that have then been followed by other EU instruments, making the CA in the Horn of Africa more of an ex-post empirical and pragmatic achievement rather than a well-designed andnotes the prior and continuing military contribution to security in this region made by NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and the American-led task force CTF-151, and highlights the decisive role in fighting piracy plannyed strategy; believes strongly that, in future, EU strategies must be drawn up before the EU engages in a region, not afterby the introduction by various countries of Private Armed Security Guards (PASGs) onto vessels;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is convinced that, in cases where crises cannot be avoided, the EU must be able to plan and deploy the appropriate civilian and military assets, as well as mobilise complementary EU instruments, rapidly and effectively across the whole spectrum of crisis management operations, including in cases of humanitarian crises; calls for the implementation of the relevant Treaty articles in the field of rapid response, including Article 44 TEU; underlines, in that context, the need for political and security experts within the relevant EU delegations;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that the EU should be able to assist consolidateion of peace and stability over the longer term; calls for clear transition strategies to be determined long in advance between short-term crisis- response instruments (notably diplomatic, CSDP, ECHO instruments, and the new ISP) and post-crisis instruments (notably ISP and development assistance) in order to sustain progress achieved in the field; welcomes – as a major first step – the effective cooperation between the EEAS and the Commission in support of the CSDP mission in Mali, and the consideration, at an early stage,insists on planning of an exit strategy for EUTM Mali;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the EU institutions to act as one at country level, with a clear division of responsibilities and under the leadership of a Head of Delegation, responsible for implementing the EU’s external policy in the country, while coordinating locally with Member States as well as the host government, civil society and other international partners;