32 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2014/2219(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
– protjecting European values and enfsupporcting the political and legal order in Europe, thereby helping safeguarding peace and stability,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
– supporting security, stabilisation and the rule of law in the EU’s's eastern and southern neighbourhood,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 3 a (new)
- strengthening the transatlantic dimension and coordination of policies with the USA,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 5 a (new)
- to complement, where appropriate, and not seek to displace the diplomatic prerogatives of Member States and the role of other organisations,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the external financial assistance deployed by the EU and its Member States needs to be refocused in line with the jointly agreed strategic priorities; calls for more measures to be taken by the EU in order to increase the visibility and effectiveness of EU assistance;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to fully use the toolbox of the Lisbon Treaty to move from what has so far been a mostly reactive approach to a pro-active, coherent EU foreign and security policy, deployed in the shared European interest;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes, in this connection, the organisation of the new Commission in clusters, which enables the HR/VP to coordinate all Commission policies with an external dimension; supports the HR/VP in her efforts to fully assume her role as Vice- President of the Commission; encourages the HR/VP at the same time to use her role as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Council to bring initiatives into the Council that advance common pro-active policies beyond the least common denominator, using the whole toolbox of CFSP and the EU’s external policies;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the internal structures of the EEAS need to be reformed, to become leaner, more efficient and less costly, so as to enable it to assist the HR/VP in all her roles and to enable her to advance strategic planning and coordinate political processes within the Council and the Commission; insists on the need to rationalise the EEAS top management structure and to streamline decision-making processes; reiterates its call for closer integration of the EU Special Representatives into the EEAS, including through a transfer of their budget from the CFSP operational budget into the EEAS budget;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the modernisation of the EU delegations network so as to reflect the needs of EU foreign, development and humanitarian policy in the 21st century, including by adaptreducing staff numbers and expertise; asks the HR/VP to strengthen the authority of the head of delegation over all staff, irrespective of their institutional origin, and to simplify the administrative budgets of delegations towards a single funding source; points to the potential for synergies and economies of scale afforded by the strengthening of cooimproving experation between Member State embassies and EU delegationse;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the vital importance of collective defence guaranteed by NATO for its members; urges the Member States, as a matter of urgency, to step up their ability to contribute to territorial defence, commit more resources and cooperate more closely to build synergies; stresses that all the Member States must enjoy the same level of security, in line with Article 42(7) TEU; stresses that a credible EU foreign policy needs to be underpinned by adequate defence capabilities in the Member States and an effective Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); takes the view that the CSDP is an important component of European defence and can contribute to it in many ways, including by fostering defence cooperation, enhancing interoperability and increasing efficiency; welcomes the HR/VP’s commitment to actively engage on defence matters, including by chairing meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council in the Defence Ministers configuration;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. Welcomes the impetrefocus given to the CSDP by the European Council on Defence in December 2013 and looks forward to the forthcoming debate in June 2015; calls for further ambitious decisions to be taken at this summit, in particular:
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
– launching – on the basis of the review of the EU’s strategic framework – a process of strategic reflection on objectives and priorities in the field of security and defence, setting out the required capabilities and options for deepening defence cooperationimproving capabilities;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
– strengthenupporting the European Defence Agency by providing it with the necessary resources, so that it can play its fullin playing a role in coordinating and stimulating armaments cooperationenhancement;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 7
Paragraph 16 – indent 7
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the industrial and technological resources needed to improve cyber security to be developed, including by promoting a single market for cyber security products; emphasises the need to mainstream cyber defence into external action and the CFSP, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence with NATO; welcomes the EU’s Cyber Security Strategy; urges the European Defence Agency to strengthen coordination on cyber defence among Member States and calls on the Member States to provide the EDA with the means to achieve this goal;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that energy is increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool and recalls that energy cooperation lies at the foundation of European integration; calls for increased coherence and coordination between foreign policy and energy policy; takes the view that energy security should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action and believes that energy policy must be in line with the Union’s other priority policies, including its security, foreign and neighbourhood, trade, and development policies, as well as its policies in defence of human rights;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that energy is increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool and recalls that energy cooperation lies at the foundation of European integration; calls for increased coherence and coordination between foreign policy and energy policy; takes the view that energy security should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’'s external action and believes that energy policy must be in line with the Union’'s other priority policies, including its security, foreign and neighbourhood, trade, and development policies, as well as its policies in defence of human rights; in this regard, underlines the need to significantly reduce the dependence on Russia and find alternative sources of energy;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that an overarching political strategy is needed, aimed at reinvigorating the European political and legal order, which was laid down with the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and which binds all European states, including Russia; insists that this order is based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states, and the peaceful resolution of conflicts; sees the development of a constructive dialogue with Russia on cooperation to strengthen this order as a basis forn important part of peace and stability in Europe, provided that Russia respects international law and fulfils its commitments regarding Georgia and Ukraine, including withdrawal from Crimea;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that a new approach to the EU’'s relations with its eastern neighbours is needed; believes that supporting those countries that want to draw closer to the EU must be a top priority for EU foreign policy, based on a "more for more" approach; is committed, in accordance with Article 49 TEU, to the European perspective for the EU´s eastern European neighbours;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges Russia to honour its commitments and obligations, including those enshrined in the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandum; strongly condemns Russia´s direct military interventaggression and hybrid war against Ukraine, as well aswhich was started with the illegal annexation of Crimea; urges Russia to de- escalate and to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory; calls for the immediate and full implementation of the Minsk Protocol;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the sanctions adopted by the EU in reaction to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and stresses that these are scalable and reversible, depending on the fulfilment of the Minsk agreement, but could also be strengthened should Russia continue to fail to meet its international obligations;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises the need for the EU and its Member States to show solidarity and speak with one voice vis- à-vis Russia; calls on the HR/VP to develop, as a matter of priority, a common EU strategy on Russia, aimed at securing a commitment from Russia on peace and stability in Europe; believes that a good relationship between Russia and the EU would be in the common interest and hopes that Russia will show itself open to such a development by respecting international law;