Activities of Andrew DUFF related to 2009/2057(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2008 annual report on the CFSP - The implementation of the European Security Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy - Non-proliferation Treaty (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2008, presented to the European Parliament in application of Part II, Section G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 PDF (257 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights is now binding on the external activities of the EU,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the protecmotion of civilians, the promotion of human rights and the pursuit of gender equality should guide European external action and be mainstreamed at all levelpeace, human rights and the rule of law worldwide are the central goals of the EU’s external policies,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the achievements of the EU's CFSP have so far fallen well short of promoting the EU as a global actor and of meeting the legitimate expectations of public opinion,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – title
Paragraph 1 – title
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that, in order to allow the EU to play an active role in the world, sufficient funds need to be allocated in the EU budget; regrets that the relevant budget continues to be underfunded and expresses its serious concern over the consequences of under-financing for the Union’s ability to conduct a credible and proactive foreign policy; also underlines the need to equip the Union with the necessary financial means for a consistent and adequate response to unforeseen global challenges and, in this regard, looks forward to being consulted on the procedures forwill play a full part in decisions to granting rapid access to appropriations in the Union budget for urgent financing of CFSP initiatives;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Vice-President/High Representative/Vice- President and her services to develop – with a view to deepening the Union's collective strategic thinking – a coherent EU foreign policy strategy which couldlearly identifies the common security interest of the EU and thereby serves as a reference framework for policy- making and guide the definition of the means to be developed for external actionthe formulation, financing, implementation and monitoring of the CFSP;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the view that the merging of the inter-governmental and Community pillars and functions into one single post of the Vice-President/High Representative, who is subject to a collective vote of consent by the European Parliament, can increase the democratic legitimacy of CFSP activities provided a continuous strategic dialogue is established between Parliament, the Council and the Commission at all levels;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates that, in order to allow the EU to play an active role in the world, sufficient funds need to be allocated in the EU budget; regrets that the relevant budget continues to be underfunded and expresses its serious concern over the consequences of under-financing for the Union’s ability to conduct a credible and proactive foreign policy; also underlines the need to equip the Union with the necessary financial means for a consistent and adequate response to unforeseen global challenges and, in this regard, looks forward to being consulted on the procedures for granting rapid access to appropriations in the Union budget for urgent financing of CFSP initiatives;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Vice-President/High Representative and her services to develop – with a view to deepening the Union's collective strategic thinking – a coherent EU foreign policy strategy which could serve as a reference framework for policy- making and guide the definition of the means to be developed for external action;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Urges the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to act by qualified majority vote (QMV) whenever the new Treaty so provides;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to establish greater clarity on the criteria for the appointment and evaluation of EU Special Representatives (EUSRs); considers that relevant EUSRs should gradually take over and carry out the functions of country-based EU Heads of Delegation while EUSRs with regional responsibilities could provide political guidance to EU Heads of Delegation in the countries concerned in order to ensure coherent and consistent European external action; calls on the Vice- President/High Representative to take steps with a view to entrusting EUSRs with the task of providingalls on the High Representative/Vice-President to take actions towards entrusting EUSRs to exercise political guidance also with regard toover CSDP missions withinunder their remit;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Requests the Vice-President/High Representative to commit herself to consulting Parliament’s relevant committee about appointments she makes to senior posts in the EEAS, including EUSRs, and to agreeing to the commit; determines to invitee conducting hearings with the nominees, if the committee so decidesertain EUSRs and Heads of Delegation to appear before the committee on their appointment;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is of the view that Articles 42(72) of the Treaty on European Union, as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon,and (7) TEU together with Article 10 of Protocol No. 1. on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, renders the residual functions of the Western European Union (WEU) obsolete; therefore calls on the EU Member States concerned to act pursuantaccording to Article XII. of the WEU Treaty of Brussels and to give one year's notice of their intention to denounce thate Treaty; recalls that the right of parliamentary scrutiny over CFSP and CSDP activities lies with the European Parliament and the national parliaments of the EU Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that significant potential conflicts arise from intensified competition over access to, and control of, energy resources, and consequently that the EU should further develop mitigation and adaptation policies with a view to addressing the security risks posed by climate change; deplores the failure of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen and the apparent marginalisation of the EU at the conference; considers in this regard that the EU needs to continue toand strengthen its leadership in global climate governance, given that climate change has become a key element of international relations;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges the Vice-President/High Representative to conduct a thorough audit of past and present ESDP missions in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses; calls on all Member States to undertake a review of their own military capabilities according to commonly agreed criteria and an agreed timetable; calls, further, for the results of these reviews to inform the drafting of the European Union’s first Defence White Paper no later than the end of 2012;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the European Council and Commission to intensify the EU’s engagement in multilateral negotiations to reduce the salience of nuclear weapons;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of gender equality, human rights and good governance objectives being fully integrated in the planning and conduct of all CSDP missions and operations, including fact- finding missions, as gender awareness and sensitivity contribute to operational effectiveness and situational awareness; in this context, welcomes the appointment of a gender adviser to nearly all CSDP missions; calls on the Council and the CommissionVice-President/High Representative to systematically include gender equality and women's empowerment in the EU's political dialogue and policy discussions with partner countries;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the CouncilVice-President/High Representative to include human rights and good governance aspects in the mandates of EUSR Special Representatives and to appoint human rights and good governance adviseors to positions on the staff of EUSR Special Representatives;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. In view of the proliferation of the EU's membership of multilateral bodies worldwide, calls for an interinstitutional review of the cost-effectiveness and viability of such activity;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU and NATO should develop a more intense partnership, taking into account the progressive development of the EU's foreign, security and defence policies; to that end, recommends a review of the so-called Berlin-Plus arrangements and the development of a more strategic dialogue on shared strategic interests and contingency planning; deplores in this respect the continuing clash between Turkey and Cyprus which increasingly undermines the effectiveness and credibility of both the EU and NATO;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its commitment to the transatlantic partnership as the cornerstone of the EU's external action; urges the Vice- President/High Representative/Vice-President to ensure that the EU acts as a coherent and, active yet autonomous partner of the US in strengthening global security and stability, promoting peace and respect for human rights, and adopting a united approach to global challenges such as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, climate change and energy security; calls on both partners, the EU and the US, to encourage China, India, Russia, Brazil and other emerging powers to share responsibility for the global order and for the settlement of conflicts; encourages the Vice- President/High Representative to work towards strengthening EU-US institutional mechanisms in line with Parliament's resolutions;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that stability in the Western Balkans based on the rule of law should remain a top priority in the Union’s external action, and therefore attaches the utmost importance to the efforts to bring the countries of that region closer to the EU, inter alia by promoting reforms, enhancing regional cooperation and inter- ethnic reconciliation;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes with satisfaction the generally peaceful and stable situation in Kosovo and the efforts to build a multi-ethnic society, as demonstrated by the successful local elections held on 15 November 2009; welcomes the fact that the EULEX rule of law mission in Kosovo, which is the largest civilian CSDP mission launched so far by the EU, is at last working at full operational capacity; underlines the mission’s importance in promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation, the rule of law, public order and security throughout the whole of Kosovo, by assisting the Kosovo institutions, judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies in their progress towards sustainability and accountability; in this respect, welcomes the decision to open a new EULEX office in the north; however, notes the need to increase the number of prosecutors working in EULEX, and calls on the Member States to provide additional personnel; urges those Member States which have yet to do so to recognise the independence of Kosovo;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Vice-President/High Representative/Vice- President to intensify the EU'´s efforts to work towards peaceful settlement under international law of the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria and, above all, that between Russia and Georgia and its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia; welcomes the recent rapprochement between the governments of Turkey and Armenia, and urges ratification of the accords by their respective parliaments;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. StressDeplores the need for the Peace Process negotiations to be conducted within a limited time-frame and in a climate of mutual trust; considers that they should aim atabject failure of the so- called ‘Peace Process’ in the Middle East; reiterates its support for the creation of an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, living side by side with the State of Israel in peace and security within internationally recognised frontiers in compliance with all relevant United Nations resolutions;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Considers it important to maintainensify political dialogue among the members of the Union for the Mediterranean at all levels in order to overcome tensions that mighthave delayed the setting-up of the Barcelona-based Secretariat and the promotion of concrete projects of mutual interest; still considers that this Secretariat will be able to demsocial, economic and ecological interest; hopes that the Union for the Mediterranean may constrate major potential for revitalising Euro- Mediterranean relationibute positively to the resolution of the conflicts in the Middle East, rapprochement between Turkey and Cyprus, and the democratic development of the Arab states;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines, in any case, that, from an EU perspective, the co-presidency must be compatible with the external representatof the Union ofor the EU in accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon; recalls that the Treaty of Lisbon provides an opportunity for the EU to ensure consistency, coherence and continuity in its representation in the new institutions of the Union for the MediterraneaMediterranean (UfM) must be in the hands of the Vice- President/High Representative in strict accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that post-election Afghanistan is now entering a decisive and critical period, with the formation of a new government in Kabul providing the opportunity to frame a new agenda and a new contract with the Afghan people; urges the European Council to establish, in collaboration with the Vice-President/High Representative, and as a top priority, a redefinition of the purpose of the Afghan War alongside a clarification of the scope, type, scale and duration of Europe’s participation in the hostilities;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. WelcomNotes the Council's Action Plan for strengthened EU action in Afghanistan and Pakistan, adopted at the October 2009 General Affairs and External Relations Council, and its declaration of its renewed readiness to assist in meeting the challenges of the region, in cooperation with the countries concerned and the international partners, but stresses that the Plan will remain just that unless there is a clear commitment from the EU Member States to contribute to its implementation; calls on the Council, the Commtcome of the European Council of December 2009 with respect to Afghanistan and the recent decission and the Swedish Presidency to make a concerted effort to implement the Plan without delay and before the end of 2009; urges the Council to make more progress towards full deployment of staff in EUPOL in order to establish sustainable and effective civilian policing arrangements capable of enhancing the security environments of the US Government and of NATO;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recognises that Pakistan continues to face very serious challenges and endorses the EU's firm support for thea strong, secular and civilian government of Pakistan; stresses Pakistan's key role in the region and reiterates that a stable, democratic and prosperous Pakistan is also central to addressing global issues such as counter- terrorism, nuclear non- proliferation, counter-narcotics and human rights, and strongly encourages it to adopt a comprehensive strategy to fight terrorism and address its root causes;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Secretary General of NATO, the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Chairman-in- office of the OSCE, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the President of the WEU Parliamentary Assembly, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.