Activities of Charles GOERENS related to 2022/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2022
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union should continue to act to promote dialogue and guarantee peace and a rules-based international order by strengthening multilateralism and further developing a strong democratic and parliamentary dimension to its external action; whereas strengthening international security, promoting international cooperation with third countries and advancing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms remain core objectives of the Union’s external action;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Member States to make use of Article 31(2) TEUE, which allows the Council to take certain decisions by qualified majority in CFSP matters and Article 42(7); calls on the Member States to make full use of the passerelle clause contained in Article 31(3) TEU; calls for an amendment of Article 42 TEU that would allow switching to reinforced QMV, requiring 72% of Council members representing at least 65% of population, for decisions with military implications;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Member States and the Commission to assess howstrengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) could be strengthened; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice- President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member States; supports the call from Citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe wishing the EU to speak with one voice;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the European Council, the Commission, and the EEAS, to rationalize their approach on CFSP and clarify the respective roles of European Commission President, the High Representative and the European Council President in the CFSP;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Deplores the complexity of the EU’s external representation and underlines that overlapping roles and actions undermine the credibility of the EU as a global actor; supports in this regard, the “Team Europe” approach to avoid duplication and confusion in the EU’s foreign policy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls on all EU decision-makers to ramp up efforts to fight foreign disinformation, interference attempts and hybrid threats, which undermine the Union’s ability to develop and implement effectively its internal and foreign policies; considers it necessary to broaden the scope of threats defined in the mutual defence clause stipulated in Article 42(7) TEU to include hybrid threats, disinformation campaigns and economic coercion by third countries
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Underlines the need to clarify as soon as possible the respective roles of the European Council President, the European Commission President, and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Proposes to create a single Presidency of the EU by merging the functions of the European Council President with those from the European Commission President
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance of parliamentary diplomacy as a foreign policy tool
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms its strong commitment to the Union’s partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty organisation, which remains fundamental to EU security policy; Calls for the development of more integrated cooperation in the field of foreign and security policy with external alliances such asin the framework of a consolidated partnership within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and externEU al like-minded countriees and partners, in particular the US, the UK and Canada.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the European Political Community as a new informal format for dialogue and cooperation; Recalls nevertheless the importance of European organisations such as the Council of Europe and OSCE and calls on the EU Institutions to better coordinate their actions with the respective organisations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a view to convening a convention composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission.