22 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2012/2287(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard its resolution of 21 October 2010 on the European Union’s trade relations with Latin America,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the outcome of the latest BRICS summit held on 26 and 27 March 2013 in Durban,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in the whole Atlantic Basin, the most important political and economic relationship is that linking the EU and the US; whereas the beginning of a new term of the Obama presidency and an ambitious new agenda should serve to strengthen that relationship through an ambitious new agendae focus on the tasks faced by both partners in terms of tackling the consequences of the economic and financial crisis and unemployment and overcoming global challenges;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in a global, complex and increasingly multipolar world, the EU and the US, in spite of fiscal consolidation, should play key roles in the world's politics and economy and in the shaping of the international environment, and face together regional conflicts and global challenges on a multilateral basis; whereas, to that end, they should also secure the involvement of new key powers, including the EU's two Latin American strategic partners, Brazil and Mexicowhen developing joint solutions to these problems, so-called new key powers but also, in particular, affected countries and regions should be involved respectfully and on equal footing;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Latin America is a region which shares with the EU and the US many values, interests, history and increasing economic ties; whereas Latin American countries have established a large number of regional or sub-regional organisations; whereas it is useful to study possible fields in which some sort of triangular cooperation could be developed; whereas that cooperation could be extended to include the African countries of the Atlantic Basin; points out that cooperation in a broader transatlantic area must be based generally on offsetting of interests and that the freedom of all participants to implement their own national priorities and approaches to social development must be guaranteed;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that joint meetings be held between specialised committees of the European Parliament and the US Congress on regulatory aspects of the TTIP negotiations; recommends that regular consultations be held between both the Parliaments and negotiators of both partners and representatives of civil society on progress made and on any disagreements emerging during the negotiations, in order to learn from the past and to ensure the greatest possible level of transparency in the negotiations;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the TTIP negotiations will cover areas in which the partners have very diverging legislation and political cultures, including in agricultural policy, consumer protection and data protection; stresses the need to adhere to the ordinary legislative procedure if any changes to the Community acquis are made;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on both partners to study fields and frameworks through which broader transatlantic cooperation could be carried out in a pragmatic way, and to explore with other Atlantic countries the usefulness of this extended cooperation; underlines that possible fields are economic issues, global governance, development cooperation, climate change, security and energy; calls on the partners to analyse the possibility of making use, for the purpose of these triangular dialogues, of the structures created in Latin America which the EU has traditionally encourageddevelop potential areas and structures for this kind of broader cooperation with other Atlantic countries; underlines that, from the point of view of the EU, possible fields include the development of the economy and of social security, global governance, development cooperation and the fight against poverty, climate change and security and energy;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need for greater coordination between the partners on legislative initiatives related to financial market regulation as well as close cooperation between the respective supervisory authorities;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Encourages a coordinated approach by the partners when planning and implementing public counter-cyclical investment measures, with the aim of reducing unemployment, in particular youth unemployment; proposes that these measures be extended to other states in the Atlantic region which are lacking funds for investment as a result of the global economic crisis;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on both partners to also study thedevelop possibilityies of broader cooperation that includeswith countries on the African rim of the Atlantic Basin, as well as to identify pertinent fields and frameworks, taking into account the relevant African organisationswhile taking into account pertinent frameworks and structures on the African continent;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EU and the US to work in a coordinated manner with a view to ensuring a stable international order of peace and cooperation, based on effective multilateralism with emergingall interested and affected players, including those of the South Atlantic rim; urges the partners to continue working on the UN reform programme while engaging thetaking into account the interests of other Atlantic countries;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the partners to give a new impetus to the G20, also by, at the same time, engaging on an equal footing the other Atlantic powers participating in that forum;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines the significance of the active fight against impunity for crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, a central objective of the EU's external policy; underlines that, with few exceptions, the European and Latin American partners of an extended transatlantic cooperation area are contracting states of the ICC and, against this background, encourages the Obama administration to demonstrate its apparent readiness to cooperate with the ICC on selected cases, by introducing a procedure to repeal the American Service Members' Protection Act;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU and the US to adopt a common strategy in international fora, especially the UN, on the reduction of weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms, to pursue the conclusion of an international agreement on the arms trade and to involve the Atlantic countries in these endeavours; expects the US and Russia to make further progress on nuclear disarmament; calls on EU Member States to draw on the experiences of the Atlantic Latin American states with regard to the establishment of nuclear-free zones when implementing a Global Zero policy and to take specific steps to withdraw US tactical nuclear weapons from Europe;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the partners to closely coordinate in supporting the democratic transition in North Africa and the Middle East on the basis of a comprehensive and conditional strategy; urges the partners to maintain pressure on Russia and China in order to urgently reach aexplore with Russia and China ways to find an urgent diplomatic solution to the tragic crisis in Syria;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the US administration to make the stalling Middle East peace process a priority and to ensure that direct negotiations are resumed without delay; urges the two partners to continue with the double-track approach and to finddevelop, as a matter of urgency, a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear programme issue which would strengthen the global NPT mechanism and make practical progress towards compliance with the international obligation to introduce a nuclear-weapon-free zone in this region;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the partners to jointly develop a comprehensive approach to Afghanistandevelop, together with the Afghan Government and representatives of Afghan society as well as with neighbouring countries in the region, a comprehensive approach to peaceful and sustainable development in the country for the post-2014 period;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights the importance of the Eastern Partnership to the EU; stresses the need to bringat it is in the declared interest of the countries of this neighbouring region to move closer to the EU and to the common values of the transatlantic partnerheir transatlantic partners and to utilise the benefits of the partnership policy for their own development and relevant social reform projects;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges both partners to coordinate their policies towards a critical engagement with Russia; calls on the EU and the US, while balancing out the interests of the participants, to contribute to the process of Russian modernisation without any preconditions;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the EU and the US to make a coordinated effort to commjoint effort to establish a permanent structured dialogue with the new Chinese leadership to dealing more actively with global agenda issues and conflictproblems; recalls the importance of sustaining an open dialogue on good governance and, respect for human rights and a strengthening of the global trade architecture under the WTO;