22 Amendments of Boris ZALA related to 2015/2272(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas a stronger political will for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States is needed in order to respond effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’'s values and societal model and to be a stronger global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force by violating international law and challenge rules- based global order, climate change, major migratory flows, and cyber and hybrid warfare and threats;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, in light of deterioration in regional security, EU must attach priority to stabilization of its immediate neighbourhood, but without forgoing its global commitments; whereas security crises on the EU's doorstep are compounded and shaped by global trends, and, conversely, effective management of regional security is a prerequisite for EU's capacity to act globally;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
– Defend the European states, societiUnion, its Member states and values
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both itsand its Member States must therefore ensure the resilience of democratic institutions and fundamental values; believes that new common institutions are needed to counter the expanding range of the internal and its external resilience, itsthreats, endowed with adequate resources and possessing the capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift and joint action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that heightened levels of internal and external security threats, including terrorism and hybrid warfare, necessitate enhanced cooperation and integration in the area of intelligence gathering, situational awareness and shared analysis; emphasizes the need for greater coherence and institutional consolidation of the intelligence capabilities at the disposal of the EU and its Member States, leading to the establishment of a fully-fledged EU intelligence agency; further believes that more cooperation and pooling of resources is needed to combat cross- border crime, working toward a vision of a common European bureau of investigation;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States for provision of security, and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence and managing security crises in the neighbourhood. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence, with an integrated operational command and a flexible financing mechanism. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly believes that CSDP capabilities should be used more pro- actively and strategically, with an emphasis on conflict-prevention and peace-building in the EU's immediate neighbourhood; recalls, however, the lessons of recent military interventions, which dictate that any decision on the use of CSDP military assets be inscribed in robust multilateral frameworks and regional coalitions to address post-conflict vacuum governance and security vacuum;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EU to pursue closer synergies with the UN crisis management, conflict mediation and resolution instruments, in full compliance with UN Charter; likewise calls on the EU to ensure that regional organisation take up more responsibility for co-operative security governance, and their role in the UN architecture is further elevated and more clearly defined;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Strongly believes that the EU must continue to uphold the territorial integrity of its neighbours and partners, and well as their freedom to choose political and trade alliances and pursue European integration; contends that EU's unwavering commitment to its neighbours' sovereignty must be matched by practical support to enhance their resilience against external coercion and hybrid threats; further believes that such efforts must be accompanied by the pursuit of a sustainable, inclusive and rule-based security order in Europe, drawing on the principles, legal instruments and institutional structures of the OSCE and other relevant bodies; calls on the EU to step up its engagement in the resolution of existing frozen conflicts in the Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; in this context, asks the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa; calls on Member States to cohere around a constructive and European approach and overcome narrow national narratives; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa, as well as a new collective framework for managing irregular migration in the Southern neighbourhood; call for stepped-up engagement with regional powers in pursuit of a sustainable security arrangement in North Africa and the Middle East, including a UN-sanctioned mechanism of consultations and guarantees that would allow for effective multilateral cooperation on state-building and security governance in post-conflict settings or failed states, thus addressing the root-causes of the refugee and migration crises;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs, underpinned by new institutions, such as common European armed forces and a European intelligence agency;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘'rule- maker’', establishing efficient multilateral global governance; warns that multipolarity without effective global governance is a threat to world peace and stability;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is of the opinion that EU must not scale down its commitment to a rule- based, open and equitable multilateral system, with UN at its core, but needs to develop more flexible approaches and creative modes of engagement in response to a more fragmented and contested nature of many multilateral regimes; in this respect, believes that the EU should continue to promote reforms of key multilateral institutions to render them more legitimate and effective, conditional upon the ability and readiness of emerging powers to bear a greater share of responsibility for addressing common challenges;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls the significant and growing role that energy security will play in EU internal development and its relations with local, regional and international partners; calls for swift and full implementation of the five pillars of the Energy Union; believes that it is the strategic interest of the EU to endow the European Commission with a prerogative to co-negotiate and co-sign all contracts on energy supplies from and production in third countries;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors on global threatctors and strategic investment into the building of regional architectures is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared, particularly through the work of the European Endowment for Democracy and other EU instruments for the promotion of democracy and human rights, and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the Union’'s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy, and tied to the maintenance of an open, fair and rules- based regime of global trade;. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system; supports a dual- track strategy whereby bilateral or plurilateral trade agreements come to reinforce, rather than undermine, global norms and multilateral initiatives;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is convinced that, as the largest contributor to UN budget, the EU is both entitled and duty-bound to push for meaningful reforms of the UN institutional system that would make it more effective in addressing global challenges of security and sustainable development, and work toward upgrading its own legal and political status, including in the UN Security Council; further believes that, as part of wider efforts to foster a renewed architecture of global governance, the EU should promote reforms of the UN SC that would dispense with the obsolete post-WW2 arrangement and reflect real distribution of power and influence from military, economic or climate change perspectives;