22 Amendments of Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON related to 2009/2217(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the war in Afghanistan constitutes aggression and violates international law; and whereas the international community has implicitly recognised that nine years of war and international involvement have not succeeded ineither eliminatinged the Taliban insurgency and bringingnor brought peace and stability to the country – quite the contrary,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas security conditions have deteriorated, along with the popular consensus the coalition’s presence enjoyed at one stage,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the mainofficial objective of the EUPOL Afghanistan mission is to contribute to the establishment of an Afghan police system in accordance with international standards,
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges, therefore, NATO and all coalition forces in Afghanistan to return to a situation whereby they provide their own military supply chain, as soon as practicable, and to withdraw at the earliest possible date;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Fears that these errors have fuelled the resurgence of the Taliban in over half the country, exacerbating the deterioration in security;deleted
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes, too, that this, plus the poor performance of international aid and of the Afghan government in delivering it, and the increased use of lethal force by coalition troops, has further alienated ordinary Afghans;deleted
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Deplores the fact that these mistakes have fuelled a resurgence by the Taliban in more than half the country and have aggravated a security situation already worsened by the maintenance of the military presence and the increased use of lethal weapons by the coalition troops;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises that the only possible solution is a political one, and that negotiations with the Taliban – which should take place against the backdrop of a ceasefire – lie at the heart of this process, with the aim of forming a government of national unity which can put an end to the civil war that has raged in the country for almost three decades;deleted
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Firmly believes that the EU’s three main prerequisites for the peace process must be an Afghan commitment to banishing Al Qaeda from the country, the elimination of poppy cultivation, and the will to establish respect for fundamental human rightsNATO must withdraw its troops as soon as possible;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Believes, too, that all other issues should be left to the will and capacity of the Afghan people themselves; the Afghan people are sovereign and must be able to exercise their democratic rights entirely independently;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses the key role of Pakistan in the process, as there is no incentive for the Taliban to undertake any serious negotiations as long as the Pakistan border remains open to themimportant role that Pakistan can play in the peace process;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses, however, that for peace to be allowed to take root in Afghanistan will require all it, the USA, the EU and all Afghanistan’s neighbours will have to agree to a common position of non-interference;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the EU to support the peace process unreservedly, allowing the Karzai Government full autonomy in its choice of dialogue partners, but insisting that the Afghan Constitution and respect for fundamental humand withdrawing its troops, but insisting that respect for the UN Charter and rightsesolutions should form the overall legal and political framework for the peace process;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Points out that the EU Member State military presence in Afghanistan has the objective of combating the threat of international terrorism and tackling the fight against drug cultivation and trafficking;deleted
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Stresses that this presence is totally unrelated to recent plans by the Afghan Government to exploit its potentially vast mining and minerals industry;deleted
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses, too, that these resources on Afghan territory belong exclusively to the people of Afghanistan, and that ‘protection’ of these assets can never be used as an excuse for the permanent presence of foreign troops on Afghan soil;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Stresses that Afghanistan must be provided with a police force capable of ensuring a minimal standard of security able to permit a subsequent withdrawal of the foreign military presence from the country;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Believes that the vagueness of EUPOL’s remit and the uncertainty of its achievements to date depreivent it from acquiring the legitimacy it deservesof any legitimacy;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Notes fromIs disturbed by the ISAF sofigurces indicating that of the 94 000 men in the Afghan National Police almost 90% are illiterate, 20% are drug users, and over 30% go missing after a year, not to mention the 1 000 or so killed in service every year;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Is equally disturbshocked to learn of the poor financial controls being applied to these private companies, and cites a 2006 joint US Defense and State Department report, whose findings are still valid today, which found that the police force in Afghanistan was incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work and that no effective field training programme existed; acknowledges General McChrystal’s attempts, during his tenure, to exercise some degree of control over the private foreign militias operating with impunity in Afghanistan;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Proposes that a large-scale training programme be launched and placed, in the first instance, under NATO command, and that EUPOL and national police mission staff be integrated into this new training mission, thereby eliminating duplication, waste and fragmentation;deleted
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Opines that a large, well-resourced military force should, subsequently, have found it easy to sustain this opium-free situation through local agricultural development projects, protected by its troops against the Taliban and local warlords;deleted