350 Amendments of Krzysztof LISEK
Amendment 78 #
2013/2945(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of achieving a common understanding between Turkey and the EU on the relevance for both the EU and Turkey of the readmission agreement and the roadmap leading to visa liberalisation; recalls that Turkey is one of the key transit countries for irregular migration to the EU and therefore calls on Turkey to sign and implwelcomes the signing of the readmission agreement by the readCommission agrend Turkey on 16 December 2013 and expresses the hope that it will be implemented without further delay; calls on the Commission in parallel to take steps towards visa liberalisation and stresses the clear benefits of facilitating access to the EU for business people, academics, students and representatives of civil society;
Amendment 128 #
2013/2945(RSP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the democratisation package presented by the Government on 30 September 2013 and calls on the Government to duly consult the opposition and relevant civil society organisations in the preparation of the implementing legislation and to continue with its reform efforts towards revision of the electoral system, including the lowering of the 10% electoral threshold, and the adequate inclusion of all components of Turkish society; calls on the Government to ensure that the legislation on hate crimes offers protection for all citizens, including minorities and LGBTI;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the issue of anti-missile defence (AMD) was already raised in the past but has become more topical in recent years in view of the multiplication of threats stemming from nuclear proliferation and other weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical, biological and radiological weapons, as well as the potential threat posed by conventional weapons, such as short-range ballistic missiles, to which the EU and its allies must be able to respond effectively;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas AMD is not only a leading symbol of the USA’s commitment to the EU and to its Eastern European Member StatesNATO, but also of allied solidarity, even if: the system is not specifically intended to shield the particular country in which it is basedprotect countries in which facilities for the interception and destruction of ballistic missiles are located (e.g. Romania and Poland), although such facilities are also capable of protecting neighbouring countries;
Amendment 25 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that nuclear proliferation poses a grave danger to the survival of humankind. Even a nuclear strike confined to a to specific area would be constitute a global catastrophe, resulting in a major system shock at global level. The cost of such an event, both human and financial, would be extremely high; stresses, at the same time, that threats of a different nature should not be ignored, such as those posed by arming warheads with other types of weapons of mass destruction, for instance, radiological materials or conventional loads, especially in the case of short-range ballistic missiles;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the NATO ballistic missile defence system (NATO BMD), in accordance with the decisions taken at NATO's Lisbon and Chicago summits concerning ensuring that all NATO territory in Europe has anti-missile protection, is currently being established on the basis of American anti-missile defence installations in Europe (EPAA) and on national resources of NATO member states allocated to the ALTBMD programme and to the NATO BMD joint command system; notes that the announcement of interim NATO BMD capability at the May 2012 NATO summit in Chicago is the first meaningful step taken by NATO towards building this system in Europe and towards achieving complementarity between US and NATO anti-missile defence systems; stresses that the NATO BMD is defensive, forms part of the deterrence mechanism, and supplements the strategic offensive arsenal;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the latest phase in the deployment of NATO’s anti-missile shield (AMSNATO BMD), which aims to annihilate ballistic missiles before they reach their targets in the final stage of their trajectory upon re- entry into the atmosphere, will face greater restrictions than was previously anticipated. It will provide protection to key NATO assets, but contrary to previous plans, it will not and should, in its current form, provide sufficient coveragepartial protection for the whole European population from the limited number of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in existence. This unforeseen development has raised support for a European AMS which would supplement NATO’s systemattacks using short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Argues that the legitimate grounds for an anti-missile shield originate inthe NATO BMD are to prevent attacks using short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), which may also encompass the threat of a nuclear attack potentially orchestrated by actors who do not subscribe to traditional understandings of rationality. In real terms, certain ‘rogue’ states or state-like actors could be prepared to attack, even in cases where doing so would ultimately result in their inevitable self-destruction;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that it is extremely difficult to evaluate the current and future risks of such developments, and that even if some of these countries have the capacity to develop a nuclear bomb, this does not necessarily mean that they are capable of developing ICBMs in the near future; stresses the need, however, to consider the possibility of these countries using short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles;
Amendment 53 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that there is some evidence that Pakistan might be transferring technological expertise to Iran and North Korea; highlights, furthermore, the worrying fact t-{}-hat thousands of unemployed ex-Soviet nuclear scientists provide a continuing threat as regards the transfer of dangerous information; welcomes, at the same time, the signing in Geneva of the P5+1 agreement with Iran concerning the Iranian nuclear programme, which is a step towards increasing stability in the Middle East and improving relations between Iran and the Euro-Atlantic Community; notes, however, that this interim agreement does not deal with methods for delivering weapons of mass destruction – particularly missile technology – and therefore may not constitute a basis for any limitations on the development of the NATO BMD, including the EPAA, especially since the threats posed to Europe by missiles and WMDs is much more complex and is not restricted to Iran;
Amendment 63 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls therefore for a thorough and transparent cost-benefit analysis to be carried out regarding AMS – investigations should be carried out into which EU mechanisms can be used to deepen political, military and industrial cooperation between Member States in the field of BMD, for example as regards capabilities in terms of carrying out BMD-related EU research and development projects, and as regards identifying EU Member States’ missile defence capabilities against the backdrop of their defence priorities and the continued discussions over the future development of the Common Security and Defence Policy; points out that this analysis should be conducted by an independent panel and should evaluate the cost of the AMS in relation to the potential risk of a ‘rogue’ state orchestrating an attack using short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles or ICBMs;
Amendment 66 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that ICBMs are by no means the only delivery system used in nuclear devices; points out that the AMS might provide a false sense of security, nonetheless, that the AMS is one of Europe’s key defence and deterrence capabilities and an important factor ensuring peace in Europe; points out that having an effective missile defence system on the European continent has strengthened the EU’s international position and reduced the risk associated with the use or threat of use of missile technology against the EU; points out that the main BMD-related task should be to ensure that the European continent is capable of defending itself from a wide spectrum of missile threats and to provide protection to armed forces deployed outside Europe;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 73 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that efforts at EU level in the field of missile defence should be complementary to the actions of NATO, which is and should remain the main forum for the integration of national BMD systems in Europe;
Amendment 74 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that EU initiatives, such as Pooling & Sharing, may prove helpful in strengthening cooperation between Member States in the areas of BMD and carrying out joint research and development work; notes that, in the long term, such cooperation could also lead to the further consolidation of the European defence industry;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that anti-missile technology is developing rapidly; believes that prospective countermeasures, if developed,the AMS would provide partial, but credible defence against short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles, as well as a limited number of ICBMs;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Argues that Russia’s involvement in the AMS is desirableStresses that NATO is prepared to cooperate with Russia based on the assumption of cooperation between two independent missile defence systems – NATO’s and Russia’s; points out that NATO made an offer to Russia at the Chicago summit to develop a transparency regime that preserves reciprocity, and therefore urges Russia to adopt a constructive approach; accepts, at the same time, Russia’s involvement in the AMS, given that potential interceptions would most likely take place in Russian airspace; argues, furthermore, that Russia’s involvement in the development of the AMS wcould be beneficial in economic terms, if the system-related costs were to be shared by the actors involved; stresses, once more, that although effective cooperation with Russia could bring measurable benefits, it must be pursued in accordance with political realities and on the basis of full reciprocity and transparency, as increasing mutual trust is vital for the gradual development of such cooperation; notes, therefore, that moving Russian missiles closer to NATO and EU borders is incomprehensible and poses a threat;
Amendment 169 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Deplores the continuous pressure exerted by the Russian Federation on the EaP countries through economic, political and military tools; in case of Georgia, underlines the unacceptability of the installation of barbwire fences and other artificial obstacles along the occupation line with the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions that significantly impacts the livelihoods of the local population, fetters people-to-people contacts and seriously undermines the security situation on the ground;
Amendment 244 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the recent developments in the EaP countries and their relations with the EU are a warning that the EU is still not considered as the only political alternativefor both sides that do not make enough efforts to promote and increase awareness of the mutual benefits of the Association Agreements;
Amendment 246 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the achievements and ambitions of the EaP, which is the political framework for strengthening relations between the EU and the Eastern Partners, founded on mutual interests, commitments, shared ownership and joint responsibility, as well as the institutional basis for political cooperation, and a forum for dialogue between the partner countries; welcomes, in this connectionregard, the establishment of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and other cooperation platforms, such as the EaP Civil Society Forum and the Eastern Europe Initiatives Congress; notes however that the recent developments in some EaP countries have drawn attention to the fragility of the political process;
Amendment 251 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that more progress can be made on the establishment of the visa-free regime; notes, in this connectionregard, that visa liberalisation is only one of a number of processes aimed at bringing the societies closer together, and that more efforts are required in this area, particularly with regard to advancing cooperation in the field of education and culture; considers that greater emphasis should be placed on the fact that the EaP project is directed at societies rather than authorities;
Amendment 253 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training, voluntary service and au pairing is a tool which will have a great impact in the field of education and culture; calls for a prompt adoption of this directive offering the long-term visas and residence permits for the third-country nationals for the above mentioned purposes;
Amendment 259 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of focusing more on the consolidation of the energy sector, which is one of the main conditions for modernisation of the economy, and developing energy strategies in line with European Energy Community obligations; calls for the continuation of gas and electricity market reforms and an adequate share of energy from renewable resources; calls on the Commission and Council to make solidarity a fundamental principle of the Energy community that is expected to be fully respected by all the players active in the EU market especially in the face of politically motivated South Stream project pushed forward by Russia;
Amendment 260 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that difficulties have emerged in promoting and implementing the EaP, and stresses that the EU’s engagement should go beyond political dialogue to tackle and develop social, economic and cultural dialogue; calls on the Commission to prepare a clear communication strategy for the societies in the EaP countries to explain to them the benefits of the Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive Trade Areas (DCFTAs) as tools of modernising their political systems and economies;
Amendment 266 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Finds it regrettable that there is uneven interest among the Member States in relations with, and developments in, EaP countries; notes with concern the lack of understanding among the Member States about the geopolitical importance of cooperation and of a uniform stancecommon position on some issues;
Amendment 274 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of fostering economic cooperation in order to bring the EaP project forward, inter alia by raising awareness of the complexity of economic problems, promoting good governance in the financial sector, adopting a sectoral approach, encouraging legislation conducive to the development of SME sector and promoting business partnerships between the EU and the EaP; highlights the need for concluding and provisional application of DCFTAs as the main tools of modernising the economies of the EaP countries and recovery from the financial crisis;
Amendment 281 #
2013/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for understanding that the EaP is an ambitious program, the results of which may become evident in the long- term perspective; stresses that, while the EaP is being widely criticized, the success of the initiative is dependent on the engagement and political will of both the EU and its Eastern Neighbours; furthermore notes that it is essential that any criticism of the EaP should have a constructive character and be targeted at its improvement rather than discrediting;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the need to make progress in consolidating the EDTIB in a manner which is sustainable and which takes account of the interests of SMEs, given that – in the face of the increasing sophistication and costs of technologies, growing international competition and decreasing defence budgets and production volumes – it is no longer possible in any of the Member States for the defence industry to be sustainable on a strictly national basis; regrets the fact that, while a certain level of concentration has been achieved in the European aerospace industries, the land and naval equipment sectors are still overwhelmingly fragmented along national lines;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Maintains that the construction of a European defence industry should be carried out in a sustainable manner, in all Member States, on the basis of existing industrial infrastructure, and not solely according to the principle of free competition;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the Commission Communication of 24 July 2013 and the EEAS draft report; considers it regrettable that the Commission Communication did not specify the mechanisms that would ensure the equitable development of the defence industry in all parts of the European Union; considers it similarly regrettable that the Commission and the EEAS did not issue a joint European declaration in preparation for the European Council’s defence summit in December of this year;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Repeats its call for a European White Paper on security and defence and suggests that the European Council consider this option; urges the EU Member States, furthermore, to give serious consideration to the European dimension in their national security strategies and White Papers;
Amendment 54 #
2013/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes with concern that the number and timeliness of CSDP missions and operations, and the development of civilian and especially military means for the CSDP, fall short of what is required, given the EU’s increasingly insecure neighbourhood; deplores, in particular, the limited overall scope of the CSDP missions related to the crises in Libya and Mali; calls for the situation to be monitored and for the operational engagement in Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus, which has yielded positive results, to be maintained; calls for greater ambition and serious efforts to improve the design of future CSDP missions and operations under a ‘lessons learned process’ and to develop appropriate exit strategies;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Deplores the fact that EU battlegroups have never yet been deployed in EU military operations; stresses nonetheless that they constitute an important tool for timely force generation and rapid reaction; welcomes the decision to address this issue during the December Summit; is convinced that the EU should dispose of high- readiness standing battle forces, with land, air, naval and special forces components and a high level of ambition; favours a more flexible and targeted approach to enhance the response and adaptability to different crisis situations, and to improve modularity in order to close gaps during the initial phases of the launch of CSDP operations without, however, compromising the operational capacity of the battlegroup as a whole; calls for consideration to be given to the completion of battlegroups with a civilian component;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance for the EU to further develop partnerships and deepen its security dialogue with the UN, regional organisations and relevant players, including with Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 140 #
2013/2105(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates the need for a strong and less fragmented European defence industry that is capable of sustaining the CSDP and enhancing the EU’s strategic autonomy; highlights the need for regionally balanced development of the European defence industry; highlights the importance of certification and standardisation for improving the interoperability of the armed forces; calls on the European Council to mandate the EDA to prepare a roadmap for the development of defence industrial standards, and on the Member States to streamline European certification procedures with the mutual recognition of certificates and to harmonise their certification procedures;
Amendment 205 #
2013/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45 a. Supports the EU - Georgia Association Agreement, however, it believes that a tangible progress by Georgian authorities in the area of rule of law is necessary; in particular all the political prisoners including former Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili shall be released and the European standards in the upcoming presidential elections shall be met;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the Malaysia-European Community Strategy Paper for the period 2007-2013,
Amendment 4 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Malaysia is a founding member of ASEAN and will chair the organisation in 2015; whereas Malaysia is the EU's second most important trading partner in ASEAN;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Malaysia is an active member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Colombo Plan promoting economic and social development in the Asia-Pacific region, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and, the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), and the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia- Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) ; whereas Malaysia has also been a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) since its establishment in 1995, and is a member of the Group of 77 (G77) developing countries and the Developing Eight (D-8);
Amendment 17 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Malaysia, an emerging economy, has established successive socioeconomic restructuring programmes, starting with the New Economic Policy (NEP) in 1971, which was replaced by the National Development Policy in 1991 and subsequently by the National Vision Policy in 2001;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas cooperation between the EU and Malaysia on women's rights, children's rights, indigenous peoples' rights, migration, freedom of the press and human rights defenders has been strengthened by regular contacts with the civil society and the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM); whereas the EU is also gradually establishing cooperation with Malaysia in areas falling under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) such as maritime security and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 19 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas to foster further relations the Malaysian Parliament set up the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) Malaysia-EU Caucus in November 2010, and its members are representing both the government coalition and the opposition;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the EU-Malaysia partnership and cooperation agreement will provide unique opportunities to expand the EU's engagement in a number of areas of mutual interest with Malaysia such as trade cooperation, energy, science & technology, migration, counter-terrorism, human rights, good governance, anti- corruption, trafficking in persons and non-proliferation; whereas the PCA will also strengthen EU-Malaysia policy dialogue on environment, green technology and climate change.
Amendment 23 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to elevate the EU's relations with countries in Southeast Asia, including and in particular Malaysia, through the timely conclusion of the negotiations on partnership and cooperation agreements (PCAs) with five ASEAN countries; to raise awareness in the EU of the significant potential and the multi-faceted nature of those relations; and to emphasise that the PCAs will open a new strategic and political framework for relations between the EU and ASEAN countries, to stress the importance of active and frequent EU participation in high-level meetings and summits of organisations in the region, where the EU has been invited to take part;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution containing Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP), the European External Action Service and the Government and Parliament of Malaysia.
Amendment 3 #
2013/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
a) poverty eradication should remain a priority in the new framework, along with the fight against inequality and sustainable development;
Amendment 8 #
2013/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – introductory part
Paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. to improve the link between relief, rehabilitation, disaster risk reduction and development and to enhance coordination between humanitarian and development actors in order to guarantee the continuity of aid and build resilience, the need for which is highlighted by the recurring food crises in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. to incorporate into development strategies the assessment and managing of disaster risk reduction in order to safeguard lives and livelihoods of populations
Amendment 20 #
2013/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004, border surveillance operations coordinated by the Agency are conducted in accordance with an operational plan. Accordingly, as regards sea operations, the operational plan should include specific information on the application of the relevant jurisdiction and legislation in the geographical area where the joint operation or pilot project takes place, including references to international and Union law, regarding interception, rescue at sea and disembarkation. In turn, tThis Regulation governs the issues of interception, rescue at sea and disembarkation in the context of sea border surveillance operations coordinated by the Agency.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls the plenary decision for the Council to present a roadmap by June 2013 on the multiple seats of the EP and expects both the Committees concerned, the Secretary General and the Bureau to provide members with up-to-date figures and information on the financial and environmental impact of the multiple seat arrangement; suggests the EP's own impact assessment services examine this question also with respect to the impact of the EP's presence or partial presence on the respective communities and regions and present an assessment by June 2013 in order for these findings to be considered for the next MFF;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Invites the European Council to explore ways of streamlining the political decision- making process at EU level, and parliamentary procedures at national level, to make rapid reaction a reality; encourages reflection on possible modalities for delegating to the VP/HR certain decision-making powers regarding deployments of battle-groups for limited periods of time, provided that certain, clearly defined pre-conditions are met, such as a specific request from the United Nations;
Amendment 66 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Draws attention to the general need to step up cooperation between the EDA and the EU Military Committee/EU Military Staff;
Amendment 88 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Strongly supports pooling and sharing initiatives in education and training where significant savings can be made without affecting national sovereignty as regards operational deployments; highlights the success of the EDA’s Helicopter Training Programme and welcomes the launch of tactical air transport exercises by EDA, which should lead to the establishment of a permanent European airlift tactics training course; looks forward to more progress in developing a common integrated training system to train future fighter pilots; welcomes EDA’s work on more pooled and shared training in the areas of cyber defence, countering improvised explosive devices and naval operations; draws attention to the need for the EDA to take into account the training needs of Member States whose aircraft are produced under, for example, Russian licences;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Draws attention to the need to avoid potential overlaps with NATO, e.g. in the area of cybersecurity training;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses the need to develop existing EU-NATO operational cooperation frameworks through the Berlin Plus agreements, as well as the need for strategic EU-NATO dialogue with a view to coordinating the operational efforts and strategic goals of both organisations with regard to a specific crisis;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2319(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Draws attention to the need for the EU to step up information activities in order to enlarge the role of Pooling and Sharing;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the 7 October 2012 Declaration of the European Ministers responsible for the Integrated Maritime Policy and the European Commission, on a Marine and Maritime Agenda for growth and jobs, the "Limassol Declaration",
Amendment 5 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 20 January 2011 on a sustainable EU policy for the High North1 and to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of 26 June 2012 on Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region: progress since 2008 and next steps, ____________ 1 P7_TA(2011)0024
Amendment 6 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
Amendment 7 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 8 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
Amendment 9 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on the Horn of Africa of 14 November 2011, and, in particular, to the Strategic Framework set out in their annex,
Amendment 11 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 20131 on EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa, _____________ 1 P7_TA-PROV(2013)0006
Amendment 13 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU Member States are responsible for ltogether control ofmprise a coastline of over 90 000 kilometres in length bordering two oceans and four seas, in addition to overseas territories and national security installations throughout other oceans; whereas EU Member States are responsible for the control, security and safety of the European coastal and territorial waters, Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), continental shelf, maritime infrastructure and marine resources; whereas Member States have the responsibility of being the principal security provider for seafarers on ships flying their flag and for their citizens; whereas States' inability to control their maritime space has consequences well outside their coastal and maritime zones;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas maritime spaces are open, vast and boundless spaces, only limited by maritime jurisdictions; whereas maritime spaces are difficult to control, especially since international maritime law aims principally at facilitating trade and guaranteeing free movement;
Amendment 17 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas States have a duty to endeavour to enforce and reinforce international law, particularly UNCLOS and to guarantee the flow of maritime routes and the preservation of the Global Commons, commercial and environmental interests; whereas EU Member States altogether constitute the world's biggest EEZ (of around 25 million square metres); whereas 90 % of the EU's external trade and 40 % of its internal trade is transported by sea; whereas the EU is the world's leading maritime shipping actor, with European ship owners managing 30 % of the vessels and 35 % of world shipping tonnage - inter alia 55 % of container vessels and 35 % of tankers, representing 42 % of the value of global seaborne trade;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the importance of global maritime flows for the Union has increased exponentially as a result of globalisation and growing global interdependence; whereas the geostrategic maritime balance is fast changing, with emerging powers adopting access denial strategies to constrain traditional US and European presence at seas; whereas a more complex and diffuse maritime security environment makes effective multilateralism and international cooperation in regulating maritime affairs more difficultit is therefore in the EU's interest to ensure maritime security not only in the waters off its coasts but throughout the world's oceans and seas;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas globalisation also encouragfacilitates the proliferation of illegal maritime non- state actors who thdifferent types of threats to maritime security; whereas those threats can derive both from the behaviours of states that could be intereasten vulnerabled in disturbing international maritime routeflows and infrastructure andfrom the illegal activities of non state actors - such as transnational crimes (arms or drugs trafficking for instance), international terrorism, or piracy that exploit the weaknesses of a fragmented global maritime governance system; whereas legal and illegal activities at sea have been growing in number and in complexity as a result of this multiplication of actors present at sea; whereas this puts pressure on the EU to inve making it more and more difficult to dist in a holistic approach in order to address the complexity of transnational challenges, which no Member State can meet aloneguish legal from illegal activities;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the global outlook on naval capabilities and power projection is fast changing, with emerging powers increasingly calling into question UNCLOS principles, international arbitration or regulation; whereas emerging powers have adopted access denial strategies to constrain traditional US and European military presence at sea; whereas, most significantly, China pursues its String of Pearls policy, endeavouring to increase and extend its presence at sea for a multitude of stated and unstated reasons, from securing trade and energy routes to controlling marine resources and maritime critical infrastructure;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas illegal maritime non-state actors proliferate, threatening critical maritime routes and infrastructures and exploiting the weaknesses of states and their jurisdictions;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas, as a global actor, the EU must consider security challenges and joint responses worldwide; whereas the fight against those non-conventional threats often takes place in challenging and dangerous environments, thus requiring both civilian and military means; whereas the CSDP, with both a civilian and a military dimension, is an appropriate framework to fight against dangerous threats at sea and along the coasts;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas the EU cannot ensure global maritime security on its own; whereas it needs to achieve strong partnerships with third countries and regional organisations, especially in remote areas - for instance Asia - where it is more difficult for the EU to deploy its own resources;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the 2007European Security Strategy (ESS) does not refer specifically to the maritime dimension, except by identifying piracy as an EU threat; whereas on the other hand, the European Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) addresses maritime issues but barely toucheds upon the security dimension, thus leaving aside an area of increasing concern for the EU; whereas there is an imperative need to revise the EU approach to maritime safety and mecurity, notably with the adoption of a European Maritime sSecurity by mainstreaming into both dimensions their existing interlinkages and identifying common objectives, risks, means available and possible theatres for articulated operaStrategy (EMSS) clarifying how the IMP should contribute to the implementation of the ESS; whereas this EMSS should define EU 's security interests and strategic goals, and identify the available and necessary means for intervention;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 31 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 36 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 40 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas conflict and instability at sea or in areas of the world affecting the EU's interest in open maritime flows and safe access require a greater insight into the nexus between human security, state governance and development, which must be at the core of the EU Maritime Security Strategy and any action plan deriving from it; whereas the latter should involve coordination among different EU initiatives, agencies and instruments, with a view to addressing the root causes of instability and helping to solve conflict, enforce peace and assist state-building, governance and development needs, including security sector reform, energy supply, maritime and other trade and transport security, fisheries and environment protection and climate change impact, on the model of EU's strategy for the Horn of Africa, a comprehensive approach involving EU's political, diplomatic, social, and economic tools; whereas this comprehensive approach must be at the core of the EMSS and should involve coordination among different EU initiatives, agencies and instruments, with a view to addressing the root causes of instability;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds Member States that only in a spirit of commitment, mutual understanding and genuine solidarity will the Union be able to fulfil its role as a global security provider and to project its political, diplomatic, social, econom; recalls, in this connection, that the Lisbon Treaty introduced a number of signific and cultural influence worldwide, enhancing the security of Europe and that of its citizens; recalls, in this connection, that Article 42(7) TEU (‘t innovations that provide for the institutional framework for effective solidarity among all the Member States in relation to the CSDP : the 'mutual defence clause’' or ‘'mutual assistance clause’) and ', the permanent structured cooperation (Article 2242 TFEU (‘UE), and the 'solidarity clause’), introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, provide for' (Article 222 TFEU); recalls that those institutional framework for effective solidarity among all the Member States in the field of the security and defence of the Union;ruments have yet to be implemented and commends, therefore, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) for the Joint Proposal on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause and invites them to assess what this would entail in the event of its being activated to address any challenges at sea or involving maritime assets or infrastructure; urges the Council to swiftly approve this proposal;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 57 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the High Representative, the Commission, the Council and all other bodies participating in the relevant task force to elaborate an EU Maritime Security Strategy that involves, and isand the Council to elaborate an EMSS centred on, articulation and coordination among all European actors relevant to maritime safety and security; urges the Commission and the HR/VP, accordingly, to address the shortcomings of the 2007 Integrated Maritime Policy, which failed to make use of the full potential of a truly integrated operational approach to all EU agencies, bodies and instruments which could assist in improving results and cutting/sharing costs; is of the view that the EMSS should be the offspring of the European Security Strategy and a sibling of the Integrated Maritime Policy andMP which does not include a security dimension as well as the limits of the ESS that fails to tackle maritime security threats and risks; claims that its level of ambition ands well as means and capabilities should be determined not just by direct maritime interests but by the need to regulatby the need to act as a global security provider, thereby ensuring free maritime flows and access on the high seas worldwide;
Amendment 60 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 65 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Acknowledges that increasing traffic at sea and the development of off-shore and coastal activities are challenging maritime security by making it more and more difficult to distinguish legal from illegal activities at sea;
Amendment 66 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that the EU is facing conventional threats to its security and notably since the emergence of new maritime powers has rendered more likely potential interstate rivalries over the ownership of maritime areas (disputes over jurisdiction, territorial claims, exploration and exploitation licences in Deep Sea Zones); notes, in addition, that emerging countries have developed their maritime capabilities (navies, submarines) and, at the same time, tend to call international maritime law principles into question;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Warns against the illegitimate exploitation of important natural resources and minerals in EU Member States' waters or in neighbouring seas; notes that the unmanaged race for marine, natural and mineral resources may have a damaging impact on the marine ecosystem, thus increasing the environmental impact of activities at sea; recalls that the exploitation of marine resources can also lead to an undesirable militarisation of maritime zones;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Notes that the EU needs to build strong partnerships with third countries and regional organisations in order to ensure the security and the stability of commerce and resource exploitation; highlights the fact that a strong maritime dimension of the CSDP would provide the EU with the ability to act as an effective international arbitrator when needed;
Amendment 72 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that direct and indirect risks to the security of the EU are currently posed by non-conventional threats and actors intending to prolifer; notes thate terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the southern neighbourhood and further into the African continent,hose actors takinge advantage of difficulties in enforcing the law in maritime zones, coastal areas and in general resulting from state failure, state fragility or lack of state control; notes that these threats and actors dangerously interact with organised criminal networks which engage in human trafficking and other illicit activities, such as trafficking in drugs and arms, including small arms and light weapons and WMD components, thereby worsening political and humanitarian crises, obstructing social and economic development, democracy and the rule of law, fuelling deprivation and causing migration, internal displacement of people and immense human suffering;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that one of the main threats to EU maritime security is the rise of maritime terrorist activities around the world that directly threaten EU civilian and military vessels, port facilities and energy installations and take advantage of the sea to attack and infiltrate land-based targets; notes that these actors interact with transnational organised criminal networks engaging in illegal activities at sea, such as smuggling, human trafficking, illegal immigration, drugs and weapons trafficking, including small arms, light weapons and WMD components;
Amendment 77 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is alarmed by increasing evidence that terrorist networks and non-state actors are acquiring sophisticated maritime capabilities, including submarine capabilities, thus significantly improving their threat potential, indicating an expansion of their activities close to Europe, notably on both sides of the South Atlantic Oceanmining capabilities, and Water-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIED), thus significantly improving their threat potential and ability to escape control;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Remains concerned by the piracy along the eastern and western African coastline, which is seriously hindering freedom of access and flow in those seas; Recalls that pirates' attacks - from armed robbery, kidnapping of vessels and crews, and money extortion - are seriously hindering freedom of access and flow in those seas and thereby represent a considerable threat to international trade and maritime security; recalls that piracy is generally a problem stemming from lack of governance and development on shore, and that it can only be countf the coastal states concerned through a holistic approach ranging from surveillance to coastguard training, countering illegal financial flows, legislation and addressing the social, economic and political root causes, along with the pressing security needs on the sea, as EUNAVFOR Atalanta off the Horn of Africa illustrates, evolving as it has from an initial uncoordinated stage into a more strategic and comprehensive direction; hopes that the EU will built on the achievements of the CSDP operation EUNAVFOR Atalanta to launch CSDP operations to combat piracy elsewhere;
Amendment 81 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that the fight against non- conventional activities needs to rely on the whole range of CSDP instruments, including military, since interventions often take place in highly difficult landscape, with actors having at their disposal a wide range of dangerous weapons; claims that, on the model of EU action in the Horn of Africa where the EUNAVFOR Atalanta operation and the EUCAP NESTOR operation are ongoing, CSDP operations must be accompanied by the other EU external instruments with the view to address the social, economic and political root causes of crisis and ensure the sustainable securitisation of the regions concerned;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges that increasing traffic at sea is likely to increase the potential for disasters such as oil spills and other environmental pollution incidents, toxic waste dumping and illegal oil bunkering; stresses that the EU must further develop a strategy that builds on past experience of serious environmental disasters at sea by ensuring that all actors, EU bodies and agencies, in combination with Member State authorities, interveneact in a coordinated manner, while discharging their respective responsibility, with a view to creating the appropriate synergies, in a spirit of solidarity and more effective action and define the appropriate strategy to prevent and respond to such risks;
Amendment 86 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 106 #
Amendment 107 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Notes that the Atlantic Ocean is Europe's life-line for trade; is concerned that the Atlantic, and in particular the Caribbean zone, is the main route used for the transit of drugs coming from South America; is worried by the fact that the development of economic activities in the coming decades, notably with the enlargement of the Panama canal, will foster the rise of criminal activities in the zone, therefore putting at risk the security of the European citizens living there;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the West African coast, and specifically the Gulf of Guinea, today host some of the most substantial impending threats against Europe; is deeply concerned that along the West African coastline serious challenges are developing in relation to criminal activity, trafficking of drugs, human beings and weapons, including the proliferation of WMDs; concurrently, Gulf of Guinea countries are increasingly an operating ground for regional terrorist networks, such as Boko Haram in Nigeria, whose actions spill over to neighbours and which are linked to networks with global outreach, such as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, as the crisis in Mali is vividly illustrating;
Amendment 112 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that there is a need to identify adequate European naval capabilities with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness of EU activities in the Gulf of Guinea, specifically in the field of surveillance, patrolling and the fight against organised crime; suggests that specific synergies be created in order to bring added value from the articulation of existing EU instruments and structures, especially the expertise of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU Satellite Centre (SatCen);
Amendment 116 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights the recent but reversible success achieved bysuccess of EUNAVFOR Atalanta in curbing the occurrence of pirate attacks in the Western Indian Ocean and in enhancing the credibility of the CSDP; notes that Operation Atalanta is the first ever CSDP naval mission and that it should constitute a basismodel for the further development and implementation of the maritime dimension of the CDSPlaunch of future similar CSDP operations , taking stock of its successes, its shortcomings and lessons learned; welcommends the EU's coordinating role and the cooperative environmpositive role takent between Atalanta and other security py EUNAVFOR Atalanta in the SHADE (Shared Awartenerss in the region, such as NATO's operation Ocean Shield, as well as the navies of some regional emerging powers; the same is true for thand De-confliction) mechanism to promote cooperrdination with other EU actors, such as the SatCen and EMSA, particularly in the field of satellite vessel imagery interpretation, even when there are no formal arrangements underpinning such cooperation; calls on the EU to formalise the bridging among existing EU tools and bodies, such as that developed among Atalanta, EMSA and SatCen, so as to avoid duplication of tasks, resources and expertise and to reap the clear operational benefits of such synergiesbetween the multinational, national and regional naval forces operating in the area, and notably with NATO's operation Ocean Shield;
Amendment 120 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a Welcomes the Commission's communication of 26 June 2012 untitled "Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region: progress since 2008 and next steps", which represents the basis of EU's policy in the Arctic;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that the opening of the Arctic route is a direct consequence of climate change, and highlights the fact that, first and foremost, the EU should invest itself in the preservation and conservation of the region, its resources and critical environmental assets; underlines the importance of overall stability and peace in the region; stresses, therefore, the need for a united, coordinated EU policy on the region, in which the EU’s priorities, potential challenges and strategy are clearly defined; highlights the fact that, alongside the Danish interests in the Arctic, a future accession of Iceland to the EU would deepen the Union’s transformation into an Arctic coastal entity, underlining the need for an ever more coordinated Arctic policy at EU level; takes the view that EU policy on the Arctic should be shaped by dialogue with all of the partners in the region, including Russia; stresses, furthermore, that, in view of its potential and engagement in the Arctic to date, the EU can and should make a greater effort to enhance and strengthen the position of European observer countries in the Arctic Council;
Amendment 125 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Underlines the potential importance of the safety and security of new world trade routes through the sea passage opened in the Arctic, including for the EU and its Member States' economies; underlines the fact that the EU and its Member States should actively uphold the freedom of the seas and the right to free passage through international waterways; stresses that existing long-standing territorial disputes between Arctic states call for greater EU involvement in the region and an assessment of what tools and capabilities might be needed to respond to conflict in the area; highlights, in any case, the need to avoid the militarisation of the Arctic; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals as to how the Galileo Project could have an impact on Arctic policy and how it could be developed to enable safer navigation in Arctic waters, thus investing in the safety and accessibility of the North East Passage in particular; notes that certain states are already greatly politically active in the Pacific - notably Australia - and that the EU should rely on bilateral and multilateral cooperation in order to ensure security and safety in the region;
Amendment 127 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Underlines the global importance of the Pacific Ocean, and notably of the South China Sea, through which one third of the world's trade is transported; is alarmed at the escalating tension, and urgently appeals to all the parties involved to refrain from unilateral political and military actions, to tone down statements and to settle their conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea by means of international arbitration, in accordance with international law, in particular UNCLOS, in order to ensure regional stability and the freedom and safety of navigation in the South China Sea;
Amendment 132 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the importance of the enlargement of the Panama Canal, which should be completed in 2014, for changing the geostrategic maritime balance and the extraordinary opportunities that this will open up to the EU and Member States if their; warns that Member States' shipping and port infrastructures should be prepared to face the predictable increase in maritime commercial flows and the security and safety risks entailed, arising inter alia from additional environmental stress and criminal activity; emphasises that this connection between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans could become a significant alternative transport route from Asia to Europe and vice-versa via the west;
Amendment 147 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls that dual-use capabilities are relevant and should be welcomednecessary in the implementation of the CSDP, in light of the complex security challenges in today's world; stresses that the current crises in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa have highlighted the need for a comprehensive approach that makes use, on the one hand, of the full range of civilian-military engagement and, on the other, of dual-use equipment and capacities, including European naval capabilities; invites the Member States to work with the appropriate EU bodies and agencies, notably the Commission, the EDA and the Commission,ESA in seeking EU funding for dual-use capability development, which is a way to fill in capability gaps at the national, regional and Union level; recalls the dual- use potential of the Galileo programme and its value for the implementation and effectiveness of CSDP operations, particularly in the maritime domain;
Amendment 155 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for the creation of a truly European coastguard, based on the experience already gained byeffective cooperation between national coastguards, Frontex and the European Patrol Network;
Amendment 158 #
2012/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Regrets the fact that the situation which persists today is one of duplication, overlap, waste of resources and turf war among EU bodies and agencies working in the field of maritime security; urges the EU to further study ways in which it can reduce the administrative and financial burden stemming from useless overlap of functions, expertise, equipment and resources among several EU bodies and actors, thus enabling the HR/VP to assert her coordinating function; calls on the EU to formalise the bridging among existing EU tools and bodies, such as that developed through Atalanta, EMSA and SatCen, so as to avoid duplication of tasks, resources and expertise and to reap the clear operational benefits of such synergies;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Parliament's estimates for 2014 put the overall budget at EUR 1 808 144 206, with costs directly related to the geographic dispersion estimated at EUR 180 000 000between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas since the beginning of the current legislature, both individual committees and the plenary have made several specific requests to the European Parliament's administration to provide comprehensive, detailed and reliable estimates of the additional costs relating to each of the three places of work;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, the numbers provided by the Secretary-General's report to the Bureau of September 2002 are the last overall cost estimates available;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the 2002 Secretary-General's estimate was confirmed by the joint working group report of the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on Parliament's budget for 2012, when complementing the EUR 148 million estimate by the EUR 25 million of annual amortisation cost for the Strasbourg buildings that need to be taken into account since the purchase of named buildings;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to Rules 5.3, 29, 41, 48 and 74a of its Rules of Procedure,
Amendment 14 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 14 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the parliament's vote on 23 October 2012, which saw a majority of 78% of Members call on EU governments to revise the issue of parliament's official seat; Strasbourg;
Amendment 18 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a reply given to the EP Budgetary Control Committee in preparation for the EP discharge for 2011 does not provide estimates on the potential savings, but only a partial estimate of the additional costs of the Strasbourg seat; whereas this EUR 55 million estimate does not include many budget lines that were included in previous and following estimates, namely the cost of data processing, equipment and movable property, travel expenses of political groups as well as any potential savings connected to time lost travelling (totalling EUR 68 million); whereas this estimate provides lower numbers on several budget lines than both previous and following estimates without providing any justification (totalling EUR 25 million);
Amendment 20 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas none of these estimates includes the additional costs of the European Parliament's geographic dispersion on the other European Union institutions, in particular the European Commission and Council, EU member states' representations, journalists and civil society representatives;
Amendment 21 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas ¾ of members believe that the EP should find significant structural savings and these could be found in re- evaluating the EP's geographical dispersion of places of work, illustrated by a breakdown of the costs of Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg set out in a transparent and credible format to standards expected from a major public body;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the historical reasons for the European bodies permanently seated in Strasbourg are well-known in respect e.g. the European Court for Human Rights and the Council of Europe, and while the European Assembly /Parliament for convenience initially used the latter's Chamber, the choice of Brussels as the seat of the European Commission and of NATO reflect the EU's aspirations for a continent progressively united in prosperity and security;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas situating the co-legislators of the EU in a single place does not undermine the tradition of polycentrism in the EU but bears significant efficiency and transparency gains for EU citizens;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas, in many Member States, parliament's seat is laid down either in the Constitution or by law and whereas the European Parliament is a co-legislator of European law and can call for changes of the European treaties under article 48 of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas during the European Year of Citizens it is appropriate to show that their voice is not only heard but that their directly elected representatives are taking action on their behalf in order to end the monthly travel between the EP's places of work;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas the European institutions must do everything to further European political integration and bridge the perceived distance from citizens by tackling a major structural issue of the institutions and promoting European understanding, transparency, accountability and coherence by having the EU's decision making bodies in one place;
Amendment 27 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
Ci. whereas 6% of the EU budget is intended for administrative purposes and that the European Union, with a relatively small operating budget for 500 million inhabitants, must set an example in these times of crisis by streamlining its own budgetary impact as much as possible without prejudice to the proper functioning of the European Parliament, adding that the efficiency gains of having a single seat near the co-legislator cannot be ignored;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that while the seats of the European Institutions are enshrined in the Treaties, so is article 48, which allows for a proposal for treaty change;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas MEPs have repeatedly requested the Parliament's Administration procure for a Eurobarometer survey which asks European citizens for their views on Parliament's split-site arrangement;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas Members have repeatedly requested up-to-date breakdowns of the financial, environmental and social costs of the parliament's working arrangements, because the Administration has yet to produce a consistent and coherent set of figures;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that any future decision by Parliament on its working arrangements must allow sufficient time for debate and reflection, as well as for an orderly transition; requests a study into the one- off cost of moving all parliament's activities to a single working location;
Amendment 122 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;
Amendment 123 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks the Administration to procure that EMAS or suitable external consultants provide an analysis of the environmental aspects if the parliament held all its plenary sessions in Brussels;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2308(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Asks the Administration to procure that the parliament's Medical Service provide an analysis of the health effects of the monthly session in Strasbourg on Members, staff and assistants;
Amendment 131 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the relevant services of the European Parliament to make an assessment of the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the European Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs; this assessment shall include suggestions on how to renegotiate this agreement, without prejudice to the legal provisions;
Amendment 136 #
2012/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Parliament's Administration to procure for Eurobarometer or similar professional polling service to conduct a survey of EU citizens' views on the maintenance of Parliament's split site working arrangement by 1 January 2014, with specific reference to the financial, environmental and efficiency costs of this arrangement;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas arms exports can have inter alia a considerable impact not only on security, but also on development, and must therefore be at the very least embedded within a strict arms control system operating with maximum effectivenessit is important to strengthen the European Union's export control policy for military technology and equipment;
Amendment 26 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Article 10 of the Common Position clearly states that compliance with the eight cthe Member States, where appropriateria takes precedence over any, may also take into account the effect of proposed exports on their economic, social, commercial orand industrial interests of Member States;, these factors shall not affect the application of the above criteria.
Amendment 31 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Common Position contadefines no democratically produced and binding list, together with reasons, identifyingthe broadest common understanding for the countries armsol of exports to which would violate one or more of the eight criteriaof military technology and equipment serving the coordination of national export control systems;
Amendment 34 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there is no standardiseda development towards a stronger verification and reporting system providing information as to whether, and to what extent, individual Member States' exports violate the eight criteria, and whereas there are no sanctions mechanisms, either, should a Member State engage in exports which are clearly not compatible with the eight criteria; whereas there is no possibility of havinghas been observed since the presentation of the annual Council reports according to article 8(2) of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment; whereas the Member Countries shall overcome legislative and organizational obstacles in order to achieve better possible compliance with the eight criteria independently verified;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas littlesignificant progress has been made on reaching agreement between the Member States with regard to applying and interpreting the Common Position’s eight criteria, principally thanks to the Common Position User’s Guide, drawn up by COARM, giving detailed definitions of best practices with regard to the application of the criteria;
Amendment 42 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, despite the progress made with regard to transparency thanks to the COARM information exchange mechanism, by no means all EU Member States make a full submission to COARM; whereas, because of individual Member States’ differing data collection and submission procedures, data sets are incomplete and vary, which considerably reduces transparency in this area;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas measures on trafficking of small arms and light weapons have been adopted in recent years, with an updated List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies under the Wassenaar Arrangement being adopted in February 2012, and areas such as control of arms brokering, licensed production outside the EU and end-user control have been put on the agenda and, to some extent, incorporated into the Common Position itself, but many products, in particular in the fieldWassenaar Arrangement agenda; whereas the EU control regime of export of dual- use goods, are still not cnd technologies is governed by a legally binding arms exports control systemRegulation 428/2009;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas many surveillancethe use of military technologiesy and surveillance software products and many other goods used in a host of recipient countries for repressive measures againstequipment, produced in the EU, vary in their populations are not included either in the Common Military List of the European Union or in the EU list of dual-use goodd countries;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas it has been argued that the events of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could not be foreseen; whereas nonetheless the human rights situation in those countries, which, in connection with issuing arms exports licences, should have been (and must be) taken into account, was (and is) known; whehave shown that the Common Position has been implemented effectively; whereas those events have indeed been discussed at almost every COARM meeting held since the beginning of 2011, and whereas those meetings made it possible to harmonise the required review of Member States’ national policies with regard to exports to the countries concerned; whereas this consultation process between Member States has been accompanied by enhanced due diligence measures, suspension measureas the events of the Arab Spring have revealeand measures to postpone authorisation, and twhe weaknesses of the Common Position and, to some extent, a number of countries’ disregard for it and the criteria it containsreas, as a result of the existing information exchange mechanisms both within and outside COARM, it was possible for the various Member States to take these decisions swiftly;
Amendment 66 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the EU is the only union of states to have a legally binding framework, unique in the world, through which arms export control is being improved, including in crisis regions and countries with a questionable human rights record, and welcomes the fact, in this connection, that European and non- European third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position; notes with concern, however, that the eight criteria are applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigour in the EU Member States; calls therefore for a standard, uniformly strictmore uniform interpretation and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations;
Amendment 74 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 81 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the Common Position should bewould benefit – with account being taken of the degree of confidentiality required by the Member States in their decision-making – from being complemented by a regularly updated, publicly accessible list, with detailed reasons, providing information onreasons indicating the extent to which exports to particular recipient countries are, or are not, in keeping with the eight criteria;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers thatas appropriate to prepare an advisability and feasibility study on whether a standardised verification and reporting system shouldall be established to provide information as to whether, and to what extent, individual EU Member States' exports violate the eight criteria;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists, in the light of the Common Position review process, that support should be voiced for powerful, clear and unambiguous wording in the Common Position in order to preventensure the criteria from beingare interpreted and applied differently; insists in particular that Article 10 of the Common Position be acted on and that, accordingly, application of the criteria not be neutralised or stopped because of political, economic or geostrategic interestsin a more uniform way;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretsTakes note of the fact that there is no possibility of having compliance with the eight criteria independently verified, that there are no mechanisms for sanctions for vio control of complying to the criteria takes place according to national regulations; is of the eight criteria by a Member State, and that there are no plans to that effect; takes the view that ways and means of carrying out independent verification and mechanisms for sanctions for violations of the Common Position should be provided foropinion that national parliaments or specific parliamentary bodies have to assure the effective control of the application of the criteria;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 109 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States, with regard to export controls and application of the eight criteria, to pay greater attention to goods which may be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as surveillanceall military technology, and similarly to spare parts and products suitable for use in cyber warfare or for non-lethal human rights abusesequipment as mentioned in the common position 288/944/CFSP;
Amendment 112 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls furthermore for the eight criteria to be extended and applied also to the transfer of military, security and police personnel, to arms-exports-related services, know-how and training, and to private military and security services; calls for it to be made mandatory - where security technology and, in general, dual- use goods are to be exported - for compatibility with the eight criteria to be verifiedto better apply the criteria of the common position 2008/944/CFSP before suggesting new ones;
Amendment 119 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that methods for collecting data on arms exports, as well as practices for publishing data sets recorded, vary in the Member States, as a result of which the COARM annual report does not include important information and therefore is not up to date or reliable; calls accordingly for the introduction of a standardised collection and submission procedure, to be applied uniformly in all Member States,include standardized information on issued export licences and does not include some important information on real export of arms; welcomes initiatives of the Member States to improve the situation in order to submit and publish up- to-date and exhaustive information;
Amendment 124 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. SuggestCalls ion this connection that additional information be collected from Member States and published both at national level and in the COARM annual report, in particular a list of countries arms exports to which would violate one or more of the eight criteria, together with a comprehensive list of EU Member States which have exported arms to those countries during the data reporting periode Member States to provide additional, more up-to-date information that could if necessary be used as a basis for drawing up a joint list of countries arms exports to which would violate one or more of the eight criteria;
Amendment 130 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the Directive 2009/43/EC simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community has made arms exports within Europe considerably easier; calls in this connection for the COARM annual report also to include detailed information on arms exports within Europe which violate one or more of the eight criteria by establishing shared responsibility between the Member States and the operators, without however making control any less stringent; reiterates the fact that COARM regularly updates a User’s Guide to help Member States implement the Common Position;
Amendment 136 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 142 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the viewNotes with satisfaction fact that government officials responsible for issuing national export licences and civil society organisations addressing the issue of arms export control should bre regularly consulted at COARM meetings, since they can make an important contribution to implementing the Common Position and help improve the quality of the information exchanged;
Amendment 165 #
2012/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 63 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets, however, that with the exception of EUTM Somalia, no new military operations have been launched since 2008, even though a number of crises could have warranted EU intervention, including in Libya and Mali; encourages, in this that EU does not fully take advantage of the CSDP military tools that it has at its disposal. Possibility of using military capabilities should be taken into accountext, the intensification of ongoing planning for possible military operat more often, i.e. as a support to civilian missions;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the presence of KFOR remains essential to ensure security in Kosovo, and that many questions continue to be raised about the effectiveness and future of coordination between the NATO military mission and the EU civilian mission; calls therefore on the High Representative / Vice-President of the Commission to report regularly on the progress of the EULEX mission, the extension of whose mandate until 14 June 2014 is to be welcomed, as well as on the results and relations with the NATO military apparatus;
Amendment 104 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the launch of the EUCAP Sahel mission designed specifically to help Niger deal with these security challenges; notes that this mission falls squarely within the framework of the overall strategy for the Sahel, but regrets that it involves only one country while; recommends the extension of the mission to other countries inof the region, especially Mali, have a pressing and vital need to build up their capabilities and respond to threats to their territorial integrityin particular Mali, as soon as the appropriate conditions are met;
Amendment 106 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for planning to continue for an operation to possible support, in conjunction with ECOWAS, to the restructuring of the Malian armed forces in order to improve the effectiveness of its security forces and enable the country to regain control over its territory;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the Libyan crisis could have been the appropriate opportunity for the EU to demonstrate its ability to act, including militarily if necessary, in full compliance with UN Security Council resolutions, when faced with a major crisis in its back yard which directly affects the stability of its environment; rRegrets that the lack of common political will among Member States and an ideological reluctance to see the Union deploy its own capabilities have relegated the Union to playing a secondary role unching of EU support in the field of security and border management is delayed. The consultation among Libyan government, regional and international actors should be intensified in order to provide rapid, coherent and coordinated support to Libya;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the European Union's efforts within the framework of its two missions - EUSEC RD Congo and EUPOL RD Congo - to consolidate the rule of law in this country; notes, however, that these two missions are too small given the magnitude of their respective tasks and that the active collaboration of the Congolese authorities is needed to achieve tangible results;
Amendment 189 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
Paragraph 83
83. Regrets theBelieves that further development of civilian crisis management structures in NATO, given that this represents an unnecessary duplication of capabilities already present and well developed in the European Union;apabilities in NATO and military capabilities in the UE should be closely coordinated between the two organizations in order to avoid unnecessary duplication and assure mutual reinforcement of efforts.
Amendment 192 #
2012/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Recalls that the EU remains the largest contributor to AMISOM's budget and stresses the need for a strategic vision of the future EU support tof that operation;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. Whereas the rising tensions over the disputed islands and overlapping and conflicting claims exist in the East Asia's maritime areas;
Amendment 189 #
2012/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 268 #
Amendment 270 #
2012/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
(h) Welcomes the increasing contacts between the PRC and Taiwan; stresses that the improvement in Cross-Strait relations is still seriously undermined by PRC's missiles aimed at Taiwan and China's international isolation of Taiwan; calls on China and the EU to respect Taiwan's right to meaningful participation in international organisations, as endorsed by the Council's declaration 9486/09 of 8 May 2009;
Amendment 298 #
2012/2137(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
(d) Due to the European Union's significant interests in the security and stability of East Asia, calls upon all parties concerned (China, Japan and Taiwan) to demonstrate restraint and to take steps to calm the situation; urges all parties concerned to settle disputes peacefully in a spirit of cooperation and in respect of international law, in particular the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
Amendment 129 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new)
Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new)
Amendment 53 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the role of political leadership expected of the HR/VP in ensuring the unity, consistency and effectiveness of action by the Union; calls on the HR/VP to use to the full her powers to initiate, conduct and ensure compliance with the CFSP, involving Parliament's relevant bodies fully in that endeavour; welcomes the important lead role, on behalf of the international community, played under difficult circumstances by the HR/VP in the negotiations with Iran; calls for such leadership in enhancing the European Union's role in support of the Middle East Peace Process and in the Neighbourhood; welcomes the progress made regarding the establishing the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) and calls for the conclusion of this process within the reasonably shortest period;
Amendment 135 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls that the Southern Neighbourhood, alongside the EU's Eastern partners, is of vital importance to the European Union and urges that a better balance be struck between pursuing market-oriented, on the one hand, and human and social approaches on the other in the EU's response to the Arab Spring; calls, therefore, for a greater focus on employment, education, training and regional development in order to help alleviate the current social and economic crisis in these countries, and to provide the assistance needed to support the ongoing political reforms and social and economic development; underlines the importance of supporting institutional capacity-building, including for the parliaments of these countries, an independent judicial system, the strengthening of civil-society organisations and the formation of pluralist political parties within a secular system;
Amendment 164 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Stresses the growing importance of relations between Turkey and EU as well as its Member States and is aware of mutually beneficial potential synergies between the Union's and Turkey's foreign and security policy and neighbourhood policy; believes, however, that a context of mutual commitment, strategic dialogue and effective cooperation, successful delivery in the reform process and the implementation of reforms as well as good relations between Turkey and neighbouring Member States are necessary; recognises Turkey's significant role in regional stability and energy security;
Amendment 165 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
33 b. Welcomes the Commission's efforts to develop a more dynamic approach toward Turkey; aiming to strengthen EU- Turkey relations, achieve tangible results and benefits for both partners and to move Turkey closer to fulfilling the criteria for accession; supports dialogue with Turkey on free-trade agreements; takes the view that renewed efforts should be invested in creating the conditions for the opening of chapters in the field of justice and fundamental rights; insists that relations between Turkey and its neighbouring Member States are a key factor in revamping negotiations and dialogue; is aware of the fact, that Turkey is the only candidate country which does not have visa liberalisation; urges Turkey to sign and implement the EU-Turkey readmission agreement without further delay and to ensure that, until this agreement enters into force, existing bilateral agreements are fully implemented;
Amendment 174 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls for greater efforts towards achieving the objectives of the Eastern Partnership, as stated in the Prague Declaration and the Warsaw Summit Conclusions, particularly by pursuing the negotiations on, and conclusions of, Association Agreements with the Eastern Partners, by promoting mobility through mobility partnerships and visa dialogues, by ensuring continued progress in adoption and implementation of reforms, in close association with the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly; highlights that all the decisions shall be accompanied by the allocation of adequate financial resources;
Amendment 183 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Underlines that, whilst the EU-Ukraine Agreement has been initialled, its signature and ratification can onlyshould happen if Ukraine fulfils the necessary requirements; this means respect for the rule of law in the form of strengthening the stability, independence and effectiveness of the institutions which guarantee the rule of law, and of showing respect for the rights of the opposition and putting an end to persecution of it, thus establishing a truly pluralistic democracy;
Amendment 191 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for continued and stronger engagement on the part of the EU in the resolving the region's ‘frozen conflicts’, in cooperation with other important regional partners, in particular breaking the deadlock on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and playing a full role in support of any ensuing peace agreement; believes that the Transnistrian question can be a good test-case for the good will of the regional partnersution of frozen conflicts taking place on territories of the Eastern Partnership countries. In particular, Russian occupation of South Ossetia (Georgian provinces of Tskhinvali Region) and Abkhazia (Apkhazeti), lack of understanding between Armenia Azerbaijan with respect to Nagorno- Karabakh, or issue of Moldavian engagement in Transnistria;
Amendment 204 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers Russia as an important strategic partner, but continues to have concerns regarding Russia's commitment to the rule of law, pluralist democracy and human rights; calls for continuation of democratic reforms by new authorities in Moscow;
Amendment 217 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Expects that the EU-Russia negotiations of the new agreement replacing PCA will continue. Welcomes the upcoming accession of Russia to the WTO, which will create better conditions for trade and economic cooperation with the EU;
Amendment 228 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Supports the EU's promotion of a regional approach in Central Asia, which is essential to tackling the regional dimension of issues including organised crime, trafficking in drugs, radioactive materials and human beings, terrorism, natural and manmade environmental disasters and management of water resources; calls for such engagement to be differentiated and conditional upon progress in democratisation, human rights, good governance, sustainable socio-economic development, the rule of law and the fight against corruption; notes that the EU cooperation Strategy for Central Asia identifies seven priorities, but provides resources too limited to have an impact in all policy areas; calls therefore for the EU to define priorities better according to the resources available, whilst ensuring that development cooperation is not subordinated to economic, energy or security interests; underlines the importance of the EU dialogue with Central Asia countries on regional security matters, in particular in the context of the situation in Afghanistan and a possible escalation in Uzbek-Tajik relations;
Amendment 251 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Takes the view that regular EU-US summits would provide an opportunity to identify common objectives and coordinate strategies on matters of global relevance, including economic governance and developing a common approach towards the emerging powers; welcomes the set up of High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth during the last of the EU-US Summit; considers that the Transatlantic Economic Council and the Transatlantic Legislators‘' Dialogue should include a reflection on strategic engagement by the EU and the US with the BRICS and other relevant emerging countries and on how to foster regulatory convergence with such countries; recalls the need to set up a Transatlantic Political Council as an ad hoc body for systematic, high-level consultation and coordination on foreign and security policy between the EU and the US;
Amendment 301 #
2012/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Calls for the EU to be more active in South Asia in support of democratic developments and improvement in the area of governance and the rule of law; welcomes, therefore, the commitment to a democratic and secular Pakistan; calls on the EU to seek closer cooperation with India, free from reciprocal post-colonial prejudices and aiming at the promotion of common values in the region and in multilateral fora; welcomes active support of EU for democratization process in Myanmar;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda have provided valuable military and political support for the efforts to achieve stability in the region, thereby proving that a viable solution for security and stability in the region can be African- owned and African-led, with the active support of the international community; whereas the African Union (AU) is a valuable partner for peace and stability in the region;
Amendment 83 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the appointment of a European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Horn of Africa, as called for by Parliament in its aforementioned resolution of 10 May 2007 on the Horn of Africa; recalls that in its resolution Parliament asked the EUSR for the Horn of Africa to submit regular reports to Parliament, and invites the EUSR for the Horn of Africa to maintainwelcomes in this regard the regular reports of the EUSR for the Horn of Africa to the parliament and invites him to continue the dialogue and exchanges of views with its Members on a regular basis; also welcomes the appointment of a EUSR for Sudan and South Sudan; believes that with a view to securing full consultation and coordination of action, the two Special Representatives should be consulted on a regular basis by the competent programming services for the financial instruments for the external action of the EU, and should provide them with regular political and strategic advice;
Amendment 99 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision by the Foreign Affairs Council of 12 December 2011 to establish a regional maritime capacity- building initiative, called EUCAP Nestor, in order to strengthen the maritime and judicial capabilities and training of coastal police forces and judges in five countries in the Horn of Africa and the western Indian Ocean; calls on all Member States to staff the new mission without delay with competent civilian and military personnel; calls for close coordination with other initiatives, including the EU's MARSIC project, under the Critical Maritime Routes Programme sponsored by the Instrument for Stability; believes that only by enhancing the coastal security capabilities of the riparian countries will the EU and its partners be able to withdraw their naval patrols from the area;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the decision of July 2011 to extend and refocus the mandate of the EU Training Mission (EUTM) based in Uganda; nevertheless calls for the close monitoring of all recruits trained by EUTM, in order to ensure that they are integratedCalls for enhancing the role of EUTM in monitoring the process of effective reintegration of the Somali recruits into the Somali armed forces; and that any defections are immediately investigated; also calls for the close monitoringlso calls in that regard on the EU to assume a role in the monitoring mechanism of the chain of payments for training forces, to ensure that they reach their intended beneficiaries and generate motivation, allegiance and commitment, thereby ensuring that the ability to take ownership remains with the future security forces of Somalia;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for close strategic coordination amongst all security-related actors, in particular EU-NAVFOR ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Nestor, as well as NATO (Operation AtlanticOcean Shield), the UN and AMISOM; believes that the decision by the Council of 23 March 2012 to activate, on an ad hoc basis, the EU Operations Centre should facilitate greater EU coordination in the framework of the Strategy for the Horn of Africa;
Amendment 180 #
2012/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the very positive example of Somaliland, which has demonstrated its capacity to develop and consolidate its democratic, economic and administrative structures over more than twenty years; notes that Somaliland has so far been very successful in consolidating security and stability on its territory and in cooperating in the fight against piracy and terrorism; expresses concern, however, that should Al-Shabaab regroup in its mountainous border regions, Somaliland may become vulnerable; stresses, therefore, that it is essential to support Somaliland in the fight against terrorism, including promoting economic diversification and building capacity for youth employment; stresses that in the quest for a solution for the long- term stability and security of Somalia it is important to evaluate the positive example of Somaliland's stability; notes that Somaliland currently seeks re-recognition as a separate state in its own right;
Amendment 183 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Strongly believes in the need to promote a climate of tolerance, good neighbourly relations and regional cooperation, as prerequisites for stability and as means of facilitating reconciliation; considers that the prosecution of war crimes, refusal of territorial claims towards third states and of secessionism and the return and the reintegration of refugees and displaced persons must be fundamental elements of the accession process in regions with a recent history of conflict;
Amendment 212 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the EU to support efforts to resolve outstanding disputes, including border disputes, before accession; in line with the provisions of the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act, encourages all parties to disputes whose continuation is likely to endanger the preservation of international peace and security to engage constructively in their peaceful resolution on the basis of norms and principles of international law and the decisions and documents approved in this framework, in particular UNSC resolutions and, in case of proven inability to reach a bilateral agreement, to refer the matter to the International Court of Justice or to commit themselves to a binding arbitration mechanism of their choice; stresses the utmost importance for the exercise of the right to self-determination at all times being in conformity with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and with the relevant norms of international law, including those relating to the territorial integrity of States;
Amendment 1 #
2012/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the military community is a key actor in the SES context and should be fully involved at all levels and at a very early stage; recognises the progress made in the implementation of SES legislation and urges the Member States to speed up their efforts to achieve coordination on the military side; while acknowledging the national specificities of civil-military relations, calls on the Member States to focus on enhancing civil- military cooperation and apply best practices in that area;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2005(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises in this regard the natural roles of the European Defence Agency (EDA) as a bridge between the defence community and the Commission and as a facilitator between military stakeholders; is in favour of strengthening the EDA's role in building political awareness, networking and, assisting with the deployment phase of SESAR and supporting Member States in the financial and risk analysis; notes that the EDA is well placed to contribute to future SES challenges, for example in the field of equipment and training; welcomes the decision by Member States to involve the EU Military Staff (EUMS) in supporting the EDA in connection with SESAR; welcomes the establishment of the SES/SESAR Military Implementation Forum sponsored by the EDA and encourages its further developmenteffective continuation, as it has the strong merit of bringing all relevant actors in the defence community to the table; emphasises that cooperation with NATO is indispensable and welcomes ongoing developments in this regard;
Amendment 2 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.
Amendment 4 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.
Amendment 6 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;
Amendment 7 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 14 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Eastern Partnership strengthens the multilateral relations between the countries involved, contributes to the exchange of information and experience on the issues of transformation, reform and modernisation, and provides the European Union with additional instruments to support these processes;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the EU in its relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan respects the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity and in its approach to resolving regional conflicts supports the basic principles of the Helsinki Final Act, i.e. Non-Use of Force, Territorial Integrity, and the Equal Rights and Self- Determination of Peoples;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) ensure that the conclusion of the EU-Azerbaijan Association Agreement, in line with the demands made in the Parliament's Report on the need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus of 23 April 2010 and with OSCE Minsk Group Basic Principles, is linked to a substantial progress towards the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including confidence-building measures and active incident-prevention on the line of contact, the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their home places and properties and international security guarantees that would include a genuine multinational peacekeeping operation;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) incorporate in the Association Agreement clauses and benchmarks on the protection and promotion of human rights which reflect the principles and rights enshrined in the Constitution of Azerbaijan and the highest international and European standards, drawing to the fullest possible extent on Council of Europe and OSCE frameworks and insisting particularly on the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and their right to return in safety and dignity to their home lands; ensure that the negotiations take full account of the need to safeguard the rights and livelihoods of internally displaced persons;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) call for stronger role for the EU in resolution of the conflict, by continuing the implementation of confidence building measures, which will bring together both – the Armenian and the Azerbaijani communities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and spreading the ideas of peace, reconciliation and trust among them;
Amendment 73 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) stress that the resolution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is essential to economic and social development in the region as a whole and to build trust, improve good neighbourly relations, achieve full-scale regional cooperation; and stress s that real efforts are needed to pave the way for a lasting peace; asks all relevant authorities to avoid provocative policies and rhetoric, inflammatory statements and manipulation of history; stress to continue to do everything possible within the framework of the Eastern Partnership to bring about political and economic rapprochement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and to firmly establish regional conflict resolution as an integral component of this;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) strengthen the European Union's conflict-resolution capacity, inter alia by supporting the efforts of the Minsk Group and clearing the way for the implementation of confidence-building measures, as the Presidents of both Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed; calls on the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to act responsibly, avoid inflammatory speeches and prepare the ground, so that the public opinions accept and fully understand the benefits of a comprehensive settlement;
Amendment 82 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) welcome that much work had been done by the OSCE Minsk Group Co- Chairs and the parties to make progress towards agreement on the Basic Principles and call to continue to work with the all the parties OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs;
Amendment 89 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) stress that hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons who fled their homes during or in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh war remain displaced and denied their rights, including the right to return, property rights and the right to personal security; those rights should be unconditionally respected and provided without any delay; call to the Commission and Members Sates to continue and extend the EU assistance and financial support to Azerbaijan in dealing with the situation of displaced persons;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) encourage Russia which is a key partner in the resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, to assume a more constructive role that is not based on maintaining the status quo but on ending the regional arms race and on achieving a permanent solution, to refrain from any unilateral attempts to modify the updated version of Madrid principles and to continue to work closely with two other Co-chairs to convince the parties to accept them as a basis for further negotiations;
Amendment 102 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g b) call for the support of Turkey in playing a constructive role in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and in fulfilling its responsibility in that region;
Amendment 118 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) welcomes the reforms taken made by Azerbaijani authorities in the judiciary, with a view to ensuring greater independence of judges, improving selection and appointment procedures, eliminating judicial corruption and susceptibility to the influence of the executive; acknowledges that the relevant laws, including the law on the Bar, have been adopted; encourages the authorities in charge to continue implementing legislation to combat corruption and to focus on high-level corruption cases as well as to improve significantly transparency of public expenditure and of the funding of political parties; emphasizes on the need to improve the independence, the efficiency and resources of the judiciary; reminds of the importance of the court system functioning free from political interference; stresses the need to establish a convincing track record of recruiting and appointing judges and state prosecutors based on the application of uniform, transparent, objective and nationally applicable criteria and to build up an enforcement record of prosecutions and convictions against which progress can be measured; calls for the unification of jurisprudence in order to ensure a predictable judicial system and public trust;
Amendment 122 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(n a) emphasise the vital importance of Azerbaijan in the diversification of the energy supplies and routes of their delivery to Europe, and in this connection commends the efforts of Azerbaijan in promoting such pioneering projects as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and the Baku- Tbilisi-Erzurum pipelines, which played a significant role in the opening-up the resource potential of the Caspian basin to the international markets as well as the fulfilment of the AGRI Project, the first ever Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) transport and delivery system at the Black Sea, together with Georgia and Romania;
Amendment 127 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(n b) ensure the continued focused attention of the EU to the development of the energy cooperation with Azerbaijan and sustainable support by the EU in political, financial and technological fields;
Amendment 133 #
2011/2316(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) to further encourage a profound level of cooperation with and within the Eastern Partnership, as well as to regularly inform the European Parliament on its progress;
Amendment 30 #
2011/2315(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) ensure that the conclusion of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement, in line with the demands made in the Parliament’s Report on the need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus of 23 April 2010 and with OSCE Minsk Group Basic Principles, is linked to a substantial progress towards the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including confidence-building measures and active incident-prevention on the line of contact, the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the all occupied territories of Azerbaijan surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and their gradual return to Azerbaijani control, the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their home places and properties and international security guarantees that would include a genuine multinational peacekeeping operation;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that the Member States ask the European Defence Agency (EDA) to examine how to improve coordination of defence planning in Europe; recalls that the Treaty tasks the Agency to evaluate the observance of capability commitments and to promote the harmonisation of operational needs, and calls for better implementation of these tasks; recommends that, as a first step in the exercise, the Member States could submit their draft national security and defence reviews to the EDA for advice, to assess them in particular in the light of the Capability Development Plan, as well as of the plans of the other Member States and of relevant NATO initiativethe NATO Defence Planning Process; believes that, in the very short term, the EDA could also play an important role in defining capability priorities and identifying redundancies in Member States'’ capabilities;
Amendment 102 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that, in particular in areas such as strategic transportation, logistical support, maintenance, space capabilities, medical support, education and training, as well as certain niche capabilities, Member States can greatly profit from pooling or sharing of some functions and assets without creating significant dependencies that would limit their sovereign decision- making; strongly encourages initiatives addressing capability gaps in areas such as air-to-air refuelling, maritime surveillance, UAVs, CBRN protection, countering unmanned vehicles, protection against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks, countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs), satellite communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors and platforms, and combatmand and informationcontrol systems;
Amendment 112 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. First, on ‘joint ownership’, calls on the Member States to explore the possibilities for certain equipment to be jointly acquired by consortia of participating countries or by the EU itself, taking inspiration from initiatives such as the Strategic Airlift Capability implemented under NATO, the NATO AWACS programme or the EU's Galileo or to search for possibilities of EU funding or co-funding of equipment acquired by consortia of Member States; stresses the potential of joint ownership for the most expensive equipment, such as for space capabilities, UAVs or strategic transport aircraft;
Amendment 130 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that an civil-military EU Operational Headquarters, for which it has repeatedly called, would not only substantially enhance the EU's capacity to support international peace and security, but would in the long run also generate savings for the national budgets in the logic of pooling and sharing; calls on the Vice- President / High Representative to continue work based on the ‘Weimar initiative’ and to investigate legal options for the establishment of permanent EU military planning and conduct capability of this kind;
Amendment 135 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the ‘Smart Defence’ initiative within NATO and highlights the importance of continuous coordination and deconfliction between the EU and NATO at all levels to avoid unnecessary duplication; calls in particular on the EDA and the Allied Command Transformation to cooperate closely to make sure that pooling and sharing projects of both organisations are complementary and are always implemented in the framework with the most added value;
Amendment 181 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Stresses that offset practices that may accompany defence procurement not covered under Directive 2009/81/EC, for which the exemption under Article 346 TFEU has been applied, should be consistent with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and must especially not cause risks of corruption or disrupt the functioning of the European defence equipment market;
Amendment 207 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Calls on all relevant actors to assess whether EU-owned assets along the Galileo model, as set out under (B), could be a viable and cost-effective option, especially in areas such as strategic and tactical transport or surveillance;
Amendment 209 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Urges the Member States to increase the budget of the EDA as a matter of priority, recognising the Agency's added value in compensating, through cooperation, for cuts decided at national level; deplores the fact that the Council Decision on the EDA has not provided the Agency with a multiannual budgetary framework comparable to the EU's general budget;
Amendment 210 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Points out that the EU Satellite Centre, operating with a modest budget, has demonstrated its efficiency and added value throughout a variety of security and defence operations; recalls the growing demand for satellite imagery, including in the wake of the recent events in Northern Africa; calls on the Member States to provide the Centre with a more important budget, and, given in particular its civil- military uses, takes the view that it should be funded from the EU budget;
Amendment 211 #
2011/2177(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. IWelcomes the efforts of the Polish Council Presidency in reviewing the ATHENA mechanism; encourages the Member States to increase their efforts in finding an agreement on common financing; invites the Member States to consider, as part of the review of the ATHENA mechanism, the possibility of extending the mechanism to provide also common funding for actions or acquisitions which support the aim of greater cost efficiency in European defence, but cannot be financed from the EU budget, notably a common financing of provided equipment;
Amendment 214 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the increased interaction of partner countries in EU agencies in various areas, and underlines the need to establish a priority list to facilitate participation of partner countries in programmes and agencies;
Amendment 261 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Supports further cooperation in the transport sector, including by linking the infrastructure network of EU and partner countries more tightly in order to facilitate exchanges of people and goods. This can be achieved through closer market integration and improved infrastructure links;
Amendment 315 #
2011/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the proposal for the new European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and the increase of funding for the ENP, as requested in its previous resolutions; considers that the distribution of funds should be flexible and adequate for both regions while keeping the regional balance, with an approach that is performance-driven and not geographically driven; notes that more flexibility and simplification should respect the right of democratic scrutiny and be accompanied by increased supervision of the spending;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the unresolved Russia-Georgia conflict hampers the stability and development of Georgia; whereas Russia continues to occupy the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, in violation of the fundamental norms and principles of international law; whereas ethnic cleansing and forcible demographic changes have taken place in the areas under the effective control of the occupying force, which bears the responsibility for human rights violations in these areas;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in its Joint Communication on ‘A new response to a changing Neighbourhood’, the EU stated its ambition to engage more pro-actively in conflict resolution; whereas the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) is carrying out an important role on the ground and the EU Special Representative for South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia is co- chairing the Geneva talks; whereas these talks have yielded little result to date;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU stresses the right of Georgia to join any international organisation or alliance, while respecting international law and the principles of good neighbourliness and peaceful cooperation, reiterates its firm belief in the principle that no third country has a veto over the sovereign decision of another country to join any international organisation or alliance or the right to destabilise a democratically elected government;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to emphasise the importance of inter- ethnic and religious tolerance;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to recognise Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia as occupied territories;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2133(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to express concern over the reports on alleged terrorist acttacks oin Georgian territory with Russian invol since last year and to call on Russia to cooperate in investigation of the above-mentioned terrorist attacks;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 6 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU’s evolving common foreign and security policy should include Russia as a strategic partner; whereas Russia is a country whose culturn enormous country, a substantial proots lie in Europe and whichportion of whose inhabitants see themselves as having a European identity, and is an important global and regional player, with membership in the United Nations Security Council, the G8, the G20 the Council of Europe and OSCE;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and Russia are mutually interdependent, both economically and politically, and whereas enhanced cooperation and good-neighbourly relations between the EU and Russia areshould therefore be seen as being of major importance for the stability, security and prosperity of both Europe and Russia;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the current partnership and cooperation agreement was intended to step up cooperation with Russia, including in economic matters, with a view to making the country more democratic, modern, wealthy and well-governed, and whereas those goals have not been achieved;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the situation as regards the rule of law, human rights and civil liberties is deteriorating in the Russian Federation; whereas Russia is now less democratic than it was before the partnership and cooperation agreement was concluded; whereas, Russia, where Vladimir Putin is now in his third term of office, has developed a mechanism for exercising power – extending to presidential elections – that undermines the spirit of the Russian Constitution and is at odds with European standards; whereas the last Duma elections were not deemed to have been conducted in accordance with OSCE standards;
Amendment 21 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas in many areas of foreign policy Russia is acting contrary to EU interests, one example being its policy towards Iran and Syria, and whereas it is also violating international standards, examples of this being its invasion of Georgia, its occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and continued patronage of the self-proclaimed, separatist state of Transnistria, and its hampering of efforts to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the Russian Federation is showing no inclination to modernise its economy, which is based on large-scale exploitation and export of mineral resources;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas corruption is omnipresent and has become an integral part of the way in which the country is run;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 26 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 36 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 53 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Addresses, in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the new agreement, the following recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service: General: I. the necessary conclusions must be drawn from the failure of the policy pursued to date by the EU towards Russia and from the fact that Russia has its own, different vision of development, which often competes with that of the EU; II. account needs to be taken of the fact that the Russian authorities have based their system of governance on principles that are contrary to the spirit of European democracy and the rule of law; III. it should be remembered that in many areas the economic policy pursued by Russia is harming EU interests; IV. efforts need to be made to step up cooperation in all areas in which EU and Russian interests are likely to coincide, while opposing Russian policy in areas in which it constitutes a threat to European interests and values; V. it should be remembered that the goal of EU policy towards Russia is to secure the democratisation and modernisation of the country and to give civil society a more prominent role; VI. a distinction therefore need to be made between EU policy towards the Russian authorities, which should be based on principles of conditionality, and EU policy towards the Russian people, which should be a policy of complete openness aimed at stepping up contacts between EU and Russian citizens;
Amendment 56 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure that the new agreement provides a comprehensive and forward-looking framework for the further development of relations with Russia in upcoming years which is economically advantageous for the EU, and take the necessary action to ensure that the negotiations with Russia continue at a steady pacen appropriate pace dependent on a genuine willingness on Russia's part to adopt European standards and fulfil the commitments entered into;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) follow closelyattentively monitor Russia’s internal evolution, broaden dialogue with Russia’s civil society andwork together with all major political protagonists, support institution building in Russia and the principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law; actively support, in so doing, all social initiatives seeking to build a civil society based on democratic principles and the rule of law, paying particular attention to the use of the internet for that purpose;
Amendment 91 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) stress the importance ofmake use of existing legal instruments to persuade Russia’s full compliance with itsy to adhere to the international legal obligations andit has entered into and to comply with the fundamental human rights principles enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), both of which Russia is party to; recall that political pluralism, media freedom, independence of the judiciary, freedom of speech and assembly, and non- discrimination are the necessary preconditions for Russia’s further development and modernisation;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) emphasise the need to stop using repressive measures against opponents of the current regime; ensure that full light is shed on the many human rights breaches that have occurred, as well as the hitherto unexplained circumstances surrounding the deaths of independent pro-democracy activists, journalists and businessmen, the arrests of opposition leaders following the last presidential elections, the brutal beatings of peaceful demonstrators, the imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the deaths of Sergei Magnitsky, Alexander Litvinenko and Anna Politkovskaya, which have yet to be cleared up;
Amendment 139 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) step up the EU-Russia cooperation on the resolution of protracted conflicts in Moldova and South Caucasus, on the basis of international law and peaceful conflict resolutionress the need for Russia to withdraw from the occupied areas of Abkhazia and Ossetia, to stop supporting the separatist authorities in Transnistria and make genuine efforts to settle the Nagorno- Karabakh dispute;
Amendment 149 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) pursue the efforts for full implementation of common steps towards visa-free short-term travel, with a view of a gradual phasing out of the visa regime between the Schengen countries and Russia; facilitate as much and as quick as possible visa facilitation for academics, students and researchers and for youth exchange purposes;
Amendment 151 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) as soon as Russia has met the necessary technical requirements, allow Russian citizens to enter the EU freely by no longer requiring visas for travel between Russia and Schengen Member States; in view of the fact that visa-free entry to the EU could be used by Russia as a means of expanding its influence in the occupied Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, visa-free travel should first of all be introduced for Georgian citizens, with visa requirements for the other Eastern Partnership countries then being lifted no later than the visa requirements on Russian citizens;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) take into due considerationin view of the deep, and growing and irreversible economic interdependence of the two partners, as reciprocal import markets and suppliers of goods, services and energy, the policy towards Russia which has been pursued to date and which has not had the desired effect should be abandoned and new, more effective, measures should be devised;
Amendment 164 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) insist on a bilateral agreement between the EU and Russia that in the long run could be the basis for an agreementpoint out that in the long run a similar agreement that is in keeping with the interests and specific economic circumstances of all Customs Union members could be negotiated between the EU and the Russian-led Customs Union;
Amendment 166 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) encourage the Russian counterparts to show the political will to reach an agreement on ‘trade and investments’ provisions that are to be built on the provisions already included negotiate favourable conditions for trade with Russia and rules governing mutual protection of investments, and then ensure that the EU introduces procedures enabling the PCA and that are in lm to be properly enforced in keepineg with WTO accessionthe terms of Russia’s accession to the WTO; recall that EU’s objective in this area is to improve and stabilise the business environment, as thisnd make investing safer, which would be beneficial to both parties and further promote the objectives set by the Partnership for Modernisation launched in 2010;
Amendment 181 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) stress that the EU must resist the demands of the Russian Government and not agree to exemptions from EU law to facilitate operations within the EU by firms with Russian capital (for example, pressure from the Russian Government to suspend the application of the third energy package to energy firm with links with Russia needs to be resisted);
Amendment 182 #
2011/2050(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
(yb) stress that widespread corruption, over-punctilious application of the law and the lack of transparency of business standards applying to foreign firms remain real threats for foreign investors and are a significant brake on economic cooperation between the EU and Russia;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2014(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 11 #
2011/2014(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the urgent need to increase efficiency of aid, as many development indicators still show no significant improvement, and corruption and the long distribution chain of international aid remains a major obstacles to the provision of essential services to the people;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2014(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the need to make donor coordination work better and to provideNotes that the majority of resources for socio-economic development in Afghanistan are channelled through international mechanisms but a significant proportion of this aid does not reach the intended beneficiaries, the people of Afghanistan; points out that the EU and in particular the Commission/EEAS should have a leading role in improving donor coordination in close cooperation with other key donors such as the US and Japan, and calls for detailed evaluations of aid efficiency in order to improve theransparency and donor accountability of the aid;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2014(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Requires that, when using international organisations as an aid delivery channel, the EEAS and the Commission should pay close attention to eliminating waste, excessive intermediary costs, inefficiency, overbilling and corruption, and should insist on timely and adequate information on results and use of funds;
Amendment 95 #
2011/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recognises the importance of the energy cooperation with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan as it is beneficial for both the aforementioned states and European Union Member States;
Amendment 113 #
2011/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms its support for actions aimed at fostering regional cooperation as the only way to address the many cross-border security, resource management, ethnic, environmental and development problems of the states concerned also the cooperation regarding the fight with the terrorism shall be strengthen;
Amendment 41 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Experience with the current financial framework shows that many Member States, which are eligible to the Cohesion Fund, are facing significant obstacles in delivering on time complex cross-border transport infrastructure projects with a high Union added value. Therefore, in order to improve the delivery of transport projects, in particular cross-border ones, with a high Union added value, part of the Cohesion Fund allocation (EUR 10 billion) should be transferred to finance transport projects on the transport core network in the Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund under the Connecting Europe Facilityrespecting national allocations for the projects listed in the Annex of this Regulation. The Commission should support Member States eligible to the Cohesion Fund to develop an adequate pipeline of projects in order to give greatest possible priority to the national allocations under the Cohesion Fund.
Amendment 80 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) transport: EUR 31 694 000 000, out of which EUR 10 000 000 000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fundfor projects listed in the Annex to this Regulation, respecting the national allocations;
Amendment 2023 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Coupled support may be granted to the following sectors and productions: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk products, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silk worms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables and short rotation coppice. to be determined by each Member State among those listed in Annex I of the Treaty ;
Amendment 158 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if the European Parliament were to have a single seat; urges the budgetary authority to raise this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF 2014-2020;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2308(INI)
5. Calls nevertheless on the Vice- President/High Representative, the Council and the Commission to strengthen the existing coordination mechanisms between the services and agencies in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on the one handcompetent committees, working groups, services and agencies in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice (FSJ), and the European External Action Service (EEAS), including missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) on the otherSDP, taking advantage in particular of the new capabilities of the EU Situation Centre in order to provide common strategic analyses, threat assessments and timely information to all actors involved;
Amendment 5 #
2010/2308(INI)
6. Urges the Vice-President/High RepresentativeP/HR to make sure internal security threats, among others those identified by the Council under the EU policy cycle on serious and organised crime, are duly taken into account in EU external action policies and instruments and, where appropriate, adequately addressed through them, including through the launching of CSDP missions and opera adequately addressed through them; stresses that key tools for addressing internal and external security articulation are regular political security dialogues with third countries, negotiation of security cooperation clauses in international agreements, restrictive measures regimes, strategic programming of external assistance instruments, permanent chairing of the FAC and of the PSC, as well as all CFSP working groups; calls on the VP/HR to make sure that European and international standards regarding human rights, humanitarian law, democracy and rule of law are duly taken into account in EU external actions; ;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Vice-President/High Representative, the Council and the Commission to strengthen the existing coordination mechanisms between the competent committees, working groups, services and agencies in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on the one hand, and the European External Action Service (EEAS), including missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) on the other, taking advantage in particular of the new capabilities of the EU Situation Centre in order to provide common strategic analyses, threat assessments and timely information to all actors involved;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites the Vice-President/High Representative, the Council and the Commission to ensure a swift implementation of the Road Map for strengthening ties between CSDP and FSJ, recently adopted at the meeting of the members of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) and of the members of the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI);
Amendment 28 #
2010/2308(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Vice-President/High Representative to make sure internal security threats, among others those identified by the Council under the EU policy cycle on serious and organised crime, are duly taken into account in EU external action instruments and, where appropriate, adequately addressed through them, including through the launching of CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. wWhereas although economic growth in China has lifted half a billion people out of poverty since 1990 still, according to the World Bank, 207 million Chinese live below the poverty level;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas China is the second biggest trading partner of the European Union;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C b (new)
Paragraph C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the EU has been running a structural deficit with China in trade in goods since 1997, which demands from the EU to set up a new strategic framework of cooperation with China;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses on the one side the growing competitiveness of the Chinese market, difficult access to it for European companies, unclear market regulations especially in the area of FDI and protection of property rights, and on the other side that there is great potential in mutual market access, liberalisation and deepening trade and investment cooperation between Europe and China;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned at the rising total EU trade deficit with China; is convinced, however, that the strong growth in trade between all the EU Member States and China represents a crucial development instrument for both the EU and China, as open trade is one of the most effective drivers of economic growth, the fight against poverty and wealth creation;
Amendment 35 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EU to improve its effectiveness when it comes to trading with China by better institutional organization as well as finding a coherent position towards China among the Member States;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to move away from traditional development cooperation and aid towards a more commercially oriented relationship with China in the interests of both sides; stresses in this respect that the new approach must take into consideration the fact that China has become itself an important donor especially in Africa, and that therefore its development agenda with the EU should rather focus on concrete areas of common interest;
Amendment 4 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the outcome of the UK- France Summit on security and defence cooperation on 2 November 2010,
Amendment 22 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that strategic autonomy in security affairs entails, for the EU, the capacity to agree common political objectives and strategic guidelines, to establish strategic partnerships with a wide range of international organisations and trustful states, to collect adequate information and generate joint analyses and assessments, to harness and where necessary pool financial, military, and civilian resources, to plan and run effective crisis management operations across the entire range of the Petersberg tasks, and to frame and implement a common defence policy, laying the first tangible foundations on which to build common defence;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the CFSP and the CSDP, which is an integral part of the formerthereof, have been placed within the legally binding institutional framework of EU principles (democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations and the charter of international law), and their objectives have been merged with the general objectives of the EU's external action;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
(c) the HRVP/HR, in close cooperation with the Member States, conducts the CFSP, proposes CSDP decisions, missions, and the use of national resources and Union instruments together with the Commission, and, where appropriate, coordinates their civilian and military aspects, and chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, serving also as the Commission Vice-President in charge both of the Commission's external relations responsibilities and of coordinating, and providing consistency in, EU external action as a whole;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the duty of consistency as defined by the Treaty, the new wording of Article 40 TEU (which states that the implementation of both the CFSP and the other EU policies shall not affect the application of the respective procedures), and recent ECJ case law (see the SALW case) protect both the primacy of the Community method and the distinguishing features and prerogatives of the CFSP, while encouraging the convergence of different policies, instruments, resources, and legal bases in a holistic, comprehensive approach, whereby security becomes a cross-cutting objective of EU external and internal action and the CSDP is one of its instruments; in this context, notes that civilian and military assets can be deployed in situations other than CSDP missions, as has been shown in practice by the EU Military Staff coordination of military capabilities during the Pakistan floods in summer and after the Haiti earthquake in 2010;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretsExpresses concern, therefore, that, more than one year after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, there are not yet clear signs of a post-Lisbon EU holisticcomprehensive approach enabling traditional procedural and institutional barriers to be overcome, while preserving the respective legal prerogatives when European citizens' security is at stake;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the fact of transcending the pillar-based institutional structure, the full integration of the CFSP/CSDP into the framework of EU objectives and principles, and the role conferred onrole conferred to the European Parliament as the body directly representing EU citizens make Parliament a vital source of democratic legitimacy for the CFSP/CSDP and lend weight to its right to expect that its opinions and recommendations will be taken properly into consideration;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 70 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. insists that a common response to the developments in Libya is essential to formulate a credible new approach for our southern neighbourhood policy thereafter underlines that the elaboration of a strategy for the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa is yet another concrete opportunity to demonstrate the ability of the EU to act both on security and development challenges;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Security and defence (This is a subheading after the paragraph 16 and before paragraph 17)
Amendment 81 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores the fact that the provisional organisation chart of the EEAS does not include the ‘appropriate structure’ which, under the Madrid accords, is to integrate the various units dealing with crisis response planning and programming, conflict prevention, and peace-building with the CSDP structures; calls for a crisis management board to be set up, to be staffed by the CMPD, the CCPC, the EUMS, the EU SITCEN, the peace- building, conflict prevention, mediation, and security policy units, the Chair of the PSC, the geographical desks and other policy departments concerned, according to the circumstances, and the Commission humanitarian aid and civil protection structures, placed under the authority of the HR and the executive Secretary- General, and coordinated by the Managing Director for Crisis Response; calls on the High Representative and the Commission to equip the board with an efficient alert and emergency system and a large unified operations room, located within the EEAS, so as to enable surveillance to be carried out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, hence avoiding the present operational overlapping (seven operations rooms), which hardly squares with the need for a proper surveillance and rapid reaction system to deal with crises;
Amendment 86 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for a permanent civil-military headquarter to be set up, to be composed of the CMPD, the CCPC, the EUMS, the EU SITCEN, the peace-building, conflict prevention, mediation, and security policy units, the Chair of the PSC, the relevant geographical desks and other policy departments concerned, and the Commission humanitarian aid and civil protection structures, placed under the authority of the VP/HR and the executive Secretary-General; calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Commission to have an efficient alert and emergency system and a large unified operations room, located within the EEAS, so as to enable surveillance to be carried out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, hence avoiding the present operational overlapping (seven operations rooms), which hardly squares with the need for a proper surveillance and rapid reaction system to deal with crises;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 92 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – introductory part
Paragraph 20 – introductory part
20. Points to the need to strengthen the civilian and military crisis response structures, departments, and units within the EEAS and the Commission, spreading them out and organising them in a more rational way, and in particular:
Amendment 94 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point b
Paragraph 20 – point b
(b) renews its call for the Commission staff who have in the pastForeign Policy Instruments Service (FPIS) in charge of planneding and programmeding the Instrument for Stability Article 3 crisis response measures to be integrated into the EEAS crisis management and peacebuilding structures and specifically for the former Relex/A2 posts assigned to Unit 2 of the new foreign policy instruments (12 AD and 5 AST) to be transferred to the EEAS;, and points out that this transfer is a condition which has to be satisfied in order to release the reserve under the corresponding heading in the Commission budget;
Amendment 99 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Deplores the scant results achieved by the Civilian Headline Goal 2010 process regarding civilian capabilities, and in particular the discrepancy between the personnel assigned by Member States on paper and the numbers actually available for missions, the modest progress as regards the training of human resources (no common standards, limited number of training programmes uploaded to the Schoolmaster training opportunities programme within the Goalkeeper software environment); calls on the High Representative, the Council, and the Member States to take coordinated steps to reactivate the development of civilian capabilities, especially where recruitment, training, and deployment are concerned; calls on establishing a community mechanism for enhancing civilian capabilities, especially training and increasing the civil part of the European Security and Defence college;
Amendment 100 #
Amendment 111 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes with anxiety that the current economic austerity could lead to cuts that were not concerted at European level and to continuing overlapping that might call the CSDP as such into question, whereas the end effect should be to push the Member States towards smarter defence spending whereby they would pool and share a larger proportion of their defence capabilities, budget, and requirements while achieving more security for their citizens; calls on Member States to develop greater transparency regarding their respective defence budgets;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deplores the widespread overlapping of defence programmes in the EU, such as the more than 20 armoured vehicles programmes, the 6 different attack submarine programmes, the 5 ground-to-air missile programmes, and the 3 combat aircraft programmes, and its consequences, namely that economies of scale are not achieved, limited economic resources are wasted, and the prices for European defence equipment are over-inflated; moreover this leads to a maintained fragmentation of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), hampers the competitiveness of the whole security related industrial sector in Europe and in this regard directly endangers technological leadership and employment.
Amendment 118 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. MaintainReaffirms that all of the above points should be tackled by means of a clear-cut long-term common political resolve, making full use of the potential offered by the Lisbon Treaty, and that any common defence policy intended to move gradually towards common defence must serve to strengthen the EU'’s ability to respond to crises and to provide for long-term peace- building, and above all guarantee Europe'’s strategic autonomy, averting the danger that its standing might decline on the world stage; calls on the national parliaments to embark on an appropriate joint initiative in relation to their respective institutional partners and calls for a specialn extraordinary European Council meeting to be given over to European security and defence; renews its call for a Europeanthe drafting of a European security and defence White Paper;
Amendment 125 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes note of the Franco-British initiative of 2 November 2010 on security and defence cooperation and hopes that it can act as a springboardcatalyst for further progress at European level in line with the institutional framework and the requirements of rationalisation and technological, industrial, and operational rationalisation and integration from which it stemmed; underlines that the EDA could play a support role in this context;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that, in addition to being a political necessity, Permanent Structuraled Cooperation (PESCO), as provided for in the Treaty, takes the form of a legal obligation and not an option (i.e. Member States ‘shall establish’ and not ‘may establish’); calls on the Council and the Member States to remedy their failure hitherto to act in this area by determining is also an instrument to promote a better use of CSDP assets and to overcome a lack of consensus among the Member States; calls on the Council and the Member States to determine the aims and substance of PESCO without further delay, involving the Member States on as broad a basis as possible and, not least, assessing the advisability of implementations based on variable geometry;
Amendment 137 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that the role of the Defence Ministers needs to be strengthened both within the Council's Foreign Affairs Council configuration and within the EDA; maintains that the number of meetings should be higher than at present;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recommends that Member States commit themselves fully to the provision and sustainability of military capabilities, matching the trend towards growing emphasis on the qualitative aspects; endorses the requests made at the Ghent informal Defence Ministers'’ meeting and in the German-Swedish paper and the Weimar initiative and calls for the operative phase to begin without delay, in line with the December 2010 Council conclusions, in which the Defence Ministers agreed that EDA should intensify its work to facilitate the identification of areas for pooling and sharing military capabilities, including through the support of a team of wise men; calls on the Agency to list new potential new cooperation projects (for instance in areas such as satellite communications, medical support, and naval logistics) so as to avoid overlapping of costs and increase interoperability;
Amendment 154 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points toReaffirms the need to overcome the current imbalance in terms of planning and conduct capabilities and the conduct of civilian and military operations by providing the EU with a permanent civil-military-strategic level of command planning and conduct capacity or Operational Headquarters (OHQ) to serve as a counterpart to the CPCCwhich will allow for a more reactive and cost-effective EU response; points out that the Berlin Plus arrangements have been put to only limited use, having been confined to date to takeovers of pre-existing NATO missions, and draws attention to the problems connected with the framework nation track, which is based on the use of five national OHQs, and in particular to the fragmented nature of political and strategic operations planning (Crisis Management Concept, Military Strategic Options, Initiating Military Directive), adddding the lack of pre-planning to the difficulty ofies in force generation, as well as making the use ofnd increased complexity of coordinating civilian and military capabilities more complex to coordinate;
Amendment 157 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that the existing Operation Centre, though constituting a welcome first step, falls short of the requirements, is inadequate with the level of ambition of a permanent OHQ (it is no coincidence that it has never been used) and that it must instead be made permanent and put in a position to manage missions beyond the present limited size (some 2 000 troops), the ways to do so being to increase its staff substantially and, to grant it with adequate operational infrastructures and to deal with the unreliability of the EU'’s communications and information systems infrastructure, the main reason for which is that there is no permanent command and control (C2) structure (or correspondingand relevant legal framework), a fact which can also adversely affect situational awareness; maintains that the military OHQ should be set up alongside the civilian HQ, thus making it possible to carry outadvocates co-location of the military OHQ with the civilian HQ, in order to allow the whole range of military and civilian operations to be carried out, exploiting potential synergistic effects to the full while respecting the distinctive civilian and military chains of command and the different decision-making procedures and financing arrangements;
Amendment 165 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – indent 1
Paragraph 37 – indent 1
Amendment 169 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Encourages the head of the AgencyEDA/VP/HR and the Commission to seek strong cooperation between the EDAAgency and the Commission with a view to enhancing dual-use capabilityies in order to find the most comprehensive approach to security related research and to make for better synergistic management of civilian- military resources, in particular through the security chaptertheme of the fFramework pProgramme for rResearch and tTechnological dDevelopment; accordingly welcomes the prospect of the eEighth fFramework pProgramme, which will also cover external security; and calls on the Commission to acknowledge the reality of the civil-military nature of crisis management and consider the financing of security and defence research having civilian applications with community funds;
Amendment 173 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Urges the head of the EDA (HR/VP) as well as the Council to deliver timely a new Council Joint Action on Establishing EDA based on EDA's new role as described in the Treaty of Lisbon; questions the current legal basis of the EDA dating back to 2004 in view of the Treaty of Lisbon and its implications on EDA; calls on the Council to inform the European Parliament on the necessary changes to the Council Joint Action on Establishing EDA resulting from EDA's inclusion in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 175 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for a constructive dialoguethe establishment of a strong partnership between the Commission, Parliament, the EDA, and the participating Member States on the preparations for the eEighth fFramework pProgramme with a view to investments in technology areas of common interest at EU level, bearing in mind not least that the amount spent in Europe on investment in defence-related R & &D is currently equivalent to about 10% of the US figure;
Amendment 177 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Calls for a strong cooperation between EDA and the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'ARmement (OCCAR); requests information from the head of the EDA (HR/VP) on the results of the negotiations on an Administrative Arrangement for their cooperation which started in April 2009;
Amendment 179 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. MaintainReaffirms that one of the prerequisites for a self-containedn autonomous CSDP is the establishment of a competitive European defence and security market, with an enhanced European dDefence tTechnological and iIndustrial bBase (EDTIB) (including identification ofthat takes into account key industrial capabilities, security of supply between countries, increasadapted competition in the defence equipment market, a deepening and diversifying supplier base, and increased armaments cooperation);
Amendment 184 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
recommends that Member States comply strictly with the deadlines, under the Commission's supervision, and that they draw up the necessary implementing regulations and train the relevant staff to enforce the new rules; calls upon Member States to take the respective Guidance Notes issued by the Commission into account;
Amendment 187 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. MaintaUnderlines that, in order to foster the emerging European security and defence market, a remedy needs to be found for the vacuum in terms of regulations and standards, since this situation limits market opportunities for both large players and SMEs and prevents security system interoperability among security systems; fully supports the work of the EDA in keeping withthe framework of the new legal basis provided by the Lisbon Treaty; advocates close collaboration with the Commission, which is legally competent as regards regulbetween the EDA and the Commission to create a European defence market; calls for the Commission to launch, in cooperation ofwith the defence and security marketEDA, a first reflection on an European industrial policy in the field of security and defence;
Amendment 193 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the EDA'’s participating Member States to give loyal and cooperative supportadd to the work and initiatives to be presented by the VP/HR in her capacity as head of the Agency and urges the VP/HR to establish working methods allowimproving the capacity of the participating Member States invariably to play an active role in decision-taking,to take responsibility as decision makers, and consistent with the intergovernmental nature of the Agency and the provisions of the Treaty, the idea being to build a political consensus;
Amendment 214 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 – indent 2
Paragraph 50 – indent 2
– a security information model will be developed by connecting the Schengen Information System to all the other relevant Europe-wide networks such as the VIS and Eurodac using the model developed by the US, which interconnects the US State Department and the DHS information networks linked to the prevention of terrorismexperience and best practice from other countries;
Amendment 223 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. RecognisesWelcomes the fact that since 2003 the EU has undertaken numerous missoperations (24) in three continents involving different types of intervention, the bulk being accounted for by civilian missions specialising in policing, security sector reform (SSR), and consolidation of the rule of law;
Amendment 227 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes the ongoing revision of the existing civilian CSDP concepts; notes in particular that the rule of law will be considered as an overarching conceptseen as a central concept for civilian missions covering police, justice, civilian administration, customs, border monitoring, and other relevant areas of use to planners and experts on the ground in setting up and conducting missions with strengthening and/or substitution (executive) tasks; endorses the work being done to develop the concept of CSDP justice missions, while observing that needless overlapping with possible Community programmes has to be avoided; doubts whether the kinds of tasks carried out to date in the EULEX Iraq mission conform to the characteristics of a CSDP mission;
Amendment 236 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 1
Paragraph 60 – indent 1
EUPOL Afghanistan is having very little impact because there is no clear strategy and the mission is inevitably being absorbonly a targeted impact concentrating only on high level officials and was only recently embedded into the EUS AFPAK strategyaction plan;
Amendment 238 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 2
Paragraph 60 – indent 2
EULEX Kosovo has been undermined by, among other things, disagreements among the Member States about recognition of the territory'’s independence and the logical and expedient takeover of the NATO KFOR mission;
Amendment 241 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 5
Paragraph 60 – indent 5
-in spite of its high profile and the successes which it has achieved the EU has successfully taken the lead of international efforts in the fight against piracy through operation Atlanta but that the issue of judicial treatment of pirates needs to be urgently solved, notably based on the Lang report recently submitted to the UN Security Council ;, EU NAVFOR SomaliAtlanta is being hampered by the lack of implementation of a clear regional strategy to tackle the root causes of piracy and deal effectively with the chronic instability in the Horn of Africa ; actions enhancing regional maritime surveillance capabilities should be taken urgently;
Amendment 248 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 61 – indent 2 a (new)
- between development cooperation projects and CSDP missions as a part of CFSP;
Amendment 255 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Calls on the HR/VP to take the steps required to optimise the potential use of European resources and capabilities for civilian missions and notes with concern that high costs are being incurred for the security of the EUJUST LEX Iraq and EUPOL Afghanistan missions, the measures in question having been entrusted to private security companies since no other alternative was available;
Amendment 266 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Stresses the need to strengthen the cooperation between UEU and UN in the area of crisis management, notably during the early stages of a crisis and post-conflict reconstruction, in close connection towith the appropriate structures of the newly established EEAS;
Amendment 269 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recognises that NATO still constitutes the bedrock of collective defence for those Member States which belong to it; welcomes France's return to the integrated command structure of the Atlantic Alliance and considersrecalls the need for constructive cooperation between the EU and NATO, particularly where the two organisations are active in the same theat this should help to dispel any resistance to the development of a common defence policy at EU levelres of operation; looks forward to the proposals of the High representative as tasked by the European Council conclusions of September 2010 referring to EU-NATO cooperation in crisis management;
Amendment 281 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Recalls that, in addition to partnerships with other international organisations such as the UN, NATO, and the AU, cooperation with individual third countries should be enhanced in the context of the CSDP; notes that experience shows that third countries can bring important assets, human resources, and expertise to CSDP missions, such as in the context of EUFOR Chad/CAR, for which Russia provided much-needed helicopters, and EUFOR Althea, to which countries like Turkey and Morocco contributed substantial contingents of troops; believes, furthermore, that the involvement of third countries can enhance the legitimacy of CSDP operations and help set up a broader security dialogue with important partners while remaining committed to promoting respect of human rights and rule of law;
Amendment 283 #
2010/2299(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79 a (new)
Paragraph 79 a (new)
79a. Underlines the importance of cooperation on CSDP with our neighbours, it should be regionally balanced and provide a broad range of opportunities that would catalyze security sector reforms in the partner states; it would not only help generate civilian and military capabilities to enable our Eastern and Southern partners to participate in CSDP missions but also give us stronger support in managing regional security;
Amendment 69 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that CSDP actions should be embedded in a comprehensive policy targeting countries and regions in crisis; stresses, further, the need for where the EU's values and strategic interests are at shift away from the current focus and emphasis on the successful deployment of CSDP mitake and where CSDP operations would provide a real added value in promoting peace, stability and rule of law; stresses, further, the need for a lessions and towards greater attention tolearnt process more accurate in assessing their successful implementation andof each operation and its lasting impact on the ground;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the need for optimal coordination between EU disaster responses and other EU instruments – such as CSDP civilian or military missions – which are already being deployed on the ground or which could be set up in the aftermath of a crisis; believes that a rigid distinction between military and civilian crisis-management operations reflects outdated institutional patterns rather than the reality on the ground, and therefore emphasises the fact that responses to certain crises may require a combination of military and civilian instruments;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to prevent the EU from becoming dependent for its energy supplies on third countries, which would undermine the independence of EU foreign policy; recalls the urgent need to address energy challenges by implementing a common European external energy policy, based on the diversification of energy suppliers; calls, in this regard, on the VP/HR to pursue with determination Parliament's recommendations for the development of a coherent and coordinated policy, in particular by promoting EU cohesion in constructive dialogue with energy suppliers, and especially with Russia and transit countries; energy security should also be fully reflected in the EU’s enlargement and neighbourhood policy including through political dialogue and practical cooperation with partners such as Turkey and Ukraine;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the need for close and continuous coordination of EU foreign policy with the EU's closest ally and strategic partner, the US, ensuring a joint approach to global governance and to challenges such as nuclear non- proliferation and terrorism; calls on the VP/HR to coordinate closely and develop synergies with the US with a view to ensuring stability and security on the European continent, including on the basis of cooperation with Russia, and with regard to stability in the greater Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan and PakistanReiterates its commitment to the transatlantic partnership as an important element and one of the main pillars of the EU's external action; urges the Vice- President/High Representative to ensure that the EU acts as a coherent, active, equal and yet autonomous partner of the US in strengthening global security and stability, promoting peace and respect for human rights, as well as adopting a united approach to global challenges such as nuclear proliferation, terrorism, climate change and energy security;
Amendment 182 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Condemns the severe repression carried out by the regime of Belarusian President Lukashenko against members of the opposition, journalists and representatives of civil society following the presidential elections of 19 December 2010 and calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained and clear them of all charges; calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to impose additional targeted sanctions against the regime - such aswhich would accompany a visa ban and a freeze of the assets of selected high-ranking officials already in place - and to step up the EU's support for civil society in order to strengthen pro-European values among the population; stresses the importance of ensuring that Belarus does not become isolated, in particular from the existing regional frameworks;
Amendment 196 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the EU's approach towards Russia, including in the negotiations on a new EU-Russia Agreement, is coherent and driven by a commitment to the values of democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law, including international law; stresses the importance of the Partnership for Modernisation in this context; underlines at the same time the need for a reinvigorated partnership with Russia, based on mutual respect and reciprocity, on the issues of the fight against terrorism, energy security and supply, climate change, disarmament, conflict prevention and nuclear non- proliferation, including with reference to Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East, in pursuit of the goal of strengthening global security and stability; takes the view that cooperation on such issues should form the basis for the new EU-Russia Agreement, and therefore looks forward to speedy progress in the current negotiations on a new comprehensive agreement that is expected substantially to enhance EU- Russia relations;
Amendment 203 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the VP/HR to intensify talks with Russia to assure the unconditional fulfilment of all the provisions of the agreement of 2008 between Russia, the European Union and Georgia; takes the view Russia that should, in particular, guarantee full unlimited access of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) to Abkhazia and South Ossetia; underlines the necessity to provide stability in aforementioned Georgian regions;
Amendment 243 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Fully endorses the commitment of the E3+3 to seeking an early negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue which restores international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear programme, while respecting Iran's legitimate right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; supports the Council's twin-track approach aimed at finding a diplomatic solution; welcomes UNSC Resolution 1929(2010) introducing a fourth round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme and the additional restrictive measures announced by the EU, the US, Japan, Canada and Australia; and strongly condemns Iran's continuing provocative and inflammatory rhetoric against Israel and particularly deplores the threats made by President Ahmadinejad against the very existence of the State of Israel; is deeply concerned at Iran's attempts to further its aim of gaining political influence in Afghanistan by manipulating a range of political, economic, and military outcomes; stresses that official mutual contacts between the delegations of the European Parliament and the Majlis should also be used to address human rights issues;
Amendment 265 #
2010/2124(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Believes that the EU should adopt a comprehensive approach to security and stability concerns in the Sahel region; insists that terrorism and transnational organised crime (drugs, arms, cigarettes, human smuggling) pose serious threats not only to the countries of the region but also directly to the European Union; deems necessary for the EU to help the countries of the region develop policies and instruments to tackle these growing security threats by employing all relevant EU instruments to eradicate poverty, guarantee sustainable development, address climate change concerns in the region, manage South- South and South- North migratory flows and ensure democracy and institution- building (notably for the security sector); believes that a process of consensus-building amongst the countries of the region, in cooperation with, and with the progressive ownership of, the AU, should also be put in place;
Amendment 133 #
2010/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Encourages the Council and the Commission to make use of the possibility to make defence research as outlined in Art. 45 TEU a Union research under the Treaties by virtue of Art. 179 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) in order to strengthen research on items serving both civilian and military purposes; in this regard calls on the Council and the Commission to establish Preparatory Action for Defence Research and to include Defence research as an own thematic area under the next Framework Programme 8.
Amendment 2 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the conclusions and declarations set out in the reports by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of 9 December 2008 and 16 June 2009,
Amendment 43 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
Amendment 71 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls once again for the establishment of a permanent EU operations centre overseen by the Vice-President/High Representative, which would be responsible for operational planning and the conduct of military operations; calls for this operations centre to be attached to the EEAScrisis management operations; stresses that the division of the existing system into seven headquarters makes it less effective and responsive and generates huge costs, and that a permanent interlocutor in the military sphere is essential for civil and military coordination on the ground; takes the view that the permanent operations centre could therefore be classed as a form of military planning and operational capacity, and located in the same place as the CPCC in order to allow the necessary synergies for effective civilian and military coordination;
Amendment 75 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 121 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Council to consider the possibility of deployingmake preparations for a military operation under the CSDP to relieve KFOR in due course;
Amendment 132 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Deplores the fact that the Russian Federation is failing to comply with all the provisions of the agreement of 12 August 2008 and is stepping up its military presence in the two breakaway republics (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) in breach of that agreement;
Amendment 176 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Views it as regrettable that the Battlegroups (BGs) – despite the significant investment they represent – have not yet been used, partly for political reasons and partly because their deployment is subject to very stringent criteria; supports more flexible use of the BGs so that they can also serve as a reserve force or as a partial substitute in the event of a disappointing force generation process, subject to proper account being taken of the wishes of the countries that jointly formed the groups concerned; calls for an extension of the provisional agreement designed to cover the costs arising from strategic deployment of the BGs, and of the common funding for the costs associated with their use; calls on the Council to deploy them as part of full- scale military exercises; commends the work undertaken at the instigation of the Swedish Presidency on flexible use of the BGs and, on this basis, calls on the Member States to implement the recommendations adopted;
Amendment 194 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Recalls the need for constructive cooperation between the EU and NATO, particularly where the two organisations are active in the same theatres of operation, and calls for a review of the present arrangements for EU-NATO operational cooperation (Berlin Plus agreement) to be conducted with a view to addressing current challenges connected with operations conduced by the two organisations in the same theatres of operation, while stressing the need to step up political and strategic cooperation;
Amendment 207 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Welcomes the cooperation between the EU and NATO in the field of military capability, such as the efforts to improve operational helicopter capacity, and calls for that cooperation to be further stepped up and, in particular, for the two organisations' defence planning processes to be harmonised and the EDA and NATO to cooperate more closely so as to enable all EU and NATO member states to be involved, and for the EU-NATO Capability Group to be made more effective;
Amendment 209 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Calls on the EU to develop cooperation between the EU and NATO in the field of cyber-defence and cyber- warfare; such cooperation is important for the development of advanced cyber deterrence capabilities to help protect critical infrastructure, including from botnet warfare;
Amendment 210 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)
Paragraph 67 b (new)
67b. Considers that further cooperation is needed between the EU and NATO in the field of military capability, such as enhanced collaboration in the area of cyber security to promote holistic security solutions that protect departments from multiple threat vectors;
Amendment 211 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Emphasises the need for constructive cooperation between the European Union and the African Union, in accordance with the commitments entered into as part of the Peace and Security Partnership associated with the Africa-EU Joint Strategy; takes the view that the European Union mustshould, as far as is possible, support the African Union, particularly in those theatres of operation – such as Somalia – in which the latter is the sole organisation on the ground, and calls on the AU to endeavour to develop Africa's crisis response capability and ensure that more effective use is made of assistance received from international partners;
Amendment 216 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Welcomes the establishment of the EU-US Energy Council in November 2009, while calling for closer cooperation on energy matters between the EU and the United States;
Amendment 218 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Takes the view that the new version of the anti-missile shield envisaged by the American administration should be based on a common European approach to the matter, in coordintake account of a common approach to protecting Europe against ballistic threats, with due regard to the development of relations with Russia, and with efforts being made to involve the European defence industry in its development;
Amendment 220 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Takes the view that the new version of the anti-missile shield envisaged by the American administration should be based on a common European approach to the matter, in coordination with Russiaa dialogue on a continental scale, and with efforts being made to involve the European defence industry in its development;
Amendment 222 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Calls on the Council to develop the Union's relationship with the United States in fighting non-conventional threats i.e. cyber-terrorism and cyber- attacks, with a particular focus on creating security solutions that protect all levels of departments from the wide range of threats, including botnets, malware and Trojans;
Amendment 223 #
2009/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 b (new)
Paragraph 71 b (new)
71b. Calls on the Council to enhance collaboration between EU governments on cyber defence and cyber security through sharing of best practices, and to establish a comprehensive European cyber-defence strategy including a definition of cyberwar;