22 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2012/2253(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the EEAS was established as a sui generis institution which is not subject to any parliamentary control;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the parliamentary involvement and consultation in the respective Committees on the establishment of the EEAS was organised in only short time, non-democratic and limited manner;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EEAS should be a streamlined, results-orientated, efficient structure, capable of providing support for political leadership in the area of CFSP and facilitating democratic and consensual decision-making in the Council; whereas, for this reason, the EEAS should be capable of providing, at short notice and in a coordinated fashion, expertise from different departments, including from the Commission; whereas the current structure of the EEAS is too top-heavy and marked by too many decision-making layers;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the experience of the past has clearly shown there is no need for establishing permanent operational Headquarters in Brussels for the conduct of CSDP missions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, in the case of the Arab revolutions, it has become apparent what dramatic effects a geostrategic, based on power politics - EU foreign policy has and that the EU is unable to ensure, in the short term, a reallocation of resources, including staff, to match new political priorities; whereas the size and staff profiles of EU delegations must reflect the Union's strategic interests;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the role of the EEAS inEEAS was made responsible for defining the strategic orientation, and in contributing tobut not of the implementation of the EU financial assistance instruments, should be strengthened in line with the key lines of EU foreign policy;ince the Commission is the only one responsible and accountable,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. to ensure that the European Union Special Representatives (EUSRs) are closely integrated into the work of the EEAS by anchoring them and their staff in the EEAS structure, and to consider, whenever possible, double-hatting them with EU Heads of Delegation; ; to reject the system of double-hatting throughout the whole EEAS-structures since parliamentary control of the EEAS has been fully undermined; to ensure that the European Parliament's right of scrutiny is guaranteed to its full extent, and assured for the national parliaments as well, especially in terms of the CSFP and CSDP;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. to ensure that the military structures of the EU, located in the General Secretariat of the Council, as well as the civilian-military structures such as the European Union Military Staff, the European Defence Agency (EDA), the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD), EU Situation Centre (SitCen) and the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC), are neither part of the EEAS nor institutionally connected to it; furthermore to ensure that the Council stops the further militarisation of EU foreign policy and abolishes all military and civil-military structures under its competence, as well as stops the financing of military and civil-military activities;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. to reject the incorporation of the Union delegations by the EEAS, in particular because of the lack of transparency and parliamentary control of the EEAS; to further reject in this regard the shift of significant competences towards the EEAS and therefore rejects any further shifts of competences such as payment authorisation or budgetary matters towards the EEAS;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. to ensure that, wherever applicable, every delegation has a CSDP civil-attaché specialised in mediation and peaceful conflict resolution, in particular in delegations in situations of political instability or fragility or where a recent CSDP operation or mission has been terminated, in order to ensure continuity and monitoring of the environment;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. to ensure full political reporting from Union delegations to key office holderall political groups of Parliament under regulated access;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. to further pursue and intensify efforts to achieve betterequalised gender and geographical balance, with due regard to merit and competences;