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Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2016/2036(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (Article 36 TEU) (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2036(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy PDF (465 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2016/2036(INI)
Documents: PDF(465 KB) DOC(87 KB)

Amendments (4)

Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls what many seem to have forgotten, namely that the European Union is one of the greatest achievements in European history and that the transformative power of the EU has brought peace, stability and prosperity to its citizens; emphasises that the EU remains the largest economic power, the most generous donor of humanitarian and development assistance, and a frontrunner in global diplomacy on issues such as climate change, non-proliferation and human rights; recalls that the EU at the same time is among the biggest arms- exporters in the world, in particular to the MENA region, accepts that nuclear weapons are currently modernised by the US as part of a deterrence strategy, closed down all legal and save ways for migration and refugees and recently conditioned its development aid upon holding and taking back refugees and migrants;
2016/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that EU external action needs to be based on the three pillars that could be defined as the ‘three Ds’: Defenceisarmament, Development and Diplomacy;
2016/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the ongoing work on the European Defence Action Plan and the Commission’s efforts to maximise defence cooperation, including through incentives in areas such as research, transport, space, cyber, energy and industrial policies; notes the proposal by the French President for a European Security and Defence Fund, and supports the development of new and innovative financing and investment concepts, including through the European Investment Bank; supports the proposals for a ‘European Semester for Defence’ and calls on the VP/HR to present concrete proposals to this effect; commends the European Defence Agency’s role in fostering and coordinating capability development, and calls for its strengthening, notably by increasing its budget;deleted
2016/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Rejects the Commission's defence- related initiatives such as the Defence Action Plan and the Defence Industrial Policy and an European Security and Defence Fund; opposes the Preparatory Action for CSDP-related research; rejects the development of an EU Defence Research Programme under the next MFF (2021-2027) and any new financing and investment concepts, including through the European Investment Bank; recalls that Article 41(2) of the TEU prohibits operating expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications to be charged to the Union budget;
2016/10/18
Committee: AFET