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Activities of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2011/2023(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

European disaster response: role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2023(INI)

Amendments (5)

Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid signed on 18 December 2007 by the Presidents of the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Commission,
2011/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in the wake of the recent disaster in Japan, the Japanese government requested the EU to form a single compact civil protection team, coordinated by the Commission, for the distribution of aid, rather than sending several civil protection teams from different Member States at different times; whereas stepping up operational coordination during that disaster made it possible to improve EU assistance as a whole in terms of cost-effectiveness, coherence and visibility,
2011/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Affirms that EU-funded assets managed by Member States should further supplement the Member States’ assets available for the relief operations; notes that these should build on models developed through pilotreparatory actions which were successfully tested in recent emergencies both inside and outside Europe; , such as the multinational flood response unit for the Baltic countries and the supplementary tactical reserve for aerial fire-fighting;
2011/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for an effective merging of the ECHO crisis room and the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) also from the financial point of view, whilst ensuring adequate funding;
2011/05/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for political coordination in view of the respective institutional roles ofcooperation and coordination between the European Commission and, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European External Action Service (EEAS) responsible for political aspects of Common Foreign and Security Policy, without hindering or slowing down relief operations; calls therefore on the Commission and the EEAS to develop working arrangements and transparent rules with regard to the coordination of issues pertaining to the EU disaster response; emphasises that EU humanitarian aid is not a crisis- management tool and should be provided irrespective of all political considerations;
2011/05/13
Committee: ENVI