36 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2010/2299(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
(b) when conducting foreign and security policy, not least under the CSDP, the EU must ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between these and other policiesexternal and internal policies; notes that the HR has a special responsibility in this matter;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
(c a) the HR has powers to make proposals to the Council in common foreign and security policy, either on her own initiative or at the request of the European Council, and under the overall direction of the European Council - in which case the Council may act by QMV;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the European Council to carry out its task of identifying the strategic interests and political objectives of the EU by drawing up a European foreign policy strategy geared to international developments, which should be based on real convergence of the different dimensions of EU external action and increasing conformity of the national policies of the Member States to the common objectives of the EU, and subject to regular review;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers the termination of the WEU Treaty and the disbandment of the WEU Assembly to be consistent with the new legal framework created by the Lisbon Treaty, and does not believe that disbandment of the Assembly will leave anyWishes to enhance cooperation with EU national parliaments in exercising democratic scrutiny over the CFSP and the CSDP, with the goal of mutually reinforcing their respective influence on the political choices made by the other European institutions and by the Member States; looks forward to reaching agreement with national parliaments on new forms of vacuum in which the VP/HR, the Council, and the Commission could act outside of parliamentary control; declares its willingness to enhance cooperation with EU national parliaments in exercising democratic scrutiny over the CFSP and the CSDP, with the goal of mutually reinforcing their respective influenceinterparliamentary cooperation in the field of CFSP which fully respect the distinct mandates and functions of the two parliamentary levels yet which combine to hold national ministers and the EU institutions to account for their performance in the field of foreign affairs and which reassure the citizen onf the polidemocratical choices made by the other European institutions and by the Member Statesaracter of the emerging common policies at EU level;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Maintains that all of the above points should be tackled by means of a clear-cut long-term 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 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 institutional partners and calls for a special European Council meeting to be given over to European defence; renews its call for a European defence White Paper;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Renews its call for a White Paper on European Defence to be based on national defence and security reviews in all the Member States which accord to a common template and allow for direct comparability of strengths and weaknesses in current capabilities and planning assumptions; urges that in the course of 2012 this White Paper be discussed at a special meeting of the European Council and debated in the European Parliament and between the European and national parliaments;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes note ofthat the Franco-British initiative of 2 November 2010 on security and defence cooperation and hopes that itagreement on security and defence cooperation has been launched outside the framework of the Treaty on European Union and without regard to the provisions of that Treaty for permanent structured cooperation in defence; hopes nevertheless that this latest attempt at Franco-British collaboration can act as a springboard for further progress at European level in line with the Union's institutional framework and the logical requirements of rationalisation and technological, industrial, and operational integration from which it stemmed, inter- operability and cost effectiveness;
Amendment 132 #
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, as laid down in the Treaty, provides legal safeguards and option (i.e. Member States ‘shall establish’ and not ‘may establish’)bligations; calls on the Council and the Member States to remedy their failure hitherto to act in this area by using the Defence White Paper to determininge the aims and substance of PESCO without further delay,such enhanced cooperation in the military field involving all the Member States on as broad a basis as possible and, not least, assessing the advisability of implementation based on variable geometrywhich prove themselves to be both politically willing and militarily capable;
Amendment 138 #
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 configuration and within the EDA; maintains that the number of meetings should be higher than at present;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recommends that serious thought be given toin the true significanceWhite Paper and its follow-up to the significance and implications of the clause on mutual assistance in the event of armed aggression on the territory of a Member State, tackling the unresolved problems regarding the implementing provisions, which were removed from the draft treaty on the functioning of the European Union; calls for political guidelines to be drawn up, an imperative need which has arise not least from the recent termination of the modified Treaty of Brussels (WEU);
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the fact that, in her reply to the Weimar initiative, the HR recognised the need for an EU military conduct capability; maintains that the cost efficiency analysis called for by the HR should also factor in the costs arising because the EU has no OHQ; declares its intention of promoting a study on that point and on the possible cost of, andurges that the White Paper exercise deals with the question of the financing arrangements for, the new structure;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Encourages the head of the Agency/VP/HR and the Commission to seek strongclose cooperation between the EDA and the Commission with a view to enhancing dual-use capability in order to make for better synergistic management of civilian- military resources, in particular through the security chapter of the framework programme for research and technological development; accordingly welcomes the prospect of the eighth framework programme, which will also cover external security;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Maintains that one of the prerequisites for a self-containedcredible CSDP is the establishment of a more competitive European defence and security market, with an enhanced Eur opean defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB)to public procurement (including identification of key industrial capabilities, security of supply between countries, increased competition in the defence equipment market, a deepening and diversifying supplier base, and increased armaments cooperation);
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 – introductory part
Paragraph 41 – introductory part
41. Points out that it is essential, for the defence market, for the following directives to be transposed into national law by all Member States:
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – introductory part
Paragraph 48 – introductory part
48. Welcomes the fact that key provisions of the Lisbon Treaty have allowed for a context of the kind described above and reflect the need to exploit the synergies between external and internal security, including the following:
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – indent 1
Paragraph 48 – indent 1
– expansion of the CSDP to include wider Petersberg-type missions that could contribute to counterterrorism, not least through support to help third countries fight terrorism on their territory; recommends that these provisions be interpreted in sweeping terms;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 – indent 2
Paragraph 48 – indent 2
– solidarity clause: agrees that this instrument must be made operative and welcomes the fact that the Commission and the HR/VP have promised to submit a cross-cutting proposal in 2011 in order to provide the basis for the EU's collective commitment to putting the solidarity clause into practice;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Considers that the European Security Strategy (2003) and the Internal Security Strategy (2010) coherently identify a number of common areas – such as terrorism, organised crime, and cybersecurity – with implications for both security dimensions; agrees, therefore, that the way of bringing together the internal and external dimensions needs to be improved, an idea which has been developed by the Commission in its communication entitled ‘The EU internal security Strategy: five steps towards a more secure Europe’;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Is of the view that logic will then implynsists that, when the same threat requires the activation of external and internal security measures, the EU should give priority to the more efficient – and legally sound – measures available, the latter being those arising from internal competence; considers that Parliament's role should also be decisive as regards the related specific CFSP strategies and measuresre measures needed to safeguard external security mirror the internal competences of the EU, the ordinary legislative procedure should be used;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Points out that clear-cut progress is needed urgently as regards technical, legal, operational, and above all political and strategic aspects; maintains in particular that every mission should be encompassed within a clear (medium- and long-term) political strategy; considers such linkage to be essential in order to ensure the operational success of interventions and, more generally, break the vicious circle in which the CSDP, rather than being a tool of the CFSP, is tending to replace it, with all the inconsistencies which that entailCalls for the stricter evaluation of all CSDP missions and for the clearer establishment of operational and strategic objectives, leading to the introduction of more robust procedures;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 – introductory part
Paragraph 61 – introductory part
61. Calls for closer coordination on the ground, in which the heads of delegation (now EEAS officials and no longer Commission officials)EEAS delegations and the EUSRs will have a crucial role to play; considers that such coordination should apply at several levels, in particular:
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Acknowledges that, on a legal basis, the Lisbon Treaty has overcome the previous dichotomy between Union and Community policies by conferring a unique legal personality and by strengthening the autonomy of the EU legal order in terms of international law, even when international security is at stake, as already stated by the Court of Justice case law in the Kadi case (according to which ‘international law can permeate the EU legal order only under the conditions set by the constitutional principles of the Community’);
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on those Member States which have seats on the UN Security Council to defend thecommon positions and interests of the EU and to ask the HR/VP to speak for the EU in that forum, in accordance with the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 268 #
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 considers that this should help to dispel any resistance to the development of a common defence policy at EU level;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Points to the fundamental importance of the African continent for the EU's security and for peacekeeping and conflict prevention; supports close cooperation between the EU and the African Union within the Peace and Security Partnership in conjunction with the Africa-EU Joint Strategy; favours greater involvement of the African Union, especially where crisis management is concerned, and reaffirms the need for the Commission and the Member States to play their part by taking practical measures to combat trafficking in, and the spread of, light weapons and small arms; endorses the pledge in the Tripoli Declaration to make the African peace and security architecture fully operational;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Recommends in particular that African early warning and conflict capabilities be developed, that the ‘panel of the wise’ should be placed in a more effective position to mediate, and that study should focus on ways of giving effect to the recommendations in the Prodi report on the financing of African peacekeeping operations; urges that relations be pursued on a collaborative basis and; urges that the capabilities of African sub-regional organisations be enhanced;
Amendment 280 #
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,believes that the involvement of third countries can enhance the legitimacy of CSDP operations and help set up a broader security dialogue with important partners;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Considers that such dialogue should address respective threat assessment, involve (where relevant)ing the participation of third countries in EU exercises and training activities and lead to closer mutual engagement across the board; believes that procedural obstacles should be tackled in order to facilitate cooperation with third countries and avoid the delays that negotiating each specific contribution may entail; takes the view that framework agreements and standard procedures could be established, to this end, with some third countries to facilitate their contribution with third countries;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, Vice- President/High Representative, the Council, the Commission, the parliaments of the Member States, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and NATO.