Activities of Gilles PARGNEAUX related to 2014/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (A8-0039/2015 - Elmar Brok) FR
Amendments (4)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the external financial assistance deployed by the EU and its Member States needs to be refocused in line with the jointly agreed strategic priorities; calls for more measures to be taken by the EU in order to increase the visibility and effectiveness of EU assistance; stresses the need for effective monitoring of EU financial assistance in order to prevent fraud and embezzlement; (A recent report by OLAF points to systematic embezzlement of EU food aid in camps in Tindouf. In order to ensure that the international action taken by the EU is effective, its international aid policy, and DG ECHO in particular, must swiftly tighten up monitoring and evaluation of that aid).
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that energy is increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool and recalls that energy cooperation lies at the foundation of European integration; calls for increased coherence and coordination between foreign policy and energy policy; takes the view that energy security should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action and believes that energy policy must be in line with the Union’s other priority policies, including its security, foreign and neighbourhood, trade, and development policies, as well as its policies in defence of human rights; takes the view that diversification of the EU’s energy provision is an absolute necessity and considers that the energy partnership with the Southern Mediterranean is one way of achieving this; (Most of the EU’s imported energy comes from one single source: Russia. Energy independence means diversifying our sources of supply so that we do not have to become politically dependent on one partner. The Southern Mediterranean has large gas and renewable energy resources which could be developed to the benefit of countries in the north and the south.)
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Insists on the need to substantially revise the EU´s policy towards its southern neighbourhood, and to develop a comprehensive strategy focusing the EU’s instruments and scarce budgetary resources on support for the building of functioning and inclusive states capable of delivering security for their citizens, confronting religious extremism and enhancing the rule of law, which is a key precondition for investment and economic development; points to the unused potential of cross- border trade within the region and notes the role played by the conflict in the Western Sahara in this; is of the view that the Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal submitted to the UN in 2007 is a credible, viable and mutually-acceptable solution offering a way out of the stalemate caused by the conflict as well as subsequent regional integration; insists on close cooperation on managing migration flows, while respecting human rights;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Sees the situation in the Sahel- Sahara region as a source of major concern in terms of the security of that region and of the EU; notes, despite the presence of the French army, the steady increase in the criminal activity of the terrorists of al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Boko Haram; stresses that the recommendations of the European Strategy for Security and Development in the Sahel need to be implemented, and calls on the Commission to conduct an evaluation of the strategy;