7 Amendments of Fiorello PROVERA related to 2010/2298(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the current dramatic demographic changes will have consequences for multilateralism, as new realities will create pressure to adapt membership, seats and voting rights in multilateral organisations accordingly; whereas the EU should demand a commitment from the emerging economies to constructive behaviour in the multilateral system in exchange for rebalancing the representation, which will inevitably hit EU countries the hardest; whereas the EU's participation in emerging structures for global governance and the negotiation of new rules and principles will require compromises with those countries and new actors pushing for their voices to be heard on the international scene,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU's mechanisms for building consensus and taking concerted action make it a role model for a rule-based global world order and therefore stresses the need to cooperate with leading regional powers and democracies in order to champion an international environment that will enable the EU to promote its agenda; considers essential, with regard to the EU's aspiration to be a global actor and to safeguard its position, the ability to shape multilateral cooperation or lead collective action in addressing international challenges;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and its Member States to systematically and strategically review the present arrangements for the role and institutional representation of the Union in multilateral organisations and find ways in which the external representation of the EU can be progressively strengthened in line with the extent of its competences and the institutional innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon, with the striking of new balances between the EU institutions and its Member States; in addition, urges the EU and its Member States to identify the instances where the status quo arrangements are obsolete, anomalous or inefficient, and deserve reconsideration and change;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that in the current times of fiscal austerity and budget cuts European cooperation is not an option but a necessity; welcomes economies of scale aimed at upgrading, rationalising and concentrating Member States' collective diplomacy through the EEAS, the Commission and EU Delegations with the objective of eliminating unnecessary procedural complications and expensive duplication of presences in many international fora; considers it essential, in this regard, to gain the support for this endeavour of other members of multilateral organisations, which requires careful preparations;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that in cases of exclusive Union competences, the EU should be the pre-eminent actor with full membership of the given multilateral organisation, while its Member States may also – but not necessarily – be present as members, but usually without an independent role; calls on EU Member States to reduce their representation, and thus costs, at meetings where the EU Delegation speaks on their behalf, andbe present as members; takes the view, furthermore, that where shared Union competences prevail, the norm should be for the EU and its Member States both to be members;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Instructs its President to forward this recommendation to the Vice- President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European Council, the Council, the Commission, EU Member States and national parliaments.