Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2009/2133(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The institutional aspects of the creation of a European external action service - Creation of a European external action service: State of the negotiations with Member States (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the institutional aspects of setting up the European External Action Service PDF (212 KB) DOC (131 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the European Union as a global player has increased over the last decades and that a new approach is needed if the EU is to speak with one voice in the international arena and act collectively and, meet global and regional challenges in a coherent, consistent and efficient manner and further human rights and human security, peace-building and a stable and democratic neighbourhood;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Article 3(5) and Articles 18, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 47 of the Treaty on European Union in the version resulting from the Treaty of Lisbon,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EEAS will mainly serve to enhance EU action in the EU's neighbourhood, in crisis management and in peace-building, as well as enhancing its comprehensive approach to international organisations and emerging countries,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the fact that the European Parliament has consistently called for the creation of a common European diplomatic service, which would be commensurate with the Union's international role, and which will raise the visibility and enhance the capacity of the Union to act effectively in the international arenawould make better use of existing resources and would overcome the traditional divisions between foreign policy, development and defence in favour of a cross-cutting approach, and which will raise the visibility and enhance the capacity of the Union to act effectively in the international arena in accordance with the EU's founding values and the principles laid down for the Union's external action under Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union in the version thereof resulting from the Lisbon Treaty; calls on the Council, the Commission and Member States to seize the opportunity offered by the setting-up of the EEAS to create a more coherent, consistent and effective foreign policy;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the establishment of the EEAS will help to avoidmust contribute to the avoidance of duplication, inefficiency, and wasteful use of resources as regards the Union’'s external action,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the EEAS must guarantee full application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in all aspects of the Union's external action in accordance with the spirit and purpose of the Lisbon Treaty; expects, at the same time, that the EEAS will ensure that respect for and the promotion of human rights are at the core of the different areas of the Union's external policy as enshrined in Articles 2, 3 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union in the version thereof resulting from the Lisbon Treaty; underlines the responsibility of the EEAS to guarantee the consistency between its external action and its other policies in accordance with Article 21(3) of the Treaty on European Union in the version thereof resulting from the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
(a) appointments to the EEAS should be made on the basis of merit, expertise and excellence in appropriate and balanced proportions from the Commission, the Council and national diplomatic services via an open and transparent process, ensuring that the VP/HR can draw on the knowledge and experience of all three in the same way; furthermore, the institutional set-up of the EEAS must include a gender architecture that duly reflects the commitments made by the Union with regard to gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d
Paragraph 4 – point d
(d) Commission delegations in third countries and the Council liaison offices should be merged to form 'Union embassies', headed by EEAS staff, under the direction of a chief resident coordinator for all external actions including those administered by EU Special Representatives and Heads of ESDP missions, who would be answerable to the VP/HR; specialist advisers from Commission Directorates-General should not be prevented from being seconded to work in that framework;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) CFSP and ESDP policy programming and planning structures from the Council secretariat should be brought under the umbrella of the EEAS;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) be divided into a number of directorates, each of which would be responsible for a geostrateggraphically important fieldregions of the Union's external relations, and further directorates for crisis management and peace-building, bringing together security and defence policy issues, and civilian crisis management, multilateral and horizontal affairs including human rights and gender mainstreaming as well as administrative matters;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the decision establishing the organisation and operation of the EEAS should also stipulate that Union embassies in third countries must, whenever necessary, provide logistical and administrative support to the members of all Union institutions; considerrequests that, subject to the consent of the VP/HR, heads of embassies should be accountable to the parliamentary committees concerned and should be required to undergo an approrpriate hearing procedure before they are appointed;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that it is necessary to take further steps as regards providing Union officials with external relations training; suggests setting up a European diplomatic collegeExternal Action Academy which will incorporate the existing training structures such as the Defence College and give EU personnel from the EEAS as well as from EEAS missions a comprehensive training, and which, in cooperation with appropriate bodies in the Member States, would provide Union officials and officials of the Members States who are to work in external relations functions, with appropriate training in consular and legation procedures, diplomacy and international relations, including knowledge of the history and workings of the European Union;