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2005/2536(RSP) Resolution on the institutional aspects of the European External Action Service

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 128-p5

Events

2005/05/26
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, topical subjects
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In its resolution on the future European External Action Service (EEAS), the European reminded the Commission that a decision to set up the EEAS cannot be taken without Parliament's agreement. It called on the Commission, in its preparatory work on the EEAS, to put its full weight behind further developing the Community model in the Union’s external relations.

Parliament urged the Commission, in making future proposals, to insist on compliance with the following principles, in accordance with the tenor and purpose of the provisions of the Constitution and the spirit of the deliberations of the Convention on the Constitution:

-the EEAS should be staffed in appropriate and balanced proportions by officials from the Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council and national diplomatic services;

-the EEAS should take a form enabling the Union to act coherently in its external relations; in particular, the units dealing with CFSP matters in the stricter sense and officials holding senior positions in the delegations should be brought under the umbrella of the EEAS;

-it is not necessary to strip all the Commission directorates-general of their external relations responsibilities; the progress report submitted to the European Council should provide a discussion model for the departments concerned (for example the trade, development and enlargement DGs, the Europe Aid Cooperation Office, the Humanitarian Aid Office and the externally oriented units of the Economic and Financial Affairs DG);

-Commission delegations in non-member countries and the Council liaison offices should be merged to form ‘Union embassies’, headed by EEAS officials, who would take their instructions from and be subject to the supervision of the Foreign Minister, but belong administratively to the Commission staff, which would not prevent specialist advisers to these delegations being recruited from other Commission or Parliament DGs.

2005/05/26
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2005/05/26
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

In its resolution on the future European External Action Service (EEAS), the European reminded the Commission that a decision to set up the EEAS cannot be taken without Parliament's agreement. It called on the Commission, in its preparatory work on the EEAS, to put its full weight behind further developing the Community model in the Union’s external relations.

Parliament urged the Commission, in making future proposals, to insist on compliance with the following principles, in accordance with the tenor and purpose of the provisions of the Constitution and the spirit of the deliberations of the Convention on the Constitution:

-the EEAS should be staffed in appropriate and balanced proportions by officials from the Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council and national diplomatic services;

-the EEAS should take a form enabling the Union to act coherently in its external relations; in particular, the units dealing with CFSP matters in the stricter sense and officials holding senior positions in the delegations should be brought under the umbrella of the EEAS;

-it is not necessary to strip all the Commission directorates-general of their external relations responsibilities; the progress report submitted to the European Council should provide a discussion model for the departments concerned (for example the trade, development and enlargement DGs, the Europe Aid Cooperation Office, the Humanitarian Aid Office and the externally oriented units of the Economic and Financial Affairs DG);

-Commission delegations in non-member countries and the Council liaison offices should be merged to form ‘Union embassies’, headed by EEAS officials, who would take their instructions from and be subject to the supervision of the Foreign Minister, but belong administratively to the Commission staff, which would not prevent specialist advisers to these delegations being recruited from other Commission or Parliament DGs.

Documents
2005/05/26
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2005/05/25
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2005/05/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2005/04/27
   EP - Oral question/interpellation by Parliament
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  • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=11945&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2005-205 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0205/2005 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
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    • date: 2005-04-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2005-233&language=EN title: B6-0233/2005 type: Oral question/interpellation by Parliament body: EP
    • date: 2005-05-25T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2005-320&language=EN title: B6-0320/2005 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
    • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2005-205 title: T6-0205/2005 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:117E:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 117 18.05.2006, p. 0024-0232 E summary: In its resolution on the future European External Action Service (EEAS), the European reminded the Commission that a decision to set up the EEAS cannot be taken without Parliament's agreement. It called on the Commission, in its preparatory work on the EEAS, to put its full weight behind further developing the Community model in the Union’s external relations. Parliament urged the Commission, in making future proposals, to insist on compliance with the following principles, in accordance with the tenor and purpose of the provisions of the Constitution and the spirit of the deliberations of the Convention on the Constitution: -the EEAS should be staffed in appropriate and balanced proportions by officials from the Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council and national diplomatic services; -the EEAS should take a form enabling the Union to act coherently in its external relations; in particular, the units dealing with CFSP matters in the stricter sense and officials holding senior positions in the delegations should be brought under the umbrella of the EEAS; -it is not necessary to strip all the Commission directorates-general of their external relations responsibilities; the progress report submitted to the European Council should provide a discussion model for the departments concerned (for example the trade, development and enlargement DGs, the Europe Aid Cooperation Office, the Humanitarian Aid Office and the externally oriented units of the Economic and Financial Affairs DG); -Commission delegations in non-member countries and the Council liaison offices should be merged to form ‘Union embassies’, headed by EEAS officials, who would take their instructions from and be subject to the supervision of the Foreign Minister, but belong administratively to the Commission staff, which would not prevent specialist advisers to these delegations being recruited from other Commission or Parliament DGs. type: Text adopted by Parliament, topical subjects body: EP
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    • date: 2005-05-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20050511&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
    • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=11945&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
    • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2005-205 title: T6-0205/2005 summary: In its resolution on the future European External Action Service (EEAS), the European reminded the Commission that a decision to set up the EEAS cannot be taken without Parliament's agreement. It called on the Commission, in its preparatory work on the EEAS, to put its full weight behind further developing the Community model in the Union’s external relations. Parliament urged the Commission, in making future proposals, to insist on compliance with the following principles, in accordance with the tenor and purpose of the provisions of the Constitution and the spirit of the deliberations of the Convention on the Constitution: -the EEAS should be staffed in appropriate and balanced proportions by officials from the Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council and national diplomatic services; -the EEAS should take a form enabling the Union to act coherently in its external relations; in particular, the units dealing with CFSP matters in the stricter sense and officials holding senior positions in the delegations should be brought under the umbrella of the EEAS; -it is not necessary to strip all the Commission directorates-general of their external relations responsibilities; the progress report submitted to the European Council should provide a discussion model for the departments concerned (for example the trade, development and enlargement DGs, the Europe Aid Cooperation Office, the Humanitarian Aid Office and the externally oriented units of the Economic and Financial Affairs DG); -Commission delegations in non-member countries and the Council liaison offices should be merged to form ‘Union embassies’, headed by EEAS officials, who would take their instructions from and be subject to the supervision of the Foreign Minister, but belong administratively to the Commission staff, which would not prevent specialist advisers to these delegations being recruited from other Commission or Parliament DGs.
    • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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      • date: 2005-05-26T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=11945&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2005-205 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0205/2005 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
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