2015/2272(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a revision of the European consensus on development as an important contribution to an updated, coherent global EU strategy; underlines that such a revision should take into consideration new global challenges, address EU implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and reiterate underlying values such as respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but also key principles such as ownership of development strategies by partner countries, accountability and differentiation based on needs but also performance criteria; stresses that the European Union should do its utmost to strengthen the complementarity between all development actors in order to exploit the full potential of European development policy and thus accelerate the implementation of the development agenda for 2030;

Amendment 13 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a revision of the European consensus on development as an important contribution to an updated, coherent global EU strategy; underlines that such a revision should take into consideration new global challenges, address EU implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and reiterate underlying values such as respect for human rights, with special attention to the rights of people with disabilities, democracy and the rule of law, but also key principles such as ownership of development strategies by partner countries, accountability and differentiation based on needs but also performance criteria;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a revision of the European consensus on development as an important contribution to an updated, coherent global EU strategy; underlines that such a revision should take into consideration new global challenges, address EU implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and reiterate underlying values such as respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but also key development effective principles such as ownership of development strategies by partner countries, enhance of partner countries country systems accountability and differentiation based on needs but also performance criteria based on sustainable development objectives;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes with concern the increase of debt unsustainability bout in developed and developing countries; calls the EC to enhance the principle of common responsibility of borrowers and lenders, recalls the EC to effectively follow and promote the UNCTAD Principles on responsible borrowing and lending in all its policy areas; calls, in this regard, the EU and its Member States to constructively engage on the UN work towards a sovereign debt workout international mechanism;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers it regrettable that a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with human rights and obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacking, which allow certain States and companies to circumvent them with impunity; Calls for the EU and Member States to engage actively in the work of the UN's Human Rights Council and of the UNEP on an international treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses and violations of environmental standards;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by upgrading the principle of good governance as an essential element of the post-Cotonou agreement and by building stronger links between EU development, trade, security, climate change and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and ~~that is better adapted~~is based on the principles of ownership and mutual respect between partners with equal rights and obligations; calls on the European Union to promote instruments for trade with the ACP countries, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), to make a real change to the security and prosperity of both parties.;

Amendment 18 #

Maurice PONGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with ~~Africa~~the ACP countries by upgrading the principle of good governance as an essential element of the post-Cotonou agreement and by building stronger links between EU development, trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund~~; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership~~ to enhance democratic control of the use of funds; calls for a fair and ambitious post-2020 EU-ACP partnership, but also with the other developing countries, that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the security and prosperity of bothe various parties.

Amendment 19 #

Louis ALIOT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by upgrading the principle of good governance as an essential element of the post-Cotonou agreement and by building stronger links between EU development, trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund, the development of balanced trade, the fight against corruption, the regulating of immigration and respect for constitutions and democracy, which are essential to the balanced and harmonious development of relations between the parties; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the security and prosperity of both parties.

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the aim of the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy to be comprehensive, enhance coherence between internal and external policies and improve coordination between institutions and with Member States; recalls in this context the Treaty obligation to considerRecalls the Treaty obligation to respect the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and ~~minimise~~avoid any contradictions between development and non-development policies that have an impact on developing countries; calls on the Member States and the EC therefore to establish and consolidate systems of coordination between respective Ministries and among the whole College of Commissioners respectively, and to further involve national Parliaments in the PCD agenda, and calls on the EU to reinforce a coordination mechanism for identifying the potential implications of policies on development objectives, integrating development aspects into policy initiatives from the outset and introducing a more systematic measurement of impacts and progress as regards PCD calls, in this regard, the EC to develop complaint mechanism for human rights abuses resulting from any EU external policy;

Amendment 20 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by upgrading the principle of good governance as an essential element of the post-Cotonou agreement and by building stronger links between EU development, trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; ~~reiterates its call for budgetis~~calls for the putting in place of formal scrutiny powers in relation tof the European Development Fund, possibly through an interinstitutional agreement of a binding nature under Article 295 of the Lisbon Treaty; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the security and prosperity of both parties.

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by enhancing an equal partners policy, respecting the democratic policy space of sovereign countries governments to take policy decisions in favour of their populations and upgrading the principle of good governance as an essentials elements of the post-Cotonou agreement and by ~~building stronger~~effectively enhancing links between EU development, objectives on trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund; calls for a post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the ~~security and prosperity of both parties~~wills of both parties and the challenges they face.

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the idea of redefining the EU relationship with Africa by upgrading the principle of good governance a~~s an~~nd human rights as essential elements of the post- Cotonou agreement and by building stronger links between EU development, trade, security and migration policies for mutual reinforcement; reiterates its call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund; calls for a fair and ambitious post-2020 EU-ACP partnership that better focuses on common challenges and interests and that is better adapted to make a real change to the security and prosperity of both parties.

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes it is important to enhance the role of developing countries in international fora, such as the UN, in order to ensure a fairer representation of interest.

Amendment 3 #

Louis ALIOT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes the aim of the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy to be comprehensive, enhance coherence between internal and external polici~~Points out that foreign policy is an exclusive competence of the Member States aund ~~improve coordination between institutions and with Member St~~er the EU treaties; recalls in this context the Treaty obligation to consider Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and minimise contradictions between development and non-development policies that have an impact on developing countries; calls on the Member States therefore to establish and consolidate systems of coordination between respective Ministries and to further involve national Parliaments in the PCD agenda and in tackling uncontrolled immigration, and calls on the EU to reinforce a coordination mechanism for identifying the potential implications of policies on development objectives, integrating development aspects into policy initiatives from the outset and introducing a more systematic measurement of impacts and progress as regards PCD;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the aim of the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy to be comprehensive, enhance coherence between internal and external policies and improve coordination between institutions and with Member States; recalls in this context the Treaty obligation to consider Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and ~~minimise~~to avoid contradictions between development and non-development policies that have an impact on developing countries; calls on the Member States therefore to establish and consolidate systems of coordination between respective Ministries and to further involve national Parliaments in the PCD agenda, and calls on the EU to reinforce a coordination mechanism for identifying the potential implications of policies on development objectives, integrating development aspects into policy initiatives from the outset and introducing a more systematic measurement of impacts and progress as regards PCD;

Amendment 5 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the fact that the link between peace and development has been duly reflected in the new Agenda 2030 and as a result, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on peace and justice was introduced; calls on the EU and the Member States to prioritize activities related to fulfilling SDG 16 (human rights, good governance, peace and democracy building) and to ensure that these are the focal sectors of National Indicative Programmes (NIP) within development cooperation programming;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the development cooperation goals – in particular those of promoting good governance, human rights, democracy and justice, combating poverty, reducing inequalities and social exclusion, tackling barriers to ~~economic growth, and improving health and education – all contribute to addressing the root causes of recent security and migration challenges; stresses in this context that in order~~sustainable and inclusive economic growth to the profit of the whole population by respecting social, environmental rights and labour rights, gender equality and women empowerment, including right to save abortion, and improving public health and public education – all contribute to addressing the ~~security-development nexus properly, dedicated mechanisms with flexible financing must be developed~~root causes of recent migration challenges;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the development cooperation goals – in particular those of promoting good governance, human rights, democracy and justice, combating poverty, reducing inequalities and social exclusion, tackling barriers to economic growth, and improving health and education – all contribute to addressing the root causes of recent security and migration challenges; stresses in this context thate need to strengthen development cooperation and peacekeeping instruments and to develop innovative and flexible funding mechanisms in order to address the security-development nexus properly~~, dedicated mechanisms with flexib~~; calls on the European Union to enhance its leadership role fin~~ancing must be developed~~ defending the interests of developing countries;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the realisation of the Sustainable development cooperation goals – in particular those of promoting good governance, human rights and gender equality, democracy and justice, combating poverty, reducing inequalities and social exclusion, tackling unemployment and barriers to economic growth, and improving health and education – ~~all~~ contributes to address~~ing~~ the root causes of recent security and migration challenges; stresses in this context that in order to address the security-development nexus properly, dedicated mechanisms with ~~flexible~~harmonized financing ~~must be developed~~should be envisaged without jeopardizing and decreasing financing for development in favour of security;

Amendment 9 #

Maria HEUBUCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

– having regard to Articles 3(5), 8, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 42 42(7) and 46 of the Treaty on European Union,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in September 2015, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change,

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Stresses that ~~in future~~ the EU and its Members States ~~will have to rely less on the United States and take greater~~must take full responsibility for their own collective security and ~~territorial defence~~defence, including citizens, territory, interests and values. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to ~~improve~~step up their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian ~~and~~, military and hybrid threats and risks~~, in full complementarity with NATO~~; notes that the EU and Member States must use CSDP to deal with the collective security challenges coming from several directions, to merge internal and external considerations posed by those threats and risks and to integrate a civilian-military approach in the collective preparedness and response;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that ~~in future~~ the EU and its Members States ~~will have~~need to be a global player and security guarantor in their own right, without needing to rely ~~less~~ on the United States ~~and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence.~~, while stressing that the trans- Atlantic alliance must remain a crucial pillar of the global rules-based system based on respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity ~~with~~to NATO;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to ~~rely less on the United States and~~ take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to ~~rely less on th~~be more Uunited ~~States and~~and prepared to take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence while continuing to cooperate with international partners in the framework of NATO. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States ~~will have to rely less on the United States an~~should take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence by putting the focus on preventive action and rapid reaction. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Believes that the United States is the EU's key strategic partner, even more so in the current geopolitical context; notes however that in future the EU and its Members States will have to ~~rely less on the United States and~~ take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 109 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the ~~EU and the~~ Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to the report on implementing the EEAS Review (HR(2015)170 of December 22nd 2015;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. NPoints out that EU Member States make up NATO's eastern flank; notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Ccalls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, either within NATO or in full complementarity with ~~NATO~~it;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence~~. C~~ especially in Europe's neighbourhood; calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO; calls on the Commission to clarify in their announced EU Defence Action Plan ( COM(2015) 610 final) how envisaged EU actions will answer to the US third offset strategy and the US Defence Innovation Initiative;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence.; perceives the need for a renewed commitment and concerted effort to provide political impetus to our common security concept on the basis of the OSCE; Calls on the EU and ~~the~~its Member States~~, therefore,~~ to link on to such positive initiatives that seek to forward dialogue on wider European security within the framework of the OSCE; Calls on the EU and the Member States to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO, while respecting human rights and European values; notes that the EU Battlegroups reached full operational capability in 2007 and calls for the strengthening of the EU's ability to deploy capabilities effectively and rapidly;

Amendment 114 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to ~~improv~~ensure their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full ~~complementarity~~and constant cooperation with NATO;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, including information and hybrid warfare, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in the future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States for provision of security, and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence and managing security crises in the neighbourhood. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks~~, in full complementarity with NATO~~;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks~~, in full complementarity with NATO~~;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence while maintaining the preferred alliance with the United States within the different institutional frameworks as a centrepiece in all considerations. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the Commission's report on the European Union in a changing global environment predicts that humanitarian crises will become the 'new normal'; notes that the EU has to be prepared to respond to this new situation;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges ~~and threats~~ to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas a stronger political will for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States is needed in order to respond effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’'s values and societal model ~~and to be a stronger~~, to promote priorities such as poverty eradication and the achievement of the Universal Development Goals, arms control, NPT- regime and the total nuclear- disarmament, fair trade, favouring balanced economic relations and to be a peaceful and civil global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights that European Union has the world’s biggest economy, that it together with the United states accounts for nearly 40 times as much as the Russian economy; points to the fact that EU together with its allies have a unique strength to stand up against policies and actions aiming to undermine, destabilise or threaten European countries by means of energy policy, economic blockades and soft power pressures;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the urgent need for the EU and Member States to assess which critical infrastructures, chains and strategic industries and services, including cyber systems in national administrations, have been let to pass under the control of foreign entities and powers in a way which can endanger Europe's strategic autonomy;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines that European cooperation is aiming for free trade, open borders and the rule of law, which by definition is not a threat to anyone but an opportunity for the whole of Europe;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Believes that is it strategic for the defence of the Union to ensure its Security of Supply and stresses the importance of articulated work between the European Commission and the European Defence Agency (EDA), together with implementation by Member States of the 2009 Defence Package directives in the field of defence procurement; reiterates the need for Member States to invest in Pooling and Sharing initiatives to ensure that the necessary security and defence capacities are in fact available, avoid duplications, enforce interoperability of systems and create economies of scale, saving resources and thereby promoting European industries; stresses furthermore that greater articulation with NATO, namely in the framework of its Smart Defence initiative, is desirable and necessary;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Urges the EU in consequence to enhance coherent an~~Is concerned about the increased structured cooperation on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed; objects to the merge of civilian and military research; rejects the financing of defence research, CSDP missions and military operations from the EU- budget; recalls that according to Art. 41 (2) TEU any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget; notes with concern the Council's intention to develop projects for stepping up EU capabilities including remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and rejects the use and development of armed drones and the illegal practice of extrajudicial targeted killings; strongly rejects any financing from the Horizon 2020 or any other funds for military, civil-military or security research in general and the development of RPAS in particular;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU Member States in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research and development, procurement, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use national defence budgets more efficiently~~. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsi~~; believes that the role of the European Defence Agency’s should be critically assessed as its impact on capability development and increasing efficiency of defence related projects has been very weak until now; calls on the EU Member States to ensure that appropriate capabilityies for bufulfildling ~~European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed;~~ the tasks described in Article 43 TEU are made available including also for relevant UN peacekeeping missions; notes the poor level of information sharing among relevant nation agencies of EU Member States and calls for a debate on how to strengthen cooperation without jeopardizing data protection and privacy rights of EU citizens;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU ~~in consequence~~ to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence R&D (research~~, the i~~ and development), namely via projects in the framework of Programme Horizon 2020; calls for the development of a functional European Defence, Technological and Industrial bBase and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed(EDTIB),including in cyber security and defence, namely through pooling and sharing and other cooperative projects; calls for reinforcement but more transparent and accountable use of security and defence budgets, the only way to reassure citizens also of a more efficient use; believes that EDA's mandate needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act as a crucial expertise hub for Member States on their collective security and defence;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Urg~~Notes the EU in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources inccomplementing roles of the European Commission, the Member States, and the European Defence Agency (EDA) in the field of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) and the European Defence Market (EDM); welcomes in this regard the ambitious and re-confirmed commitments of the stake-holders prease~~d to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA.~~nt during the European Councils in 2013 and 2015; urges the Member States to initiate immediately new future cooperative procurement programmes leading to urgently needed new capabilities and contributing to EU's strategic autonomy and defence industrial competitiveness; Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU ~~in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation~~, therefore, to enhance the cooperation of the Member States on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently and save available economic resources in the interest of EU citizens. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened ~~and its resourc~~in order to provide appropriate support for Member States in cr~~eased to enable it to act more effectively~~isis situations and to reduce the financial burdens on them. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities ~~and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed~~for security research through the EDA;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas a stronger political will for resolute common and agreed action on the part of the EU and its Member States is needed in order to respond effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’s values and societal model and to be a ~~stronger~~ global actor that is able to guarantee world security and peace among peoples; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must help to pave the way for thise development of a true European political identity;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research, the technological- industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, ~~in order to~~and coordinating the use of defence budgets more eff~~iciently. T~~ectively; stresses that the European Defence Agency’s role needs to be greatly strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. and that Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Notes that there are already many studies which outline concrete projects and proposals where further effective defence cooperation is needed and could be useful and efficient, including for example in areas that do not directly touch on lethal defence instruments, such as in air-to-air refuelling, transport, logistics and maintenance. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed with the appropriate oversight mechanisms in place;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU ~~in consequence~~ to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently, however, in this context stresses the legally binding framework of the Common Position on arms exports 2008/944/CFSP. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed, which also requires a sufficient allocation of funds;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the EU in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently. The European Defence Agency’s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed; calls on the Member States to intensify their exchange of information on intelligence-related issues, in particular by systematically entering information into European platforms such as the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), to cross- check the information gathered with a view to improving terrorism prevention, and to strengthen cooperation with Europol; welcomes, in this connection, the opening of a European Counter Terrorism Centre;

Amendment 135 #

Louis MICHEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the VP/HR to address the lack of clarity regarding the mutual defence clause contained in Article 42(7) TEU and to define the guidelines and procedures for its implementation in order to allow the Member States to respond effectively when it is invoked;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Supports the principle that the EU Member States should commit to using 2% of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the commitment of the Member States to achieve the collective target of 2 % of our defence spending on research funding and calls on them to live up to these ambitions; repeats its commitment for a EU funded future defence research and technology programme in the next multiannual financial framework (2021-2027); welcomes the signature of the delegation agreement between the European Commission and EDA setting up a pilot project on CSDP defence research as initiated by the European Parliament in the budget 2015; encourages the European Commission and EDA to improve their cooperation and the stake holder participation regarding setting up a preparatory action on defence research; welcomes the report of the Group of personalities on the preparatory action for CSDP-related research on 'European Defence Research'; invites the VP/HR and the Commission to present the European Parliament their plans on the future defence research and technology programme and to engage with Parliamentarians in an open debate;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers it necessary to promote greater coordination between the national intelligence services of the Member States and to develop a regulatory framework that is suitable for establishing a truly European intelligence service; takes note, in this regard, of the poor results of the sharing and coordination among intelligence services in Europol; regrets the absence of a binding obligation on Member States to ensure that relevant information is provided to Europol and to other Member States; hopes, therefore, that Europol's mandate will be strengthened and that the Member States will show greater commitment to coordinating their intelligence services;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas a stronger political will ~~for resolute common action~~ on the part of the EU and its Member States is ~~needed~~essential in order to respond effectively to these challenges, and to safeguard the EU’s values and societal model ~~and to be a stronger global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development~~; whereas it is imperative that the EU take specific and common action to manage the current crises; whereas it is essential to revise the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy in order to maintain the stability and security of the Union and its citizens and for Europe to become a stronger global actor;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Strongly believes that there is an urgent need to develop a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity; notes that the existing intelligence and information services within the national and EU systems have proved to be uncoordinated, ill-resourced in human intelligence (namely lacking languages, cyber and social media expertise) and perversely missing adequate democratic control; is of the view that inefficiency is mostly due to an obsolete and self- defeating reluctance by Member States in sharing information and intelligence among EU partners; calls for leadership and political will to ensure swift operation of a single effective intelligence and crisis structure in Brussels, under the authority of the HR/VP, and coordination with national intelligence structures, civilian and military; urges Member States to review national intelligence structures to avoid internal rivalry, facilitate European coordination and ensure democratic oversight;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Strongly criticises the Commission for not fulfilling in time its taskings of the European Council 2013 regarding an announced roadmap for a comprehensive EU-wide security-of-supply regime, an announced green paper on the control of defence and sensitive security industrial capabilities, monitoring defence and security procurement as well as 'government-to-government sales' in the defence sector;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Notes the Council decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 of 12 October; calls on the head of the Agency and VP/HR to inform the European Parliament how this Council decision reflects the Parliament's repeated view strengthening EDA by financing the Agency's staffing and running costs from the Union budget; strongly criticises the government of the United Kingdom of blocking an increase of EDA's operational budget in the fifth consecutive year risking to undermine the current and future tasks of the EDA;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that ~~a principal objective should be to~~instead of moveing towards a voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence~~. Supports, therefore,~~, the principal objectives should be disarmament and civilian conflict resolution; believes that the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999, is counterproductive in light of these objectives;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 147 #

Neena GILL, Afzal KHAN, Richard HOWITT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a ~~principal~~n objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces ~~and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence. Supports, therefore,~~; Supports the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. BDemands the establishment of a permanent EU HQ to improve military crisis management capability, ensure contingency planning and interoperability of forces and equipment and to run and coordinate CSDP operations; believes that a principal objective should be for the EU to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the ~~framing~~development of a common security and defence ~~policy~~culture which will ultimately lead to a common defence~~. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999~~ structure; calls Member States to reinforce defence cooperation collectively, bilaterally or in regional clusters, namely via common education, training and exercises; supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating both the Civilian and the Military Helsinki Headline Goals and focusing on methods for reforming CSDP capability development, stepping up peer pressure, assessment and accountability;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards ~~voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence~~permanently pooled multinational military units aiming at fulfilling the tasks of Article 43 TEU; supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence which precisely describes which capabilities are needed to fulfil the task listed in the Lisbon Treaty, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex ~~and will~~, stemming from state and non- state actors, comeing from inside just as much as from outside the common borders~~; whereas a stronger political will~~, some fostered by Europe's own policies engendering financial and economic deregulation, tax competition, unemployment and growing inequalities, thus contributing to disenfranchise European citizens, especially young people; whereas strong political will and enlightened leadership for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States isare needed in order to respond collectively and effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’'s values and societal model and to ~~be a stronger global acto~~turn the EU into an effective actor and a global security provider; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards ~~voluntary joint defence forces and~~ the framing of a common defence policy ~~which will ultimately lead to a common defence~~. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the~~Reminds that given the increasing security challenges and threats as well as reluctance on the part of Member States to work in concert to counter them, it is paramount to activate the relevant Treaty provisions, in particular the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO); calls on the VP/HR to deliver realistic options for the successful launch of PESCO as a means for EU financing of military peacetime cooperation; encourages the Member States and the VP/HR to establish PESCO as the first step of framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence~~. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki H~~; repeats its call on the Member States and the VP/HR for starting a process leading to a EU White Book on Security and Defence in continuation of the EU global strategy on foreign and security policy with the full participation of the European Parliament in order to streadmline ~~Goal from 1999~~the EU's strategic ambitions and capability development processes;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a ~~principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a commo~~the new Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy of the HR/VP is to provide the framework within which Member States can operate collectively to tackle threats to the security and stability of the Union; also believes that the principal and ultimate objective should be a European dDefence ~~policy which will ultimately lead to a~~Union with integrated defence forces and a real and sustainable common defence policy. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence, with an integrated operational command and a flexible financing mechanism. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999; notes that the EU Battlegroups can be a good starting point to reach this goal, provided that there is political will to use them, as well as a more effective decision-making procedure to deploy them;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999; will encourage pragmatic efforts to establish a European defence policy, in cooperation with NATO, on the basis of dynamic national armed forces which will increasingly work together, including in the fields of education and training, and research and development;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that the current activation of Article 42(7) TEU should serve as a catalyst for unleashing the potential of all the security- and defence- related Treaty provisions;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that a new decision-making procedure for deciding on EU military missions, for example through qualified majority instead of unanimity in the Council, would improve the EU's agility and strength in responding to threats and crises, while acknowledging that the decision whether or not to supply troops to such missions must be taken at the Member States level;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Strongly believes that CSDP capabilities should be used more pro- actively and strategically, with an emphasis on conflict-prevention and peace-building in the EU's immediate neighbourhood; recalls, however, the lessons of recent military interventions, which dictate that any decision on the use of CSDP military assets be inscribed in robust multilateral frameworks and regional coalitions to address post-conflict vacuum governance and security vacuum;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Notes the vital importance of~~Stresses that the EU should return to be a strictly civilian actor; therefore objects any strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and ~~supports~~ the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’'s borders;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes ~~the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European for~~EU-NATO cooperation in the context of Berlin Plus arrangements; reiterates the need to re-confirm the 1999 Cologne and Helsinki conclusions aiming at launching a process which ~~complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders~~leads modest EU capacities and capabilities in the field of crisis management and peacekeeping in line with the tasks described in Article 43 TEU;

Amendment 165 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European ~~forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s border~~territorial defence forces;·

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which ~~complement NATO in territorial defence and~~ are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the ~~vital~~ importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, ~~and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s border~~which should guarantee the coordination between operations of European forces and NATO interventions in territorial defence; stresses that CSDP is not in competition with NATO, but actually is the only way to reinforce the European pillar of NATO and to ensure that European Members of NATO actually live up to their NATO commitments;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening ~~EU-NATO cooperation, and~~the European pillar within NATO, on the one hand to make sure that the EU carries its responsibility and on the other hand so that the EU can operate on its own where needed, without being dependent on support from NATO partners or infrastructure; supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, ~~and supports the establishment of European forces which~~suggests to combine the concepts of EU Battle Groups and NATO Response Forces in order to increase their compatibility while keeping operational autonomy in both formats; asks the VP/HR and the Council to inform the Parliament in which forms the EU Battle Groups and the European Rapid Reaction Force can contribute complementing NATO in territorial defence ~~and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders~~based on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU); asks the VP/HR to provide information on the results of the follow- up of NATO's General-Secretary visit to the European Parliament on 30 March 2015 and his identified fields of EU- NATO cooperation by 'building resilience together', 'by building resilience together with our neighbours' and 'in the area of defence investment';

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders; observes that, in its security and defence policy, the EU remains a complementary player in relation to NATO, which means that Europe itself must take greater responsibility for resolving certain crises; considers that NATO continues to play a central role in the security and defence policies of the Member States, with regard both to deterrence and defending European territory, on the one hand, and to efforts to achieve peace and security elsewhere in the world, on the other;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which ~~complement~~strengthen NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the ~~establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial~~EU being able to play a central role, with the instruments currently at its disposal (CSDP), in European defence and ~~are able~~ to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence ~~and~~; points out that the EU battlegroups, which have never been used, are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and advocates the importance of its deepening and widening in the area of strategic communication, political consultation, capabilities development and countering new security challenges such as hybrid threats; supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’'s borders;

Amendment 176 #

Louis MICHEL, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Not~~Stresses the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the importance of multilateralism and the need for closer cooperation with the Unite Nations, when conditions and the geopolitical situation so permits, with a view to establishing an international order based on respect for international law; stresses the urgent need for the UN to be reformed so as to better reflect the current geopolitical situation; considers that regional organisations should actively support the United Nations in its management of ongoing crises and conflicts in response to threats to international security;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that arms export controls are an integral part of EU foreign and security policy and must be guided by the principles enshrined in Article 21 TEU, notably the promotion of democracy and the rule of law and the preservation of peace, prevention of conflicts and strengthening of international security; recalls that it is crucial to ensure coherence between arms exports and the credibility of the EU as a global human rights advocate; is deeply convinced that a more effective implementation of the eight criteria of the Common Position would represent an important contribution to the development of the EU Global Strategy;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that the promotion and protection of human rights contributes effectively to the prevention of conflicts; is convinced that the Union should boost its operational capacities in the field of civilian conflict prevention; stresses the need to promote and empower civil society based approaches to conflict prevention, in particular mediation, dialogue and reconciliation in order to break out of the cycle of violence in many instable and conflict-prone countries and regions;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 180 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Louis MICHEL, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the EU to pursue closer synergies with the UN crisis management, conflict mediation and resolution instruments, in full compliance with UN Charter; likewise calls on the EU to ensure that regional organisation take up more responsibility for co-operative security governance, and their role in the UN architecture is further elevated and more clearly defined;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes the discussions on the draft report "Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union" (2015/2275(INI); welcomes the deeper cooperation between the EU and the UN and the EU and the AU in Peace Support Operations, stresses that approaches to conflict-solving should be embedded as much as possible in multilateral agreed solutions, with due respect to the multiple dimensions such interventions need to cover in fields of peace keeping and enforcing, sustainable development, tackling root causes of migration and respect for human rights;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact of EU exports of arms, surveillance technology and dual use technology to third countries on the EU's security landscape and on the effectiveness of the EU's foreign policy including humanitarian and development policy efforts;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Member States to respect the Common Position on arms exports and to cease arms trade with third countries who do not fulfil the criterion listed;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Supports a ~~further deepening of the efficient governance of global common domains such as sea, air, space and~~nd sees the urgent need of efficient governance of global common domains such as sea, air, space and cyberspace; believes that the EU and its Member States should position themselves to influence the debate and steer action in the global fora, such as the UN, on the governance of those domains where EU strategic interests and security unfold; considers that the EU should steer global governance of the seas, not only for security interests but also for economic and commercial reasons, as outlined in the objectives set out in the European Maritime Security Strategy; notes, furthermore, that the EU has great responsibility and vital urgency in promoting governance of the cyber space globally, namely in light of cyber threats, mass surveillance and other threats to fundamental freedoms and to its own strategic and security interests that stem either from absence of regulation or from fragmented and excessive regulation and dominance of the cyber space by other powers;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises that measures related to security and defence policies have to be complemented by ample attention to the broader socio-economic, cultural and environmental causes of current problems;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the HR and the EU Member States to use the Global Strategy as an instrument for clarifying and strengthening the Union's neighbourhood policy; is convinced that it is in this respect crucial to recreate a sense of solidarity within the Union and to link in a much more direct sense its responses to the East and the South;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Strengthen European diplomacy to prevent conflict, support democracy and build alliances through mediation and dialogue;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that the role technology plays in our societies growing and that EU policy must respond to the rapid changes in technological development; stresses in this regard the fundamental empowering role that the internet and technologies can play in development, democratisation and emancipation of citizens across the globe and therefore highlights the importance that the EU works to promote and safeguard the free and open internet and to protect digital rights;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that for the Global Strategy to be successfully pursued and embraced by our citizens, allies and partners, the EEAS must have trained diplomats and the necessary resources to develop and implement a strategic communication policy for the twenty-first century as well as the means to provide strategic direction and independence for the implementation of a comprehensive range of foreign policy instruments;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas there is a need to connect local, regional and global contexts; whereas strategic thinking has to start with finding answers to the internal challenges of the EU as a political community while simultaneously connecting these answers to the external problems; whereas a stronger political will for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States is needed in order to respond effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’s values and societal model and to be a stronger global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that the impact of technologies should also be reflected in the global strategy as well as in cybersecurity initiatives while as an integral part the improvement of human rights should be mainstreamed in all EU policies and programmes, if applicable, to advance the protection of human rights and the promotion of democracy, the rule of law and good governance, and peaceful conflict resolution;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Underlines that the EU has already demonstrated that it can be effective when all EU institutions, resources and Member States unite to achieve important diplomatic achievements, such as in the neighbourhood (e.g. Serbia and Kosovo, and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) as well as further afield (including in overcoming the nuclear crisis with Iran on behalf of the UN Security Council);

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Notes that in the face of a growing number of regional and international crises, the EU must invest more in early responses to prevent conflict including, through mediation and dialogue, in order to build resilience, strengthen fragile democracies and stem a rising tide of radicalisation and conflict;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Takes the view that the European Parliament can play its full role within overall EU efforts to prevent conflict, drawing upon its own experience and using mediation and dialogue, by supporting inter-party dialogue and consensus-building and by strengthening the capacities of parliaments to be a space for the development of a peaceful democratic culture;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

– ~~Stabilise Europe’s wider~~Help bring peace and the rule of the law to the neighbourhood

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’ neighboursas an actor with a role to fulfil on the international scene, the EU must become more actively involved in conflict resolution, particularly through the use of political dialogue;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’ neighboursa first priority for the EU's foreign and security policy must be to help create stability in the Union's Southern and Eastern neighbourhood; notes that the revised European Neighbourhood Instrument has not lived up to its goals, especially when it comes to the 'more for more' principle;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to ~~gain~~be more effective and credib~~ility~~le as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’' neighbours; notes that EU security itself is intrinsically linked to a European strategy to resolve conflicts in the neighbourhood and to create conditions for stability and prosperity based on the rule of law and respect for human rights, therefore addressing the root causes of the current wars and conflicts, migratory flows and refugee crisis, directly impacting the EU;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility ~~and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’~~for establishing, maintaining and supporting security, stability, rule of law and prosperity in its neighbourshood;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

– having regard to Articles 3(~~5), 21,~~1) 3(2) and 3(5), Article 21, in particular paragraphs 1, 2(h) and 3, second subparagraph, and Articles 22, 24, 25, 26, 42 42(7) and 46 of the Treaty on European Union,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas without a stronger political will for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States i~~s needed in order~~t will be impossible to respond effectively to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’s values and societal model and to be a stronger global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should as a priority take greater responsibility ~~and focus on filling the security vacuum~~ in crises affecting its near neighbourhood ~~and among our neighbours’ neighbours~~;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its ~~neighbourhood and among our neighbours’ neighbours~~vicinity and its wider neighbourhood; the capacity to restore security, support the EU's regional partners and secure the EU borders is a clear priority;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood ~~and among our~~; believes that greater attention should be awarded to areas outside the EU’s near neighbourhood, with a view to working with its neighbours’ neighbours;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’ neighbours; however, also recognizes the role of EU arms transfers to states in conflict which may have contributed to these conflicts;

Amendment 204 #

Jaromír ŠTĚTINA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that in order to gain more credibility as a global security and foreign policy actor, the EU should take greater responsibility and focus on filling the security vacuum in its neighbourhood and among our neighbours’ neighbours; strongly calls for the increase of EU capacity to forecast, address and respond to disinformation activities by external actors;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that the CSDP is a key component of the range of instruments the Member States can use to prevent crises and help resolve them; there are currently 17 CSDP operations and missions in progress;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that prosperity and political stability in the Southern Neighbourhood is of fundamental strategic importance to the Union and that the EU and the Mediterranean countries need to work closely together on the basis of mutually acceptable objectives based on common interests;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for the EU to put a greater focus on conflict prevention and the drivers of fragility in the neighbourhood; recalls that the EU Special Representatives, as well as EU delegations, should play a crucial role in collecting information on the ground and coordinating all EU instruments in a specific region;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Is of the opinion that the EU finds itself at the intersection of the changing internal dynamics and its changing external environment, therefore it is not possible to ignore the link between the external dimension of EU policies and internal developments of the European Union;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for a much more strategic approach towards the Russian Federation which should rely on balancing, engaging and shaping behaviour through international institutions;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers that the EU should maintain at all times a coherent and consistent engagement both in its Eastern and Southern neighbourhood;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Is convinced that the EU should be more engaged with de-escalatory diplomacy especially in the Southern neighbourhood; believes that the new strategy should design ways which show on how the EU could build on the recent Iran nuclear deal and promote further confidence building and other security related regional arrangements which might also build on Europe's own experience with regional security arrangements like the CSCE and agreements like the Helsinki Final Act;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Underlines that EU-Russia relations must be based on respect for international law; stresses that a resumption of cooperation should only be envisaged if Russia respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, including Crimea, fully implements the Minsk Agreements and refrains from destabilising military and security activities at the EU Member States' borders;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should ~~keep up its enlargement commitments and~~ continue cooperation with ~~very closely associated~~neighbouring countries within the context of the ~~new~~recently revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the spirit of cooperation, solidarity, mutual benefits and respect to the choices made by each sovereign state regarding its foreign, economic or social policy, a Neighbourhood Policy which prioritises the support of the development of neighbouring regions, promoting employment and education instead of neoliberal reforms and the integration into the EU- market; recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should ~~keep up its enlargement commitments and~~ continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas many present and future challenges and threats to the EU are complex and inter-related, and will come from inside just as much as from outside the common borders; whereas a stronger political will for resolute common action on the part of the EU and its Member States is needed in order to respond ~~effective~~pro- actively, effectively and holistically to these challenges, to safeguard the EU’'s values and societal model and to be a stronger global actor; whereas the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy must pave the way for this development;

Amendment 220 #

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement ~~commitmen~~prospects and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, ~~the EU should~~promote human security, the rule of the law, respect for human rights and democratisation, the EU should reflect upon and review its own economic, social, financial, trade, energy and other policies which are neither fostering growth nor job creation and are actually helping breed inequalities, social resentment and political instability in Europe, its neighbourhood and beyond; believes that the EU must keep up its enlargement commitments and ~~continue~~intensify cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)~~; recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to~~, while demanding compliance and assisting in reforms to fulfil the Copenhagen criteria where enlargement processes are in place and incorporate a multi-stakeholder approach, involving local and regional governments and civil society; thinks that the EU should further promote the values enshrined in the Copenhagen criteria abeyond the pr~~incipl~~ocess of ~~democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;~~ enlargement, bringing awareness among the interested states to the fact that assuming them is in their own interest, for their own modernisation and for the benefit of their citizens;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); considers therefore the need to provide a clear answer regarding the future of enlargement in the Balkans and with Turkey; recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should ~~keep up its~~reconfirm its 2003 enlargement commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should ~~keep up~~uphold its enlargement commitments and ~~continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)~~believes that the decision by the European Commission to rule out any enlargement for the coming five years was not helpful in this respect; recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria, which are set and non-negotiable, and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law; considers that countries which are candidates for membership of the EU should, to the maximum, base their action on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement and integration commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that in order to build stability and peace, the EU should keep up its enlargement commitments and continue cooperation with very closely associated countries within the context of the newly revised European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP); believes that the ENP should further incorporate a multi-stakeholder approach and involve local and regional governments and civil society; recalls that according to Article 49 TEU any European state may apply to become a member of the European Union, provided it adheres to the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy and respect for fundamental freedoms and human and minority rights, and ensures the rule of law;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points to the commitment the EU has made to its partners, especially in its neighbourhood, to support social and political reform, protect human rights, help establish the rule of law and promote economic development, as the best means of strengthening the international order and ensuring the stability of its neighbourhood;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU must recognise the full extent of the deterioration in its immediate strategic environment, and its long-term consequences; whereas the fact that multiple crises are occurring simultaneously and having increasingly direct consequences within the EU means that no Member State can respond alone and that Europeans should exercise their responsibilities collectively to ensure their security;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Underlines that the European Neighbourhood Policy is an instrument of the fostering of stability, stable democracies, open societies, prosperity and the rule law, and as such is one of the unions most important means for European security;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Strongly believes that the EU must continue to uphold the territorial integrity of its neighbours and partners, and well as their freedom to choose political and trade alliances and pursue European integration; contends that EU's unwavering commitment to its neighbours' sovereignty must be matched by practical support to enhance their resilience against external coercion and hybrid threats; further believes that such efforts must be accompanied by the pursuit of a sustainable, inclusive and rule-based security order in Europe, drawing on the principles, legal instruments and institutional structures of the OSCE and other relevant bodies; calls on the EU to step up its engagement in the resolution of existing frozen conflicts in the Eastern neighbourhood;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that existing means and tools, such as CSDP instruments, including EU- Battlegroups, should be used to a greater extend in stabilizing Europe's wider neighbourhood;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Calls~~Vehemently believes that the current refugee crisis and migrant flows demand an European holistic approach and urgent concerted action, employing both external and internal instruments, with due consideration of the impact of EU economic and financial policies in the neighbourhood's governance and social and political stability; believes that the EU already identified effective responses via the European Security Agenda and the European Agenda on Migration, but their implementation on the ground is dramatically poor and slow; Calls, therefore, for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity, taking full advantage and reinforcing the Schengen system, instead of undermining it; in this context, ~~ask~~expects the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; ~~believes that in this regard the EU should promo~~deeply regrets the fact that, to this day, Member States have failed to deliver on legal obligations and promises of better a ~~more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa~~nd joint management of refugee influx, relocation and protection of refugees and asylum seekers upon arrival to the EU; believes that cooperation with third countries and financial assistance to contain and manage the influx of refugees in Europe, namely through assistance to Turkey and the African Trust Fund, should not disregard the role of some of those countries in producing asylum seekers and migrants due to internal conflict, political repression and bad governance;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; in this context, asks the ~~Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; believes that~~member states and the Council to implement earlier decisions without obstruction effectively, expeditiously and sustainably; also calls in this regard for the ~~EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa~~swift reinforcement, as agreed, of FRONTEX into a true European Border Protection to tackle illegal migration;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; in this context, asks the Commission, the Council and the Member States to propose effective and sustainable solutions~~; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa~~;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; in this context, asks the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; ~~believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa;~~ calls on Member States to cohere around a constructive and European approach and overcome narrow national narratives; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa, as well as a new collective framework for managing irregular migration in the Southern neighbourhood; call for stepped-up engagement with regional powers in pursuit of a sustainable security arrangement in North Africa and the Middle East, including a UN-sanctioned mechanism of consultations and guarantees that would allow for effective multilateral cooperation on state-building and security governance in post-conflict settings or failed states, thus addressing the root-causes of the refugee and migration crises;

Amendment 238 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles, human rights and solidarity; in this context, asks the Commission to propose a comprehensive plan that offers effective and sustainable solutions; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more ~~practical and comprehensive~~efficient and hands-on approach to assistance in Africa and the EU wider neighbourhood;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and challenge rules-based global order, climate change, major migratory flows, and cyber and hybrid warfare and threathe EU has to reflect its escalating and negative role concerning many conflict situations especially in its immediate southern and eastern neighbourhood which have led to many of the additional challenges;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; in this context, asks the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; calls for committed efforts for stability and prosperity in the countries of origin and transit; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in ~~Africa~~the Middle East, in Africa (particularly in the northern part) and in the Western Balkans;

Amendment 241 #

Ignazio CORRAO, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for a long-term strategy and sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity and with due regard to human rights and human security; in this context, asks the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for sustainable management of asylum and migration policies on the basis of common principles and solidarity; deplores the paltry results achieved thus far as regards the distribution of asylum seekers among the Member States and, in this context, asks the Commission to propose effective and sustainable solutions; believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 244 #

Neena GILL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for Members States to honour the commitment of using 0,7 % of GDP towards development aid;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to conclude promptly the ongoing negotiations on readmission agreements;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Draws attention to the key role which the Union plays in the area of development aid, and calls on the Member States to honour their undertakings to earmark 0.7% of their GDP for public development aid; calls on the EU to foster a more pragmatic approach to aid by encouraging the use of budgetary support and public-private partnerships; calls on the Member States to do everything in their power to achieve the sustainable development objectives;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Questions, in this regard, the approach that is being taken with regard to cooperation with Turkey and notes that it is still not clear what exactly the terms are of the deal on migration between the EU and Turkey;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines the urgent need to identify safe countries and to negotiate EU readmission agreements with those safe countries;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Takes the view that it is in the EU's interests to help develop and stabilise the Levant and North Africa; calls on the Commission to strengthen the European Development Fund and to allocate funding to these countries as a matter of priority, over a period of five years; reminds the Member States, also, of the importance of contributing to the Emergency Fund for Africa, in order to address the deep-seated causes of irregular migration in Africa; calls on the Commission to introduce proper monitoring of the use of these funds, in an effort to make sure that they have been employed effectively;

Amendment 251 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses that a durable solution of the refugee crisis can only be found by addressing the push factors that drive people to leave their countries; urges therefore, European leadership to solve to crisis in Syria and to make available the proper financial and political commitments from Member States to address the root causes of weak statehood and fragility as well as terrorism in the Sahel, Maghreb and Middle-East regions;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa;

Amendment 253 #

Reinhard BÜTIKOFER, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood~~; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs;~~ , in full conformity with all fundamental principles of international law, in particular those of no use of force and threat, territorial integrity and the right of peoples for self-determination; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy, development, trade, home affairs in line with the objectives of the EU Policy Coherence on Development and the EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the coordination and leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial ~~tool~~ in conflict resolution ~~in the neighbourhood; believes that more links and~~and crisis management in the neighbourhood and globally; stresses that more strategic direction, consistency and positive synergies need to be madeveloped between diplomacy and ~~home affairs~~external action policies, on one hand, and internal policies and home affairs at the EU level, on the other;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution ~~in the neighbourhood~~; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs; within member states, between EEAS and the relevant services of the Commission, and between EU delegations and the member states represented in foreign nations;

Amendment 257 #

Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood, in full conformity with the international law, including the no use of force and territorial integrity; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs, underpinned by new institutions, such as common European armed forces and a European intelligence agency;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood; believes that mothe increasingly blurred linkes ~~and~~between foreign and internal policies require that stronger synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and challenge rules-based global order, climate change, major migratory flows, and, however, changes are taking place in the current security environment, characterised by crises on an unprecedented scale; whereas threats such as terrorism perpetrated by non-state actors have a global dimension; whereas crises beyond EU borders have a direct impact on the stability and security of the Union; whereas the EU is facing new challenges in this area, such as cyber and hybrid warfare and threats;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs; reiterates the importance of tackling the root causes of instability in the neighbourhood by defining clearly the role of the EU in the international efforts to end the Syrian conflict, supporting governance reforms in the MENA region and setting up a comprehensive regional strategy;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for a reinforced economic and security support of the countries in the Southern neighbourhood that are under severe pressure from the regional crises namely Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that the Global Strategy should answer the question on how to make the EU more relevant on the global level; is convinced that key elements in this respect are: a stronger engagement in its neighbourhood, the readiness to shoulder more responsibility for a more effective and sustainable global governance, clear positioning within international multilateral institutions in cooperation with like-minded actors;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to strengthen their capacity to counter misinformation and propaganda campaigns reaching people in the EU as such campaigns are directed at undermining the unity and solidarity of the EU and weakening its fundamental values;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Convinced that the EU requires co- ordinated action in the field of diplomacy, development and defence, imposing the EU institutions and the Member States to make the best possible use of existing budgets in this regard through better cooperation;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability while enhancing economies of scale through co- development and co-operation;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

- ~~Become a s~~Stroeng~~er actor in a multipolar world~~thening multilateral global governance

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule-maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance;~~deleted

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as ~~the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and challenge rules-based global ord~~extremism and sectarian wars in its neighbourhood, attempts to redraw borders by force and other kinds of defiance to the global order founded on the United Nations Charter, climate change, ma~~jor~~ss migratory flows, ~~and cyber and hybrid~~the largest refugee crisis since World War II, in addition to technological developments in space and cybernetics, nuclear proliferation and arms races, hybrid and asymmetric warfare and threats;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. BNotes that the aggregated defence spending of the EU Member States does not translate into corresponding "hard power", hence undermining the collective ability to pro-actively react to defence and security challenges alike; believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor ~~with a regional focu~~equipped with the necessary military means and aspire to be a ‘'rule- maker’', establishing efficient multilateral global governance; while being able to project military power;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor ~~with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance~~contributing to an efficient multilateral global governance; believes that the EU should trigger reform of the United Nations Security Council to better reflect current realities and effectively act as the ultimate regulator for peace and security; reiterates its belief that the Union should hold a permanent seat in a reformed UNSC and calls on those Member States who still hold permanent seats in that body to rotate and hold one seat to the EU and ensure that they represent the EU's views and interests by coordinating their positions with the HR/VP and other Member States;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and ~~aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’,~~support the UN and the General Assembly in order to establish~~ing~~ efficient multilateral global governance;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance with a view on strengthening democracy, the rule-of-law and human rights; is concerned that the lack of unity within the Union as well as the deterioration of the rule of law and democratic principles in a number of EU Member States will lead to a reduced EU credibility and impact in multilateral fora, in particular with regard to human rights issues;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘'rule- maker’', establishing efficient multilateral global governance; stresses that the promotion of good governance and decentralised institutions that are accountable to their citizens in third countries can contribute positively to the security of EU citizens;

Amendment 275 #

Neena GILL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance; urges the EEAS and Commission to jointly develop EU strategies to protect and promote EU common interests in response to developments in the field of global governance, such as the establishment of new international or regional financial institutions and organisations;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and ~~aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient~~contribute to making multilateral global governance more effective;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor ~~with a regional focus~~ and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’,’ establishing efficient multilateral global governance, based on values, whereby respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law must always be guiding;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance; reminds therefore the importance of strengthening global governance institutions such as the reform of the United Nations and its Security Council;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as the attempts ~~by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and~~to challenge rules- based global order, climate change, major migratory flows, ~~and cyber and hybrid warfare and threats~~transnational terrorism with returning foreign fighters, cyber and hybrid warfare and threats, domestic religious and political radicalization, authoritarian and extremists parties among the EU and major instabilities in the financial and economic order;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘'rule- maker’', establishing efficient multilateral global governance; calls on the VP/HR to provide before the presentation of the new global strategy a thorough assessment of the results of the implementation of the European Security Strategy (2003) in view of the past priorities of being 'more active', 'more capable', 'more coherent', and 'working with partners';

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing and reinforcing efficient multilateral global governance;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor w~~ith a~~hich gives priority to regional ~~focu~~challenges and aspire to be a ‘rule- maker’, establishing efficient multilateral global governance;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the HR, the Commission and the EU Member States to strengthen cooperation between the EU and the United Nations in the field of crisis management and security issues; calls on the HR to initiate a process which could lead to more effective UN bodies including the Security Council and a reinforced role of the UN as lead organisation in the field of security; calls on the EU Member States to significantly increase contributions to UN peace- keeping and peace-enforcement missions;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is of the opinion that only an internally resilient European Union, capable of re-affirming its core values and overcoming the diverging national interests and concerns, can project influence beyond its borders;

Amendment 285 #

Sandra KALNIETE, Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is of the opinion that EU must not scale down its commitment to a rule- based, open and equitable multilateral system, with UN at its core, but needs to develop more flexible approaches and creative modes of engagement in response to a more fragmented and contested nature of many multilateral regimes; in this respect, believes that the EU should continue to promote reforms of key multilateral institutions to render them more legitimate and effective, conditional upon the ability and readiness of emerging powers to bear a greater share of responsibility for addressing common challenges;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the HR, the Commission and the EU Member States to establish a clear link between the EU Global Strategy and the structure and priorities of the EU budget; believes that, in view on the current security environment, the Union significantly increase funds available for heading 4 and stresses the need to use the EU Global Strategy as strategic guidance for programming and planning of the external financial instruments;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Takes the view that the EU, as a global actor, has a key role to uphold the principles enshrined in international human rights law, in particular the principles of universality and indivisibility of human rights; thinks therefore that human rights must be meaningfully integrated into the new Global Strategy, which should be seized as an opportunity to address today's lack of systematic mainstreaming of the EU's existing human rights policy and the urgent need for the highest level political backing for the full implementation of the EU Strategic Framework, Human Rights Guidelines and the Action Plan on human rights and democracy; highlights in this regard the need to always consult EU, member state and third country civil society to enable the experience and expertise of practitioners and human rights defenders to inform and sharpen EU foreign and security policy; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that EU foreign policy adopts a strategic approach on human rights, emphasizing concrete actions and outcomes and demonstrating coherence in the EU's engagement on human rights across different countries and regions, regardless of the security, foreign policy, trade, energy, aid or other concerns;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is concerned that the current format and veto system of the UN Security Council prevents effective actions by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary under Chapter VII of the UN Charter to maintain or restore international peace and security, including by prevention or stopping war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing; Stress therefore that the EU as a whole needs to work towards a common consensus on R2P and a reform of the UNSC;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Believes that it is crucial for the Union to focus its Global Strategy on how to rebuild and strengthen global institutions such as the World Trade Organisation, UNEP and others;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Calls on the HR to use the Global Strategy as launching pad for a renewed and systematic cooperation with our partners in international fora, in particular regional organisations such as ASEAN or AU;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)

11d. Encourages the HR to put at the heart of the new strategy also the question on how to engage with other regional integration projects such as the Eurasian Economic Union, the Chinese One Belt Road project or the African Union; underlines the urgent need to upgrade the African Union as the Union's strategic partner;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)

11e. Believes that it is crucial to also focus the new strategy on new actors which play an increasing role in shaping local, national, regional and sometimes also global politics; considers it important to pay particular attention to networks related to violent extremism and actors from the private sector play regarding gathering intelligence and situational awareness;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to pursue the comprehensive / joined-up / integral approach in their external action and to take account of the inextricable link between internal and external security; in this regards, calls on the EU to focus more on building synergies between security, development, trade and EU external action; highlights also the need to foster policy coherence and communication across the European institutions and between Members States;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to pursue the comprehensive / joined-up / integral approach in their external action and to take account of the inextricable link between internal and external security; in this regards, calls on the EU to focus more on building synergies between security, development, trade and EU external action; calls on the HR to build on her role as Vice-President of the Commission and her role as chair of the Commission's Group on External Action and to make sure that the Unions foreign policy objectives are backed up by appropriate budgetary resources;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to pursue the comprehensive / joined-up / integral approach in their external action and to take account of the inextricable link between internal and external security; in this regards, calls on the EU to focus more on building synergies between security, development, trade and EU external action; emphasises the need to ensure that EU action in the area of trade also helps to achieve objectives relating to non- proliferation, the promotion of peace and the safeguarding of human rights;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meetings as of 19 and 20 December 2013 (EUCO 217/13) and as of 25 and 26 June 2015 (EUCO 22/15) as well as the Council conclusions on CSDP as of 18 May 2015 (8971/15),

Amendment 30 #

Inés AYALA SENDER, Javi LÓPEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to pursue the comprehensive / joined-up / integral approach in their external action and to take account of the inextricable link between internal and external security; in this regards, calls on the EU to focus more on building synergies between security, development, trade and EU external action; points out that matters such as terrorism and border control cannot be approached solely from an internal security perspective;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls the significant and growing role that energy security will play in EU internal development and its relations with local, regional and international partners; calls for swift and full implementation of the five pillars of the Energy Union; believes that it is the strategic interest of the EU to endow the European Commission with a prerogative to co-negotiate and co-sign all contracts on energy supplies from and production in third countries;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the HR, the Commission and the EU Member States to establish a clear link between the EU Global Strategy and the structure and priorities of the EU budget; believes that, in view on the current security environment, the Union should significantly increase funds available for heading 4 and stresses the need to use the EU Global Strategy as strategic guidance for programming and planning of the external financial instruments;

Amendment 304 #

Inés AYALA SENDER, Javi LÓPEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Also calls upon the Member States to share intelligence information to effectively fight terrorism abroad and within the EU; therefore calls for the creation of a true European Intelligence Agency;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Considers it essential to set up a temporary committee to bring an integral, comprehensive approach to bear on security policy coordination, bearing in mind the increasingly widespread tendency to separate internal and external security; notes that the European Parliament, the only supranational democratic chamber established at European level, would provide an appropriate forum in which to rethink security policy coordination and help make the EU resilient, both internally and externally, bearing in mind that its failings have been graphically illustrated both by the Paris terrorist attacks and by the current refugee crisis; calls for the temporary committee to address itself to measures to combat organised crime, especially where human and arms trafficking is concerned;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the HR to present precise language in the Global Strategy on how each of the external financial instruments can be used in a more effective and strategic way; believes that it is high time to upgrade and valorise in particular the Partnership Instrument with a view on building stronger but also new partnerships around the globe; stresses the need to also use this financial instrument for boosting cooperation with countries which are not formally considered as strategic partners of the Union;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO);deleted

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to ~~make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/~~show greater flexibility on CSDP issues in order to create genuine momentum in this area ~~(variable geometry), and~~; supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that ~~willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO)~~the use of Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO) and of Article 44 of the Treaty on European Union represent the institutional methods best suited to moving this common policy forward in a realistic manner;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure, spread of epidemics, and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and challenge rules-based global order, ~~climate change, major migratory flows,~~uncontrolled spread of weapons and arms stockpiling, climate change, antimicrobial resistance, major migratory flows, rise of inequality and political extremism and cyber and hybrid warfare and threats;

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; ~~believes that~~urges willing Member States ~~should also make use of the possibility of moving towards~~to establish a Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO);

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers ~~format~~, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO);

Amendment 313 #

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;~~deleted

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports th~~e principle~~at thate EU Member States should ~~commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability~~reduce their defence budgets as fast and as far as possible in order to free up resources for social and economic development goals;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability~~Recalls that severe capability shortcomings have already existed before the financial and economic crisis which has resulted in defence budget cuts in some EU Member States; also reminds that these many capability shortcomings are the result of a highly fragmented defence market, inefficient industrial overcapacities, mismanagement, corruption and a lack of coordination and cooperation between Member States agencies and defence administrations; believes that regarding the methodology, a purely quantitative criteria like the 2% GDP spending on defence will not lead to more high quality capabilities; stresses, however, that the development of very precise qualitative criteria and the use of pooling and sharing arrangements might lead to effective capabilities in the near future;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of ~~defence capability~~preparedness and to ensure that they together possess the necessary and adequate civilian and military capabilities to implement the objectives and missions of the CFSP/CSDP;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability and urges the Member States to develop synergies in defence procurement to provide the best value for the European taxpayers' money;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability; emphasises that, at present, there are wide disparities among the 28 Member States;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability; furthermore considers that said commitment should be considered a minimum acceptable level of defence spending;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability while enhancing economies of scale through co-development and co- operation;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Supports the principle~~Considers it essential that EU Member States should commit to using 2% of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Is convinced that the creation and further development of the European defence market and the European Defence Industrial and Technological Base should go hand in hand with the further strengthening of a common arms exports regime in line with eight criteria of EU Common Position 944/2008/CFSP and the Arms Trade Treaty articles;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Emphasises the importance of supporting the European defence industry with a view to enhancing its capacity and being a major player on the international scene;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the threats identified in the 2003 European Security Strategy – terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime – remain for the most part relevant; whereas today the EU is faced with a number of additional challenges, such as ~~the attempts by revisionist powers to redraw borders by force and challenge rules-based global order~~challenges to the European post- Cold War order as established through the Helsinki Principles and the Paris Charter of 1990, climate change, major migratory flows, and cyber and hybrid warfare and threats;

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines the need for increased cooperation and joint efforts regarding defence industry, joint development of new weapon systems and an increased scale of economy regarding defence material;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors on global threats is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared and contributes to growth and development; reminds that global threats often have local causes and that, as a result, their solution requires the involvement of local actors; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors, and local and regional governments and civil society is also necessary ~~and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed~~crucial to ensure a comprehensive approach to global challenges such as climate change and terrorism, and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed in order to enhance partners' sense of ownership and further incorporate a multi-stakeholder approach;

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global a~~nd regional actors on global threat~~ctors and strategic investment into the building of regional architectures is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared, particularly through the work of the European Endowment for Democracy and other EU instruments for the promotion of democracy and human rights, and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors on global threats is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; points out, in that connection, that the EU has undertaken to safeguard and develop international law and to strengthen the role of the United Nations; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors on global threats is necessary in order to achieve a global ~~rules-~~order based o~~rder~~n mutual respect between peoples; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors on global threats and challenges is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Emphasises that enhancing cooperation with global and regional actors as well as with the United Nations on global threats is necessary in order to achieve a global rules-based order; believes that pairing up on specific sectoral issues with interested regional actors allows European values to be shared and contributes to growth and development; notes that establishing closer relationships with non- state actors and civil society is also necessary and that the way the EU builds and defines partnerships needs to be reviewed;

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Draws attention to the need for the Member States to step up their cooperation in the United Nations, and in particular with those Member States which have a seat on the Security Council, so that the Union speaks with one voice;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Deplores the fact that autocratic and repressive regimes are increasingly successful with regards their ability to undermine or thwart human rights, development, democracy and the development of an active civil society; urges the HR to address this negative global trend in the context of the Global Strategy;

Amendment 34 #

Jo LEINEN, Knut FLECKENSTEIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas Europe's security architecture has been based on the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); whereas the EU is a key player in the OSCE;

Amendment 340 #

Jo LEINEN, Ana GOMES, Knut FLECKENSTEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Believes that a strengthening and renewal of the structures of international order cannot be achieved without engaging Asia and especially China; calls on the VP/HR to identify common objectives, interests and different perspectives, and to take account of China's increased geopolitical weight and its control of strategic assets and critical infrastructure worldwide, including in Europe;

Amendment 341 #

Jo LEINEN, Ana GOMES, Knut FLECKENSTEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Emphasises that China's global ambitions should be taken in consideration in the EU's Global Strategy, noting opportunities and challenges; believes that this strategy must imperatively go beyond economic relations and focus on Comprehensive EU-China relations, China's role in the UN, its influence in regional conflicts in its neighbourhood, and on its contribution in addressing global threats, such as climate change, terrorism, migration and sustainable development;

Amendment 342 #

Jo LEINEN, Ana GOMES, Knut FLECKENSTEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Believes that the EU's relationship with ASEAN must be strengthened in order to develop a regional security architecture and promotion of the rule of law and human rights; building on its experience, the EU should encourage and assist ASEAN to become a basis for conflict prevention, confidence-building, international dialogue in order to prevent and reduce tensions in the region; believes that in that context, the EU should have a seat at the East Asia Summit, similarly to the United States;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Emphasises the vital role that connectivity projects such as the "One Belt - One Road" initiative can play in building strong and stable relations with Asia; highlights that the building of this cross-continent connection is an opportunity to engage China as well as Russia and Central Asia;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. NPoints out that the current challenge facing Europe is that of stimulating growth, employment and prosperity; notes that the Union’s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy~~. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner~~; takes the view that the EU must strengthen the cohesiveness of its policies to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’'s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy with full employment and the sustainability of the European social model. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free and fair trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system, by actively promoting common high standard regulation, which serves the real economy and not speculation, inequality, illicit financial lows, corruption and organised crime;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’'s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy, and tied to the maintenance of an open, fair and rules- based regime of global trade;. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system; supports a dual- track strategy whereby bilateral or plurilateral trade agreements come to reinforce, rather than undermine, global norms and multilateral initiatives;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor~~, promoting~~ embracing the political potential of its economic instruments and promote thus free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay innovative, competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and innovative and to profit from a high- paced global economy. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, in light of deterioration in regional security, EU must attach priority to stabilization of its immediate neighbourhood, but without forgoing its global commitments; whereas security crises on the EU's doorstep are compounded and shaped by global trends, and, conversely, effective management of regional security is a prerequisite for EU's capacity to act globally;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that the Union’s prosperity is determined by its capacity to stay competitive and to profit from a high- paced global economy. The EU must use all its policy tools in a coherent manner to create favourable external conditions for the sustainable growth of the European economy. The EU must be an engaged and active actor, promoting free and fair trade and investment, secure trade channels and increased market access throughout the world, and safeguarding the stability of the global financial system;

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society;~~deleted

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society; stresses that the EU must strengthen its relationship with its strategic partners in order to cope with a changing and challenging international environment; points out that a revitalization of the strategic partnerships, seeking to transform them into an effective foreign policy instrument, should be a priority for the EU;

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society; calls on the HR and the EU Member States to use the EU Global Strategy as opportunity to specify with which countries and regions the Union should increase cooperation and coordination; believes that the Union should consider innovative approaches in that respect and reflect on new partnerships with countries and regions such as the Southern Atlantic region;

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors ~~and civil society~~, local and regional governments and civil society by, involving them in the design and implementation of partnerships;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society; believes that structural partnerships and the EU's pivot towards the UN, NATO, AU, OSCE and ASEAN should remain a priority and that multilateral and multi-layered cooperation and partnering should focus on peace, conflict prevention and crisis management;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society; stresses, in this regard, that the EU must step up the dialogue and genuine engagement with human rights defenders, political prisoners, and civil society actors who often promote EU values in extremely difficult circumstances;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project, and should reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its important economic aspects; underscores the importance of the partnership with Latin America with whom the EU shares many and diverse ties, values, interests and increasing economic links; highlights, in addition, that this bi- regional partnership is key to confront pressing regional and global challenges;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the aggregated defence spending of the EU Member States makes the EU the world's second-largest defence spender;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Advocates that the Global Strategy strengthens the instrument of contact groups of a small number of EU Member States which work up solutions in partnership with the EU institutions;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests; recalls that small and medium enterprises are the prime suppliers of jobs and that facilitating their work is thus crucial to foster economic development;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests; notes that fair trade is essential for building peace and interdependence and the EU should use the available trade tools to promote the economic development of its neighbours and other partners with due account to working towards reducing inequality;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote sustainable economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests; believes that sustainable and lasting development can only be achieved if peace, the rule of law, respect for human rights and human security in general are nurtured; considers, therefore, that the links between security and development are undeniable and that EU action must endorse a comprehensive approach, integrating tools to fight corruption and illicit financial flows, which are drivers of inequality and conflict;

Amendment 364 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Paavo VÄYRYNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests thus putting a special emphasis on: i) institution and state building, ii) as well as political and social inclusiveness. In this regard EU's efforts should be streamlined on: eradication of poverty, security sector reform, border management, fight against corruption, organised crime, smuggling of migrants and human trafficking, post- conflict stabilisation, victim rehabilitation, women empowerment, disarmament and demining;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests; also that trade agreements and technical agreements should be pursued when it is clear that they will deliver leverage in third countries and promote security, stability and prosperity in both the partner country and the EU;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Promoting global climate action and sustainable development;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Notes that European Union can successfully promote its values around the world only if EU member states will sincerely follow common values and principles in their own countries. Otherwise EU representatives will lose moral authority to promote them in relations with third countries;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Emphasises that the EU should remain committed to advances in science, research, innovation and their application to business;

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Is convinced that, as the largest contributor to UN budget, the EU is both entitled and duty-bound to push for meaningful reforms of the UN institutional system that would make it more effective in addressing global challenges of security and sustainable development, and work toward upgrading its own legal and political status, including in the UN Security Council; further believes that, as part of wider efforts to foster a renewed architecture of global governance, the EU should promote reforms of the UN SC that would dispense with the obsolete post-WW2 arrangement and reflect real distribution of power and influence from military, economic or climate change perspectives;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the EU supports a comprehensive and cooperative approach to security;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Acknowledges the potential threats of climate change and environmental damage on global stability and security;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Stresses that major global developments around Europe have significantly impacted the EU's external spending since the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014- 2020 with the creation of several ad hoc instruments (such as Trust Funds, Refugee Facility for Turkey, etc.); highlights thus the need to incorporate these new types of emergency funding in the reflection on the MFF review, revision and post-2020 planning;

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Stresses the EU's responsibility to promote a sustainable global development and careful use of resources; emphasises the need to fight climate change and the EU's ambitious and central role in global climate action; calls on the EU and the Member States to be a reliable partner to third countries in order to implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, in particular to deliver substantial technological and financial support for climate adaptation as well as greenhouse gas mitigation in developing countries; calls on EU diplomacy to advocate with its partners in order to reach, at least, the 100 billion dollar floor to be dedicated to the fight against climate change as of 2020;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Welcomes the Council conclusions of 15th February 2016 on climate diplomacy; commends the EU's commitment to encourage and support initiatives on renewable energies in Africa;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Stresses the need for climate diplomacy to play an important part of a comprehensive foreign and security policy of the EU; calls on the Global Strategy to prioritise diplomacy on climate policy goals;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18e. Stresses the importance of the EU as a key player in climate diplomacy; underlines that the EU and the Member States have an enormous foreign policy capacity and must mobilise this network in order to implement the obligations resulting from the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that the Global Strategy should be revised every five years, in synchrony with the new European Parliament and the new Commission, ~~which would allow verification of~~so that the new VP/HR can systematically update the new document; urges, also, that the document should be revised when circumstances so warrant, and in particular at the mid-term stage, in order to verify whether its objectives and priorities still fitted the threats and security environment ~~and enable the new VP/HR to engage in a revision~~;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Emphasises that the Global Strategy should be revised every five years, in synchrony with the ~~new~~ European Parliament and the ~~new~~ Commission, which would allow verification of whether its objectives and priorities still fit~~ted~~ the threats and security environment and enable the ~~new~~ VP/HR to engage in a revision;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Emphasises that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be monitored and followed up in this context;~~deleted

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that ~~the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be monitored and followed up in this contex~~EU actions are subject to oversight by the European Parliament;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the European peace order, taking for granted since the fall of the Iron Curtain and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, now is threatened by the acts of Russia, invading and occupying the territory of a sovereign European nation and projecting threats at others;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that the European Parliament ~~is the Parliament of the EU and~~should play a key role in the regular, detailed monitoring of the external action of thate EU ~~action should be monitored and followed up~~institutions. The national parliaments could be more closely involved in this cmon~~text~~itoring exercise;

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Emphasise~~Recalls that the European Parliament is ~~the Parliament of the EU and~~a key partner of the VP/HR in shaping thate EU ~~action should~~'s external relations and addressing the current challenges, including bey monitor~~ed and followed up in this context~~ing EU foreign policy actions;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be monitored and followed up and a parliamentary reservation mechanism in particular concerning CFSP and CSDP need to be established in this context;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be monitored and followed up in this context; believes that there are also ways for the European Parliament to strengthen its role in foreign and security affairs, inter alia, by holding debates and adopting resolutions prior to the launch of individual CSDP operations and missions; is convinced that the European Parliament could equally strengthen its role in security policy matters by debating and adopting an arms exports report on an annual basis;

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be targeted, monitored and followed up in this context;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Emphasises that the European Parliament is the Parliament of the EU and that EU action should be monitored and followed up in this context; calls for annual implementation reports of the strategy to be submitted to the Parliament;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Emphasises the importance of actively involving national parliaments in the process by means of more thorough joint scrutiny with the European Parliament;~~deleted

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Emphasises the importance of actively involving national parliaments in the process by means of more thorough joint scrutiny with the European Parliament during the sessions of the Inter- Parliamentary Conference CFSP/CSDP;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses that a lack of parliamentary control and reservation of CSDP missions exists at European and at national levels, stresses that the 'pooling and sharing' concept and the so called comprehensive approach as well as close cooperation between EU and NATO, the ATHENA mechanism and the deployment of EU- Battlegroups clearly increasing this deficit; recalls that after the Iraq war some EU member states, like Spain or France, strengthen their parliamentary scrutiny of military operations, points out that parliamentary scrutiny reservation has to be implemented also at EU-level as it is the best practice example; criticises that some member states have dismantled the national parliamentary scrutiny of military operations under the pressure of i.e. NATO;

Amendment 389 #

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly urges European policy-makers to engage with citizens ~~and~~, civil society, and local and regional authorities on the necessity and benefits of providing a stronger framework for Europe’s security.

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas there is a need for the restoring the respect of national borders and sovereignty, of international agreements and international law as a basis for a stable Europe with business as usual;

Amendment 390 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly urges European policy-makers to engage with citizens ~~and~~, civil society and industry on the necessity and benefits of providing a stronger framework for Europe’s security.

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Strongly urges European policy-makers to engage with citizens and civil society on the necessity and benefits of providing a stronger framework for Europe’s security~~Does not affect the EN version.

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly urges European policy-makers to engage with citizens, local and regional governments and civil society on the necessity and benefits of providing a stronger framework for Europe’'s security.

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to Council decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 of 12 October 2015 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome and silo mentalities broken down;~~deleted

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas even for a swift and efficient response ~~to threats~~ on the part of the EU ~~requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome and silo mentalities broken dow~~transparency, parliamentary scrutiny on national and EU- level are of utmost importance and shall not be further limited for the sake of rapid decisions and implementation;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome and ~~silo mentalities broken down;~~ that there be close cooperation between the Council, the High Representative for Affairs and Security Policy and the European Parliament;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional, legal and financial barriers be overcome and silo mentalities broken down; whereas parochial rivalries and diverging priorities in the perception of threats among Member States explain the debilitating tinkering in the Common Foreign and Security Policy, including in a Common Security and Defence Policy, whose remit should have been expanded and strengthened by the Lisbon Treaty; whereas an effective strategy on Foreign and Security policy of the Union requires first and foremost a strong political will and sense of common purpose shared among Member States to craft a true European instrument that identifies the threats, affirms the common interests and points to concrete European responses, including the building up of the necessary tools;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome ~~and~~, silo mentalities broken down and strong solidarity between Member States;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas athe EU must be capable of responding more swiftly and efficient ~~response~~ly to threats ~~on the part of the EU requires that~~if interinstitutional barriers bare overcome and silo mentalities broken down;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome and silo mentalities broken down and sufficient and flexible budgetary resources are allocated to support the achievement of the EU's interests;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas a swift and efficient response to threats on the part of the EU requires that interinstitutional barriers be overcome and silo mentalities broken down in the institutions as well as in the foreign representations of the EEAS and the Member States;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas closer cooperation between the European Union and NATO is key to European security;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas threats of different kinds versus different member states must be seen as threats to the Union as such, calling for strong unity and solidarity between member states and a consistent common foreign and security policy;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

– having regard to its resolution of 21 May 2015 on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy)1 ~~, __________________ 1~~; having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2016 on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (2015/3034(RSP)), __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0213. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0213.

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the comprehensive approach ~~and~~in its current implementation is de facto the subordination of all relevant policy areas under CFSP/CSDP and purely geostrategic and economic EU- interests and has to be reviewed, the consistent and coordinated use of the EU’s's civil external and internal policy instruments should be at the core of the new strategy;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~the~~a comprehensive approach and the consistent and coordinated use of the EU’'s external and internal policy instruments ~~should~~in synergy ought to be at the core of the new Global strategy, in order to effectively bridge the two dimensions, unleash the full potential of the EU´s economic and political weight, enhance its influence in global governance and its role as a global security provider;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the comprehensive approach and the consistent and coordinated use of the EU’s external and internal policy instruments should be at the core of the new strategy; whereas EU arms exports cannot be considered in the direct security interests of the EU and the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP should be taken into account in the context of developing a n EU Global Strategy;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the comprehensive approach and the consistent and coordinated use of the EU’s external and internal policy instruments should be at the core of the new strategy; whereas the EU's primary objective is to promote its values, contributing to peace, security and the sustainable development of the earth, in addition to solidarity and the mutual respect of peoples; whereas these fundamental goals must not be overlooked when the EU takes measures to implement its internal and external policies; whereas even when the EU acts to promote its commercial interests, it must always strive to ensure that its actions are consistent with the pursuit of the objectives relating to peacekeeping and the protection of human rights;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas, in such a volatile and uncertain international environment, the EU must have the strategic independence to allow it to ensure its security and promote its interests and values;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the EU global strategy on foreign and security policy should fix a limited number of priorities and specify clear actions to be taken in these different areas of priority; whereas it is essential that sufficient resources are allocated to the implementation of the strategy, as EU needs to have the means of its ambition;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas human security has to be at the heart of the EU Global Strategy and the gender perspective to security and the UN Resolution 1325 needs to be fully taken into account;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas since the adoption of the 2003 European Security Strategy the EU has set the goal of achieving an international order based on effective multilateralism and the rules of international law;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the EU global strategy should define clearly the responsibilities of each EU institution in the implementation of those guidelines with a clear allocation of tasks; whereas the EU Member States have a crucial role to play in endorsing and implementing the strategy;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the new strategy has to be in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2016 on the mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU),

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the future strategy should ~~include the following objectives~~be followed up by annual implementation reports and include the following objectives which should be further elaborated in "substrategies" laying down specific provisions for different areas of action:

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

– Defend European ~~states, societies and values~~Citizens and Members States and promote the values and interests of the European Union

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

– Defend the European Union and its states, societies and values

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

– Defend the European ~~states, societi~~Union, its Member states and values

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

– Defend European states, and societies and promote European values

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

– Defend European people, states, societies and values

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph - 1 a (new)

-1a. Welcomes the June 2015 report by the VP/HR on ‘The European Union in a changing global environment – a more connected, contested and complex world’; believes that this report provides a clear view of the challenges facing the EU and constitutes an appropriate basis on which to draw up a European strategy;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the E~~U must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory~~uropean Union is to ensure the prosperity and the security of its citizens and territory, as well as to guarantee democracy, the promotion of sustainable development, the defence of peace and human rights, and the fight against poverty; stresses that no European state can face the current security challenges on its own, which clearly demonstrate that external and internal security are closely linked. The EU must be a strong player in the world to ensure the good governance of globalization. To do this, the EU should have secured basic capabilities to respond to crisis of any nature and engage decisively in the international fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking in all forms, while safeguarding ~~its~~our values and our societal model and pursuing ~~its~~our fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 68 #

Elena VALENCIANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the ~~primary~~main objective of the ~~EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory~~European Union is to ensure the prosperity and the security of its citizens and territory, as well as to guarantee democracy, the promotion of sustainable development, the defence of peace and human rights, and the fight against poverty. The EU must be a strong player in the world to ensure the good governance of globalization. To do this, the EU should have secured basic capabilities to respond to crisis of any nature. The EU must engage decisively in the international fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking in all forms. All that while safeguarding ~~its~~our values and our societal model and pursuing ~~its~~our fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory~~The main objective of the European Union is to ensure the prosperity and the security of its citizens and territory, as well as to guarantee democracy, the promotion of sustainable development, the defence of peace and human rights, and the fight against poverty. The EU must be a strong player in the world to ensure the good governance of globalization. To do this, the EU should have secured basic capabilities to respond to crisis of any nature. The EU must engage decisively in the international fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking in all forms. All that while safeguarding ~~its~~our values and our societal model and pursuing ~~its~~our fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union's policy on the matter,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack~~, as well as~~; underscores that, safeguarding the security of supply of energy and raw materials must not involve any military means;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee stability within its borders and in its neighbourhood and the security of its citizens and of its territory while ~~safeguard~~promoting its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 72 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its ~~fundamental~~ interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats~~, and its capacity~~. It must also be able to recover from various types of attack, ~~as well as~~ safeguard~~ing~~ its security of supply of energy and raw materials and diversify its energy sources;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security and well-being of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests as well as eradicating poverty and advancing sustainable development and solidarity globally. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external solidarity and resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable challenges and threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of challenges or attack, as well as safeguarding our fundamental values, rights and freedoms as well as the security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its ~~citizens~~people and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model a~~nd pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore~~s well as defining and pursuing the European interests; calls therefore on the EU institutions to ensure both its internal and its external resilience, itcalls on the VP/HR to increase EU's capacity to anticipate, prevent, pre-empt and resolve predictable risks and threats and to be prepared to ~~take~~suggest swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the wellbeing of its citizens; notes that consequently a primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests; underlines that the EU is not a military alliance, but cannot ignore its defence pillar. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable challenges and threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable crises and threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model such as democracy, rule-of-law, the respect for human rights and pursuing its fundamental interests in this respect. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the ~~primary~~one of the objectives of the EU ~~must be~~is to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that one of the primary objectives of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model and pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding human rights globally and the security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy as adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council on 25 June 2012,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU must be to guarantee the security of its citizens and of its territory while safeguarding its values and ~~societal model and~~ pursuing its fundamental interests. The EU ~~must therefore ensure both its~~and its Member States must therefore ensure the resilience of democratic institutions and fundamental values; believes that new common institutions are needed to counter the expanding range of the internal and ~~its~~ external ~~resilience, its~~threats, endowed with adequate resources and possessing the capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift and joint action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the primary objective of the EU foreign and security policy must be to ~~guarantee~~maintain the security ~~of its citizens~~, safety and prosperity of all citizens living in the EU and of its territory while safeguarding its values and societal model ~~and pursuing its fundamental interests~~. The EU must therefore ensure both its internal and its external resilience, its capacity to anticipate, pre-empt and resolve predictable threats and to be prepared to take swift action on unpredictable threats, and its capacity to recover from various types of attack, as well as safeguarding security of supply of energy and raw materials;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that to deal with a changing global environment, the EU strategy should be based on: a. identifying and prioritising the threats and challenges; b. defining the responses thereto; c. determining the necessary resources.

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the main danger for EU future is the lack of unity, mutual distrust between EU member states, unpredictable and irresponsible behaviour of EU member state's political leaders, lack of common goals and ambitions. These factors dramatically reduce influence and effectiveness of European Union. It also reduces the ability to respond to external and internal challenges;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reminds the EU's commitment to develop a Common Foreign and Security Policy guided by the principles of democracy, rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their efforts to effectively place these values at the heart of their relations with the wider world;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises the importance of a fully comprehensive and cooperative approach to security; calls in this regard on the EU to work for a strengthened OSCE and the reinvigoration of the role of the OSCE in order to make better use of all OSCE instruments and policies;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. States that the core strategic interest of the Union is a peaceful multilateral global order based on the rule-of-law, the respect for human rights and democracy; acknowledges with grave concern that these norms and values have become under increasing pressure in a more and more unstable world characterized by growing inequalities, the increasing concentration of wealth, resources and power and the weakening of the capacity of the State to regulate and to protect its domestic population;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that the borders of each member state are the borders of the Union and shall be defended as such;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that heightened levels of internal and external security threats, including terrorism and hybrid warfare, necessitate enhanced cooperation and integration in the area of intelligence gathering, situational awareness and shared analysis; emphasizes the need for greater coherence and institutional consolidation of the intelligence capabilities at the disposal of the EU and its Member States, leading to the establishment of a fully-fledged EU intelligence agency; further believes that more cooperation and pooling of resources is needed to combat cross- border crime, working toward a vision of a common European bureau of investigation;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that inclusive multilateral diplomacy under the leadership of the VP/HR is a crucial tool in conflict resolution in the neighbourhood; believes that more links and synergies need to be made between diplomacy and home affairs;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2015 on arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that ideological vacuum is very dangerous for EU future development. Nationalists, radicals and xenophobes try to fill this vacuum with their negative content. Part of the EU society is not immune to their emotional rhetoric. It can destroy EU faster than any external virtual enemy;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that the Transatlantic Partnership, based on strong political, cultural, economic and historical links, on shared values such as freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and on common goals, remains a cornerstone of our security;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that the Union and most of the EU Member States have recently increased their efforts to counter terrorism; believes that the Union's approach to counter-terrorism should be first guided by a criminal justice approach relying on intensified cooperation between police, justice and intelligence agencies within Europe; urges the HR, the Commission and the EU Member States to pay particular attention to human rights standards and the principles of accountability and transparency when cooperating with third countries in the field of counter-terrorism and to prevent any lowering of human rights standards;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that the EU should be a constructive and resilient global actor with a regional focus and contribute to making multilateral global governance more effective;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes that EU has a choice whether to accelerate integration processes radically or to return to the past - to divided and weak Europe. There is no such option for EU to remain for a long time in the intermediate position. Each integration step demands further changes, otherwise it will create dangerous development disproportions. The bright examples of such disproportions are euro zone problems and the current refugee crisis in Europe. Each delay may be fatal for EU future;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Believes that it is crucial to identify the genuine shared foreign policy interest of all 28 EU Member States in every region of the world and in every relevant policy field; stresses, however, that making these shared interests visible would already significantly strengthen the EU as an actor in foreign affairs; calls on the HR to task the EEAS mapping such specific interests and to help defining strategic and operational objectives that can directly lead to concrete outcomes;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Underlines that the Global Strategy should explicitly address urgent and direct threats to the European integration process; considers in this respect that these threats have internal and external elements which are interconnected; believes that it is crucial to address more directly those who perceive themselves as losers in an ever closer Union in a globalised world and to strengthen functioning social contracts and robust representative democracy also for the sake of guaranteeing security;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Insists that the issue of climate change represents the biggest threat to global security and has to be addressed urgently; stresses that these events also represent an aggravation of threats to international peace and human security; points out that the EU should take into consideration the effects of climate change on international security;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;deleted

Amendment 99 #