13 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2023/2107(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Global Health Strategy, adopted on 30 November 2022,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to Japan’s Global Health Strategy, launched in May 2022,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), released at the 34th ASEAN Summit, held in June 2019,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to the Communiqué adopted by the health ministers of the G7 summit in Nagasaki, adopted on 14 May 2023,
Amendment 15 #
– having regard to the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted by the 15th Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is of paramount importance for the EU to cooperate with Japan given the Indo-Pacific’s growing economic, demographic, and political weight and its geopolitically and geo- economically strategic position; whereas both, the EU and Japan, are confronted with similar socio-economics challenges, notably with regard to the ageing of population, gender equality, competitiveness vis a vis emerging markets, real wages’ decline, and dependency on imported raw materials and energy;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the fundamental role of the EU-Japan economic partnership agreement and the EU-Japan SPA in the relationship; urges the remaining three EU Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the SPA; calls for the full implementation of both agreements; welcomes the development of an increasingly dense network of bilateral dialogues, consultations, memoranda and agreements with the annual EU-Japan Summit at the centre; welcomes also ever closer relations between Japan and individual EU Member States; underlines the meaning of multilateral trade-policy network and applauds Japans for its leading role in the conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans- Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and also points to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and recommends the EU to seek close cooperation and, where possible, integration;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with interest Japan’s efforts to promote a stable architecture in the Indo-Pacific, for instance through its participation in the Quad, its engagement with Pacific island states or the recent Camp David Agreement with Korea and the US; continues to note Japan’s concerns about North Korea; intends to corecalls that the EU and Japan maintainuously cooperate with Japan in order to oppose China’s aggressive policies toward only diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, and maintain good relations with Taiwan in many areas; highlights the support for Taiwan to be involved in specific matters in international organisations wits neighbours; shares Japan’s positiohin the framework of the One-China policy; emphasises that a change of the status quo in thate Taiwan is an important partner and a precious friend; shares, furtherStrait must only take place by peaceful means and with mutual consent; underlines the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive, prosperous and secure, as stated in the joint statement of the EU-Japan Summit on 13th of July 2023; fully shares, in this context, Japan’s high regard for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and reiterates the full support for ASEAN’s unity and centrality and to supporting the mainstreaming of ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), contributing to the region’s stability, prosperity and sustainable development; welcomes the fact that some new vice- ministerial formats also include the EU (in groupings such as Japan/Australia/Korea/EU and Japan/Korea/US/EU); recalls the EU’s and Japan’s aim for constructive and stable relations with China, enabling a balanced, reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade and economic environment, which is based on transparency, predictability, sustainability, safe and fair business practices, and avoiding non-market policies and practices;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is grateful forStrongly appreciates the USD 7.6 billion of robust and unwavering support Japan is providing to Ukraine for its self- defence in Russia’s war of aggression; agrees with Japan that it is crucially important to promote the alignment of all international actors that support the UN principles of national sovereignty and territorial integrity against imperialist revisionism or hegemonic coercion; expresses the EU’s clear commitment to supporting efforts to uphold peace and stability in the Indo- Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and to promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive, prosperous and secure and supports the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP);
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the shift in Japan’s national security strategy, including a budget increase to 2 per cent of GDP; welcomes at the same time Japan's efforts to stabilising diplomatic relations with China in order to reduce friction and to leave room for economic cooperation and exchange on common interests; underlines the importance of being vigilant, while at the same time promoting peace and stability and contributing to de- escalation of tensions; continues to support Japan’s engagement for a world without nuclear weapons; calls for a comprehensive security partnership between the EU and Japan as the basis for enhanced consultations, common exercises, shared defence research and development and work on joint contingency planning for dangerous crises; welcomes Member States’ 2+2 dialogue formats with Japan; welcomes NATO’s Individual Tailored Partnership Programme with Japan, but regrets the fact that the opening of a NATO liaison office in Japan has been delayed; proposes the creation of an EU/NATO/AP4 (Japan/Korea/Australia/New Zealand) security dialogue format; encourages the European External Action Service to post a military attaché in Tokyo; would welcome the negotiation of an EU-Japan Framework Participation Agreement; is critical of the fact thatwelcomes the opportunity of an effective cooperation through the Enhancing Security Cooperation In and With Asia (ESIWA) project is not very substantive; calls for enhanced maritime awareness cooperation on the basis of the Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) initiative; insists onrecommends to including non-conventional security issues such disinformation, cyber, space and climate change, climate change, biodiversity loss, disaster risk reduction and response to humanitarian crises;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the Japanese emphasis on economic security and welcomes its support for the de-risking paradigm; takes note, in this context, of the G7 Coordination Platform on Economic coercion; points out the huge relevance of international cooperation on governance and standardization of digital services and trade in digital goods, including binding international rules, in particular with view to data security, and in order to create fair competitive opportunities; welcomes in this context the EU-Japan Digital Partnership; values the G7 Framework for Collaboration on Digital Technology Standardisation, cooperation with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) on critical raw materials, the Industrial Policy Dialogue and the Hiroshima AI Process for responsible artificial intelligence (AI); regrets Japan’s reluctance to participate in Horizon Europe and supports the Council and the Commission in promoting this aim; believes that Japan joining Horizon Europe would be mutually beneficial, in particular with view to many common areas of research interest; underlines, that while there is a general interest for cross-border cooperation and research funding, Horizon Europe is often perceived as overly complicated; calls on the Commission to carry out consultation amongst stakeholders, including scientists and researchers on the one hand and participating third countries on the other, in order to propose a lean and more attractive version of Horizon Europe; welcomes the Communiqué that was adopted by the G7 health ministers on 13 and 14 May 2023 in Nagasaki; underlines that the document recognises the need for research into long Covid and calls for the EU and for Japan, also with view to Japan's and the EU's 2022 Global Health Strategies, to recognize post-acute infection syndromes such as long Covid, Post Vac and ME/CFS as public health crisis following infectious diseases and to collaborate on research for diagnostics and treatment;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the fact that the EU-Japan Green Alliance of 2021 still remains a largely unfulfilled promise; notes that Japan has committed to releasing water from the Fukushima power plant only on the basis of scientific standards, transparency and independent supervision; calls for the EU and Japan to support independent international scientists from different disciplines, to perform long-term monitoring and research on the impact of tritium from atomic plants that is released with wastewater into the sea, on humans, animals and eco-systems; hopes for a more proactive Japanese role on loss and damage, as well as climate finance, at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 28); in this regard, points to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, as climate and biodiversity protection are intrinsically linked;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the importance of bilateral cooperation and people-to-people contacts for sharing and comparing experiences on issues such as gender equality, an ageing society, new cultural developments or labour practises; values parliamentary exchanges and the human rights dialogue, where we can discuss the issue of death penalty; reiterates its total opposition to death penalty and regrets that it still exists in Japan; proposes the creation of an EU-Japan young leaders forum on global partnership; reiterates its concerns about parental child abduction; welcomes the Japanese government’s Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains of 2022 and welcomes its efforts to adopt legislation equivalent to the EU’s corporate sustainability due diligence directive in 2024;