20 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2014/2219(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Believes that an effective EU foreign policy needs to be based on a shared vision of key European interests, values and objectives in external relations and on a common perception of the threats affecting the EU as a whole; welcomes the commitment of the HR/VP, on the basis of the mandate from the European Council of December 2013, to initiate as a matter of priority a process of strategic reflection on the EU’s foreign and security policy, which should involve a wide range of stakeholders, including Member States, European institutions and the European public; insists that this reflection should lead to a new European Security Strategythe EU can act as a dialogue body for the Member States allowing them to define complementary visions of their shared interests and values and to agree on their actions in accordance with the letter of the Treaties;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Stresses that the external financial assistance deployed by the EU and its Member States needs to be refocused in line with the jointly agreed strategic priorities; calls for more measures to be taken by the EU in order to increase the visibility and effectiveness of EU assistance and that it must be limited to those fields in order to ensure its effectiveness;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to fully use the toolbox of the Lisbon Treaty to move from what has so far been a mostly reactive approach to a pro-active, coherent EU foreign and security policy, deployed in the shared European interinterest of the EU Member Statest;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the internal structures of the EEAS need to be reformed so as to enable it to assist the HR/VP in all her roles and to enable her to advance strategic planning and coordinate political processes within the Council and the Commission; insists on the need to rationalise the EEAS top management structure and to streamline decision-making processes; reiterates its calls for closer integcooperation ofbetween the EU Special Representatives withinto the EEAS, including, where necessary, through a transfer of their budget from the CFSP operational budget into the EEAS budget;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 17
17. Calls forSuggests that the industrial and technological resources needed to improve cyber security to be developed, including by promoting a single market for cyber security products; emphasises the need to mainstream cyber defence into external action and the CFSP, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence with NATO; welcomes the EU’s Cyber Security Strategy; urges the European Defence Agency to strengthen coordination on cyber defence among Member States and calls on the Member States to provide the EDA with the means to achieve this goal the Member States and in close cooperation with the major powers (the US, Russia and China) to avoid a repetition of recent cases of the interception of personal data and of espionage severely damaging trust between countries;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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21. Takes the view that a solidarity mechanism should be put in place in order to deal with possible energy disruptions; believes that an interconnected energy infrastructure should be further developed and that efforts to diversify the EU’s energy supply should be accelerated in order to strengthen the energy independence of Member Statesthe EU should play a part in re-establishing normal, mutually-beneficial relations with Russia as an energy provider which has proved itself reliable and avoid, through ultra- liberal legislation, the weakening of energy supply, which depends on long- term agreements at national policy level;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the need to consolidate the EU and to strengthen its integration capacity, which is one of the Copenhagen criteria; reiterates the enlargement perspective for the countries of the Western Balkans, based on fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria; supports, in this connection, the Commission’s approach, which consists in addressing fundamental reforms i n the area of the rule of law, public administration and economic governance early in the enlargement processevaluate enlargement policy and, if necessary, decide on a moratorium on negotiations with some countries whose policies do not correspond to the Copenhagen criteria, such as Kosovo and Turkey;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
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24. Takes the view that an overarching political strategy is needed, aimed at reinvigorating the European political and legal order, which was laid down with the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and which binds all European states, including Russia; insists that this order is based on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states, and the peaceful resolution of conflicts; sees the development of a constructive dialogue with Russia on cooperation to strengthen this order as a basis for peace and stability in Europe; also sees a need to keep the promise made to Russia not to extend NATO as far as its borders, in line with our commitment to promoting dialogue and to peace;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
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25. Takes the view that a new approach to the EU’s relations with its eastern neighbours is needed; believes that supporting those countries that want to draw closer to the EU must be a top priority for EU foreign policy; is committed, in accordance with Article 49 TEU, to the European perspective for the EU´s eastern European neighbours, provided that solutions to the serious problems facing the EU’s institutions (democratic deficit, economic recession, political impotence) can first be found;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the conclusion in 2014 of Association Agreements including Deep and Comprehensive FRegrets that the EU’s policy of extending free Ttrade Aagreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which is a major step in their political and economic convergence towards the EU; takes the view that the association process should be used by the countries concerned to modernise democratic governance, strengthen the rule of law, reform public administration and undertake economic reforms; urges a substantial increase in EU political, financial and technical assistance to support these reforms; insists, however, on strict conditionality and the need to guarantee accountability for resources spenthas led to the economic and political weakening of countries in the Eastern Partnership; would like to see their cultural, historical and economic characteristics safeguarded whilst maintaining the key role of these countries situated between Europe and Russia;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the results of the parliamentary elections held in Ukraine and Moldova in October and December 2014 respectively, and urges the Governments of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to progress with reforms relating to politicalRegrets that the transition process organised in Ukraine has led to territorial fragmentation and war and urges the EU’s representatives to be facilitators and economic governance and the rule of law; calls on the HR/VP to use all available political, security and economic tools to provide comprehensive support to the Ukrainian and Moldovan Governments on this pathordinators in the efforts of the countries involved to engage in dialogue aimed at securing peace and unity in Ukraine;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges Russia to honour its commitments and obligations, including those enshrined in the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest Memorandum; strongly condemns Russia´s militarythe sides engaged in the conflict to comply with the undertakings they have signed and points out that compliance with intervenation and hybrid war against Ukraine, as welal law is not optional asnd the illegal annexation of Crimea; urges Russia to de-escalate and to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory; calls for the immediate and full implementation of the Minsk Protocolat its application must uphold its spirit of justice and peace;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
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30. Supports the sanctions adopted by the EU in reaction to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and stresses that these are scalablRegrets that the policy of unilateral and unlawful sanctions called for by a non-European power has led to the abandonment of a policy of shared common interests aimed at ensuring peace and rdeversible, depending on the fulfilment of the Minsk agreelopment;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice vis- à-vis Russia; calls on the HR/VP to develop, as a matter of priority, a common EU strategy ona language of independence, disregarding pressure from outside and promoting a policy of common interests with Russia, aimed at securing a commitment from Russia on peace and stability in Europe; believes that a good relationship between Russia and the EU wouldill be in the common interest and hopes that Russia will show itself open to such a development by respectingif both comply with international law;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 34
34. Urges the EU leadership to develop, in close coordination with the US and involving other major powers (e.g., notably Russia and China), a strategy encouraging the regional actors (including Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council governments, Iran, the Arab League and Kurdish forces) to unite in order to put an end to proxy wars and– by halting financial support to fundamentalists, and to developing a solution for peace and stability in the region; supports the engagement of all parties involved in the Middle East peace process in finding a comprehensive, constructive and sustainable solution to the Middle East conflict; emphasises the need to preserve the territorial integrity and national unity of Libya and urges the HR/VP to provide impetus for a stronger engagement of regional actors on mediation and conflict resolution;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 37
37. Believes that the US is the EU’s key strategic partner, and encourages closer coordination with the US on EU foreign policy, pursuing common approaches to challenges nion bodies ought to encourage and facilitate a number of strategic partnerships, linking the EU neighbourhood and at global level; underlines the strategic nature of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which has the potential to enable the transatlantic partners to set global standards and strengthen global governance; believes that Latin America is an important partner for the EU and that various modalities of triangular transatlantic cooperation should be developedMember States with Russia, China, India, Southeast Asia and Latin America, and that a single partnership would mean a reversion to bloc-based politics unsuited to the international arena of the 21st century;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the conclusions of the NATO summit of September 2014 in Wales and calls for the implementation thereof; believes that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened and closer planning and coordination undertaken between NATO’s smart defence and the EU’s pooling and sharing in order to avoid duplication and to make best use of the scarce resources availableStresses that NATO is not an appropriate tool for the balanced and peaceful multipolar world that the EU ought to be pursuing;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
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39. Underlines the need for a strategy, in coordination with the US, on how to draw Russia, China and other major powers , on how to assume jointo responsibility for the peace and stability of the global political and economic order; to this end, urges the HR/VP and the Council to re-thinkrepresentatives of the Member States to envisage balanced, peace-focused strategic partnerships;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls for the development ofHopes that a coherent climate security strategy at EU level that addresses the strategic and political consequences of climate change, allowing the EU to respond to and prepare for climate-induced geopolitical instability; calls for a debate on a forward-looking strategy to address migration occurring as a result of climate changewill be developed among the Member States;