26 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2017/2025(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU Member States and India are among the world’s two largest democracies and are strongly committed to the promotion of peace, stability and security, as well as to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Member States and India have built over the last two decades a Strategic Partnership founded on shared values, given that they are natural partners and factors of stability in the present multi- polar world; whereas the Strategic Partnership could be deepened;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses full support for a stronger and deeper partnership between the EU Member States and India, rooted in their powerful political, economic, social and cultural links and founded on the shared values of democracy and pluralism, as well as on mutual respect;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the relationship between the EU Member States and India has grown significantly in quality and scope since the Joint Political Statement of 1993; highlights the importance of the EU- India Strategic Partnership established in 2004 and meant to acknowledge their close ties and to take their relations to a higher and more intensive level;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the partnership between the EU Member States and India has not yet reached its full potential; considers that stronger political engagement is needed on both sides to make the relationship more dynamic and valuable for the challenges the two partners face at regional and international level; underlines that an assessment of the functioning of the strategic partnership could generate ideas about possible ways to advance it;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the holding of the 13th EU-India Summit in Brussels on the 30 March 2016; urges the EU and India to hold summits on an annual basis, as they committed to, given that such high-level meetings positively contribute to increasing cooperation, mutual understanding and reciprocal visibility;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the significant potential for increased synergies between the EU Member States and India with regard to foreign and security policy; is convinced that regular and consistent dialogue can pave the way for mutual understanding and, consequently, for increased coordination between the EU’s and India’s foreign affairs agendas at regional and international level, including on topics on which different approaches were adopted in the pastrecalls that, since it is a question of the national sovereignty of each Member State, it is important that the European administration should not complicate relations between the Member States and India;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU, together with the Member States, and India to pursue and strengthen their efforts in promoting effective, rule-based multilateralism at global level; encourages them to coordinate as much as possible their positions and initiatives at UN level on issues where their cooperation could make a difference, but also in other international fora, such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO);
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the significant added value of the cooperation between the EU Member States and India in supporting democratic processes in Asia, in countries such as Myanmar, Sri Lanka or the Maldives; underlines, moreover, the importance of the EU Member States and India coordinating their humanitarian aid and development policies in the region, in order to positively contribute to the political, economic and social processes in the countries concerned, while respecting the national sovereignty of each country concerned;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes the India-EU Joint Declaration on the fight against terrorism of 30 March 2016; underlines the importance of pursuing cooperation between the EU’s and India’s security and law enforcement services under the existing arrangement within Europol; recommends facilitating the exchange of best practices and information between India and the EU, including with its Member States; encourages both sides to advocate together the adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism at UN level, as well as the increase of effectiveness of the UN terrorist designations;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends further cooperation on universal disarmament, non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and nuclear security, objectives that both the EU Member States and India are committed to;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the firm stance of both India and the EU Member States on the illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), which constitute a threat to regional and international peace, and encourages further cooperation for a ensuring wide implementation of the UN sanctions against the DPRK;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages the EU Member States and India to further exchange views, both during summits and during their regular foreign affairs and security consultations, on the situation in the Middle East and on areas of possible cooperation which could improve the stabilisation of the region, including through measures at international level; draws attention, in particular, to the importance of cooperation for ensuring a lasting political solution in Syria under the existing UN-agreed framework and for supporting post-agreement reconstruction, once a credible political transition is underway;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the significant mutual benefits the EU Member States and India could draw from intensifying their cooperation in areas such as maritime security, cyber security and data protection, as well as migration and mobility; recommends, in the area of maritime security, developing a common understanding of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and identifying the most appropriate joint measures for cooperating within its framework;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
A strengthened exchange on the human rights dimension of the partnership with due respect for the traditions and specific characteristics of the States concerned
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Vice-President of the Commission / High RepresenHeads of State of each Member Stative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Council, the Commission, andand all the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of each Member State and to the Government and Parliament of India.