25 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2017/2121(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Emphasises that Member Statesthe European Union must change theirits mentality from a national to a European perspective, as the most effective solution to protect Europe from increased threats is common EU action; is concerned about the EU’s security architecture, which remains fragile in the face of continued and fresh challenges every day and in which a ‘hybrid peace’ has become an unsatisfactory reality; urgesin line with the principle of subsidiarity and the fact that foreign policy, defence and security are Member State competences; notes that, in order to put the Commission at the service of the Member States, to take action and fulfil the wishes ofhere must be no more kowtowing to external powers and to those European citizenstates whoich have repeatedly stressed that EU foreign and security policy is the most important and most necessary of all EU policieschosen to slavishly follow them;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Takes the view that, in order the only way for the EU to succeed in addressing the challenges it faces, and in particular security threats, it needs to both be an effective global player and focus its resources on strategic prioritie is by fully respecting the sovereignty of states and their cooperation structures; further takes the view that making the Union a global player will result in instability and insecurity here, as in other fields;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 48 #
– consolidation and deepening of the European project through enhanced EU capabilitiesby supporting those who bear the responsibility for defence,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Is of the view that, in an international environment that is increasingly conflict-ridden and unstable, only a joint soft power with credible hard power can confront major security challenges, notably the refugee crisis, terrorism, conflicts in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods, proxy wars and hybrid warfare, and challenging assertive behaviour by Russia and China; takes the view that it is necessary to tackle the root causes of instability and of forced and irregular migration, namely poverty, the lack of economic opportunities, armed conflicts, bad governance and climate changgiving a hard power to the European Union instead of to the Member States will have the effect of making the Union still more inconsistent and belligerent, involving it in conflicts which are not its own and exposing it to total rejection by the people of Europe;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Acknowledges that further efforts should be made to make legal migration and mobility possible, including at bilateral level, by fostering well-managed mobility between and withinimmigration is a problem both for countries of origin and for host countries, and that these problems should be resolved by international negotiations on the terms of trade between the North and the South, on the terms of a genuine Marshall Plan for Africa, and on the stabilisation of populations in their countinents, as well as encouraging policies that promote regular channels for migrationries or regions or origin; stresses that such negotiations can only be instigated by the member states of the UN Security Council with the support of the national parliaments, the European Parliament and the states concerned;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Strongly believes that a new approach to the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours is needed; believes that supporting those countries that wish to have closer ties to the EU must be a top priority for EU foreign policy; welcomes the prolongation of sanctions against Russia andthe countries of the Eastern Partnership is needed; notes that the Eastern Partnership, by requiring countrinues to see full implementation of the Minsk agreements as the basis for a sustainable political solution to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine; reiterates its commitment to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders; stresses that Russia’s decision of 21 March 2014 to incorporate Crimea into the Russian Federation remains illegal, and deplores the subsequent decision of the Russian authorities to give all inhabitants of Crimea Russian passportschoose the EU at the expense of their historic partners, particularly Russia, has been one of the triggers of political and sometimes military conflicts in Ukraine, the Western Balkans, Armenia, Georgia and Moldova;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Recognises the importance of selective engagement and, where possible, dialogue with Russia; so as to ensure accountability and to maintain the possibility of future cooperation on resolving global crises where there is a clear EU interesttresses that the right of peoples to self- determination is a principle of international law and applies to Ukraine and Crimea, particularly following the suspension of the legal order during the coup d’état of 22 February 2014;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
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12. Calls for stronger support for the neighbours of our neighbours, in particular in Africa, where close cooperation between European and local small and medium- sized enterprises and support for African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions are needed; considers international cooperation and development policies to be fundamental instruments for achieving such objectives and urges the need for improved, efficient and effective allocation and use of EU funding and for greater synergies with other international organisations; emphasises the need to address the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by ISIL/Daesh, al- Qaeda and Boko Haram, or any other affiliated terrorist groups; takes the view that the establishment of transparent institutions is most often a cover for neo- colonialism and a struggle for influence at the expense of the sovereignty of African states; calls on the EU to put in place instruments (funds etc.) in close cooperation with the African states and respecting their sovereignty;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 284 #
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Amendment 300 #
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Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
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19. Stresses the role of independent media in promoting cultural diversity and intercultural competencesat, under the pretext of combating propaganda, and othe need to strengthen such media as a source of credible information, especially in the EU andr form of propaganda – serving foreign interests – its neighbourhood, and to further strengthen the EU’s capacity to fight fake news and disinformation; highlights in this context the need to develop stronger resilience at EU level against such information spread over the Internet; calls on the Commission to coordinate better with the EEAS on those issuesemerging, which is worrying for the future of public freedoms; calls for these attempts to control information to stop, as Member States and their citizens are more than capable of making their own judgements without having to put up with European propaganda, which has become an official and mandatory truth;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
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20. Believes that Europe should increase States’ defence cooperation with Europeantheir security priorities in mind, including territorial integrity, the link between external and internal security, and risk control in the periphery of Europe; welcomes in this context the Implementation Plan on Security and Defence; considers that there is a need to fully tap the potential for inter-State cooperation represented by European Defence Agency (EDA) capabilities and permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) should be used to their full potential;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
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21. Calls for the EU to continue to deepen the transatlantic partnership, while focusing on creating own capabilities to better address regional and international conflicts that have an impact on the EU; believes that the EU and US should focus on adapting transatlantic structures to today’s challenges, such as defending human rights, combating internationalsolidate the capabilities of the Member States; emphasises that the very principle of defence is sovereignty and the defence of sovereignty; takes the view, therefore, that States must never have alliances imposed on them; takes the view that NATO is an obsolete instrument dating from the cold war, which only manages to keep going by stirring up old conflicts and creating new ones, sticking steadfastly to this one approach by opposing even democratically elected governments, including the US Government, and therrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and countering third-party countries’ efforts to destabilise the EU and NATOeby demonstrating that NATO is acting on behalf of the defence industry lobby and bringing chaos to an already fragile international scene;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
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22. Believes that Europwhere sovereignty technology is concerned, the USA is one of the muost build a virtuoformidable competitors for European businesses, and that the USA has never hesitated to use alliance between the private and public sectors and should develop a strategic relationship with the US the means at its disposal (the dollar, the extraterritorial application of US law) to buy out firms at low prices (Alstom, Alcatel, etc.), or to destabilise or destroy strategic companies that could help support the independence of European States;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
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23. Calls for increased interinstitutional intelligence sharing and coordination between the EU and NATO, and insists that the EU and NATO must continue to cooperate as closely as possible in a complementary manner; acknowledges that information sharing and coordinated action between the EU and NATO will producegovernmental cooperation via the rejection of a federal approach that would results in areas such as response to hybrid threats, situational awareness, resilience building, strategic communications, cybersecurity and capacity building vis-à-vis the EU’s partners; believes that further coordination and closer cooperation with other existing multilateral entities such as Eurocorps is needed in order to increase the EU’s securitythe destruction of Member States’ defence capabilities, stemming from a so-called ‘Occidentalist’ approach that has now become obsolete with regard to the interests of the Member States, and overtaken by today’s multi-polar world;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
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