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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reasserts that the EU-China Strategic Partnership is one of the most important partnerships for the EU and that it still has much more potential for being deepened further and for cooperation in the international arena;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the EU Member States to urgently and decisively step up collaboration and unity on their China policies, with a view to speaking with one voice, and strongly suggests taking advantage of Europe’s much greater collective bargaining power with China, and that Europe defends its free democracies so as to better face up to China’s systematic efforts to influence its politicians and civil society, in order to shape an opinion more conducive to China’s strategic interests; is concerned that China is also attempting to influence educational and academic institutions and their curricula; proposes that the EU and the Member States foster high-quality European think tanks on China in order to ensure the availability of independent expert advice for strategic orientations and decision-makingresist any attempts by China, as well as by the United States or the EU, to meddle in their internal affairs;

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on those Member States participating in the 16+1 format to carry out sound analysis and scrutiny of suggested infrastructure projects and to ensure not to compromise national and European interests for short-term financial support and long-term commitments to Chinese involvement in strategic infrastructure projects and potentially greater political influence, which would undermine the EU’s common positions on China;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Concludes that the Chinese Government has in the BRI found a very effective narrative framework for elements of its foreign policy and that EU public diplomacy efforts need to be strengthened in the light of this development; suggests that data on all Chinese infrastructure investments in EU Member States be shared with the EU and other Member States; recalls that such investments are part of an overall strategy to have Chinese state-controlled or - funded companies take control of supply chainsMaintains that the Member States' relations with China fall under their sovereignty and must not be impeded by the EU;

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the creation of the National Supervisory Commission is probably the most drastic step towards morphing party and state functions, as it will merge the leadership and functions of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Internal Central Disciplinary Commission with those of supervisory bodies at state level; is concerned about the far-ranging consequences of this merger for a large number of people, as it means that the CCP’s anti-corruption campaign can be expanded to prosecute not just party members but all state officials, and all suspects under investigation will be subject to the new commission’s legal proceedings, without having access to civil lawyers and civil courts;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Observes that while the Social Credit System is still under construction, blacklists of non-compliant individuals and legal entities, as well as ‘red lists’ for outstanding individuals and companies, form the core of the current stage of implementation, whereby the main focus is on punishing offenders on the blacklists and rewarding those on the red lists; firmly rejects the public naming and shaming of blacklisted persons as an integral part of the Social Credit System; underlines the importance and necessity of a dialogue between the EU Institutions and their Chinese counterparts Maintains that the EU must refrain from interfering in China's internal affairs, given that it might otherwise be in danger of harming the interests – or indeed nation al~~l serious societal consequences of the present central planning and local experiments with the Social Credit System~~s – of Member States;

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is seriously worried about the findings of the FCCC’s 2017 report that the Chinese Government has intensified its attempts to deny or restrict the access of foreign journalists to large parts of the country while increasing the use of the visa renewal process to pressure unwanted correspondents and news organisations; urges the EU and its Member States to demand from the Chinese authorities reciprocity in press freedom and warns against the pressure foreign correspondents are experiencing at home as Chinese diplomats reach out to media headquarters to criticise the work of reporters in the field;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges China to review its policies in Tibet, which far from creating stability are only heightening tensions, as highlighted by the over 150 self- immolations in Tibet since 2009; calls for the resumption of a constructive dialogue between the Chinese Government and the representatives of the Dalai Lama; urges China to give EU diplomats, journalists and citizens unfettered access to Tibet in reciprocity to the free and open access to the entire territories of the EU Member States that Chinese travellers enjoy; urges the EU Institutions to take the issue of access to Tibet into serious consideration in the discussions on the EU-China visa facilitation agreement;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the EU and its Member States to do their utmost to urge the PRC to refrain from further military provocation towards Taiwan and endangering peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait; emphasises that all cross- strait disputes should be settled by peaceful means on the basis of international law; encourages the resumption of official dialogues between Beijing and Taipei; reiterates its consistent support for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations, such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), where Taiwan’s continuous exclusion is not in line with the EU’s interests;deleted

2018/04/27
Committee: AFET

Activities of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2017/2274(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Amendments (9)

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