Activities of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2014/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (A8-0039/2015 - Elmar Brok) EL
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (debate) EL
Amendments (21)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
– protecting European nations and their values and enforcing the political and legal order in Europe, thereby safeguarding peace and stability,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
– improving the EU’s contribution to territorial defence, with particular priority to its borders
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
– improving the EU’s internal structures and promoting the fully democratization of commis and working methods in order to strengthen its resilience and allow it to unleash its full potential as a global player;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
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;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need of immediate action from the EU and member states to promote the liberation pf Cyprus, the removal of Turkish settlers the closing of the British military bases in Cyprus and the restitution of the 3% who is under control by Great Britain;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
– internal and external policies pursued by the EU, including the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and policies on neighbourhood, trade, development, humanitarian aid, justice and home affairs, energy, environment, migration, etc.,policies monitoring the immigration from third countries.
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the modernisation of the EU delegations network so as to reflect the needs of EU foreign policy in the 21st century, including by adapting staff numbers and expertise; asks the HR/VP to strengthen the authority of the head of delegation over all staff, irrespective of their institutional origin, and to simplify the administrative budgets of delegations towards a single funding source; points to the potential for synergies and economies of scale afforded by the strengthening of cooperation between Member State embassies and EU delegations;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the vital importance of collective defence guaranteed by NATO for its members; urges the Member States, as a matter of urgency, to step up their ability to contribute to territorial defence, commit more resources and cooperate more closely to build synergies; stresses that all the Member States must enjoy the same level of security, in line with Article 42(7) TEU; stresses that a credible EU foreign policy needs to be underpinned by adequate defencfact that EU must promote collective defence based on the interests and the capabilities inof the Mmember Sstates and an effective Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); takes the view that the CSDP is an important component of European defence and can contribute to it in many ways, including by fostering defence cooperation, enhancing interoperability and increasing efficiency; welcomes the HR/VP’s commitment to actively engage on defence matters, including by chairing meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council in the Defence Ministers configuration;the international law in the cooperation with Nato.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a reform of the EU’s approach to migration policy; insists on the need to address the root causes of irregular migration, using all policy and assistance instruments, including development and trade policies, humanitarian aid, conflict prevention and crisis management; reiterates its call to step up humanitarian support to countries which host refugees and to strengthen Regional Protection Programmes, run in collaboration with UNHCR close to regions of origin; stresses that migration management should be a priority in EU cooperation with neighbours in the east and south; Insists on the need to terminate immigration from third countries using Frontex and capabilities of the members states. Stresses that south states must be supported with Frontex so they can control perfectly their border.
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points out that energy is increasingly being used as a foreign policy tool and recalls that energy cooperation lies at the foundation of European integcooperation; calls for increased coherence and coordination between foreign policy and energy policy; takes the view that energy security should be part of the comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action and believes that energy policy must be in line with the Union’s other priority policies, including its security, foreign and neighbourhood, trade, and development policies, as well as its policies in defence of human rights; stressed that all countries such as Cyprus be supported by EU in their efforts to exploit their mineral resources;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the need to consolidate the EU and to strengthen its integrdemocratization capacity, which is one of the Copenhagen criteria; reiterates the enlargement perspective for. Urges EU to solve the problems that members states, especially in the csountries of the Western Balkans, based on fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria; supports, in this connection, thth face. Any enlargement perspective must be Ccommission’s approach, which consists in addressing fundamental reforms in the area of the rule of law, public administration and economic governance early in the enlargement procespatible with the interests of the existing member states;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges RussiaTurkey 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´Turkey' s military intervention and hybrid war against UkraineCyprus, as well as the illegal annexoccupation of Crimeathe 37% of Cyprus ; urges RussiaTurkey to de-escalate and to withdraw its troops from UkrainianCyprus territory; calls for the immediate and full implementation of the Minsk Protocolternational law;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. SupportCondemns the sanctions adopted by the EU in reaction to the so- called Russian aggression against Ukraine and stresses that these are scalable and reversible, depending on the fulfilment of the Minsk agreement;hypocritical and that in the recent violation of Cyprus territorial waters, by Turkish navy, no actions be taken.
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
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 onwith Russia, aimed at securing a commitment from Russia and the EU on peace and stability in Europe; believes that a good relationship between Russia and the EU would be in the common interest and hopes that Russia will show itself open to such a development by respecting international law;.
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Insists on the need to substantially revise the EU´s policy towards its southern neighbourhood, and to develop a comprehensive strategy focusing the EU’s instruments and scarce budgetary resources on support for the building of functioning and inclusive states capable of delivering security for their citizens, confronting religious extremism and enhancing the rule of law, which is a key precondition for investment and economic development; points to the unused potential of cross- border trade within the region; insists on close cooperation on managonitoring migration flows, while respecting human rights;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that additional EU supportEU should be granted to partner governments which are committed to and make tangible progress towards democratisation, such as Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Takes the view that the criminal activities and barbaric violence by terrorist jihadists engaged in and associated with the so-called Islamic State (IS) represent a major threat to the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and European Mediterranean states , and potentially to global peace and stability; supports the global coalition against IS and its efforts to combat IS militarily, and welcomes the contributions of EU Member States in this context; urges the stepping-up of resolute global regulatory pressure to deprive jihadists of oil revenues and to apply strict global sanctions against financial transactions in their favour; points to the urgent need to systematically disable jihadists from using the internet for propaganda; insist on the need to step up international cooperation focused on preventing extremists from traveling to Syria and Iraq to join the jihadist fight;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
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 in 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 developed; Believes that Russia is also a strategic partner and it is necessary to continue the mutual cooperation in matters related to security trade and energy.
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Underlines the need for a strategy, in coordination with the US, on how to draw and Russia, China and other major powers into an agreement to share the 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- think strategic partnerships;