Activities of Elmar BROK related to 2014/2219(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
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) (vote) DE
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (debate) DE
Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament (debate) DE
Reports (1)
REPORT on the Annual Report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament PDF (196 KB) DOC (125 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates its call to increase the cooperation and coordination between the different EU-level monitoring and crisis response capacities; further urges to rationalise the existing structures to reduce unnecessary duplications, including by merging overlapping capacities; takes the view that the linguistic profiles of the staff working at these monitoring centres should be brought in line with the languages spoken in the most relevant crisis areas, in particular Russian and Arabic; calls for enhanced cooperation and information sharing between EU-level monitoring centres and the corresponding services in the Member States;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that recent terrorist attacks in EU countries demonstrate that it is increasingly difficult to separate internal from external security and calls on the Member States and EU institutions to better connect their efforts in these spheres; calls on Member States to step up the sharing of security-related intelligence, making use of the existing coordination facilities at the European level; demands that the cooperation on counter-terrorism matters should be reinforced in the EU's relations with countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including through training and capacity building in the security sector, information sharing and exchange of best practices;
Amendment 229 #
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 integration; 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; calls on the HRVP and the Commission to monitor and address the control of infrastructures by non-EU entities, notably by state-owned companies, national banks or sovereign funds from third countries, penetrating the EU energy market or hampering diversification, including in the nuclear sector; stresses that non-EU energy companies must be subject to the competition rules applicable to the EU energy market;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the establishment of the post of Vice-President for the Energy Union and the Commission’s communication on European Energy Security Strategy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify cooperation in order to implement short- and long-term actions listed in this strategy; insists on the need to strengthen the coherence between EU foreign policy and other policies with an external dimension, such as energy policy, and expects the Commission’s new cluster- based structure to deliver results in this regard; urges further reflection on the compatibility ofsteps to bring energy security goals in line with other objectives pursued by the EU; calls on the HR/VP to develop strategic priorities for the external energy policy enshrined in the general foreign policy objectives;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
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;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a close engagement with those eastern European neighbours which have not yet concluded Association Agreements with the EU; including by promoting bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest; recalls, however, that EU assistance can only be effective if there is sufficient ownership on the part of the partner countries;
Amendment 305 #
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 military intervention and hybrid war against Ukraine, as well as the illegal annexation of Crimea; highlights the alarming deterioration regarding the respect for human rights, the freedom of speech and media freedom in Crimea; urges Russia to de- escalate and to withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory; calls for the immediate and full implementation of the Minsk Protocol;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the sanctions adopted by the EU in reaction to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and stresses that these are scalable and reversible, depending especially on the fulfilment of the Minsk agreement;
Amendment 321 #
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 on Russia, aimed at securing a commitment from Russia on peace and stability in Europe; believes that a good relationship between Russia and the EU, based on respect for international law and other international obligations, would be in the common interest and hopes that Russia will show itself open to such a development by respecting international law;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Urges the EEAS and the Commission to present an action plan with concrete measures to counter the misinformation and propaganda campaigns used by Russia both inside and outside the EU; calls for cooperation with the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence on this matter;