5 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2020/2114(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas promoting and preserving peace and security at regional and global levels require strong multilateral commitments and institutions which are indispensable for an international order based on international law and rules to prevent or solve security crises or conflicts; whereas the EU should more than ever invest in strengthening multilateral organisations as one of the priorities of its CFSP and CSDP; whereas this approach should first of all focus on the UN, the OSCE and NATO, organisations which are essential in pursuing the objectives of the Common Security and Defence Policy in its multilateral dimension; whereas the EU Strategic Compass in the making attaches great importance to international and multilateral partnerships as one of the basic pillars of its Common Security and Defence Policy;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the new ‘Global Europe – Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument’ (Global Europe financial instrument), combined with the ‘Team Europe’ approach and the Global Gateway strategy confers on the EU and its Member States an ability to pull resources together in a synergic way and to better coordinate assistance and create positive impact in the external action of the EU - including its multilateral dimension; whereas the new Global Europe financial instrument provides for high-level political dialogue between the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Parliament on programming priorities with the opportunity for Parliament to reconnect this policy and programming dialogue to its political outreach and consultations with third countries, thus reinforcing, through its parliamentary diplomacy activities and outreach, the ability of the EU to assist and positively impact relevant third countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Praises the ability of the EU and its Member States to work in a coherent and synergic fashion and to present unified positions in the UN system, with particular regard to the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council and UN Human Rights Council; praises, in this regard, the valuable coordination efforts by the EU delegations to the UN in New York and Geneva; believes that this unified, synergic approach should be replicated for every UN body, agency or other international organisation, so that the EU can act and deliver as one across the board in multilateral fora; laments that the Security Council is not as reactive to crises like the ones in Syria, Ethiopia and Sudan, Sudan and Ukraine as it has been to other crises in the past and that this has had a negative impact on preventing, managing and resolving these crises; points to the fact that in 2022, only two EU Member States will be on the Security Council; considers that the EU should promote reflecting on the terms of a reform of the Security Council that can restore its ability to address crises in a timely and effective manner, thoroughly limit the right to veto and change the composition of the Security Council to reflect today’s world better; reiterates its view, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States should find a broad consensus on reforming the Security Council, inter alia, through the provision of a permanent seat for the EU, in addition to the already existing seats held by EU Member States;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the new Global Europe financial instrument and the ‘Team Europe’ approach to geographic and thematic assistance and programming as well as the Global Gateway strategy on connecting infrastructure development provide a unique opportunity to define a common inter-institutional agenda that duly reflects and values the contributions of the EU Member States and reinforces the leveraging ability of the EU and its Member States in a way that adds value to the multilateral approach of challenges and crises in the world; warns that the quest by some illiberal countries to attain and consolidate leverage through financing international organisations raises the issue of financial antagonism in multilateral fora and prompts the need for a reflection at EU level on how to secure the independence and effectiveness of relevant international organisations and multilateral fora through adequate EU funding; recalls that EU humanitarian aid and development assistance to third countries is very often channelled through the UN system; supports this partnership between the EU and the UN, but calls on the EU to ensure that the UN gives more visibility to the EU’s specific role and contributions; underlines, in this regard, the importance of carrying out, at EU level, an in-depth evaluation of both existing and envisaged EU-UN partnerships to assess whether there is adequate visibility for the EU’s contribution and whether the leadership roles conferred on the EU and its Member States are commensurate with the EU’s strong commitment and dedication to the UN system; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to carry out this review and to confer with Parliament on their findings and on the way forward to ensure that adequate value is given to the EU’s contributions to the UN system;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need and importance of consolidated and strengthened multilateralism in dealing with security and defence policy matters at both the regional and global levels; highlights in this respect the vocation, potential, merits and challenges of a global organisation like the United Nations and regional organisations like NATO and the OSCE; underlines in particular the pertinence of multilateral partnerships and cooperation as one of the key pillars of the EU Strategic Compass and the relevance of strengthening the cooperation between the EU and NATO; emphasizes the indispensability and urgency of effective multilateral diplomacy in order to safeguard adequate and sustainable solutions to particularly threatening crises like the one we currently experience with regard to Ukraine;