Activities of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2022/2048(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that the tectonic shift in the geopolitical landscape caused by the war in Ukraine and other international challenges; calls for a swifter and more resolute implementation of the concept of strategic sovereignty and for a geopolitical awakening of the EU; emphasizes that the Union's vocation as global player and security provider can only be fulfilled adequately on the basis of more flexible and efficient decision-making, including in the field of security and defence policy;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Strategic Compass, adopted by the Council in March 2022, gives the EU the tools to better play its role of both an effective security provider in a hostile environment and a more assertive global actor for peace and human security, and therefore calls for its swift implementation;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressively to qualified majority voting for decisions in areasthe field of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treaties;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) establishing new formats of cooperation, such as thea European Security Council, comprised of theinvolved Member States’ Foreign Affairs Ministers, which could be responsible for responding swiftly in emergency situations, in order to develop an integrated approach to conflict and crisis; Justification: if a European Security Council was to be created, Member States' Ministers of Defence respectively the Interior should be involved as well.
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on all EU institutions and all Member States to accelerate the further elaboration and implementation of the EU Global Gateway strategy building on the principle that the Union's ambitions as global actor and security provider depend to a large extent on its regional and global partnerships;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that the war in Ukraine has prompted the EU to prioritise its enlargement policy; welcomes the granting of candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, and calls for it to be granted to Georgia, provided that the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion have been addressed; underscores that enlargement has proven to be an effective foreign policy tool, without prejudice to the validity of all applicable accession criteria and the need to safeguard the Union's integration capacity;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a swiftKeeps calling for a restoration and full implementation by all parties of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which is a cornerstone ofshould contribute to non- proliferation and the stabilisation of the Middle East and the Gulf region;