27 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2023/2105(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan III - For making the promotion of gender equality a priority of all external policies and actions, adopted on 25 November 2020,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
– having regard to the creation of EP antennae in the EU Delegations to the United Nations in New York, to ASEAN in Jakarta and to the African Union in Addis Ababa, with the specific goal of strengthening the parliamentary dimension and enhancing cooperation with these multilateral organisations,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to paragraph 34 of the Declaration of the EU-CELAC Summit 2023 of 18th July 2023,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Parliament scrutinises and discusses the conduct of EU external affairs, in particular through the work of its Committee on Foreign Affairs and its two subcommittees on Human Rights and on Security and Defence, as well as through itsthe Committees on International Trade and on Development; as well as through standing delegations and multilateral assemblies;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas parliamentary diplomacy can contributes to the achievement of EU objectives and to the promotion of EU values and policies, thereby bringing added value by promoting more coherent and cohesive EU external action; whereas the added value of the parliamentary diplomacy should be enhanced;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Parliament’s role in establishing the Union’s annual budget is pivotal for supporting countries most in need to overcome long-term development challenges through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, and for reinforcing humanitarian aid as regards to major humanitarian disasters and emergencies;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Declaration of the EU-CELAC Summit 2023 recognised that parliamentary diplomacy is an important dimension of the relationship between regions and commended the constructive role played by the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) and the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Parliament engages with elected officials and diplomats, as well as civil society representatives, including those at risk or who suffer specific forms of violence such as women, LGBTIQ+ people, children and ethnic or cultural minorities, and other stakeholders from non-EU countries and multilateral institutions on a continuous basis, in particular through the work of its delegations and committees, including through holding hearings, adopting joint reports and resolutions, and country visits;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes Parliament’s growing role in the EU’s external action, gradually evolving from a somewhat marginal to a substantial one, combining its legislative, budgetary and scrutiny powers with multiple forms of public and silent engagement with countries, individuals and societies from outside the EU;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that despite its distinctive contribution to the achievement of EU foreign policy goals, Parliament has yet to be fully recognised by the Commission, the Council and the EEAS as an integral player within the ‘Team Europe’ approach; underlines the need to enhance the added value of the parliamentary diplomacy;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the negative perception of the parliamentary diplomacy by some authoritarian and illiberal regimes and regrets the decision of some of them to ban the entry of EP delegations in their countries, including by those having agreements with the EU;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights Parliament’s specific, dynamic and public contribution to the EU’s foreign and security policy through the work of its committees working on external affairs, which contribute to relations with non-EU countries and, international organisations; as well as civil society representatives.
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, under the overall oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, standing delegations complement the work of the committees by establishing a regular and sustained forum for political dialogue with non-EU countries, elected officials and diplomats, as well as civil society representatives, including through joint parliamentary bodies and multilateral assemblies;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that the standing delegations play a key role as a relay between Parliament and its partners around the world, facilitating interaction, debating positions and policies of common interest, and also listening to partners and, conveying their views to the competent bodies within Parliament, gathering and systematically providing material to committees and EP bodies on human rights, the protection of minorities and the promotion of democratic values at a global level;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the political dialogue carried out by Parliament with governmental, parliamentary and civil society actors across the world contributes to promoting EU views and values on global standards in areas such as universality of human rights, climate and energy diplomacy, gender equality, connectivity, artificial intelligence and digital and technological policies; and the support to the rules based multilateralism.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the consistent dedication of Parliament to placing human rights and democracy at the heart of EU external action and providing a key forum in which to hear and amplify the voice of civil society and democratic actors from around the world; points out the role of the parliament in denouncing human rights violations and in particular defending and giving the voice to those whose rights have been violated or are particularly at risk, such as women, LGBTIQ+ people, ethnic minorities, and children; notes that the public or silent actions taken by Parliament have several times been decisive for their wellbeing.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance and unique nature of Parliament’s democracy support programmes; highlights the important role of Parliament in EU Election Observation Missions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to genuinely involve Parliament in the implementation and scrutiny of matters of strategic relevance in EU foreign affairs, including the application of sanctions, as well as in the scrutiny of external financing instruments;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that Parliament’s oversight function and power to monitor the negotiation and implementation of international agreements grants it a critical role in shaping the Union’s engagement with third countries and its overall action in the international arena; and enables the EU to further gender mainstreaming and climate diplomacy in international relations; supports the setting of joint parliamentary committees issued by the association agreements the EU signs with third countries and emphasizes their role as a tool to oversight and scrutinise such agreements from a parliamentary perspective;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that all key strategic policy documents adopted by the Commission and the Council in relation to the conduct of EU external policy should be consulted with and integrate the role of Parliament therein;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that, in the context of backsliding in terms of respect for human rights and democracy worldwide, Parliament has a specific role to play in helping democratically elected parliaments globally to consolidate their institutional role and internal working methods among others through capacity building and/or mediation initiatives;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the wide interparliamentary network which Parliament has developed through its standing delegations and multilateral assemblies offers a prime vehicle to discuss and coordinate positions with international partners in multilateral forums, for example in relation to UN resolutions, climate diplomacy or positions at the G20, gender mainstreaming, positions at the G20, electoral observation missions, as well as to clarify the intentions of the EU to partners and promote its actions;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Stresses the importance of the parliamentary dimension of EU-United Nations, EU-ASEAN and EU-African Union relations and, in particular, of an enhanced cooperation between the European Parliament and the respective regional parliaments; welcomes the creation of the EP antennae in the EU delegations in New York, in Jakarta and in Addis Ababa; calls on the EEAS to step up the support given to the EP antennae by the EU delegations;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the role of the European Parliament in globally advancing gender equality in the EU’s external action; points out the importance of parliamentarians in promoting gender sensitiveness in our external relations via awareness raising, capacity building and sharing of good practices including, but not limited, to the added-value of ensuring gender-balanced parliaments and a gender perspective in the functioning of parliamentary bodies; calls on the European Parliament to further strengthen this relevant dimension of its parliamentary diplomacy in its interactions with partner countries;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Underlines Parliament’s work of advocacy for the ratification and implementation of relevant UN conventions and optional protocols such as the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its call for more strategic coordination between EU institutions in relation to urgent individual cases which involve human rights defenders (HRD) cases, journalists, or members of particularly vulnerable groups, such as women, LGTBIQ+ people, ethnic minorities and children; is convinced that parliamentary diplomacy may prove an effective and complementary mechanism for engaging with non-EU countries on such cases;