7 Amendments of Nathalie LOISEAU related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ recommendations in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change; underlines that switching to QMV will ensure that the EU - instead of going with the lowest common denominator - acts quicker and more deliberate and will also shield the EU from third-country pressure and divide- and-rule tactics; stresses that this will help the EU develop into a credible geopolitical power, increase the effectiveness of its external action and hence will also strengthen the influence of Member States in an unstable, rapidly changing and increasingly multipolar world; recalls that Article 31(2) TEU, which is designed to ensure that no Member State could be imposed a decision on issues vital to its national interests if QMV were to be used in CFSP, would remain applicable;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an amendment of Article 42 TEU that would allow switching to reinforced QMV, requiring 72% of Council members representing at least 65% of population, for decisions with military implications, with the exception of decisions creating military missions or operations with an executive mandate under the CSDP, for which unanimity must still be required;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member States;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 9
9. CWelcomes the Commission proposal for a regulation allowing the joint purchase of defence equipment (Edirpa); calls for the introduction of provisions in Articles 42 and 46 TEU enabling the joint procurement of defence equipment andconsolidating this possibility and enabling other security-related spending from the budget of the Union as well as the establishment of joint military units and command structures; calls for the extension of the possibilities for financing common military expenditure from the EU budget in order to allow a proper parliamentary budgetary control;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the establishment of new formats of cooperation and discussion, such as a European Security Council and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers; believes that such new formats are particularly relevant in an increasingly unstable world and following Russia's illegal war in Ukraine which has affected Europe's security significantly; calls furthermore for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in Parliament;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the transformation of The Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) into a common EU policy with an opt-out option, thus allowing the European Parliament to exercise genuine budgetary control;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a view to convening a convention composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission to propose possible Treaty changes.