7 Amendments of Bart GROOTHUIS related to 2020/2206(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas challenges such as the resurgence of populism and authoritarianism, the attacks against liberal democracy and multilateralism, combined with competition between the great powers, which has transformed into rivalry, especially between US and China, pose a real threatchallenge to the EU’s interests and influence;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the world’s growing instability and the rise of unprecedented global challenges, especially climate change, health-related risks or hybrid threats such as disinformation campaigns, active measures and cyberattacks, should lead the EU to establish more strategic alliances with like- minded democracies and build ad hoc coalitions with other partners where necessary; Calls on the EU in this regard to become the frontrunner of advocating for a collective self-defence and countermeasures cooperation framework against hybrid threats, eventually with a global coalition of liberal democracies, in the case a countermeasure by a democratic state being insufficient but an appeal to collective military self-defence would be too far-reaching;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Lebanon, Syria and, Libya, Armenia and Azerbaijan and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the EU needs to define urgently an overall firmer stance and a better geopolitical strategy for its short-, mid- toand long-term relations with Turkey, particularly in the light of the ongoing escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the current efforts to redesign and significantly upgrade the EU- Africa strategy, including in terms of security, counter-terrorism and cooperation; calls for a common EU approach to strengthen the EU’s visibility and commitment in Africa;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the EU must assume a global leadership role in tackling the consequences of the pandemic, which requires sufficient financial resources; highlights the need for a more ambitious multiannual financial framework (MFF) in the area of external action and defence, including increased allocations for the Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the European Defence Fund (EDF), military mobility and for the European Peace Facility; emphasises that Parliament needs to be involved in a meaningful way in the strategic steering and control of the new external financing instruments;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Draws attention to the mid- to long- term threats which will need to be addressed by the CFSP in the future, including the security risks posed by climate change, cyber-threats, cyberspace, disinformation campaigns, the space race, and emerging technologies;