15 Amendments of Susanna CECCARDI related to 2023/2126(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the 2022 NATO’s Strategic Concept, adopted at the Madrid Summit, on 29 and 30 June 2022,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transatlantic partnership in foreign affairs is instrumental in asserting and enhancing the principles of international law and multilateral cooperation in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to contain an increasingly assertive China;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the NATO Strategic Concept, adopted in June 2022, acknowledges the importance of the southern neighbourhood, NATO’s Southern Flank, particularly the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel regions, underlining that it faces interconnected security, demographic, economic and political challenges;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) foster the EU’s open strategic autonomy as a means to pursue the EU Member States’s own legitimate interests while strengthening the transatlantic bond and also reinforcing the European pillar of NATO, when applicable, and increasing the joint leverage of the EU and the US on the world scene;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) reinforce the accountability and resilience of our democratic systems in the run-up to the elections next year on both sides, as well as enhance transatlantic dialogue and cooperation on policies supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law and combating disinformation and foreign interference from authoritarian regimes, notably Russia and China;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) assess the importance of the strong convergence of transatlantic positions towards China, building more and more on the ‘de-risking’ strategy while looking for ways to cooperate with China on some global challenges;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) consider however the current situation and the numerous steps to be taken and contradiction to be clarified: on human rights, the Chinese regime is responsible of several violations and cannot be willing to cooperate unless it denounces the legitimacy of its own government, which is a one-party dictatorship; on cyberspace, China uses it also for espionage and to reinforce its military posture; on non-proliferation, China should also clarify if it helped North Korea in obtaining all the technology it needed to become a nuclear power; on climate change, China has the world's largest emissions and seems not willing to give up its rapid industrialisation;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) foster closer partnership with the US and other like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region; , including AUKUS and the QUAD, two US-led initiatives, in the Indo-Pacific region, an area of global economic and geopolitical importance, with a complex changing security environment, to maintain open seas in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, a priority for both EU and US foreign policy and interests;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(qa) strenghten the cooperation in order to avoid and deter any possible escalation, including the military one, in the Taiwan Strait; strongly support Taiwan, with its system of advanced democracy and free market, defending the status quo and without challenging the principle of One China;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(qb) consider more carefully the challenges coming from the Mediterranean and the southern neighborhood, which spill over into the European continent and pose a clear security and stability threat to the Euro- Atlantic security;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) continue EU-US cooperation in the Western Balkans to bring the countries in that region closer to EU membership and take forward the EU-facilitated Belgrade- Pristina Dialogue as well as to counter- balance malign foreign interference and activities, notably from Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, in order to prevent any further destabilization of the region;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) underline the strategic importance of the Abraham Accords that normalized diplomatic relations and led to new form of regional economic and political cooperation in the Middle East;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) aim for an EU-US agreement on a common carbon footprint calculation methodology; to have common balanced and realistic approach and taking into account that the EU is already at the forefront of emission reduction;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) deepen partnerships in the areas of cooperation envisaged by the NATO Strategic Concept and the EU Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas of military mobility, dual-use infrastructure, resilience and inclusive joint exercises also to increase the efforts to anticipate and prevent crises and conflicts;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) enhance collaboration between US- EU and European defence companies on joint projects which serve to achieve shared security and defence goals and ensure better interoperability between the EU, the US and NATO;