12 Amendments of Susanna CECCARDI related to 2023/2127(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas China is simultaneously a partner and also increasingly a competitor and systemic rival to the EU at global level;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, following the economic growth and political expansion on the global stage, China is trying to maximise the diffusion of its propaganda abroad, spreading positive narratives concerning that country while at the same time attempting to suppress critical voices; whereas this situation has also spurred the Chinese domestic media to expand internationally, while also strengthening cooperation with the foreign media and journalists’ unions;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) take note of the risks arising from this new phase of Sino-Russian relations, which is seeing increasingly close economic ties and the advancement of military cooperation, with joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific, and which touches upon a range of areas like artificial intelligence and new technologies, including when used for internal repression and control purposes, and provides for stronger cooperation over the Arctic route;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) respond adequately to China’s efforts in the area of developing global geopolitical structures, to build alternative international organisations, including through the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), and generally to reinforce its relations with the Global South, by ensuring better coordination among the EU Member States and intensifying partnerships with like-minded partners around the world;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) support and follow the example of the United States and impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing the 'forced assimilation' of children in Tibet, where UN experts say that one million children have been separated from their families and forcibly placed in Chinese state schools to ensure they are absorbed 'culturally, religious and linguistically';
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) advocate as being unacceptable in the light of the international legal framework any form of detention, persecution of persons or groups on ethnic, cultural or religious grounds or any other inhumane acts causing great suffering or serious injury, when committed as part of an extensive or systematic attack on civilian populations;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) express its serious concern at the persistent, systematic and inhumane organ harvesting from prisoners in the People’s Republic of China, and more specifically from minorities such as Uyghurs, Tibetans and Christians;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
(jd) call on the Council to introduce targeted sanctions under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against PRC officials, entities and individuals responsible for orchestrating forced organ harvesting in China;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen the EU’s economic autonomy, ensure mutually beneficial economic relations and prevent sensitive technologies from being used for military purposes by de-risking trade flows and reducing critical dependencies on the PRC without aiming to decouple or turning inwards; ensure the security of supply of critical raw materials in order to limit dependence on China for these and lessen the impact on the EU’s energy balance, its international competitiveness and global markets;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) revisitinforce the EU’s engagement policy with Taiwan and continue supporting democracy there together with like-minded partners; encourage further exchanges and visits between Parliament and its Taiwanese counterparts in this context;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) establish a ‘Far-East StratCom Task Force’ as part of the European External Action Service, to be tasked with identifying, monitoring and countering disinformation efforts and nation-specific actions by China; commend the Taiwanese authorities’ efforts to address Chinese information manipulation and interference; encourage the EU and its Member States to deepen cooperation with Taiwan in countering disinformation campaigns and interference operations; underline, at the same time, the risks of an unbalanced cooperation between Chinese and foreign media, taking also into account that the Chinese media are the voice of the Chinese Communist Party at home and abroad;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) fully leverage the Global Gateway strategy as a tool to intensify the EU’s engagement and business relations with partners from developing countries and provide an alternative to Chinese-driven foreign investment strategies; highlight the vulnerabilities created by these Chinese- driven foreign investment strategies, which, as a geopolitical tool, could push countries into so-called debt traps and further destabilise them;