Activities of Juozas OLEKAS related to 2021/2182(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent, the rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan and recent hybrid attacks against the EU and its Member States, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. To achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU should shape its CFSP on the basis of the following fivesix actions:
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- strengthening the transatlantic partnership and engaging in a comprehensive strategic dialogue with other worldwide democratic partners and coordinating common actions of shared interest,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the rules- based multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisationnon-state actors; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of- government and a whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to develop its leadership role in the defence and promotion of human rights also in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti- corruption sanctions regime, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concluded;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’s response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the development of a common strategic cultureEuropean security and defence culture informed by our shared values and objectives, and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revised version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously when necessary, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach should further reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for the Union to developstrengthen its technological sovereigntyexpertise through the enhancement of industrial defence capabilities, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), and the protection and resilience of critical infrastructures;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the European space sector is an enabler for achieving EU sovereigntythe EU to act independently at the global level; underlines that space is rapidly becoming a political arena that might reflect geopolitical competition on Earth; supports initiatives aimed at boosting EU space policy, including the ambitious new EU space programme;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Condemns the hybrid attacks of Lukashenka’s regime against the EU, including the use of migrants for political purposes; calls on the EU to swiftly react to the emerging threats and to adapt its CFSP and migration and asylum policies to the new challenges;