22 Amendments of Sebastiaan STÖTELER related to 2024/2080(INI)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the geopolitical context in which the EU is operating has accentuated the need for more ambitious, credible and unified EU action on the world stage and has highlighted the necessity for Member States to demonstrate the required political will to redefine the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) into a fully fledged EU policycredible EU action on the world stage; whereas the EU should be guided in its external action by the values and principles enshrined in Article 2, Article 3 (5) and Article 21 TEU, which have inspired the EU’s own creation, development and enlargement; whereas the EU should correspondingly stand up for freedom and democratic standards worldwide, as well as the universality of human rights;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in the area of the CFSP, the European Parliament exercises the functions of political control and consultation; whereas it exercises the budgetary function for this policy area jointly with the Council, except in cases when the Council decides unanimously that the expenditure is charged to the Member States; whereas the European Parliament needs to exercise all its competences to the full extent in order to increase the democratic legitimacy of the CFSP; whereas the other institutions need to adjust their cooperation withArticle 24(1) of the Treaty on the European Union, as supplemented by declarations 13 and 14 of the 2007 Intergovernmental Conference, stipulate that the provisions concerning the common foreign and security policy do not grant new powers to the Commission to initiate decisions nor do they increase the role of the European Parliament accordingly;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
Paragraph 3 – indent 4
– the brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed by Hamas across Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered a conflict in Gaza that has and the continued holding of hostages by Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in Gaza, and which triggered a conflict between Hamas and Israel and which has had a disproportionate effect on civilians on both sides and caused a catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has been exploited even further by Hamas, an EU-listed terror organisation;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)
– the continued rocket and drone attacks on Israel by Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as the Houthis in Yemen and Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, all committed at the instigation of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 4 b (new)
– the direct missile and drone attacks by Iran on Israel, thereby escalating the already tense conflict in the Middle East; calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease escalating the conflict and stop funding terror proxies in the region;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 6 a (new)
– the continued oppression of human and women's rights in Iran as well as the use of the death penalty against innocent civilians and regime opponents; recalls the needs for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
– the recent adoption of the law on the ‘promotion of virtue and prevention of vice’ in Afghanistan, as well as the systematic violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular the extreme interpretation of sharia which erases women from public life, bars them from working, hinders their access to healthcare without being chaperoned by a male relative and to education beyond the sixth grade; demands from the de facto authorities of Afghanistan that all gender- based restrictions on women and girls be lifted and stresses that this must be a key condition for any engagement of the international community with the Taliban; insists on maintaining strict, conditional engagement with the Taliban based on the five benchmarks set by the Council for engaging with the de facto authorities and by holding the perpetrators of these grave violations of girls’ and women’s rights accountable, including through restrictive measures;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 a (new)
– the use of Shari'a and blasphemy laws against religious minorities, such as Christians, in the Middle East, which is used to persecute them and oppress their freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 b (new)
– the rampant honour killings throughout the Middle East and South East Asia, which disproportionally affects women and girls;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 c (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 7 c (new)
– the continued war in Sudan, greatly affecting innocent civilians, particularly in Darfur;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
– underlines that Türkiye does not meet the Copenhagen criteria; calls, in this regard, on the Council to terminate Türkiye’s accession negotiations to the EU as well as all associated EU funding and programs in relation to Türkiye's accession thereto;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Unwaveringly supports the 10-point peace plan put forward by Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and recalls that any initiative aimed at ending the Russian war of aggression needs to be based on input provided by Ukraine and ultimately accepted by the Ukrainian people; underlines that Ukraine can count on our assistance and continued support should it intend to enter into negotiations for an eventual ceasefire;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Affirms the right of Israel to defend itself as enshrined in and constrained by international law; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and a subsequently imminent and permeant ceasefire to address the risk of mass starvation and the outbreak of a health epidemic in Gazaheld in Gaza by Palestinian terror organisations, including Hamas; supports a ceasefire that will benefit the innocent civilians on both sides of the conflict as well as the wider Middle East; recalls that Israel also has the obligation to protect the civilian population and that military operations must be proportionate and in line with international humanitarian law; recalls that terrorism, its support and its glorification runs counter to a peaceful resolution of the conflict;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates itNotes the EU's unwavering support for a negotiated two-state solution on the basis of the 1967 borderlines, with two sovereign, democratic states as peaceful neighbours and with Jerusalem as their shared capital; condemns the acceleration of the illegal Israeli settlement of Palestinian land, which constitutes a violation of international lawbelieves however that any outcome of the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should not be pre-determined by the international community; strongly condemns Palestinian terrorism; expresses concern over the rising violence committed by Israeli forces and extremist settlerextremist Israeli citizens in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; expresses support fortakes note of US President Biden’s three-phase Peace Plan and regrets the lack of will on both sides to ensure its implementation; regrets, further, that the latest rounds of peace talks did not bring any tangible result; calls on countries in the region who have not yet done so to join the Abraham Accords;
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses concern about rising tensions in the Middle East and the destabilising role that the Iranian regime and its network of non-state actors play in the region; urges all parties to show maximum restraint, commit to de- escalation and refrain from any further escalation, as an increasing regional conflict must be avoided at all costs; calls upon the VP/HR and the Member States to continue and step up their diplomatic efforts with international partners, including with the Gulf countries, in order to encourage urgent de-escalation and meaningful dialogue;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EU’s decision to renew sanctions against Iran until July 2025, including by sanctioning Iran’s production of unmanned drones and missiles and its supply thereof to Russia and the wider Middle Eastern region; points out that the sanctioning options that have not yet been exhausted include a much more restrictive approach to technology transfers through exports of products that are not categorised as ‘dual- use’; recalls that the European Parliament has called for Hezbollah and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah in full to be added to the EU list of terrorist organisations;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Shares the objective of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons at all costs; points, however, to the fact that the regime in Tehran has clearly rejected a revival of the JCPOA and, at the same time, increased its nuclear weapons capability; regrets the fact that there is currently no strategy in place to persuade Iran to refrain from building military nuclear capacity, nor a plan of action for the event that Iran does cross the nuclear threshold; calls upon the VP/HR to put forward a revised strategy towards Iran which seeks the Islamic Republic's isolation;
Amendment 668 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 906 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls for the EEAS – both its headquarters and EU delegations – to be strengthened through the provision of the appropriate financial and human resources so that the EU can be better prepared for current and emerging global challenges; calls on the VP/HR to swiftly come up with proposals for the future operational structure of the EU’s external action; underlines that EU diplomacy cannot replace the foreign policy of the Member states;
Amendment 935 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates that Parliament plays an integral consultative role in the CFSP and makes a specific contribution thereto by virtue of its parliamentary diplomacy and its distinct instruments, channels and contacts;
Amendment 1002 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Underlines that in the CFSP, which comprises the CSDP, the European Parliament exercises its budgetary function jointly with the Council; recalls that it also exercises the function of political control and consultation over those policies as referred to in Article 36 TEU;
Amendment 1004 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Recalls that all CFSP and CSDP expenditure should be charged to the EU budget, unless the Council decides otherwise on a case-by-case basis, or when the expenditure concerns operations with military or defence implications; recognises that it falls to the Council to determine whether an EU action abroad is an operation with military or defence implications; underlines that in all other cases of CFSP or CSDP decisions entailing expenditure, the Council should consider charging the expenditure to the EU budget;