7 Amendments of Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI related to 2007/2219(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Proposes that priority be given in 2008 to a limited number of subjects which better relate to the concerns of European citizens and to their expectations as regards the role to be played by the Union in international affairs; takes the view that those subjects are: security including energy security, climate change, migration management, human rights and civil liberties, and that they complement the priorities and objectives pursued by the Community's external action; in this context, welcomes the report by the Commission and the High Representative to the European Council on climate change and international security;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is of the opinion that the ESS should be updated, especially with a view to addressing the most pressing security challengenvites the High Representative to assess in a White Paper the progress made, and any shortcomings, in the implementation of the ESS since 2003, including proposals for improving and supplementing the ESS; is of the opinion that such a White Paper should be the basis for a wider public political debate; underlines that a future assessment of the ESS should be carried out in close consultation with all EU institutions, including the European Parliament, and with national parliaments;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Regrets the lack of progress towards a common European foreign policy on energy and deplores the bilateralism of action adopted by certain EU Member States, which considerably weakens the bargaining power of the European Union as a whole and its efforts towards a common foreign policy on energy; reiterates its view that such a policy must be based on solidarity and supported by an effective and well interconnected internal market equipped with all the tools needed to counteract monopolist and politically motivated non-commercial behaviour which may constitute a threat to the Community's energy security; therefore welcomes and strongly supports the third-country clause included in the third energy package;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Acknowledges the right of every country that has ratified the Non- Proliferation Treaty to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; however, strongly opposes the production and dissemination of weapons of mass destruction; in this connection, fully supports the Union's two– track approach aimed at persuading Iran to comply with IAEA prescriptions and in line with the United Nations Security Council's resolutions; calls on the United States to join the EU–3 in direct negotiations with Iran; fully supports the United Nations Security Council's targeted sanctions against Iran; commends the efforts by the High Representative on behalf of the EU, and by the United States, Russia and China, aimed at the initiation of negotiations on the nuclear issue with representatives of Iran; calls on Iran to be actively transparent in its relations with the IAEA and to seek to rebuild trust with the international community;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that political and economic relations with China and ASEAN be deepened in 2008, on condition that substantial progress be made in the field of democracy and human rights, and that China heed the EU's grave concerns about its conduct in Tibet, maintaining a constructive dialogue with the authorities ion this connectionese issues, a fortiori in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics; r28a. Recognises ASEAN’s growing role as a force for regional stability and prosperity; believes that the EU and ASEAN have great potential for increased cooperation based in part on ASEAN's progress with regard to regional integration and in the fields of democracy and human rights;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Invites the future High Representative/Vice–President of the Commission to build on the experience of the periodic appearances by High Representatives and by the External Relations Commissioner before Parliament in plenary and its Committee on Foreign Affairs and on the practice of informal meetings, in order to develop regular, systematic and substantive consultations with Parliament and its competent bodies; points out that the future office of High Representative/Vice–President of the Commission will derive its legitimacy directly from the European Parliament;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Invites the Ppolitical and Security Committee (PSC) to organise meetings with chairpersons of the relevant Committee and Subcommittees on emerging crises or international security events, building on the current practice of informal jointestablish, together with the European Parliament, a mechanism in respect of confidential information on emerging crises or international security events comparable to existing mechanisms in several national parliaments of EU Member States which would – depending on the degree of confidentiality – range from closed committee meetings to meetings between members of the PSC and the chairpersons of Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and of its Security and Defence and Human Rightsappointed members of the relevant Committees and Subcommittees;