Activities of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2013/2146(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU comprehensive approach and its implications for the coherence of EU external action PDF (233 KB) DOC (115 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the strength of the EU lies in its potential to mobilise resources across the full range of diplomatic, security, defence, economic, trade, development and humanitarian instruments – in full compliance with the provisions of the UN Charter – and that using these instruments in a comprehensive approach (CA) gives it a unique flexibility to effectively address the most challenging goals;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to meet their Treaty-based commitments to support the Union’s external relations and security policy actively and in a spirit of mutual solidarity and to comply, in conducting their own policies, with the Union’s action in this area; calls on the Member States to play a constructive role by promoting strategic policy coordination at EU level; stresses that the EU foreign policy can only be effective if the Member States are willing and able to formulate common policy lines;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for active engagement and dialogue with citizens and civil society to ensure legitimacy and common understanding of the comprehensive approach and the EU foreign policy in general;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the concept of a CA should be understood as the coordinated work of all relevant institutions (the EEAS and the Commission’s relevant services, including ECHO, DEVCO, TRADE and, ELARG and the Parliament) pursuing common objectives within an agreed framework designed at EU level, and mobilising its most relevant instruments, including the CSDP when the security situation so requires; believes that, so far, institutional and procedural shortfalls have largely prevented such coherent EU external action in most crisis areas where the EU has acted;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the Lisbon Treaty created the EEAS and the triple-hatted HR/VP to provide unity, consistency, visibility and effectiveness to the EU’s external action; underlines the fact that, so far, the potential of all three roles has not been fully exploited; calls for the vital coordinating role of the HR/VP as Vice-President of the Commission to be reinforced within the Commission itself, through institutionalised regular meetings of the RELEX college of Commissioners, chaired by the HR/VP and enlarged to include other relevant Commissioners; calls for an immediate reform of the EEAS based on the 2013 review and Parliament's guidelines in order to make the best use of scarce financial resources;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses Parliament's role in formulating and monitoring common foreign policy and calls on the next Parliament to ensure its effectiveness and, above all, its coherence; reminds of Parliament's engagement to actively participate in election observation, mediation and democracy support;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that pursuing a CA also requires improving coordination, under the VP/HR’s leadership, with the EU’s internal policies that have a significant external dimensionforeign policy dimension such as internal market, migration, environment and energy;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for better alignment between trade policy and common foreign policy, including human rights and development;