Activities of Adrian SEVERIN related to 2009/2057(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
2008 annual report on the CFSP - The implementation of the European Security Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy - Non-proliferation Treaty (debate)
2008 annual report on the CFSP (A7-0023/2010, Gabriele Albertini) (vote)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in 2008, presented to the European Parliament in application of Part II, Section G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 PDF (257 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the report on the institutional aspects of setting up the European External Action Service (2009/2133(INI) and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs thereon2,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Vice-President/High Representative and her services to develop – with a view to deepening the Union's collective strategic thinking – a coherent EU foreign policy strategy which could serve as a reference framework for policy- making and guide the definition of the means to be developed for external action; calls on the Vice-President/High Representative to fully associate the European Parliament, including its relevant bodies, in such an endeavour;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Continues to be concerned about the repeated gas crises such as the Russian- Ukrainian crisis of January 2009, which highlighted the EU’s increasing energy dependency on sources of supply and transit channels which face threats to their stability; recalls the urgent need to address energy challenges by implementing a common European external energy policy; calls in this regard on the Vice- President/High Representative to pursue with determination Parliament's recommendations for the development of such a policy, in particular by promoting EU cohesion in negotiations with energy suppliers and transit countries and defending the common interests of the Member States, by developing effective energy diplomacy and more efficient mechanisms for responding to crisis situations and, finally, by promoting the diversification of energy supplies, sustainable energy use and the development of renewable energy sources; stresses that only a common EU approach could prevent any future shortcomings in the oil and gas supplies of the Member States and could increase the energy security of the EU as a whole;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that cooperation between the EU and other European organisations, such as the Council of Europe and OSCE, should lead to a better demarcation of the competences and tasks among them, allowing the EU to promote its human rights agenda through the Council of Europe and with a view to establishing a pan-European common area of freedom, security and justice;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for the establishment of a trilateral cooperation mechanism between the EU, the United States and the Russian Federation which could address concertedly the various global challenges, opportunities and threats, thus leading to greater stability and security in Europe and in the world;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that stability in the Western Balkans should remain a top priority in the Union’s external action, and therefore attaches the utmost importance to the efforts to bring the countries of that region closer to the EU, with the shared goal of European integration, inter alia by promoting reforms and enhancing regional cooperation and inter-ethnic reconciliation; recommends that an international conference on the future of the Western Balkans should be convened, bringing together the countries in the region and the relevant regional and global actors, in order to identify and address the current challenges facing the region;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes with satisfaction the generally peaceful and stable situation in Kosovo and the efforts to build a multi-ethnic society, as demonstrated by the successful local elections held on 15 November 2009; welcomes the fact that the EULEX rule of law mission in Kosovo, which is the largest civilian CSDP mission launched so far by the EU, is working at full operational capacity; underlines the mission’s importance in promoting inter-ethnic reconciliation, the rule of law, public order and security throughout the whole of Kosovo, by assisting the Kosovo institutions, judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies in their progress towards sustainability and accountability; in this respect, welcomes the decision to open a new EULEX office in the north; however, notes the need to increase the number of prosecutors working in EULEX, and calls on the Member States to provide additional personnel;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the pro-European stance of the new government of the Republic of Moldova and expresses its hope of an acceleration of the country's internal reforms, in such a way as to achieve economic integration, political association and institutional approximation between the Republic of Moldova and the EU; encourages the Vice-President/High- Representative to identify multilateral solutions for unblocking the situation in Transnistria;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Takes note of the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine, which should provide the necessary political, economic and social stability for Ukraine, and encourages the country to achieve greater interoperability with the European Union, thus consolidating its prospects of integration into the EU;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the need for Member States to coordinate their relations with the Russian Federation on the basis of the Union's general interests and in such a way as to reflect and promote those interests adequately and consistently;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Vice-President/High Representative to intensify the EU's efforts to work towards peaceful settlement under international law of the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria and, above all, that between Russia and Georgia and its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia; stresses the dangerous potential for a spillover of frozen conflicts in the region; in this context, recommends the setting-up of a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the South Caucasus, embracing the countries concerned and the relevant regional and global actors, with a view to developing a Stability Pact for the South Caucasus;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Underlines the importance of the Black Sea region and stresses the need for intensified cooperation in this area, by consolidating the synergy between the regional policies there and by establishing, whenever appropriate, special institutionalised partnerships between the EU and the countries in the region; with a view to this, recommends the establishment of an institutionalised structure taking the form of a Black Sea Union;