18 Amendments of André BRIE related to 2007/2219(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that, from its inception, the CFSP, including the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), haswill helped to strengthen the European identity and the EU's role as a global player, when economic integration, diplomacy, civil crisis prevention and conflict settlement are defined as central aims of the CFSP and ESDP and also put into practice;
Amendment 22 #
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 also non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and disarmament, 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 Council on climate change and international security;
Amendment 31 #
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 challenges; the need to strengthen the EU’s civilian capabilities for crisis prevention and conflict resolution; to that end, there is a need for effective measures to defuse conflicts and structural measures to remove their causes; is convinced that there must also be a stronger focus on multilateralism and commitment to international law and international institutions;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the view that the importance of the foreign policy dimension of energy security, including the Union's dependence on energy and other strategic supplies from unstable or undemocratic countries and regions, will continue to increase in 2008; rRecommends wide- ranging diversification of energy sources and energy transport routes and increased energy efficiency as well as solidarity in energy policy among EU Member States; deplores the use of energy by third parties as a political instrument and the uncoordinated signing of bilateral energy agreements by Member States, which undermine the interests of the EU as a whole and of other Member States; reiterates its call for the creation of the post of High Official for Foreign Energy Policy under the authority of the future double-hatted High Representative/Vice- President of the Commission, with responsibility for coordinating the Union's activities in this field;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates that terrorism constitutes one of the maina serious threats to the EU’s security but that the fight against terrorism must be conducted with duestrict respect for the universal values of democracy, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the protection thereof, in close cooperation with international partners and in keeping with the strategy laid down by the United Nations; is convinced of the need for a thorough and critical review of the anti-terror strategy, which has hitherto been mainly dominated by military thinking, and for development of a comprehensive plan on combating terrorism, that would balance and combine political, diplomatic, security policy and development policy measures;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates that strengthening global governance, international institutions and the value of international law remains a vital interest for the Union's external action; underlines in this regard the crucial role to be played by the United Nations in support of effective multilateralism, and stresses that the Union must stand united while urging its partners to pursue the development and consolidation of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, as a common basis for a prosperouscompassionate and secure world;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Insists on the need for the effective implementation of human rights clauses and of non-proliferation and counter- terrorism provisions and the inclusion of an energy security clauseprovisions in agreements with third countries, in order to ensure the coherence and effectiveness of the EU's external policies;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists on the need to continue to press for implementation at international level of the EU strategy against the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), to work actively for the retention of the existing arms control and disarmament system, in particular for the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the consistent implementation and comprehensive monitoring of the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international ban on cluster munitions and universal application of the Convention banning land mines, to place more emphasis on initiatives to control the small arms trade and other disarmament and non- proliferation initiatives and issues, to strengthen multilateral non-proliferation treaties and provide the financial means to implement the EU’s WMD strategy; calls on the EU and the Member States to play a positive and effective role in ending the ongoing deadlock at the Geneva Disarmament Conference and to take steps to ensure that the negotiations result in a non-discriminatory, multilateral, international and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the view that the Union's enlargement process remains a key issue for 2008 and that it should be based on the Union's capacity to integrate new Member States (taking account of the imbeyond, particularly because the European integration strategy which has been successful for several decades must continue to expand outwards; is therefore also firmly convinced that apacrt of enlargement on its institutions, its financial resources and its capacity to pursue its political objectivfrom the Copenhagen criteria, which form the sole basis for accession to the EU, the EU should not in future set up any further or additional criteria or obstacles);
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the need to strengthenfor the transatlantic link and further intensify, which has been shattered and is characterised by loss of trust, to be built up on a new basis, and for contacts with the United States to be intensified through a new Transatlantic Partnership Agreement, the potential of which should be exploited in full, as close consultation and cooperation between them is still in the interest of both sides; takes the view that political cooperation under this new partnership agreement should concentrate mainly on issues of civil conflict prevention, strengthening international law and multilateralism and sustainable development and combating poverty worldwide;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Council and the Commission to continue efforts, both within the framework of the Middle East Quartet and on the ground, to foster negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians for a comprehensive, lasting and fair peace solution on the basis of two secure and viable States, hoping that the concrete steps set out in the Annapolis Agenda will be followed; takes the view that the Union should maximise its financial, trade and political leverage on both sides in order to achieve this peaceful solution and that the Union should play, within the relevant fora, a role commensurate to its financial and political contribution;
Amendment 111 #
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 wistresses the need for the international community to work closely on the 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 sancran nuclear issue, to deal with it through diplomatic means and to avoid by all means another military conflict; reaffirms its insistence that Iran abide by its obligations under the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty, including by providing full informations against Iran; commends the efforts by the High Representative on behalf ofbout its nuclear programme; is of the view that 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 relat should enter into a dialogue with all the countries of the region, including the Iranian government, and explore steps towards the establishment of a system of collective security and co-operation in the regions with the IAEA and to seek to rebuild trust with the international communityultimate aim of establishing a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates that promoting international solidarity, stability, peace and democratic and economic development must continue to be among the priorities of the EU's policy towards Afghanistan in 2008; stresses the need to restore security in Afghanistan, which cannot be achieved by military means alone; underlines that, to this end, it is equally vital to strengthen the police forces in order to establish the rule of law and to increase development efforts; is concerned that insufficient coordination, both among the international community (and especially between the EU and NATO) and in relations with the Afghan authorities, seriously hampers the effectiveness of the activities on the ground; calls on all players to make efforts to improve this situation; welcomes in this regard the appointment of Kai Eide as the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need to give substantial follow-up during 2008 to the decisions reached at the EU-Africa Summit held in December 2007 in Lisbon; in this context, welcomes the appointment of a double- hatted EU Special Representative/Head of Delegation of the European Commission for the African Union, based in Addis Ababa; believes in this regard that the Union, in cooperation with the United Nations, should make every effort to reinforce the peace-building and peace- keeping capacity of the African Union; calls for a coordinated use of CFSP and Community instruments such as the Instrument for Stability; is of the view that the EU and the Member States should give policy priority to the substantial reduction of poverty, should reaffirm their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and their prior commitment to devote 0.7% of their GDP to development assistance by 2020 at the latest;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Reiterates that the EU, as a global player with its own interests and responsibilities, cannot and must not ignore the crisis unfolding in Iraq, inasmuch as the country is vital for regional, global and of course European security; points out that the EU has at its disposal a host of financial and political resources that can be usefully deployed to promote, as the final outcome, a safe, stable, unified, prosperous and democratic Iraq that upholds human rights, protects its minorities and contributes to a more stable Middle East; recalls Parliament's most recent resolution on Iraq, which includes concrete proposals for ways in which the Council can improve the situation on the ground, and calls on the Union to move on from past events and look towards the future, because the international community has the moral and political duty to help the Iraqi people;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a clear definition of the interests of the Union is essential in order to attain the goals of the Union's external action and in particular its foreign affairs policy; whereas the EU represents at international level a political, economic, social and ecological union of states and peoples which is committed to peace and which acts according to the principles of democracy, the rule of law and social justice,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon clearpartially improves the CFSP arrangements currently in force, thus raising the Union's international profile and enhancing its effectiveness, to the extent that the security policy aspects of the EU Constitution such as military assistance, the obligation on Member States to arm themselves, and global interventionism will in future be replaced by an active peace policy, civil crisis prevention and disarmament,