8 Amendments of Bas BELDER related to 2008/2073(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises, however, that the usual institutional lack of clarity persists in the Treaty of Lisbon; regards it as venturous, from an institutional point of view, to introduce institutional innovations such as the non-rotating President of the European Council and the High Representative without it being quite clear how precisely these innovations are to operate and what sort of influence they will have on relations between the institutions; regrets the fact, therefore, that interinstitutional agreements are needed for subjects which should have been clarified in the Treaty of Lisbon itself;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that the election of the President of the Commission by the European Parliament on a proposal by the European Council will not fundamentally change the nature of his/her designation; stresses that both under the Treaty of Nice and under the Treaty of Lisbon the European Council is the institution which is concerned with the nomination; notes, therefore, that the election of the President of the Commission by the European Parliament is above all a perceived difference compared with the procedure in force; stresses, therefore, that under the Treaty of Lisbon no essential difference in the relationship between Parliament and the Commission has been introduced;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Considers that, as provided for in Declaration 6 annexed to the above- mentioned Final Act, the choice of the persons called upon to hold the offices of President of the European Council, President of the Commission and High Representative must primarily take account of the relevant competencies of the candidates; recognises, in addition, that it must take account of the need to respect the geographical and demographic diversity of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 51 – indent 2 a (new)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Stresses the importanceuncertainty of the new dimension that the Treaty of Lisbon brings to the external action of the Union as a whole, the CFSP included, which, together with the legal personality of the Union and the institutional innovations relevant to this area (notably the creation of the "doubled- hatted" High Representative and the European External Action Service (EEAS)), could be a decisive factor in the coherence and effectiveness of the action of the Union in this domain and enhance itis intended to bring coherence to the Union's external action; notes that the effectiveness of this external action will to a large extent be dependent on the office holders to be appointed and that this visibility as a global actor too uncertain a basis to already welcome these innovations;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. RDoes not regards the creation of the "double- hatted" High Representative/Vice- President as a fundamental step to ensure the coherence and visibility of the whole external acutomatically as a guarantee of improved visibility of the whole external action of the Union; is above all concerned about the dormant conflict of competence between the European Council, the External Affairs Council and the Commission; notes that the European Parliament is contributing to this dormant conflict of competence by repeatedly stating that the Union's external policy must lie primarily with the Commission; is convinced that this position ofn the Unionpart of Parliament will put significant pressure on the High Representative;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Stresses that the EEAS willmay have a fundamental role to play in supporting the activities of the High Representative/Vice- President and willmay constitute an essential element of the success of the new integrated approach of the external action of the Union; stresses that the installation of the new service will require a formal proposal ofis concerned, however, at the fact that, from the point of view of the Treaty, little can be said with certainty about the tasks and the composition of the staff of this service; calls on the High Representative/Vice- President, which will only be possible once he/she has taken up his/her duties, and which can only be adopted by the Council after the approval of the Commission and the opinion of the European Parliament to be nominated not to use this external service as a substitute for national embassies in third countries; declares its intention to fully exercise its budgetary powers in relation to the setting-up of the EEAS;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Notes that the abovementioned guidelines may help determine the division of tasks between the President of the European Council, the President of the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President; reiterates the fact that the 'double-hatted' High Representative/Vice-President post carries with it the risk that this office holder will above all operate as a negotiator but play only a secondary role at the policy level in relation to the President of the European Council and the President of the Commission; is concerned that the High Representative/Vice-President will encounter, to a greater extent, identical problems to those experienced by the current High Representative; notes that the European Union has again opted to mask the lack of a genuine common foreign and security policy by creating new posts;