10 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2012/2287(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to its previous resolutions on transatlantic relations, in particular its resolution of 15 May 2002 on Reinforcing the Transatlantic Relationship, its resolution of 1 June 2006 on improving EU-US relations in the framework of a Transatlantic Partnership Agreement1, its resolution of 26 March 2009 on the state of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections2 and its resolution of 17 November 2011 on the EU-US Summit3,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice- President of the European Commission (HR/VP), and the Council, the Commission and the EU Member States to enhance their coordinpromote cooperation ofin EU policy vis-à-vis the US administration, in such a way as to allow the EU to be considered a coherent and efficient international player; highlights the importance of also strengthening the common security and defence policy, given the different crises that may arise in the EU's neighbouring; reaffirms the primacy of diplomatic services in individual Member States in forming foreign policy, and stresses the supportive role that might be carried out by the European External Action Service in order to create a coherent EU-US Transatlantic Partnership; highlights the importance of also strengthening a reinvigorated NATO alliance, reaffirming that NATO remains, not only a fundamental guarantee for Euro-Atlantic stability and security, but also the essential framework for regispons and the US's ‘leading from behind’ doctrinee to crises in which European Allies may often need to take the lead;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Appreciates the contribution of the TLD to the strengthening of EU-US relations; welcomes the opening of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington and invites the US Congress to follow suit in Brussels, but given current financial constraints and strong representation of European interests through the embassies of member states and the EU delegation sees no need for a European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on both partners to study fields and frameworks through which broader transatlantic cooperation could be carried out in a pragmatic way, and to explore with other Atlantic countries the usefulness of this extended cooperation; underlines that possible fields are economic issues with a particular emphasis on economic and free trade agreements, global governance, development cooperation, climate change, security and energy; calls on the partners to analyse the possibility of making use, for the purpose of these triangular dialogues, of the structures created in Latin America which the EU has traditionally encouraged security;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EU and its Member States and the US to work in a coordinated manner with a view to ensuring a stable international order of peace and cooperation, based on effective multilateralism with emerging players, including those of the South Atlantic rim; urges the partners to continue working on the UN reform programme while engaging the other Atlantic countries;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of coordination in the first instance through NATO to combat the risks to global security, such as terrorism, failed states, and piracy and encourages member states to coordinate their responses to the trafficking of human beings, arms and drugs, and organised crime and piracy, all of which constitute current threats in the Aransatlantic Basinthreats; underlines the need to deepen comprehensive cooperation between the countries of the whole Atlantic Basin in the fight against drug trafficking, which is increasingly taking place throughout West Africa and the Sahelin the fight against drug trafficking; welcomes the partners' support for the ECOWAS Regional Action Plan on Drugs;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU and its Member States and the US to adopt a common strategy in international fora, especially the UN, on the reduction of weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms and to involve the Atlantic countries in these endeavours; expects the US and Russia to make further progress on nuclear disarmament;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need for coordination between the EU, its Member States, US, AU, ECOWAS, UN, NATO and other actors to support the implementation of the roadmap to transition in Mali and to provide the African-led International Support Mission to Mali with financial and logistical support;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the partners to jointly develop acontinue the time-honoured comprehensive approach to Afghanistan for the post-2014 period; recognises the fundamental role that has been played by NATO in coordinating the security response to the terrorist threat present in Afghanistan, including reconstruction and rehabilitation, and recognises the ongoing role that NATO will have in the post-2014 period;