18 Amendments of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ related to 2020/2206(INI)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating crimes against humanity and defending the victims; considers the attacks against ICC to be deeply regrettable and stresses the need for the EU to protect the ICC´s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim to obstruct its work;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the world’s growing instability and the rise of unprecedented global challenges, especially climate change, health-related risks and cyberattacks and conflicts at our borders, should lead the EU to establish more strategic alliances with like- minded democracies and build ad hoc coalitions with other partners where necessary;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the world’s growing instability and the rise of unprecedented global challenges, especially climate change, health-related risks and hybrid and cyberattacks, should lead the EU to establish more strategic alliances with like- minded democracies and build ad hoc coalitions with other partners where necessary;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of increasing need to step up the efforts of the Commission and Member States in confronting hybrid and cyber threats; welcomes in this regard the adoption of the Council decision concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concerns at the unprecedented scale of state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda campaigns, the manipulation and weaponisation of information, including by state actors with malign intentions; welcomes the quick response by the EU institutions to this new challenge, such as the setting up of a new special committee in Parliament focusing on foreign interference in democratic processes in the EU, including disinformation and calls on the EU to further its capacities to better counter disinformation and propaganda, both inside and outside its borders;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises the role of EU as a global actor for peace and security; Stresses the need for the EU to actively contribute to the protection of minorities like the Uighurs, Rohingyas and others;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that EU Treaty provisions on consulting and providing information to Parliament in the field of CFSP should translate into clear rules on transparently sharing the relevant documents, including draft strategies; considers that the 2010 ‘declaration on political accountability’ is no longer an appropriate basis for relations between Parliament and the VP/HR and should be replaced by an interinstitutional agreement; furthermore recalls that it has requested a review of the Council decision establishing the EEAS;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of progress in improving the decision-making process on CFSP matters, which impacts the efficiency, speed of action and credibility of EU action on the international scene; calls on the Member States to agree to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting at least in selected areas of CFSP, like human rights issues;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates the EU’s commitment to supporting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine and all EaP countries within their internationally recognised borders, in accordance with international law, norms and principles; rejects the use of force or the threat of force when resolving conflicts and reiterates its vision that current conflicts in all EaP countries should be settled in accordance with international law norms and principles; remains fully committed to the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea; condemns, furthermore, the continued militarisation in the Georgian occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia and calls on Russia to fulfil its obligations under international law;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that it is in the mutual interest of the EU and the UK, amplified by their geographical proximity and shared values, to agree on common responses to address foreign, security and defence policy challenges;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger transatlantic partnership inbased on mutual respect and concrete actions to promote multilateralism, the rule of law and human rights in and in order to deal dealing with current foreign and security challenges and crises, particularly the current health emergency and the economic and political challenges it brings;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers it necessary to return to a comprehensive cooperation between the EU and US, especially in areas of human rights, transatlantic security cooperation, economic cooperation and climate change;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Regrets that the Commission did not include the Arctic in their 2020 Work Programme; however recognises that it has opened a public consultation, which seeks input on the strengths and shortfalls of the existing policy, with a view to possibly preparing an updated approach; considers it necessary for the EU to have an Arctic Strategy;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Underscores the need to use the potential of improving further EU-India relations taking into account the developments in the region and the important role of India in the region and globally;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the strengthening of defence capabilities, notably through the sufficient funding of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the EDF, military mobility and the European space programme; underlines the need for further coherence of EU tools in EU defence cooperation; calls for increased support, staffing and adequate budgetary resources for the EEAS Strategic Communications Division; Calls for a review of the mandate of EEAS Strategic Communications Division to include foreign interference by emerging actors like China;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers it important to ensure a better link between internal and external aspects of EU policies to ensure that EU policies act towards common foreign and security policy goals, including the EU energy policy; new energy projects should not contradict the principles of CFSP, as is the case with Nord Stream 2;