21 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2012/2287(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to its resolutions of 7 February 2013 on the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, of 22 November 2012 on Cyber Security and Defence, of 21 November 2012 on the environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities, of 11 September 2012 on alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the European Parliament TDIP Committee report, of 13 June 2012 on the negotiations on the UN Arms Trade Treaty,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the transatlantic partnership is based on strong political links, shared values and common interests and goalhistorical, cultural, economic and political links and common values, norms and aspirations in many fields;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in a global, complex and increasingly multipolar world, the EU and the US, in spite of fiscal consolidationworld, the EU and the US, should play key constructive roles in the world's politics and economy and in the shaping of the international environment, and should face together regional conflicts and global challenges on a multilateral basis notably in the framework of international organisations; whereas, to that end, they should also secure the involvement of new key powers, including the EU's two Latin American strategic partners, Brazil and Mexico;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in parallel to the shift in the global landscape triggered by the rise of the East Asia, think-tanks, international organisations and some governments have recently been highlighting the growing importance of the Atlantic Basin as a whole, including its southern dimension, and the need for cooperation between the countries of which it is composed, so as to enable all of them to deal with problems that are common to the wider region;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the agenda will include the launching of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), provided that labour, health and environmental standards are fully taken into account and all stakeholders, including consumers and public health organisations, are informed and consulted during the negotiations in a timely manner; stresses that this agreement will reinvigorate the EU-US relationship and that its global impact willshould go beyond its bilateral implications;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its suggestion that a Transatlantic Political Council (TPC) be created to serve as a body for systematic consultation and coordinperation on foreign and security policy, led by the HR/VP and the US Secretary of State;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its determination to continue the fight against terrorism and organised crime and, at the same time, to respect and uphold human rights and fundamental liberties; welcomes the fact that the Passenger Name Records Agreement and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme Agreement (SWIFT Agreement), approved by the European Parliament, are already in forceregrets that the EU-US agreement on transfer of PNR data does not meet the guarantees requested by the EP in its previous resolutions, in particular regarding profiling and data retention; regrets the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme Agreement (SWIFT Agreement) massive data transfers without initial suspicion and the excessively long data retention periods; urges the partners to promptly conclude the negotiations on the Data Protection Exchange Agreement; urges the Commission to resolve the issue of a visa requirement for the citizens of four EU Member States;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the creation, at the 2010 Summit, of the Working Group on Cyber- Security and Cyber-Crime; believes that the EU and the US should give special priority to their coopcountering cyber attacks and cyber-crime and to jointly advance efforts on the internation on countering cyber attacks and cyber-crimal level for the development of an international legal framework to rein in the dangers of future uninhibited cyber warfare;
Amendment 96 #
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 and social issues, 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;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that the International Criminal Court is an increasingly indispensable instrument of international law and a fundamental element of EU foreign policy aimed at ending impunity; pays tribute to the work of ICC in its 10th anniversary and regrets the original attitude of the US administration directed to negotiating bilateral immunity agreements with third countries linked to the development of bilateral cooperation; welcomes the move of the Obama administration to re-establish a working relationship with the Court and expects further steps towards signing again and ratifying the Rome Statute by the US;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights must be a central feature of the Atlantic Basin countries; deeply regrets, in this respect, the US government's continued practice of secret detention, rendition and extrajudicial killings, notably by drones, in violation of international law and the collaboration of EU Member States in this practice; deplores the existence of extrajudicial prisons, notably Guantanamo, and calls for a joint US-EU initiative which would allow the release of all the remaining prisoners whose charges have been cleared and the immediate prosecution and/or acquittal of all the others;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of diversifying energy suppliers, sources and transportation routes; stresses the growing relevance of the countries of the Atlantic Basin in energy production and raw materials, which offers considerable diversification opportunities; suggests that the EU-US Energy Council, together with other countries of the Atlantic Basin, should study the possibility of working together on energy security and, sustainability matters and to create a strategic partnership on raw materials efficiency and recycling, and for the effective deployment of renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomNotes the emphasis placed by President Obama in his inauguration speech on the renewal of the US capacity to manage crises abroad, and expects that the cooperation already engaged in by the EU and the US in crisis management, and increasingly in crisis prevention, in East Africa could be extended to the Atlantic rim; with a strategic focus on Asia; reminds as a consequence the EU Members States to seriously engage in joint Pooling and Sharing projects in order to be able to autonomously fulfil the tasks described in Article 43 of the Lisbon Treaty; further urges the EU Member States and the Commission to seriously restructure and consolidate defence industrial capacities in order to reduce existing overcapacities which mainly drive expansive national export policies;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes President Obama's renewed commitment to the fight against climate change; urges the partners to agree, as early as possible and by 2015 at the latest, on binding commitments on the reduction of emissions in line with maintaining climate change to below 2°C; highlights the need to involve the Atlantic countries in this effort, especially because of the impact of climate change on food production, biodiversity andir historical responsibility and the devastating impact of climate change across the globe, including on food production, biodiversity and extreme weather events and taking into account the role of international trade in driving deforestation in inter alia Latin America and Atlantic Africa;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Transatlantic partners to find agreement to drastically reduce the climate impact of the aviation sector through a global market based mechanism or regional schemes and to generate revenues from such mechanisms to contribute to the annual 100 billion of international climate finance by 2020 agreed by President Obama and other Heads of States as part of the Copenhagen Accord;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Welcomes the US initiatives to bring hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) into the scope of the Montreal Protocol in order to allow for the rapid global phasing out of these gases with very high global warming potential; in the absence of an international agreement, calls on the EU and the US to introduce regional bans on the use of such gases in applications for which more climate friendly safe alternatives exist and to phase down their use as part of the aim to tackle short-lived climate forcers;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the EU and the US to adopt a common strategy in international fora, especially the UN, on the reducelimination of weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms, to agree on the rapid adoption of the pending Arms Trade Treaty, and to involve the Atlantic countries in these endeavours; expects the US and Russia to make further progress on nuclear disarmament; urges the US to remove all tactical nuclear weapons from Europe and calls on the Russian Federation to withdraw all nuclear weapons from the Western part of its territory;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Current issues and conflictin relations with third countries
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the partners to closely coordinate in supporting the democratic transition in North Africa and the Middle East on the basis of a comprehensive and conditional strategy of assistance and incentives linked to democratic reforms; urges the partners to maintain pressure on Russia and China in order to urgently reach a diplomatic solution to the tragic crisis in Syria;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the US administration to make the stalling Middle East peace process a priority and to ensureand the EU to make, as a matter of priority, all efforts in order to overcome the current deadlock of the Middle East peace process and to create the conditions so that direct negotiations arcan be resumed without delay; urges the two partners to continue with the double-track approach and to find, as a matter of urgency, a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear programme issue;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Highlights the importance of the Eastern Partnership to the EU; stresses the need to bring the countries of this neighbouring region closer to the EU and to the common values of the transatlantic partners and calls for concerted efforts in order to promote democratic reforms, consolidate democratic institutions and enhance peaceful conflict resolution;