23 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2017/2026(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the meeting between the EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and ASEAN Economic Ministers in Manila on 10 March 2017,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) founded in 2013 with the objective to promote democracy and human rights in all ASEAN states,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, signed by all ASEAN member states in November 2015,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas this year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, and the 40th Anniversary of EU-ASEAN formal relations;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integration processes of the EU and ASEAN each follow their own logic but are, however, comparable, as both rules-based organisations have been fostering peaceful co-existence and development of their members for many decades; as such, the EU is a unique type of partner for ASEAN;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas both regions have attained a considerable level of interaction, considering that ASEAN is the EU’s third trading partner and the EU ASEAN’s second; and the EU is the first provider of Foreign Direct Investments in the ASEAN region; whereas the EU and its Member States have been continuously engaged with the ASEAN countries on poverty eradication as a major donor of development aid;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU experience has in the past served as a source of inspiration for other regional integration processes; whereas the ASEAN countries, however, have been waitingEU´s current economic and political difficulties have raised concerns amongst ASEAN countries, which want to see whetherhow the EU will be able to overcome its problemchallenges and divisions;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas at present centrifugal forces are threatening the integration processes in both regions; whereas the EU is struggling with several overlapping crises ranging from the euro to migration and Brexit, and whereas ASEAN, in spite of the goal of fostering ASEAN centrality, saw intra-ASEAN trade decline in 2016 and has been beset with problems, including diverging foreign policy trajectories and spillover effects from domestic problems pertaining to religious relations and ethnic minorities, social inequalities and human rights violations;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas human rights violations, widespread land grabs, and environmental degradation have had a significant impact on local communities, including indigenous and marginalized groups; whereas any erosion of democracy, human rights protection, and space for civil society constitutes also a regional concern in Southeast Asia; whereas local communities and civil society in ASEAN have highlighted such concerns and sought to bring them to the attention of regional leaders;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas ASEAN constitutes an important regional platform, which could play an important role in efforts to address human rights violations and concerns at the level of its member states;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Congratulates the ASEAN member states on the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and fully supports all efforts for regional integration; expresses equally its appreciation for 40 years of EU-ASEAN relations and reiterates its recommendation that relations should be upgraded into a Strategic Partnership based on concrete actions, tangible deliverables and stronger substantive cooperation;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the VP/HR and the Commission for adopting a Joint Communication, endorsed by the Member States, setting out a roadmap for deepening the partnership in political, security and economic matters, and in connectivity, the environment, natural resources and other domains, such as the promotion and protection of human rights;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the late and restrained reaction of the European Union to the UNCLOS award on the South China Sea dispute; insists on the freedom of navigation; calls on China to accept the tribunal’s award; encourages the parties to aim for a peaceful settlement of the disputes based on the principles of international law under UNCLOS; supports the efforts of ASEAN Member States to work towards the early conclusion of an effective Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC); regrets actions such as extensive land reclamation and the placing of military installations and arsenal on reclaimed land, which risks militarising the conflict;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses serious concern over the increasing defence spending in the region and its neighbourhood and over tendencies of growing militarisation of conflicts, notably in the South China Sea and the East China Sea; calls on the Member States to strictly abide by the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports; insists on the importance of the non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, notably in view of the latest developments in the DPRK;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports EU-ASEAN cooperationsecurity partnership on a host of non-conventional security issues with a view to strengthening regional capabilities in different security areas, and in particular strengthened dialogue and cooperation on maritime security, piracy, fight against organised crime and support for Europol- Aseanapol cooperation in this area, counterterrorism, cyber security, climate security, preventive diplomacy and mediation, crisis management and disaster preparedness;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates the EU's support for ASEAN centrality in the evolving regional architecture and ASEAN´s important contribution to promoting dialogue and cooperation for peace, security, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond and underscores the interest of the EU in furthering engagement with the region through all ASEAN-led processes;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that negotiations on a regional EU-ASEAN free trade agreement should be re-launchefrom a geopolitical point of view there is very good reason to advocate relaunching of negotiations on a regional EU-ASEAN free trade agreement and welcomes the conclusions of the recent meeting between the EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and ASEAN Economic Ministers concerning a scoping exercise in that regard;
Amendment 133 #
9. Considers people-to-people contacts, particularly for young people, to be a very important instrument of cultural exchange, and calls for a considerable enlargement of the Erasmus+ facility for ASEANNotes that ASEAN has declared to be people-oriented and people-centered and that the legitimacy and relevance of the regional integration processes, both in the EU and ASEAN, depend on associating as many stakeholders as possible in the process and communicating its achievements; considers people-to-people contacts, particularly for young people, to be a very important instrument of cultural exchange, and calls for a considerable enlargement of the Erasmus+ facility for ASEAN; underlines the great room in the ASEAN countries for vocational training, and highlights prospects of cooperation in the field of the dual formation system practiced in certain EU countries; urges also to develop cultural diplomacy activities in line with the June 2016 Communication on an EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations and the European Parliament recent report on the same matter; highlights the important function of the Asia-Europe Foundation and believes that support for its work should be expanded;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines the notion that structured exchanges and cooperation on the level of regions and localities (city twinning) are an interesting instrument to enhance practical mutual experience and draws attention to concrete initiatives such as the Convent of mayors or Under2 MOU, which should be actively promoted;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned that climate change will have a major impact on ASEAN; urges the ASEAN member states to accelerate the shift towards low-carbon economies and to rapidly reduce deforestation, effectively curb forest fires and adopt more environmentally friendly technologies for transport and buildings; welcomes the EU’s initiative of a new dedicated EU- ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Environment and Sustainable Development; notes in this context the EU support for the task of clearance of unexploded ordnances in some countries in the region; urges EU- ASEAN cooperation on the protection of maritime environmentssustainable tourism, food security, the protection of biological diversity, in particular the coral reefs, and to effectively address overfishing in the region;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. IWelcomes the first EU-ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Human Rights which took place in Brussels in October 2015 and looks forward to further such dialogues; is deeply concerned about the erosion of democracy and human rights in certain countries in the region and the restrictions on space for civil society, particularly for environmental, land rights and labour rights activists and media workers, human rights defenders and media workers; is concerned by the setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death penalty in the region and calls on all ASEAN countries to refrain from reinstating the death penalty and to abide by international obligations; welcomes efforts made in the fight against trafficking in human beings and forced labour in the region and calls on all governments to further increase the protection of victims and the cross country coordination and cooperation; hopes that specific and verifiable targets and measures will be included in the AICHR’'s five-year work plan and that human rights violations will beits mandate will be strengthened so that it can actively monitored, investigated and prosecuted human rights violations; urges the EU and the Member States to seek out all opportunities for cooperation with the ASEAN countries on strengthening democracy; urges all ASEAN member states to ratify further UN human rights conventions and their optional protocols, as well as the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC); and to support initiatives for transitional justice, reconciliation and the fight against impunity across the region;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Calls on European companies invested in the ASEAN region to live up to their corporate social responsibilities and to respect European standards concerning consumer, labour and environmental rights and to uphold the rights of the indigenous population;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EU institutions and the EU Member States to give adequate priority to a high frequency of political contacts, notably at ministerial level, and to take full advantage of the ASEAN-EU coordinator Member State responsible for coordinating ASEAN's Dialogue Relations with the EU and the ASEAN chairmanship; recalls the demand for a region-to-region EU-ASEAN parliamentary assembly and urges the increase of parliamentary public diplomacy in various policy areas; insists in the meantime on strengthening cooperation with the ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA); through regular and structured exchanges; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to take also advantage of the opportunities for intense exchanges on regional issues presented at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue Forum;