Activities of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2019/2136(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report
Amendments (15)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a moment when competing powers are increasingly challenging the rules-based global order, we, as Europeans, must defend universal values, rules and principles, in particular multilateralism, international law, the rule of law, democracy and human rights and non-violent conflict resolution;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the urgent need to strengthen the EU’s resilience and independence by reinforcing a CFSP which promotes peace, security, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe, its neighbourhood and throughout the world;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the European Union needs to take on a global leadership rolebecome a credible and effective global actor and unlock its political potential to think and act like a geopolitical powerpower that has meaningful impact while defending and promoting the objectives of Article 21 TEU, universal principles and rules, its common values and interests in the world; reaffirms the need to secure ‘EU strategicthe ‘EU's political and operational autonomy’; fully supports the Commission President’s decision to transform the EU’s executive branch into a ‘geopolitical commission’Commission whose focus is on building a credible external actor;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the European Union needs to be able to react to crises more rapidly and effectively and should put a greater emphasis on preventing conflicts at an early stage; recalls the need to significantly boost EU budget resources in this respect for the next MFF and to at least double funds on conflict prevention, peacebuilding and mediation;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underscores that the European Union must use its existing instruments more effectively and act in a more unified and coherent way in order to, improve its decision- making processes to become an effective and credible external actor;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the effective mainstreaming of gender equality and minority rights in the strategic and operational aspects of the EU's external action in order to devise and implement a more comprehensive foreign and security policy that takes all parts of society into account; stresses that this mainstreaming has to start with concrete measures within the EU institutions that implement its external policies and has to include targeted programming in the new NDICI financial instrument;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers the EU's enlargement policy as most successful and powerful foreign policy instrument during the last decades; urges the Member States to uphold a credible enlargement perspective for the countries of the Western Balkans also for foreign policy reasons;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes that irresponsible arms transfers to third countries undermine and weaken the CFSP, in particular EU efforts for peace, stability and sustainable development; demands strict compliance with the eight criteria of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and a mechanism for EU-level monitoring and control in this respect;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that climate change impacts all aspects of human life, including by increasing the likelihood of conflicts and violence; stresses that climate security concerns and the willingness to enforce global environmental governance should be integrated throughout the foreign policy portfolio; underscores the fact that the EU should develop capacities to monitor climate change- related risks, which should include conflict sensitivity and crisis prevention policies, acknowledges in this context that linking climate adaptation and peacebuilding measures reinforces conflict prevention; underlines the need to develop a comprehensive and anticipatory approach to climate change and security through, inter alia, climate change mitigation measures, the conclusion of climate-friendly agreements and the overall promotion of climate diplomacy; underlines the need to develop a comprehensive approach to climate change and security and to devote higher levels of financing for such actions during the next MFF as under the current IcSP;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for stronger support to the EU maritime security strategy as freedom of navigation is an increasing challenge; insists that freedom of navigation must be respected at all times; and that measure need to focus on de-escalation and the prevention of armed conflicts and military incidents;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasises that the Connectivity Strategy is key for strengthening EU-Asia relations; promotes in this respect sustainability, a rules based approach and the MFF as a decisive instrument;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Promotes the boosting ofNotes the European Union’s strategic communication capabilities; calls, in that connection, for further support for theexpects that the commitment of additional resources depends on the outcome of an independent assessment of the work of EEAS's Strategic Communications Division;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the important role of the civil and military missions that form part of the CSDP in maintaining peace, avoiding conflicts and strengthening international security; recalls the increased success of conflict resolution when gender parity and equality are respected along the process and calls for an increase of participation and managerial positions of women in such missions and to more systematically mainstream a gender perspective into CSDP missions and operations, and to actively contribute to the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Deplores that the overall proportion of women and men in management and middle management positions in the EAAS remains highly imbalanced; welcomes the commitment from the HR/VP-designate to reach the goal of 40% women in management positions and Heads of Delegation by the end of his mandate; calls on the EEAS to provide the European Parliament with an update on the degree of implementation of the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy and to review it in order to include those targets; reiterates its recommendations from its resolution of 31 May 2018 on the implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182) – Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations 2016-2020;