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Recommendation to the Council taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world

2021/2065(INI)·9th term·AFET·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: External relations of the Union · Agencies and bodies of the EU
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): PAET Urmas (Renew)
Summary

This dossier is a recommendation to the Council taking stock of the functioning of the European External Action Service and a stronger EU in the world. The amendments address the EEAS's role in EU foreign, security and defence policy under the High Representative, multilateral partnerships, unanimity versus qualified majority voting, forms of diplomacy, and Russia's aggression against Ukraine as a violation of international law.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    9 Dec 2022
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    15 Mar 2023 · On the draft recommendation
  3. Procedure completed
226
Amendments
distinct, in window
25
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
9 Dec 2022
Dates

Plenary votes

4 roll-call votes

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  1. Show the 1 earlier votes
    1. 15 Mar 2023Passedoutcome from totals
      On paragraph 1 — point i
      Official label: § 1, point i · what was voted ↗
      423 for147 against57 abstentions78 did not vote
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  2. 15 Mar 2023Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 1 — point l
    Official label: § 1, point l · what was voted ↗
    442 for170 against16 abstentions77 did not vote
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  3. 15 Mar 2023Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 1
    Official label: § 1, point af/2 · what was voted ↗
    442 for158 against23 abstentions82 did not vote
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  4. 15 Mar 2023Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the draft recommendation
    Official label: Projet de recommandation · what was voted ↗
    451 for133 against48 abstentions73 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

PE739.698 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

25 Members · by amendment count
1🇪🇸
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
36
2🇵🇹
Pedro MARQUES
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
36
3🇭🇷
Tonino PICULA
Socialists & Democrats · Croatia
36
4🇨🇾
Demetris PAPADAKIS
Socialists & Democrats · Cyprus
36
5🇸🇰
Robert HAJŠEL
Socialists & Democrats · Slovakia
33
6🇪🇸
Ernest URTASUN
Greens / EFA · Spain
31(31 solo)
7🇩🇪
Bernhard ZIMNIOK
Identity & Democracy · Germany
23(19 solo)
8🇫🇷
Jean-Lin LACAPELLE
Identity & Democracy · France
22(18 solo)
9🇱🇹
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS
Renew Europe · Lithuania
21
10🇫🇷
Nathalie LOISEAU
Renew Europe · France
20
11🇸🇮
Klemen GROŠELJ
Renew Europe · Slovenia
20
12🇷🇴
Dacian CIOLOŞ
Renew Europe · Romania
17(17 solo)
13🇸🇰
Miriam LEXMANN
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
15(11 solo)
14🇪🇸
Francisco José MILLÁN MON
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
14(14 solo)
15🇳🇱
Malik AZMANI
Renew Europe · Netherlands
13
16🇭🇷
Željana ZOVKO
European People's Party (EPP) · Croatia
12(8 solo)
17🇧🇪
Tom VANDENKENDELAERE
European People's Party (EPP) · Belgium
11(11 solo)
18🇧🇪
Frédérique RIES
Renew Europe · Belgium
11
19🇫🇷
Emmanuel MAUREL
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
7(7 solo)
20🇸🇰
Vladimír BILČÍK
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
6(6 solo)
21🇭🇺
Kinga GÁL
Patriots for Europe · Hungary
5(5 solo)
22🇵🇱
Anna FOTYGA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
5(5 solo)
23🇩🇪
David MCALLISTER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
5(5 solo)
24🇸🇪
David LEGA
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
4(4 solo)
25🇳🇱
Peter van DALEN
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
4

The amendments, in full text

226 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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