Activities of Daniel FREUND related to 2022/2051(INL)
Plenary speeches (2)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties
Amendments (7)
Amendment 351 #
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the promotion of military cooperation and the establishment of a defence union including permanently stationed European military units, aultinational military units and a common European permanent rapid deployment capacity, under the operational command of the Union; proposes that the operational cost of joint procurement and the development of armaments be financed by the Union through a dedicated budget via the pooling of Member States’ contributions under parliamentary co-decision and scrutiny and proposes that the competences of the European Defence Agency be adjusted accordingly; notes that clauses with regard to national traditions of neutrality and NATO membership would not be affected by these changes;
Amendment 459 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) safeguard its values, fundamental interests, security, strategic sovereignty and solidarity, independence and integrity;
Amendment 463 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. The common security and defence policy shall be an integral part of the common foreign and security policy. It shall enable the Union to defend citizens and Member States against threats. It shall provide the Union with an operational capacity drawing on civilian and military assets. The Union may use them on missions outside the Union for peace- keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter. The operformance of these tasks shall be undertaken using capabilities provided by the Member Statesational cost of the common security and defence policy, including the operational cost of the procurement and development of armaments, shall be financed by the Union through a dedicated budget via the pooling of Member States’ contributions at Union level, in respect of which the European Parliament is a co-legislator and exercises full scrutiny, also as regards the implementation of the common security and defence policy.
Amendment 466 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 42 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall makeThe Union shall establish a Defence Union with civilian and military capabilities available to the Union for the implementation of the common security and defence policy, to contribute to the objectives defined by the Council with the objective of promoting military cooperation between Member States at Union level. This includes permanently- stationed joint European multinational military units and a common European permanent rapid deployment capacity, under the operational command of the Union. Member States may provide additional capabilities. Those Member States which together establish multinational forces may also make them available to the common security and defence policy. The Union and the Member States shall undertake progressively to improve their military capabilities, in particular through military cooperation at Union level. The Agency in the field of defence capabilities development, research, acquisition and armaments (hereinafter referred to as "the European Defence Agency") shall identify operational requirements, shall promoteimplement measures to satisfy those requirements, shall contribute to identifying and, where appropriimprove interoperability, shall procure armaments on behalf of the Union and its Member States, implementingshall take any measure needed to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector, shall participate in defining a European capabilities and armaments policy, and shall assist the Council in evaluatinge the improvement of military capabilities.
Amendment 476 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 48 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Any initiative taken by the European Council on the basis of the first or the second subparagraph shall be notified to the national Parliaments. If a national Parliaments representing at least one third of all the votes allocated to them in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality makes known its opposition within six months of the date of such notification, the decision referred to in the first or the second subparagraph shall not be adopted. In the absence of opposition, the European Council may adopt the decision.
Amendment 486 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 9
9. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall ensure that social progress is anchored in a social protocol. The Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, as well as the effective exercise of democratic collective rights of trade unions.
Amendment 561 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 319 – paragraph 1
1. The European Parliament, acting on a recommendation from the Council, shall give a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget. It shall also give a discharge to other institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in respect of the implementation of their sections of the budget or of their budgets, as appropriate, and in accordance with conditions to be laid down pursuant to Article 322. To this end, the Council and the European Parliament in turn shall examine the accounts, the financial statement and the evaluation report referred to in Article 318, the annual report by the Court of Auditors together with the replies of the institutions under audit to the observations of the Court of Auditors, the statement of assurance referred to in Article 287(1), second subparagraph and any relevant special reports by the Court of Auditors.