Activities of Tarja CRONBERG related to 2013/2105(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) PDF (213 KB) DOC (107 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises in this regard the possibility of establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) among Member States (Article 46.6 TEU), of entrusting CSDP missions and operationinstruments and military planning and conduct capabilities in particular to that group of Member States (Articles 42.5 and 44.1 TEU), and of establishing a start- up fund for preparatory activities for missions which are not charged to the Union budget (Article 41.3 TEU); highlighttherefore calls ion this context the importance of leveraging those EU policies which have an impact on security and defence, like industrial research and innovation, market, trade and space policies, in order to support those Member States which are engaged in fure President of the European Council and the High Representative/Vice-President to establish ther strengthening the CSDPart-up fund;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that, according to the Treaties, the EU's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples (Article 3 TEU) and that its action on the international scene seeks to consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and to prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, with the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and with the aims of the Charter of Paris,; including those relating to external borders (Article 21 TEU); is convinced that the CSDP serves these aims and underlines the need to upgrade its convinced that the CSDP serves these aims; recalls that Articles 42.1. and 43.1. TEU describe the spectrum of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions as joint disarmament operations, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice and assistance tasks, conflict prevention and peace-keeping tasks, tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peace-making and post-conflict stabilisation;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reminds that according to Article 42.2. a common defence policy of the Union in the sense of collective territorial defence is only possible if the European Council acting unanimously, so decides; states that there is currently no legal base or political mandate for a role of CSDP in the protection and surveillance of the external borders of the European Union;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the important role of mediation and dialogue in preventing and resolving conflicts peacefully; commends the progress the EEAS has made in strengthening its mediation capacities and reiterates its support for further enhancing Europe's capacities in this field; believes that the European Parliament's successful involvement in mediation processes, inter alia in Ukraine and Macedonia, has demonstrated the important role parliamentarians can play in supporting mediation and dialogue processes and intends to further step up its efforts in this field;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Asks that the functional problems of civilian CSDP missions, notably regarding the speed of deployment, be tackled by reviewing their legal and financial framework, which often complicates the decision-making process and leads to delays; calls for an increase in the number of planners, which is too small in comparison to the number of missions; further asks Member States to create a ‘civilian reserve corps’ that could be deployed quickly if needed within a wide range of crisis especially climate-driven humanitarian ones; welcomes in this regard the recently established permanent CSDP warehouse; reminds its 2001 resolution which called for the creation of a European Civil Peace Corps; welcomes recent efforts to create a Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps within the Commission and a pool of experts in mediation, dialogue, and reconciliation within the External Action Service; also welcomes the existence and the continuation of the Peacebuilding- Partnership between the External Action Service and relevant civil society stakeholders;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the fact that successful military operations require a clear command and control function; reiterates therefore its call for the establishment of a permanent military operational headquartersplanning and conduct capability; notes with regret the lack of progress on this issue and the strong resistance by some Member States; stresses further that an effective CSDP requires adequate early warning and intelligence support; considers, therefore, that these headquarters should include cells for intelligence gathering and for early warning/situational awareness;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates its support for a provisional solution and draws attention to its proposal to improve the status of the currently active Operations Centre for the Horn of Africa; asks the HR/VP to develop such an option, within the constraints of its current size and infrastructure, in order to optimise the use of existing resources, and to examine the feasibility of creating an organisational cell permanent military planning and conduct capability to take care of the necessary logistics of an operation from Brussels, thus enabling the military commander to concentrate on his/her tasks in the operational field; considers that this body should have legal capacity and be assigned the role of coordinating procurement between Brussels and individual mission headquarters, using economies of scale to maximise savings;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. DeplorNotes the fact that EU battlegroups have never yet been deployed in EU military operations; stresses nonetheless that they constitute an important tool for timely force generation, training and rapid reaction; underlines that they could be deployed for all type of crisis climate-driven humanitarian crisis included; welcomes the decision to address this issue during the December Summit; is convinced that the EU should dispose of high- readiness standing battle forces, with land, air, naval and special forces components and a high level of ambition; favours a more flexible and targeted approach to enhance the response and adaptability to different crisis situations, and to improve modularity in order to close gaps during the initial phases of the launch of CSDP operations without, however, compromising the operational capacity of the battlegroup as a whole;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Invites Member States to exploit the possibilities offered by PESCO and to start implementing this Treaty provision in order to tackle the prevailing ‘military CSDP fatigue’ and deepen military cooperation and integration; calls on the European Council to deliver clear guidelines for its implementation and invites Member States that are not interested to act constructively; stresses that the possibility of joining at a later stage should be left open;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that the European economy depends on thStresses the need to develop an EU maritime foreedom of navigation and on open sea routes; calls therefore on the European Council to consider the strategic maritime interests of the EU and to mandate the HR/VP and the Commission to draw up an EU maritime security strategy, in line with the April 2010 Council conclusions, anign policy which puts an emphasis on peaceful resolution of conflicts within the context of international law and which aims at protecting and preserving critical infrastructure, open sea routes and natural resources; underlines the need to dprevelop a specific implementation plan; points out that the integration of maritime surveillance across sectors and borders is already a cross-sectoral tool of the EU Integrated Maritime Policy (IPM); highlights the importance of swiftly implementing the Common Information Sharing Environment project and building a ‘bridge’ between the IPM and the CSDP to improve information sharing between themnt the militarisation of regions like the Arctic and stresses the need to use peaceful means of conflict resolution including trade instruments;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Requests that the European Council reconfirm the importance of space, which underpins the strategic autonomnon-dependency of the EU and its Member States and the potential to gain autonomous European access to space by developing launchers and satellites under the condition of cost-effectiveness; reiterates the importance of gathering precise intelligence for both civil and military CSDP missions and operations; emphasises in particular the role of space- based assets in the field of conflict prevention and crisis management before, during and after a crisis; invites the Commission to develop a specific policy to support the development of multiple-use space assets;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Echoes concerns that further cuts in national defence budgets will make it impossible to maintain critical military capabilities and will result in the irreversible loss of know-how and technologies; nNotes that the shortfalls in Member States' capabilities became apparent during the operations in Libya and Mali and that the economic crisis has exacerbated existing structural problems; reiterates its view, however, that the problem is less of a budgetary nature than of a political one;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the opportunity for Member States to enjoy the full benefits of working closer together and to decide to spend scarce resources in a better and smarter way, avoiding redundancy, fragmentation, overcapacities, corruption and unnecessary duplication;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Draws attention to the mission of the European Defence Agency (EDA), as provided for in Articles 42(3) and 45 TEU, according to which the Agency is entrusted with important tasks in terms of implementing permanent structured cooperation, formulating a European capabilities and armaments policy, developing the military capabilities of Member States, and strengthening the industrial and technological base of the defence sector; calls on the Member States to empower the Agency to fulfil this mission and to consider financing the Agency from but without financial implications for the EU budget;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – point c
Paragraph 38 – point c
(c) to step up the implementation of existing projects, particularly those regarding strategic enablers, and to provide political support for the EDA's flagship projects, i.e. Air-to-Air Refuelling, Satellite Communication, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, Cyber Defence, and the Single European Sky;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Is concerned by the fact that a number of Member States are preparing to buy used F-16 fighter jets without giving European companies a fair chance to compete; considers that such a practice stands in contrast to the objective of the European Council to strengthen the European Defence Industrial Base; reminds these Member States of the need to implement the principles of non- discrimination and transparency as laid down in the Treaty of Lisbon also to government-to-government sales;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Calls on the Member States, the EDA and the Commission to work together towards the gradual phasing-out of offset requirements, while fostering the integration of smaller Member States' industries into the European defence technological and industrial base by means other than offsets; encourage Member States in particular to make full use of the Directives provisions on subcontracting and General Licences to achieve this objective;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the anticipation and management of change and restructuring are an integral part of any industrial policy; considers, therefore, that further market integration, consolidation and downsizing of capacities in the defence sector must go hand in hand with active social dialogue and the mitigation of its negative impacts on regional and local economies, making full use of EU financial instruments, such as the European Social Fund and the European Globalisation Fund;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the European Council to take action in these areas and to reverse the tendency to cut R&D expenditure, including at Union levelof a decreasing relative volume R&D expenditure; supports the development of effective and cost-efficient cooperation between civilian security and defence research activities of national private and public actors and agencies which seeks pooling of existing financial resources without reference to the EU level; stresses, however, the continued need for an effective dual-use export regime;