2 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Notes with concern that despite a combined yearly defence budget of some EUR 190 billion, the Member States are still unable to meet the 1999 Helsinki Headline Goals; recalls the ambitious civilian headline goals set by the EU; calls for the EU to be strengthened as an actor in defence, and regrets the lack of a clear military doctrine which operationalises the tasks listed in Article 43 TEU (the expanded ‘Petersberg tasks’); strongly advocates closer defenceEU domestic and external policy coordination and better defence cooperation between Member States and at EU level, in particular pooling and sharing of resources, capabilities and assets;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Strongly encourages the centralisation of mission support functions trough setting up of a Shared Services Centre (SSC), together with an Integrated Resource Management System (IRMS), as a way to improve the speed of deployment, and cost-efficiency, of civilian missions; deplores that this initiative has been in a stalemate so far; notes that a mission support platform is currently being considered, butthe discussions on this subject in the Council are still ongoing and calls on the Commission and the EEAS to make further common steps towards establishing a genuine SSCshared mission support system;