Activities of Andrej PLENKOVIĆ related to 2015/2272(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world (debate) HR
Amendments (6)
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU in consequence to enhance coherent and structured cooperation on defence research, the industrial base and cyber defence through pooling and sharing, in order to use defence budgets more efficiently. The European Defence Agency’'s role needs to be strengthened and its resources increased to enable it to act more effectively. Member States should take more responsibility for building European capabilities and increase their military research expenditure both nationally and through the EDA. Furthermore, a true European intelligence and forecasting capacity needs to be developed;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and advocates the importance of its deepening and widening in the area of strategic communication, political consultation, capabilities development and countering new security challenges such as hybrid threats; supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’'s borders;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that existing means and tools, such as CSDP instruments, including EU- Battlegroups, should be used to a greater extend in stabilizing Europe's wider neighbourhood;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO); in this regard stresses the need to overcome structural limitations related in particular to needs' assessment, capabilities (civilian and military) and common financing;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that in order to attain the above objectives, the EU must deepen its partnerships with other global and regional actors and its partnerships with non-state actors and civil society; believes that structural partnerships and the EU's pivot towards the UN, NATO, AU, OSCE and ASEAN should remain a priority and that multilateral and multi-layered cooperation and partnering should focus on peace, conflict prevention and crisis management;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests thus putting a special emphasis on: i) institution and state building, ii) as well as political and social inclusiveness. In this regard EU's efforts should be streamlined on: eradication of poverty, security sector reform, border management, fight against corruption, organised crime, smuggling of migrants and human trafficking, post- conflict stabilisation, victim rehabilitation, women empowerment, disarmament and demining;