19 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2020/2080(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the NATO Treaty, and the Defence Investment Pledge made by the Heads of State at the NATO Summit in Wales 2014,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the existing commitments of 21 Member States to spend 2% of their GDP on defence and 20% of their defence budget on procurement of new technologies in order to maintain a qualitative edge in Allied military hardware,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas PESCO’s long-term vision is to achieve a coherent full-spectrum force package available to the Member States; whereas PESCO should enhance the EU’s capacity to act as an international security provider by enhancing interoperability in order to protect EU citizens and maximise the effectiveness of defence spending; whereas the cost of non-Europe in security and defence is estimated to be more than EUR 100 billion per year;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the consequedemonstrated the importances of the EU not having enough competence when it comes to health care; whereas, by the same analogy, it would make sense to establish an EU common defence strategy in order to be ablenation state and Member States’ sovereignty; whereas Member States competence should be respected and preserved; whereas, by the same analogy, it would make sense to for Member States to cooperate on defence strategy to respond to an attack on the EU’s borders and territories; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the objective of a common defence of the Member States;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas according to Council decision 2017/2315, establishing PESCO enhanced defence capabilities of the Member States will also benefit NATO provided that duplication is avoided and interoperability is prioritized, while strengthening the European pillar within the alliance and responding to repeated calls for stronger transatlantic burden- sharing;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas work on the first three waves of PESCO projects has led to the pMS proposing 47 projects; whereas the current list of projects lacks coherence, strategic ambition and does not adequately address priority shortfalls as identified by the pMS; whereas one of these projects has been stopped in order to avoid unnecessary duplication; whereas other projects did not make sufficient progress or are at risk of being stopped, and around 30 projects are still in the ideation and preparatory phase;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas the participation of third countries in individual PESCO projects might be in the strategic interest of the European Union, particularly in the cases of the United Kingdom, United States and Canada;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) define the Union’s strategic vision, by, inter alia, implementing the level of ambition defined by the 2016 EU Global Strategy in the ongoing work of the Strategic Compass and, strengthen PESCO’s operational dimension to ensure that its outputs are functional and add value to ongoing or future operational readiness;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ensure that future key land, sea, air and other platforms for the armed forces of the Member States are brought under PESCO or are at least closely connected to itutilized to ensure PESCO efforts are complementary to existing capabilities and used in a manner that resolves existing shortfalls and offsets overhead expenses;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
Amendment 317 #