Activities of Jaromír ŠTĚTINA related to 2015/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Arms export: implementation of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (A8-0338/2015 - Bodil Valero) CS
Arms export: implementation of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) CS
Amendments (5)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is an inherent right of individual or collective self-defence according to Art. 51 of the Charter of the UN;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the supply of defensive arms in case of a legitimate self-defence; welcomes the decision of some Member States to supply defensive arms to the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan and to Ukraine;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that EU Member States are major global arms exporters, accounting for EUR 36.7 billion in exports in 2013, of which EUR 26.7 billion is to non-EU countries; considerNotes that the defence industry should aims to primarily ensure defence and security of EU Member States; is seriously concerned by the consequences for the security andconsiders it essential to further develop the EU industrial defence base, ensuring that the EU´s defence innovation and technology is not defpenceding ofn the EU caused by the transfer of sensitive knowledge and technology to third countrieird countries; underlines that research and development in the defence industries have an important spill-over effect contributing to numerous civilian applications;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Commends the fact that the EU has a legally binding framework, unique in the world, through which arms export control is being enforced, including in crisis regions and countries with questionable human rights records; and welcomes the fact, in this connection, that several European and third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Welcomes the fact that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Norway have aligned themselves with the criteria and principles of the Common Position 2008/944CFSP; notes that a special information exchange system between the EU and the aligned third countries has been in place since 2012;