33 Amendments of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2017/2123(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the Treaties stipulate that defence falls within the competence of the Member States and that the Union can only act with the aim of fostering cooperation;concludes, therefore, that any policy to 'Europeanise' defence, to the detriment of the Member States, runs counter to the spirit of the Treaties;stresses that, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the Commission must be at the service of the Member States, and that putting the Member States at the service of the Commission leads to a confused and irresponsible policy, dominated by external powers or bellicose small countries intent on dictating their agenda to all other countries, contrary to the common interest;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that a Europe of Defence can only be established through cooperation among the Member States, acting through inter-governmental agencies on the basis of the principles of independence and sovereignty;points out that without the principles of independence and sovereignty such a policy amounts to a pooling of resources to deprive France of its military independence, its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and its position as a nuclear power, under the pretext of European integration, which would unacceptably turn history on its head;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading inRecalls that Ukraine experienced a coup d’état, facilitated and organised from outside the Scouth, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensntry, in January, February and March 2014, which led to the suspension of the legal and constitutional order;considers that Russia sought to protect its territory and that part of the Ukrainian populations within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to comehich wanted to have their right to self- determination in a Russian historical context recognised;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes strongly that wthenever necessary, the European Union needs to take its destiny into its own hands; stresses that the framing of a common defence policy referred to in Article 42 TEU has the objective of est legitimate defence obligation lies solely with States, as they have the military capabilishing common defence and endowing the Union with strategic autonomy and freedom of action in promoting peace, security and progress in Europe and in the worldties and the responsibility to protect their citizens;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the visible progress made in framing a stronger European defence since the adoption of the EU Global Strategy in June 2016; welcomes in particular the suggestion for a European Defence Fund, the proposed scaling-up of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, and the legislative proposal for a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP)Calls for European funds allocated to defence to be used to strengthen the strategic capabilities of those countries most able to bear the burden of the defence effort;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. HighlightStresses that the Commission and an increasing number of Member States have committed themselves to launching the European Defence Union; underlines that this corresponds to Parliament’s long-standing demand and to numerous appeals expressed in its previous resolutionsshould be at the service of the Member States, as only they have the legitimacy to determine defence policy;
Amendment 87 #
7. Calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to act upon Parliament’s calls for an EU Security and Defence White Book in the context of preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that buildNotes that the drafting of a White Paper would be superfluous given the divergence of defence systems and interests withing the Defence Union, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EU contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreementEuropean Union, with the exception of the fight against Islamism, which extends far beyond the borders of Europe;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme for defence research, with a dedicated budget and own rules, under the next MFF; underlines that Member States should make additional resources available to that programme, as requested in Parliament’s resolution of 5 July 2017; renews its previous calls on the Commission to provide for Union participation in defence research and development programmes undertaken by Member States, or jointly wiStresses that funds allocated to research must be used to support countries which, like France, bear the responsibility of military engagement, in terms of both findustry where appropriate, as referred to in Articles 185 and 187 TFEUancial and human investment;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a EDIDP; underlines that any Union action to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States in the defence remit should have the objective of contributing to the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as referred to, intStresses that European action, characterised by an ideology of openness and free trade, is profoundly unsuited to defence issues, which are matters having to do with sovereignty, borders alia, in Article 2(4) TFEUnd strength;
Amendment 127 #
10. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the VP/HR to engage together with the European Parliament in an interinstitutional dialogue on the progressive framing of a common defence policy; stresses that under the next MFF a fully-fledged EU defence budget should be established, and that a doctrine for its implementation should be developed within the remit of the Lisbon TreatyStresses that a Europe of Defence must be reduced to a strict minimum; points out that if foreign policy had been included among the ordinary mechanisms of the European Union, many Member States would have been drawn, against their will, into the conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the setting-up of a Directorate-General for dStresses that the proposal to create a Defence withDG in the Commission (DG Defence), which should drive the Union’s actions to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States aimed at the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as foreseen by Article 2 TFEUwould be a betrayal of the will of the Member States and would add to the burgeoning bureaucracy of the European Union; recalls that only inter-state cooperation involving countries with viable defence instruments can ensure the security of the continent;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the proposed DG Defence should work in liaison with the EuropeanDefenceAgency (EDA); considers that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where this is foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; renews its call on the Council to ensure that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA is funded from the Union budgeStresses that a Europe of Defence can only be achieved through cooperation between the Member States facilitated by agencies such as the European Defence Agency, which must remain an intergovernmental instrument;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WelcomeConsiders the establishment of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) process; considers that CARD should aim at bringing the armed forces into line with each other, ensuring the Union’s strategic autonomy, and allowing Member States to invest more and better process to be unnecessary; considers it more appropriate to promote interoperability between countries possessing genuine defence together; welcomes the proposal to launch a trial run in 2017instruments;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that CARD should be based on the EU White Book and the CDP and should address the full spectrum of CSDP-related capabilities, in particular those of the Member States participating in PESCO; considers that CARD should deliver a set of concrete proposals to fill gaps and identify where Union action would be appropriate, to be taken into account in the EU budget planning for the following year; underlines the need for the Commission and the EDA to work together in designing the annual work programmes under the capability and research windows of the proposed European Defence FundStresses that the funds allocated to a Europe of Defence must be used to support those countries able to bear the burden of the defence effort, to strengthen their defence research sector and control their defence industries;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 225 #
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recent establishment of a nucleus for a permanent EU operational headquarters (MPCC - Military Planning and Conduct Capability), as demanded by Parliament in its resolution of 12 September 2013; calls oConsiders the bureaucratic structure referred to as the permanent EU operational headquarters to be superfluous and of questionable usefulness; believes it would be more responsible to strengthen communication between the Membemajor States to staff it with adequate personnel in order to make it work, where actually necessary, through additional arrangements;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 240 #
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to apply full burden-sharing to military CSDP missions by enlarging common funding, which should enable and encourage more Member States to contribute their capabilities and forces; underlines the importance of reviewiStresses that the Athena mechanism can only be useful if it is used to streng then Athena mechanism in this regard and of substantially broadening the common cost financing Member States which have the most effective armies;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU needs to increase its efforts to act as a regional security provider, and to become a strong European pillar of NATO through the European Defence UnEuropean countries and the EU, consequently, have renounced their strategic autonomy whenever they have signed up for NATO operations; is of the opinion that the security and protection of Europe will increasingly depend on both organisations; calls for improving cooperation, inter alia concerning the exchange of information and intelligencepoints out that only sovereignty allows for freely agreed alliances which are not vassalisations, and that only by regaining sovereignty can Member States ensure their security in a multipolar world;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30