Activities of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2022/2196(INI)
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REPORT on the implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance
Amendments (42)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the EU is committed to becoming a more assertive and decisive security provider, better prepared to tackle present and future threats and challenges, and to defend the European and global security order together with its partners;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas civilian crisis management has become established as a key pillar of the EU’s CSDP since 1999 in conflict prevention, stabilisation and promotion of sustainable peace; whereas the demand for civilian crisis management has grown, also as a result of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas civilian missions are crucial in the EU’s wider response to security challenges through non-military means, including those linked to hybrid threats, terrorism, organised crime and various kinds of transnational trafficking;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas one of the objectives of the EU Strategic Compass is to reinforce EU civilian and military CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates, promoting rapid and more flexible decision-making process and ensuring greater financial solidarity; whereas it should allow CSDP missions and operations to adapt swiftly to new threats and challenges and increase their effectiveness, also in view of the new security context and the growing presence of our strategic competitors in operational theatres; whereas the EU and MS agreed to reinforce civilian CSDP through a new Compact allowing for a faster deployment, also in complex environments;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas civilian CSDP tasks have, over the years, broadened to include, inter alia, transitional justice, mediation, dialogue and conflict analysis, and have also adapted to new and emerging security challenges such as irregular migration, hybrid threats, including cyberattacks and, foreign influterference, and theinformation manipulation of information; , terrorism and radicalisation, violent extremism and organised crime, and also included to its activities border management, maritime security and the protection of cultural heritage;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas civilian CSDP tasks have, over the years, broadened to include, inter alia, transitional justice, mediation, dialogue and conflict analysis, and have alsomust without delay adapted to new and emerging challenges such as hybrid threats, including cyberattacks and foreign influence, and the manipulation of informationof information manipulation and interference;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Crisis management lies at the heart of the EU's CSDP, in particular through its military and civilian missions and operation; recalls that a key take-away from the 2020 threat analysis was the need to strengthen the EU's ability to react quickly to crises and to enhance its overall preparedness; Stresses that EU civilian crisis management should makes important contributions to international peace and security, and plays a key role in implementing the EU’s Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Respects the commitment and expertise of the personnel serving in civilian CSDP missionsUnderlines the importance of the assignments entrusted to the personnel serving in civilian CSDP missions which implies for Member States the necessity to provide relevant profiles and for the EEAS to implement an attentive HR policy; welcomes in this regard the recent reorganization of the CPCC;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Believes that traditional civilian CSDP tasks such as policing, the rule of law, civil administration, SSR and monitoring remain very important in ordmore relevant than ever to stabilise and modernise the security and justice sectors; underlines the need to continue updating and enlargat enlarging its maing tasks in the framework of the Integrated Approach and the Treaties in light of the new risks and threats that have emerged should be considered; stresses the need, where relevant, to integrate and strengthen cross- cutting issues, in particular:
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b) security needs and ownership of the host governments and local populations,
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that in some cases the success of civilian CSDP missions is jeopardised by the failure of the host governments to meet their reform commitments, therefore, calls for intensified cooperation with the host countries and equal attention for training and institutional reforms;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for the EU’s integrated approach encompassing the civilian CSDP missions, development assistance and humanitarian aid to be used to provide civilian CSDP missions with needed leverage to keep the host governments on track to meet their commitments and to adhere to the fundamental freedoms and human rights;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that often civilian CSDP missions take place in countries and regions contested by state and non-state actors ready to undermine the EU’s capacity and credibility as a security provider;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights that success of civilian CSDP mission highly depends on openness to the host country’s perspectives and ownership, therefore, urges to use tailor-made approaches, active involvement and cooperation with the host government and civil society, as well as local population;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the importance of the civilian CSDP mission to coordinate with other international partners engaged in similar activities in the host country;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Regrets prevailing shortfalls in the EU’s capacity to pre-empt and detect hybrid threats, particularly information manipulation, which directly affect the success of civilian CSDP missions; calls for improved strategic communication, tailor-made for each mission, highlighting the objectives and values of the mission and benefits to the local population, as well as intensified communication to the EU public;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the new Civilian CSDP Compact to be used to strive for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in civilian CSDP, including, as a first step, toto aim at increaseing the participation of women to at least 40 % across missions and at all levels by 2024;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of fully implementing objectives set in the Strategic Compass for civilian CSDP (inter alia being able to deploy 200 experts in 30 days) by building on recent efforts demonstrated by the EU to act in a more agile, reactive and coordinated way; in this regard, welcomes the rapid decision- making and launch of the EU Monitoring capacity (EUAM) in Armenia;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to develop a concrete plan on how to implement the integrated approach and ensure that all relevant EU and Member States’ instruments (Military CSDP, Global Europe, the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance, Justice and Home Affairs actors) are applied coherently to achieve the EU’s overall objectives;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member StatUrges, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to develop a concrete plan on how to implement the integrated approach and ensure that all relevant EU instruments (Military CSDP, Global Europe, the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance) are applied coherently and lead more efficiently to achieve the EU’s overall objectives;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance of cooperation with third countries and partners, such as the UN, OSCE and NATO, in addressing present and future security threats and challenges;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Urges to invite and involve EU candidate countries on a case by case basis to contribute and take part in civilian CSDP missions; calls for assistance for interested countries in order to train and prepare them for such participation;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the achievements of the 2018 Compact in engaging Member States in the development of their National Implementation Plans (NIPs), including through structured dialogue and the exchange of good practices and lessons learned, and further building on those through structured and regular capability processes to be agreed upon, and promoting regional cooperation and joint actions among the Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes notes of the achievements of the 2018 Compact in engaging Member States in the development of their National Implementation Plans (NIPs), including through structured dialogue and the exchange of good practices and lessons learned, and further building on those through structured and regular capability processes to be agreed upon;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Supports all initiatives aiming at developing a train and equip instrument for civilian Missions in order to enhance the EU capacity to support third States, and respond to their concrete expectations and needs;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for clear exit strategies for civilian missions, allowing for swifter closure of missions when operational and political objectives are menot met or, when security, political or strategic conditions are not met or not possible to meet anymore in the country of establishment;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the factNotes that the only assessments of civilian CSDP missions’ mandates currently in place are Strategic Reviews feeding into the renewal, adaptation or closure of the mission mandates; stresses the importance of developing and establishing a system and methodology to assess, inter alia, the performance of missions, their effectiveness and their financial management; stresses, in this regard, the importance of establishing an independentmpartial system to evaluation ofe the impact of missions;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the importance to assess civilian CSDP efforts in specific fields, notably addressing the new and emerging security challenges such as irregular migration, maritime security and organised crime;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that in spite of being one of the core commitments in the Compact, civilian CSDP missions persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient personnel, with 10 Member States currently providing 78 % of seconded personnel, and 17 Member States only 22 %; calls on all Member States to ensure that they provide seconded staff to fill 100 % of all operational positions and to aim at provideing at least 60 % of the seconded staff for non-operational positions;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses upon necessity for personnel of civilian CSDP missions to build trust-based relations with the host governments, civil society and local populations, which requires situational awareness, cultural understanding and knowledge of local languages;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls for enhanced training for the missions staff on pre-empting, detecting and addressing hybrid threats, particularly information manipulation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a substantive increase of funding for the CFSP budget in order to the efficiency of the use of the funding allocated to the CSDP civilian missions in order to make sure that they effectively respond to crisis situations and unforeseen events, and to actively identify where complementary projects and programmes could be funded from other relevant EU budgets;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the factNotes that while EU spending on defence has recently increased considerably, the funding for civilian CSDP has not; notes that the Strategic Compass fails to take into account the fact that civilian capabilities also require enhanced fundsdue to the current very instable geopolitical situation and the return of the war in Europe, the funding for civilian CSDP has not;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Welcomes the latest establishment of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) with the aim to contribute to stability in the border areas of Armenia, to build confidence on the ground, and to ensure an environment conducive to normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to allow EUMA access to the Lachin Corridor in order to assess the situation on the ground and contribute to its resolution;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. (new subheading) Give a renewed and focused attention to current missions
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Commands the work as well as the physical presence in the Ukraine territory of the 50 staff of the EU civilian mission (EUAM) in Ukraine; encourages the mission to continue its work in support of Ukraine in the documentation and investigation of war crimes; calls on the Commission, in the context of Ukraine accession negotiations, to engage as soon as possible with EUAM Ukraine to build upon its experience on security issues, its longstanding partnership with the Ukrainian authorities, and strong presence on the ground; underlines the relevant support the mission is bringing in the field of criminal investigations;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Welcomes the approach to transfer EU monitoring experts from the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia for the EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia as a timely and experience- sharing solution and encourages to explore possibilities for more similar cooperation among civilian CSDP missions;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Recognises the critical security situation in South Caucasus and strongly supports the launch of a new civilian CSDP Mission in Armenia; calls for the mission to contribute to any dialogue and initiative leading to an increased peace and security in the region;
Amendment 194 #
24 d. Considers the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia as an essential assets for the EU in the region; calls for a continued cooperation and mutual support with the mission in Armenia;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24 e. Acknowledges that the critical support of EULEX Kosovo has recently contributed to lower tensions and restore confidence in Northern Kosovo; urges EU Member States to continue supporting the Mission by mobilising and sending highly needed gendarmerie forces on the ground;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24 f. Stresses the importance of EUAM Iraq, EUBAM Rafah, EUPOL COPPS currently deployed in the Middle East region; calls for all possible synergies between the two Missions deployed in Palestine;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24 g. Expresses concerns about the political and security developments in Libya; urges the Libyan authorities to facilitate the work of EUBAM Libya in the implementation of its mandate and in its entire functional scope;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 h (new)
Paragraph 24 h (new)