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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility PDF (196 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (37)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Disarmament Agenda (‘Securing our Common Future’)4a, _________________ 4a https://front.un- arm.org/documents/SG+disarmament+ag enda_1.pdf
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDGs 1, 16 and 17, aiming at the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development4b, _________________ 4b https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 13 November 2017 and, 25 June 2018 and 19 November 2018 on security and defence in the context of the EU Global Strategy,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the EU ambitions to be a global actor for peace, striving for the maintenance of international peace and security and respect for international humanitarian and human rights law;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the challenging security environment surrounding the EU necessitates the provisions of instruments which enhance the EU’s ability to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security; whereas it is acknowledged that secured and peaceful societies are a pre-requisite for lasting development;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
20b. whereas the EU is the world biggest provider of development and humanitarian aid, strengthening its security and development nexus towards achieving sustainable peace;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has found it challenging in the past to finance operations with defence implications; whereas Parliament has repeatedly emphasised the need for funding that is more flexible and efficient and expresses solidarity; whereas additional instruments are necessary to ensure that the EU can play its role as a global actor; whereas any such instruments need to be subject to proper parliamentary control;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; whereas the EU has taken significant steps to increase the cooperation between its Member States in the defence area; whereas the EU has always prided itself on its soft power and will keep doing so; whereas an evolving reality, however, requires the EU not to remain an exclusively ‘civilian power’, but to extend its hard power, since soft and hard power go hand in hand; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas the military plays a key role in this, especially in countries where civilian authorities are unable to fulfil their tasks in the light of the security situation; whereas the European Peace Facility (EPF or the Facility) will lead to a stronger engagement of the EU towards partner countries and will increase the effectiveness of EU external action, allowing the EU to become in the future a global stability and security provider;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas operations carried out under the Facility shall comply with the principles and values enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and respect for international humanitarian and Human Rights law; whereas operations which are not defined as ethically acceptable from the point of view of human safety, health and security, freedom, privacy, integrity and dignity, shall be thoroughly assessed and reconsidered;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the proposed average annual envelope for the EPF is EUR 1 500 000 000, while the combined spending under the Athena mechanism and the APF has fluctuated between EUR 250 000 000 and EUR 500 000 000 annually; whereas the potential purposes of the additional EUR 1 000 000 000 per year are notshall be adequately specified in the proposal; and shall seek to improve global peace, stability and security;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas as an off-budget mechanism financed through yearly contributions by Member States, based on a GNI distribution key, the EPF is expected to allow the EU to fund a higher proportion of the common costs (35-45 %) of military missions and operations, as is currently the case with the Athena mechanism; whereas the EPF is also expected to ensure that EU funding is available on a permanent basis, ensuring adequate programming for crisis preparedness and making rapid deployment easier and improving flexibility in case of rapid response; whereas the ambitious inclusion and expansion of the Athena mechanism for the common funding of CSDP missions and operations has been a long-standing demand of Parliament; whereas, however, the proposed Council Decision does not have the same binding character as the internal agreement of the APF, which means that Member States may opt out from funding EPF actions;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas all military tasks under the Facility, such as joint disarmament operations, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice and assistance tasks, conflict prevention and peacekeeping tasks, tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking and post-conflict stabilisation, the fight against terrorism, including by supporting third countries in combating terrorism in their territories, with full respect of human rights, fall within the remit of the CSDP; whereas the exception of Article 41(2) TEU applies to the operating expenditure arising from those military missions only; whereas all other operating expenditure arising from the CSDP, including expenditure arising from any other action referred to in Article 42 TEU, should be charged to the Union budget; whereas the administrative expenditure of the EPF should be charged to the Union budget;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas military and civilian missions outside the Union need to be kept separate from each other in order to ensure that the civilian missions are further developed and funded from the Union budget only;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the European Court of Auditors has published a special report on the African Peace and Security Architecture funded via the APF, which is proposed to be included and expanded in the EPF; whereas the Court finds that this support was poorly prioritised and had limited effect, which raises serious questions abereas the recommendations from the ECA shall be duly taken into account the proposed radicallyin view of the ambitious increased funding for the new Facility;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the new Facility shall primary focus on capacity building;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Commission did not submit a financial impact assessment regarding the administrative expenditure to accompany its proposal shall be submitted; whereas the administrative expenditure for the EPF has substantial implications for the EU budget; whereas no extra staff should be hired by or delegated to the EPF beyond the staff currently working on the instruments being replaced; whereas the synergies arising from bringing together the current distinct instruments in one administrative structure should facilitate managing the larger geographical scope of the EPF; whereas additional staff should only be recruited if and when the revenue for a mission or measure has been effectively collected from all participating Member States; whereas the time-limited character of the revenue calls for the contracts of staff recruited by the Facility or the secondments to the Facility for a particular mission or measure to have corresponding time limits; whereas no staff should be recruited by or seconded to the Facility from a Member State where it has made a formal declaration under Article 31(1) TEU for a particular mission or measure;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas adequate staff should be hired by or delegated to the EPF beyond the staff currently working on the instruments being replaced; whereas the synergies arising from bringing together the current distinct instruments in one administrative structure should facilitate managing the larger geographical scope of the EPF; whereas additional staff should only be recruited if and when the revenue for a mission or measure has been effectively collected from all participating Member States; whereas the time-limited character of the revenue calls for the contracts of staff recruited by the Facility or the secondments to the Facility for a particular mission or measure to have corresponding time limits; whereas no staff should be recruited by or seconded to the Facility from a Member State where it has made a formal declaration under Article 31(1) TEU for a particular mission or measure;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the VP/HR should regularly consult Parliament on all main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP and CSDP and their subsequent evolution; whereas Parliament should be consulted and informed in a timely manner to allow it to present its views and ask questions, to the VP/HR and the Council before decisions are made or decisive action is taken; whereas the VP/HR should consider Parliament’s views and incorporate them into his or her proposals, should reconsider decisions or parts of decisions that Parliament opposes, or withdraw such proposals, notwithstanding the possibility of a Member State advancing the initiative in such a case, and should propose Council decisions relating to the CSDP where invited by Parliament to do so; whereas the Parliament should have a yearly debate with the VP/HR on operations funded by the Facility;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to includelay down in the decision reference to Parliament’s role as discharge authoritythe powers of Parliament in terms of discharge according to Article 319 TEU, as is currently the case with the European Development Fund (EDF) and therefore for the APF, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the financial regulations applicable to the EDF, with a view to preserving the consistency of the EU’s external action in line with Article 18 (TEU);
Amendment 71 #
(c) to provide Parliament with access to all information, including original documents, regarding the EPF annual budget, amending budgets, transfers, action programmes (including during the preparatory phase), implementation of assistance measures (including ad hoc measures), agreements with implementing actors, and reports on the implementation of revenue and expenditure, as well as the annual accounts, the financial statement, the evaluation report and the annual report by the Court of Auditors;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 5
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 5
- to add a new subparagraph at the end of Article 26 as follows: ‘All civilian aspects, assets or missions under the CFSP and in particular under the CSDP, or parts thereof, shall be exclusively funded from the Union budget.’;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 8
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 8
- to amend Article 7 as follows: ‘Any Member State, the High Representative or the High Representative with the support of the Commission may submit proposals for Union actions under Title V TEU to be financed by the Facility. The High Representative shall inform the European Parliament immediatelyn a timely manner any such proposal.’;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10
- to add a new point 2a to Article 11: ‘2a. The facility shall have a liaison officer to the European Parliament. The liaison officer shall appear before the relevant parliamentary body before taking up his or her post, and subsequentlHead of the FPI shall have annual exchange of views with the relevant parliamentary body in order to provide regular briefings. on the Facility’;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 a (new)
- to amend Article 12.1 as follows: ‘A Facility Committee (hereafter “ the Committee”) composed of one representative of each participating Member State is established. Representatives of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and of the Commission shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Committee without taking part in its votes. Representatives of the European Defence Agency (EDA) may be invited to attend Committee meetings for items under discussion that relate to the EDA’s area of activity, without taking part in or being present at its votes. Representatives of the European Parliament may be invited to attend the Committee meetings without taking part in or being present at its votes.’; ;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 b (new)
- to amend paragraph 4 of Article 12 as follows: ‘The Committee shall approve the annual accounts and close them’;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 c (new)
- to amend paragraph 1 of Article 13 as follows: ‘The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, after informing the Committee, and after an exchange of views with the European Parliament relevant body, shall appoint an administrator for a period of three years.’;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 d (new)
- to amend paragraph 7 of Article 13 as follows: ‘The administrator shall coordinate work on financial questions relating to operations, assistance measures and other operational actions. He or she shall be the contact point with national administrations and, as appropriate, with the European Parliament and international organisations on these matters.’;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 11
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 11
- to add a new point 8a. to Article 13 as follows: ‘8a. The administrator shall be involved in briefinghave yearly exchange of views with the European Parliament relevant body.’;
Amendment 107 #
- to add a new point 8a. to Article 16 as follows: ‘8a. The operation commanders shall be involved in briefing the European Parliamenthave exchange of views with the European Parliament relevant body in a timely manner.’;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 a (new)
- to amend Article 34.1 as follows: ‘The administrator shall propose to the Committee the appointment of an internal auditor of the Facility, and at least one deputy internal auditor, for a period of four years, renewable up to a total period not exceeding 8 years. Internal auditors must have the necessary professional qualifications and offer sufficient guarantees of security, objectivity and independence. The internal auditor may not be either the authorising officer or accounting officer; he or she may not take part in the preparation of financial statements.’;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 b (new)
- to add a new paragraph 7a. to Article 47 as follows: ‘7a. Sale or transfer to the host country or a third party shall be in full compliance with the EU Common Position 944/2008/CFSP.’;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 c (new)
- to add a new paragraph 7b. to Article 47 as follows: ‘7b. Sale or transfer to the host country or a third party shall have been subject to adequate end-use checks and risk management evaluation.’;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 d (new)
- to amend paragraph 1 of Article 49 as follows: ‘Action Programmes shall be approved by the Council on a proposal from the High Representative. The European Parliament shall be informed of the approved Action Programmes once adopted by the Council.’;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 a (new)
- to amend paragraph 3 of Article 50 as follows: ‘Where a request falls outside the existing Action Programmes, the Council may approve an ad hoc assistance measure on a proposal from the High Representative. The European Parliament shall be informed of the approved ad hoc assistance measures once adopted by the Council;’
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 b (new)
- to add a new point fa) to Article 52, paragraph 2 as follows: ‘fa) A detailed list of equipment funded under the Facility shall be made available;’
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 14
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 14
- to amend point a1 of Article 54 as follows: ‘Any implementing actor entrusted with the implementation of expenditure financed through the Facility shall respect the principles of sound financial management and transparency and, shall have due regard forundertaken the necessary risk assessments and end-use checks, and shall ensure EU fundamental values and, international law, notably concerning human rights.’;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) to ensure, in line with Article 18 TEU, the complementary with existing EU funds, programmes and instruments, the consistency of the EPF with all other aspects of the EU’s external action, notably as regards the Capacity Building for Security and Development initiative (CBSD), which should in all cases be implemented in the framework of the wider security sector reform programme;