14 Amendments of David MCALLISTER related to 2022/2050(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30
Citation 30
— having regard to the common set of 74 proposals for the implementation of the Warsaw Joint Declaration endorsed by EU and NATO Councils on 6 December 2016, 5 December 2017 and 20 June 2022,
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU steps up its defence capacities and shows greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to imminent threats and challenges; stresses that the respective requirements, especially in the areas of infrastructure, resilience and logistics, must be assessed from a military strategy perspective and taken into account in the development of the new Military Mobility Action Plan;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes new EU initiatives to enhance defence, notably the Versailles Declaration, the Strategic Compass and the Joint Communication on defence investment gaps; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation to incentivise joint procurement while stressing the need for budgetary resources that genuinely meet the ambitious goals set; underlines that an enhancement of the EDA’s roles and responsibilities should be explored in terms of future joint procurement projects; welcomes the upcoming review of the European defence investment programme regulation, the budget of which should be significantly increased as well;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the new ambition in the Strategic Compass to enhance the CSDP to build resilience and make it more capable and responsive, so it can act rapidly to defend our interests and values and protect the EU and its citizens; considers the Strategic Compass a major step towards a genuine European Defence Union enabling the EU to act as a credible partner; calls for the timely and sound implementation of the approximately 80 concrete actions and for them to be updated regularly along with the EU Threat Analysis; calls for the sustained political will of all Member States and EU institutions in this process; stresses that the results of the updated EU Threat Analysis should feed corresponding adjustments of EU security and defence policies; calls for the sustained political will of all Member States and EU institutions in this process; highlights that the enhancement of the CSDP requires a sustainable adaptation and alimentation of EU military strategic structures and procedures without delay, in particular the EU’s Command and Control (C2) capabilities, including the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC);
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EU research and development to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to meet increasing demands and ambitions; underlines the need for the European security and defence sector to stay at the cutting edge of technology and calls for the further development of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence through strong links between military and civilian innovation;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for more and smarter spending to foster industrial consolidoperation, cost savings and increased interoperability; calls for synergies with other EU financial instruments to be leveraged and access to private funding for the defence industry to be facilitated; emphasises the importance of a readjustment of the EU budget, which should take place within the framework of the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Underlines the need to further develop the EU’s Command and Control structure (C2); highlights the need for the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) to be able to plan and conduct all non-executive military missions and two small-scale or one medium-scale executive operations by 2025; calls on Member States to provide the required personnel, as well as appropriate infrastructure and CIS requirements for the MPCC;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for faster operationalisation of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) based on the increased readiness of Member States’ military forces; calls on Member States to commit to substantially narrowing critical gaps in strategic enablers by 2025, in particular linked to the RDC, such as strategic airlift, space communication assets, medical assets, cyber-defence capabilities and intelligence and reconnaissance; underlines that this requires an efficient EU Command and Control structure, which should be characterized by a separation of EUMS and MPCC, as well as sufficient human and technical resources; welcomes the closer cooperation with the European Air Transport Command (EATC) envisaged in the Strategic Compass to improve the EU’s access to strategic airlift capabilities of its member states; stresses that this cooperation should be considered as blueprint for further cooperation in other capability areas;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the systematisation ofstrengthening security and defence partnerships with like- minded partners worldwide to meet the EU’s level of ambition as a security provider; considers it essential to include security and defence issues more systematically in the EU’s political dialogues with like- minded partners;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the fundamental shared democratic values at the heart of the EU and NATO; calls for the deepening of EU- NATO relations, such as through a third Joint EU-NATO Declaration and concrete steps to further enhance the cooperation, especially in the fields of military mobility, dual use infrastructure and resilience; underlines the need to strongly upgrade the strategic partnership with NATO to base it on the strengthening of political unity and solidarity and enhanced political dialogue on all aspects of common challenges and strategically relevant issues; encourages coordinated responses in conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms to counter emerging common threats;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers synergies and coherence with the implementation of NATO’s Strategic Concept essential, particularly in the areas of countering Russian aggression, addressing challenges posed by China’s coercive policies, cyber defence, hybrid warfare and support to strategic partners;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the participation of the US, Canada and Norway in the PESCO project on military mobility as important to increase coherence between EU and NATO capability development efforts; welcomes the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue onhopes that these examples encourage other non-EU NATO allies to participate in PESCO; welcomes the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility; welcomes the recent application of the United Kingdom to join the PESCO project Military Mobility;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 3
Paragraph 27 – indent 3
- clarifying the Parliament’s right to and access to information;