7 Amendments of David McALLISTER related to 2022/2079(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. Underlines that the EU’uropean Union's defence sector is fragmented, which creates strategic vulnerabilities for the Union, Member States and industry; is concerned about the lack of coordination and calls for more strategic cohesion in security and defence policies at Union level; welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s launch of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) and encourages the Commission and Member States to take this initiative a step further and strive towards a de facto military uDefence Union supported by a strongly articulated common market for defence equipment, followed by a review of the Treaties for more EU competences on critical technologies for defence, innovation in defence, and security and defence affairs;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to review all defence programmes and policy tools, check if they are still fit for purpose, and summarise findings; suggests that the European Defence Agency can provide light touch support and coordinatione suggestions, including a strategic assessment of the findings;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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5. URecalls that few Member States have dedicated defence innovation hubs; underlines the need to stimulate the development of skills for innovation, research and development (R&D), and fundamental research in critical areas related to emerging technologies; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to establish and fund defence innovation hubs complementary to and presenting an added-value for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA);
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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7. Expresses its support for the Observatory of Critical Technologies; calls for it to be further developed and for its analysis capabilities, including on reducing strategic dependencies, to be enhanced; calls on the Commission to implement a project to continuously map the need for critical materials, evaluate the EU’s strategic dependencies, monitor supply and demand and changes in the behaviour or strategy of competitors, and engage in foresight exercises to predict new needs in critical materials; considers that these efforts should be made jointly with our strategic partners in NATO and included in athe working group on "secure supply chains" of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) working group in order to coordinate diplomatic efforts to secure supplies and ensure alternative sources;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
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8. Calls for military and strategic interoperability between the EU and like- minded partners and NATO, and among Member States, to be ensured, givenRecalls that the risk of fragmentation is exacerbated by different national requirements and national public spending and investment and procurement schemes; and highlights in this context the importance of standard-setting which is critical for military and strategic interoperability amongst EU Member States as well as between the EU and its like-minded partners such as NATO;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
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10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop capabilities for testing and inspect, evaluating, validating and verifying complex defence equipment, including by means of AI- assisted technology, to identify vulnerabilities stemming from components produced in non-EU countries; and stresses that such efforts should be synergistic with the Testing Evaluation Validation and Verification regime called for in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy of NATO;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
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11. Urges the Commission and Member States to strengthen cooperation between the EDA’s defence innovation huburopean Innovation Council, the European Defence Fund and the European Investment Fund on the one hand and NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) on the other hand by supporting joint projects, joint research and joint investment in cutting-edge defence technologies. ;