20 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2018/2099(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that several Member States have recently called for an EU Security Council, an EU Battle Group and an efficient European intelligence unit acting as a, which should develop a common strategy for fighting organised crime and terrorism also by using existing databases; meanwhile, endorses the inauguration of a permanent operational headquarter and the increase of the EDA’s budgets;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Stresses that these challenges are too vast to be successfully met by any single country; emphasises that it is vital for the EU to respond to these challenges, consistently, effectively and with one voice; notes that the CSDP is a usefulone of the tools for addressing many of these challenges;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that any future Convention or Intergovernmental Conference shouldmight consider the possibility of establishing a European force with than effective defence capability ofthat can interveninge in conflicts and peacekeeping missions, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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5. Highlights the importance of the EBCG, and remindReiterates its request for the creation of a genuine EU Civil Protection Body, while pointing out that it would favour the ongoing development of a single defence market;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Notes that this need for cooperation has been increasingly recognised in recent years and welcomes the advances that have been made in this direction, but concrete results still need to be duly evaluated;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Considers that appropriate investment in security and defence is a matter of urgencyimportant for the Member States and the EU and that defence cooperation should become the norm, as outlined in the EU Global Strategy (EUGS); welcomes the progress achieved so far in the implementation of the security and defence provisions of the EU Global Strategy; believes that these achievements open the perspective for important structural changes in the future;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the creation of a dedicated title for defence in the Commission’s MFF proposal, and in particular the establishment of a budget line from which the European Defence Fund and Military Mobility projects will be funded; is of the opinion that these decisions will, most probably, call for a centralized management on defence at Commission level; underlines that funding from that budget line should be exclusively spent for defence purposes and technologies with dual-use spill-over effects, without politicization as security is indivisible and should be coherent with the capability and infrastructure needs of Member States and in line with the EU’s aspirations for strategic autonomy; considering that this new budget line will be a relevant step forward for the European Union, calls for an inclusive, transparent and open implementation of the budget of the EDF, which should not indirectly subsidise bilateral cooperation; recalls that future decisions on the development of the European defence will require a change in the Treaties and enough discussions within the European Parliament, Member states and civil society;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 9
9. Notes the increasing prominence of military mobility on the European defence agenda; underlines that a balanced military mobility is a central strategic tool in the current threat environment, vital for both the CSDP and Member States other multilateral obligations, including NATO; welcomes therefore its inclusion not only in the proposal for the new Connecting Europe Facility but also its in PESCO and its prominent role in EU-NATO cooperation; emphasises that these different projects need to be geographically balanced and properly coordinated to ensure that they yield the desired results; welcomnotes the Commission proposal to allocate 6.5 billion Euro to military mobility projects through the Connecting Europe Facility in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2021- 2027);
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Notes, however, that for all these different elements to fit together, it will be of essential importance to develop a well- defined overarching strategic approach to European defence that could best be defialso deepened through a EU Security and Defence White Book;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Calls, therefore, for the conceptualization and adoption of aNotes that an EU Security and Defence White Book that will guarancould facilitatee that future capability building processes will be based on EU´s strategic security interests in accordance with military and industrial necessitiese discussion about the future of the European Union security;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Considers that the capabilities for the Union`s security and defence could be improved by making better use of the existing frameworks of defence and military cooperation such as the European multinational high readiness corps HQs and the EU battlegroup, increasing standardization and interoperability, while avoiding duplications and waste of resources; believes that this will contribute to the continuous transformation of national armed forces, towards the goal of being more interoperable, more sustainable, more flexible and more deployable; invites the Council to investigate, for example, the feasibility of potentially setting-up a permanent Spearhead Europe Force, which could be drawing on the European multinational high readiness corps HQ in Strasbourg, Szczecin and Münster; considers that the EU battle groups should grow into full-scale brigades and should be assigned to the corps HQ on a permanent basis;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Believes that EDIDP will help to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the EU's defence industry by eligible actions involving inter alia designing, prototyping, testing, qualification and certification of defence products as well as the development of technologies within a consortium including SMEs and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), research centres and universities, and collaboration between Member States, which contributes to the EU´s strategic autonomy; remembers that the EDIDP has been intended not to foster bilateral cooperation but to facilitate industrial cooperation on an European scale; the EDIDP should therefore aim for a real and inclusive implementation, as emerged during the debates in the European Parliament;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
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18. WelcomNotes the proposal for a regulation establishing a European Defence Fund and the substantial funding proposed by the European Commission for the next Multiannual Financial Framework; notes that the outcomes of the EDIDP discussions wershould be taken duly into consideration and expresses hope that the proposal can be agreed as soon as possible;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU´s strategic security and defence objectives can onlyalso be achieved through the closest coordination of the needs and long-term capability building requirements of both the armed forces and defence industries of the Member States; notes that both the Capability Development Plan (CDP) and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) can make important contributions to the achievement of this goal;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises again that the EDA shcould be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA should be funded from the Union budget; welcomes the minor adjustments of EDA's budget that have taken place but emphasises that EDA's increased responsibilities in the context of, among other things, PESCO and CARD require adequate funding;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Recalls the need to facilitate the organisation of more joint trainings and exercises between the European armed forces, promoting interoperability, standardization and preparedness to face a wide spectrum of threats, conventional and unconventional;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the implementation of an inclusive Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an important step towards a closer cooperation in security and defence among the Member States; acknowledges the character of PESCO as a legally binding long-term project, including a set of highly ambitious commitments as well as an array of cooperative projects; stresses the need for full alignment between PESCO activities and other CSDP activities;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that efforts on military mobility should also contribute to the effective implementation of CSDP missions and operations and to the Alliance’s defence posture and therefore encourages both organisations to continue working together on military mobility in the closest possible manner, keeping in mind the multidirectional challenges that the EU and NATO are facing from the South, the Balkans and the East; calls on the Commission to underpin these efforts with the necessary investments and, where appropriate, legislation;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 34
34. Stresses that partnerships and cooperation with countries and organisations that share the EU’s values contribute to a more effective CSDP; welcomes the contributions made by CSDP partners to ongoing EU missions and operations that contribute to enhancing peace, regional security and stability;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 36
36. Underlines the importance of comprehensive parliamentary oversight of CDSP at national and European level as a constitutive element for any further progress in this policy area and in this context; encourages parliamentary actors to cooperate more closely on security and defence matters, possibly looking for new or improved forms of cooperation, in order to ensure seamless parliamentary oversight at all levels; recalls the importance of involving civil society and the citizenship in the future debates on European security;