14 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/2002(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no susand development are interdependent; whereas without a sustainable development oriented at eradicating inequalities and aimed at poverty eradication, an enduring peace is not attainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its securstability and development, each country must have or acquire and strengthen crisis prevention in this region each country should work towards building adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its regionalso enable each state to contribute constructively to regional peace;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro- pastoral economy as a result of ca number of challenges, the adverse impact of climate change, increasing water scarcity, desertification and deforestation, population growth and urbanization coupled with limited job creation, low resilience to natural disasters, limited and unequally distributed benefits from globalimzate change, population growth and deforestationion and lack of proper infrastructures among others; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption ofwithin the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate to Europe in search of a better life,are within the most important drivers of mass population displacements, in particular among young people, thus impoverishing states by depriving them of some of their best human resources;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness not only due to restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and a or lack of basic equipment, including weapons, ammunition and vehiclesbut also owing to a failure in taking an ‘integrated approach’ to conflict-solving, understanding the deep-seated security problems of each country and drawing up a coherent long- term plan for EU involvement in the region;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas these restrict absence of a cohesive and strategical presence of the European Unions haves allowed third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey, to fill theis void left by the European Union by supplying such equipmentby moving towards building economical, political and military partnerships with leaders in the region, especially in the Horn of Africa;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worsewe are still a long way off from achieving the final goal of regional stability and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be developed and implemented;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa; whereas the proposed European Peace Facility (EPF) would replace the Athena mechanism and the APF, endowing the EU with a new tool to more flexibly deploy military operations and significantly step up options for security assistance to partners; whereas the ultimate impact of the EPF as an instrument to sustainably address violent conflict and insecurity will depend on the extent to which it will be complemented by the necessary safeguards and monitoring systems to avoid potential misuse of the aid provided and to ensure that questions of accountability, human rights and respect of humanitarian law are duly taken into account;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls onreminds to the Member States thatof their possibility to abstain during the vote in the Council when they do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material to abstain from the vote in the Council;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered inter alia by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) to adaptdesign the AEPF in order to overcome the current limitations on the acquisition of arms and munitions; the equipment needed for the missions to be operational;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. SRecognizes the complexity of the regional scenario and of the nature of the conflicts that affects it; believes that such conflicts require a broad set of responses that goes beyond a purely military approach; states that there can be no security strategy without joint development action;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point b
Paragraph 25 – point b
b) empowering women by recognising their role as the centre of gravity of African familiesand the youth and promoting their participation in local and national institutions;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Expresses its deep concern that the current security crisis in Africa could lead to a massive displacement of the population, undermining North African states and affecting Europepeople, further destabilization of a number of African countries and result in a widespread humanitarian crisis;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that the EU, together with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, intervenes on a financial level to help control debt and the payment of interest in a view of alleviating the burden on the national economies of countries particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, considering full or partial debt relief for the most grave situations;