Activities of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2015/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Security and defence capabilities in Europe (A8-0159/2015 - Ana Gomes) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is gravely concerned over the surge in armed conflict, hybrid war, instability and widespread human rights violations in the EU’s immediate neighbourhood and the threat of terrorism inside and outside the EU; believes that the current security threats are common to the EU as a whole and should be addressed in a united and coordinated fashion, pooling and sharing civilian and military resources; strongly believes, in this regard, that it is imperative not to waste resources and that it is essential to better use tax payers’ money and make progress on the establishment of a European defence equipment market and to develop a European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB);
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns of worrying developments in the European defence market that are increasing external dependencies in the European defence sector at a time of an increasingly complex and challenging security environment; warns, in particular, of the combination of Member States’ declining defence budgets, persisting market fragmentation despite new internal market rules, the growing dependence of the defence industry on extra-EU exports and increased foreign investment in Europe’s defence sector, yielding control of strategic national and European defence industries, assets and technologies;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the European Council to draw the necessary lessons and take concrete measures towards overcoming the defragmentation of the European defence market in order to guarantee, an issue that hampers innovation and leads to a duplication of defence and programmes and resources, in order to guarantee its transparency and competitivity as well as the availability of the defence capabilities needed to ensure European security and fulfil the objectives of the CSDP;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that EU export control policies should be substantially revamped with a view to developing a more integrated, coherent and comprehensive EU regime and a level playing field, making sure that overarching foreign and security policy objectives have priority over short-term financial, economic and commercial interests; notes that the Council has failed to ensure the uniform application of the common position on the control of exports of military equipment; is disconcerted that even in cases of flagrant non-compliance by a buyer country with several of the eight criteria, including those on the preservation of regional peace, security and stability, and on the behaviour of the buyer country with regard to the international community and its respect for international law, the common position is almost entirely absent from the political decision-making sphere and public discourse;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers mutual assurances of SoS between the Member States to be a fundamental element in the construction of an integrated European defence market; welcomes the EDA’s updated framework arrangement on SoS as an instrument which strengthens mutual confidence and solidarity, but notes that it does not create any legal obligations; takes the view that the EU- wide SoS regime needs to be based on legislation, and in particular on the full implementation of the directive on intra- EU transfers in order to remove barriers to the movement of defence products inside the EU;