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Activities of Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI related to 2018/2004(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Cyber defence (debate) PL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2004(INI)

Amendments (14)

Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas several Member States have invested substantially in setting up well-staffed cyber commands to meet these new challenges; whereas cyber defence is an activity that can best be tackled cooperatively as its operational domain recognises neither national nor organisational boundaries; whereas cyber defence does not distinguish between military and civilian tasks, and therefore requires synergies between civil and military specialists in order to undertake it;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there is an urgent need to strengthen capabilities in the field of cyber defence due to the lack of a timely response to the changing cyber security landscape; whereas rapid response and adequate preparedness are key elements in ensuring security in this area;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas while cyber defence remains a core competence of the Member States, the EU has a vital role to play in ensuring that these new endeavours are closely coordinated from the start to avoid the inefficiencies that mark many traditional defence efforts; whereas a substantial cyber defence capability is a necessary part of the development of the European Defence Union; whereas we are facing a permanent shortage of highly qualified cyber defence specialists;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the EU and NATO have agreed to a broad agenda of cooperation in the EU-NATO Joint Declaration of 8 July 2016; whereas in 2014, NATO established cyber security as part of the Alliance's core collective defence activities, and in 2016 it identified cyberspace as an operational domain alongside land, air and sea;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly emphasises, therefore, that, in the framework of the emerging European Defence Union, cyber defence capabilities of Member States should be closely integrated from the start to ensure maximum efficiency; urges, therefore, the Member States to cooperate closely in the development of their respective cyber commands; calls, furthermore, on the Member States to create additional common platforms for the exchange of experience and expertise in specific cyber fields;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that planning a successful CSDP mission or operation requires substantial cyber defence expertise, both at operational headquarters and within the mission itself, to conduct a thorough threat assessment and provide adequate protection in the field; calls on the EEAS, and on the Member States providing headquarters for CSDP operations, to strengthen their cyber defence expertise to ensure the safety of the EU’s missions;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the implementation – by eleven member states (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden) of the Cyber Ranges Federation project – of the first of four cyber defence projects launched under the EDA Pooling and Sharing agenda; calls on the other Member States to join this initiative; calls on the Member States to promote greater mutual availability of virtual cyber defence training and cyber ranges;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that such initiatives contribute to improving the quality of education in the cyber defence field at EU level, in particular through the creation of wide-ranging technical platforms and the establishment of a community of EU experts; stresses the need to identify weaknesses in the computer systems of both the Member States and the EU institutions; recognises that human error is one of the most frequently identified weaknesses in cybersecurity systems and therefore calls for regular training of both military and civilian personnel working for EU institutions;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes the relevance of the Tallinn Manual 2.0 in this context as an excellent basis for a debate on how international law applies to cyberspace; notes that it is now time forcalls on the Member States to start analysing and applying what the experts have stated in the Tallinn Manual;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Confirms its full commitment to an open, free, stable and secure cyberspace, which respects the core values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and where international disputes are settled by peaceful means; calls on the Member States to promote further implementation of the common and comprehensive EU approach to cyber diplomacy; strongly supports the development of voluntary, non-binding norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace; notes that a large proportion of cyber-attacks against states originate from private actors, and therefore calls for an analysis of the possibilities for legal action against such actors;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Recognisegrets that, owing to difficulties in enforcement, bilateral agreements between states do not always bring expected results; considers, therefore, that building coalitions within groups of like- minded countries willing to generate consensus constitutes an effective way to complement multilateral efforts;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls theStrongly emphasises the crucial importance of R&D, in particular in the light of the high-level security requirements in the defence market; urges the EU and the Member States to give more practical support to the EU cyber- security industry, in particular SMEs and start-ups (key sources of innovative solutions in the area of cyber defence), and to promote closer cooperation with university research organisations and large players with a view to reducing dependencies on cyber security products form external sources and to creating a strategic supply chain inside the EU; notes, in this context, the valuable contribution that can be made by the future EDF and other instruments under the MFF;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that the protection of civilian critical infrastructure assets is becoming a vital defence task that shouldmust form part of the remit of national cyber commands; stresses that this will require a level of trust, and the closest possible cooperation, between military actors and the affected industries, and urges all stakeholders to take this into account in their planning processes;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises the need toCalls for the mainstreaming of cyber defence into external action and common foreign and security policy, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence between the Member States, the EU institutions, NATO, the United States and other credible partners;
2018/04/11
Committee: AFET