11 Amendments of Monika VANA related to 2015/2343(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that recent political developments affecting both the EU and NATO further highlight the utmost urgency of shaping a genuine European Defence Unionthe EU's current security environment calls for a more effective implementation of the Lisbon Treaty provisions on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and in particular cooperation and coordination among Member States including on financial and budgetary aspects;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that recent political developments affecting the EU are of a wide variety and have many reasons, only very few of which are military in nature and can thus be dealt with by military means;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the ‘cost of non- Europe’ in security and defence is estimated to be at least EUR 26 billion annually as a result of duplication, overcapacity and barriers to procurement; recalls that the European Commission has stated that the lack of cooperation between Member States in the field of defence and security is estimated to cost annually between EUR 25 billion and EUR 100 billion;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Warns that any attempt at putting a price tag on the 'cost of non-Europe' in security and defence is notoriously tricky, as 'Europe' has never existed in the area of arms procurement;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly believesrejects the idea that the use of Union funds through the EU budget would be a strong expression of cohesion and solidarity with regard to military and defence-related projects and would allow for better and more transparent control of funding; believes that with an annual defence spending level of EUR 200 Billion the 28 Member States have a sufficient level of spending and Europe is still the world's second largest military spender; supports the Commission's opinion that Member States need to increase the efficiency of defence spending also by deepening cooperation and coordination and overcome the many structural problems of the defence markets in Europe;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly rejects recent proposals made by the Commission in the context of the European Defence Action plan which promote to use a number of existing civilian funds and divert financial resources to the defence industry; opposes in particular the idea to misuse the European Investment Bank, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized enterprises (COSME), European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Strongly rejects the ideas presented by the Commission in the context of the European Defence Fund on the so called capability window which promotes the idea that national capital contributions would be treated as "one- offs" under the Stability and Growth Pact which will incentivise and increase public debt and potentially weaken the EURO;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 4
Paragraph 5 – indent 4
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Members States not to deviate ESI funds from their primary objective of reducing regional disparities in order to subsidize the ailing arms industry.