26 Amendments of Bodil VALERO related to 2017/2123(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the rules-based international order and the values defended by liberal democracies, and the peace, prosperity and freedoms which this post- World War II order guarantees and which correspond to the foundations on which the European Union is built, are facing unprecedented challenges; states that the Union’s external action is to be guided by the values and principles enshrined in Article 21 TEU; underlines that the military tasks of the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is specified in Article 43(1) TEU, the so called Petersberg tasks;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; is equally concerned about regional and global arms races and exports of military technology to non-democratic countries which systematically violate human rights and humanitarian law and pursue aggressive foreign policies; deeply deplores the continuous spread of local and regional armed conflict often coinciding and connected with ethnic cleansing campaigns and sectarian policies; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to come;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes strongly that whenever necessary, the European Union needs to takassume its drestiny into its own handsponsibility with regards external relations in line with Article 21 TEU; stresses that the framing of a common defence policy referred to in Article 42 TEU has the objective of establishing common defence in line with the military tasks described in Article 43(1) TEU and endowing the Union with strategicoperational autonomy and freedom of action in promoting peace, security, human rights, international law and progress in Europe and in the world;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the visible progress made inmany proposals made with regards to the framing of a stronger European defence since the adoption of the EU Global Strategy in June 2016; welcomnotes in particular the suggestion for a European Defence Fund, the proposed scaling-up of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, and the legislative proposal for a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP);
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the Commission and an increasing number of Member States have committed themselves to launching the European Defence Unionsignificantly invest in the operationalisation of the military component of CSDP, inter alia, by strengthening defence cooperation between Member States and increasing the efficiency of the sector; underlines that this corresponds to Parliament’s long- standing demand and to numerous appeals expressed in its previous resolutions;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is convinced that the only way to increase the Union’s ability to fulfil its military tasks is to significantly increase efficiency with regards to all aspects of the process which generates military capabilities;reminds that, compared to the US the EU28 spend 40% on defense but only manage to generate 15% of the capabilities which the US get out the process which points to a very serious efficiency problem;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to act upon Parliament’s calls for an EU Security and Defence White Book in the context of preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF),with a particular focus on increasing efficiency of the sector as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that building the Defence Unionimplementing all Lisbon Treaty features of the military component of CSDP, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EUMember States’s national or multinational contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreement; promoted in a stronger way;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the newly demonstrated political will to make CSDP more effective;supports any attempts to unleash full potential of Lisbon Treaty by making cooperation between Member Stakes work and produce the operationally relevant capabilities for fulfilling Article 43(1) TEU tasks, by: a) urgently installing the start-up fund as foreseen by the Treaty in order to allow fast deployment of operations, b) establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) on those military aspects which are necessary in order to implement CSDP tasks like permanently pooled military units, c) reforming the intergovernmental joint financing mechanism ATHENA in order to operationalise solidarity between those Member States which can only contribute financially and those who can only contribute with troops to a CSDP operation, d) making pooling and sharing of capabilities the rule and not the exception and to move towards the implementation of a majority of the 300 proposals presented by the 28 chiefs of defence in 2011, e) pooling national resources with regard to research, development, procurement, maintenance and training, f) coordinating national defence planning (CARDS) as currently planned, g) initiating common rules for military certification and a common policy on security of supply, h) enforcing, on the side of the Commission, internal market rules in line with the 2009 Defence Procurement Directive with regard to national defence procurement projects;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the VP/HR to engage together with the European Parliament in an interinstitutional dialogue on the progressive framing of a common defence policy; stresses that under the next MFF a fully-fledged EU defence budget should be established, and that a doctrine for its implementation should be developed within the remit of the Lisbon Treatydeepening of defence cooperation among Member States;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Strongly believes that the collective defence spending of annually EUR 200 billion, which makes the EU28 the world's second largest defence spender, devotes sufficient financial resources to the defence sector;underlines that behind the background of annual efficiency gains of between EUR 25-100 billion which could be used for new investments, there is absolutely no need to militarizing the current EU budget or to prepare such plans for the next MFF;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that PESCO should benefit from effective Union support by relevant EEAS structures, in full respect of Member States’ competences in defence; renews its call for appropriate PESCO funding to be provided from the Unionby contributions from national defence budgets; considers that participation in all Union agencies and bodies falling under the CSDP, including the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), should be made a requirement under PESCO; renews its call for the EU Battle Group System to be brought under PESCO and made eligible for EU funding as far asunder the ATHENA mechanism with regards to all possible costs;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Believes that the renewed efforts to make CSDP more effective should not lead to resources being diverted to the growth of bureaucratic structures and an overlap of competencies between EU institutions;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the proposed DG Defence should have the responsibilityEEAS and the Commission should launch an initiative for ‘Defence Schengen’ arrangements, for security of supply, standardisation and military certification arrangements, for EU contributions to programmes under the CSDP and PESCO, for EU-funded defence research, and for the interinstitutional arrangements in the defence remit, including the EU White Book;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the proposed DG Defence should work in liaison with the European Defence Agency (EDA); cConsiders that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where this is foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; renews its call on the Council to ensure that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA is funded from the Union budget;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the establishment of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) process; considers that CARD should aim at bringing the armed forces into line with each other, ensuring the Union’s strategicoperational autonomy, and allowing Member States to invest more and better in defence together; welcomes the proposal to launch a trial run in 2017;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that CARD should be based on the EU White Book and the CDP and should address the full spectrum of CSDP-related capabilities, in particular those of the Member States participating in PESCO; considers that CARD should deliver a set of concrete proposals to fill gaps and identify where Unicommon action would be appropriate, to be taken into account in the EU budget planning for the following year; underlines the need for the Commission and the EDA to work together in designing the annual work programmes under the capability and research windows of the proposed European Defence Fund;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Thanks the more than six thousand women and men who have given excellent and loyal service in the Union’s civilian and military missions on three continents; greatly values these missions as Europe’s common contribution to peace and stability in the world and to the security of our citizens; wbelcomes the increase in Member States’ defence spending in support of our service members; takes the view that this trend needs to be sustained, strengthened and coordinated at European levelieves that there is the urgent need to devote more national financial and human resources to the benefit of civilian CSDP missions;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recent establishment of a nucleus for a permanent EU operational headquarters (MPCC - Military Planning and Conduct Capability), as demanded by Parliament in its resolution of 12 September 2013; calls on the Member States to staff it with adequate personnel in order to make it work and also give it the task to plan and command executive military CSDP operations like for example operation ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to apply full burden-sharing to military CSDP missions by enlarging common funding, which should enable and encourage more Member States to contribute their capabilities and forces; underlines the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism in this regard and of substantially broadening the common cost financingcovering all costs related to the financing of military CSDP operations;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU needs to increase its efforts to act as a regional security provider, and to become a strong European pillar of NATO through the Europe via the creation of an Defence Union; is of the opinion that the security and protection of Europe will increasingly depend on both organisationsfective and efficient CSDP; calls for improving cooperation between NATO and EU, inter alia concerning the exchange of information and intelligence;