Activities of Bodil VALERO related to 2017/2276(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-NATO relations (debate) SV
Amendments (16)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and unitythe liberal word order, an international system based on the rule of law and unity among members of both the EU and NATO are under stress in an era of geoeconomic and political turbulence and growing armed conflict; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex challenges, risks and threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the Eastcoming from the South and the East but also other directions, generated by state and non-state actors, in the field of the economy, energy, security but also with regards to climate change; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal securitycurrent challenges in a comprehensive manner via its various policies ranging from agriculture, trade, energy, development, humanitarian aid, justice and home affairs to enlargement, civilian conflict prevention and military crisis management, peace enforcement and post-conflict stabilization, and NATO to manage externterritorial defence collectively; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defenceCommon Security and Defence Policy through mechanisms such as PESCO;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threatsuniversal norms and values such as rule of law based international system, have shared goals too in protecting their citizens against any threats as well as the UN charter objectives of international peace and security;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective territorial defence and deterrence in Europe and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)more effective CSDP through PESCO and multiple pooling and sharing projects between Member States coupled with an efficient European defence market will contributes to a stronger NATO as Member States have a single set of forces; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limitedimplemented in particular with regards to athe common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continentset of proposals of the Joint Declaration which includes 42 concrete actions;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tangiblsome results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources forolitical will for continued implementation and further improvement of cooperation;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation inside NATO should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countriesEurope and that Russian influence should be countered; underlines that the current transport infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility; underlines that the EU has answered the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea and Russia’s failure with strong and far reaching non- military coercive measures which could be further extended to the energy sector;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development making CSDP more effective and relevandt for a stronger EU pillar in NATOresponding to today’s security and military challenges;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that both the EU and NATO have made far reaching commitments with regard to strengthening the UN peacekeeping capabilities but have only rarely directly contributed to past and on-going such missions; calls on both organisation to honour their commitments and to significantly contribute to such UN missions which maintain international peace and stability;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the sameface similar strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with one part of the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important to ensure the complementarity of maritime capacity- building efforts in order to safeguard maritime security more efficiently; welcomes increased EU-NATO operational cooperation and coordination in the Mediterranean theatre, including the sharing of maritime information and situational awarenesssharing of maritime information, situational awareness, in particular as regards arms trafficking off the coast of Libya;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; sStresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to supportEuropean NATO Member States need to pool defence technological and industrial investments; supports a review of the ATHENA mechanism or the creation of similar mechanisms between Member States which aim at boosting joint research and, development of, procurement, maintenance, and training as regards European capabilities;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its viewBelieves that the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO to make use of EU instruments, including civihave been instrumental in launching CSDP and are still highly relevant for operations such as EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina; underlines the need to maintain the current ‘Berlian tools where appropriatePlus’ arrangements;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. ConsiderBelieves that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewire is no need for further declarations on future EU-NATO cooperation but more efforts with regards to the implementation of the many commitments already made; believes that PESCO has the potential to also streng the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should ben European military capabilities in general as it should increase interoperability of European armed forces; however, recalls that PESCO is not opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring securitythird countries and is, according to Article 42(6) TEU, an exclusive mechanism for those Member States whose military capabilities fulfil higher criteria and which have made more binding commitments to one another in this area with a view toge ther on the continent most demanding missions;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations and to strengthen international peace and security; strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);