5 Amendments of Eugen FREUND related to 2017/2123(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
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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; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism, fake news and disinformation warfarecampaigns by third countries and independent actors, 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 45 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Is concerned that in a challenging security environment, and at a moment when the EU and NATO are endeavouring to broaden and deepen their cooperation, two key players in the field of security and defence, the US and the UK, are redefining their positions with regard to both organisations; stresses that we stand firmly committed to the transatlantic community of common values and interestsis convinced that a powerful and self-confident common foreign and security policy is needed and that, in this contenxt, the EU must not continue in its paymaster role, but, rather, must become a self-assured foreign policy actor;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
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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), as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that building the Defence Union, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EU contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreement; calls for a powerful role to be defined for neutral countries such as Austria and Sweden, as part of this process, without that calling into question the neutrality of individual EU Member States;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Underlines that the proposed DG Defence should work in liaison with the European Defence Agency (EDA); considers 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; stresses that, in connection with the EDA, the possible establishment of a DG Defence should not result in duplicated structures;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
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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; welcomes 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 level; calls for effective measures to be taken to ensure that lessons learned and experience gained as regards the human dimension of CSDP missions are assessed and taken into account when future CSDP missions are designed;