2 Amendments of Eugen FREUND related to 2018/2237(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; whereas the EU has always prided itself on its soft power and will keep doing so; whereas an evolving reality, however, requires the EU not to remain an exclusively ‘civilian power’, but to extend it; whereas hard power, since soft and hard power go hand in handhould primarily serve to buttress the EU’s soft-power approach; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas the military plays a key role in this, especially in countries where civilian authorities are unable to fulfil their tasks in the light of the security situation; whereas the European Peace Facility (EPF or the Facility) will lead to a stronger engagement of the EU towards partner countries and will increase the effectiveness of EU external action;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Treaties do not foresee any external military action of the Union outside the framework of the CSDP; whereas a genuine common foreign and security policy for all EU Member States increases the EU’s scope for external- policy action; whereas the only external military action possible under the CSDP takes the form of missions outside the Union for peace- keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter as referred to in Article 42(1) TEU;