29 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2017/2276(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
– having regard to the NATO Secretary-General’s Annual Report 20167, released on March 15, 2018,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commerc a more common, strategic approach with regards to Russial interests in the West and the security ones in the Easts needed;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East; whereas both the EU and NATO are concerned by Russia’s more assertive military behaviour; whereas both the EU and NATO want to maintain dialogue with Russia;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Southern neighbourhood is facing unprecedented instability and represent a strategically important challenge to both EU Member States and NATO members, especially those located on the front line;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas, after Brexit, 80% of NATO’s defence spending will be non- EU; whereas in March of this year, the UK announced the withdrawal of its offer to lead a battle-ready EU military force in the second half of 2019, which is a concrete example of the impact of the UK’s exit on European defence cooperation;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective 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) contributes to a stronger NATO; 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; calls for double structures between the EU and NATO to be avoided;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration of 8 July 2016, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the new set of actions that were added on 5 December 2017, in particular those regarding counter-terrorism, military mobility and women, peace and security; 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 for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tangible 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 and emphasises that successful implementation of the Joint Declaration depends on the political will of all Member States throughout; ; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countriesany form of aggression coming from Russia, hybrid or conventional, should be countered appropriately; underlines that the current 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;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern and Southern flanks for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; underlines that the current 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;
Amendment 199 #
12a. Emphasises in this regard the importance of improving NATO’s rapid reinforcement capabilities through improving EU and national infrastructure, removing bureaucratic and infrastructural barriers to the swift movement of forces and by pre- positioning military equipment and supplies, which enhances our collective security;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) aund stresses that it does not represent a competitor forer which a total of 25 EU Member States so far have committed to aligning the compatibility of their military systems and to jointly invest in the development of new materials and stresses that PESCO is of common interest to both the EU and NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation between the two organisations in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; emphasises the importance of transparency and communication about PESCO to the United States and other NATO Allies in order to avoid any misconceptions;
Amendment 210 #
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 and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; notes that after Brexit, 80 percent of NATO’s defence spending will be non-EU and three out of four battalions in the East will be led by non-EU countries; welcomes in this regard the binding commitments to which Member States agreed in the context of PESCO, in particular those on defence spending and investments;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the urgent need to overcome tensions between NATO Allies such as between Turkey and the United States around Afrin; calls for a NATO-led dialogue to overcome these tensions;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats; welcomes in this regard the separate but parallel exercises, PACE17 and CMX17, which were held in 2017 and through which respectively EU and NATO staff tested their respective procedures for communicating and sharing information during an unfolding fictitious hybrid threat;
Amendment 239 #
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 same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; emphasises that the EU will have to increase its capacity by providing more EU staff with security clearance, dedicated training for working with classified information and investing in secure communications; 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 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including the illegal trafficking in arms; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re- fuelling at sea and medical support; underlines any operation in the context of managing illegal migration should respect the universal human rights of asylum seekers and migrants involved;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusionsharing are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability; calls on the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) to sign an agreement with NATO to increase their practical cooperation;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers it vital that the EU and NATO step up the sharing of intelligence in order to enable the formal attribution of cyber-attacks and consequently enable the imposing of restrictive sanctions to those responsible for cyber-attacks;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Emphasises that the EU and NATO should consider further intensifying joint action, including by using funds for common projects, increasing political flexibility, formalising the EU-NATO relationship by designating permanent coordinators at junior and senior levels and by expanding the areas of cooperation beyond the seven already identified;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be 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 security together on the continent;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; welcomes in this regard the action plan on military mobility as recently presented by the European Commission and urges EU Member States to quickly follow-up and make use of the momentum that has been generated so far;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; stresses that compatible defence capacities facilitate EU -and NATO-wide deployment and cooperation; therefore deplores situations in which NATO allies opt for non- compatible capabilities;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)
Paragraph 30 e (new)
30e. Underlines the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of Turkey as a NATO Member State; is concerned, since the attempted coup of 2016, with the growing signs of authoritarianism, a nationalist political frame and the breach of human rights; encourages NATO to further straighten its political commitment to Turkey in order to ensure its continued democratic development and respect for human rights;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Questions whether in the current global security environment nuclear deterrence is still credible; stresses that many EU citizens are worried about nuclear proliferation; recalls that diplomacy and multilateralism are the only means for effective non-proliferation and disarmament; calls in this regard for the EU and NATO to launch a global security roundtable with major global actors including China, the US, both Korea’s, Japan, India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan, Israel and Russia; strongly believes that this roundtable could be the starting point for a transparent discussion on the global nuclear status quo and renewed talks on non-proliferation and disarmament;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO should strengthen cooperation on CBRN threats; stresses that interoperability between the EU and NATO, in particular between the security and health sectors, will be a crucial element in mitigating the impact of CBRN-incidents;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Stresses the importance of the principles enshrined in the Vienna Document, in particular the principle of openness and transparency; welcomes in this regard the openness of EU and NATO military exercises and joint exercises to international observers;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Reiterates the important role of women in CSDP and NATO missions, in particular in dealing with women and children in conflict areas; welcomes the fact that both the EU and NATO have recognised this important role; recommends the EU and NATO to proactively promote gender diversity in their structures and operations;