Activities of Marietta GIANNAKOU related to 2012/2223(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU’s mutual defence and solidarity clauses: political and operational dimensions PDF (253 KB) DOC (195 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU’s mutual defence and solidarity clauses: political and operational dimensions
Amendments (13)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to make full use of the potential of all relevant Treaty provisions, and in particular the mutual defence clause and the solidarity clause, in order to provide Europeans with a strong insurance policy against serious security risks, based onensure the indivisible security of all member states and to guarantee that all European citizens should have the same security guarantees and an equal level of protection against both traditional and non-conventional threats, taking into account the need for increased cost- efficiency and a fair burden sharing and division of costs;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States of their unequivocal obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power if a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory; stresses that, while large-scale aggression against a Member State appears improbable in the foreseeable future, both traditional territorial defence and defence against new threats need to remain high on the agenda; recalls also that the Treaty stipulates that, for the EU countries commitments and cooperation in thate are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO remains the foundation of their collective defence and the forum for its implementation, and that commitments and cooperation in the area of mutual defence must be consistent with commitments under NATOa of mutual defence shall be consistent with commitments under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which, for those States which are members of it, remains the foundation of their collective defence and the forum for its implementation;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of deterrence, and therefore the need for European countries to possess credible military capabilities; encourages Member States to step up their efforts on collaborative military capability development, notably through the complementary ‘Pooling and Sharing’ and ‘Smart Defence’ initiatives of the EU and NATO, which represent a critically important way ahead in times of restrained defence budgets; in this context, repeats its call for the work of the European Defence Agency to be more fully respected and exploited by national defence ministries; moreover, encourages member states and EEAS to continue the debate with the view to establishing the Permanent Structured Cooperation foreseen in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to prevent any moral hazard, in that some Member States may be tempted to excessively rely on the solidarity of others while under-for Member States to investing in their own security and disaster response capabilities and not to excessively rely on the solidarity of others; emphasises the primary responsibility of Member States for civil protection and security in their territory;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Member States, the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to make full use of the potential of all relevant Treaty provisions, and in particular the mutual defence clause and the solidarity clause, in order to provide Europeans with a strong insurance policy against serious security risks, based onensure the indivisible security of all member states and to guarantee that all European citizens should have the same security guarantees and an equal level of protection against both traditional and non-conventional threats, taking into account the need for increased cost- efficiency and a fair burden sharing and division of costs;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Invites the Member States to enhance their capacities for providing and receiving assistance, as well as to exchange best practices on ways to streamline their national crisis coordination procedures and the interaction of their national crisis coordination centres with the EU; Takes the view that the planning and conduct of appropriate EU-wide crisis response exercises, involving national crisis response structures and the appropriate EU structures should also be considered;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Considers that it is essential to establish the necessary procedural and organizational links between relevant member-states' services, in order to ensure proper functioning of the solidarity clause following its activation;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Member States of their unequivocal obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power if a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory; stresses that, while large-scale aggression against a Member State appears improbable in the foreseeable future, both traditional territorial defence and defence against new threats need to remain high on the agenda; recalls also that the Treaty stipulates that, for the EU countries commitments and cooperation in thate are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO remains the foundation of their collective defence and the forum for its implementation, and that commitments and cooperation in the area of mutual defence must be consistent with commitments under NATOa of mutual defence shall be consistent with commitments under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which, for those States which are members of it, remains the foundation of their collective defence and the forum for its implementation.;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of deterrence, and therefore the need for European countries to possess credible military capabilities; encourages Member States to step up their efforts on collaborative military capability development, notably through the complementary ‘Pooling and Sharing’ and ‘Smart Defence’ initiatives of the EU and NATO, which represent a critically important way ahead in times of restrained defence budgets; encourages Member States and EEAS to continue the debate with the view to establishing the Permanent Structured Cooperation foreseen in the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to prevent any moral hazard, in that some Member States may be tempted to excessively rely on the solidarity of others while under-for Member States to investing in their own security and disaster response capabilities and not to excessively rely on the solidarity of others; emphasises the primary responsibility of Member States for civil protection and security in their territory;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that the solidarity clause can provide the impetus for enhancing the EU leverage among European citizens, giving tangible evidence of the benefits of increased EU cooperation on crisis management and disaster response capabilities;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Invites the Member States to enhance their capacities for providing and receiving assistance, as well as to exchange best practices on ways to streamline their national crisis coordination procedures and the interaction of their national crisis coordination centres with the EU; takes the view that the planning and conduct of appropriate EU-wide crisis response exercises, involving national crisis response structures and the appropriate EU structures should also be considered;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Considers that it is essential to establish the necessary procedural and organizational links between relevant Member State services, in order to ensure proper functioning of the solidarity clause following its activation;