Activities of Željana ZOVKO related to 2019/2135(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy - Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that instability and unpredictability on the Union’s borders and in its immediate neighbourhood (north Africa, the Middle East, Ukraine, the Caucasus, the Balkans, etc.) pose a both a direct and indirect threat to the security of the continent; stresses the inextricable link between internal and external security;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores the fact that, in this context, these actors are deliberately circumventing or attempting to destroy the multilateral mechanisms essential to maintaining peace and to jeopardize the established bilateral relations of the EU with partner countries;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Union has been slow to react and adapt – politically, diplomatically and militarily – to new crises and to this new international context; considers that, in the specific area of defence, insufficient investment, differences in capabilities and a lack of interoperability, but also, and above all, a political reluctance to implement the robust provisions provided for in the European treaties and the numerous cooperation arrangements between Member States have weakened the Union’s ability to play a decisive role in external crises; recognises and underlines, further, that no country is able by itself to address the security challenges on the European continent and in its immediate environment;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes, in this adverse and volatile context, the belated but real recognition of shared security interests and the crucial growing political will on the part of European Member States as well as the rest of the European countries and the European institutions to act collectively for their security by endowing themselves with greater means to act autonomously;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that European strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved if Member States demonstrate solidarity, which is reflected in particular in the need to prioritise the procurement of European capabilities where equipment is available and competitive;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that Europe’s defence is based largely on the Union’s capacity to intervene militarily, in a credible manner and without unnecessary delay, in external theatres of operations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Reiterates the strategic importance of the Western Balkans for the security and stability of the EU; stresses the need to improve the EU’s engagement, integration and coordination in the region, including by the mandate of the EU’s CSDP missions; reiterates that the EU’s policy on the Western Balkans aims to align the countries in the region with the EU acquis and assist them towards accession, increasing the management of peace and stability for the Europe as a whole;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Emphasizes the pivotal role of Operation EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the developments towards and the maintenance of peace and security in the country and the region; welcomes the Council’s conclusions of October 2019 that supports the continued presence European military forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina;