24 Amendments of Thomas WAITZ related to 2020/2080(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas according to Article 42(2) of the TEU, the common security and defence policy (CSDP) includes the progressive framing of a common EU defence policy, which could lead to common defence being put in placeen the European Council, acting unanimously, so decides;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the three-foldmilitary level of ambition under the EU Global Strategy confirmed the military tasks as laid down in EU primary law (Article 43(1) TEU) in the field of security and defence, covers securing external borders, countering hybrid threats and fighting against terrorism; whereas no Member State can protect itself alone, since security and defence threats faced by the EU, and which are targeted against its citizens and tering out-of-area operations such as joint disarmament operations, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice and assistance tasks, conflict prevention and peace-keeping tasks, tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peace-making, post-conflict stabilisation and fighting against terrorism; whereas no Member State can effectively contribute to international and regional peace, and in this sense indirectly protect itself alone, since security and defence threats, risks and challenges affecting international, regional and European securitory, are a joint threat and challenge and cannot be addressed by one single Member State on its own; whereas an effective EU system for addressing burden-sharing would be advantageous for the EU’s overall level of security and defenceas regards military CSDP operations would be advantageous for the EU’s ability to become an effective security provider;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the main actors of PESCO are the participating Member States (pMS), which provide the capabilities for implementing CSDP (Article 42(1) and Article 42(3) TEU), and which deploy them in missions abroad where the Council tasks them to do so (Article 42 (1) (4), and(5), Article 43 and Article 44 TEU), that develop their defence capabilities, inter alia, within the framework of the European Defence Agency (Article 42(3) and Article 45 TEU);
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas PESCO’s long-term vision is to achieve a coherent full-spectrum force package available to the Member States for military CSDP operations; whereas PESCO should enhance the EU’s capacity to act as an international security provider in order to contribute effectively and credibly to international, regional and European security, also by preventing the import of insecurity and therefore indirectly protect EU citizens and, inter alia, maximise the effectiveness of defence spending; whereas the cost of non-Europe in security and defence is estimated to be more than EUR 100 billion per year;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the consequences of the EU not having enough competence when it comes to health care; whereas, by the same analogy, it would make sense to establish an EU common defence strategy in order to be able to respond to an attack on the EU’s borders and territories; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the objective of a common defence, it is long overdue to establish an EU common defence strategy in the form of an EU Security and Defence White Book which outlines in which way the Member States and the EU intent to operationalise the military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU including by developing concrete scenarios for military operations in order to be able to contribute effectively to international, regional and European security, peace and stability; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the necessary military capacities for realising the objective of a common security and defence policy;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas according to Council decision 2017/2315, establishing PESCO enhanced defence capabilities of the Member States will also benefit NATO, while strengthening the European pillar within the alliance and responding to repeated calls for stronger transatlantic burden-sharingprovide military CSDP with the necessary capabilities to conduct military operations while at the same time reinforcing the EU’s ability to autonomously decide and act also in the domain of military crisis management;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas also civilian CSDP faces multiple capability challenges as regards the availability of sufficient numbers of police, judges, prosecutors, other justice and civilian security sector experts; whereas there is an urgent need to further develop instruments aimed at increasing quantity and quality of capabilities for civilian CSDP, whether in the context of the Civilian Compact or another civilian PESCO-type of format;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas PESCO creates a binding framework between the pMS, which committed themselves to jointly investing, planning, developing and operating defence capabilities within Union framework in a permanent and structured manner by subscribing to 20 binding commitments in five areas set by the TEU; whereas these commitments should constitute a move from mere defence cooperation towards the integdeep, sustainable, reliable and permanent cooperation of Member States’ defence forces; whereas despite these binding commitments, no effective compliance mechanism for PESCO is in place;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas there seems to be no overarching common logic between the 47 PESCO projects;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas some of the 47 PESCO projects seem to directly contribute to the objective of closing the identified capability gaps for possible future CSDP operations, while others seem to follow a purely industrial or research agenda totally disconnected from gaps identified in the context of CDP, CARD including the High Capability Impact Goals;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas the main objective of PESCO should be to raise the operational readiness and effectiveness as regards military CSDP operations;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas there is the need to assess PESCO projects and commitments in light of the many recommendations produced with regards to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women and security and to develop a plan on how, in the future, PESCO can contribute in that context;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas major European defence projects such as the Future Air Combat System (FCAS) and the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) currently remain outside the scope of PESCO; whereas their integration within the remit of PESCO would provide for sufficient strategic focus;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas it is crucial to prioritize and fill the capability gaps identified in the Capability Development Plan (CDP), and by the Coordinated Annual Defence on Review (CARD);
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) drives defence national planning processes in most cas21 EU NATO Member States;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas interactions between Member States’ national priorities, EU priorities and NATO priorities should be better synchronised at the earliest possible convenience; whereas PESCO can be an effective tool in order to achieve EU and NATO targets simultaneouslycapability targets;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas Parliament should, jointly with the Council, exercise legislative and budgetary functions, as well as exercise functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties regarding military CSDP;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ensure that PESCO is effectively used as an instrument to reach deep, sustainable, efficient and permanent EU defence integcooperation as a common goal, in line with the ambition for greater EU Strategic Autonomysovereignty in EU decision-making and operational action;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensure that PESCO is treated as a Union institutions sui generis, as is the case with the European External Action Service (EEAS), which would require amending the Financial Regulation8 in order to include PESCO, with a specific section in the Union budget; recognise that Parliament, jointly with the Council, exercises legislative and budgetary functions, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties; _________________ 8well- financed in an efficient manner by contributing Member States according to the provisions of the TEU; OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) focus PESCO efforts on projects with a strategic and integrative dimension, such as EUFOR CROC, and link those to other PESCO projects in order to create additional synergies and effects of scale aiming at systematically strengthening military CSDP;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ensure that parts of key capabilities such as future key land, sea, air and other platforms for the armed forces of the Member States are brought under PESCO or are at least closely connected to it in order to increase the operational readiness of military CSDP;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) consider, as part of the reform of the EU Battlegroup system, to bring it under PESCO in order to increase its operational capacity, modularity and agility by establishing permanent multinational units dedicated to fulfil Article 43 (1) TEU military tasks;