Activities of Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK related to 2008/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
2006 Annual report on the CFSP - Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the signature of the Lisbon Treaty, which will introduce major innovations in the field of ESDP, in particular by strengthening the office of High Representative, establishing a European External Action Service, introducing an article on mutual defence assistance, a solidarity clause and, permanent structured cooperation in the field of defence; urges all Member States to ratify the Lisbon Treaty as quickly as possible; is of the opinion that the European Parliament and national parliaments should jointly debate these innovation and an extension of the "Petersberg tasks"; hopes that the ratification process will be completed successfully and in a timely fashion in all Member States; points out that Parliament will uphold its responsibilities under the current Treaty and will closely monitor the implementation of any new innovations;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Member States concerned to brinvestigate the possibilities and possible impact of bringing under permanent structured cooperation, as envisaged in the Lisbon Treaty, existing multinational forces such as Eurocorps, Eurofor, Euromarfor, the European Gendarmerie Force, the Spanish- Italian amphibious force, the European Air Group, the European Air Coordination cell in Eindhoven, the Athens Multinational Sealift Coordination Centre (AMSCC) and all relevant forces and structures for ESDP operations;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Invites the High Representative to assess in a White Paper the progress made, and any shortcomings, in the implementation of the ESS since 2003, including lessons learned from ESDP operations;, the link between external and internal aspects of security (the fight against terrorism); the protection of borders and critical infrastructure including protection against cyber-attacks; the security of energy supply as a challenge facing civilian, economic, technical and diplomatic efforts; unsolved regional disputes in the EU's neighbourhood, e.g. in Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh; humanitarian and security challenges on the African continent; and the consequences of climate change and natural disasters for civil protection and humanogether with the link and relationship between external and internal aspects of security;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests the Council, against the background ofAcknowledges the Member States' efforts to make personnel available for civilian ESDP missions and requests the Council to take steps to avoid experiences of the kind that resulted in unsatisfactory planning and deployment of EUPOL Afghanistan, to carry out an immediate review of the decision-making, financing and deployment aspects of civilian ESDP missions and to put forward concrete proposals designed to avoid any repetition of this situation in the future;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is of the view that human security and effective multilateralism are core principles at the heart of the ESS, which – when combined with the principle of "responsibility to protect" – provides the EU with a strong political guideline when it comes to deciding whether an intervention should take place, and with a robust political mandate enabling it to intervene effectively in crises;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Title and Paragraph 20
Title and Paragraph 20
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Franco-German heavy transport helicopter project, but is also aware of the complex reasons for the shortage of available and operational helicopters, mostly related to the high costs of flight hours and maintenance; therefore urges the Member States to envisage an increase in defence expenditure for the purpose of being able to make efficient use of acquired helicopterremains extremely concerned by the lack of operational helicopters available for short- range transport, and therefore reiterates that one of the principal obstacles to modernising and transforming European forces so as to enable them to cope effectively with the security challenges of the 21st century is not the level of defence expenditure, but rather the lack of cooperation, the absence of a clear division of labour and specialisation, and the duplication and fragmentation in arms production and procurement, which increase the risk of non-interoperability between armies;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Encourages Member States to increase their exchange of intelligence through the EU Joint Situation Centre; believes that special measures need to be taken into account concerning new threats not covered in the ESS, such as the security of energy supply and the security consequences of climate change;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for continued improvement in interoperability between EU national armed forces; deplores the existing heterogeneity in training and equipment among various armed forces of the Member States and calls for a military 'Erasmus' programme that would include common training for military personnel that could be deployed in ESDP operations;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Regrets that the establishment of the EDA came too late to prevent the emergence of three different national programmes on the unmanned air vehicle instead of a single European one, thus enabling some companies to engage in more than one project and thereby to pocket taxpayers’ money several times over, leaving the EDA with no option but to work on the insertion of unmanned aerial vehicles into the regulated airspace; expresses its preference for a single European satellite projects, whether in the fields of intelligence or communication;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that Parliament should continue to adopt a recommendation or resolution prior tobe informed about the launch of any ESDP operation (including the launch of a Battle Group), in close consultation with national parliaments, in order to impart democratic legitimacy to the operation in question; is of the opinion that, in order to ensure flexibility when Parliament is not in plenary session, its Rules should be adapted with a view to authorising its responsible committee to adopt that recommendation or resolution on its behalf;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Regards the European Union and NATO as mutually reinforcing, and urges close cooperation between them;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A
Recital –A
–A. recalling that the objective of the European Union's foreign and security policy is to safeguard the Union's common values, fundamental interests, independence and integrity as well as to fulfil the need to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in conformity with the principles of the United Nations Charter: a. stating that conflict and crisis prevention by civil and diplomatic means must be the overall guiding principle underlying any EU security and defence policy; b. convinced that the new security and defence measures must not result in any weakening of human rights in general, or of civil liberties and the rights of Union citizens as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; c. emphasising that the European Security Strategy can be implemented successfully as long as there are no differing levels of security within the territory of the European Union; d. convinced that the European Security and Defence Policy should provide for the identification of "common threats" and, consequently, the elaboration of "common interests" as long as security is affected within the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C – point f
Recital C – point f
f. the failure as yet to sign the technical agreements drafted between EU and NATO with a view to ensuring coordination in Kosovo between KFOR and the possible future ESDP mission, and in Afghanistan between EUPOL and ISAF, due to opposition by Turkey,
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas continuous efforts need to be made to avoid duplication and to increase interoperability within the EU, and whereas the most cost-effective way of doing this is to share and pool defence assets in order to maximise Europe's defence capability,