25 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2022/2050(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
Citation 27
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; wherease Commission claims that the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas CSDP has 11 civilian missions and 7 military operations under way with around 5 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas total personnel deployed by the Member States has steadily declined in recent years, and missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnellow overall performance;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war againstnotes the strong Commission driven support for Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains commitcalls on the Member Stateds to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aidbring the two sides to the negotiation table to end the untold human suffering in Ukraine;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to substantially strengthen the society-wide focus on resilience and the response to hybrid warfare; welcomes the decision to develop an EU Hybrid Toolbox for a coordinated response to hybrid threats; encourages further development of the EU’s cyber- defence policy and capabilitiescalls for more attention and resistance to the use of weapons of mass- migration;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems after much of arms and ammunition were handed over to Ukraine, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls onproposes that the Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough atheir defence forces while making significant reductions in this crucial fielspending on migration, asylum and development-aid;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EUuropean research and development to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to meet increasing demands and ambitions;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for more and smarter spending to foster industrial consolidation, cost savings and increased interoperability; calls for synergies with other EU financial instruments to be leveraged and access to private funding for the defence industry to be facilitated;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; condemns the increasing presence of the Kremlin- backed Wagner Group in the Sahel; firmly believes that the latter’s involvement in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledges that the various international missions have not yet achieved their primary goal of lasting peace in the region and that a reflection process on the mandates and roles of international missions and policies is therefore neededshould immediately be closed;; expresses similargrave concern over the increased presence and activity of Islamist terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaeda, Daesh and Al- Shabaab in the Member States, the Middle East and in Africa and the need to isolate Europe from these groups and latter two geographical areas;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the review and reinforcementend of all CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates; stresses the need to strengthen theirnational resilience and effectiveness by enabling them to better address hybrid security challenges, such across Europe and cease through better cooperation with other EU actors and like-minded partners outside the EUe Commission´s meddling in third states' internal and external affairs;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it important that EU interventions are based on athe Commission shall clear understanding of the types of crisis and conflictse interventions in third countries as the EU seelacks to respohe mandate and to,he esxpecially where others are not willing or able to intervene or in non-permissive environments in the futurertise to deal with these issues;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the persistent and structural problem of ensuring thatall CSDP missions and operations are fully staffed; calls on the Member States to follow through on their decisions to launch missions and operations by providing the necessary personnel; strongly urges Member States to fulfil their pledges so as to match their actual engagement to their ambitionssince the unfortunate inception of the concept by the Commission, plagued by un-motivated and insufficiently skilled staff that are unable to be accountable for the funds and human resources entrusted to them and unable to even partly fulfilling the mission objectives; strongly urges Member States to work for the abolishment of CSDP Mission and concentrate on measures to create resilience and security for their own people;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the systematisation of security and defence partnerships with like- minded partners worldwide to meet the EU’s level of ambition as a security provider; considers it essential to include security and defence issues more systematically in the EU’s political dialogues with like-minded partners;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for stronger military-security cooperation with Western Balkan countries, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, counter-terrorism and countering disinformationhalting mass-migration, combating: the use of weapons of mass-migration; drugs- and arms-trafficking; organised crime and terrorism;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
Paragraph 27 – indent 1