Activities of Mounir SATOURI related to 2021/2183(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy – annual report 2021
Amendments (53)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to Council conclusions on youth, peace and security of 7 June 2018 and to Council conclusions on youth in external action of 5 June 2020,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2018 on autonomous weapon systems,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
— having regard to the Council's Concept for an Integrated Approach on Climate Change and Security as adopted on 5th October 2021,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 f (new)
Citation 2 f (new)
— having regard to the Council's Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of 9 November 2020,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world and a still unstableclimate change, a global wave of authoritarianism, pandemics, disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks, hybrid threats, systematic competition, conventional threats, global criminal networks, and increased militarisation around the world including rising nuclear weapons risks and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) including the use of chemical weapons, and a unstable and partly undemocratic neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the worldnumerous challenges to the Union's foreign, security and defence policy; stresses that the EU and its Member States must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomyits capacity and willingness to decide and act autonomously, if needed, in foreign affairs, security and defence matters;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that itshould constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union; n effective European Security Union, including clear and effective decision making on activation, adaptation or strengthening of both civilian and military CSDP tools and advancement towards a reinforced and more integrated cooperation between European armed forces; stresses the urgent need to use the Strategic Compass to develop a clear vision as regards the question of how the Member States want to use CSDP and EPF in the short, medium and long-term and, as a consequence, how relevant civilian and military instruments can be adapted, strengthened or abandoned on the basis of concrete scenarios for possible future CSDP or EPF interventions;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that there is an urgent need to develop a true European Security Union which encompasses all military and civilian security aspects, instruments, budgets and capabilities and the whole cycle of conflict from prevention to post- conflict stabilisation, and which is based on a modern, progressive and strong human security concept which addresses the security demands of EU citizens, local populations and the security and stability of state institutions;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review, and parliamentary consultation;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner which strengthens and defends a rules-based international system and multilateral cooperation; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherentmmon understanding of future scenarios for intervention, a coherent and effective defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when international peace, security and stability are challenged abroad, and when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a new approach at the operational level to security sector reform, security assistance and military capacity building (SSR, DDR, CBSD) which incorporates lessons learned in particular in Mali and which puts the emphasis on (a) democratic control of all security forces including armed forces, (b) democratic and transparent governance of the sector, (c) systematic monitoring of full and strict compliance of all actors with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, (d) and clear mechanisms for suspension, or withdrawal in case of impunity, and ongoing violations;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to enlarge the upcoming Joint Communication on a strategic approach to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants to SSR and CBSD in order to have a consistent, coherent and profoundly renewed Union approach towards security assistance for third countries;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the increasing involvement of Europeans in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; call including ongoing serious human rights abuses and war crimes by Malian armed forces and other G5 Sahel security actors; deeply deplores impunity in this respect and underlines that such ongoing crimes undermine also European and international efforts to create a secure and safe environment and combat armed groups and terrorists; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel; notes the increasing involvement of Europeans oin the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activitiesTakuba Task Force but urgently calls for a more integrated approach which puts human security, development and good governance first;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the current Malian authorities to refrain from contracting the Wagner Group and allowing its personnel to enter Malian territory;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa; calls for an integrated approach to tackle development and governance issues driving piracy;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action; welcomes and fully supports the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); notes the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); calls on all parties to the conflict to acknowledge that there is no military solution and to work towards a political solution; calls for the restoration of an inclusive dialogue between the Government, the democratic opposition and civil society, and for the revitalization of the peace agreement; deplores that since 2018 the President of CAR has resorted to the Wagner Group, a PMC which is responsible for war crimes and grave violations of human rights in CAR; stresses that cooperation with and assistance to CAR such as under the form of the EU Advisory Mission should be made conditional on the withdrawal of such malign and harmful actors, and calls on the HR/VP to suspend the mission until the Wagner Group has left CAR's territory;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcompolitical objectives of Article 21 TEU and military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU with a view on the future CSDP operation in Mozambique and stresses that the use of CSDP to protect commercial and economic interests of a Member State lacks Treaty basis; notes the commitment of thsome Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses the need to step up preparations, training and awareness with regards to possible unconstitutional and secessionist actions by the President of Republika Srpska which undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement and therefore security and peace in the whole region; urges EU, NATO and Member States to have a strategic debate on EUFOR Althea, including finding a way to ensure that the peacekeeping troops will be able to fulfil their mandate in the future as long as the situation in the country requires it;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses with regard to the maritime component of IRINI the international obligations regarding search and rescue of people in distress at sea; calls on member States to ensure that IRINI acts in full compliance with maritime law, in particular obligations related to search and rescue; reiterates its grave concern at the fate of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya, whose already dramatic situation continues to deteriorate; calls on the Libyan authorities and militias to close detention facilities for migrants; deplores that it is envisaged to withdraw ships from any given area with a significant presence of migrants; demands clarifications on the envisaged decision-making process and modalities on any future decision related to the so-called “pull factor effect” which lacks any scientific evidence to this point;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomNotes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its keythe high expectations for its role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperatall decisions to transfer arms to parties to the conflict in violation of the arms embargo, including by both Turkey and France;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores information sharing between IRINI and Frontex since the conclusion of the working agreement of 15 January 2021 endowing the EU with military means to detect migrants and push back against migrants, with the high risk of contributing to refoulement;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and, more robust mandates, and clear exit strategies; calls for closer linkages between existing European ad hoc operations and CSDP military missions or operations;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions; strongly believes that as long as military CSDP operations solely rely on ad hoc arrangements as regards capabilities, CSDP will not become a very reliable and effective instrument at the disposal of a Common Foreign and Security Policy;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises which should include a multinational land brigade of around 5.000 troops and air, maritime and special forces components; recalls that European NATO members are engaged in NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) which is of the same size, function and structure as the proposed entry force; recalls the existence of battlegroups whose concept does not seem to be of use for decision-makers, be it in CAR in 2013 or at Kabul airport 2021; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; laments the weakness of the planning for 2022 and 2023; believes that there is the urgent need to move beyond ad hoc common military capacities and to establish several permanent multinational units such as the air transport command in Eindhoven, but which have different military functions and focus on the military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU, in particular a 5.000 strong entry force, a corps of military engineers, and military MedEvac;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomNotes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered itn to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakeshe relevant theatres of operation in full compliance with the eight criteria of Common Position 944, human rights and humanitarian law, and with a comprehensive ex ante risk assessments, permanent monitoring via the EU level as regards the provision of military technology to third country actors and effective transparency provisions, such as the publication of a detailed list of military equipment provided to partner countries under the Facility; calls on the HR/VP to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
A more resilient Union: ensuring access to contested strategic spaces and enhancing mutual assistance and secuolidarity between Member States in case of the security of one Member State is challenged;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must protect its interests bydefend universal values, principles, the UN Charter, international law such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, multilateralism, international cooperation and aim to guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and offshore infrastructure;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomNotes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the Union to updand relevant ongoing missions to be evaluated and debated its maritime security strategy by 2022n Parliament;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in spaceInsists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law and to foster alliances, international cooperation and multilateral solution in that respect; calls on the Union to develop a security strategy for space, which is essential for its technological sovereignty, and ability to decide and act autonomously if needed ; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to defend itsreact effectivelfy against any threats to civil aviation or any failure to respect its airspace and to defstrengthend international aviation safety, in cooperation with NATO's air policing mission and with the EU's partners;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilitiin particular the chaotic military evacuation from Kabul International Airport has exposed our weaknesses and ongoing challenges and calls, therefore, for a reductionn increase in Europe’s strategic dependenciespolitical willingness to also act during emergencies and crisis in a rapid, effective and clear manner;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomNotes the progress made in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Plan (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR); calls on the Commission to draw useful lessons from this for the European Defence Fund (EDF), with the aim of achieving operational results; welcomnotes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets out; demands to set-up a framework which associates the European Parliament in a meaningful way in the drafting process of annual and multiannual work programmes; reminds that arms exports of EU member states must fully comply with the criteria of the Common Position on arms exports and the criteria of ATT and not be determined by third states export policies;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. LamentNotes the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA);
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, competitivenessefficiency of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomeconomies of scale, synergy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market; deplores that most of the current PESCO projects lack ambition and do not correspond to the capability gaps identified for conducting successful military CSDP operations;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies in particular as regards carbon neutral technologies and the sector's contribution to significantly reduce emissions;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 38 – indent 4 a (new)
- increase cooperation between Member States’ Armed Forces through common training and exercises under the capabilities development basket;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must set the ambition for a renewal of the Civilian CSDP Compact, the Compact 2.0; calls on the Member States to use the Strategic Compass in order to task the EEAS should to draft the next Civilian CSDP Compact beyond 2023; welcomes the proposals made by seven member states in this respect and supports that the Compass should outline fundamental elements of civilian CSDP, including civilian capability development beyond 2023, a new Compact for the coming five years and; supports the idea that strategic priorities for civilian CSDP should be set out by ministers at regular FAC meetings and be linked to the annual review process of the Compact;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Calls on the EEAS, with regard to civilian CSDP, to take into account and to link it to other relevant instruments such as crisis response, peacebuilding and mediation within NDICI; stresses the need to analyse the best possible way for these instruments to mutually reinforce one another; supports the idea that the Compass should underline the need to strengthen the robustness and flexibility of civilian CSDP commitments, in particular by allowing the EU to actively support ad hoc missions and operations, in which, if so decided, only a few Member States may be engaged but which contribute directly to the objectives of civilian CSDP;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39c. Supports the idea that the Compass should lays down the need for a more structured and strategic civilian capability development process; stresses that instruments and initiatives of mutual support, such as matchmaking and collective pre-deployment training should be further developed; believes that the Civilian Capability Development Plan (CCPD) should be updated regularly to ensure that it is in line with the agreed Feira priorities and that it can respond to new security threats; supports the plan that illustrative scenarios reflecting the EU level of ambition are used as a basis for defining the capabilities in the overall area of civilian crisis management; supports to also reflect the specificities of recruiting civilian personnel and consider lessons from earlier processes;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 d (new)
Paragraph 39 d (new)
39d. Rejects the approach giving military and civilian CSDP missions and operations the task of migration control and border management;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Subheading 10
Building stronger defence partnerships and supporting the autonomyfreedom and resilience of partner countries
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. CRecalls for support to be given toMember States’ obligations under arms control, non- proliferation and disarmament regimes and reaffirms its full support to these regimes; underlines the need and obligation to take effective measures for nuclear disarmament; reiterates that international peace and security are strengthened ing an world pfreserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and conventionale from the existence of nuclear weapons and that nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought; urges the EU, its Member States and NATO to strive towards an ambitious agenda for the preservation and strengthening of effective international arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, to move forward with the reduction and elimination of nuclear arsenals and to ban the deployment of hypersonic missiles; calls on EU Member States and the EU to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by becoming member or at least observer states; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty(INF) and the recent withdrawals from the Treaty on Open Skies; reiterates its continued support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as the best possible means of obtaining assurances of non-proliferation in Iran; welcomes the resumption of talks, and calls on all parties to return to full compliance; calls on the Union to ensure that obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) are met by all parties and theo fight against impunity; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF); calls for the EU and its member states to strive for a protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention to be concluded establishing verification mechanisms;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to itsensure that partnerships based, in are comparticular, on the defence of its interests and strategic autonomyble with the values, principles, norms and interests of Article 21 TEU;
Amendment 573 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); capability to decide and act autonomously if needed, based on principles, values, norms and interests enshrined in the Treaty; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States and reminds their obligations under the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT);
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls for EU and NATO to commit on including the rights of military personnel in their common agreements; stresses the need to highlight the social and human dimension of armed forces and the need to put that topic on the agenda of upcoming EU-NATO discussions when extending or revising agreed actions, also given the fact that operationally EU NATO members dispose of one single set of forces; believes that it would be important for supporting the idea of diverse and inclusive armed forces to address human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel, including right to association with a view to ensuring labour rights, gender and LGBTIQ rights at upcoming EU-NATO meetings;
Amendment 604 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Stresses that cooperation between EU and NATO should exceed institutional limitations; believes that the active participation and representation of all those who are called to implement these commitments is desirable in the successful conduct of this process; underlines the need to facilitate the right to form and join representative staff organisations concerned with the labour rights of military personnel;
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN);
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and is a driver of the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for women and men worldwide; calls for meaningful gender mainstreaming in the formulation of the EU CSDP, notably via a better gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations and specific training of the personnel deployed; welcomes the fact that all civilian CSDP missions have now appointed a gender adviser and calls on the military CSDP missions to do the same; encourages EU Member States to put forward women as candidates for existing vacancies; calls for all EU deployed military and civilian personnel to be sufficiently trained on gender equality and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and specifically on how to integrate a gender perspective into their tasks; regrets that the number of women working in CSDP missions and especially in military operations remains very low; urges the EEAS to promote the need for a concrete target for increasing the number of women in the EU’s crisis management missions and operations; urges the Member States to look at ways to strengthen recruitment and retention policies and promote women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions; stresses the need to include a new EU budget line that would finance the position of gender advisers in military CSDP missions;