Activities of Alexandr VONDRA related to 2023/2119(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023
Amendments (63)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, its illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea and the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the occupation of Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia and the Republic of Moldova’s region of Transnistria demonstrate a need for an ongoing CSDP presence in the region;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the strategic environment where many CSDP missions are present is radically deteriorating, with an ongoing war of aggression by Russia in Ukraine and its spillover effect into Moldova, an outbreak of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a wave of coup d’états in the Sahel region and renewed terrorist campaigns in Somalia and Mozambique, all of which demonstrates the need for CSDP mandates to remain flexible and strive towards building a credible and capable deterrence posture within the host countries to ensure their civilian and military personnel can deter and respond rapidly to the growing threat environment;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas CSDP mission planning must take into consideration the People’s Republic of China’s role in promoting alternative narratives, challenging democratic values, undermining open markets, and the rules-based international order;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas CSDP’s access to both planning, resources and logistics gives it the potential to become the primary enabler of civilian crisis management during emergencies and should be used as a practice hub of societal resilience and recovery in the face of both man-made and natural disasters;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the threats posed to the EU’s East not only concern conflict with Russia but also terrorism, organised crime, human trafficking, corruption, mass irregular migration, and a host of other threats to the cohesion of societies both within and outside the EU;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas if CSDP missions are to achieve mission objectives, they must begin advisory and training in coping with emerging and disruptive technologies that are rapidly entering the ‘frozen conflict’ environment;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas hybrid threats in the years to come will see the systematic combination of information warfare, agile force manoeuvre, mass cyber warfare and emerging and disruptive technologies from seabed to space with both advanced air-breathing and space–based surveillance and strike systems deployed, all of which will be enabled by advanced artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, increasingly ‘intelligent’ drone swarm technologies, offensive cyber capabilities, hypersonic missile systems, and Nano-tech and bio-warfare;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas the EU’s Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) will have to consider how to protect a deployed force against multiple hybrid threats or conduct advanced operations at a far higher level of risk than today;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)
Recital B i (new)
Bi. whereas CSDP will also require close coordination with NATO’s defence and deterrence posture, as well as the Alliance’s effort to promote co-operative security through defence capacity building and the Open Door policy;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that NATO and leading allies such as US and UK are playing a crucial role in coordinating and leading the efforts to support Ukraine militarily not only with weapons, ammunition and equipment, but also intelligence and data; considers the ongoing war of aggression as further evidence that the most important country for European security remains the United States as the war continues to reveal profound structural faults in the EU security and defence architecture and unacceptable shortfalls in capabilities;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1a. Recognises that despite mass mobilization in Russia to continue its war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia maintains an active military presence everywhere that Moscow deems strategically important, primarily: South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Nagorno- Karabakh, Kazakhstan, Transnistria, Syria, the wider Mediterranean, Africa (via Wagner Group), Latin America and the Arctic, all of which create additional threat scenarios that cannot be discounted;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1c. Underlines that the ultimate goal should be to maintain support to Ukraine to ensure the military collapse of Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine to enable Kyiv and its partners to negotiate from a position of strength that fully restores Ukraine’s territorial integrity, compensates and restores Ukraine for the tremendous suffering it has endured and ensures that those responsible for waging the war of aggression against Ukraine, including Vladimir Putin and Aliexandr Lukashenka, are brought to justice for the crimes they have committed, as are war criminals in lower echelons of the Russian government, Russian armed forces and their proxies;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls for further increase and speeding up in financial and military assistance to Ukraine and for the immediate deployment of modern equipment, weapons and next-generation air defence and surface to surface systems; expresses its support for the decision by a number of Member States and international partners to provide Ukraine with modern main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers; underlines the need to move one step further and deliver modern jet fighters and attack helicopters and train Ukrainian crews as swiftly as possible;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the European Peace Facility (EPF) which has supported the Ukrainian armed forces by financing and delivering military equipment and training, while providing coordination for all stakeholders through the Clearing House Mechanism hosted by the EU Military Staff; encourages member states to create scenario-based and predictable inventory of military capabilities that can be provided under the EPF to ensure that short-term provision of capabilities are rapidly sourced within Member States and delivered without delay while long-term provision of capabilities that assist Ukraine in restoring deterrence are provided in a foreseeable timeframe, in coordination with third countries when necessary; calls for the financial sustainability and durability of the EPF to be ensured in order to provide Ukraine and other EU partners around the world with the support they request;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages Member States to further utilize the European Peace Facility (EPF) for training and outfitting security services in EaP countries hosting CSDP missions, particularly military police, medical and law enforcement infrastructure and the increase of intelligence exchange capabilities via secure communication lines for EaP;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Encourages Member States to ensure that any provision of equipment support via EPF to EaP countries are compliant with EaP country needs and carried out in collaboration with NATO strategic planning to avoid duplication;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European External Action Service to provide necessary technical assistance to Armenia through the EPF, which will strengthen the resilience of Armenia in the context of ensuring security, independence and sovereignty and which will lead for more comprehensive and enhanced cooperation between the EU and Armenia in the field of defense;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers EUMAM as the most significant CSDP mission currently underway; recognises the combined arms training and specialised training must aim to increase its efforts in training: counter UAV, UAV system training, missile systems, and radar recognition;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers EUMAM's need for additional instructors, equipment, ammunition and training offices in support to its moduls as a top priotity in CSDP mission planning and should be provided urgently;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the flexibility and adaptability of the European Union Advisory Mission in Ukraine in implementing its revised mandate in difficult conditions; calls on the EU to ensure it can operate with the adequate financial, logistical and human means to meet Ukraine’s needs and welcomes third country participation in this regard;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the EU’s concrete support to Ukraine through the ‘three ammunition tracks’; urges faster delivery of ammunition from Member States’ existing stocks through the EPF; calls for the joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine to be sped up and stresses the need to ramp up the third track and ensure the effective implementation of the Act in Support of Ammunition Production; encourages Member States to provide spccialised opportunities for Small Medium Enterprises in the European defense sector so they have the capacity to participate in the bidding process via meaures such as creating a preapproved list of companies to facilitate a speedier engagement process, introducing private equity firms that invest in SMEs into the procurement process, assist SME growth by incubation and capital investment, reducing the complexities of bidding for contracts, and devising an internal effort to reform the amount of time taken to address contract details; further stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in EU defence policies and programmes during the EU membership process, building on the existing agreement with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and as a beneficiary of the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA); calls on the European External Action Service to come forward with a plan for a sustainable and long-term package of security commitments for Ukraine;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages Member States to support legislation that assists with the integration of the Ukrainian Arms Industry into the wider transatlantic defence technological and industrial cooperation; encourages Member States to promote cooperation between different European defense firms to encourage combining resources and competencies in order to spur innovation and development of modern military equipment;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the commitment of the EU’s heads of state and government, made in the Versailles Declaration, to provide all the necessary support needed by Ukraine and to take greater responsibility for European security by bolstering European defence capabilities; enourages greater coordination with transatlantic Allies and NATO in this respect; considers that taking greater responsibility for European Security requires Member States and the EU to be able to provide a minimum of 50% of the capabilities required to deter Russia from further aggression towards its neighbours and Member States no later than 2030 ; calls on the EU and its Member States to deliver on this commitment by accelerating the full implementation of the Strategic Compass in order to make the European Union a stronger and more capable security provider;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages Member States to maintain the principle of nominating national specialists as candidates for CSDP mission staff from EU Member States bordering EaP countries or who have experience with the transformation of former communist services;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Encourages Member States to each deploy personnel to CSDP Missions in EaP countries to ensure all Member States are represented in missions throughout the region and to encourage greater third country participation in these missions, particularly from third countries who have hosted successfully completed CSDP missions in former communist countries;
Amendment 235 #
9c. Considers the recent outbreak of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan to have likely been tacitly approved and coordinated by Russia in an effort to further destabilize the region, thwart mediation efforts of the EU and undermine attempts at European accension; therefore recommends the expansion of the number of the EUMA observers and their outfitting with additional capabilities to better support EUMA mission objectives;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the VP/HR and Member States to deliver more robust, flexible and modular CSDP missions and operations, that can adapt to the changing security context and that build on the synergies and complementarities of civilian and military dimensions of CSDP; welcomes the adoption of the new Civilian CSDP Compact and the commitment to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and responsiveness of civilian missions, including through speeding up decision making, strengthening operational planning, improving selection and recruitment of personnel, integrating the effort to combat the illicit trafficking of cultural goods, emphasising greater gender equality and improving responsiveness tools;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages Member States to use the third country PESCO agreement over military mobility as a template for EaP country participation with an emphasis on tailoring PESCO projects to CSDP mission needs, particularly the development of highly encrypted secure civilian communication systems that can enable deeper cooperation with the commercial sector during crises, vital in countries across the EaP region where espionage is high;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to increase investment across the expanding security and defence task list with a particular focus on aligning PESCO and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP), particularly as it involves third countries;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recognises that Russia's unjustifiable military aggression against Ukraine has exposed the many layers of corruption and ineffectiveness within the Russian Armed Forces, coupled with a far reaching sanctions regime that beleaguers Russia's economic outlook; considers that these factors will likely lead to the Kremlin enhancing its defense spending in an effort to rebuild its Armed Forces and keep pace with NATO Allied defense spending, forcing the Kremlin to further rely heavily on fellow rival states such as the People's Republic of China, Iran and North Korea for its political, financial and operational objectives;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Recognizes that Georgia was the first target of Russia's full-scale military aggression and attempts to forcefully redraw the borders of a sovereign state in Europe in 2008. Stresses that even after 15 years, the Russian Federation continues its illegal occupation and effective control over the occupied territories of Georgia through its military presence, continued borderisation activities along the ABL, significant military build-up in the occupied regions, frequent illegal detentions and kidnappings of Georgian citizens and other human rights violations on the ground, posing a serious threat not only to the peace and security in the region, but also to the security architecture of Europe;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Highlights that Russia's aggression against Ukraine has emphasized the use of drones at an unprecedented scale in modern warfare, urges Member States to utilize EPF, PESCO, EDA and other available intstruments to ensure investment, development and joint procurement of Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C- UAS) and Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) are prioritized and to integrate C- UAS and AEA into the strategic doctrine of CSDP military training missions;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Highlights the need to ensure the security of the Black Sea region by assisting in the demining of Ukraine's seawaters and to encourage Member States to offer training exercises in this regard with an emphasis on the development of Maritime Mine Counter Measure Capabilities and Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Recognises that the supply of thousands of Shahed drones from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia has further cemented Iran’s role as a pariah state, accompanied with the potential for IRGC military intervention in Ukraine to support Moscow’s war aims, while Russia’s ongoing support from countries such as North Korea and China further demonstrate its unwavering hostility to international laws and norms;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that China has established a ‘no-limits friendship’ with Russia, that includes significant transfer of technology and military capabilities, and poses an increasing number of security challenges to the EU, especially in the fields of cyber and FIMI; stresses the need for the EU to aid Member States in strengthening the security and integrity of its critical infrastructures, supply chains and technology base, ensure access to critical raw materials devoid of any involvement of Chinese firms, including through close monitoring of their ownership and control by actors linked to the Chinese government;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for heightened attention to China’s escalating hybrid warfare tactics in the Indo-Pacific, particularly pertaining to Taiwan, acknowledges that the potential repercussions of destabilisation in the region would resonate far beyond the Taiwan Strait and directly impact the security of the EU;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses the importance of developing regular dialogue, cooperation, and capacity building with Allies in the Indo-Pacific, notably Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which possesses substantive expertise and employ scientific methods to counter Chinese cyberattacks and FIMI based on its extensive experience, technological advantages, and proximity to China; considers information exchange, burden-sharing, and strategic alignment with these Allies as an essential step in order to optimise the use of the EU’s limited resources;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Recognises that the China-Russia ‘No Limits’ Partnership will continue to grow, with China taking advantage of the political and economic opportunities created by the war while increasing its hostility to its neighbours, increasing its military cooperation with Russia and undertaking sustained efforts to infiltrate and undermine democratic developments and business practices in various Member States;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for supplementary progress on further improving the EU Hybrid Toolbox, specifically addressing activities involving cyber-attacks and FIMI, and the revision of the implementing guidelines of the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolbox; welcomes the commitment set out in the new Civilian Compact to provide the necessary capabilities to enable civilian CSDP missions to respond to hybrid attacks, including FIMI and cyber, by 2024; reiterates the need for ensuring the existence of the expertise and capacity for secure information and communications technologies for all CSDP missions and operations to communicate securely in theatre and with all EU institutions; recognises the important role that emerging disruptive technologies such as quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence will play in this regard; calls for increasing the resilience of all CSDP missions and operations to CBRN;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the EU to continue active engagement and take decisive steps through its important instruments to ensure that Russia fulfils its obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, in particular to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories, deploy international security mechanisms inside both Georgian regions and to allow the EU Monitoring Mission’s unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia, to engage constructively in the Geneva International Discussions (GID) and Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs); calls on the EEAS to prepare a thorough report of violations of the 12 August 2008 ceasefire agreement, identify and communicate clearly the provisions which have still not been fulfilled by the Russian Federation and submit recommendations; considers the need to ensure Russia's withdraw of military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories as a key security objective and allow the establishment of an international security mechanism in these territories; urges the EU to promote the unimpeded access of the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia’s territories occupied by Russia according to the Mission’s mandate; to support the extension of its mandate and strengthening its capacities in order to address properly the security and humanitarian needs of the local population in conflict-affected areas;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reiterates the EU’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and for the efforts in the framework of the 5+2 negotiation process to reach a peaceful, lasting, comprehensive, political settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, based on the respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognized borders, with a special status for Transnistria, that would ensure the protection of human rights also on the territories currently not controlled by constitutional authorities; reminds that the UN General Assembly adopted on 22 June 2018 a resolution urging the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops and armaments unconditionally from the territory of the Republic of Moldova and reaffirming the support for the immediate implementation of that resolution;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Expresses concern that Transnistria continues to serve as a safe haven for human smugglers and organized crime while recognising that EUBAM plays an important role in helping to re-open rail freight through Transnistria that had been suspended for six years and in 2020 aided in launching a direct dialogue between Tiraspol and Chisinau; recognises that from 2020-2021 EUBAM thwarted multiple smuggling operations, seizing copious amounts of ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, ethanol and heroin and encourages EUBAM to expand its collaboration with multiple international organisations including Europol, FRONTEX and OSCE via its Arms Working Group, ORIO II Joint Operations and ‘EU 4 Border Security’ initiatives;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the Cyber Solidarity Act and its importance to Member States cyber defense capabilities; supports the promotion of platforms for information sharing and analysis and calls for this to be expanded to include the provision of threat or vulnerability intelligence with Cross Border Security Operations Centers (SOCs); calls for a clearer funding plan that specifies the amount of funds that will be used towards implementing the act;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the need for enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, to improve situational awareness, counter security threats and better inform policy making; calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to reinforce the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC); considers close collaboration with NATO's Joint Force Command Centers and the better utilization of PESCO projects as intrumental to these objectives;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Encourages cyber security projects be expanded to include third countries that have been affected by Russia’s disinformation campaigns and cyber warfare; Emphasizes the destabilizing impact of Russian disinformation and propaganda campaigns against Member States and CSDP Mission Headquarters that seek to sow discord and resentment against the Armed Forces of Member States and CSDP missions; notes with particular concern Russian cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns in Ukraine, Moldova and across the Sahel region which have had a adversely negative effect on CSDP mission objectives;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and destabilising the rules-based international order; welcomes the long- awaited third Joint Declaration on EU- NATO Cooperation which confirmed that the EU and NATO are essential partners who share common values and strategic interests, and who work in complementarity to ensure Euro-Atlantic and global security and stability; calls in particular for synergies and coherence between NATO’s Strategic Concept and the EU’s Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas of countering Russian aggression, hybrid and cyber warfare, and providing support to partnerensuring maritime security in the Black Sea and providing support to partners; calls on the EU to elaborate, together with NATO, an integrated approach towards the Black Sea with a view to strengthening partnership in the areas of security, energy and connectivity; calls on the EU to redouble joint efforts by the EU and NATO to build deterrence and resilience of the Eastern Neighborhood countries by developing maritime defense capabilities, enhancing maritime interoperability, provision of capabilities to deter and defend against cyber intrusions and attacks, expanding intelligence sharing, and maintaining modern outfitting of national Armed Forces;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recognises CSDP as an opportunity for third countries hosting CSDP missions to also aid Euro-Atlantic security objectives and demonstrate their capacity to provide security to others via their participation in out-of-area CSDP missions and operations; takes into account the valuable contribution of third countries such as Georgia who have deployed over 600 servicemen to serve in CSDP missions in the Sahel region, notably EUFOR RCA, EUTM RCA, EUMAM RCA & EUTM Mali; encourages Member States to expand support mechanisms for EaP country participation in CSDP missions when deemed appropriate;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Expresses deep concern about China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour against its neighbours, particularly its activities in the Taiwan Strait, including its 1,727 fighter jet incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone in 2022, which is undermining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Condemns China’s disruptive activities in the South China Sea, including island-building, harassment, and dangerous manoeuvres conducted by its navy, coast guard, and maritime militia. These actions have raised tensions with neighbouring countries and threatened maritime security in one of the most important global trade routes. Calls for greater Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) and capacity building with the EU’s partners in the region;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Encourages CSDP HQ’s in EaP countries to call for closer synergies with national Joint Training and Evaluation Centres in EaP countries;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26e. Calls on the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), EU Military Committee (EUMCC) and EU Military Staff to develop a model for generating and sharing best practice campaign/mission planning concepts that are shared at the earliest stage possible with partners vital to campaign success;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26f. Calls on the CPCC and EUMCC to ensure that CSDP SSR efforts support established educational trainings of Ministerial officials such as the Professional Development Program (PDP);
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Calls on the CPCC and EU Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) to emphasise the professional civil-military education of all staff in CSDP missions by utilizing the European Security and Defence College to help shape the expertise of civil and defence professionals to ensure that CSDP personnel can better recognise and respond to the complexity of security challenges evident in EaP and other countries;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Calls on the Commission, EEAS, CPCC and EUMCC to better adapt to building interagency Working Groups with exercising and training used to help develop best practice interagency cooperation and the robust cross-function personal relationships critical to effective civ-mil partnerships in places like EaP countries;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 i (new)
Paragraph 26 i (new)
26i. Calls on the EEAS to coordinate assessment reports and political messaging with NATO Liaison Offices in EaP countries;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 j (new)
Paragraph 26 j (new)
26j. Encourages Member States who share both EU & NATO Membership leading different NATO Capacity Building Initiatives with EaP countries to ensure training efforts and transfer of best practices are coordinated with the EU MPCC and CPCC;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 k (new)
Paragraph 26 k (new)
26k. Calls on the EEAS, MPCC, CPCC and CSDP HQ’s to foster a new culture of understanding between civilian and military partners based on enhanced institutional relationships and shared awareness and assessment in an effort to develop a comprehensive planning framework and culture;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 l (new)
Paragraph 26 l (new)
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 m (new)
Paragraph 26 m (new)
26m. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to increase the visibility of CSDP Missions in EaP via inclusion in their political messaging, publicly accessible documents and engagements with the international press;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the effective high-level EU-Georgia Strategic Security Dialogue as well as a dedicated format for consultations on the CSDP issues and calls on the EU to further engage in security cooperation with Georgia and other associated countries across the priority areas identified in the Strategic Compass, notably in strengthening resilience of local security sectors in the area of crisis management, including preparedness for large scale and multi- sectorial maritime and CBRN incidents, and in countering hybrid threats as well as upgrading capacities of cybersecurity institutions; calls on the EU to facilitate with Associated countries an enhanced cooperation with the EU Satellite Center, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU Cyber Security Agency – ENISA with the aim to conclude relevant working arrangements; believes that the participation of Associated countries and NATO Allies in the PESCO projects, subject to the agreement by the EU member states, stands as a strong contribution to promoting compatibility of security and defence sector between third countries and EU standards as well as sharing experience, intelligence and technical expertise in various domains;
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Requests the EEAS to provide in the confidential mode the EUMA reports on the situation on the ground with the Committee of the Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Subcommittee on the Security and Defence (SEDE) of the European Parliament;