6 Amendments of Laura HUHTASAARI related to 2019/2135(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that in the current global security environment, an integral part of the EU’s strategic autonomy should be the independent capacity tothe Member States remain the main guaranteeors of the security of itstheir own citizens;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2. Highlights that the support of EU citizens is crucialStresses that security and defence policy remain in the core of the sovereignty of the Member States; reminds that it is impossible to unddeterpminning the political ambition of EU defence policy; underlines the fact that according to the latest public opinion surveys, three quarters of EU citizens are in favour of a common defence and security policy for the Member States, a proportion that has remained above 70 % since 2004e a common foreign and security policy line for the EU due to diversity of historical backgrounds, geographical positions and geostrategic interests of the Members States; urges the European Parliament to bear in mind lessons of history for limits of European integration drawn by failures of projects even between six founding members of the European integration project, e.g. the collapse of the Fouchet Plan in the 1960s;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes Commission President- elect von der Leyen’s political guidelines, which are framed around a ‘geopolitical’ dimension and stress the need to take further bold steps in the next five years towards a genuine European Defence Union; welcomes, moreover, further commitments to deliver on Parliament’s long-standing request to attach greater institutional prominence to defence, with the proposed creation of a dedicated directorate-general to that end;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe should include reflections on the future European Defence Union and, in particular, the need to establish a European intervention force endowed with sufficiently effective defence capabilities to engage in peace- keeping and conflict prevention and strengthen international security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the tasks set out in Article 43(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU);
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reaffirms the Union’s commitmentHighlights the diversity in the to NATO, which remains a key Member States’ security and defence pillar of our common security; policy lines, certain emphasising the notes, however, that close NATO as the main pillar of their security cooperation between the EU and its and defence policy, as others remain closest allies should not impede the militarily non-aligned; creation of the European Defence Union;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11