15 Amendments of Thierry MARIANI related to 2021/2183(INI)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the launch of the work onConsiders that the ‘Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union’ concept, which is particularly fluid, has a tendency to encroach upon the prerogatives of states as enshrined in the European Treaties;
Amendment 110 #
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 reviewConsiders that the states and their representative bodies are best placed to identify existing threats, including 360- degree threats;
Amendment 116 #
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; 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 coherent 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 soany cooperation policy on defence can only come from inter-state cooperation structures, as demonstrated by the history of conflict studies and strategy; mistrusts concepts seeking to integrate milidtarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection ofy and security structures under a solely European citizensheading;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is concerned about the deteriorating security situation in the region; warns against any expansion of NATO in the region, promoted in particular by EU bodies;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urgeConsiders theat Member States to address this matter as soon as remain solely resposnsible; considers that third-country for their 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 undethe level of such participation; affirms that military personnel made available to such missions must remain, ultimately, under the command of their lress permissive conditionpective countries;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct CapabiPoints out that any cooperation politcy (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations; callsrelating to defence, at European level, would not meet integration criteria, and therefore opposes any plan for the creation of a European HQ for conduct of operations;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. SuOpports 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; 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 2023ses any project intended to create, both in terms of recruitment and operation as well as mission, military groups reporting directly to an EU institution, and in particular the Commission, whether directly or through agencies;
Amendment 393 #
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 space; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insistrecalls that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space lawinternational space law has, since the very beginning, developed from international agreements between states; notes that the European Space Agency, created ad hoc, has proven to be far more effective and achieved much more than the Space Agency of the European Union;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes 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; welcomes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets outRecalls that European defence research and the implementation of industrial programmes have traditionally been based on cooperation projects between states or between national undertakings; warns the Commission against any attempt to capture national technologies in projects under its control, including via the European Defence Fund;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Laments 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)Calls for management of the EDF to be handled exclusively by the European Council, and specifically by the Council of Ministers for Defence, acting unanimously;
Amendment 459 #
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, competitivPoints out that the European defence cooperation programmes that have been a proven success have always been based on projects involving States or domestic firms, and deniess of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence marketCommission a role in this field; calls for the activities of the Commission’s DG DEFIS to be shut down;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Recalls thatDisapproves of any involvement by third- country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approveies in PESCO; opposes the military mobility project, which is the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada ightening the strategic divide affecting the military mobility projectentire continent of Europe;
Amendment 581 #
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in thisStresses that only by diverging from the interests of NATO can European countext, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compasries build a security and defence policy consistent with their intrinsic interests;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers; recalls that all decisions on security and defence matters within the European Council must be taken by unanimity; warns, given the proposals submitted as part of the Conference on the future of Europe, against the ambitions of certain political movements to promote qualified majority voting in this area; calls on the forthcoming French Presidency of the European Union to defend the principle of unanimity in no uncertain terms;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Points out that Parliament and the national parliaments should be consulted in advance on the planning, modification and possibility of ending CSDP missions; ismust be determined to play itstheir full role in scrutinising the Global Europe instrument, in particular its peace and security dimension, and in the implementation of the EDF;