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21 Amendments of Mick WALLACE related to 2021/2199(INI)

Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EaP is part of the EU’s comprehensive approach to security, specifically designed to bolster relationships with the six EaP countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, to help promote peace and stability oin the EU’s eastern flankneighbourhood;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas between 2021-2027, the EU aims also to invest in a range of security stabilisation initiatives such as enhancing the ability of EaP countries to meet hybrid and cyber threats;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas President Putin’s Russia has engaged in continuous hybrid warfare against EaP countries, backed by the ever-present threat of force across the region, to keep states politically off- balance and tied to Moscow’s self- declared sphere of influence, effectively removing the right of EaP countries to choose their own alliances;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the 2014 invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea demonstrated that Russia rejects EU or NATO aspirations in former Soviet territories and is determined to contend and contest any attempts to aid democratic development in a region which it considers its ‘near abroad’any eastward expansion of NATO;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the Normandy Format and Minsk I & II Agreements have failed tonot yet ended hostilities between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk; whereas the conflict in the Donbas region has killed more than 14 000 people;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas Russia, against the backdrop of a crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, has amassed over has stationed approximately 100 000 troops on theits border of Ukraine in an offensive formation while increasing its hybrid warfare tactics targeting the elected government in Kyiv, creating widespread concern about a potential second invasion ofwith Ukraine;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas following the electoral unrest, Belarus has largely abandoned its aim of fostering better relations with the EU, having reversed trends towards democratisation and taken to weaponising refugees in an attempt to uproot domestic aspirations towards liberalisation and destabilise EU Member States;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the threats posed to the EU’s east not only concern friction 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;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. 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;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the upcoming Strategic Compass must provide the CSDP with the political and strategic ambition, capabilities and resources needed to generate positive change, particularly across its strategic neighbourhood;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas the CSDP will also require close coordination with NATO’s defence and deterrence posture and the Open Door Policy;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
AB. whereas the EUMM has a constant need to adapt its technical capabilities to address the growing threat of hybrid warfare;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decision of the European Council of 2 December 2021 to utilise the European Peace Facility (EPF) in providing Ukraine with a package of EUR 31 million, Georgia with a package of EUR 12.75 million and Moldova with a package of EUR 7 million to assist in strengthening their resilience and defence capabilities, particularly cybersecurity, medical, engineering, mobile and logistics capabilities; encourages further utilisation of the EPF to increase the ability of EaP countries to exchange intelligence via secure communication lines, particularly those EaP countries hosting CSDP missions;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages Member States to ensure that any provision of equipment support via the EPF to EaP countries is in line with the needs of the EaP country and is carried out in collaboration with NATO strategic planning in order to avoid duplication;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages Member States each to deploy personnel to CSDP missions in EaP countries to ensure all Member States are represented in missions throughout the region and to encourage greater participation by non-EU countries in these missions, particularly former communist countries that have hosted successfully completed CSDP missions;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages Member States to expand support mechanisms for the participation of EaP countries in CSDP missions;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Invites Member States to reinforce cooperation with NATO, also through the upcoming EU-NATO joint declaration, in supporting the defence and security capacity of our neighbours to the east;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to ensure that the upcoming Strategic Compass dedicates ample focus to EaP countries and that it is closely coordinated with NATO’s upcoming Strategic Concept 2022, especially in areas of cyber defence and countering hybrid warfare;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EEAS to coordinate assessment reports and political messaging with NATO Liaison Offices in EaP countries;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States that share both EU and NATO membership and that lead different NATO capacity building initiatives with EaP countries to ensure that training efforts and the transfer of best practices are coordinated with the EU MPCC and CPCC; encourages Member States to ensure that CSDP missions in EaP countries embrace close coordination with NATO’s defence and deterrence posture and Open Door Policy;deleted
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to adjust advisory mandates to include specialised training in combating hybrid warfare activities, cyber warfare and OSINT analysis;
2022/02/09
Committee: AFET