35 Amendments of Mick WALLACE related to 2022/2050(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine;there is an urgent need to work on establishing in Europe a system of collective security free from old and new divisions, whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make e sovereign equality and independence of all states are fully respected, as envisioned by the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris and all other OSCE documents; whereas stability an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPFd peace in Europe can only be achieved through peaceful conflict resolution, arms control and disarmament measures; whereas serious political and diplomatic efforts are needed, now, to end the war in Ukraine;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas industrial fragmentation and inefficiency in developing European military capability costs between EUR 25 and EUR 100 billion each year; whereas Member States only procured some 11 % of their total equipment collaboratively in 2020; whereas the Member States have agreed on more and better defence spendingmilitarism and war are not and will never be a solution, no matter what the problem;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas CSDP has 11 civilian missions and 7 military operations under way with around 5 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas total personnel deployed by the Member States has steadily declined in recent years, and missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnel;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas security and defence partnershipdiplomacy is aren essential instruments in supporting the EU’s ambition to be a global actor; whereas EU-NATO cooperation and other partnerships such as with the UN, the United States, the United Kingdom, and certain Eastern Partnership (EaP) and Western Balkan countries constitute an integral pillar of the CSDPmilitarism and jingoism catastrophically undermine the EU’s credibility and soft power on a global level;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament’s active role in framing CSDP policies bolsters the EU’s democratic foundations; whereas Parliament can legitimately exercise political control and oversight over the executive at EU level; whereas Parliament’s diplomacy is a proven and complementary means of enhancing strategic communication, and the visibility and effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations can legitimately exercise political control and oversight over the executive at EU level;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by a range of factors, including Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to , NATO expansion in Europe and the EU’s abandonment of soft power and diplomacty in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipfavour of militarism; stresses that this situation demands that the EU urgently take stock of all the elements through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aidat have led to this catastrophic situation, in particular its own role and failures;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to imminent threats and challenges;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomDeplores new EU initiatives to enhance defence, notablyincluding the Versailles Declaration, the Strategic Compass and Joint Communication on defence investment gaps; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation to incentivise joint procurement while stressing the need for budgetary resources that genuinely meet the ambitious goals set; welcomes the upcoming review of the European defence investment programme regulation, the budget of which should be significantly increased as well;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to assess the reform of the decision-making process with a view to realising untapped potential within the Treaties, in particular by activating Article 31 TEU extending qualified majority voting (QMV) to areasInsists on the need to uphold the unanimity principle in relationg to the CSDP and pursuing full use of the ‘passerelle clauses’ and scope of articles that enhance EU solidarity and mutual assistance in the event of crises; proposes changes to the Treaties in the CSDP, to be discussed and decided upon within a convention following up on the Conference on the Future of Europe, primarily focusing on switching from unanimity to QMV for Council decisions with military implications and on defence matters for situations where passerelle clauses do not applyCSDP; deplores attempts to leverage the horror of the war in Ukraine to undermine this key principle; emphasises the right of every Member State to pursue an independent foreign and defence policy; affirms the enormous value of military neutrality to states which have such a policy, and deplores any attempt to undermine such neutrality policies;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomDeplores the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; stresses the need to make full use of EU capability-development initiatives and budgets, notably the EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces and strengthen a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiativesat capability investment and arms spending is of benefit only to arms companies, and results in every case in a more dangerous and unstable world while diverting enormous sums of money from useful public programmes such as education, health, and social support;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to significantly raise the ceiling of the EPF and create a separate EPF envelope for Ukraine which guarantees adequate support for the country without systematically neglecting other priority regions, including Africa; calls for significantly increased military support in all its aspects, including training and information sharing with other particularly vulnerable countries such as the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Western Balkan countries; calls for all EPF support for the provision of equipment to be carried out in coordination with NATO to increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplicationfor urgent, intensive and sustained diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine and end the suffering of the Ukrainian people;
Amendment 285 #
13. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; condemns the increasing presence of the Kremlin- backed Wagner Groupall foreign interference and exploitation in the Sahel; firmly believes that the latter’s involvementsuch interference and exploitation in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledgesnotes with deep concern that the various international missions have not yet come anywhere close to achieveding their primarystated goal of lasting peace in the region and that a reflection processn urgent revision onf the mandates and roles of international missions and policies is therefore needed; expresses similar concern over the increased presence and activity of Islamist terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaeda, Daesh and Al- Shabaab in the Middle East and Africa;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it important that EU interventions are based on a clear understanding of the types of crisis and conflict the EU seeks to respond to, are carried out with the consent and input of local populations, avoid at all costs leveraging instability or conflict in pursuit of EU interests such as resource capture or migration management, and have as their goal peace, de-escalation and conflict resolution, especially where others are not willing or able to intervene or in non-permissive environments in the future;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the Rejects as malign imperial propaganda the concept of ‘fundamental shared democratic values at the heart of the EU and NATO’; calls for thedeplores in the strongest possible terms any deepening of EU- NATO relations, such as through a third Joint EU-NATO Declaration; underlines the need to strongly upgrade the strategic partnership with NATO to baemphasises that any coordinated responses it on the strengthening of political unity and solidarity and enhanced political dialogue on all aspects of common challenges and strategically relevant issues; encourages coordinated responses in conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms to counter emergingn conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms to counter emerging common threats will, as they consistently have historically, lead to more conflict, and more common threats;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises the importance of developing coherent,at plans to develop complementary and interoperable defence capabilities towith the alleged goal of increaseing the security of the Euro- Atlantic area in line with the principle of the single set of forces; calls for the EU and NATO to maintain global technological leadership in military capabilities; stresses the need to ensure coherence between EU and NATO capability development planning processes will principally constitute a bonanza for the global arms industry, while doing nothing to make the world or Europe a safer place; calls for the EU and NATO to disarm;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence as an important milestone in closer transatlantic cooperation; eEncourages the VP/HR to devote particular attention to the security of the EaP region in this dialoguedeconfliction efforts in the EaP region, to include in the discussion areas such as mutual security and defence initiatives, disarmament and non-proliferation, the impact of disruptive technologies, climate change, hybrid threats, cyber defence, military mobility, crisis management and the relationship with strategic competitorscyber security and crisis management;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges institutionalised security and defence cooperation with the United Kingdom; encourages the United Kingdom to seriously engage with the EU on pressing strategic challenges; eEncourages the VP/HR to invite the United Kingdom to informal Council meetings of foreign affairs (and defence) ministers to exchange views on issues of common concern;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of our immediate neighbours; calls for deepening military-security cooperation with some EaP countries including by strengthening the security dimension of the EaP and for enhancing security and defence policy dialogues, particularly with Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova;
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
27. Stresses the need to involve Parliament more actively in CSDP decision-making, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Strategic Compass and the EPF; encourages proposals for further action by Parliament, and in particular its Subcommittee on Security and Defence, to improve its impact on the CSDP, such as by:
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
Paragraph 27 – indent 1
- setting up a full Committee on Security and DefenceConflict Resolution, Arms Control and Disarmament;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent 4
Paragraph 27 – indent 4
- reinforcing inter-parliamentary dialogue and cooperation with national parliaments on European security and defence, including through the Inter- Parliamentary Conference on CFSP/CSDPestablishment of specific dialogues regarding conflict resolution, arms control and disarmament;
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls forIs deeply concerned that any further strengthening of Parliament’s relations with the NATO PA, in the framework of which Parliament should support will lead to further loss of European sovereignty in its foreign affairs, rejects the establishment of the NATO Centre for Democratic Resilience aimed at monitoring and identifying challenges to democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and facilitating democracy and governance assistance to member and partner states as a dangerous threat to both democracy and human rights, in particular freedom of speech;