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Activities of Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA related to 2020/2080(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
2020/09/02
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2020/2080(INI)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS', 'mepid': 125027}]

Amendments (5)

Amendment 9 #
2. Calls on the Council and the Member States to continue reinforcing coherence between all instruments and initiatives within the framework of common security and defence policy (CSDP) in order to achieve the required level of effectiveness in ensuring strategic autonomy, and of ambit of the Union inso the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy in line with the Treaty on European Unionat Member States' interests are better protected;
2020/07/13
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes in this regard the political guidelines of the Commission regarding defence policy, and in particular regarding the need for bold steps towards a genuine European Defence Union, and for an integrated and comprehensive approach to the EU’s security; hopes that the creation of a new Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space will serve as a catalyst for enhanced coherence in the creation of defence capabilities;deleted
2020/07/13
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the participating Member States to continue making resources available for PESCO projects that generate added value, while ensuring real ownership of and commitment to PESCO coordinating and pooling processes;
2020/07/13
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, in line with Article 46 of the Treaty on European Union, all decisions not related to the participation of Member States in PESCO should be adopted unanimously in the Council by the representatives of the participating Member States;
2020/07/13
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent role in the scrutiny and supervision of the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP; expects in this regard thatCalls for Parliament willto be fully informed and consulted by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the context of the current strategic review of the first PESCO phase, which ends in 2020; stresses in this regard that defence is an exclusive competence of the Member States, and that the European institutions should act only to facilitate the free cooperation of Member States.
2020/07/13
Committee: AFCO