22 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2023/2119(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/102,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Ukraine needs to be provided with the necessary military capabilities for as long as it takes to end Russia’s illegal war of aggression and, to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and deter any future aggression;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the People’s Republic of China has for many years promoted an alternative narrative, challenging democratic values, open markets, and the rules-based international order; whereas China’s increasing influence in international organisations has impeded positive progress and further excluded Taiwan from meaningful participation;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a regulation establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, which is crucial in fulfilling the principles of the Versailles Declaration, and strengthening the resilience of supply chains for the European defence industries;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its full support for the rapid deployment capacity (RDC) with at least 5 000 troops with relevant capabilities available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to set out the practical modalities for implementing Article 44 TEU, in order to allow a group of willing and able Member States to plan and conduct a mission or operation within the EU framework and, thereby, ensure the swift activation of the RDC;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by EU Member States and institutions, and calls for their impact to be maximised in order to deliver the needed capabilities to Europe’s armed forces through increased joint procurement and joint investment in defence research and development; stresses, however, that increased investments must be sustainable and must address emerging threats;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the EU and Member States now have a comprehensive set of tools to enhance a strategic approach to capability development, namely under the guidance of the Joint Defence Procurement Task Force and using the EDA’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence, the Capability Development Plan and the defence investment gap analysis; Calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to present an update of the defence investment gap analysis, and to identify the capabilities and programmes that will be developed with EU support by the end of the decade; recalls the need for the development of a European capabilities and armaments policy to that end in line with NATO objectives and commitments;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Member States to increase theirand ensure sustainable levels of defence spending to adjust to the current geopolitical situation, and address the significant threats towards the Union’s security; calls on the EU NATO Member States to increase their military budgets to at least 2 % of GDP considering the impact of historic under-investment and spiralling inflation on defence budgets;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is part of a wider strategy, China's threats against Taiwan and growing assertiveness are part of a wider strategy of authoritarian regimes to undermine the rules-based international order; calls for the EU to enhance its capacities for responding to hybrid warfare, including the detection and response to Russia, China and other state and non-state actors carrying out foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) campaigns which challenge our interests and values, including by spreading false-narratives about the EU or by targeting CSDP missions and operations in strategic areas;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that China has established a ‘no-limits friendship’ with Russia, that includes significant transfer of technology and military capabilities, and poses an increasing number of security challenges to the EU, especially in the fields of cyber and FIMI; stresses the need for the EU to strengthen the security and integrity of its critical infrastructures, supply chains and technology base, including through close monitoring of their ownership and control by actors linked to the Chinese government; calls on the Commission to investigate the various credible reports about the use of Hong Kong to circumvent the EU's sanctions against Russian entitites in connection to its war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for heightened attention to China’s escalating hybrid warfare tactics in the Indo-Pacific, particularly pertaining to Taiwan, which faces five million cyberattacks every day, primarily from China. Acknowledges that the potential repercussions of destabilisation in the region would resonate far beyond the Taiwan Strait and impact the security of the EU; stresses the importance of developing regular dialogue, cooperation, and capacity building with Taiwan, which possesses substantive expertise and employs scientific methods to counter Chinese cyberattacks and FIMI based on its extensive experience, technological advantages, and linguistic proximity to China;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the EU's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulation; calls on the Member States to undertake an immediate assessment and review of existing Chinese investments in critical infrastructure, including power grids, the transport network and information and communication systems, to determine any possible vulneabilities that could impact the security and defence of the Union;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for supplementary progress on further improving the EU Hybrid Toolbox, specifically addressing activities involving cyber-attacks and FIMI, and the revision of the implementing guidelines of the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolbox; welcomes the commitment set out in the new Civilian Compact to provide the necessary capabilities to enable civilian CSDP missions to respond to hybrid attacks, including FIMI and cyber, by 2024; reiterates the need for ensuring the existence of the expertise and capacity for secure information and communications technologies for all CSDP missions and operations to communicate securely in theatre and with all EU institutions; welcomes the decision of EU institutions to suspend the TikTok application on corporate devices, as well as personal devices enrolled in the institutions’ mobile device services; calls for a thorough risk assessment of other such vendors with connections to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s policies of aggression, including the recent military attacks and the blockade of the Lachin corridor; is concerned that the continuation of these policies are leading to ethnic cleansing of the Armenian population of Nagorno- Karabakh; demands immediate and unhindered access of humanitarian assisstance to Nagorno Karabakh; notes that the relaunch of Russian gas supplies to Azerbaijan raises serious questions about the viability of the Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Partnership in the Field of Energy signed between the EU and Azerbaijan; calls for immediate testing of gas reaching the European Union through the Southern Gas Corridor to determine whether Azerbaijan is re-exporting Russian gas to the EU; calls on the EU to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy, to immediately impose targeted sanctions on Azerbaijani leadership responsibile for military aggression against Nagorno Karabakh, and to suspend the participation of Azerbaijan in the Eastern Partnership;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict over Nagorno- Karabach by Azerbaijan; deplores the fact that the attacks by Azerbaijan and the subsequent ceasefire have led to many Armenians fleeing the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which amounts to ethnic cleansing; calls in the light of the ongoing tensions for greater international monitoring efforts in the area and for the EU monitoring mission to Armenia (EUMA) to be expanded;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the EU and the member states to take measures to deter Azerbaijan from any further escalation and human rights violations of the inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, including by cooperating in an international monitoring mission, the imposition of targeted sanctions and the suspension of the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy between the EU and Azerbaijan;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Commends the work of the EU Mission in Armenia and calls for the extension of the mandate of the EUMA for 5 more years; calls on Azerbaijan to allow the EU Monitoring Mission to operate on their side of the border as well;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the joint communication on the EU cyber defence policy and calls on Member States to implement the ambitious but realistic set of actions proposed by the Commission, including the proposal for a Cyber Solidarity Act to enhance their ability to detect and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents in the EU; notes that the use of Huawei technology in the development of 5G seriously undermines the Union's cyber resilience;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that the EU must further develop its own capabilities in afull dcomainsplementarity with NATO to protect the sovereignty of all Member States while enhancing its security cooperation with partners across the globe;
Amendment 452 #
26. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and the transatlantic alliance and destabilising the rules-based international order; welcomes the long- awaited third Joint Declaration on EU- NATO Cooperation which confirmed that the EU and NATO are essential partners who share common values and strategic interests, and who work in complementarity to ensure Euro-Atlantic and global security and stability; calls in particular for synergies and coherence between NATO’s Strategic Concept and the EU’s Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas of countering Russian aggressnd Chinese operations, hybrid and cyber warfare, and providing support to partners;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Expresses deep concern about China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait, including its 1,727 fighter jet incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone in 2022, which is undermining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Encourages Member States to increase the frequency of freedom of navigation operations in the Taiwan Strait and deepen security dialogues with Taiwan to deter Chinese aggression against the democratic island. Condemns China’s disruptive activities in the South China Sea, including island- building, harassment, and dangerous manoeuvres conducted by its navy, coast guard, and maritime militia. These actions have raised tensions with neighbouring countries and threatened maritime security in one of the most important global trade routes. Calls for greater Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) and capacity building with the EU’s partners in the region. Stresses the need to cooperate with a broader set of actors in the Indo-Pacific, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, and Taiwan, in terms of information exchange, burden-sharing, and strategic alignment, in order to optimise the use of the EU’s limited resources;