20 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2024/2082(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 3 October 2023 on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security for further risk assessment with Member States,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the report by Sauli Niinistö of 30 October 2024 on 'Strengthening Europe’s Civil and Military Preparedness and Readiness',
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2024 on the security and defence implications of China’s influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union (2023/2072(INI)),
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to recognise and meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in new policies and actions that enable the EU and its Member States to collectively and coherently strengthen their defence in Europe and their ability to act at the global level;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in- hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation; notes the importance of the EU's contribution to collective defence in areas within its competence, including access to critical raw materials that crucial for the European defence industry;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, access to critical raw materials as well as European defence projects of common interest;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Welcomes the revision of 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 vulnerabilities that could impact the security and defence of the Union;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Is concerned by the role of Chinese military companies like BGI in gathering genetic data of European citizens; notes that under the guise of research and development, such data could be misused by our adversaries; calls on the EU and its Member States to exclude high-risk vendors like BGI from its critical infrastructures, including the health and genomics sector, as well as research programmes;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to share with Parliament a detailed analysis of the risks linked to technologies such as semiconductors, quantum computing, block chains, space, artificial intelligence and biotechnologies (including genomics) being misused by our adversaries, as well as the proposed list of EU actions in these fields in line with the EU's economic security strategy;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing theirincreased and sustainable levels of military budgetsspending; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
Subheading 9
Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and strengthening the role of the EU as a credible security actor
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Chinese authorities to put an end to all aggressive actions, in particular air and maritime operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, that endanger the stability in the Indo- Pacific region and thereby undermine international peace and security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Is concerned by the growing cooperation and coordination between the Axis of Evil, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba and others such regimes with the intention of undermining international law, global peace and security, as well as freedom and democracy; deplores the ‘no limits’ partnership between Russia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) and calls on the EU to communicate to the Chinese regime the costs of its continued destructive policies, and to continue with the policies of de-risking in key sectors to reduce the EU's dependence on China and other totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Condemns Azerbaijan for continued efforts to undermine possibility of regional peace and continued threats against Armenia; calls on the EU and its Member States to exclude any security, technical or financial assistance to Azerbaijan, including through various EU instruments, that might contribute to the increase of Azerbaijan’s offensive capabilities or endanger the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Welcomes the decision to adopt the first assistance measure under the European Peace Facility in support of Armenian armed forces and calls for the cooperation between Armenia and the EU to be further reinforced in the field of security and defence; welcomes the actions undertaken by several Member States to provide defensive military support to Armenia and urges the Member States to consider similar initiatives; welcomes the new momentum in bilateral relations between the EU and Armenia and calls for increased cooperation;
Amendment 626 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes and strongly supports the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) under the common security and defence policy, which continues to help to increase security in the region by substantially decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas, to reduce the level of risks for the population living in such areas; commends the Council for the decision to expand the number of deployed observers and increase the mission capacity, extend its deployment timeframe and calls for further expansion and presence in the region; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to agree to have such a civilian mission on their side of the border as well;
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies as well as our alliances, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 15
Subheading 15
Space and critical technologies
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Warns that the deterioration in the security environment in Europe and around the globe requires urgent reflection on how to reduce the EU's dependence on adversaries such as the People's Republic of China (PRC); stresses the need to prevent sensitive emerging technologies and key dual-use items, especially those that are critical to the EU’s security and defence from being transferred to destinations of concern that pursue or collaborate in military-civilian fusion strategies; regards the establishment of EU-wide electronic customs and export licensing systems to be a critical step towards effective common European export controls and urges all Member States to make these systems operational by the end of 2024; furthermore calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the transatlantic and other like-minded partners in the protection of both critical technologies as well as critical infrastructures;