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6 Amendments of Mario BORGHEZIO related to 2015/2037(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Member States have agreed on the need to develop a European market for defence equipment and services; whereas the European Council has even called for the establishment of an EU-wide security of supply regime; whereas adequate capabilities and supply of equipment and the strategic autonomy of the EU are of crucial importance for the security of the Union and that of its neighbourhood;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of consolidation in European defence markets means that external dependencies in the European defence sector are increasing at a dangerous rate, at a time of multiple and direct threats to European security, in particular from Islamic terrorist organisations, which are unprecedented since the end of the Cold War;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the years of underfunded defence budgets in Europe must be offset by increased cooperation among Member States, including through the articulation of defence budget policies and the coordination of strategic choices concerning the acquisition of military and dual-use equipment; reiterates its call for demand consolidation across the EU, this being the only means of reaching critical mass in order to sustain a competitive and independent EDTIB; stresses that maintaining a strong and autonomous EDTIB is a key element for Europe’s ability to protect its citizens, interests and values, in line with the objectives of the Treaty and to fulfil its responsibilities as a global security provider, as highlighted by the Vice-President of the Commission / High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR);
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the need for greater convergence between national defence planning processes and welcomes, in this context, the adoption of the Policy Framework for Systematic and Long-Term Defence Cooperation; finds regrettable, however, its non-binding nature and the fact that it has not introduced a clear and structured process;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that European defence companies are increasingly compensating for their reduced turnover in Europe through extra-EU exports at the cost of engaging in ruinous competition, transferring sensitive technologies and intellectual property rights to their future competitors and moving production outside the EU, thus compromising Europe’s security of supply and increasing the risks of violating the Common Position on Arms Exports and fostering armed violence and conflict in other regions; believes that exposing the EU to the risk of the EDTIB being dependent on customers in third powers with different strategic interests constitutes a serious strategic mistake;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges Member States to comply with the principles of the common position and to report fully and regularly on the state of their defence equipment exports to third countries; calls on the Council and the VP/HR to identify the reasons for Member States’ incomplete compliance with the reporting obligation and to implement a new mechanism that may fill that gap; recalls that adherence to the common position is fundamental to the fulfilment of EU principles and values, particularly in the field of international human rights law and international humanitarian law and its responsibilities as regards global security;deleted
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET