13 Amendments of Henri WEBER related to 2013/0542(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that, in the context of a changing world and an unprecedented crisis, a European response to the challenges of our time would be more effective than the sum of national responses, and that Europeans, united by a shared destiny, need to be able to defend themselves and should recognise their joint strategic responsibility to take action on the international stage, and accordingly step up European cooperation with a view to developing world-leading military and security capabilities using the most advanced technologies, including those which draw on the latest research;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Convinced that the countries of the EU are not able on their own to meet industrial challenges particularly in the area of defence, and that budgetary constraints and the growth of international competition mean that the EU needs to join partnerships and other groupings and to share tasks, stresses that, without cooperation, whole swathes of industrial capacity, know-how and jobs risk disappearing from Europe;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Whereas, in spite of the crisis and the budget cuts, European citizens are still calling for European defence, which they perceive as a factor promoting security, efficiency and savings;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Whereas the development of the European defence market and the consolidation of the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) in the arms sector should be one of the Union’s strategic priorities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the very specific nature of defence markets should be recognised in view of the strict confidentiality requirements which apply and the fact that the number of companies supplying the market is limited and demand comes almost exclusively from governments; believes that it is time to put an end to the fragmentation of the defence market as regards supply and demand, and rules and standards;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the EU’s objective must be to create an economically viable European defence industrial base founded on specialised complementary centres of excellence, the distribution of which reflects in a balanced manner the reality of existing capabilities and investments already made;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that Europeans should restart major key programmes, relying more heavily on the under-used and under-funded European Defence Agency; considers it essential to learn the lessons from recent joint operations which have demonstrated strengths but also revealed shortcomings, e.g. in strategic and tactical airlift, air observation (particularly drones) and space observation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers, in the light of past experience, that the sharing of development and production activities in the context of joint arms programmes should be organised strictly in accordance with the principle of industrial efficiency and economic performance, so as to prevent duplication and spiralling costs;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Takes the view that the issues surrounding the European defence industry cannot be confined to the formation of a European defence equipment market, and that there should therefore be the option of public policy mechanisms to secure the development of key defence technologies, opening up the possibility in this sector of exemptions from the Union’s market and competition rules;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to explore cooperation and pooling opportunities in the research and innovation fields at the highest technological level and to ensure that research results in the defence field are properly safeguarded, and believes that consideration should be given to a possible role for the EDA in this area; also stresses the need for a qualitative enhancement of European cooperation in the defence industry, both in harmonising requirements and in devising and managing programmes; considers that the EDA must be able to facilitate, at a very early stage, future technological and industrial cooperation between EU partners;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the need to step up consultation between Member States in order to implement a long-term European security of supply policy, particularly for strategic materials, through an analysis of risks and needs;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers it strategically necessary to keep supplying significant quantities of public funding to provide a permanent ‘technology watch’, and to finance preliminary studies and developments in all countries with high technological capabilities, including civilian technologies with a potential military use;