17 Amendments of Michael GAHLER related to 2010/2071(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that present-day crises and security threats can rarely be considered from a purely military or civilian viewpoint, and that effective responses to these situations and threats need to be able to draw on both civilian and military capabilities; recalls that the development of the EU's comprehensive approach and of its combined military and civilian crisis- management capabilities have been distinctive features of the CSDP and represent its core added value;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Fully supports the transfer of the CSDP structures, including the Crisis Management Planning Directorate, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, the EU Military Staff and the Situation Centre, to the EEAS, under the direct authority and responsibility of the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; stresses the need for direct links between the EEAS and CSDP Agencies, namely EDA, ISS, ESDC, SATCEN; also recalls the pledge made by the Vice-President/High Representative to ensure that they work in close cooperation and synergy with the relevant Commission units transferred to the EEAS which deal with the planning and programming of crisis response, conflict prevention and peace-building; in the same line, also promotes close coordination between EEAS and all relevant units remaining within the Commission (DG DEV, DG ECHO, DG SANCO …) which deal with the planning and programming of crisis response, conflict prevention and peace-building.
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Council to promptly adopt the necessary decisions to set in force the mutual assistance clause as outlined in article 42 (7) TEU as well as the solidarity clause as outlined in article 222 of the TFEU, which should reflect EU's comprehensive approach and build on civil-military resources ;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. On the political-strategic level, emphasises the need, in routine phases, to get a common situation awareness shared by all EU stakeholders (EEAS, but also all relevant units from the Commission: DG DEV, DG ECHO, DG SANCO, with the support of each of their crisis assessment capabilities), which should be reflected in all EU regional or country strategic papers. The re-shaped EU delegations have a key role to play in this process ; also welcomes the integration of civilian and military elements within the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) as a step in the right direction; emphasises, however, the need to strike a proper balance between civilian and military strategic planning capabilities, in order to exploit to the full the synergies available, while duly respecting the differences between civilian and military roles;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need for the EU, in time of crisis, to be able to deploy multidisciplinary projectable teams within the first hours of the crisis, which would be composed of all civilian, military and civ-mil experts from the EEAS and the Commission;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. In particular, urges the Vice- President/High Representative to address the shortage of staff as regards experts on civilian capability development and to make sure that the CMPD includes a sufficient number of experts from all the priority civilian capability areas, namely political- military planning, police, justice, civilian administration, civil protection and monitoring;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. In the context of the follow-up to the Headline Goals 2010, calls on the Member States to concentrate on the concrete delivery of capabilities and to focus on the areas of civilian-military synergies, especially those already identified, in order to achieve genuine progress as soon as possible; welcomes the Comprehensive Capability Development Process (CCDP) for military capabilities within the European Defence Agency (EDA); calls on the Vice President/High Representative to define the civilian capability requirements for CSDP missions and to enlarge the scope of the CCDP to include also civilian capability development aspects with the full participation of all relevant governmental and non-governmental civilian actors;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the efforts of the past and the current rotating Council Presidencies for starting a process aiming at the clarification of the nature and scope of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PSC) as outlined in Art. 42 (6); calls on the Council to deliver timely a clear understanding of the PSC taking in consideration the civil-military nature of the EU’s comprehensive approach and present concrete steps on how to start PSC in view of the current financial crisis and decreasing national defence budgets among the EU member states;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Council to quickly take the appropriate decisions to establish the start-up fund as outlined in article 41 TEU, after consulting the European Parliament; calls on the Vice- President/High Representative to inform the Parliament regularly on the state of play once the fund will have been set up;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. EncouragesCalls on the Council and the Commission to present a common understanding of the new CSDP missions as outlined in article 43 TEU and how they will be handled in the context of the established civilian-military cooperation ; encourages in this context the Council and the Commission to speed up the establishment of a pool of Security Sector Reform experts to enhance the EU's capability in this field;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States to look further into developing dual-usecommon capabilities for CSDP civilian missions and military operations, making better use of existing capabilities and interlinking the civilian and military capability- development processes where appropriate;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Welcomes the open debate of the EU ministers of defence during their informal meeting in Ghent on 23 and 24 September 2010 regarding European defence research and their assessment of the role of the EDA as outlined in article 42 (3) TEU; Calls on the Council and the Commission to work on the definition of a true industrial defence policy, in line with the Lisbon treaty ;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises, therefore, the need to coordinate, and push for, investment in technologies and capabilities in the areas of defence and civilian security wand calls on the Commission to acknowledge the re overlaps havality of the civil-military nature of CSDP actions and the bneen identified,d to finance security and defence research with community funds so as to quickly close capability gaps whilst avoiding unnecessary duplication, creating synergies and supporting standardisation in order to deliver deployable means for the successful and secure conduct and implementation of CSDP operations;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. In that context, supports the establishment of the European Framework Cooperation for Security and Defence Research to ensure complementarity and synergy between defence R&T investment and research investment for civilian security by the Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, for example in areas such as situational awareness, unmanned aerial vehicles, maritime surveillance, CBRNE protection, communication and transfer of data, and cybersecurity;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes, however, that this cooperation should not exceed what is necessary in the light of civilian-military cooperation in the areas of peace-keeping, conflict prevention, strengthening international security and, crisis management and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view that, when adopting its new Strategic Concept, NATO should not embark on developing its own civilian capabilities, but that it should be able to rely on those of othe EUr international organisations (i.e. EU or UN), in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort;