Activities of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2016/2052(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Defence Union
Amendments (4)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the current geopolitical environment and the situation in Europe call for the Union to assume greater responsibilities in the fields of both external and internal security and to pur, in particular, to ensure more ambitious goals such as a European Army, and welcomes the European Council’s conclusions of June 2015 asking for further development of bothe safety and security of citizens and to protect the external borders, to make greater use of opportunities for peace negotiations and to seek to improve collective security mechanisms; recalls, however, that further deepening and accelerating of integration is not the right answer to the civilian and military capabilities and the strerisis currently affecting the EU, and that it is necessary to focus on the practical benefits of existing instruments in order to ‘bring thening of Europe’s defence industry Union closer to the people’;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to fully enforce Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and sensitive security, and Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products, while noting that Member States have made little use of the available tools, for example joint purchases through central purchasing bodies such as the European Defence Agency , which should open new EU instruments and funds to SMEs in support of their access to supply and subcontracting chains and their involvement in research;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the new CSDP provides greater flexibility, for example through stronger Member State cooperation within a ‘permanent structured cooperation’ framework, which could take various forms, including joint development and procurement; calls for the creation of a structure for the exchange of information on terrorism and cybersecurityjoint and transparent procurement;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that sovereignty concerns and divergent threat perceptions in the different Member States and differing national industries and operational capabilities hamper integration of the defence sector and contribute to market fragmentation, and believes that a European Defence Union may create more trust, align the different plans for development of national capabilities and ultimately lead to more common projects and the opening of the markets.;