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3 Amendments of Vytautas LANDSBERGIS related to 2011/2177(INI)

Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the existing disproportionate reliance on the United States in defence matters, as symbolised by the fact that the US share of all defence spending in the North Atlantic Alliance has risen to 75 %, can no longer be acceptable either for Europe or for the USas well;
2011/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges all EU Member States to assume fully their part of the responsibility for peace and security in Europe, its neighbourhood and the wider world; reminds them of their repeated commitments, including in the Treaty and European Council conclusions, to improve their militarydefence capabilities;
2011/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that current research and technology (R&T) efforts will be determining in mastering future technological advances; deplores the fact that only about 1 % of EU countries' overall defence spending goes to R&T, while more than 50 % continues to be spent on personnel, and in particular that for most Member States this is well below 1 %; urges the Member States to exclude R&T from their spending cuts as a matter of priority, and to restore R&T where it became mistakenly closed;
2011/10/24
Committee: AFET