27 Amendments of Angelika BEER related to 2008/2202(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that transparency and cost- efficiency , as well as parliamentary accountability and the respect of international human and humanitarian law, are crucial to ensure public support for European defence;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that both the European Security Strategy and the NATO Strategic Concept are being reviewed at almost the same time, thus offering an opportunity to arrive at a coherent approach to the future security of Europe; nevertheless emphasizes that these concepts are fundamentally different and that it is far from certain if NATO can play a positive role instead of being a stumble block to efficiently address and manage modern and future European and global security challenges; encourages the EU to develop own security concepts for post-conflict- regions such as Afghanistan;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that the European Union should not try to replace the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) but instead work hard to bolster the conflict prevention and crisis management capacity of this pan- European organisation;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Strongly reiterates its call that through the European Security Strategy and the European Security and Defence Policy all guarantees should be provided to ensure the successful implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820 in furthering women's equal participation in all matters and decisions concerning peace and security and categorizing the systematic use of sexual violence against women in conflict situations as a war crime against humanity; regrets that progress on gender equality in ESDP operations is made far too slow;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that until now, Member States have defined theirConsiders it necessary to define the Union’s common security interests; stresses that only with a clear idea of its common interests can the European Union make its common policy more coherent and effective; welcomes any move away from security interests on adefined in purely national basis while the notion of "European security interest", by contrast, is still politically taboo; considers this approach no longer acceptable; terms towards an increasingly European notion of such interests; rejects, however, any military broadening of the notion of security to include issues such as energy supplies or refugees policy;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the European Union in accordance with international law has to define more clearly its ambitions concerning its role in the world; is of the opinion that the European Union should not try to become a superpower like the United States, but that it should instead guarantee its security and security in its neighbourhood and contribute to a multilateral global system of security based on the concept of " Human Security" and the "Responsibility to Protect";
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Regrets that the revision of the European Security Strategy - despite profound preparation but as a result of lost momentum by the impasse over the Lisbon Treaty - has not lead to a brand- new strategic orientation but merely to a report expressing day-to-day policy concern as these are coming up; notes that the range of threats has been expanded, i.e. to cyber security and piracy but not yet to the worldwide financial crisis ; welcomes innovations such as climate change, energy security (including in the nuclear field the support for a multilateral nuclear fuel cycle and the multilateral nuclear fissile material treaty) and the International Arms Trade Treaty as well as other disarmament treaties such as the brand-new Oslo Convention on Cluster munitions ;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Encourages in the implementation of the Security Strategy to be included a strong commitment of the European Union and its Member States to work hard for the strengthening of the nuclear disarmament part of the Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty and more in particular to provide maximal support to the action of both leading non governmental organisations as leading diplomats to come to a genuine global treaty for the elimination of nuclear weapons; in this light calls on European government leaders to reconsider the concept of a European nuclear weapon free zone;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Profoundly regrets that the revision of the European Security Strategy has not led to the adoption of the concept of Human Security as the basis for all security including the principle to protect citizens of Europe and of the world instead of prioritising state-interests; also regrets that - in particular when it comes to the implementation of the strategy, the leading emphasis is put on its military dimension instead of on all other approaches;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Finds it unacceptable that only limited parliamentary debate and any public debate has taken place before the adoption of the report to revise the European Security Strategy;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the European Union took concerted action on the Russian challenge posed by the war in the Caucasus; points out that the rapid reaction of the European Union, which led to the signing of a ceasefire agreement, has demonstrated its capacity for crisis management and common action;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the fact that there will be an independent commission headed by the European Union to examine the causes of the war;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its opinion thatWelcomes the fact that NATO has decided once again to use existing channels of communication should be used and that the NATO-Russia Council shouldis to be reactivated;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the European Union needs the means to implement its policies and hence it needs - apart of dramatically strengthening its diplomatic capacities - both civil and military capabilities to strengthen the European Security and Defence Policy and to fulfil its responsibilities in the world;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Stresses as well that - with most of the emphasis being put on the military dimension of the ESDP - in the area of civil capabilities and conflict prevention progress is far to slow and that in this domain urgently new dynamics must be put forward by both the Council and the Commission; calls for the further development of the Peace building Partnership into a European Civil Peacecorps;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the opinion that the European Union should continue to build its capabilities on the basis of the Helsinki Headline Goal; notes that it should endeavour to make 60 000 soldiers permanently available; reaffirms its proposal that the Eurocorps should be the core of such a force, if necessary reinforced by additional maritime and air capacities; finds it confusing that the whole concept of battle groups and their concretisation seems not to lead to their use in the external operations of the European Union;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that the EU Member States together spend more than EUR 200 billion per year on defence, which is more than half the defence expenditure of the United States; remainshowever does not see this comparison as valid, rather urges for more harmonisation with the aim of cost reduction; remains in this respect deeply concerned about the lack of efficiency and coordination in using those funds; urges therefore stronger efforts in eliminating unnecessary duplication between Member States; and develop all ways of reasonable specialisation and division of labour;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers it necessary to allow the use of Galileo and GMES for security and defence purposes; nevertheless reiterates its call that such should under no condition contribute to the militarisation and weaponisation of space;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Supports the idea of creating a Council of Ministers for Defence in order to make the various national defence policies more coherent, thus boosting the respective national contributions to European Security and Defence Policy; stresses the objective of full parliamentary scrutiny of ESDP mission, including through the European Parliament;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Welcomes, in this connection, the adoption of the Common Position by the Council of Foreign Ministers of 8 December 2008, to make the Code of Conduct on Arms Exports binding; welcomes, furthermore the fact that national states remain free to adopt more stringent measures on an individual basis;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Demands an increase in Community funding for security research and the creation of joint research programmes involving the Commission and the EDA; nevertheless underlines that such should not lead to community spending on military projects or on dual use project which will have overwhelming military applications;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that the United States' ballistic missile defence system has important implications for Europe, as the subsystems based in the Czech Republic and Poland could also be used to protect parts of Europe; points out that NATO decided in Bucharest to complement this protection by additional elements; is of the opinion that it is necessary to make sure that European interests are safeguarded as regards the force structure, command and control and participation in research and developmentwelcomes the announcement by the French Council Presidency about entering into a dialogue with Russia about new European security structures;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers it particularly important to strengthen the European Security and Defence College and give it a permanent structure which will contribute more to the development of a specifically European security culture among political and military elites;