6 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the European Council to lead the progressive framing of the EDU, with a view to its establishment under the next multiannual political and financial framework of the EU (MFF); takes the view that the Lisbon Treaty provides a solid basis for the EDU, which is bound by international law and actually is indispensable to enable the EU to promote rule of law, peace and security globally;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Member States which are willing to make more binding commitments to one another should establish permanent structured cooperation within the Union framework; encourages those Member States to establish multinational forces within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and make these forces available to the common security and defence policy; believes that the Council should normally entrust the implementation of a peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security task to those multinational forces; is convinced that the EU battle group system should be renamed, used and further developed to that end; underlines that PESCO is open to all Member States;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to participatinge in the EDA and to establish a common European capabilities and armaments policy; encourages the Commission to work in liaison with the EDA to that end, and to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector and the European strategic autonomy;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of putting in place the necessary measures to allow a working, accessible, transparent and simple European market in defence equipment in order to enable Member States to reach better defence and security budget maximisation; is concerned that the progress towards improved competitiveness, greater transparency, anti-corruption measures and less red tape in the defence sector has been slow so far, and that a sound European defence industrial policy is still missing;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is deeply concerned by reports that administrative procedures unnecessarily slow down generation of forces for CSDP missions and the cross-border movement of rapid response forces inside the EU; calls on the Member States to establish an EU- wide system for the coordination of rapid movement of defence forces personnel, equipment and supplies for the purposes of the common security and defence policy, where the solidarity clause is invoked, and where there is an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to make the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the Article 42(7) TEU, in order to allow the Member States to effectively manage other Member States’ aid and assistance contributions, or to have them effectively managed within the Union framework; calls on the Member States to aim for the 2 % GDP target to be spent on defence, and to spend 20 % of their defence budgets on majorEDA's identified necessary equipment, including related research and development;