12 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2018/2004(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the cyber defence of Europe’s armed forces has become one of theand critical infrastructures have become a critical issues in debates about defence modernisation and Europe’s common defence efforts and enhancing the strategic autonomy of the European Union;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas capacity building and training needs in the area of cyber defence are substantial and increasing, and are most efficiently met cooperatively at the European level;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas command and control systems, information exchange and logistics rely on classified and unclassified IT infrastructure, especially at the tactical and operational level; whereas these systems are attractive targets for malicious actors seeking to attack missions and critical infrastructures of Member States and the Union;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas different state actors – Russia, China and, North Korea, Israel, the United States, among others – have been involved in malicious cyber activities in pursuit of political, economic or security objectives that include attacks on critical infrastructure, cyber-espionage, disinformation campaigns and limiting access to the internet (such as Wannacry, NonPetya, Stuxnet); whereas such activities could constitute wrongful acts under international law and could lead todisregard and violate international law and can jeopardise democracy, security, public order and the strategic autonomy of the European Union, therefore calling for a joint EU response, such as using the EU cyber diplomacy toolbox;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is convinced that increased cooperation between EU and NATO is vitaimportant and useful in the area of cyber defence; calls, therefore, on both organisations to increase their operational cooperation and coordination, and to expand their joint capacity-building efforts, in particular joint training for cyber defence staff;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Confirms its full commitment to an open, free, stable and secure cyberspace, which respects the core values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and where international disputes are settled by peaceful means on the basis of the UN Charter and principles of international law; calls on the Member States to promote further implementation of the common and comprehensive EU approach to cyber diplomacy; strongly supports the development of voluntary, non-binding norms of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, encompassing respect for privacy and fundamental rights of citizens;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on all stakeholders to reinforce knowledge transfer partnerships, implement appropriate business models and develop trust between companies and defence and civilian end-users, as well as to improve the transfer of academic knowledge into practical solutions, in order to create synergies and port solutions between the civilian and military markets –realms, based on transparent procedures and in ressence a single market for cybersecuritpect of EU and international law, with the view of preserving and strengthening the EU's strategic autonomy;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the importance of R&D, in particular in the light of the high-level security requirements in the defence market; urges the EU and the Member States to give more practical support to the EU cyber-security industry, in particular SMEs and start-ups (key sources of innovative solutions in the area of cyber defence), and to promote closer cooperation with university research organisations and large players with a view to reducing dependencies on cyber security products form external sources and to, creating a strategic supply chain inside the EU and enhancing the strategic autonomy of the EU; notes, in this context, the valuable contribution that can be made by the future EDF and other instruments under the MFF;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that the protection of civilian critical infrastructure assets is becoming a vital defence task that should form part of the remit of national and European cyber commands; stresses that this will require a level of trust, and the closest possible cooperation, between military actors and the affected industries, and urges all stakeholders to take this into account in their planning processes;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for cyber security capacity building through development cooperation, taking into account that in the coming years millions of new internet users will go online, most of them in developing countries; taking also into account that cyber crimes are increasing in the world and that illicitly financial flows moves instantly around the globe through cyberspace; taking additionally into account that corruption, tax fraud and tax evasion and other economic and financial crimes are cyber-enabled and often imply a degree of capture of governments and political establishments;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for international cooperation and multilateral initiatives to build stringent cyber defence and cyber security frameworks to counter state capture by corruption, financial fraud, money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and in order to tackle the challenges arising out of cyber terrorism and out of cryptocurrencies and other alternative payment methods;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Emphasises the need to mainstream cyber defence capabilities into external action and common foreign and security policy, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence between the Member States, the EU institutions, NATO, the United Nations, the United States and other credible partners;