Activities of Tunne KELAM related to 2011/2177(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - Impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with grave concern the unprecedented cuts in the defence budgets of the majority of EU Member States in the wake of the financial crisis and the potential negative impact of these measures on their military capabilities; underlines that defence constitutes a public good that affects the security of all European citizens and that all Member States need to contribute in a spirit of pooling and burden-sharing;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States to conduct systematic security and defence reviews according to common criteria and a common timetable building on principles of the Open Method of Coordination; suggests that this could be developed into a regular exercise which is linked to budgetary procedures, a sort of ‘European semester’ of security and defence reviews;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that, in particular in areas such as strategic transportation, logistical support, maintenance, cyber defence, space capabilities, medical support, education and training, as well as certain niche capabilities, Member States can greatly profit from pooling or sharing of some functions and assets without creating significant dependencies that would limit their sovereign decision- making; strongly encourages initiatives addressing capability gaps in areas such as air-to-air refuelling, maritime surveillance, UAVs, CBRN protection, countering IEDs, satellite communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors and platforms, and combat and information systems, joint cyber defence exercises and burden sharing on cyber incident analysis and sharing of best practices on critical information infrastructure protection;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recognises bilateral and regional initiatives such as the 2010 UK-French defence agreements and, the Nordic Defence Cooperation and the Baltic Defence Co- Operation as important efforts to rationalise the use of resources and fill short-term capability gaps; encourages further progress in promising cooperation projects in other regions, such as among the Visegrád Group countries; takes the view, however, that significant structural gaps remain which need to be addressed in a coordinated fashion at EU level, and that the EDA should be given a role in ensuring overall coherence; encourages further reflection on how the Treaty provisions on the Permanent Structured Cooperation could be used to provide an overall coordination framework, building also on the ‘European semester’ exercise as proposed under (A);
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Encourages further development of the role of the European Security and Defence College as a forum for cooperation between national defence academies and civilian security training institutions, in order also to identify and develop cost-saving pooling and sharing projects between them; calls on the Member States to transform it into a real academic institution, and, given its strong civilian-military focus, suggests it be funded by the EU under the next Multiannual Financial Framework;