Activities of Lorenzo CESA related to 2014/2220(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Financing the Common Security and Defence Policy - Security and defence capabilities in Europe (debate) IT
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Financing the Common Security and Defence Policy - Security and defence capabilities in Europe (debate) IT
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
– having regard to the EU maritime security strategy of 24 June 2014, including its Actions plan adopted on 18 November 2014,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the European Union and neighbourhood security environment to be increasingly unstable and volatile; regards the war in Ukraine, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, with the rise of the terrorist organisation ISIS, the Libyan crisis and the terrorist threat in the Sahel and in the Horn of Africa as direct threats to the Union’s security; considers, too, that the US ‘pivot to Asia’ and the impact of the financial crisis on Member States’ budgets and capabilities only highlight how necessary it is for the Union to shoulder more responsibility for its own security and defence;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the issue of financing for CSDP missions and operations to be crucial if the policy is to have a future; finds it regrettable that specific proposals have not yet emerged from the discussion initiated on this subject by the December 2013 Council; calls for the Athena mechanism to be used as a matter of course for the financing of expenditure on CSDP operational and mission deployment including those of Rapid Reaction Forces and for the same mechanism to manage financing received from Member States on a bilateral basis as well as from third countries and other international organisations, so that they can participate in the financing of a given operation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the institutional and operational environment of the ambitious mission to strengthen regional maritime capabilities in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP Nestor) is a crowded one in which it is hard to identify or pinpoint specific aims for Nestor and thus to achieve real results amid the host of international operators, multinational and bilateral, including some implementing other EU measurWelcome the comprehensive engagement of the EU in the Horn of Africa, including with the CSDP missions and operations EUTM Somalia, EUNAVFOR Atalanta and EUCAP Nestor. In that context, Notes that the activity of EUCAP Nestor takes place in a complex the institutional and operational environment with the presence of a host of international operators, including EU ones; in that regard, it invites the Council and the EEAS to rationalize the mission's objectives;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Given that Union missions both civilian (EUCAP) and military (EUTM) are focusing on training, asks whether a structural policy for putting such missions on a long-term footing, with the provision of financial and equipment assistance, ought not to be introduced; considers that such a new policy, as part of the Union’s cooperation and development efforts, would be a means of furthering the work being done under the ‘Train and Equip’ and ’E2I’ initiatives which aim to build the capabilities of third countries (in terms of equipment, materiel, infrastructure and salaries) so that their armed forces are properly operational and, in that regard, encourages the Commission to explore innovative sources of financing;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of EU security and defence cooperation with other international institutions, particularly the UN, NATO, the African Union and the OSCE; welcomes the statement from the NATO summit in Wales in September 2014 reasserting support for the development of the CSDP; calls for steps to be taken to strengthen the two organisations;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the Union could adopt the same capacity targets as NATO, requiring a minimum level of defence spending of 2% of GDP and a minimum 20% share of the defence budget for major equipment needs, including for research and development; believes that a 10-year time frame should be set for meeting those targets;