Activities of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2011/2177(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector in the EU Member States
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the ongoing fiscal consolidation across the EU may lead, through unprecedented cuts in most States' defence budgets, to substantial programme cuts, shrinkages or delays for almost all Member States, which could adversely affect the European defence industry and the European Union’s position at the cutting edge of scientific progress in this field;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, particularly in view of present circumstances, the importance of the ‘security’ component of the Framework Programme for Research and Development, and calls for security research to continue to form a separate component of the next framework programme;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the absence of a common defence industrial policy has led to a deeper fragmentation of the defence market in terms of demand, regulations, standards and supply; recognises that a common defence industrial policy makes sense economically, but also threatens to undermine with a view to enhancing the European Union’s international role, while recognising the sovereignty of the individual sMember States; believes therefore that European defence industrial policy should promote multidimensional cooperation for the benefit of the EU, outlining the main industrial objectives, mapping the comparative advantages and strategic industrial sectors and emphasising the role of the EDA and NATO bodies in supporting cooperation among Member Statesuropean Defence Agency (EDA), which plays a leading part in defining a European industrial policy, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO);
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the directives on procurement and transfers, which aim to increase competition and facilitate the circulation of defence-related products; calls on the Commission to support the defence industry’s manufacturing and technological base by introducing a Community preference procedure in view of the specificities of certain types of defence equipment in relation to which it is essential to maintain strategic autonomy and operational sovereignty; encourages, based on pooling and sharing initiatives, greater consolidation of demand through joint R&T projects or through bundling demand for shared capabilities taking into account the concerns of the defence industry; notes that on the supply side, less competitive companies that cannot implement an export-led growth strategy should pursue portfolio diversification, although some degree of supply consolidation is unavoidable.