16 Amendments of Ioan Mircea PAŞCU related to 2008/2197(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU and NATO are founded on shared values such usof freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and throughout their existence have well served the cause of peace,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas EU and NATO have built a partnership that is now well established and deep-rooted; whereas however, in order for this partnership to work better, both organisations must ensure effective consultation, cooperation and transparency at all times,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas NATO and the EU enlargement processes, even though they differ, should be mutually reinforcing and coordinated in order to secure stability and prosperity in the European continent,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Therefore calls on the EU to extend the missions of the European Security and Defence Policy so as to prevent conflicts, promote stability and bring relief to where it is needed, subject to a common consensus between EU Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the updating of the ESS as part of the European Union's commitment to defining and protecting European security interests and thus making it possible to create a strategy for tackling the threats of the 21st century; notes that this strategy can only be fully implemented through a revived EU-NATO cooperation consensus, based on a common approach to security policies, as well as a renewed and common security consensus between the EU and the United States of America, reflecting the common values and goals of these two democracies;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the updating of the ESS as part of the European Union's commitment to defining and protecting European security interests and thus making it possible to create a strategy for tackling the threats of the 21st century; notes that this strategy can only be fully implemented through a revived EU-NATO cooperation consensus, based on a common approach to security policies, as well as a renewed and common security consensus between the EU and the United States of America, reflecting the common values and goals of these two democracies;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the fundamental role of NATO, in the past as well as today, in the security architecture of the Europe; notes that for the majority of EU Member States, which are also NATO allies, the Alliance remains the foundation of their collective defence; therefore takes the view that the onlya meaningful and preferable way to organise the future collective defence of the EU is within the Alliance;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the view that the EU and NATO could strengthen each other by avoiding competition and developing greater cooperation based on a combined spectrum of action, with each covering parts of the spectrum that the other cannot presently cover, which will also help make savings; notes that cooperation in elaborating the new ESS and the new NATO Strategic Concept is crucial to the attainment of that objective;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the member states of both organisations to be more flexible, goal- oriented and pragmatic in the implementation of the EU-NATO partnership; therefore asks the member states of both organisations to empower the EU Council and the NAC to implement the partnership more effectively, especially through the ability to have technical arrangements when and where needed, given the need to deliver in circumstances where the EU and NATO operate side by side in different missions towards the same common purpose in the same theatre, as in Kosovo and Afghanistan;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that the experience of EU operations demonstrates that the lack of a permanent planning and command capability for EU operations has become a capability shortfall limitingwould increase the effectiveness and credibility of EU operations; emphasises that the proposed EU Operational Headquarters provides the solution to this problem; recalls that, given the civilian-military focus of the EU, such a structure would not duplicate anything that exists elsewhere; further recalls that the NATO Headquarters is primarily intended for military planning whereas the EU possesses expertise in planning and conducting both civilian and joint civilian- military operations which no other global actor is currently able to conduct successfully;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that an EU Operational Headquarters would complement the current NATO command structures and shwould not in any case lead to the creation of an EU caucus inside the NAC which could further undermine NATO's transatlantic integrity; is of the view that development of the EU and NATO should not under any circumstances lead to any degree of disintegration in the Alliance and that an adequate level of international credibility must be maintained loss of credibility of the Alliance, such credibility being crucial to its role;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that all the EU Member States must be present at the joint EU-NATO meetings without discrimination, even though there might on some occasions be disputes between Member States over certain issues; stresses that unity in terms of values and security arrangements is a vital factor guaranteeing European peace, stability and prosperity;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes that those NATO Allies that are candidates for EU accession should at this point at least be given the status of Associate Members of the European Defence Agency, and that they should thereafter should be further, more thoroughly and more permanently involved in ESDP in the spirit of being likely future members;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the fact that, at the NATO summit held in Bucharest, the Allies recognised the value thatcontribution made by a stronger and more capable European defence brings, and that the Alliance reconfirmed its commitment to continue enlargement; regrets that at the same summit the Allies postponed the NATO Membership Action Plan for Georgia and Ukraine, when instead continued support should be given to the continuation of the democratisation process of Ukraine in the spirit of the Orange Revolution; notes that for many European Neighbourhood Policy countries, and with a view to their democratic development, the open-door policy which stems from the very founding principles of the EU is of the utmost importancein both countries; notes the utmost importance of the EU open-door policy for the democratic development of the countries participating in the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is of the view that, should Russia become a free and truly democratic country, an improved cooperation between it improved cooperation between a free and truly democratic Russia and all European, Euro- Atlantic and global structures would be very welcome and should be encouraged; does not exclude the prospect of Russia's membership of such structures one day; therefore invites Russia to returnstick to the path of transforming itself into a true democracy, and to root out all practices of using violence as a means of furthering political goals; notes that, should the EU Member States agree to the bilateral security arrangements recently proposed by Russia, this would not only would severely weaken the integrity of the security architecture of the EU butand would also drive a wedge into the relationship between the EU and the U.S.;