Activities of Ioan Mircea PAŞCU 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 (8)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to accept that increased cooperation is the onlymost important way forward and that, in particular through (A) better coordination of defence planning, which includes harmonisation of military requirements, (B) pooling and sharing of certain functions and assets, (C) enhanced cooperation in research and technological development, (D) facilitating industrial collaboration and consolidation, and (E) optimisation of procurement and removing market barriers, the Member States can develop capabilities in a more cost- efficient way, and this without adverse effects for their sovereignty; considers that these initiatives should contribute to preventing the renationalisation of defence policies, as a result of the financial crisis;
Amendment 71 #
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 commonharmonised timetable; 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 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the point of such coordinated reviews would be to end the perceived culture of isolation in national defence planning and to establish a platform for structured discussion, allowing the Member States to consider the bigger picture before they take key strategic decisions on their defence capabilities; underlines that the initiative should complement, for the concerned Member States, their coordination within the NATO defence planning process;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls again for an EU White Paper on security and defence to define the EU's security and defence objectives, interests and needs more clearly in relation to the means and resources available, based on the European Security Strategy; emphasises that it should be drafted and regularly updated on the basis of the national reviews, while at the same time providing a reference for them, linking national defence planning with a common security outlook and threat assessment;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that the Member States ask the European Defence Agency (EDA) to examine how to improve coordination of defence planning in Europe; recalls that the Treaty tasks the Agency to evaluate the observance of capability commitments and to promote the harmonisation of operational needs, and calls for better implementation of these tasks; recommends that, as a first step in the exercise, the Member States could submitconsult EDA on relevant parts of their draft national security and defence reviews t, so theat EDA for advice, to assess themcould facilitate the coordination with the plans of other Member States, in particular in the light of the Capability Development Plan, as well as of the plans of the other Member States and of relevant NATO initiatives; believes that, in the very short term, the EDA could also play an important role in defining capability priorities and identifying redundancies in Member States' capabilities;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that, ast the next stepsame time, the Member States should go through a process of mutual consultations in order to harmonise their military requirements and examine all options for increasing cost- efficiency through EU-level, regional, bilateral or other arrangements;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is firmly convinced that pooling and sharing of capabilities is not an option any more, but a necessity; supports the Member States in their efforts to identify the most promising projects, as part of the process initiated at the September 2010 ministerial meeting in Ghent and in line with the November 2010 German-Swedish initiative, while recognizing that pooling and sharing cannot replace the actual development of capabilities, but will enhance and improve it; recalls the mandate given to the EDA in May 2011 for submitting proposals in the autumn;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note ofWelcomes the ‘Smart Defence’ initiative within NATO and highlightreaffirms the importance of continuous coordination and deconfliction between the EU and NATO at all levels to avoid unnecessary duplication; stresses that an intensification of EU-NATO practical cooperation, in particular concerning the responses to the challenges of the financial crisis, is a must.