14 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2010/2071(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU has committed itself to defining and pursuing common policies and actions to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter, as well as to consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law, and to assist populations facing natural or man- made disasters;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the year 2010 is a benchmark date for both the military and the civilian headline goal of the EU and that a discussion is already underway on their follow-on and on how to bridge the two capability development processes;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the EU, mainly through its civilian crisis management, offers a distinct contribution to global security, reflecting its core values and principles;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that present-day crises and security threats can rarely be considered from a purely military or civilian viewpoint, and that effective responses to these situations and threats need to be able to draw on bothoften require closer cooperation between civilian and military capabilities; recalls that the development of the EU'’s comprehensive approach and of its civilian crisis-management capabilities have been distinctive features of the CSDP and represent its core added value;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. On the political-strategic level, welcomes the integration of civilian and military elements within the Crisis Management Planning Directorate (CMPD) as a step in the right direction; emphasises, however, the need to strike a proper balance between civilian and military strategic planning capabilities, in order to exploit to the full the synergies available, while duly respecting the differences between civilian and military roles and their development processes, preserving their distinctive objectives and securing a case-by-case appropriate mixture that has to be reflected also in the human resources allocated to each operation;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. In particular, urges the Vice- President/High Representative to address the shortage of staff as regards experts on civilian capability development and to make sure that the CMPD includes a sufficient number of experts from all the priority civilian capability areas, namely human rights, police, justice, civilian administration, civil protection and monitoring;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that the operational headquarters should be placed alongside the CPCC in order to maximise the benefits of civilian-military coordination, including the pooling of certain functions, and to better promote best practices among EU planners; suggests even that the operational headquarters and the CPCC might be integrated into a joint EU 'Crisis Management Headquarters' that would be responsible for the operational planning and conduct of all EU civilian missions, military operations and Security Sector Reform missions;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises, however, that in no case should the reorganisation of the present structures lead to the absorption of the civilian dimension into the military dimension and underlines that due account needs to be taken of the differences between civilian and military planning and: thate separate chains of command need to be maintained, with a Civilian Operations Commander and a Military Operations Commander placed atretaining their own competences and enjoying the same hierarchical level within the EEAS;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to further develop the framework for cooperation with NGOs and to promote the use of non-state actors in the Union's conflict prevention and conflict management activities also by including them in the EU training activities;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Member States to reach agreement on expanding the concept of common costs associated with the use of the battlegroups (costs to be financed through the Athena mechanism), or on common funding of the totality of the costs of crisis-management operations carried out by them; takes the view that such an agreement is necessary to make their use politically acceptable and ensure that the Member States on stand-by do not bear a disproportionate burden in a difficult budgetary situation; reminds in this regard that in November 2009 the Council invited the Council General Secretariat (CGS) to elaborate ideas on financing of military operations for discussion at high level in 2010, but no progress was registered so far;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for an improved role of the EU Special Representatives - when present in the area of crisis - in the civilian-military coordination efforts, also with the view of securing closer political oversight of military actions;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 b (new)
Paragraph 41 b (new)
41b. EU-OSCE-African Union underlines the need for closer EU-OSCE and EU-AU cooperation in their particular operational areas, improving early warning and ensuring exchange of best practises and expertise in crisis management;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Points out that, since 21 out of 28 NATO members are EU Member States, close cooperation between the EU and NATO in the area of military capabilities is of vital importance to avoid duplication of effort when the two organisations operate in the same theatre, this without prejudice for the independent development of EU capabilities and with due respect for the neutrality status of some EU member States; reiterates the urgent need to resolve the underlying political problems hampering EU-NATO cooperation and calls for the improvement of the 'Berlin Plus' arrangements in order to enable the two organisations to intervene effectively in current and future crises;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Takes the view that, when adopting its new Strategic Concept, NATO should not embark onnote of the idea that NATO developings its own civilian capabilities, but that it should be able to rely on those of the EU, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and suggests to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort establishing an EU-NATO partnership for civilian-military cooperation in the framework of which the EU and its member states could offer civilian capabilities;