15 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2008/2197(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the raison d'être of the European Union is to build peace; notes that ana customs-free common market of such vitality and strength that war between the members is unthinkable; notes that ineffective national security strategyies or national security policy leads toies create unnecessary human suffering;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Therefore calls on the EU to extend the missions of the European Security and Defence Policymake full use of its capabilities and experience in managing natural and man-made disasters and crises, in particular by offering technological and professional assistance with post-conflict reconstruction, taking an active role in training local personnel, and establishing effective mechanisms for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, 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 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the diversity of interests inherent in a Union of 27 or more Member States – in other words, the mosaic-like composition of the EU – gives it a unique character and the potential to intervene, mediate and help in different parts of the world, unlike any other major power; hopes that the existing military capability of the EU will develop into a credible force enabling the Union to exploit its unique abilities in the fields of conflict prevention and conflict resolution and complementing its broad range of civilian crisis management mechanisms;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the updating of the ESS as part of the European Union's commitment to defining and protecting EuropeaMember States' common 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 commonordinated approach to security policies in the civil and military spheres respectively, as well as a renewed and common security consensus between the EUEU Member States and the United States of America, reflecting the common values and goals of these two Western democracies;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the view that both NATO and the ESDPU should endorse as their long-term and common goal a commitment to building a safer world, for the inhabitants of their member states and in general, and should also actively prevent and react to mass atrocities and regional conflicts which continue to cause much human suffering;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that all democracies should be united in their efforts to build stability and peace, and thus join with all intergovernmental organisations in promoting these goals; regrets profoundly that the doctrine of non-alignment, inherited from the Cold War era, undermines the alliance of democracies to the benefit of undemocratic and not yet truly democratic powers; regrets that, in the name of a doctrine of non-alignment, certain Member States opted out of the joint responsibility provided for by the solidarity clause contained in the Treaty of Lisbonhave abdicated their responsibility to contribute to the protection of the values and freedoms of the democratic world;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 147 #
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 coverand a civil/military division of labour allocating to the EU civil responsibility for dealing with the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters and crises, the provision of technological and professional assistance with post-conflict reconstruction, the training of local personnel and the establishment of effective mechanisms for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and leaving military operations to the more experienced purview of NATO, which will also help make savings;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the Berlin plus arrangements, which have been useful up until now, need to be improved in order to allow the two organisations tointervene and effectively deliver relief in current crises which demand a multi-task civilian-military response; regards it as necessary, therefore, to further develop the existing relationship between NATO and the EU, making them ever more integrated, reducing duplication and creating permanent joint structures of cooperation, reflecting a division of labour in military and civilian terms respectively, while respecting the independent nature of both organisations;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly welcomes the French initiative of a formal return to the military structures of NATO, and the efforts by the French Presidency within the EU Council to further bring the EU and NATO together as a response to the new security challenges; welcomes the efforts of the French Presidency aimed at the adoption of concrete initiatives for the pooling of EU and NATO defence capabilities; also welcomes the positive approach of the United States of America towards the consolidation of EUencourages the French Government to take such a return to its logical conclusion by eliminating the duplication, division and confusion that separate EU military structures has entailed; encourages the United States of America to promote NATO as the exclusive pool for European defence capabilities;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that an EU Operational Headquarters would complement the current NATO command structures and should not in any case lead to the creation of an EU caucus inside the NAC which could further undermine NATO's transatlantic integrity; iIs 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;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the view that the mutual challenge forRecognises that the EU and NATO is to make use of the same national pool of resources in terms of personnel and capabilities; therefore calls on the Member States to empower the Council and the NAC to ensureintroduce a division of labour so that these limited resources are spent on the most appropriate capabilities for facing the difficult challenges of today, avoiding duplication of workresponsibilities and fostering coherence; is of the view that strategic airlift, a particular example of a relatively scarce and expensive operational asset, should represent an opportunity for cooperation between the EU and NATO;