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20 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2008/2202(INI)

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that the Member States of the European Union needs a strong and effective foreign, security and defence policyies in order to defend ~~its~~their interests in the world, to protect the security of ~~its~~their citizens and to defend ~~human~~individual rights;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that thisese policyies hasve to combine the use of both civil and military assets and capabilities and necessitates close and seamless cooperation between all stakeholders;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that transparency and cost- efficiency are crucial to ensure ~~public support for~~higher and more effective defence spending in the Member States of the European ~~defence~~Union;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that until now, Member States have defined their security interests on a purely national basis while the notion of "European security interest", by contrast, is still politically taboo; considers this approach no longer acceptable;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it therefore necessary to define the Union's common security interests; stresses that only with a clear idea of its common interests can the European Union make its common policy more coherent and effective;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the opinion that the security interests of the Union and its Member States include the security of ~~its~~their neighbourhood, the protection of ~~its~~their external borders and critical infrastructure, the security of energy supply and sea lanes, and the protection of ~~its~~their space assets, and that any military involvement in support of these interests is best achieved through NATO;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that the European Union has to define more clearly its ambitions concerning its role in the world; is of the opinion that the European Union should not try to become a superpower like the United States, but that ~~it should instead guarantee its security and security in its neighbourhood and contribu~~as the largest and most successful single market in the world it should instead focus on obtaining preferential trading terms for its Member States with emerging markets including China and India and encouraging its Member States to ~~a multilateral global system of security~~contribute more to defence through NATO ;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Demands the drawing up of a White Paper on European Security and Defence as a tool to ensure that the security strategy is implemented in an efficient way;~~deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Considers that ~~a dialogue should be re- established~~Member States and the incoming US President should fully maintain their existing dialogue with Russia on energy, missile defence, non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, limitation of armed forces and space policy;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that the European Union needs the means to implement its policies and hence it needs both civil and military capabilities to strengthen the European Security and Defence Policy and to fulfil its responsibilities in the world;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Is of the opinion that the European Union should continue to build its capabilities on the basis of the Helsinki Headline Goal; notes that it should endeavour to make 60 000 soldiers permanently available; reaffirms its proposal that the Eurocorps should be the core of such a force, if necessary reinforced by additional maritime and air capacities;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that the EU Member States together spend more than EUR 200 billion per year on defence, which ~~is more than~~when totalled is barely half the defence expenditure of the United States although this is a meaningless statistic as the European Union is not a military alliance; remains deeply concerned about ~~the lack~~dangerously low levels of def~~ficiency and coordination in using those funds; urges therefore stronger efforts in eliminating unnecessary duplication between Member States~~ence spending and political commitment to defence, strongly urges all European States that fall below NATO recommended levels to increase their spending accordingly;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly urges that ~~the Union~~Member States should focus ~~its~~ efforts on ~~common~~more capabilities which can be used for both defence and security purposes~~; considers, in this context,~~ in the NATO context, including satellite-based intelligence, observation, early warning, navigation and telecommunications, unmanned air vehicles, helicopters and telecommunications equipment, as well as air and sea transport ~~to be crucial~~; demands a common NATO technical standard for protected telecommunication;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

~~24. Considers it necessary to allow the use of Galileo and GMES for security and defence purposes;~~deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Is of the opinion that the capacity of the European Union for autonomous foreign and security policy action should be improved through goal-oriented enhancement of its analysis, planning, leadership and intelligence capacities;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Supports the idea of creating a Council of Ministers for Defence in order to make the various national defence policies more coherent, thus boosting the respective national contributions to European Security and Defence Policy;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Strongly supports the establishment of a European Defence and Security Market as projected in the Commission's legislative proposals for public procurement and intra-Community transfers and suggests further initiatives to achieve this objective, in particular in the areas of security of supply and security of information;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Considers that the United States' ballistic missile defence system has important implications for Europe, as the subsystems based in the Czech Republic and Poland ~~could~~are also ~~be us~~intended to protect parts of Europe; points out that NATO decided in Bucharest to complement this protection by additional elements; is of the opinion that it is necessary to make sure that European allies' interests are safeguarded as regards the force structure, command and control and participation in research and development;

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Considers it particularly important to strengthen the European Security and Defence College and give it a permanent structure which will contribute more to the development of a specifically European security culture among political and military elites;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Demands further initiatives concerning common training and common standards for personnel in civil and military operations, exchange programmes and the opening-up of armies to citizens of other Member States;deleted

2008/12/17
Committee: AFET