35 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the potential secession of the UK from the EU,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in recent years the security situation in and around Europe has significantly worsened and has created arduous challenges; that no single country or organisation is able to face alone; whereas solidarity and resilience requires the EU to stand and to act together,require European countries to cooperate more and to do so in concert with outheir allies, especially through NATO; whereas the fight against terrorism is a priority for the EU and should be engaged within as well as outside the EU’sMember States and to be effective requires tackling inside and outside of national borders;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplished; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States to build a European Security and Defence Unionin order to achieve greater capabilities and better capacity to deal with current crises and future threats Member States must increase their defence expenditure, specifically on Research and Development, and aim for more effective intelligence strategies;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Article 42 of thdefence Treaty on European Union requires the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy as part of the common security and defence policy, which will lead to a EU common defence when the European Council so decidesmains a national competence; whereas European defence ambitions must support military capabilities within NATO with a view to strengthening the alliance;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas that same article provides for the creation of defence institutions as well as for a European capabilities and armaments policy to be defined; whereas it also requires that the EU’s efforts will be NATO-compatible; whereas a European Defence Union will enable a stronger North Atlantic Treaty Organization,e recent Joint declaration from the NATO Warsaw Summit of 2016 on the NATO-EU strategic partnership recognised the role of NATO and the support the EU can play in achieving common goals and consequently promoting further a more effective national (territorial), regional and global security and defence;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas except for the creation of the European Defence Agency (EDA), none of the other missing elements of the EU common security and defence policy have so far been conceived, decided or implemented; whereas the EDA still needs to be harnessed to develop its full potential; whereas despite the views of the EU institutions there is clearly a lack of political will from Member States and this should be respected in future considerations regarding EU defence policy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy requireests that the EU systematically encourage defence cooperation, over the full spectrum of capabilities, in order to respond to external crises, build our partners’' capacities, to guarantee Europe’'s safety, and to create a solid European defence industry, which is critical for Europe’'s autonomy of decision and action; whereas the EU cannot force such measure upon Member States due to their primacy in defence matters; whereas any measures must be agreed upon by all members of the Council before implementation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European Council of June 2015, which partially focused on defence, called for fostering greater and more systematic European defence cooperation with a view to delivering key capabilities, including through the use of EU funds where appropriate;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas France invoked the Article 42(7) TEU on 17 November 2015 and subsequently requested and managed the other Member States’' aid and assistance contributions on a bilateral basis; whereas this demonstrates the purely political nature of the invocation rather than any practical purpose; whereas a limited number of Member States have the necessary management capacity to follow this example;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the European Council to lead the progressive framing of the EDU, with a view to its establishment under the next multiannual political and financial framework of the EU (MFF); takes the view that the Lisbon TreatyTakes the view that the Lisbon Treaty does not provides a solid basis for the EDU;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that the NATO alliance remains the bedrock of European defence policy;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Insists that any decision to move towards European Defence Union; including the development of greater permanent structured cooperation and the creation of defence-related institutions, must be made on the basis of unanimity among EU Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the Union should dedicate own means to fostering greater and more systematic European defence cooperation among the Member States, including permanent structured cooperation (PESCO); is convinced that the use of EU funds would be a clear expression of cohesion and solidarity, and that this would allow all Member States to improve their military capabilities in a more common effort;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that with the exception of common costs, military assets and operational costs are provided to CSDP missions on a case-by-case and national basis;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Member States which are willing to make more binding commitments to one another should establish permanent structured cooperation within the Union framework; encourages those Member States to establish multinational forces within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and make these forces available to the common security and defence policy; believes that the Council should normally entrust the implementation of a peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security task to those multinational forces; is convinced that the EU battle group system should be furdo so through bilateral or multilateral agreements that have been the effective method of defence cooperation for decades; encourages those Member States to increase their contributions to NATO and aim to increase their defence spending to the desired 2% and welcomes the decision of those Member States which have already done so; believes that the Council should normally entrust the implementation of a peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security task to the UN and NATO; notes the recently adopted report on Peace Support Operations – EU engagement with the UN and the African Union (2015/2275(INI)) which offered clear guidelines on ther developed to that end; underlines that PESCO is open to all Member Statesment of the EU role, with others, in support of the African Union;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States participating in the EDA to establish a common European capabilities and armaments policy; encourages the Commission to work in liaison with the EDA to that end, and to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector; believes that the key to sustaining the industry is an increase in defence spending by Member States, as well as ensuring that the industry remains globally competitive;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the ongoing work on setting- up a preparatory action for a future EU defence research programme starting in 2021 as requested by the European Council (EUCO) 2013 and 2015; calls on the Member States to outline future cooperative programmes in which EU funded defence research can build a starting point;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of putting in place the necessary measures to allow a working, accessible, transparent and simple European market in defence equipment open to others in order to enable Member States to reach better defence and security budget maximisation; is concerned that the progress towards improved competitiveness, greater transparency, and less red tape in the defence sector has been slow so far, and that a sound European defence industrial policy is still missing;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the joint declaration by the presidents of the European Council and the Commission, and the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of 8 July 2016; emphasises the need for stronger cooperation between the EU and NATO in the area of security and defence; is convinced that EU-NATO cooperation should involve building resilience together in the east and the south as well as defence investment; considers that cooperation on capabilities offers the prospect of improving compatibility and synergy between both frameworks; iremains convinced that this would also strengthen NATO’s role in security and defence policy, and in collective defenceNATO is the primary provider of security and defence in Europe and that all Member States should focus on the improvements to the Alliance; believes that the EU has potential in civil aspects to make a key difference in unstable regions;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is deeply concerned by reports that administrative procedures unnecessarily slow down the cross-border movement of rapid response forces inside the EU; cCalls on the Member States to establish an EU- wide system for the coordination of rapid movement of defence forces personnel, equipment and supplies for the purposes of the common security and defence policy, where the solidarity clause is invoked, and where there is an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to make the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the Article 42(7) TEU, in order to allow the Member States to effectively manage other Member States’ aid and assistance contributions, or to have them effectively managed within the Union framework; calls on the Member States to aim for theaim for the NATO targets of 2 % GDP target to be spent on defence, and to spend 20 % of their defence budgets on major equipment, including related research and development; recognising the pre- eminence of NATO and identifying, with the appropriate division of labour, the added value of the EU in non-military aspects of crisis management;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that, based on the EU global strategy, the white book should encompass the EU’s security and defence strategy, the capabilities deemed necessary for the deployment of that strategy and the EU level measures and programmes to deliver those capabilities, which should be based on a common European capabilities and armaments policy; believes that all views, including those less convenient to the supporters of the EDU, should be taken into account given that defence and security remains a national competency;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the white book should take the form of an interinstitutional agreement of a binding nature which would set out all Union initiatives, investments, measures and programmes over the respective multiannual political and financial framework of the EU; is convinced that the Member States, partners and allies can take this interinstitutional agreement into account in their own security and defence planning, with a view in order to bheing mutually consistentghten cooperation;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
- support for the placing ofNATO initiative which will place multinational battalions in the Member States on the eastern flank;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
Paragraph 16 – indent 6
- a reflection process on foreign direct investment in defence and security critical industries and service providers with a view to developing EU-level legislation;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 7
Paragraph 16 – indent 7
- a reflection process on dual-use standardisation with a view to developing EU level legislatiomutual recognition in light of the new proposal anticipated at the end of the review that is currently being undertaken;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 8
Paragraph 16 – indent 8
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 9
Paragraph 16 – indent 9