Activities of Andrew DUFF related to 2009/2198(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and the Common Security and Defence Policy PDF (257 KB) DOC (159 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Title V of the Treaty on European Union, as amended by the Lisbon Treaty, Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and Protocols 10 and 11,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the High Representative/Vice- President to initiate a thorough audit of past and present ESDP missions in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses; calls for all Member States to undertake a review of their own military capabilities according to commonly agreed criteria and a common timetable, and to share the results of these national defence reviews within the Council;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, in the longer term, a measure along the lines of a White Paper – providing scopCalls, further, for the publication of the European Union’s first Defence White Paper no later than the end of 2012, which will provide for a wide-ranging public debate – would, raise the profile of the CSDP and step up security and defence cooperation by defining the Union’s security and defence interests more clearly, thereby making the implementation of the ESS and the planning and conduct of EU crisis management operations more effective and better defined;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the need to stabilise the security and political situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan in order to contain the global threats directly affecting Europeans’ security (terrorism, drug trafficking and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction) and, accordingly, welcomnotes the EU Action Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan adopted by the Council on 27 October 2009; calls, however, on the Council and the Commission to take more tangible steps to increase the EU’s contribution and ensure that its activities are better integrated with those of the Member States and of the international community;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges the European Council to establish, in collaboration with the High Representative/Vice-President, and as a top priority, a redefinition of the purpose of the Afghan War alongside a clarification of the scope, type, scale, cost and duration of Europe’s participation in the hostilities;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Insists in the meantime that the several diplomatic missions of Member States in Kabul be integrated into one EU delegation;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. As regards Bosnia and Herzegovina, notes that the security situation remains calm and stable despite the ongoing political problems, andfragile; emphasises the contribution made by the EU’s military operation (EUFOR ALTHEA) in this respect; Ssupports the Council’s decision to refocus the work of the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) on fighting organised crime and corruption, and encourages the Council to take a decision in the near future with a view to making training for the Bosnian armed forces the new focus of EUFOR ALTHEA; deplores the lack of concerted political decision- making on the future of the international force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is resulting in unilateral withdrawals by a number of states participating in the force and is liable to detract from the credibility and coherence of the EU’s action in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that the Union must continuup- grade its activities in the Palestinian Territories; commends the work of the EUPOL COPPS police mission and calls on the Council to consider expanding the mission and to propose a new arrangement with a view to maintaining the border assistance mission at the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah);
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Deplores the continuing conflict between Turkey and Cyprus, which debilitates practical cooperation between the EU and NATO;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Recalls that the European Parliament is the only supranational institution with a legitimate claim to exercise democratic supervision over the EU’s security and defence policy, and that this role has been strengthened by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; takes the view that the WEU Assembly – which owes its existence to a treaty (the Modified Brussels Treaty) that has not been signed by all the EU Member States – is noteither politically equipped nor legally entitled to exercise parliamentary supervision over the CSDP;