14 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2014/2220(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the issue of financing for CSDP missions and operations to be crucial if the policy is to have a future; finds it regrettable that specific proposals have not yet emerged from the discussion initiated on this subject by the December 2013 Council; calls for the Athena mechanism to be used as a matter of course for the financing of expenditure on CSDP operational and mission deployment - infrastructure for the accommodation of forces, expenses relating to the establishment of points of entry for troops into theatres of operations and security stocks of food and fuel where necessary - and for the same mechanism to manage financing received from Member States on a bilateral basis as well as from third countries and other international organisations, so that they can participate in the financing of a given operation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for a pre-financing mechanism to be set up to help Member States wishing to participate in a CSDP mission to meet the costs thereof, thereby making it easier for them to decide to launch a mission;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that too many of the civilian missions launched by the EU since 2009 have been about raising the Union’s crisis response profile rather than taking strategic measures on the basis of in-depth analysis and planning; believes that these missions - the professionalism and dedication of their personnel in the field should be highlighted and praised - should be not merely for show, but rather should be genuine, effective and responsibly used policy tools forming part of an overall action strategy;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Hopes that the two civilian missions launched this year, the Council’s mission on the reform of the civil security sector in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) and the mission to support the internal security forces of Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) will effectively fulfil their mandate and focus on clearly identified, measurable and long-term objectives;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the VP/HR to explore, in addition, the potential of other relevant articles of the Lisbon Treaty, in particular those relating to the start-up fund (Article 41 TEU), permanent enhanced cooperation (Article 46 TEU), the Solidarity Clause (Article 222 TFEU) and the mutual defence clause (Article 42 TEU);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes the Council’s intention to consider a clearer strategic framework for the external action of the EU; awaits the forthcoming communication of the HR / VP intended to assess the impacts of changes on the global environment and identify resulting challenges and opportunities for the EU;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Welcomes the adoption on 18 November 2014 of the EU Cyber Defence Policy Framework supporting the development of national cyber defence capabilities and the strengthening of the protection of communication networks used for CSDP instruments; hopes that this action plan will mark the beginning of a move towards a more systematic integration of cyber defence in Member States’ national security strategies but also an awareness of the importance of cyber defence issues among the institutions of the EU; welcomes the commitment of the Chairman of the EU Military Committee (EUMC) to implement this action plan over the next six months;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the adoption by the Council of 18 November 2014 of a policy framework for systematic, long-term defence cooperation based on the convergence of capability planning processes and on information exchange; points out that, to that end, Member States should continue to implement the EDA's Code of Conduct on Pooling & Sharing equipment, so as to anticipate much more effectively future capability gaps and systematise cooperation on the development of capabilities;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is surprised that there are as yet no European-level tax incentives to cooperation and pooling; takes note of the call by the December 2013 Council for such arrangements to be explored, and finds it regrettable that, a year on, discussions have not yet produced any tangible measures in this regard; notes that the Belgian Government already grants VAT exemptions, on an ad hoc basis, to the preparatory phases of certain EDA projects, e.g. for satellite communications; believes that such exemptions should be applied as a matter of course and should be extended to infrastructure and to specific capability-related programmes, taking as a model the existing mechanism within NATO or the existing EU mechanism for civilian research infrastructures; calls for the development of any other incentive that could encourage capability cooperation between Europeans;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that minimal progress has been made on projects for pooling and sharing; welcomes the advances that have been made on air-to-air refuelling with the acquisition of a fleet of multirole tanker transport aircraft; finds it regrettable that only a very few Member States have so far participated in the project, and calls on those Member States which lack this type of capability to become involved; takes the view that Member States should pursue the pooling and sharing of projects, focusing on the 16 capability areas they have identified with the EDA and the EUMS through the CDP;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Believes that all the measures in question are contingent on the prior joint determination of what falls within the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) so that potential beneficiary companies or strategic activities can be targeted; takes the view that this definition could be based in particular on a number of criteria such as: the development within the EU of equipment and technology; control by the company of the property and utilisation rights for the equipment and technology thus developed; and the assurance in the event of foreign ownership, that foreign owners do not have excessive voting rights, which would jeopardise the company's control over its activities;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Notes the Commission’s proposals for the better implementation of Directives 2009/81/EC (defence and security procurement) and 2009/43/EC (transfers of defence-related products within the internal market); considers it necessary to determine also what qualifies as equipment and technology of high strategic value and is covered neither by Directive 2009/81/EC (equipment for essential security interests) nor by Directive 2004/18/EC (equipment whose use is related, but not specific, to the field of defence); believes that European companies operating in this sector need specific legal and financial arrangements allowing them to be competitive, thereby safeguarding the strategic autonomy of the EU;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes the Council’s intention to implement European supply security arrangements under which the Member States would engage in mutual assistance, responding rapidly to their respective defence requirements; is awaiting a Commission roadmap setting out the relevant implementation options for these arrangements and the green paper due to be published on controlling foreign investments in strategic defence companies;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Recalls the highly sensitive and strategic nature of defence research, both for industrial competitiveness and for the strategic autonomy of the EU, and requests the adoption of an appropriate intellectual property policy in connection with security and defence in order to protect the results of research; awaits proposals from the Commission but also from the defence industries on this point;