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7 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2015/2037(INI)

Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of a consolidation in European defence markets means that external dependencies ed EDTIB is leaving the European defence sector are increasing at a dangerous ratvulnerable, at a time of multiple and direct threats to European security which are unprecedented since the end of the Cold War;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Warns of worrying developments in the European defence market that are increasingthe risks of external dependencies in the European defence sector at a time of an increasingly challenging security environment; warns, in particular, of the combination of Member States’ declining defence budgets, persisting market fragmentation despite new internal market rules, the growing dependence of the defence industry on extra-EU exports and increased foreign investment in Europe’s defence sector, yielding control of strategic national and European defence industries, assets and technologies;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the European Council to draw the necessary lessons and take concrete measures towards overcoming the defragmentation ofconsolidating the European defence market in order to guarantee the availability of the defence capabilities needed to ensure European security and fulfil the objectives of the CSDP;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the years of underfunded defence budgets in Europe must be offset by increased cooperation among Member States, including through the articulation of defence budget policies and the coordination of strategic choices concerning the acquisition of military and dual-use equipment; reiterates its call for demand consolidharmonisation across the EU, this being the only means of reaching critical mass in order to sustaino promote a competitive and independent EDTIB; stresses that maintaining a strong and autonomous EDTIB is a key element for Europe’s ability to protect its citizens, interests and values, in line with the objectives of the Treaty and to fulfil its responsibilities as a global security provider, as highlighted by the Vice- President of the Commission / High- Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR);
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that European defence companies are increasingly compensating for their reduced turnover in Europe through extra-EU exports at the cost of engaging in ruinous competition,; expresses concern at the potential drawbacks of this approach, such as the transferring of sensitive technologies and intellectual property rights to their future competitors and movingthe relocation of production outside the EU, thus compromising Europe’s security of supply and increasing the risks of violating the Common Position on Arms Exports and fostering armed violence and conflict in other regions; believes that exposing the EU to the risk of the EDTIB being dependent on customers in third powers with different strategic interests constitutes a serious strategic mistake;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that EU export control policies should be substantially revamped with a view to developing a more integrated EU regime and a level playing field, making sure that overarching foreign and security policy objectives have priority over short-term financial, economic and commercial interests; notes that the Council has failed to ensure the uniform application of the common position on the control of exports of military equipment; is disconcerted that even in cases of flagrant non-compliance by a buyer country with several of the eight criteria, including those on the preservation of regional peace, security and stability, and on the behaviour of the buyer country with regard to the international community and its respect for international law, the common position is almost entirely absent from the political decision-making sphere and public discourse;deleted
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges Member States to comply with the principles of the common position and to report fully and regularly on the state of their defence equipment exports to third countries; calls on the Council and the VP/HR to identify the reasons for Member States’ incomplete compliance with the reporting obligation and to implement a new mechanism that may fill that gap; recalls that adherence to the common position is fundamental to the fulfilment of EU principles and values, particularly in the field of international human rights law and international humanitarian law and its responsibilities as regards global security;
2015/04/01
Committee: AFET