11 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 20 #
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, and to do so in concert with our allies and third countries; whereas the fight against terrorism is a priority for the EU and should be engaged within as well as outside the EU’s borders;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplishedis far from optimal; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States to buildadopt a constructive approach and take action to allow the creation of a European Security and Defence Union;
Amendment 55 #
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-compatibleith due respect for the decision-making autonomy and procedures of the EU and NATO; whereas a European Defence Union will enable a stronger North Atlantic Treaty Organization, consequently promoting further a more effective national (territorial), regional and global security and defence;
Amendment 70 #
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 oristing CSDP tools are not always used effectively, and whereas some instruments have never even been implemented; whereas the EDA still needs to be harnessed to develop its full potential;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy requires 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’sthe Union’s strategic autonomy of decision and action;
Amendment 84 #
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 a limited number of Member States have the necessary management capacity to follow this example;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Member States which are willing to make more binding defence 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 forstresses that PESCO is open to all Member States; is convinced that the modularity and flexibility of the EU battle group system should be enhancesd; is convinced that the EU battle group sysconsiders that the Member Statems should be further developed to that end; underlines that PESCO is open to all Member Statesadopt a more constructive attitude to allow the deployment of EUBG;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 202 #
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 strongerclose 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; emphasises the need to avoid overlaps between NATO and EU instruments; is convinced that this would also strengthen NATO’s role in security and defence policy, and in collective defence;
Amendment 246 #
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 outcontain 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 accountshould take into account the data set out in the white book in their own security and defence planning, with a view to being mutually consistent;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3