27 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2017/2276(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era when the strategic environment is deteriorating, European cohesion and the values underpinning the transatlantic link an era of geopolitical turbulencere being seriously called into question; whereas the West’s two major organisations, that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATOe EU and NATO, that are essential to ensure the security of Europe and their citizens, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to addressface them all on its own;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defenceUnion’s objectives, as defined in the Global Strategy are: a) responding to external conflicts and crises, (b) building the capabilities of partners, and (c) protecting the Union and its citizens; whereas the Union must in this way promote peace and guarantee the security of its citizens and territory; whereas the EU is currently reinforcing its security and defence policy and implementing the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; and whereas NATO has the primary responsibility of collective defence (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty);
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the defence of Europe depends on the political will and the military capability of the Europeans to shoulder their responsibilities in an uncertain strategic environment;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the EU explicitly recognises the role of NATO in Europe’s defence (Article 42.7 TEU); and with regard to capability, NATO remains a crucial guarantor of the technical and human interoperability of the allied forces and the consistency of their equipment policies;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East there is an increase in Russian activity and a greater risk of weakening the transatlantic link and the solidarity between Member States;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, and whereas military mobility was recently identified as a top priority area of cooperation between the two organisations;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats; have converging interests in the field of security and defence and that the strategic partnership between the EU and NATO is essential for tackling the security challenges facing Europe and its neighbourhood;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the two organisations have clearly distinct features and that they should cooperate in full respect for the autonomy and decision-making procedures of the other, based on the principles of reciprocity, without prejudice to the specific features of the security and defence policy of any Member State;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes the growing responsibility of the EU to be accountable for its own security in a strategic environment that has deteriorated dramatically in recent years;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATOEU must work to strengthen its ‘strategic autonomy’ which requires the development of a common strategic culture; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that for its Mmembers NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouringMember States can request assistance in line with the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contributes to a stronger NATO; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yetcan been fullyrther exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for working together on prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information and intelligence sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement andintensified engagement on the part of both institutions and in particular the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperachieve full reciprocity in EU-NATO cooperation and dialogue, and to ensure proper resources for implementation;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesNotes the regular common briefings delivered by the VP/HR and the NATO Secretary-General in the respective Councils and continued regular meetings between the EU’s Political and Security Committee and NATO’s North-Atlantic Council;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the re-affirmation of US commitment to NATO and European security; recalls that the EU and the United States are key international partners and that this partnership is also through NATO; underlines the value of bilateral relations between EU Member States and the US; strongly believes that strengthening EU- NATO cooperation reinforces the transatlantic bond; and that NATO’s capacity to exercise its functions is linked to the transatlantic relationship; notes, accordingly, that recent political developments could have an impact on the strength of the transatlantic relationship; notes that the US, which generally encouraged and welcomed the substantive developments in EU defence, still needshould convtincing to renounce their remaining reservationue to support European efforts, in particular for the development of European defence capabilities;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countrieUnderlines that military mobility efforts should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobilityribute to the effective implementation of the missions and operations of the CFSP and to the Alliance’s defence posture;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresserecalls that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; stresses that a stronger EU and a stronger NATO are mutually reinforcing;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchroniscoordinate their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligenceppropriate information exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Pa parallel and Ccoordinated Intelligence Ainformation assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including in arms; notes that NATO could provides, on request, logistical support and other capabilities such as re-fuelling at sea and medical support;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusionexchange are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts when appropriate; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set ofin cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need toshould enhance cooperate ion strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisationand seek synergies to address capability priorities, including through the coordinated annual defence review and NATO’s defence planning process; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiatwelcome the procgress of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continentmade and call for the practical implementation of all of the proposals adopted by the two institutions; considers in this context that the initiatives for a stronger European defence policy must benefit both organisations, thus enabling the EU Member States to enhance their ‘strategic autonomy’ and be capable of joint and credible military action; recalls that such initiatives are complementary to those taken by NATO;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the successful 2017 parallel and coordinated crisis management exercise, which provided an important useful platform for sharing best practices; looks forward to its continuation, notably with a view to the next, EU-led exercise planned in 2018;