Activities of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2022/2079(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Critical technologies for security and defence: state of play and future challenges
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
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1. Underlines that the EU’s defence sector is excessively fragmented, which creates strategic vulnerabilities for the Union, Member States and industry; is concerned about the lack of coordination and callscostly redundancies, overlappings and hampers competitivity and interoperability; calls therefore for more strategic cohesion in security and defence policies at Union level; welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s launch of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) and encourages the Commission and Member States to take this initiative a step further and strive towards a de facto military union supported bywith a strongly articulated common market for defence equipment, followed by a review of the Treaties for more EU competencesespecially on critical technologies for defence, innovation in defence, and security and defence affairs;
Amendment 24 #
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2. Calls on the relevant EU bodies to consolidate EU cooperative frameworks for developing cutting-edge military capabilities and for EU-level legislation to coordinate Member States’ strategies for critical technologies and to reduce dependencies in order to boost a more coordinated approach;
Amendment 34 #
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3. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to review all defence programmes and policy tools, check if they are still following CARD's approach with a specifitc for purpose, and summarise findingcus on critical technologies; suggests that the European Defence Agency can provide light touch support and coordination suggestions, including a strategic assessment of the findings;
Amendment 65 #
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6. Is concerned about the EU’s dependencmultiple dependence, like the important one on China for raw materials, and calls on Member States to reduce their vulnerabilities resulting from excessive dependence on non-democratic suppliers of critical technologies and materials, and to enhance defence production chains in Europe by localising or near-shoring production;
Amendment 74 #
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Amendment 83 #
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Amendment 92 #
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Amendment 99 #
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11. Urges the Commission and Member States to strengthen cooperation between the EDA’s defence innovation hub and NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) by supporting joint projects, joint research and joint investment in cutting-edge defence technologies. taking into account the autonomy of decisions of both organisations;