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Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2010/2071(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT Report on civilian-military cooperation and the development of civilian-military capabilities PDF (192 KB) DOC (100 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2010/2071(INI)
Documents: PDF(192 KB) DOC(100 KB)

Amendments (7)

Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that present-day crises and security threats can rarely be considered from a purely military or civilian viewpoint, and that effective responses to these situations and threats need to be able to draw on both civilian and military capabilities; recalls that the development of the EU's comprehensive approach and of its civilian crisis-management capabilities have been distinctive features of the CSDP and represent its core added value;deleted
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Civil-military cooperation involves the incalculable risk of civilians being used to achieve military objectives with far-reaching consequences: in the eyes of the local populace they forfeit their neutral and purely humanitarian status; for this reason, civil and military operations should remain strictly separate in every area;
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the establishment of the European External Action Service (EEAS) should contribute further to the development of a truly comprehensive European approach to international crisis management, providing the EU with adequate structures to meet its global responsibilities;deleted
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the European External Action Service (EEAS) is under no circumstances the institution suited to the formulation of ideas or methods for planning and implementing conflict or disaster relief scenarios, since it is neither transparent nor democratic, is guided by vested interests and, in particular, incorporates military structures;
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the role of the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre in facilitating disaster-relief coordination and highlights the need for close links between the centre and the EEAS; calls for improved coordination of military assets in the context of disaster relief, based on the lessons learned in Haiti;deleted
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Even if, in certain serious cases, civil protection resources and infrastructures have not yet proved sufficient to provide a suitable and comprehensive disaster response, this is due to a lack of political will and is not simply in the nature of things; accordingly stresses that disasters must not lead to the deployment or transfer of military forces inside or outside the EU; instead, the necessary resources should be made available to enable civil protection forces to carry out the task in a suitable manner and alone;
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages further efforts to speed up the provision of financing for purely civilian missions and to simplify decision- making procedures and implementation arrangements; stresses the need for the relevant Commission departments to work closely with the crisis management structcalls on the EU to step up civil protection capacities; accordingly urges the Member States and the Commission to treat civil protection as a purely civilian matter and to implement it accordingly; strongly urges within the EEAS so as to allow for rapid start-up financing of civilian missionthe Commission in particular to continue identifying the resources which must be provided to improve civil protection capacities with a view to common procurement projects;
2010/10/05
Committee: AFET