Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2010/2096(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Setting up an EU rapid response capability
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that the European External Action Service (EEAS) is by no means the proper EU institution to develop approaches or strategies for planning or implementing crisis or disaster management scenarios, since it is non-transparent, undemocratic, driven by vested interests and, above all, contains military structures;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for optimal coordination between an EU disaster response and oand development of the EU’s civil disaster response; therefore calls on ther EU instruments - such as Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civil or military missions – which are already on the ground or which could be set up in the aftermath of a disasterand Member States to increase capacity and resources for civil disaster protection; calls, therefore, on the Member States and the Commission to consider disaster protection as a purely civilian task and to implement it accordingly; urges the Commission in particular to continue assessing funding requirements and making proposals for common procurement projects;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasises that, even though civil disaster and crisis protection forces do not currently have sufficient resources or infrastructure to adequately and comprehensively respond to crises or disasters, this should be considered the consequence of a lack of political will; insists, therefore, that crises or disasters should not lead to the deployment or transferral of military forces within or outside the EU; considers that, instead, civil disaster protection forces should be provided with the resources needed for them to do the task adequately and single- handedly;