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3 Amendments of Indrek TARAND related to 2013/2105(INI)

Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises in this regard the possibility of establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) among Member States (Article 46.6 TEU), of entrusting CSDP missions and operationinstruments and military planning and conduct capabilities in particular to that group of Member States (Articles 42.5 and 44.1 TEU), and of establishing a start- up fund for preparatory activities for missions which are not charged to the Union budget (Article 41.3 TEU); highlighttherefore calls ion this context the importance of leveraging those EU policies which have an impact on security and defence, like industrial research and innovation, market, trade and space policies, in order to support those Member States which are engaged in fure President of the European Council and the High Representative/Vice-President to establish ther strengthening the CSDPart-up fund;
2013/09/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Asks that the functional problems of civilian CSDP missions, notably regarding the speed of deployment, be tackled by reviewing their legal and financial framework, which often complicates the decision-making process and leads to delays; calls for an increase in the number of planners, which is too small in comparison to the number of missions; further asks Member States to create a ‘civilian reserve corps’ that could be deployed quickly if needed within a wide range of crisis especially climate-driven humanitarian ones; welcomes in this regard the recently established permanent CSDP warehouse; reminds its 2001 resolution which called for the creation of a European Civil Peace Corps; welcomes recent efforts to create a Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps within the Commission and a pool of experts in mediation, dialogue, and reconciliation within the External Action Service; also welcomes the existence and the continuation of the Peacebuilding- Partnership between the External Action Service and relevant civil society stakeholders;
2013/09/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. DeplorNotes the fact that EU battlegroups have never yet been deployed in EU military operations; stresses nonetheless that they constitute an important tool for timely force generation, training and rapid reaction; underlines that they could be deployed for all type of crisis climate-driven humanitarian crisis included; welcomes the decision to address this issue during the December Summit; is convinced that the EU should dispose of high- readiness standing battle forces, with land, air, naval and special forces components and a high level of ambition; favours a more flexible and targeted approach to enhance the response and adaptability to different crisis situations, and to improve modularity in order to close gaps during the initial phases of the launch of CSDP operations without, however, compromising the operational capacity of the battlegroup as a whole;
2013/09/26
Committee: AFET