Activities of Loránt VINCZE related to 2021/2183(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that European defence should no longer be a weak link in the EU integration process and that more political will and urgent concerted action is needed to strengthen Europe’s defence, its capacity to protect itself, its strategic autonomy and global influence;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Points out the rapidly evolving nature of the threats the EU faces, involving among others internal terrorism, cyber-attacks or hybrid warfare, as the one recently coming from Belarus aimed at intimidating and destabilising the EU;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Stresses that the unprecedented situation created by the United States’ Armed Forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan also revealed the EU’s inability to activate forces on a short notice in order to protect its own citizens without US support due to lack of adequate foresight, weak military command and control as well as a shortfall in capabilities;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the need for more commitment to develop a Defence Union to strengthen the protection of the EU’s territory and welcomes the Strategic Compass, which should facilitate a functioning European Defence Union;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the proposals of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from her 2021 State of the Union speech to strengthen the European Defence Union by improving intelligence cooperation through a Joint Situational Awareness Centre and interoperability through investment in common European platforms and the development of a European Cyber Defence Policy;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights that Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is a special means of enhanced, rational and efficient cooperation, which has the capacity to foster greater convergence in Europe’s defence sector; stresses its usefulness in increasing defence investments, enhancing the joint development of capabilities and reducing the fragmentation of the European defence market;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls for the strengthening of the EU’s rapid response capabilities in order to make them attractive for Member States to use; stresses the need to improve the deployment of the EU Battlegroups in order to respond to emerging crises and conflicts around the world; believes there is a need to transform these groups into permanent multinational units; supports the idea of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; points out the suitability of PESCO to facilitate the integration of the EU’s crisis response capacities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Reiterates its regret that, contrary to the Political Declaration, which envisaged an ambitious, broad, deep and flexible partnership in the field of foreign policy, security and defence, the EU-UK trade and Cooperation Agreement did not extend to matters falling under the CSDP; recalls that it would still be in both sides’ interest to maintain close and lasting cooperation in this field;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the Union’s committed relationship with NATO, which remains fundamental to EU security policy; welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing preparation of the new EU-NATO Joint Declaration, which will be presented before the end of the year; stresses the importance to elaborate the Strategic Compass, which is the core of the new European Defence strategy to better operationalise the EU hard power, improving the existing tools;