2021/2183(INI) Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2021
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2022/01/17
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Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2022/01/17
Progress: Awaiting Parliament's vote
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AFET |
LOISEAU Nathalie ( Renew)
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DANJEAN Arnaud ( EPP),
LÓPEZ Javi ( S&D),
SATOURI Mounir ( Verts/ALE),
BONFRISCO Anna ( ID),
KANKO Assita ( ECR),
DEMIREL Özlem ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | AFCO |
ANNEMANS Gerolf ( ID)
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Charles GOERENS ( RE),
Victor NEGRESCU ( S&D),
Markéta GREGOROVÁ ( Verts/ALE),
Loránt VINCZE ( PPE)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
2022/01/17
Indicative plenary sitting date
2021/12/21
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
2021/12/10
EP - Vote in committee
2021/11/11
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2021/10/29
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2021/10/29
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2021/10/18
EP - ANNEMANS Gerolf (ID) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO
2021/10/07
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/10/01
EP - Committee draft report
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2021/07/15
EP - LOISEAU Nathalie (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
Documents
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2183(INI)
2021/10/29
AFCO
716 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion 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 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) — having regard to Council conclusions on youth, peace and security of 7 June 2018 and to Council conclusions on youth in external action of 5 June 2020,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the establishment of a permanent Council of Defence Ministers chaired by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with a view to coordinating the defence policies of the Member States and enhancing security capabilities, particularly with regard to cybersecurity and anti-terrorism; calls on the member states to respect the role of the HRVP in international negotiations; regrets in this regard that the involvement of the HRVP is often not foreseen in international negotiations; underlines that a strongly perceived role of the HRVP translates into an increased geopolitical impact of the CSDP
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 7 October 2021 on the State of EU cyber defence capabilities,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the announcement of a European Defence summit in early 2022 as well as the proclamation of 2022 as the year of European defence by the President of the European Council; expects that both initiatives will bring new thrust for further development of the European Defence Union;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. stresses that in a highly multipolar world with unreliable superpowers, only the combined weight of the Union can ensure the security of EU Members and has the potential to deliver peace, human security, sustainable development and democracy;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must complement NATO's Strategic Concept and be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review and dialogue with NATO allies, but also implemented with sufficient political will and backed by adequate tools and capabilities;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review; welcomes the call of the President of the European Commission for a EU Joint Situation Awareness Centre;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review aiming at developing a mechanism for a continuous threat assessment;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Reiterates its call for the establishment of a permanent Council of Defence Ministers chaired by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with a view to coordinating the defence policies of the Member States, in particular
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) — having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 October 2021 on EUFOR Operation Althea,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular review, and parliamentary consultation;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular and realistic review;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new) Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that in 2020 only 7 EU Member States have spent on defence above 2% of their GDP in line with NATO guidelines; deplores the fact that those EU Member States which are also Members of NATO now contribute only 20% to the overall defence spending of the Alliance, thus hampering the capacity of European allies to contribute meaningfully to transatlantic security;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner which strengthens and defends a rules-based international system and multilateral cooperation; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a co
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner as well as to act autonomously if necessary; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion 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 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 b (new) Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens; also against terrorist threats; underlines the need to closely coordinate EU sanctions in this respect with NATO;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; underlines the importance of the Integrated Approach as a basis of the EU response to conflicts and crises; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to defend the sovereignty and sovereign rights of its Member States and act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens; recognises NATO’s role as the cornerstone of collective security;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens at home and European interests abroad;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent and united defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion 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 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) — having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 October 2021 on hybrid attack instrumentalising migrants launched by the Belarusian regime,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent defence policy, a
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the crucial need to boost intelligence support for EU security and defence policy; underlines that the work of EU IntCen and EUMS INT is dependent on the willingness of Member States to share information: calls to increase its financial and technical resources; agrees with the analysis made by EC President SOTEU 2021 address that the EU needs to improve intelligence cooperation; welcomes the proposal to consider setting up an EU Joint Situational Awareness Centre, a crucial tool to improve strategic foresight and the EU strategic autonomy; calls for exploring the possibilities to set up an EU intelligence agency;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the importance of the European Parliament, particularly its Subcommittee on Security and Defence, receiving regular updates and reports on the implementation of the Strategic Compass from the European External Action Service once the Strategic Compass has been approved in March 2022;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that Europe has the responsibility to balance European and transatlantic defence efforts to defend the European continent; calls on the Member States to create a European capability to counter the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) threat against Europe;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Compels Member States to reach, upon completion of the Strategic Compass, an ambitious common understanding on Articles 42(7) of the TEU and 222 of the TFEU and their relation to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that discussions about EU strategic autonomy in the sphere of security and defence must first and foremost be focused on boosting the capacity of the European pillar within NATO;
Amendment 136 #
5b. Underlines that the existing EU joint defence budget is not sufficient for armed forces to defend Europe, because designing and purchasing the required strategic weapon systems and support/enablers is too expensive for most individual countries; underlines that this, and a lack of interoperability, significantly limits the collective European defence posture; calls upon Member States to both develop and purchase such strategic defence equipment jointly;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recognises that these missions do not yet realize their full potential in security sector reform and require a revised mandate to ensure that effective training and operational capabilities are required to keep pace with the evolving threat environment to Europe’s East and South; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited their effectiveness;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited their effectiveness; suggests that the budget, planning and equipment of EU CSDP missions and operations be assessed in the light of the lessons learnt from COVID-19;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion 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 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) — having regard to the Joint Declaration of the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited their effectiveness; and therefore considers a review of the results and possibly an adaption of the mandate necessary;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected their activities and limited their effectiveness;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, and has limited their effectiveness;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for a new approach at the operational level to security sector reform, security assistance and military capacity building (SSR, DDR, CBSD) which incorporates lessons learned in particular in Mali and which puts the emphasis on (a) democratic control of all security forces including armed forces, (b) democratic and transparent governance of the sector, (c) systematic monitoring of full and strict compliance of all actors with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, (d) and clear mechanisms for suspension, or withdrawal in case of impunity, and ongoing violations;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that CSDP military operations are now almost exclusively focused on armed forces training (EUTM), with no executive dimension and with limited accompanying measures; considers that, without impacting the non- executive dimension of these missions, the mandate should be strengthened, with more emphasis on the concept of accompanying measures, in order to allow European advisers to check as closely as possible, on the ground, whether the training programmes are being correctly implemented and are fully in line with the operational needs of the local armed forces;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the need for strategic reform in the Sahel considering the cyclical nature of the conflicts in the region, emphasises on a more political engagement with the governments supported by the EU to ensure more transparency, combat corruption, cultivate inclusivity and engage with citizens in an effort to curb the explosion of armed and ethnic conflicts;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the EU to reflect and act on the current procedures for mission deployment, as many times the decision- making process is inefficient and lengthy. Crises appear suddenly; therefore, swift action is needed. This would make the EU a truly reliable and relevant actor on the international arena;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the need to pay special attention to the growing instability in the regions of the Sahel, West Africa and the Horn of Africa and to the significant repercussions of events in these regions not only on the continent of Africa but also in the European Union;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasise that any future Mandates must have a clear definition of the objectives, which should include not only military but also civilian components combating the causes of conflict, as well as a comprehensive exit strategy combined with a list of the resources needed for this purpose;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion 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 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 b (new) — having regard to the Council conclusions on the European Union’s Integrated Strategy in the Sahel of 16 April 2021,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the need for regular, systematic and transparent evaluation of all CSDP missions and operations on the basis of relevant and both strategic and operational criteria;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Is deeply concerned about the difficult situation in the Sahel region, where numerous threats of varying kinds abound that affect the region’s security and stability, such as State fragility, the increase in armed groups and jihadist terrorist networks, the effects of climate change and desertification, migration on a huge scale and trafficking, among others; stresses the importance of the support provided by EU missions and operations in the Sahel; welcomes the new Integrated Strategy of the European Union in the Sahel, which includes a wider focus on the strengthening of governance and which places particular emphasis on the need to reinforce the presence of the State and public services in the region’s countries;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Is convinced that the Union must quickly and effectively improve its capacities to deliver equipment so that the EUCAP and EUTM missions do not lose their credibility with the local authorities; stresses, with concern, that other actors which do not necessarily share the same ethical principles as the Union and its Member States are ready to fill the capacity gap, in particular certain African countries, without any consideration for respect for the rule of law, international standards or the rules of war;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to enlarge the upcoming Joint Communication on a strategic approach to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants to SSR and CBSD in order to have a consistent, coherent and profoundly renewed Union approach towards security assistance for third countries;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) — having regard to the document ‘Implementation Plan on Security and Defence’, presented to the Council by the VP/HR on 14 November 2016, and to the Council conclusions of 14 November 2016 on implementing the EU Global Strategy in the area of security and defence, which set out a level of ambition for the EU in security and defence,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region and the increasing involvement of our adversaries in a region that is vital to our security; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the increasing involvement of Europeans in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; calls on the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activities;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Further calls upon the EU to keep its commitments in the Fourth EU- African Summit to support economic and political stability and to further support the capabilities of the African Standby Force; acknowledges that closer cooperation with existing regional forces such as the African Union, G5 Sahel Force and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as well as the US, are essential to successful operations in Africa;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes the French announcements concerning the transformation of Operation Barkhane, the military operation, and hopes that these developments will take place as part of closer cooperation with all the international partners, particularly European ones, present in the Sahel; welcomes the increasing involvement of European partners in the Takuba Task Force;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the current Malian authorities to refrain from contracting the Wagner Group and allowing its personnel to enter Malian territory;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Supports the efforts made to adapt the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; believes that regionalisation of the CSDP approach in the Sahel is relevant but requires clearer organisation between the CSDP civilian and military missions already in existence, local actors and other international organisations (MINUSMA – the United Nations peacekeeping mission – and the operations led by the French military); calls on the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activities; urges a substantial effort to be made in relation to Burkina Faso, in view of the intensity of the threats faced by that country, with limited capacities;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion 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;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) — having regard to the Council conclusions on a renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – A new agenda for the Mediterranean of 16 April 2021,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa, thereby successfully protecting World Programme Vessels; underlines the importance of the security- development-humanitarian nexus; calls on Member States to provide EUNAVFOR with the necessary assets to perform its crucial mandate;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa and encourages the participation of like-minded partners in order to ensure safe waterways in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa; calls for an integrated approach to tackle development and governance issues driving piracy;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls that the EU’s existing level of ambition in the area of security and defence, as set out in the 14 November 2016 Council conclusions, includes ‘protecting the Union and its citizens’; stresses the importance of Article 222 TFEU and Article42(7) TEU in this regard; calls for the EU to take further steps to strengthen its ability to contribute to the protection of the Union and its citizens;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the deteriorating political and security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action; welcomes and fully supports the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); welcomes and fully supports the action of the EUTM mission, and particularly the training of officers and non-commissioned officers in the Central African Armed Forces (CAAF) and its contribution to the overall security sector reform (SSR) process coordinated by MINUSCA; emphasises the need to communicate with the population regarding the mission’s aims and progress; emphasises the importance of assessing the EU’s actual capacity to respond to CAAF needs in terms of equipment, as part of the strategic review to be held in the first half of 2022; emphasises the fact that support within the framework of the European Peace Facility to the units trained by the EUTM must be conditional on positive changes in the political situation, both internal and regional, implemented by the Central African authorities;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security and political situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); is concerned about the presence of the Wagner Group and its actual impact on the viability and effectiveness of the mission to train Central African troops; denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action; welcomes and fully supports the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA);
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) which could affect migration flows to Europe; denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion 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; calls for a very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership starting from enhanced consultation at the political level;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) — having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 6 March 2014, entitled ‘For an open and secure global maritime domain: elements for a European Union maritime security strategy (JOIN/2014/09 final),
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM as a response to a precise aim, that of training special forces units to fight against the Islamist insurrection in the region of Cabo Delgado, where the Ansar al-Sunna jihadist movement, in particular, is rife; stresses the need for a coherent long-term strategy in Mozambique to provide an effective and lasting solution; notes that while the generation of forces is apparently fairly satisfactory, it should be distributed in a more balanced way among the Member States;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM; underlines the need for a comprehensive long-term coherent strategy for Mozambique which needs in addition to fight Islamist insurgencies to address governance deficiencies in order to achieve a sustainable solution to the conflict;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM; Calls for a clear definition of the objectives of this mission;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines the importance for the Union of sustainable stability, human security and prosperity in its neighbourhood;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion 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; underlines the compatibility and the need to reinforce NATO and EU cooperation on defence and security issues;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 7 October 2021 on the state of EU cyber defence capabilities,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the Council's unequivocal commitment to Operation EUFOR Althea as stated in conclusions from 18 October 2021 and the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia-
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses the need to step up preparations, training and awareness with regards to possible unconstitutional and secessionist actions by the President of Republika Srpska which undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement and therefore security and peace in the whole region; urges EU, NATO and Member States to have a strategic debate on EUFOR Althea, including finding a way to ensure that the peacekeeping troops will be able to fulfil their mandate in the future as long as the situation in the country requires it;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses that in light of secessionist tendencies by the Republika Srpska which could lead to violent conflict an adequate over-the-horizon reinforcement capability still needs to be maintained in order to allow for a rapid reaction in case of a deteriorating security situation;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses the importance of continuing with the secondary activity of mine clearance and the collective training of the armed forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina; insists that the Member States fulfil their commitments concerning the generation of forces for Althea;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; and the stability of the country; Recognises the important cooperation between the EU and NATO in the Western Balkans, notably through EUFOR Althea mission, which operation HQ is located at SHAPE thanks to the Berlin Plus Arrangement;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; calls for the extension and strengthening of the Althea mission in 2021 in light of ongoing tensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which pose a threat to the peace and stability of the country and of the Western Balkan region as a whole;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment as well as the third Strategic Review of the Operation presented in June 2021;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the renewal of the
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion 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 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) — having regard the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s security and defence, which often takes the form of cyber threats or other types of hybrid warfare; supports, in this regard, the development of the European cyber defence policy, as announced by the President of the Commission in the State of the Union address; calls on all EU institutions and Member States to modernise responses against these threats, among others through a new EU hybrid toolbox which should include consistent collective countermeasures against foreign aggressors;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) — having regard to the EU-United States summit statement entitled ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ of 15 June 2021,
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia);
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is concerned about the deteriorating security situation in the region; is concerned by the disinformation campaigns besetting EUMM Georgia and calls for a reinforcement of its strategic intelligence, analysis and communications capacities;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is concerned about the deteriorating security situation in the region; warns against any expansion of NATO in the region, promoted in particular by EU bodies;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is concerned about the deteriorating security situation in the region and the destabilising activities of the Russian Federation;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Strongly condemns Russia’s illegal occupation and militarization of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, that pose a serious threat to the EaP region and the entire Europe; urges the EU to keep demanding Russia to engage constructively in the Geneva International Discussions and to fulfil its obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, notably to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow the EU Monitoring Mission unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Notes that the Russian Federation military forces are still occupying large parts of Ukraine and Georgia in violation of international law; express concerns about Russia’s role in destabilising peace and security in the Eastern Partnership region; denounces the presence of Russian private military and security companies in African countries;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Encourages the EU to strengthen its engagement in peaceful conflict resolution throughout the EaP region; reiterates its call for the EU to ensure that the security dimension of the EaP countries is properly reflected in the EU Strategic Compass and consider launching a series of security compacts – frameworks for increased investment and assistance in security, military, intelligence and cyber cooperation – with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as Associated countries, in order to strengthen their resilience and security;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes the reinforcement of the EUAM Iraq advisory mission with the addition of a component to support the implementation of the internal security reform; reminds that EUAM Iraq is the only CSDP mission or operation that has a cultural heritage protection component included in its mandate in order to provide assistance and education to local partners in addressing security challenges related to the preservation and protection of cultural heritage; calls on the Council and the EEAS to include a similar component in other missions and operations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s security and defence,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) — having regard to Russia's illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes the reinforcement of the EUAM Iraq advisory mission with the addition of a component to support the implementation of the internal security reform to the implementation of national terrorism combating and prevention strategies (including combating violent extremism) and organised crime, with specific reference to border management, financial crime, and particularly corruption, money-laundering and trafficking items of cultural heritage;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses with regard to the maritime component of IRINI the international obligations regarding search and rescue of people in distress at sea; calls on member States to ensure that IRINI acts in full compliance with maritime law, in particular obligations related to search and rescue; reiterates its grave concern at the fate of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya, whose already dramatic situation continues to deteriorate; calls on the Libyan authorities and militias to close detention facilities for migrants; deplores that it is envisaged to withdraw ships from any given area with a significant presence of migrants; demands clarifications on the envisaged decision-making process and modalities on any future decision related to the so-called “pull factor effect” which lacks any scientific evidence to this point;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Encourages the deployment of EUBAM Libya members to Tripoli, from where the mission should operate; proposes that the mission, engaged in supporting the Libyan authorities to dismantle the organised crime networks involved in trafficking migrants, trafficking in human beings and terrorism in the border management field, should continue to explore, within the framework of a regional strategy, the opportunities for supporting the development of the border capabilities of the Sahel states run by the EU, working together with the CSDP missions in the Sahel (and particularly EUCAP Sahel Niger);
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Welcomes the results of the European Union Liaison and Planning Cell (EULPC), consisting of offering expertise relating to security, intelligence and planning to EU actors in Brussels, in the theatre of operations (DUE, EUBAM, EUNAVFOR MED) and to UNSMIL;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo and in the training of the Libyan coastguard; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate, in order to supplement the action and aims of Irini; stresses the strategic importance of publicly communicating information about the mission relating to seizures, friendly approaches and inspections, including refusals;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo on Libya; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections and even threats for aggression from Turkish military ships; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; notes that up until now it has very few assets, significantly limiting its capabilities; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI and its renewal until 31 March 2023 but believes its mandate should be extended to search and rescue efforts; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate; encourages greater burden sharing and cooperation with NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo, the training of Libyan coastguard, disrupting human and weapons trafficking; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s security and defence, which often takes the form of cyber threats or other types of hybrid warfare, in particular such hybrid threats that weaponize migration and energy supplies, thus endangering EU’s internal and energy security; supports, in this regard, the development of the European cyber defence policy, as announced by the President of the Commission in the State of the Union address;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 b (new) — having regard to Russia's violation of airspace and maritime borders of member states,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections on Turkish vessels; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Regrets the overall destabilising role of Turkey in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Nagorno Karabakh, that threatens regional peace, security and stability in the regions; is extremely concerned by, and strongly condemns, the illegal activities and threats of military action against EU Member States, notably Greece and Cyprus, carried out by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean and its new announced illegal activities within Cypriot and Greek maritime zones; Deplores the fact that despite the efforts for de- escalation, Turkey continues its unilateral provocative actions, violating international law and the sovereign rights of EU Member States in the area; reiterates the Union’s readiness to use all instruments and options at its disposal, including in accordance with Article 29 TEU and Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in order to defend its interests and those of its Member States, as well as to uphold regional stability;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Commends the work of European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM); notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s security and defence, which often takes the form of cyber threats or other types of hybrid warfare; supports, in this regard, the development of the European cyber defence policy, as announced by the President of the Commission in the State of the Union address; to better address cyber threats the EU must increase its resilience, strategic autonomy, and digital and technological sovereignty;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 c (new) — having regard to China's increase in economic and military presence in the Mediterranean and African countries,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Deplores information sharing between IRINI and Frontex since the conclusion of the working agreement of 15 January 2021 endowing the EU with military means to detect migrants and push back against migrants, with the high risk of contributing to refoulement;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls for the EU to play a significant role in the Mediterranean, having become an actor with the ability to guarantee the stability of the region, including in relation to energy security, inter alia, by defending Projects of Common Interest in the field of energy, combating organised crime, terrorism and irregular migration and take all appropriate measures for preventing the instrumentalisation of migration from third countries against EU Member States;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for a revitalisation of the civilian CSDP through the full implementation of the 22 commitments in the Civilian Compact
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for a revitalisation of the civilian CSDP through the implementation of the 22 commitments in the Civilian Compact; stresses the need to link it with the other relevant crisis management actors in order to enhance its contribution to the Union’s response to security challenges; believes that the EU must pursue its comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM RCA civilian missions in terms of their mandates, budgets and human resources, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and effective;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and more robust mandates; calls for closer linkages between existing European ad hoc operations and CSDP military missions or operations, particularly when facing an urgent crisis or ensuring access to contested strategic spaces;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s security and defence, which often takes the form of cyber threats or other types of hybrid warfare; supports, in this regard, the development of the European cyber defence policy, as announced by the President of the Commission in the State of the Union address; calls for implementing the coordination of Member State's security and information services;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 d (new) — having regard to the threat of domestic and foreign terrorism, primarily from groups such as ISIS,
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and more robust mandates which are tailored to the situation on the ground; calls for closer linkages between existing European ad hoc operations and CSDP military missions or operations;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and more robust mandates;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions; considers that third-country participation should be expanded when and where appropriate; special consideration should be given to including participation from recipient countries that hosted former CSDP operations;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; calls on the 21 common EU-NATO members to apply the ‘single set of forces’ principle by declaring the same pool of potentially available capabilities for planning purposes within the EU and NATO ;considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for increased efforts to fight foreign interference in the Union’s diplomacy, security and defence, which often takes the form of cyber threats or other types of hybrid warfare; supports, in this regard, the development of the European cyber defence policy, as announced by the President of the Commission in the State of the Union address;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 e (new) — having regard to new technologies such as artificial intelligence, space capabilities and quantum computing which present new opportunities for mankind, but also create new challenges in defence and foreign policy that require a clear strategy and consensus among allies,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions, including with a view to addressing hybrid threats, CBRN risks and cyber-attacks; welcomes the creation of the response capability reserve to deal with any crises in the field of CBRN incidents;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible and give CSDP missions and operations the necessary personnel and capabilities to fulfil their mandates; considers that third- country participation in
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is deeply concerned about the low
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation and hybrid threats affecting several theatres
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation and hybrid threats affecting several theatres; calls for a structured response to these threats by CSDP missions; urges the HR/VP to provide concrete support to the CSDP missions and operations through a strategic communication;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that the EU’s Eastern border today faces new defence challenges and an insecure neighbourhood and calls for solutions and active measures enabling the Union to manage these growing risks; underlines the need to intensify the cooperation with neighbourhood countries on defence and security issues;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) — having regard to the Charter of the United Nations and the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is deeply concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation and hybrid threats affecting several theatres; calls for a structured response to these threats by CSDP missions
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation and hybrid threats affecting several theatres, stemming mostly from Russia, China, but also other actors; calls for a structured response to these threats by CSDP missions;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Is concerned about the increased presence of Russian paramilitary organization ‘Wagner Group’ in the operating environments of certain CSDP missions and operations; calls on European External Action Service and the Council to actively monitor how the presence of Wagner Group mercenaries affects the ability of CSDP operations to fulfil their mandates; recalls the importance of keeping the European Parliament briefed on the matter;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for use to be made of the capabilities to be financed from the European Defence Fund (EDF) to bring about a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations; calls for the creation of a European HQ for conduct of operations;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations; reiterates its call
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent role in scrutinising and supervising the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP, including monitoring the implementation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 b (new) — having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. calls for immediate attention to prevailing gender equality gaps in CSDP missions and operations; urges to increase the number of women working in CSDP missions and operations and to ensure working environment free of sexual and gender-based harassment; reiterates its call for gender analysis to be included in new CSDP instruments, including the European Defence Fund and the European Peace Facility;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses the need for all the missions and in particular the military missions to have sunset provisions working with locals to build capacity within reasonable time with a view to allow a sustainable exit;
Amendment 272 #
19a. Recalls the importance of ensuring the coherence of EU policy as regards situations involving the occupation or annexation of territory;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls for a more systematic implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security(WPS) and of UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS), and for a strengthening of the EU’s WPS and YPS agenda; calls for meaningful gender mainstreaming in the formulation of the EU CSDP, notably via a better gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations and specific training of the personnel deployed;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Regrets the lack of initiatives for actively defending the freedom and sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Regrets the lack of initiatives for defending the security of the Republic of Armenia;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the EU and the Member States to set out detailed arrangements for the implementation of Article 44 TEU so as to enable the Union to respond rapidly and effectively to crises, including by permitting an ad hoc operation run by a group of Member States to have an ex post mandate; welcomes the positive pooling and coordinating role played by air forces during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular as regards transfers for medical treatment and deliveries of equipment between Member States; welcomes in particular the role of the EATC in the evacuation and transfer of patients and the delivery of medical equipment during the pandemic; in general terms, encourages military air mobility, including transport, in-flight refuelling and aeromedical evacuation in Europe, guaranteeing the effectiveness and efficiency of military air transport in Europe;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent and active role in scrutinising and supervising the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP, including monitoring the implementation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe calls for initiatives and debates on improving the EU’s common security and defence policy.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) — having regard to the two Joint Declarations on EU-NATO cooperation signed on 8 July 2014 and 10 July 2018,
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020, as well as the synergies created with NATO Allies and NATO infrastructures and assets for what concerns airlifts and transportation of essential equipment; calls on the EU and the Member States to set out detailed arrangements for the implementation of Article 44 TEU so as to enable the Union to respond rapidly and
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the EU and the Member States to
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the EU and the Member States to
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Is of the view that the valuable contribution of the armed forces during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of the use of Member States’ military assets and capabilities in support of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; encourages the setting up of an EU emergency military unit, aimed at facilitating the cross-border use of military logistical capabilities to face emergencies, in order to allow for greater coordination, synergy and solidarity, in assistance to civil support operations;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls for an integrated approach to the EU security and defence by strengthening not only conventional (military) but also other dimensions of security such as information, cyber, economic, energy, infrastructure, value chains in strategic sectors and other areas of security of the EU;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. welcomes the signing of the Strategic Military and Defence Cooperation Agreement between Greece and France as a first step towards a European strategic autonomy and the creation of a true and functioning European Defence Union;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent role in scrutinising and supervising the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP, including monitoring the implementation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) — - having regard to the SOTEU 2020 and 2021 addresses and letters of intent,
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to set out detailed arrangements for the implementation of Article 44 TEU so as to enable the Union to respond rapidly and effectively to crises;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’ that may be mobilised in the context of a security emergency; points out that currently the EU lacks the ground, sea and air expertise and capabilities needed to run first entry operations to re-establish security in a theatre of war; considers that it is realistic and necessary, initially, for Member States to agree, within the framework of the Strategic Compass, on the circumstances that would make it necessary to mobilise such a force, and to agree on one or more operational scenarios, including under extremely tight deadlines; recalls the existence of
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’ as proposed by the HR/VP, with a view of establishing a credible and rapidly deployable contingent which should also be empowered with assets and procedures guaranteeing its swift transportation; recalls the existence of
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion 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 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent role in scrutinising and supervising the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP, including monitoring the implementation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation, the European Defence Fund, Military Mobility and the European Peace Facility.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new) — having regard to the final communiqué issued by the ECOWAS extraordinary summit of 8 September 2021,
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises; deplores the Member States’
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the fact that they have never been used since the first ones entered into standby in 2005; recalls the need to make the
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls for a re-examination of the processes for monitoring and managing CSDP missions and operations; believes it is necessary to delegate more operational responsibilities in the conduct and management of missions and operations to their military commands; calls, more generally, for EU military structures to be systematically linked to all policies and instruments with an impact on the operational commitment of European armed forces and particularly to the work of the European Defence Fund’s programme committee;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Council and the EEAS to study how to best articulate the deployment of the EU battlegroups or a new ‘rapid entry force’, the implementation of Article 44 of the TEU, and the still unexploited operational component of PESCO; expects that the articulation of these elements must enable the EU and its Member States to rapidly and effectively respond to crises in its neighbourhood, with military means, and conduct the tasks set forth in the Article 43.1 of the TEU, also known as Petersberg Tasks;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls that the Conference of the Future of Europe provides the opportunity to rethink the institutional status quo and give new impetus to European democracy; notes that a considerable amount of contributions on the Conference platform propose strengthening the EU’s role in the world; calls on the participants of the Conference to consider all possible avenues to achieve that goal, including a reform of decision-making procedures in the CFSP and the establishment of a genuine European Defence Union.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 29 b (new) — having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, paying special attention to SDG 16 that aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes that the withdrawal from Afghanistan has highlighted the need for the EU to increase its share of responsibility in global security, and contribute meaningfully to strengthening the capabilities and capacities of the European pillar of NATO;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Stresses the importance of precise and timely intelligence to support decision-making, secure missions and operations and improve the combating of influence and disinformation campaigns targeting them; calls on the EEAS to put in place an intelligence capability for theatres of operation, through the creation of intelligence cells in all the CSDP missions and operations, which feed in real time into INTCEN, EUMS and the CPCC to support decision- making; more generally, stresses the importance of situational knowledge and coordination between national intelligence agencies, and would like to see the creation of an EU intelligence coordination cell;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020, which aims to increase the effectiveness of EU missions, support its partners and contribute to peace operations; stresses that this instrument would finance part of the costs of EU defence activities, including the joint costs of CSDP military operations and those relating to military capacity-building for partner countries, and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment, including lethal equipment where relevant and necessary, and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; points out that the EPF does not solely address provision of equipment to partners but also functions as a funding option for common costs of military operation within CSDP that should be used to the necessary extent; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF; underline that the EPF should be used to effectively support EU’s partners in the Eastern Partnership that are facing threats from Russia, most notably Ukraine and Georgia;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls that on 16 June 2020,the EU Defence Ministers decided to develop a Strategic Compass for security and defence; notes that a legal-political agreement is expected to be issued at the end of 2022; further notes that the Compass aims to foster a common European ‘strategic culture’, pushing Member-States towards a common understanding of the key threats to Europe and how the EU can be a security provider;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the rise in global threats and the Union’s vulnerability to its external dependencies; whereas the pandemic has expanded the concept of security and strategic autonomy to cover health, technological and economic concerns;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation and to the appropriate partners, while also stressing the primary need to conduct prior evaluation of the recipients, as well as to ensure the transparency and traceability of the equipment delivered; undertakes to ensure
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly with full respect for the Common Position, for Human rights and humanitarian law, and with effective transparency provisions; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation, taking into account the balanced, including geographically balanced nature of the facility; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation, having in mind 360 degrees approach of EPF; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation, having in mind 360 degrees approach of EPF; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, its illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, violent annexation of Crimea and occupation of certain parts of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as Russia’s military build-ups inside the EaP region or on its borders with the region; urges the EU to keep demanding Russia to engage constructively in the Geneva International Discussions and the Normandy Process, and to implement its obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement and the Minsk Agreements; encourages the EU to strengthen its engagement in peaceful conflict resolution throughout the EaP region;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Welcomes the fact that the Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 of 22 March 2021 establishing the EPF, enables the European Peace Facility to contribute to the financing of the EU Battlegroups, but believes this not to be enough; is deeply disappointed that this Council decision did not change the manner in which common costs of EU operations are shared and administered; believes that the principle “costs lie where they fall” is, to a large extent, responsible for the low force generation capacity of the EU; compels the Council to significantly raise the share of common costs of EU operations, from the current mere 5-10%; is convinced that greater common funding for operations is a condition sine qua non for the EU to become a credible defence actor on the operational domain, especially when it comes to crisis management;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that geopolitical and humanitarian global crisis demonstrate the need for the EU to count with its own instruments to be able to react rapidly and effectively; considers that the EU should establish a system of automatic and continuous flow of intelligence from Member States to the EU on foreign affairs and security issues occurring outside the Union; calls for the establishment of an “EU intelligence service” with intelligence collection powers to provide itself with its own, credible and first-hand information, so the Union can autonomously make its own effective and swift decisions on possible external threats to the EU, as well as to better protect its interests worldwide;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Welcomes the EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of November 2020; considers that it is vital, in order to preserve the competitiveness of EDTIB, to support its enterprises’ access to banking and non-banking finance; stresses that defence production is mainly dual in nature, and is used in the civilian field; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that the contribution of European defence enterprises to the EU’s strategic autonomy is duly taken into account when the European Ecolabel is awarded;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe and on EU institutions to translate these expectations in concrete proposals and actions.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas Europe is facing a rapid and lasting deterioration in its strategic environment; whereas terrorism remains a major threat; whereas states are displaying their ambitions for more power and are pursuing expansion strategies that involve the use of armed force; whereas the result of such strategies is a risk of militarising the sea, space, the Arctic and cyberspace as well as reviving the arms race;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Welcomes the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap which sets concrete actions addressing the growingly relevant climate/security nexus;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Notes with concern the increasing militarisation of the Crimean peninsula and the attempts by the Russian Federation to destabilise the Black Sea region, with this situation having led to the recognition, at the NATO Summit in Wales in 2014, of the vulnerability of the eastern flank of the Alliance; calls for the EU to recognise the vulnerability of eastern European Member States as a means of strengthening European defence, and to develop, together with NATO, a comprehensive strategy for securing and defending the eastern flank;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Welcomes in this regard Operation Atlantic Resolve and NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence on the European continent and recognises the importance of NATO troops in the effort to deter further Russian aggression and provide crucial support in the event of a conflict;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. underlines the need to closely monitor actions of private security and military companies (PSMC’s), notably the Russian Wagner Group which is increasing its global footprint in vulnerable areas including Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 A more resilient Union:
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Points out that the Union’s maritime interests are fundamentally linked to the wellbeing, prosperity and security of its citizens; notes that some 90% of the EU’s external trade and 40% of its internal trade is transported by sea;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must protect its interests by guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and offshore infrastructure; underlines that in order to address these challenges EU needs to improve its capabilities and therefore welcomes the call for proposal for the development of a multirole and modular off-shore patrol vessel in the first call for proposals of the European Defence Fund;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points out that, given the growing geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must protect its interests by guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and of
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Believes that this exercise provides a good opportunity to discuss the possibilities for further implementation of Treaty articles on defense and security; Notes that these could also include considering an improvement in the decision-making process, namely Article 31 TUE, extending QMV to EU foreign and security policy, in areas of the common security and defense policy, as well as exploring the full use of passerelles clauses and the scope of articles that enhance the EU's solidarity and mutual assistance in case of crises;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the proliferation of cyber- attacks against strategic infrastructure during the COVID-19 crisis, and more recently the Pegasus affair, are examples that justify the rapid development of protective measures against the most recent forms of cyber-threat and the most advanced spying techniques; whereas the EU has committed to investing EUR 1.6 billion in response capacity and the deployment of cybersecurity tools for public authorities, enterprises and individuals, and to increasing cooperation between the public and private sectors;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must work together with the United States, the United Kingdom and other allies to protect its interests by guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and offshore infrastructure;
Amendment 341 #
23. Points out that, given the geopolitical maritime tensions,
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Regrets the overall destabilising role of Turkey, and it is extremely concerned by, and strongly condemns, the continuing and repeated threats of military action against EU Member States, notably Greece and Cyprus, by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean and the continuing of illegal activities within Cypriot and Greek maritime zones; Deplores the fact that despite the efforts for de-escalation and dialogue, Turkey continues its unilateral provocative actions, violating international law and the sovereign rights of EU Member States in the area; Calls for the European Council and the Member States to take all appropriate actions, including the imposition of sanctions, such as to halt any export of military equipment to Turkey;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Notes that the Indo-Pacific is currently developing into the world's most important economic area; therefore calls all the more for diplomatic initiatives to be adopted instead of developing military approaches, as with the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy; stresses that military action will only further escalate the dangerous arms spiral with China; notes that Chinese territorial claims are rejected and justified by protection of the so-called 'rules-based order'; recalls in this regard that the UK, with US support and EU endorsement, is also clearly violating the so-called 'rules- based order' and international law in the same region with the 'Diego Garcia' military base;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Stresses the need for close EU- NATO cooperation with a view to achieving a common effective approach to threats to maritime security, such as cross-border and organised crime, including organised crime networks facilitating human, arms and drug trafficking, smuggling and illegal fishing;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Stresses the European Union’s competences and power, including its legislative power, in the area of resilience;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls on maritime Member States to develop and increase their military naval capabilities to address both asymmetric and conventional threats to maritime security, freedom of navigation and the EU’s blue economy; considers it very important for the Union to maintain a favourable balance of power in the seas surrounding it; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises to enhance interoperability;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises to enhance interoperability; reiterates the need to strengthen the Union’s role as guarantor of international maritime security;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises that should combine manned and unmanned assets whenever possible to enhance interoperability;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises, including together with and within NATO to enhance interoperability;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Recalls the Treaty provisions that confer to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy the conduction of the Union's common foreign and security policy;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the European Parliament, as the forum for the expression of European democracy, is a target; whereas the digitisation of activities resulting from remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic has only served to increase our exposure to existing threats;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the EU to increasingly exercise credible and efficient maritime presence in non-European waters, such as the Indo-Pacific, the Gulf of Guinea, the Barents Sea and the North Sea, in order to ensure and safeguard Europe’s international stance and values;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Member States to fully declare their maritime zones and optimally implement their legal sovereignty and sovereign rights on the seas, without further due;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the remaining waters around the African continent and the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the Union to update its maritime security strategy by 2022; further calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to security and defence aspects in the next update of its Communication on international ocean governance, scheduled for 2022;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region, based on the needs analysis; calls for the Union to update its maritime security strategy by 2022;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 358 #
25.
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Notes with concern that the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) has identified maritime command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as ‘major shortfalls’; supports the CARD recommendation that a European offshore patrol vessel should be brought into service to complement existing vessels in order to meet operational maritime needs; welcomes the six PESCO projects aimed at building maritime capabilities and, in particular, the implementation of the European offshore patrol vessel project;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Highlights the role played by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and recalls that the activation of passerelles clauses would allow to extend the scope of the qualified-majority decision making to the rest of the decisions, expect for security and defense.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas, through the military capabilities of its Member States, the EU has a total budget of EUR 395 billion, putting it in second place globally; whereas Europe is, however, not the second largest military power in the world, since its capabilities are fragmented and suffer from duplication, gaps and a lack of interoperability;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Welcomes the launch in early 2020 of the EMASOH mission, and supports its twin objectives of ensuring a safe navigation environment and lowering existing tensions in the region; welcomes the ‘holistic and coordinated’ strategic review of EUNAVFOR Atalanta, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia and their extension, with a view to encompassing all aspects of security;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls for the expansion of cooperation with India in the defence sector;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States; welcomes therefore the 2021 SOTEU announcement to set up a European cyber defence policy; welcomes the increased cooperation among Member States in the domain of cyber defence in the framework of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), including Cyber Rapid Response Teams; recalls that the successful implementation of EU missions and operations is increasingly dependent on uninterrupted access to a secure cyberspace, and thus requires robust and resilient cyber operational capabilities, as well as adequate responses to attacks against military installations, missions and operations; calls for increased EU coordination as regards establishing collective attribution for malicious cyber incidents;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States; underlines the need for all EU institutions and EU Member States to cooperate at all levels to build a cyber-security strategy, whose main objective should be to further strengthen resilience, and develop common, but also better, national, robust civilian and military cyber capabilities and cooperation in order to respond to lasting security challenges; urges in this regard the VP/HR and/or the Member States to increase financial and personnel resources in order to strengthen the EU’s ability to defend itself against cyberattacks, and provide an adequate political, civilian, and military response to such attacks; underlines the need for EU- NATO cooperation to address and counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious cyber acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising cyber activity by making full use of the instruments at the EU’s disposal and in coordination with its partners; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity including the securing of networks, communications and information-sharing, the implementation of training/exercises, including via CSP projects, and by making good use of the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolkit; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States, by enhancing their posture capability, situational awareness, tools and procedures;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States improve its capabilities to identify and assess hybrid threats and to react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States and calls on Member States to improve national cyber defence capabilities;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States; is concerned, in this regard, at the dependence of the Union and its Member States on foreign tools for ensuring their cyber-security;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Believes that the improvement of EU’s action in the field of security and defence should be part of the topics to be discussed in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas the increasing complexity of threats is linked to technological development, the digitisation of societies and the integration of international economies; whereas, as a result, hybrid threats are proliferating, combining military and/or non-military means such as disinformation, migration blackmail, cyber-attacks or economic pressure that run counter to European interests and values and constitute a growing threat to the security of the EU, its enterprises, its public services and its citizens;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to make full use and further strengthen the EU’s Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox, to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase coordination and cooperation as well as the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States, including hybrid attacks weaponising migration by the Belarusian regime; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber- defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention, a
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for an urgent revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Reaffirms the primary need to facilitate dialogue and cooperation between EU and Member States authorities with the private sector and academia in what concerns the cyber domain and the threats emanating from it; stresses the need to foster a cybersecurity culture within European public and private entities, also through the introduction of devoted courses and curricula;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Recognizes the growing importance of cyber and automated intelligence capabilities, stresses that these provide threats to all the Member States and EU institutions, urges all EU institutions and Member States to continue to improve upon their cyber and automated technologies, further encourages cooperation on these technological advances;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the EEAS to create, as part of the European democracy action plan, an EU toolbox intended to step up the fight against disinformation and deliberate malicious behaviour, in order to identify, deter and thwart it;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Welcomes the imposition of sanctions against Russian, Chinese and North Korean perpetrators of cyber- attacks, including WannaCry, NotPetya and Operation Cloud Hopper; stresses that such sanctions must be part of a wider toolkit to deter such attacks in the future;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A g (new) Ag. whereas, in order to address the risks of crisis that are multiplying at the Union’s borders and in the areas in which it has an interest, the Member States have committed to providing rapid response capabilities in line with the EU’s Headline Goals, namely the battlegroups; whereas these suffer from various limitations in political, organisational and financial terms; whereas, as a result, they have never been deployed;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Insists, in view of the changed threat and the need to adapt our institutions, that measures be put in place in the European institutions, including the European Parliament, to consolidate their internal capacities; stresses the importance of the inter-institutional coordination established by CERT-EU; urges the European institutions, in particular the Commission, to make available the human resources needed to strengthen CERT-EU;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. considers large-scale disinformation campaigns as a form of hybrid warfare; calls to have a wide-range EU disinformation toolbox, which would not only focus on enhancing Member States’ and stakeholders’ resilience to disinformation, put mandatary requirements onto social platforms and allow citizens’ to make informed decisions, but would also improve the EU’s ability to source and attribute massive disinformation and to sanction State and non-State actors launching it ;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Reiterates its solidarity with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in the face of the Lukashenka regime and the Kremlin's weaponisation of migration to destabilise the EU;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls for mutual operational assistance between Member States to be enhanced; stresses the importance of carrying out additional exercises based on crisis management scenarios, including the activation of Article 222 TFEU and Article 42(7) TEU; stresses, in this regard, that the conditions for activating the article and the arrangements for providing the assistance required have never been clearly defined; calls for a more operational implementation of this instrument;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Calls for mutual operational assistance between Member States to be enhanced; stresses the importance of carrying out additional exercises based on crisis management scenarios, including the activation of Article 222 TFEU and Article 42(7) TEU in a hypothetical cyber-attack scenario;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Recognizes the growing importance of cyber and automated intelligence capabilities, stresses that these provide threats to all the Member States and EU institutions, urges all EU institutions and Member States to continue to improve upon their cyber and automated technologies, further encourages cooperation on these technological advances;
Amendment 386 #
27a. Recognises the threat of an active, military capable Russia and China in the European Southern and Eastern Neighbourhood; calls for increased European coordination to assess, analyse and prevent further hybrid attacks from both international actors;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls for the creation of a dedicated strategic autonomy Fund, to help build a stronger and more competitive European defence and security ecosystem and to streamline and further incentivize investments in critical sectors, such as cyber;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 7 Preserving the Union’s space and air
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A h (new) Ah. whereas the international community, and especially the EU, has a commitment to the Sahel and to Mali in particular; whereas the Malian junta has made declarations about its readiness to use a private Russian security firm to participate in military activities in Mali; whereas that firm has committed atrocities in every location where it has intervened;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in outer space;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space, in the areas of communication, navigation and intelligence; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo- intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law and to strive to prevent the weaponisation of space;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law; calls on the EU and its Member States to actively promote international initiatives on disarmament in space;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space with this, in turn, serving as an enabler for strategic autonomy in all the other domains; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo- intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space ensuring undisrupted access to EU space assets at all times; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo- intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the geopolitical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a quickly deteriorating security environment are posing unprecedented challenges to the Union’s common security and defence policy (CSDP); emphasises, against this background, that achieving the objectives of the CSDP to strengthen the Union’s operational capacity as provided for in the Treaty on European Union is more necessary than ever; notes that the COVID-19 crisis has also revealed that the EU is unprepared for dealing with this type of challenges and considers that solutions must be found to strengthen EU’s resilience and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 c (new) — having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2018 on autonomous weapon systems,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A i (new) Ai. whereas the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban is leading to an increased terrorist risk for the region and also outside its borders; whereas the EU deployed a CSDP mission, EUPOL Afghanistan (2007-2016), and granted EUR 17 billion to Afghanistan; whereas during the withdrawal Member States depended on the United States, which deployed 6 000 soldiers to secure Kabul airport within a very short time, making it possible to evacuate European citizens as well as Afghan nationals who were in danger; whereas, in this situation, the EU was unable to put an air bridge in place or to coordinate its own evacuations; whereas if the EU were to have to run an operation similar to the evacuation from Kabul, it would not, as things currently stand, be able to take decisions swiftly, deploy troops or successfully implement evacuations or air bridges effectively and proactively; whereas, therefore, the EU and its Member States must urgently learn all the lessons of the Afghan crisis in order to strengthen the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in similar circumstances; whereas the Strategic Compass should make it possible to set the EU’s level of ambition, in particular in terms of the lessons learnt from the Afghan failure;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy,
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Notes the important work conducted by EU SatCen and underlines that the Union must have adequate resources in the fields of space imagery and intelligence-gathering, stresses that EU SatCen should benefit from structural Union funding to be able to maintain its contributions to the Union’s actions, notably in order to provide high- resolution satellite imaging in support of CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Notes the growing importance of space security and satellites, stresses the importance of the European Union Satellite Centre and commissions the agency to analyse and provide a report regarding the safety and/or vulnerabilities of the EU and Member State satellites to space debris, cyber-attack and direct missile attack;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Suggests that the European Parliament sign an agreement with SATCEN giving it access to the centre’s imaging and analysis services which are useful for its information and for taking positions and decisions, in full compliance with SATCEN’s confidentiality and security procedures;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Welcomes the proposal for a European new secure connectivity project, including quantum satellites; calls for this project to be concluded swiftly in order to raise the level of telecommunications security in the Union; stresses the growing risk of cyber and physical attack on European and Member State satellites; stresses the need to prevent such attacks and to provide for defensive mechanisms;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 c (new) 28c. Is concerned about the continuous increase in space debris, particularly in low orbit, which is putting at risk our satellite capacities, and in the number of microsatellites; stresses that the new mega-constellations of satellites further increase the risk of collision; welcomes the work being undertaken to develop a European space traffic management policy and calls for the negotiations to be stepped up in order to obtain international responses; considers that one of the tangible achievements of such a policy should be an improvement in space debris monitoring capacities;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Developing an EU
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to defend itself against any threat to civil aviation or any failure to respect its airspace and to defend international aviation safety; calls on the HR/VP to ensure that work is begun to evaluate the usefulness of extending to the air sector the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure; encourages the establishment of public- private partnerships in what concerns the protection of critical entities; calls for a meaningful exchange of best practices among relevant stakeholders within the EU, and recommends the creation of a secure channel for allowing this exchange;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure; stresses the urgency for the European institutions, agencies and other bodies of developing secure communication systems and a capacity to react rapidly to attacks, and to greatly increase their resilience to them;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure; calls for the EU to develop a hybrid toolbox including measures of deterrence against hybrid threats while considering existing structures;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure and the functioning of our democratic institutions, as well as securing our supply chains;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Developing an EU
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls for the EU to address the consistent and growing threats to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage and clamp down on the smuggling of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict zones; notes that depriving societies of their cultural heritage and historical roots makes them more vulnerable to radicalisation and more susceptible to global jihadist ideologies; calls for the EU to develop abroad strategy to counteract such threats;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Believes that also new innovative (diplomatic) measures are needed; calls upon Member States to together develop a new possibility for Member States to execute collective countermeasures as part of the Strategic Compass, as part of a wider hybrid toolbox;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Union to put into practice the lessons learned from exercises based on Article 42(7) TEU scenarios and to develop a flexible and non-binding action plan for its activation in order to strengthen the mutual assistance and solidarity between Member States;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the Union to put into practice the lessons learned from exercises based on Article 42(7) TEU scenarios and to develop a flexible and non-binding a
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 – subparagraph 1 (new) Consolidating EU energy autonomy
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Stresses that the current EU energy crisis is a threat to European stability and security and that, by minimising energy dependence on the Russian Federation, for example by abandoning Nord Stream 2 and favouring other energy routes and sources (Southern Gas Corridor from the Caspian, US liquefied gas), a decisive step can be taken towards increasing European strategic autonomy and limiting Russian influence over the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a reduction in Europe’s strategic dependencies; points out that our modern economies in general but also defence and security industries in particular strongly depend on semi- conductors ; welcomes in that regard the announcement of the President of the European Commission to address the shortage of semi-conductors by strengthening research, design and production in the EU through a European Chips Act; strongly underlines in that context the role of the European defence and security industry for the EU as it provides means to guarantee the safety of European citizens as well as the sustainable economic development of the Union; welcomes therefore the proposal of the President of the European Commission for a VAT exemption for defence products developed and produced within the EU;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a reduction in Europe’s strategic dependencies; underlines in particular the strong external dependence in rare earths magnets which are key in a number of strategic fields; welcomes EU efforts in these directions and the creation of the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) as a decisive step in reducing such dependency but believe further actions are urgently needed including the urgent establishment of strategic partnerships with resource-rich countries, including for recycling, as underlined by the latest Commission report;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls,
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Developing an EU defence doctrine using the Strategic Compass to drive
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the current global security environment as well as the pandemic ha
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Stresses that fibre optic cables are the central nervous system of the global internet, carrying 97% of all internet traffic; stresses that these cables are a central and indispensable part of the EU’s critical infrastructure, and thus of great geopolitical importance, and that they have recently been targeted by foreign spying operations; believes that the EU should prioritise the security and protection of these cables; calls on the EU to set up an EU fibre optic cable security programme, including research, coordination, policy-making, incident follow-up and coast guard training;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the progress made in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development P
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the progress made in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Plan (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR); draws attention to the highly sensitive and strategic nature of defence research, as regards both the Union’s industrial competitiveness and its strategic autonomy; calls on the Commission to draw useful lessons from this for the European Defence Fund (EDF), with the aim of achieving operational results; welcomes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets out; calls for the introduction of fluid governance between the Commission and the Member States based on efficient project management organisation at both state and industrial levels;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33.
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the progress made in enabling the development of new European military capabilities in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Plan (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR); calls on the Commission to draw useful lessons from this for the European Defence Fund (EDF), with the aim of achieving operational results; welcomes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets out;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Developing an EU defence doctrine using the Strategic Compass to
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33.
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Stresses that subsea fibre optic cables are the backbone of our digital economies and are a central and indispensable part of the EU's critical infrastructure; underlines that they are therefore of great geopolitical importance; underlines that several defence ministers have alarmed about possible sabotage or espionage operations against subsea fibre optic cables; considers that the EU should prioritize the safety and protection of these cables; calls for the EU to put in place an EU optical fibre cable security program, including reporting and investigating of incidents, coordination with relevant actors, policy development and coastguard training;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Welcomes that the areas for cooperation identified in the first full Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) completed last year fed, at least in certain areas, into the first call for proposals of the EDF; calls upon the Council and the Commission to further integrate CARD recommendations in future EDF work programmes and PESCO projects in order to improve coherence between these instruments; encourages the Member States to further integrate the CARD process and the resulting recommendations in national defence planning processes while ensuring compatibility and complementarity with NATO’s defence planning process at the same time;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 b (new) 33b. takes note of the launch of the NATO innovation fund on emerging and disruptive technologies which was signed by 16 EU Member States and the UK; highlights that this fund addresses topics also covered within the EDF and therefore calls on all participating EU Member States to ensure complementarity to the EDF in order to avoid unnecessary duplications; stresses in that context the necessity for close cooperation between the EU and the UK in matters of security and defence;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Laments the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary: PESCO, CARD, EDF; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA); points to the conclusions of the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and, in particular, to the importance of increasing coherence between European capability prioritisation initiatives and the various national planning processes; points in that connection to the ultimate responsibility of the Member States for achieving the objective of a coherent European capability landscape, in particular in the areas identified by the CARD report; points also to the importance of the Member States' commitment, made in various settings, to maintain a sustained pace of defence investment and to make use of the opportunities afforded by the European Defence Fund in order to stimulate new investment;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Laments the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA); similarly, regrets the budget reduction to Military Mobility;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Laments the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA); calls for a budget increase for the EDF after 2027;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34.
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Regrets the very significant reduction of the budget for military mobility for the current Multiannual Financial Framework, from the initial proposals;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Calls for EU Member States to aim to ensure that their national defence budgets amount to at least 2 % of their respective GDPs;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 b (new) 34b. Compels the commission to continue its efforts to counter the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, which is still leading to unnecessary duplication and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending by the Member States; underscores the importance of a strong, competitive and innovative European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), combined with the emergence of an EU defence equipment market which fully respects internal market rules, and the EU’s Common Position on arms exports;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 c (new) 34c. Welcomes the idea proposed by the President of the European Commission on waving Value Added Taxes when buying defence equipment developed and produced in Europe and encourages her to implement this idea in a way that will not only increase the acquisition of European military capabilities, thus reducing our strategic dependencies, but also to promote their joint development by Member-States;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Developing an EU
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability,
Amendment 461 #
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), giving better value to taxpayers money, strengthening of strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty, and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, improved operational capability
Amendment 463 #
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, interoperability of defence systems, competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives:
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36.
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Regrets the accumulated delay in revising the decision on the governance of PESCO; points to the need to develop financial incentives; recalls that third- country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project; asks to be fully involved in decisions to open up any PESCO project for third-country participation;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in individual PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis, when in the strategic interest of the Union, particularly when it comes to the provision of technical expertise or additional capabilities; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats at the borders of EU Member States; new variants of the COVID-19 virus and the potential for renewed pandemics; fragile states on the European continent and in its vicinity, provoking migratory pressures and human rights abuses; Cyber-attacks and information manipulation. Corrosive capital flows; Weakening of disarmament efforts and international arms control regimes; Increasing threats to natural resources, energy insecurity, climate change, increased militarisation around the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project; notes that the United Kingdom would be welcome to participate as well;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of countries that share the same values, like the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36.
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves and welcomes the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies; stresses the need, therefore, to establish synergies with the various Union policies, and in particular Horizon Europe and the European space programme, so that EDF resources can be effectively concentrated on strictly military issues; welcomes the Commission's action plan for synergies between civil, defence and space industries, which promotes innovation in dual-use goods; calls on the Union and the Commission to take systematic account, in all policies, of the contribution of the EDTIB to the Union's strategic autonomy; calls also on the Commission to submit a specific industrial strategy for the EDTIB;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions,
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up and consolidation of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming that includes the development of technology and capacity roadmaps, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies in particular as regards carbon neutral technologies and the sector's contribution to significantly reduce emissions;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions,
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, and foster the competitiveness of SMEs, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Stresses that the EDF
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37a. Backs the Commission proposal for VAT exemption for defence equipment designed and developed within the EU, which is a positive measure seeking to standardise practices at global level and foster European strategic autonomy;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 b (new) 37b. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a reduction in the number of projects and an increase in its political monitoring; reminds the Member States of the importance of abiding by their commitments in this connection in order to achieve full operational capability on schedule, and in particular before 2025; deplores the lack of transparency on the progress of projects vis-à-vis the European institutions; deplores also the fact that Parliament is being excluded from the process of monitoring implementation of PESCO and considers that its governance needs to be reviewed in order to step up parliamentary oversight, particularly over the selection of projects that address the gaps, and to ensure that the Member States fulfil their commitments;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats in a multipolar world, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; stresses that to combat these threats and rising third country influence in the EU's proximity, the EU has to step up its efforts in providing support, training and capacity building with like- minded partner countries, including by fighting disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks and building resilience to hostile foreign interferences;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38.
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a reduction in the number of projects and an increase in its political monitoring; expects accordingly that the next strategic review will also entail a thorough assessment which must lead to delivering PESCO project results; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; considers that the Strategic Compass should aim to:
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a reduction and more focus in the number of projects and an increase in its political monitoring; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; considers that the Strategic Compass should aim to:
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38.
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led into
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a r
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – introductory part 38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 1 -
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 2 Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the geopolitical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a quickly deteriorating security environment are posing unprecedented challenges to the Union’s common security and defence policy (CSDP); emphasises, against this background, that achieving the objectives of the CSDP to strengthen the Union’s operational capacity as provided for in the Treaty on European Union whilst strengthening the CSDP in a fundamental way is more necessary than ever;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 d (new) — having regard to its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 2 - streamline the planning and capability development processes (CDP, HLG/HICG, PESCO, CARD) and maintain coherence of results with the respective NATO processes, in particular the NDPP,
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 2 - streamline
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 3 Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 3 -
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 3 - integrate EU military capability development processes, notably the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and its results, into national defence planning processes,
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 3 - integrate EU military capability development processes into national defence planning processes and make the best use of EU defence initiatives through PESCO and CARD,
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 3 - coordinate
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 - focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with CSDP objectives and contribute to the development of the necessary capabilities needed for achieving EU’s level of ambition, are operational and provide European added value;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 - focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with CSDP and NATO objectives, are operational and provide European added value; recalls that EU countries have only a single set of forces;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 - focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with CSDP objectives, are operational and provide European added value, while respecting the inclusiveness nature of PESCO;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new multidimensional threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world with rising geopolitical tensions and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; underlines the importance of maintaining the rules- based international order and promoting peace, prosperity and stability in the Eastern, Southern and Northern neighbourhood;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 - focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with CSDP objectives, strengthen Member States’ capabilities, are operational and provide European added value;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 - focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 – indent 4 a (new) - increase cooperation between Member States’ Armed Forces through common training and exercises under the capabilities development basket;
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Notes that the early identification of possible EU action with civilian crisis management tools requires dedicated expertise at both strategic level and operational level, including in JHA related matters. Civilian Capability Development constitutes an important bridge between the external and the internal security communities as it concerns to a large extent personnel from the Justice and Home Affairs area operating outside the borders of the EU; it should be scenario based and include work strands on concepts, procedures and training;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Welcomes the 2020 CARD report, which recommends, inter alia, the need for pMS to overcome the fragmentation of the European defence landscape; calls on the pMS to address capability shortfalls and focus on developing next generation capabilities;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict), and that it transcends borders; calls for particular attention to be paid to the impact of emerging technologies
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict), and that it transcends borders; calls for particular attention to be paid to the impact of emerging technologies so as to ensure that they are applied and used throughout the Union, facilitate research and innovation and enhance the Union’s resilience, keeping in mind the need to control their use; calls on the Commission to present a technology roadmap without delay to boost research, technology development and innovation and to reduce Europe’s dependence on strategic technologies and value chains;
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict), and that it transcends borders; calls for particular attention to be paid to the impact of emerging and disruptive technologies so as to
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict, while attribution and origin tracing remains difficult), and
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat across borders of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict)
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – indent 1 (new) - work on the security and defence impact of artificial intelligence (AI), including the malicious use of this type of technology and the use of AI by Member States against such threats;
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – indent 2 (new) - work at EU level on the issues of ethics / autonomous weapons; support the work on autonomous lethal weapons systems within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which, for the time being, remains the only appropriate international forum to address those issues;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – indent 3 (new) - stress the importance of an innovative and competitive EDTIB (which is the vehicle for meeting the needs defined by the Member States and the EU) as well as identify strengths and vulnerabilities;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – indent 4 (new) - guarantee the security of supply chains (both within and outside the EU), including raw materials, critical components and technologies;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 – indent 5 (new) - share alerts, information and threats in real time via the direct line to the operational centres;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Takes note of joint efforts of some Member States to develop essential future capabilities outside the EU framework, notably the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS); highlights that these projects are important for strengthening European military capabilities in general; highlights that the results of the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) identified modernisation and acquisition of main battle tank systems as a focus area for cooperation; recommends to the respective Member States to explore additional cooperation and funding possibilities on the European level, most notably the EDF, in order to make full use of the European defence industries' innovative potential and achieve a higher level of economies of scale; considers in that context the TEMPEST project led by the United Kingdom in which also EU Member States participate as an unnecessary duplication to FCAS and therefore encourages the states participating in both projects to combine both projects in order to a achieve economies of scale as well as to ensure interoperability between the EU and the UK; stresses in that context the necessity for close cooperation between the EU and the UK in matters of security and defence;
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Welcomes the Member States’ renewed commitment to the common position as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560, and stresses the importance of thoroughly assessing export licence applications for military technology and equipment according to the criteria stipulated therein; points out that Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560 and the relevant conclusions of 16 September 2019 reflect a growing awareness among Member States of the need for greater national and EU-wide transparency and convergence in the area of arms exports and of the need to strengthen public oversight in this sensitive national security domain; stresses that these decisions have the potential to ensure that national oversight bodies, parliaments and EU citizens are supplied with better information about the strategic choices made by their governments, in an area which directly affects their security and their countries’ adherence to values and norms;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. calls on Member States to fully comply with the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment as it has been amended by Council Decision (CFSP)2019/1560, and strictly implement criterion 4 on regional stability and halt any export of military equipment that could be used against other EU Member States; calls for a sanctions mechanism to be put in place against Member States that do not comply with the Common Position; welcomes the efforts made to increase the transparency and the public and parliamentary scrutiny of arms exports; calls for joint efforts to improve risk assessments, end-user checks and post-shipment verifications;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must set the ambition for a renewal of the Civilian CSDP Compact, the Compact 2.0; calls on the Member States to use the Strategic Compass in order to task the EEAS should to draft the next Civilian CSDP Compact beyond 2023; welcomes the proposals made by seven member states in this respect and supports that the Compass should outline fundamental elements of civilian CSDP, including civilian capability development beyond 2023, a new Compact for the coming five years and; supports the idea that strategic priorities for civilian CSDP should be set out by ministers at regular FAC meetings and be linked to the annual review process of the Compact;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Civilian Capability Development should also address challenges and opportunities related to the digital transformation in a more systematic way with a view to identify opportunities from the use of data-driven technologies and innovative tools;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 b (new) 39b. Calls on the EEAS, with regard to civilian CSDP, to take into account and to link it to other relevant instruments such as crisis response, peacebuilding and mediation within NDICI; stresses the need to analyse the best possible way for these instruments to mutually reinforce one another; supports the idea that the Compass should underline the need to strengthen the robustness and flexibility of civilian CSDP commitments, in particular by allowing the EU to actively support ad hoc missions and operations, in which, if so decided, only a few Member States may be engaged but which contribute directly to the objectives of civilian CSDP;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 c (new) 39c. Supports the idea that the Compass should lays down the need for a more structured and strategic civilian capability development process; stresses that instruments and initiatives of mutual support, such as matchmaking and collective pre-deployment training should be further developed; believes that the Civilian Capability Development Plan (CCPD) should be updated regularly to ensure that it is in line with the agreed Feira priorities and that it can respond to new security threats; supports the plan that illustrative scenarios reflecting the EU level of ambition are used as a basis for defining the capabilities in the overall area of civilian crisis management; supports to also reflect the specificities of recruiting civilian personnel and consider lessons from earlier processes;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 d (new) 39d. Rejects the approach giving military and civilian CSDP missions and operations the task of migration control and border management;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 10 Building stronger defence partnerships and supporting the
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 10 Building stronger defence partnerships and supporting the
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 10 Building stronger defence partnerships and supporting the
Amendment 537 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 11 Defending multilateralism on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40.
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be actively supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world, recurrence of global power competition with an increasing military dimension and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’s and the USA’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and conventional obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the fight against impunity; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF);
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by the USA’s and Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Is of the firm view that, as the EU is increasingly ambitious in the defence area, there is a need for greater convergence and consistency in the Member States’ arms export policies; calls on Member States to fully comply with the Common Position, and strictly implement criterion 4 on regional stability and halt any export of military equipment that could be used against other EU Member States; calls for a sanctions mechanism to be put in place against Member States that do not comply with the Common Position;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Notes the proliferation of hypersonic missiles; believes that the European Union should prevent an international arms race regarding hypersonic missiles; stresses that this requires an international agreement about speed and reach limitations of such missiles, as well as adequate defensive equipment at the European Union's borders in the Baltic States and near the Black Sea;
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Recognizes the growing political, economic, environmental, security and strategic value of the Arctic Circle, urges the Member States to continue cooperation with the Arctic Council on all issues of EU interest and to form a comprehensive strategy for the region;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 b (new) Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 b (new) 40b. Condemns the recent use of Chemical Weapons by Syria, North Korea, Russia and terrorist organizations and maintains the view that the lack of accountability for such incidents undermine the international norm against chemical weapons and requires Member States to consider how best to respond to the use of chemical weapons, including how future use could be deterred, and whether Member States are adequately protected and how to strengthen the OPCW to ensure speedy and accurate attribution and effective response mechanisms;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, and conventional threats, such as terrorism, as well as increased militarisation around the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 c (new) 40c. Reiterates its grave concern at the attempted assassination of Alexei Navalny as well as of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, by using a banned nerve agent Novichok, considered as use of a chemical weapons under the CWC (AM186); welcomes the sanctions imposed on Russian officials on 14 October 2020 in response to this blatant violation of international norms and of Russia’s international commitments;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 12 Strengthening dialogue, partnerships and cooperation on security and defence
Amendment 552 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and strategic autonomy; underlines that it is in the Union's interest to act together with partners, in full respect of alliances, with strategic autonomy being a part of the multilateral framework;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships with those international actors who share its core values and principles based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and str
Amendment 555 #
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and its aim to achieve strategic autonomy;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its mutually beneficial partnerships based, in particular, on
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on shared values, the defence of its interests and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new and evolving threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation and revisionism round the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 560 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 a (new) 41a. Underlines the geopolitical importance of the Union in taking lead responsibility for its regional stability, security and prosperity and preventing destabilising processes in the EU neighbourhood, both East and South as well as the Arctic;
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 b (new) Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42.
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence, with a view to helping build a mutually beneficial and balanced transatlantic relationship; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); welcomes the relevance of this format for addressing hybrid risks; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42.
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42.
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42.
Amendment 573 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 a (new) 42a. Stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 a (new) 42a. Regrets the little consultation and information of EU Allies on the Afghanistan withdrawal and on the AUKUS trilateral security pact; underlines these remind the EU once more of the urgent need to deliver on EU defence in order to ensure the EU ability to be a global player for peace;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, increased big power competition and militarisation around the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 a (new) 42a. Welcomes the trilateral AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States as an important step in contributing to the security of the Indo-Pacific region and is firmly in the Union's overall interest;
Amendment 581 #
43.
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43.
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43.
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership, particularly with regard to the growing hybridisation of threats and the inclusion of non-directly military parameters in peacetime strategic competition; stresses that the current strategic situation calls for NATO’s unequivocal support for European defence initiatives, including in the area of capabilities, with due regard for the powers of each institution; recalls the importance of fully implementing the ‘Berlin plus’ agreements and of enabling classified documents to be passed between the two organisations; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to take full account of and be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass;
Amendment 586 #
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context,
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership starting from enhanced consultation at the political level; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass; suggests that the newly established NATO Innovation Fund should be coherent and complementary with the EU initiatives intended for maintaining and enhancing technological superiority;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership in full respect of the principles of inclusiveness, reciprocity and decision- making autonomy of both organizations; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership on both political and practical level; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass; calls for more cooperation and openness between EU and NATO;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass, bearing in mind their complementary nature and potential for mutual enhancement;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43.
Amendment 594 #
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass; expects the new EU-NATO Joint Declaration by the end of 2021;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership;
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union,
Amendment 597 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for coherence between NATO’s new strategic concept
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for coherence between NATO’s new strategic concept
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 – point 1 (new) (1) Notes the Nordic Council for the first time has invited NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address the annual parliamentarian assembly (2-4 November) in Copenhagen;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 e (new) — having regard to the Council's Concept for an Integrated Approach on Climate Change and Security as adopted on 5th October 2021,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the
Amendment 600 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 – point 2 (new) (2) Welcomes the Statement of Intent on Enhanced Operational Cooperation by the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden of September 2021;
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 – point 3 (new) Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43a. Calls for EU and NATO to commit on including the rights of military personnel in their common agreements; stresses the need to highlight the social and human dimension of armed forces and the need to put that topic on the agenda of upcoming EU-NATO discussions when extending or revising agreed actions, also given the fact that operationally EU NATO members dispose of one single set of forces; believes that it would be important for supporting the idea of diverse and inclusive armed forces to address human rights and fundamental freedoms of armed forces personnel, including right to association with a view to ensuring labour rights, gender and LGBTIQ rights at upcoming EU-NATO meetings;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43a. Welcomes the involvement of third countries in the European Defence Agency, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding quid pro quos and guarantees to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 604 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 b (new) 43b. Stresses that cooperation between EU and NATO should exceed institutional limitations; believes that the active participation and representation of all those who are called to implement these commitments is desirable in the successful conduct of this process; underlines the need to facilitate the right to form and join representative staff organisations concerned with the labour rights of military personnel;
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Calls for
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Calls for even deeper cooperation with international organisations and in particular with the UN, including between CSDP missions and peacekeeping operations; stresses the importance of cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the area of security and defending the European security order;
Amendment 607 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 44. Calls for even deeper cooperation with international organisations and in particular with the UN, including between CSDP missions and peacekeeping operations, especially on joint theatres; stresses the importance of cooperation with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the area of security;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 a (new) 44a. Considers the cooperation with Israel and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean as vital for the regional security and stability;
Amendment 609 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation around the world and a
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); highlights the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region which is of significant interest for EU; notes with increasing concern China’s steadily growing armament efforts and military posture, in particular the reported test of a hypersonic missile and the increasing violations of Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone; calls for all parties concerned to resolve their differences through peaceful means and to deescalate the tensions as well as to refrain from taking unilateral action to change the status quo; calls on all parties to adhere to the principles of international law, most notably the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; highlights the increasing relevance of disinformation originating in the Indo- Pacific which threaten to undermine EU activities in the region and therefore calls on the Council and to Commission to address this challenge in a similar way like disinformation originating from the eastern flank of EU;
Amendment 611 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional but like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); commends existing quality cooperation with Australia, New Zeeland and Republic of Korea through Framework Participation Agreements;
Amendment 613 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia, Taiwan), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN);
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region, like
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia)
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partners in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 45. Calls for closer relations with
Amendment 619 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Notes with serious concern the recent display of force and escalating tensions in the regional hotspots such as South and East China Sea and Taiwan Strait; underlines that the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific regions is of great importance for the EU and its Member States; expresses grave concern over China’s continued military manoeuvers in the Taiwan Strait, including those aimed at Taiwan or taking place in Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone; calls on the PRC to stop such military sabre-rattling that pose serious threats to the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the Indo- Pacific region; reiterates that the relationship between China and Taiwan should be developed constructively through dialogues, without coercion or destabilizing tactics by either side; stresses the opposition to any unilateral action that may undermine the status quo of the Taiwan Strait and that any change to cross-strait relations must not be made against the will of Taiwan’s citizens;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Highlights that China’s increasingly belligerent demeanour towards certain states and territories is a cause for concern; stresses that the EU should undertake an assessment of the possible consequences of a regional conflict on the EU’s security, which should also assess how the EU should respond to a deteriorating security situation in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;
Amendment 621 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Welcomes the ongoing discussions on the participation of Japan in EUTM Mali and Mozambique and that of India in CSDP operations and missions in Africa; is pleased to see Georgia’s active participation in CSDP efforts and in particular in training missions in the Central African Republic and Mali;
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. calls for a thorough reflection on lessons learned from Afghanistan, in particular the impact of the withdrawal on the security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and on regional security;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Encourages Member States to continue to work with ASEAN countries in all aspects already agreed upon, further stresses the need to cooperate on economic manners and combatting terrorism;
Amendment 624 #
45a. Is concerned at the USA’s unacceptable treatment of one of the Member States of the European Union in the context of the submarine deal with Australia;
Amendment 625 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 b (new) 45b. Recalls that China, together with other non-democratic countries, also remains a major threat to democracies in Europe through disinformation campaigns, in which they exploit the openness and freedom of expression to propose an authoritarian alternative to the democratic system; note that cooperation in the fight against disinformation is therefore in the interest of both the EU and Taiwan;
Amendment 626 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 b (new) Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Encourages the EU and the Member States to deepen cooperation with Taiwan in confronting disinformation from malign third countries, including the sharing of best practices, joint approaches to fostering media freedom and journalism, deepening cooperation on cybersecurity and cyber-threats, raising citizens’ awareness and improving overall digital literacy among the population in order to strengthen the resilience of our democratic systems; support intensified cooperation between relevant European and Taiwanese government agencies, NGOs and think tanks in this field;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Recognizes the contribution of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to CSDP missions and operations; supports closer defence and security cooperation with these valued partners, including their participation in PESCO once the issue of participation of third countries is resolved;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 d (new) 45d. Welcomes the launch of EU - Ukraine dialogue on cybersecurity and encourages similar engagement with other interested Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that NATO remains the cornerstone of collective defence for those Member States that are also members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as explicitly recognised in the TFEU; believes that EU-NATO cooperation should be complementary and take full account of each of the two institution’s specific features and roles, and should not unnecessarily replicate or replace structures;
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 e (new) 45e. Calls for involvement of interested Eastern Partnership countries in the activities of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats;
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 f (new) 45f. Calls for setting up the EU Stratcom – Eastern Partnership cooperation platform to address issues related to tackling disinformation in view to strengthen the resilience of the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 g (new) 45g. Calls for support to Eastern Partnership countries through European Peace Facility assistance measures;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; underlines the need for an agreement on EU-UK foreign policy and security cooperation in order to be able to better confront common global security challenges; calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and G5 Sahel;
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; nonetheless, encourages the Union to keep striving 'for an intricate security and defence relation with the United Kingdom; calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and G5 Sahel;
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46.
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46.
Amendment 639 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses the importance of stability in the Western Balkans for the security of the EU's external borders; welcomes the adoption of the new accession financial instrument IPA III and the 2021 enlargement package that both underline the EU's continued commitment to the European perspective of the region and contribute to reconciliation and good neighbourly relations;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46.
Amendment 641 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; calls
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. Calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, and its regional components, most notably the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), as well as with the and G5 Sahel; calls for a thorough and coherent EU support in terms of funding and technical cooperation - also taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the EPF - to the AU’s efforts to establish a Continental Early Warning System and to the operationalisation of the African Standby Force and its regional components;
Amendment 643 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. Calls for cooperation with candidate and potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans, within NATO for example, in the field of military and defence training and capacity building, given the growing destabilisation being caused by third countries such as the Russian Federation and China, which do not have democratic values and EU interests in the region at heart;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 46 a (new) 46a. calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and G5 Sahel;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Calls for cooperation on training and capacity building with third countries weakened by conflicts or regional threats or targeted by malicious foreign interferences, especially in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership regions;
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Calls for cooperation on military and defence training and capacity building with third countries weakened by conflicts or regional threats, in particular with partner countries in the Eastern Neighbourhood;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 47. Calls for cooperation on training and capacity building with
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Supports the deepening of military and security cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries, in the framework of NATO for example; notes that closer cooperation is becoming essential to maintain stability at Union borders, given the show of force and influence in these areas by the Russian Federation, both in the past (more or less frozen conflicts in Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and more recently (energy crisis, Zapad 2021 joint military manoeuvres with Belarus, military deployment along the border with Ukraine, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, interference in electoral processes, etc.);
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Expresses grave concern at the continued escalations of tensions in the East and South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, including China’s increasingly provocative military manoeuvres aimed at Taiwan; calls for all parties concerned to resolve their differences through peaceful means to de- escalate the tensions and to refrain from taking unilateral action to change the status quo; underlines the importance of the peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait to maintain peace, stability and prosperity for China and Taiwan, and in the Asia-Pacific region, which remains of critical importance to the interests of the EU;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that EU defence doctrine cannot consist security and military components but also conflict prevention and civilian measures for sustainable development and peace;
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Stresses that the Arctic is of strategic and political importance to the EU and underlines the need to include the EU Arctic policy in the CSDP; stresses that the EU must have a clear vision of its role in the security matters in the Arctic and a good cooperation with NATO;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Notes that the continuous Turkish aggression against its neighbouring countries is a policy option of destabilising the region that excludes Turkey from NATO defence cooperation;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. urges the EU to enhance its institutional capacities for conflict prevention and mediation;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 b (new) 47b. Recognises the role of increased flow of illicit finances in tax havens and the risk they pose on increased militarisation and financing terrorist activities, worsening global instability; calls for more actions in curbing money laundering, and capacitating partners, especially in Africa and Latin America, with mechanisms to curb murky financial transactions including engagement of authorities in tax havens;
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Welcomes the fact that DG DEFIS has become operational
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48.
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers; recalls that all decisions on security and defence matters within the European Council must be taken by unanimity; warns, given the proposals submitted as part of the Conference on the future of Europe, against the ambitions of certain political movements to promote qualified majority voting in this area; calls on the forthcoming French Presidency of the European Union to defend the principle of unanimity in no uncertain terms;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe and on EU institutions to take such expectations on-board by translating them in concrete proposals and actions; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers that instability and unpredictability on the Union’s borders and in its immediate neighbourhood (North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Russian aggression against Ukraine and Georgia, etc.), as well as in its extended neighbourhood(Sahel, Horn of Africa, etc.), pose both a direct and indirect threat to the security of the continent; stresses the inextricable link between internal and external security; acknowledges that active engagement in the neighbourhood is in the interests of the European Union;
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the
Amendment 661 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture, peace, defence, security agenda and the role of the EU in the World in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 48. Calls on citizens, academia and the private sector to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 48 a (new) 48a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and is a driver of the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for women and men worldwide; calls for meaningful gender mainstreaming in the formulation of the EU CSDP, notably via a better gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations and specific training of the personnel deployed; welcomes the fact that all civilian CSDP missions have now appointed a gender adviser and calls on the military CSDP missions to do the same; encourages EU Member States to put forward women as candidates for existing vacancies; calls for all EU deployed military and civilian personnel to be sufficiently trained on gender equality and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and specifically on how to integrate a gender perspective into their tasks; regrets that the number of women working in CSDP missions and especially in military operations remains very low; urges the EEAS to promote the need for a concrete target for increasing the number of women in the EU’s crisis management missions and operations; urges the Member States to look at ways to strengthen recruitment and retention policies and promote women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions; stresses the need to include a new EU budget line that would finance the position of gender advisers in military CSDP missions;
Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Points out that Parliament should be consulted in advance on the planning, modification and possibility of ending CSDP missions; underlines the need of active involvement of the European Parliament in the evaluation of CSDP missions and operations with a view to reinforcing their transparency and their political and public support; is determined to play its full role in scrutinising the Global Europe instrument, in particular its peace and security dimension, and in the
Amendment 666 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Points out that Parliament should be consulted in advance on the planning, modification and possibility of ending CSDP missions and that its recommendations and remarks should be duly taken into consideration; is determined to play its full role in scrutinising the Global Europe instrument, in particular its peace and security dimension, and in the implementation of the EDF;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Points out that Parliament and the national parliaments should be consulted in advance on the planning, modification and possibility of ending CSDP missions;
Amendment 668 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Points out that Parliament should be consulted in advance and duly informed on the planning, modification and possibility of ending CSDP missions; is determined to play its full role in scrutinising the Global Europe instrument, in particular its peace and security dimension, and in the implementation of the EDF;
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 49 49. Points out that Parliament should be
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that the instability and insecurity in the European Southern Neighbourhood remains an ongoing challenge for European external border management; calls for enhanced cooperation with partner countries in the Mediterranean to combat extremism and terrorism, illicit trade in weapons and human trafficking;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Stresses that Parliament should be regularly informed and consulted on the implementation of PESCO, given its essential linkage with the various financial instruments of the CSDP, in particular the EDF, over which Parliament exercises scrutiny; calls for the closest possible access to PESCO for third countries who are also NATO Members, acknowledging that such countries' defence industries have expertise, related instruments and capabilities that EU Member's industries could benefit from;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 50. Stresses that Parliament should be regularly informed
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50 a (new) 50a. Encourages that initiatives such as EDIDP, PESCO and EDF facilitate SME engagement by advancing efforts that support incubation and capital investment;
Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 51. Insists on good linkage between the different governance structures (Commission, EEAS, EDA, etc.), and on the links they need to maintain, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaties, with the European Parliament
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) 51a. Stresses the need to develop ever- closer cooperation on CSDP matters with national parliaments in order to reinforce accountability and scrutiny and defence diplomacy;
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 b (new) 51b. Underlines the importance of improving the tools available to civil society in order to ensure its meaningful involvement in the formulation and oversight of defence policy;
Amendment 677 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 c (new) 51c. Commends the vision and proposals the HR/VP put forward for EU defence and demands EU Member States to show the necessary political will to deliver on our joint level of ambition;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 52 52. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commissioner for the Internal Market, the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes the emerging security challenges in the Arctic caused by the changing environment and the growing geopolitical interest in the region; Underlines the EU’s responsibility in its northern neighbourhood to protect its interests, such as freedom of navigation; notes that all Arctic issues must be addressed through constructive dialogue and cooperation in a rules-based multilateral framework;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Urges the HR/VP, the Council and the Member States to make sure that there is a leap in quality as regards CSDP capabilities, in particular via permanent multinational units for military CSDP operations, including an entry force, and more financial resources, common training and a pool of available experts for civilian CSDP missions;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 f (new) — having regard to the Council's Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of 9 November 2020,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed vulnerabilities in our societies, insufficient coordination and our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and continuously analysing vulnerabilities in important value chains, while upholding open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomy; stresses that energy security is an important component in achieving strategic autonomy;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, and exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion 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 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it should constitute
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; with a strong effort to coordinate with NATO’s new Strategic Concept; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union; stresses that a robust EU defence policy is needed for the EU to have the means to effectively work towards peace, human security, sustainable development and democracy;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, an unprecedented strategic reflection adopting a bottom-up approach, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union, as well as the basis for a more coherent and supranational approach to foreign policy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Notes the idea to use Article 44 TEU for the establishment of permanent multinational military units such as an entry force; calls on the HR/VP to present such plans to the Parliament, and to elaborate in particular on the decision- making options, including the use of QMV;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union which would function as a starting point for implementing a common European defence in line with the provision laid out in Art. 42 (2) TEU;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union; highlights, that a European Defence Union would be a part of the EU’s stated objective of achieving strategic autonomy;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a closer cooperation on security and defence and to a European Defence Union;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a genuine and de-facto European Defence Union, a strong pillar within NATO;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that there is an urgent need to develop a true European Security Union which encompasses all military and civilian security aspects, instruments, budgets and capabilities and the whole cycle of conflict from prevention to post- conflict stabilisation, and which is based on a modern, progressive and strong human security concept which addresses the security demands of EU citizens, local populations and the security and stability of state institutions;
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