Activities of Jozo RADOŠ related to 2014/2220(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Financing the Common Security and Defence Policy - Security and defence capabilities in Europe (debate) HR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) PDF (190 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the European Union is a community of values and has a duty to protect those values outside its own borders, focusing on human rights and fundamental freedoms; recalls that, in this regard, that the use of force must be a last resort in this respect;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the changing nature of the security landscape and national security concerns with regard to cyber-attacks; calls, therefore, for a coherent European strategy to secure critical (digital) infrastructure against cyber-attacks, while also protecting and promoting citizens' digital rights and freedoms; reminds of the need for more clarity and a proper legal framework, given the difficulties of attribution of cyber-attacks and the need for a proportionate and necessary response in all contexts;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers, however, that the injection of political stimulus in 2013 did not lead to the implementation of practical measures commensurate with the declared levels of ambition; considers that the Union today does not yet possess the requisite resources, operationally, industrially or in terms of capabilities, to contribute in a determining way to the management of international crises and to assert its own strategic autonomy; calls on the Member States to follow through with concrete measures as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the appointment of the new Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR), Federica Mogherini; welcomes her first statements and her decision to chair the Foreign Affairs and Defence Council meetings, an indication of her interest in the CSDP; hopes that the stances she has taken will be reflected in a boost to the development of the CSDP; calls on the VP/HR to play a leading role in working towards further implementation of CSDP and integration of European defence capabilities;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points to the vast body of research which clearly demonstrates the practical and financial benefits of further integration of European defence capabilities and further policy coherence, such as the 300 suggested pooling and sharing projects presented by the EUMS in April 2011 and the European Parliament study indicating the possibility to save at least 26 billion euros annually;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. HopeExpects that by the time of the June 2015 European Council, which will once again deal with defence issues, the Member States and the EU institutions will be in a position to propose specific measures in line with the undertakings given in December 2013;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes noteIs concerned that the most recent civilian and military operations under the CSDP have continued to be dogged by structural shortcomings evident now for several years: lengthy and inflexible decision- making processes, mission mandates unsuited to the operational environment, the problem of ‘force generation’ and logistical and financial inertia;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the issue of financing for CSDP missions and operations to be crucial if the policy is to have a future; finds it regrettable that specific proposals have not yet emerged from the discussion initiated on this subject by the December 2013 Council; calls for the Athena mechanism to be used as a matter of course for the financing of expenditure on CSDP operational and mission deployment and for the same mechanism to manage financing received from Member States on a bilateral basis as well as from third countries and other international organisations, so that they can participate in the financing of a given operation; Considers that in order to have an efficient response it is necessary to integrate the CSDP missions in the budget of the European Union;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Questions, for example, the relevance of deploying and maintaining a mission on the Libyan border (EUBAM Libya) in an institutional and security context where it has never been able to address the basic aims identified there; calls for a reassessment of the needs for Libya in light of the worrying recent developments, in order to adequately address security concerns, including in connection with on-going anti-terrorism efforts in Mali and the Sahel region;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that an evaluation of the efficiency of the 17 ongoing European Missions abroad should be done and those that were designed totally or partially for an impossible operational end, should be suspended or reduced;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that CSDP military operations increasingly tend to be armed forces training missions (e.g. EUTM Mali and EUTM Somalia); while hailing the suchails the decision of carrying such operations but requires its mandate to be adapted to the circumstancess of such operations,each situation. Considers the units formed need to be totally operational, this is, with offensive capacity; finds it regrettable that missions with an executive remit are rarely envisaged nowadays; considers that, given the persistent threats in our neighbourhood, the EU cannot allow itself to focus exclusively on instruments for a post-crisis context or for supporting exit from crisis, but rather must be capable of intervention across the full spectrum of crisis management;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Given that Union missions both civilian (EUCAP) and military (EUTM) are focusing on training, asks whether a structural policy for putting such missions on a long-term footing with efficient mandates and objectives that adequate the situation they are confronting, with the provision of financial and equipment assistance, ought not to be introduced; considers that such a new policy, as part of the Union’s cooperation and development efforts, would be a means of furthering the work being done under the ‘Train and Equip’ and ’E2I’ initiatives which aim to build the capabilities of third countries (in terms of equipment, materiel, infrastructure and salaries) so that their armed forces are properly operational;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the Council’s intention to develop projects for pooling critical technologies, e.g. remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and Governmental Satcom; notes that a regulatory framework is needed for the initial integration of RPAS into Europe’s air traffic system by 2016, taking due account of civilian and military requirements; as well as democratic and judicial oversight;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Welcomes the adoption of the changes to the Wassenaar regime's export control lists with regard to surveillance and intrusion technologies, which have recently also been implemented at European level; stresses however, that more is needed to prevent the uncontrolled production and export of technologies that can be used to attack the EU's critical infrastructure and violate human rights; calls on the Commission, therefore, to come forward with a proposal for revision of the dual-use export regulation as soon as possible;