7 Amendments of Miroslav POCHE related to 2017/2123(INI)
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the willingness of Member States to implement Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), and calls for its swift establishment by the Council; underlines that the desired inclusiveness of participation must not compromise either full commitment to the CSDP or a high level of ambition and binding commitments among Member States; points out that activities within PESCO shall always be in full alignment with CSDP;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the proposed DG Defence should have the responsibility for ‘Defence Schengen’ arrangements, for security of supply, standardisation and military certification arrangements, for EU contributions to programmes under the CSDP and PESCO, for EU-funded defence research, for EU's strategic autonomy and the competitiveness of Europe's defence industry— including SMEs and mid-cap companies forming the European defence supply chain, and for the interinstitutional arrangements in the defence remit, including the EU White Book;
Amendment 195 #
17. Welcomes the establishment of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) process; considers that CARD should aim at bringing the armed forces into line with each other, ensuring the Union’s strategic autonomy, coherence and allowing Member States to invest more and betterefficiently in defence together; welcomes the proposal to launch a trial run in 2017;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that CARD should be based on the EU White Book and the CDP and should address the full spectrum of CSDP-related capabilities, in particular those of the Member States participating in PESCO; considers that CARD should deliver a set of concrete proposals to fill gaps and identify where Union action would be appropriate, to be taken into account in the EU budget planning for the following year; underlines the need for the Commission and the EDA to work together in designing the annual work programmes under the capability and research windows of the proposed European Defence Fund; points out that the EDA should have a distinct role not only in designing the programme but also in the management of projects financed from the capability window;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses the need for close coordination of all CSDP-related activities namely CARD, PESCO and European Defence Fund;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the EEAS and the Council to step up their ongoing efforts to improve cybersecurity, in particular for CSDP missions, inter alia by taking measures at EU and Member State levels to mitigate threats to the CSDP, for instance, building up resilience through education, training and exercises, and the streamlining of the EU cyber-defence education and training landscape;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU needs to increase its efforts to act as a regional security provider, and to become a strong European pillar of NATO through the European Defence Union; is of the opinion that the security and protection of Europe will increasingly depend on both organisations; calls for improving cooperation, inter alia concerning the exchange of information and intelligence; reaffirms that EU-NATO cooperation will continue to take place in the spirit of full openness and transparency, in full respect of the decision-making autonomy and procedures of both organisations and in close cooperation with and full involvement of Member States; recalls that NATO cooperation with the non- NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU-NATO cooperation and in this regard, welcomes the positive contribution of non-NATO EU Member States to NATO activities;