2 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that increased funding is needed for an effective European response to modern challenges and to tackle Europe’s new priorities, which are reflected in the EU Global Strategy and the renewed European Neighbourhood policy, including development aid, human rights violations, bad governance, security threats and armed conflicts, and natural disasters and climate change as well as the refugee and migratory challenges caused by these issues; calls for a significant increase in funding for the EU defence sector;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the importance of enhanced flexibility that allows for the mobilisation of additional resources to respond to unforeseen situations; stresses the necessity of resource availability to be ready to respond to rapidly developing new threats like hybrid warfare and cyber attacks; stresses, however, that increased flexibility should not be achieved at the expense of long-term policy objectives; calls for a considerable strengthening of the flexibility mechanisms (‘special instruments’) under the MFF;