14 Amendments of David MCALLISTER related to 2018/2099(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that these challenges are too vast to be successfully met by any single country; emphasises that it is vital for the EU to respond to these challenges, rapidly, consistently, effectively and with one voice; notes that the CSDP is a useful tool for addressing many of these challenges;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of the transatlantic bond for the security and defence of the Western democracies; expresses, however, concern about the current state of this relationship and calls on all responsible political and societal forces to further strengthen rather than to undermine this crucial relationship; stresses the need to avoid spill overs from recent difficulties in the trade relationship to the transatlantic security bond; stresses that a well defined strategic autonomy will foster the European security as well as EU-NATO relations;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Also welcomes the proposal by the HR/VP, with the support of the Commission, for a European Peace Facility, which will finance the parts of the costs of EU defence activities that are excluded from budgetary funding by article 41(2) TEU; notes in particular the ambitious inclusion, and expansion, of the Athena mechanism for the financcommon funding of CSDP missions, which has been a long- standing demand of the Parliament;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms the importance of developing the necessary military capabilities to deal with the comprehensive security challenges in and around Europe outlined by the EU Global Strategy; recalls that European Union´s Global Strategy encourages the realization of deep defence cooperation within the Union;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that EU Member States jointly must cover the full-spectrum of land, air, space, maritime and cyber capabilities, including strategic enablers, to defend themselves and contribute toto make EU´s Common Security and Defence Policy a credible force in the world;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that EU Member States must jointly must cover the full-spectrum of land, air, space, maritime and cyber capabilities, including strategic enablers, to defend themselves and contribute to EU´s Common Security and Defence Policy;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that EU Member States jointly must cover the full-spectrum of land, air, space, maritime and cyber capabilities, including strategic enablers, to defend themselves and contribute to EU´s Common Security and Defence Policy;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the capabilities for the Union`s security and defence could be improved by making better use of the existing frameworks of defence and military cooperation such as the European multinational high readiness corps HQs and the EU battlegroups; believes that this will contribute to the continuous transformation of national armed forces, towards the goal of being more interoperable, more sustainable, more flexible and more deployable; invites the Council to investigate, for example, the feasibility of potentially setting-up a permanent Spearhead Europe Force, which could be drawing on the European multinational high readiness corps HQ in Strasbourg, Szczecin and Münster; considers thatwhilst transforming the EU battle groups should grow into full-scale brigades and should be assigned to the corps HQ on a permanent basirigades;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that EDIDP will help to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the EU's defence industry by eligible actions involving inter alia designing, prototyping, testing, qualification and certification of defence products as well as the development of technologies within a consortium including SMEs and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), research centres and universities, and collaboration between Member States, which contributes to the EU´s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises again that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA should be funded from the Union budget; welcomes the minor adjustments of EDA's budget that have taken place but emphasises that EDA's increased responsibilities in the context of, among other things, PESCO, CARD and CARDEDF require adequate funding;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the implementation of an inclusive Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an very important and fundamental step towards a closer cooperation in security and defence among the Member States; acknowledges the character of PESCO as a legally binding long-term project, including a set of highly ambitious commitments as well as an array of cooperative projects; stresses the need for full alignment between PESCO activities and other CSDP activities;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges the fact only a few of the initial PESCO projects can be considered as having a strategic European dimension and that most other projects merely reflect particular national preferences; calls on the Member States participating in PESCO to show more ambition and to fully take into account the extent of European added value when submitting proposals for further PESCO projects;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the establishment and full operational capability of the Military Planning and Conduct Capacity (MPCC) for non-executive EU missions and operations and the removal of obstacles to the deployment of EU Battlegroups; calls for enhanced cooperation and coordination between the MPCC and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capacity (CPCC) as part of an integrated, comprehensive approach to crises and conflicts; calls for the establishment of a CMPCC in the near future;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Highlights, in this context, PESCO’sEU NATO complementarity to NATO and the need to ensure that the multinational initiatives in capability development of both the EU and NATO are complementary and mutually reinforcing;