23 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that achieving the objectives of the CSDP to strengthen the Union’s operational capacity to act externally for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security, in accordance with the United Nations principles and as provided for in the TEU, is more than ever necessary in a fast -deteriorating security environment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in recent years the security situation in and around Europe has significantly worsened and has created arduous challenges that no single country or organisation is able to face alone; whereas solidarity and resilience requires the EU to stand and to act together, and to do so in concert with our allies; whereas and partners; whereas prevention and the fight against terrorism isare a priority for the EU and should be engaged within as well as outside the EU’s borders;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to use the full potential of the TEU, especially Article 44 on the implementation of a CSDP task by a group of Member States and Article 46 on permanent structured cooperation with regard to a faster and more flexible deployment of CSDP missions and operations; Welcomnotes the activation of Article 42(7) on the mutual defence clause;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the security and defence building capacity enshrined in the Treaties has yet to be accomplished; whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States are empowered to build a European Security and Defence Union; whereas the choice of neutrality of some EU Member States should be respected in all cases;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format and thecareful and considered assessment of the possibility of setting up of a permanent strategic civil-military headquarters with a permanent military operational component; underlines the role of the European Defence Agency in capability development;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas that same article provides for the creation of defence institutionsthe European Defence Agency as well as for a European capabilities and armaments policy to be defined; whereas it also requires that the EU’s efforts will be NATO-compatible; whereas a European Defence Union will enable a stronger North Atlantic Tshould seek to rebalance relaty Organization, consequently promoting further a more effective national (territorial), regional and global security and defenceions within NATO and ensure the maintenance of peace, conflict prevention and a strengthening of international security in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the need to ensure and to further strengtheExpresses the hope that within the express ambit of the definition of a European defence policy there will be a rebalancing in the strategic partnership between the EU and NATO.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas except for the creation of the European Defence Agency (EDA), none of the other missing elements of the EU common security and defence policy have so far been conceived, decided or implemented; whereas the EDA still needs to be harnessedan overhaul of its organisation to develop its full potential;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the EU level white book on security and defence willcould represent the first steps towards the European Defence Union (EDU), as provided for in the Lisbon Treatya useful reflection on the future of ESDP;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. EncouragesCalls on the European Council to lead the progressive framing of the EDU, with a view to its establishment under the next multiannual political and financial framework of the EU (reflect on the advisability of defining an EDU and on its effective sustainability in the next MFF); takes the view that the Lisbon Treaty provides a solid basis for the EDUcontains a series of ESDP mechanisms which have yet to be fully exploited;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the Union should assess the advisability of dedicateing own means to fostering greater and more systematic European defence cooperation among the Member States, including permanent structured cooperation (PESCO); is however convinced that the possible use of EU funds would be a clear expression of cohesion and solidarity, and that that a moment of grave economic crisis wshould allow all Member States to improve theirbe subordinated to a greater efficiency of existing military capabilities inthanks to a more common effort;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the Member States which are willing to make more binding commitments to one another should establish permanent structured cooperation within the Union framework; encourages those Member States to, establish multinational forces within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and make these forces available to the common security and defence policy; believes that the Council should normally, exclusively in conformity with the principles of the United Nations Charter; believes that the Council should at times of international crisis assess whether to entrust the implementation of a peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security task to those multinational forces; is convinced that the EU battle group system should be further developed to that endo this end it is first necessary to resolve the problems that have led to the insufficient use of EU battle groups; underlines that PESCO is open to all Member States;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States participating in the EDA to establish a common European capabilities and armaments policy in pursuit of greater efficiency, the elimination of duplication and a reduction of costs; encourages the Commission to work in liaison with the EDA to that end, and to strengthen the industrial and technological base of the defence sector;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the ongoing work on setting-up a preparatory action for a future EU defence research programme starting in 2021 as requested by the European Council (EUCO) 2013 and 2015; calls on the Member States to outline future cooperative programmes in which EU funded defence research can build a starting point with the aim of achieving greater efficiency and a reduction in costs;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of putting in place the necessary measures to allow a working, accessible, transparent and simple European market in defence equipment in order to enable Member States to reach bettermore effective defence and security budget maximisation; is concerned that the progress towards improved competitiveness, greater transparency, and less red tape in the defence sector has been slow so far, and that a sound European defence industrial policy is still missing;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the joint declaration by the presidents of the European Council and the Commission, and the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of 8 July 2016; which emphasises the need for stronger cooperation between the EU and NATO in the area of security and defence; is convinced that EU-NATO cooperation should involve building resilience together in the east and the south as well as defence investment; considers that cooperation on capabilities offers the prospect of improving compatibility and synergy between both frameworks; is convinced that this would also strengthen NATO’s role in security and defence policy, and in collective defence;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to make the necessary arrangements for the implementation of the Article 42(7) TEU, in order to allow the Member States to effectively manage other Member States’ aid and assistance contributions, or to have them effectively managed within the Union framework; calls on the Member States to aim for the 2 % GDP target to be spent on defence, and to spend 20 % of their defence budgets on major equipment, including related research and development;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the VP/HR to propose an initial EU security and defence white book which will be based on the EU global strategy endorsed by the European Council; takes the view that the security and defence white book should guide thmay provide a useful basis for quantifying possible Union contributions in security and defence policy for each multiannual political and financial framework of the EU;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the white book should take the form of an interinstitutional agreement of a binding nature strategic reflection which would set out potentiall Union initiatives, investments, measures and programmes over the respective multiannual political and financial framework of the EU; is convinced that the Member States, partners and allies can take this interinstitutional agreemenit into account in their own security and defencetrategic planning, with a view to being mutually consistent;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
- support for the placing of multinational battalionforces in the Member States on the eastern flankditerranean Member States for the sole purpose of helping to tackle the humanitarian emergency resulting from migratory flows;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
- development of the regular white book process, for ain order to assess a possible first application in the planning for the next MFF;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 10
Paragraph 16 – indent 10