22 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2017/2276(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulencethe geopolitical context of the European Union is rapidly evolving; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation is not a goal in itself but a way to achieve shared goals and security priorities through complementarity of missions and available means; whereas together they can make efficient use of resources and mobilise more effectively a broad range of instruments to respond toface security challenges;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas an efficient EU-NATO cooperation should acknowledge the commonalities and the differences in goals and composition of both the organisations, to avoid duplications and to facilitate a more efficient approach to the future security and defence challenges;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defenceincreasing its attention towards a common defence approach;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facconventional challenges as well as emerging hybrid threats;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s effortsshould cooperate to protect critical government, defence and other information and critical infrastructure;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the European Union could contribute to the EU-NATO cooperation with a special focus on peace- keeping missions, an area where many EU Member States have already developed a relevant know-how;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identicalcloser strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership, taking into account the differences in both organisations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; eEncourages the EU Member States thereforeand NATO to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the geopolitical environment of the EU and NATO is rapidly changing and it is subject to different threats, including non-kinetic challenges; recalls that from a geographic perspective, the main areas of EU and NATO cooperation should be the Mediterranean Sea, the Balkans and Eastern Europe, notwithstanding their specificities; recalls that an efficient EU- NATO engagement and cooperation cannot avoid balancing the interests of both the organisations;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the development of common standards, procedures, trainings and exercises should be considered as an important enabler for a more efficient EU-NATO cooperation;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional,span from conventional to hybrid threats and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls that standardisation, interoperability, joint exercises and procedures have always been some of the main assets of NATO; therefore, welcomes more activities in these fields which can facilitate exchanges and lessons learned between different militaries, if possible including also non- NATO and non-EU countries; emphasises that a deeper cooperation in these fields will be an important enabler for facilitating future tactical and strategic cooperation between the EU and NATO;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved, also in the field of counterterrorism; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusion are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts, also in the field of cyber-jihadism and on-line radicalisation; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitmentsmembers could have a better, stronger and more efficient cooperation inside NATO; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military peace-keeping missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Recalls that cost-efficient and optimised defence expenditure should be a priority for an improved EU-NATO cooperation; is of the view that a more efficient allocation of funds should also have an impact on the command and control and operational elements and assets of both organisations; recalls that synergies in these fields should be facilitated, avoiding duplications and unnecessary burdens and bottlenecks;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the need to introduce a “green” and more sustainable approach in the EU-NATO cooperation, because both the organisations have already adopted “green defence” agendas and objectives;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the key role of some non-NATO major allied countries also for the EU security interests; welcomes the possibility to develop further security talks and trainings with these countries, especially on common EU-NATO security and defence issues;