12 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2022/2145(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union has extensive experience in deploying multinational military and civilian missions abroad in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world; whereas these common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions regularly operate alongside and complement missions of the Member States, United Nations, international organisations and third countries;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CSDP missions regularly depend on the effective performance of third-party missions, reliable cooperation, timely information sharing and sincere host nation support, as well as on the political will of the Member states to guarantee sufficient personnel and financial resources; whereas the lack of any of these can jeopardise the implementation of a CSDP mission’s mandate and could ultimately lead to the withdrawal of EU forces;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Union and its Member States should strive for autonomy when preparing, conducting and sustaining their CSDP missions, although the preferred course of action must remain the one of multilateral coordination and cooperation with partners; whereas the Union should be capable of rapidly deploying multidimensional forces, swiftly reinforcing them where needed and sustaining them as long as required and without depending on third-party support;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas CSDP missions are undertaken using capabilities provided by the Member States and depend greatly on the sufficient provision of forces and equipment; whereas Member States frequently fail to provide sufficient forces and equipment to CSDP missions thus compromising the effectiveness of the mission; whereas the Member States’ capabilities are used for national purposes and for their contributions to collective defence and to missions abroad;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas for collective defence many Member States coordinate their efforts and employ their forces within the NATO framework; whereas many Member States also contribute to missions abroad within the CSDP framework; whereas many EU Member States are also key contributors to UN-led missions and operations;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas building capabilities and adapting them to military needs requires solutions to be developed and combined in doctrine and concepts, the organisation and structure of forces, individual, collective and multinational training, adequate logistics, defence materiel development, procurement and life-cycle management, military leadership development, staff recruitment and development, defence infrastructures, installations and facilities, interoperability and standardisation;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Strategic Compass sets out EU-level action in many of these areas; whereas the European Defence Fund and the European Peace Facility are EU instruments which have already been deployed and that are designed to improve military capabilities and foster operational cooperation and burden-sharing abroad; whereas the upcoming EDIRPA and EDIP regulations should be used for facilitating common procurement among EU Member States in a truly cooperative spirit, thus enhancing interoperability among national armed forces;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Battlegroup Concept has helped develop multinational defence cooperation and interoperability, as well as transformation for rapid deployment and force modernisation; whereas although the Battlegroups have been fully operational since 2007 and have proven their value as a tool for defence cooperation and transformation, issues relating to political will, usability, and financial solidarity have prevented them from being deployed;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in cases when EU battlegroups have not been used, individual EU Member States have oftenso-far preferred to acted outside the EU framework instead, either on their own or with other EU or non-EU states instead of relying on the EU Battlegroups;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas a much needed new joint declarations on EU- NATO cooperation should define areas of cooperation and coordination, establish the tasks to be fulfilled within each framework and be accompanied by roadmaps for their implementation, also taking into account the provisions included in the Strategic Compass and in the new NATO Strategic Concept;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the VP/HR’s proposal, enshrined in the Strategic Compass, to establish an RDC; stresses the importance of the EU having the necessary capabilities and structures to take action rapidly and decisively duringto prevent or manage crises in order to serve and protect the Union’s citizens, interests and values across the world;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to show the political will and to provide the adequate resources in terms of funds and personnel needed to transform the EU battlegroup system to match the needs of the RDC; considers that the EU battlegroups should be funded from the Union budget during their stand-up, stand- by and stand-down phases;