Activities of Arne LIETZ related to 2017/2276(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-NATO relations (debate) DE
Amendments (14)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and multilateralism, democracy and human rights and the unity of the international community are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; 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 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is at present 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 defence;
Amendment 59 #
E. whereas a robustn EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts; whereas there needs to be a clear distinction as regards the remit and political strategies of the two institutions;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 86 #
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 efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure; whereas enhanced cooperation between EU Member States in the area of cybersecurity should be promoted and, in that area, there needs to be a coordinated approach by all EU Member States;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threatscentral values of the EU must be reflected in its strategic partnerships, including the partnership with NATO, and that protecting their citizens against any threats is one of the strategic interests both of the EU and of NATO;
Amendment 116 #
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 andn assessment of the scope for making use of soft power instruments befor both the EU and NATOe consideration is given to using hard power instruments; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SPoints out that the EU and NATO are fundamentally different in structure and orientation and pursue different defence strategies; 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;
Amendment 124 #
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; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that directiondevelop a strategy for the future Common Security and Defence Policy, including a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment, in cooperation with the EU institutions and with significant European Parliament input;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent; considers, however, that unilateral foreign-policy action by individual NATO member states has a destabilising impact on the alliance and is an uncertainty factor as regards a deeper EU-NATO partnership;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for furits potential to strengthen the European pillar within the NATO architecture; points out that that is possible only if PESCO is embedded in a more strategic approach to ther EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO’s Common Security and Defence Policy; underscores the need for European oversight over PESCO projects;
Amendment 276 #
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 commitmentsthe EU, as a self-assured foreign-policy actor, to guarantee global and regional security; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF)on principle the measures to support joint research and development of European capabilities;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations, in certain cases, and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; states that, together with Parliament, the Commission should consider individual requests in this connection and decide, on the basis of shared values and interests, who would be suitable PESCO partners; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;