11 Amendments of Ilhan KYUCHYUK related to 2017/2276(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
– having regard to the NATO Secretary-General’s Annual Report 20167, released on March 15, 2018,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East; whereas both the EU and NATO are concerned by Russia’s more assertive military behaviour; whereas both the EU and NATO want to maintain dialogue with Russia;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contributes to a stronger NATO; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members; calls for double structures between the EU and NATO to be avoided;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration of 8 July 2016, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the new set of actions that were added on 5 December 2017, in particular those regarding counter-terrorism, military mobility and women, peace and security; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countriesany form of aggression coming from Russia, hybrid or conventional, should be countered appropriately; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;
Amendment 210 #
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 further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; notes that after Brexit, 80 percent of NATO’s defence spending will be non-EU and three out of four battalions in the East will be led by non-EU countries; welcomes in this regard the binding commitments to which Member States agreed in the context of PESCO, in particular those on defence spending and investments;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, 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; welcomes in this regard the separate but parallel exercises, PACE17 and CMX17, which were held in 2017 and through which respectively EU and NATO staff tested their respective procedures for communicating and sharing information during an unfolding fictitious hybrid threat;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; stresses that compatible defence capacities facilitate EU -and NATO-wide deployment and cooperation; therefore deplores situations in which NATO allies opt for non- compatible capabilities;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO should strengthen cooperation on CBRN threats; stresses that interoperability between the EU and NATO, in particular between the security and health sectors, will be a crucial element in mitigating the impact of CBRN-incidents;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Stresses the importance of the principles enshrined in the Vienna Document, in particular the principle of openness and transparency; welcomes in this regard the openness of EU and NATO military exercises and joint exercises to international observers;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Reiterates the important role of women in CSDP and NATO missions, in particular in dealing with women and children in conflict areas; welcomes the fact that both the EU and NATO have recognised this important role; recommends the EU and NATO to proactively promote gender diversity in their structures and operations;