20 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2017/2276(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU isMember States of the EU are 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 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in ongoing crisis management missions, would be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a truly coordinated manner and make the most of their expertise and resources;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 84 #
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 they can expand the existing cooperation between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability currently aimed at facilitating the exchange of information and logistical support into areas of shared threat assessments, personnel acquisition and the sharing of best practices in order to respond to threats in real time;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values and 22 Member States, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;
Amendment 132 #
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 and continue efforts such as joint briefings, intelligence sharing, civil emergency response training and shared threat assessments of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;
Amendment 150 #
6. Stresses that the EU-NATO strategic partnership is equally fundamental for the EU’s evolving CSDP and for the future of the Alliance, as well as fornd reiterates that no duplication of efforts or capabilities will be made regardless of EU-UK relations before or after Brexit;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for working together on joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to ensure prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information and intelligence sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CWelcomes NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in NATO’s Eastern flank and considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be further strengthened oin the Eastern flankis area for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; 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 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes NATO’s stated 360 degree approach and the establishment of a Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) and the Initial Follow on Forces Group (IFFG) designed to respond to an unfolding crisis and 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 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the continued expansion in cooperation on cyber defence, including through regular expert talks and the participation in each other’s flagship cyber defence exercises;
Amendment 227 #
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; welcomes the recent joint inauguration of NATO’s Hybrid Centre of Excellence by the NATO Secretary General and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and 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 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recognises NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee’s current metric of measuring resilience among its Member States is based on seven base line requirements of resilience comprising: assured continuity of government and critical services, protection of energy supply, ability to handle uncontrolled population movements, preservation of water and food resources, ability to deal with mass casualties, protection of transportation systems, and preservation of civil communications systems and thus encourages further efforts of NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee to continue its work in creating a deployable expert team that will be made up of joint NATO & EU experts that will engage in joint assessments of each member country;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the NATO Warsaw Summit’s decision to enhance resilience by calling on governments to increase investment designed to prepare, deter and defend against hybrid warfare threats via creation of arrangements, policies, legislation, procedures and collection of resources;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the continuing trend of increased defence spending among NATO Allies and strongly believes that as the primary security guarantor for the Euro- Atlantic, Member States must continue to meet their membership obligations by respecting the 2% & 20% defence spending guidelines;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Considers that Member States committed to NATO’s defence spending guidelines should consider allocating a specified sum within the 20% guideline on procurement to be allocated specifically towards research and development to guarantee a minimum expenditure is used towards innovation that can create a ‘spillover’ of technologies to the civil sector,
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Considers that Member States should be instrumental in facilitating transatlantic technological and industrial base cooperation by ensuring barriers to industries and protectionism are avoided and export licensing, processes and technology transfer policies should be harmonised among the 22 shared Member States of NATO and the EU to provide a more efficient and less time consuming procurement process that will aim to improve Member State defence capabilities;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. SReiterates the NATO Warsaw Summit Declaration calling on members to ‘facilitate a stronger defence industry and greater defence research’ and 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 various studies conducted by the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Welcomes EU and NATO efforts to provide political and practical support to aspirant countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and suggests Member States continue these efforts to ensure continued democratic development and security sector reform;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Welcomes enhanced counter- terrorism support in both political and practical terms towards Mediterranean and Gulf countries via NATO’s Capacity Building Initiatives, Mobile Training Teams, Individual Partnership Action Plans and Centres of Excellence that continue to provide training and transfer of best practices in areas including crisis management, counter-IED removal and disposal, operational awareness, environmental security, border security and other key areas of security sector reform;