Activities of Clare MOODY related to 2016/2036(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deeply regrets that, on an already limitedNotes that a budget of around EUR 320 million (0.2% of the EU budget), the European Union's foreign policy was under- implemented to the tune of EUR 96 million in 2015, which reveals the lack of ambition and, indeed, the denial of reality in which Europeans find themselves at a time when international conflicts pose a threat to their safety at the very heart of Europe;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the CFSP has a unique and complementary role to play in global security and that EU action can achieve results where others find it difficult to act; emphasises further that EU action can, and has, avoided the need for more costly and risky interventions through NATO and the UN;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is surprisedNotes that, at a time when budgets are tight and when military expenditure has until recently declined sharply in contrast with other regions of the world, the Member States do not see the urgent need to achieve economies of scale by means of ‘permanent structural cooperation’, in other words the pooling of military resources by those countries that are willing and able to do this (Article 46 TEU); Welcomes the existence of EU battlegroups, but deplores the failure to make use of them owing to a structure which is so complex that it does not work and to a funding method that is flawed, which endanger the very idea of an effective European defencenotes that they could be improved in terms of capability and speed of deployment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Member States have not sufficiently exploited the potential of cooperative projects proposed by the European Defence Agency and expresses concern atnotes the freezing of the Agency's budget by the Member States since 2010; considers the pooling of defence research capacities to be indispensable in orderas one possible way to avoid duplication and to prepare for the future; welcomnotes the establishment of Parliament's pilot project in this field and supports its reinforcement by the appropriate means from 2017.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages the Member States to invest more wisely in their defence capabilities to improve their capacity to work as part of NATO and the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for EEAS to concentrate on conflict prevention and work closely with both the UN and NATO.