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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that the rules-based international order and the values defended by liberal democracies, and the peace, prosperity and freedoms which this order guarantees ~~and which correspond to the foundations on which the European Union is built,~~ are facing unprecedented challenges;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern ~~Partnership~~European countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding ~~the EU~~Europe will remain highly volatile for years to come;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned that in a challenging security environment, and at a moment when the EU and NATO are endeavouring to broaden and deepen their cooperation, two key players in the field of security and defence, the US and the UK, are redefining their positions with regard to both organisations; stresses that we stand firmly committed to the transatlantic community of common values and interestRecognises that NATO has provided for the peace and security of Europe since its foundation; is concerned that in a challenging security environment the EU is seeking to undermine NATO through duplication efforts; stresses that we stand firmly committed to the transatlantic community of common values and interests; Believes this end is best served through the full backing of NATO, which was tried and tested through the Cold War, as opposed to experimentation through EU led structures;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Acknowledges the key role played by the UK in supporting peace and security in Europe;recognises that this commitment is in no way impacted through Brexit with the UK's continued leading role in NATO and several significant bilateral and multilateral partnerships;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Supports the US led policy, backed by the UK, to remind fellow European countries of their obligations to collective security through NATO and reiterates the call for their spending to reach a minimum of 2%;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes strongly that whenever necessary, the European Union needs to take its destiny into its own hands; stresses that the framing of a common defence policy referred to in Article 42 TEU has the objective of establishing common defence and endowing the Union with strategic autonomy and freedom of action in promoting peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes the visible progress made in~~Rejects the attempts towards framing a stronger European defence since the adoption of the EU Global Strategy in June 2016~~; welcomes~~ in particular the suggestion for a European Defence Fund, the proposed scaling-up of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, and the legislative proposal for a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP);

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to act upon Parliament’s calls for an EU Security and Defence White Book in the context of preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that building the Defence Union, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EU contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreement;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a EDIDP; underlines that any Union action to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States in the defence remit should have the objective of contributing to the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as referred to, inter alia, in Article 2(4) TFEU;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the VP/HR to engage together with the European Parliament in an interinstitutional dialogue on the progressive framing of a common defence policy; stresses that under the next MFF a fully-fledged EU defence budget should be established, and that a doctrine for its implementation should be developed within the remit of the Lisbon Treaty;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcom~~Acknowledges the willingness of Member States to implement Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), and calls for its swift establishment by the Council; underlines that the desired inclusiveness of participation must not compromise either full commitment to the CSDP or a high level of ambition and binding commitments among Member States; believes that PESCO should not distract from NATO commitments; believes that any financing towards PESCO from Member States should be above, beyond and separate to the 2% NATO commitment;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that PESCO should not benefit from ~~effective Union~~Union financial support, in full respect of Member States’ competences in defence; re~~news its call for appropriate~~jects the call for PESCO funding to be provided from the Union budget; considers that participation in all Union agencies and bodies falling under the CSDP, including the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), should be made a requirement under PESCO; re~~news its~~jects the call for the EU Battle Group System to be brought under PESCO and made eligible for EU funding as far as possible; reminds the institutions that according to Article 41(2) TEU that expenditure with military or defence implications shall not be charged to the Union budget;

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for the setting-up of a Directorate-General for defence within the Commission (DG Defence), which should drive the Union’s actions to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States aimed at the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as foreseen by Article 2 TFEU;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the strategic review of the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP) due to be completed in Spring 2018; underlines that the CDP will enable the EDA to foster collaboration among Member States in filling capability gaps;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the establishment of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) process; considers that CARD should aim at bringing the armed forces into line with each other, ensuring the Union’s strategic autonomy, and allowing Member States to invest more and better in defence together; welcomes the proposal to launch a trial run in 2017;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises that CARD should be based on the EU White Book and the CDP and should address the full spectrum of CSDP-related capabilities, in particular those of the Member States participating in PESCO; considers that CARD should deliver a set of concrete proposals to fill gaps and identify where Union action would be appropriate, to be taken into account in the EU budget planning for the following year; underlines the need for the Commission and the EDA to work together in designing the annual work programmes under the capability and research windows of the proposed European Defence Fund;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that the Commission should take up the results of CARD and initiate an interinstitutional agreement which establishes the scope and funding of the subsequent Union actions; considers that, drawing on the interinstitutional agreement, the Council and Commission should take the necessary decisions in their respective remits to authorise those actions; calls for interparliamentary cooperation on defence to review CARD, and for the subsequent development of defence capabilities on a regular basis;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the recent establishment of a nucleus for a permanent EU operational headquarters (MPCC - Military Planning and Conduct Capability), as demanded by Parliament in its resolution of 12 September 2013; calls on the Member States to staff it with adequate personnel in order to make it work;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Believes that the EU-NATO Joint Declaration has the potential to move cooperation to a higher level; welcomes the common set of 42 proposals aimed at strengthening both cooperation and coordination between the two organisations; also welcomes the first joint implementation report by the two organisations published in June 2017;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Considers that the EU needs to increase its efforts to act as a regional security provider, and to become a strong European pillar of NATO through the European Defence Union; is of the opinion that the security and protection of Europe will increasingly depend on both organisations; calls for improving cooperation, inter alia concerning the exchange of information and intelligence;deleted

2017/09/19
Committee: AFET

20 Amendments of James CARVER related to 2017/2123(INI)

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