Activities of Eugen FREUND related to 2017/2121(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Annual report on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) – opening a new chapter in European Security and Defence Policy (debate) DE
Amendments (5)
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for stronger support for the neighbours of our neighbours, in particular in Africa, where close cooperation between European and local small and medium- sized enterprises and support for African countries in building democratic, transparent and effective institutions are needed; considers international cooperation and development policies to be fundamental instruments for achieving such objectives and urges the need for improved, efficient and effective allocation and use of EU funding and for greater synergies with other international organisations; calls for support to be given to our African partners in establishing security of energy supply through the use of environmentally friendly and sustainable energy sources while at the same time promoting off-grid solutions; emphasises the need to address the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad, Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by ISIL/Daesh, al- Qaeda and Boko Haram, or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the industrial and technological resources needed to improve cybersecurity to be developed, including through the promotion of a single market for cybersecurity products; emphasises the need to mainstream cyber defence into external action and common foreign and security policy and the need for enhanced ability to identify cyber-attacks in the EU that originate in third countries, and calls for closer coordination on cyber defence with NATO;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the role of independent media in promoting cultural diversity and intercultural competences, and the need to strengthen such media as a source of credible information, especially in the EU and its neighbourhood, and to further strengthen the EU’s capacity to fight fake news and disinformation and introduce clear criteria to facilitate the identification of fake news; highlights in this context the need to develop stronger resilience at EU level against such information spread over the Internet; calls on the Commission to coordinate better with the EEAS on those issues;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that Europe must build a virtuous alliance between the private and public sectors and should develop a strategic relationship with the US, bearing in mind the current political circumstances;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for increased interinstitutional intelligence sharing at national level, between the EU Member States, at international level and with third countries, and coordination between the EU and NATO, and insists that the EU and NATO must continue to cooperate as closely as possible in a complementary manner; acknowledges that information sharing and coordinated action between the EU and NATO will produce results in areas such as response to hybrid threats, situational awareness, resilience building, strategic communications, cybersecurity and capacity building vis-à- vis the EU’s partners; believes that further coordination and closer cooperation with other existing multilateral entities such as Eurocorps is needed in order to increase the EU’s security;