2 Amendments of Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges the European Commission to be ambitious in its forthcoming European Defence Action Plan (EDAP), which should be a strategic tool to foster cooperation in defence at European level towards the development of defence capabilities programmes by Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to engage more actively in cooperative projects, e.g. research programmes or pooling and sharing of assets; supports, in this framework, the proposed pwelcomes in this regard the Preparatory aAction on defence research which should pave the way for a dedicated programmewill lead towards a future European Defence Research Program (EDRP); notes that the EDRP offers a chance to foster European military and industrial cooperation and support a strong European industrial base, allowing the retaining of critical technologies within the EU that are essential for Europe's autonomy of decision and action; notes, further, that it shall contribute to reducing the market fragmentation, duplication of capabilities, organisations and expenditure, as these problems along with shrinking national defence budgets are threatening in the long term the strategic autonomy of European defence and thus our security;