22 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2016/2067(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 42(6) and Article 46 of the Treaty on European Union on establishing permanent structured cooperation;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the results of EuroBarometer 85.1 of June 2016,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU’s political and security environment has deteriorated considerably, becoming more fluid, more dangerous and less predictable; notes that threats are both conventional and hybrid, generated by both state and non-state actors, and coming from the South and the East, and that they affect the Member States differently, thus preventing a more common approach; emphasises that the EU and its Member States must focus their efforts on maintaining peace and stability in Europe and its neighbourhood;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that a potential UK exit from the EU could be an opportunity to take bold steps forward in deepening and implementing a defence policy as a factor in strengthening European identity;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that Europe is now compelled to react – by taking urgent decisions – to an arch of increasingly complex crises: from West Africa, through the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, to the Caucasus;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that terrorism has brought guerrilla warfare to European streets; underlines that, consequently, security of the individual has become paramount, eroding the traditional distinction between its external and internal dimensions; points out that it is therefore vital to develop the Common Security and Defence policy through self-defence, in the framework of NATO; points out that this self-defence must not alter the nature of the regulatory power that the EU currently holds, given that its real power lies in its ability to change international rules so as to make global governance possible;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that it is important to remember that although the flows of refugees are the result of the wars in Iraq and Syria, the EU must manage them with a humanitarian focus rather than a security one;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Whereas according to the EuroBarometer 85.1 published in June 2016, approximately two thirds of EU citizens would like to see greater EU engagement in matters of security and defence policy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that a more unified and therefore more effective European Foreign and Security Policy can make a decisive contribution to reducing the intensity of the armed clashes in Iraq and Syria, and to eliminating the self-styled Islamic State;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out that if the European Union is more effective in its policy on the Middle East, there will be fewer refugees seeking asylum in Europe to escape terrorism and mass human rights violations, and points out, furthermore, that Europe has a full legal and moral obligation to assist and receive these refugees;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Emphasises that the threats and dangers facing Europe at present are appearing at one of the worst times since the end of the Second World War;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is firmly convinced that, as a result, a thorough revision of the CSDP is needed the current CSDP has sufficient legal bases and instruments to achieve good results, with the lack of political will to implement the CSDP being its principal weakness; as a result, calls on the Council to implement the CSDP, and calls for a thorough revision of the policy to close the legal and financial loopholes, as well as those concerning consistency;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that the establishment of permanent structured cooperation (Article 42(6) TEU) will make it possible to develop self-defence or a permanent structure for self-defence which can strengthen crisis management operations and lend credibility to the defence alliance foreseen in Article 42(7) TEU;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the presentation by the VP/HR of the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) as a necessary and positive development for the institutional framework in which the CFSP and the CSDP will be strengthened, operate and develop; stresses that further work is needed to ensure the implementation of the EUGS’s political level of ambition, priorities and comprehensive approach;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the EU’s White Paper on security and defence must be based on instruments established under the Treaties and the global strategy; takes the view that the White Paper must link EU initiatives to each multiannual political and financial framework, and that it must lay down an appropriate definition of the threats and dangers to European security that the EU and its Member States are facing as a first step towards establishing the capacities that European defence requires; urges the Member States, partners and all allies to take account of the White Paper in planning their own security and defence;
Amendment 229 #
17. Considers that the bedrock for close and effective EU- NATO cooperation is provided by the complementarity and compatibility of their missions and, consequently, of their inventories of instruments; stresses that the relations between the two organisations should continue to be cooperative and not competitive;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Maintains that in addition to cooperation with NATO, the EU must step up its efforts to strengthen global governance, which will result in an improved strategic and security situation; calls, therefore, for a root and branch reform of the UN with a view to enhancing its legitimacy, transparency, accountability processes and effectiveness, including revitalising the General Assembly and establishing a United Nations parliamentary assembly; takes the view that the UN Security Council must be reformed, especially as regards its composition and voting procedures, in order to bring it into line with the realities of the 21st century and to boost its capacity to act decisively to address global security challenges, moving beyond its purely military focus to tackle issues such as refugee flows, the fight against pandemics and sustainable development;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Gives its full backing to the enhanced cooperation on cyber-defence between NATO and the EU with a view to improving responses to and preventing cyber-attacks; urges the Member States to make use of the instruments placed at their disposal under the Treaty on European Union, such as that referred to in Article 42(6) TEU (permanent structured cooperation) and Article 44 TEU (on the implementation of a CSDP task by a group of Member States); points out that there is a need to speed up the development and consolidation of European intelligence coordination structures and processes; emphasises the need to establish a permanent EU military operational headquarters, which is closely coordinated with existing civilian command and planning capacities, and which could form part of the civilian and military structure responsible for the command and planning of both civilian and military EU missions;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is convinced that enhancing the EU’s status as a global security provider needs adequate, sufficient capabilities, and atherefore welcomes the new organic structure of the EEAS, in which a separate structure is being established for the CSDP; calls for the competitiveness of the defence industry to be improved so as to ensuringe a sustainable supply chain; notes that the European defence sector is characterised by fragmentation and duplication, which need gradual elimination through a process providing incentives and rewards to all national components, and in the framework of a genuine internal market in defence products;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Takes the view that the common defence referred to in Article 42(2) of the Treaty on European Union will need to be given practical expression in the establishment of European armed forces;