10 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2017/2123(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
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 Crimeathe war between Russia and Ukraine is continueing; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership 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 will remain highly volatile for years to come;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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, which will operate in parallel with Member States' national security systems and is 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;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme for defence research, with a dedicated budget and own rules, under the next MFF; underlines that Member States should make additional resources available to that programme, as requested in Parliament’s resolution of 5 July 2017; renews its previous calls on the Commission to provide for Union participation in defence research and development programmes undertaken by Member States, or jointly with industry where appropriate, as referred to in Articles 185 and 187 TFEU;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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, always respecting the specificities of the defence needs of each Member State, 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;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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, but without this creating discrimination against the other States, and therefore two-speed military capabilities; 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;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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 and rational basis;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Thanks the more than six thousand women and men who have given excellent and loyal service in the Union’s civilian and military missions on three continents; greatly values these missions as Europe’s common contribution to peace and stability in the world and to the security of our citizens; welcomes the increase in Member States’ defence spending in support of our service members; takes the view that this trend needs to be sustained, strengthened and coordinated at European level, provided that defence spending to confront an ill- defined enemy does not result in a reduction in social spending;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
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; the basic prerequisite is the clear and precise definition of the type of operation it will carry out;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to apply full burden-sharing to military CSDP missions by enlarging common funding, which should enable and encourage more Member States to contribute their capabilities and forces; underlines the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism in this regard and of substantially broadening the common cost financing through a review of the use of the surplus of EU financial reserves;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
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; a basic prerequisite for this is to clearly state that defence missions will be carried out by NATO and that the EU will not participate in military defence operations; otherwise, the powers of the two bodies will overlap and the necessary coordination will not be achieved;