12 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2023/2119(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the NATO 2022 Strategic Concept and the NATO 2023 Vilnius Summit Communiqué,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the Stratgeic Compass for Security and Defence, issued in March 2023,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the application of Sweden to join NATO, submitted on 18 May 2022,
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Confirms the EU will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes to end Russia’s war of aggression and restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, enabling it to effectively exercise its sovereignty, protect its civilians and fulfil their wish for EU membership in the future;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the EU’s concrete support to Ukraine through the ‘three ammunition tracks’; urges faster delivery of ammunition from Member States’ existing stocks through the EPF; calls for the joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine to be sped up and stresses the need to ramp up the third track and ensure the effective implementation of the Act in Support of Ammunition Production; further stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in EU defence policies and programmes during the EU membership process, building on the existing agreement with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and as a beneficiary of the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA); calls on the European External Action Service to come forward with a plan for a sustainable and long-term package of security commitments for Ukraine as recommended in the Kyiv Security Compact;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the commitment of the EU’s heads of state and government, made in the Versailles Declaration, to provide all the necessary support needed by Ukraine and to take greater responsibility for European security by bolstering European defence capabilities; calls on the EU and its Member States to deliver on this commitment by accelerating the full implementation of the Strategic Compass and by regularly updating it in order to make the European Union a stronger and more capable security provider;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its full support for the rapid deployment capacity (RDC) with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missionn adequately increased number of troops available for operations in non-permissive environments for different types of crisies; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to set out the practical modalities for implementing Article 44 TEU, in order to allow a group of willing and able Member States to plan and conduct a mission or operation within the EU framework and, thereby, ensure the swift activation of the RDC;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Member States to increase their levels of defence spending to adjust to the current geopolitical situation, and address the significant threats towards the Union’s security; calls on the EU NATO Member States to increase their military budgets to at least 2 % of GDP considering the impact of historic under-investment and spiralling inflation onin order to remedy shortfalls and meet the requirements across all domains arising from a more contested security order and - in conjunction with this increase - to invest at least 20 % of the defence budgets on major equipment, including research and development;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Emphasises the importance of making the resilience of our democracies a key priority for EU/NATO cooperation inter alia by establishing a Centre for Democratic Resilience with the purpose of monitoring and identifying challenges to democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and of facilitating democracy and governance assistance to member, partner, and aspirant states, when requested;
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Welcomes the accession of Finland to NATO and the accession of Sweden in the near future; calls upon Hungary and Türkiye to proceed swiftly with ratifying the Swedish application for NATO membership;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the increase in spending on defence policies and programmes at an EU level and among the Member States requires full parliamentary scrutiny and accountability; underlines the existing calls for therepeats its calls for the reinforcement of accountability and scrutiny of security and defence policy by - inter alia - establishment ofing a fully- fledged European Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defence, in recognition of the emerging defence acquis in the framework of the EU with scrutiny, legislation and budgetary responsibilitiestrengthening cooperation across Parliamentary Committees where security and defence matters are discussed, and reinforcing inter- parliamentary dialogue and cooperation with national parliaments;