10 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2018/2237(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 13 November 2017 and, 25 June 2018 and 19 November 2018 on security and defence in the context of the EU Global Strategy,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the purpose of the Facility is not to militarise the European Union’s external action but to yield synergies and efficiency gains by providing a package approach to operational funding of external action already existing today and where the funding from the Union budget is not possible;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Treaty requires the Union and its institutions to implement a common foreign and security policy including the progressive framing of a common defence policy, which might lead to a common defence in accordance with the provisions of Article 42, thereby reinforcing the European identity and its independence in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world; whereas the proposed European Peace Facility is to be welcomed as a progressive step in this direction, and the VP/HR is to be encouraged to pursue its further development and implementation;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas further use of Union means and instruments should be encouraged for improving cooperation, developing capabilities and deploying missions in the future, to preserve peace, to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts, and to address threats to international security; underlines that the EPF should in particular finance the Union’s military missions, strengthen the military and defence capacities of third states, regional and international organisations, and contribute to the financing of peace support operations led by a regional or international organisation or by third states;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU’s external action must not be instrumentalised as ‘migration management’ and all efforts to work with third states must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the Council in its conclusions of 19 November 2018 is reserved in its support for the EPF proposal; whereas it is nonetheless important to work towards the adoption of an ambitious proposal containing all proposed components, including the Athena mechanism;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Commission did not submit ano financial impact assessment regarding the administrative expenditure to accompany itsied the proposal; whereas the administrative expenditure for the EPF has substantial implications for the EU budget; whereas no extra staff should be hired by or delegated to the EPF beyond the staff currently working on the instruments being replaced; whereas the synergies arising from bringing together the current distinct instruments in one administrative structure should facilitate managing the larger geographical scope of the EPF; whereas additional staff should only be recruited if and when the revenue for a mission or measure has been effectively collected from all participating Member States; whereas the time-limited character of the revenue calls for the contracts of staff recruited by the Facility or the secondments to the Facility for a particular mission or measure to have corresponding time limits; whereas no staff should be recruited by or seconded to the Facility from a Member State where it has made a formal declaration under Article 31(1) TEU for a particular mission or measure;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to conclude the revision of the Athena mechanism before the end of this year if possible, and to incorporate it seamlessly into the EPF whilst preserving the mechanism’s operational efficiency and flexibility;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) to ensure that the efficiency gains and the improved effectiveness offered by a single instrument are preserved when making the necessary adjustments to the proposal;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) to ensure, in line with Article 18 TEU, the consistency of the EPF with all other aspects of the EU’s external action, notably as regards the Capacity Building for Security and Development initiative (CBSD) and the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), which should in all cases be implemented in the framework of the wider security sector reform programme;