39 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2020/2002(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint declaration of the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/253 of 25 February 2020, amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/906 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel,
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European Union has conducted fourthree military common security and defence policy missions and operations to train and advise the Armed Forces of Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM) Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali – 2013) and the Central African Republic (EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military operation (EU naval force operation (NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and three civilian missions to train and advise the internal security forces of Mali (EU capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger – 2014) and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia – 2014), and has established and will soon conductlaunch an advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central African Republic;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas after years of specific training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to limited local absorption and appropriation capacities, restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and a lack of basic equipment,the fact that they cannot supply the units they train with basic equipment and a lack of basic equipment necessary for the conduct of training activities and the equipment of the local defence forces including weapons, ammunition and vehicles;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor thean, Burkinabe, Malian army nor the Central African Aarmed Forces (FACA)ies have been able to contribute effectively to the fight against jihadists and armed groups or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and. They also fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers and China steps up its presence;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the European Development Fund andthrough the African Peace Facility (APF) provides support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy; recalls that the fight against terrorism depends on the ability of the states concerned to have strong and reliable institutions, well established basic services including internal security capacities and a justice system, in particular on criminal matters, in which citizens have confidence;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the European Union’s common foreign development and security missions, operations and programmejects should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a centralised doctrine centre should be estabthe Joint Support Coordination Cell (JSCC) should have an enhanced coordination role and should propose a centralished coveringdoctrine that would reinforce the capacities of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014Stresses that in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, transport and training essential for improving the combat capability of African armed forces fighting against jihadism; supports the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 28 April 2015 entitled ‘Capacity building in support of security and development – Enabling partners to prevent and manage crises’4 ; _________________ 4 JOIN(2015)0017.' and the establishment of the future EPF let to the authorisation of the supply of military equipment including weapons and ammunition as well as lethal equipment to support military capabilities in African armed forces;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training;Welcomes the proposal from the HR, with the support of the Commission, for the establishment under the Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of an “European PeaceFacility” (EPF) for the financing of military and defence-related cooperation with third countries and international organisations, including equipment under the EU common military list[1],which will fill an important gap in EU support. In this regard, and considering the actual situation in Africa, calls on the Council to approve this proposal adopting the necessary Decision without delay establishing this new instrument, and : a) calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; b)calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the operational expenditure arising from the supply and use of suchits implementation, including equipment and training; c) calls on the Member States that do not participate in the funding the supply and use of such materialof a specification or part of it to abstain from the vote in the Council; d) Calls for the establishment in the EEAS of a new dedicated Division in charge of managing this new instrument, to oversee the supply and use of equipment and training including proper safeguards and risk mitigation measures;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have also been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
a) for the EUPF budget to be large enough to effectively address the current challenges including relatinged to trainingoperations, missions and military equipment (including weapons, munitions and transport);
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b) to adapensure that the AEPF in order to overcomes the current limitations under the APF and the Union's budget on the acquisition of arms and munitions;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the EU considers contributing to the operational and logistical costs of the operations against jihadist terrorism conducted by the national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON)M) and notes that the EPF should be appropriate instrument to do so;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recommends that any financing of capacity-building operations for African countries isbe conditional on an action plan with reasonable deadlinesthe recipient country presenting a commonly agreed support plan with reasonable deadlines to be achieved with EU monitoring with the possibility of further adjustments depending on the evolution of the situation;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces of the beneficiary countries by:
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point a
Paragraph 10 – point a
a) harmonising training methods and rules of procedure and engagement and ensuring they are unique and tailored to the identified needs in country;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b
Paragraph 10 – point b
b) ensuring that EU instructors are ablemandated, in coordination with the local military authorities, to select soldiers from among those proposed by the local governments, to train them to be capable fighters, and to supervise and accompany them on the ground once they have finished their training in order to assess them and prevent units from disbanding and soldiers from dispersing;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d
Paragraph 10 – point d
d) ensuring that training corresponds to the operational reality, i.e. it should include mobility and command and control capacities;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point d a (new)
d a) benefiting from the secondment of the required military expertise, notably in the field of strategic advice;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the EU mustshould continue conducting a comprehensive and effective periodic evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, adapting them to real needsthrough regular Strategic Reviews, in order to adapt them to evolving security and political situations and real needs on the ground in order to make them fullyeven more operational and effective;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the Federal Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali National army is also unable to counter al- Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme and calls the UE to agree with the African Union and the Somali Government a position on the mechanism to be put in place once the AMISOM is over;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Requires the Malian signatories to the Algiers agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, resulting from the Algiers Process to abide by and implement them without further delay;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three EU military missor civilian missions and operations (ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support democratic institutions and continue any training of the national army not linked to regional interests;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the direct provision of financial assistance for the acquisition of adequate weapons and military equipment; and the advice in the field of doctrine, planed capacities and management; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of jihadists, armed groups, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), even if some of these services should be temporarily provided by the army or security forces, until such time as the civil administration takes over;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the African Union request to the United Nations Security Council for the G5 Sahel joint force and AMISON to be placed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter in order to benefit from sustainable fundingto have access to UN assessed contributions for EU-UN missions mandated by the United Nations Security Council;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirableneeded as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Malithe EU Regional Advisory Coordination Cell (RACC), EUTM Mali, GAR-SI Sahel and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the Member States to support and cooperate with the Barkhane and Takuba operations; Stresses the important human and military investment of those Member States who are already part of them; insists on the need for a stronger European involvement;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the EU to pay particular attention to the spread of jihadism in areas such as the Indian Ocean and West Africa and to lend cooperation and establish aid programmes when required; Encourages the EU to persist with its global efforts to combat jihadism, as jihadism has a worldwide reach by exporting its ideology and thereby negatively influencing societies across the globe, including African societies;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the EU to pay particular attention to the maritime security as well as the spread of jihadism in areas such as the Indian Ocean and West Africa and to lend cooperation and establish aid programmes when required;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that the European Union should ensure that development plans are multi-sectoral and provide a global solution to the challenges of the region concerned; is of the opinion that these plans must be adopted by the administration in agreement with the local beneficiary communities and implemented with the participation of civil society and humanitarian organisations to ensure effective coordination;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 25 – point a a (new)
a a) supporting preventive stabilisation action plans;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Expresses its deep concern that the current security crisis in Africa could lea, added to persistent inequalities, lack of opportunities for youth and weak governance, could lead to migrations and to a massive displacement of the population, undermining North African states and affecting Europe;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recommends that the EU, together with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the African Development Bank, intervenes on a financial level to help control debt and the payment of interest;