12 Amendments of Marc BOTENGA related to 2024/2082(INI)
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Insists that security cannot be reduced to military aspects; considers an arms race to be deeply harmful to European security, calls on the Commission and the Council to rely on principles such as collective security, arms control and disarmament, as well as diplomacy to work towards long-lasting peace and de-escalation of armed conflicts;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Expresses deep concern about the increased subsidies and public support for the military-industrial complex in a context of record breaking $2.2 trillion global defence expenditure and on the other hand the lack of efforts by the EU to achieve diplomatic solutions to current conflicts and wars;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reaffirms, its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity withn the strongest terms, its condemnation of the war and invasion of Ukraine inby the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity withinRussian Federation that constitutes a severe violation of international law, in particular the UN Charter and for which there its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU andno justification; calls for the EU to urgently launch an ambitious diplomatic initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded byo immediately put an end to the war in Ukraine wiand the several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international lawuffering of the Ukrainian people; regrets that a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the conflict has not yet been found to date; calls on increased efforts to finally initiate a peace negotiation process which includes all parties; urges Russia, in the strongest terms, to turn back from the path of violence and aggression it has chosen and to return to the path of dialogue and negotiation; urges NATO and its member countries not to further escalate the conflict by continuing a new arms race; rejects the announced deployment of US short and medium range missiles in Germany;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. StresCriticises the importanceestablishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF), which has been instrumental in supporting the provision of military capabilities and training to the Ukra in 2020 and calls for its immediate termination; recalls that the EPF finian Armed Forces, while providing coordination for all stakeholders through the clearing house mechanism hosted by the EU Military Staff ; welcomes the setting up of the dedicated Ukraine Assistance Fund under the EPF and calls for financial resources for military assistance to Ukraine to be increased through this instrument; urges Hungary to lift its veto on EPF military support to Ukraine, including the agreed reimbursements to Member States that delivered military aid to Ukraineces EU military operations as well as arms supplies, which leads to further fuelling conflicts and arms exports than preventing them; urges, instead of further pursuing military approaches, to address root causes of conflicts through diplomatic and peaceful conflict resolution;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomeRejects the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interestStresses that the EU- programmes, such as EDF, EDIRPA, ASAP, EDIP, which shall promote the build-up of European industrial sectors violate Article 41.2 TEU and therefore need to be classified as illegal; opposes further militarisation of the EU and the further establishment of a military union as well as the continued support of the defence and arms industry;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operatiCriticises the interventionist approach of the EU foreign policy, in particular by its CSDP operations and missions; stresses that this concept is based on a geopolitical, neo-colonial capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at leastproach, abusing neighbouring countries and regions as EU-door keeper for EU's security interests and as raw materials supplier; calls for the complete reconsideration and even abolishment of EU-military training and advisory missions also in view of the disastrous results and effects in the past in Afghanistan, Mali, Niger; rejects the Rapid Deployment Capacity, which is de facto the revised EU-Battlegroups concept, with a minimum of 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of mission, for the deployment outside the EU in non- permissive environments;
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Believes that increasingly systematic alignment to the United States’ foreign policy has dramatically reduced weakened the EU’s diplomatic credibility, and margins to work towards global peace; urges the EU to take on a non- aligned path based on diplomatic solutions;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomeRejects the findings and recommendations proposed by Mr Draghi in his report on the future of European competitiveness, which encourage Member States to update governance and investment rules in the space domain, in particular for defence-related areas; calls on the Union to initiate and support the demilitarisation of Outer Space, for example through the further development and enforcement of the so-called Outer Space Treaty and the PAROS (Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space) UN resolution; calls for the purely civilian use and exploration of Outer Space;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non- proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend; calls in this regard on the EU to actively support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to work for its implementation and further ratification by EU Member States;
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that the arms race, encouraged by NATO, fosters violent stalemates to conflicts and zero-sum games, and is therefore incompatible with peace and diplomatic solutions to conflicts;
Amendment 810 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Warns against growing EU dependence on the United States, in particular in the wake of the war on Ukraine and its support to Israel;