12 Amendments of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2021/2183(INI)
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. EmphasCriticises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular reviewat neither parliamentarians in national parliaments nor MEPs have access to the basis of the Strategic Compass, the 360-degree threat analysis; therefore democratic control and participation of parliaments is neither possible nor desired;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the increasing involvement of Europecriticises the interventionist and geopolitical approach of the EU foreign policy, as the results of this approach can be seen for example in Afghanistan and in Mali; condemns the most serious human rights violations that have been committed by EU-trained Malian troops ansd in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; calls on the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activitiesG5 - Sahel joint force; 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;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WBelcomieves the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the EU and the Member States to set out detailed arrangements for the implementation of Article 44 TEU so as to enable the Union to respond rapidly and effectively to crises; welcomes the positive pooling and coordinating role played by air forces during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular as regards transfers for medical treatment and deliveries of equipment between Member Stateat the fight against COVID-19 has demonstrated the glaring lack of health workers and civilian disaster response capacities; calls on the EU and the Member States to massively increase civil protection capacities, not only for pandemics but also for climate change-related disasters; demands in this regards to not rely on volunteerism or voluntary work but to establish a permanent contingent of professional civil protection and disaster relief workers;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomCriticises the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPFs immediate termination; recalls that the EPF finances 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 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that the Indo-Pacific is currently developing into the world's most important economic area; therefore calls all the more for diplomatic initiatives to be adopted instead of developing military approaches, as with the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy; stresses that military action will only further escalate the dangerous arms spiral with China; notes that Chinese territorial claims are rejected and justified by protection of the so-called 'rules-based order'; recalls in this regard that the UK, with US support and EU endorsement, is also clearly violating the so-called 'rules- based order' and international law in the same region with the 'Diego Garcia' military base;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo- intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchersinitiate 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; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the EDF must, which shall promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions for military equipment and arms, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergiess such violates Article 41.2 TEU and therefore needs 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 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by Russia’sUS' withdrawal in 2020 and Russia’s in 2021 from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and conventional obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the fight against impunity; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF); Calls 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 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48