10 Amendments of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2022/2079(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the EU’s defence sector is fragmented, which creates strategic vulnerabilities for the Union, Member States and industry; is concerned about the lack of coordination and calls for more strategic cohesion in security and defence policies at Union level; welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s launch of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) and encourages the Commission and Member States to take this initiative a step further and strive towards a de facto military union supported by a strongly articulated common market for defence equipment, followed by a review of the Treaties for because the EU contains a wide array of separate strategic cultures and competing defence industries and procurement systems specifically adapted to each of them; underlines that some EU Member States define themselves as neutral in some form and that as such the notion of more EU competences on critical technologies for defence, innovation in defence, and security and defence affairs is problematic and would be a highly undemocratic development within the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Deplores the advance of a militarist agenda in the European Union and the sharp rise in allocation of European public money to militarist projects above social projects in the 2021– 27 Multi-annual Financial Framework wherin funding for law enforcement, border control, military research and development and operations now stands at €43.9bn, 31 times higher than the €1.4bn funding allocation for rights, values and justice; recalls that according to Article 41.2 of the TEU, the operating expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the relevant EU bodies to consolidate EU cooperative frameworks for developing cutting-edge military capabilities in the transport, health, agriculture, environment and climate action sectors and for EU-level legislation to coordinate Member States’ strategies for critical technologies in these fields and to reduce dependencies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States, in light of the fact that the greatest threat to life on earth is global warming, to review all defence programmes and policy tools, check if they are still fit for purpose, and summarise findings; suggests that the European Defence Agency can provide light touch support and coordination suggestions, including a strategic assessment of tha logical use of funds and summarise findings;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a more pragmatic and business-oriented approach to military researchpproach to research in the areas of health, transport, agriculture, environment and climate action in order to provide incentives for innovation in military technology, including by reducing or removing barriers to entry into the defence market; related to these fields, further calls for increased support for European companies in emerging technologies to ensure they remain competitive in international markets by relaxing the rules on compliance documentation and by providing tax incentives and stimulating investmentrelevant to these areas;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of skills for innovation, research and development (R&D), and fundamental research in critical areas related to emerging technologies; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to establish and fund defence innovation hub in the areas of health, transport, agriculture, environment and climate action, and fundamental research in critical areas related to emerging technologies in these areas;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11