12 Amendments of Radosław SIKORSKI related to 2021/2183(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 7 October 2021 on the state of EU cyber defence capabilities,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a European Defence Union; highlights, that a European Defence Union would be a part of the EU’s stated objective of achieving strategic autonomy;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urgesstrongly calls upon the Member States to live up to their commitments and to address this matter as soon as possible; highlights in that regard the PESCO project “Crisis Response Operation Core” that aims at improving the force generation process which could also provide an institutional framework for the future, brigade-size rapid deployment force currently under discussion; regrets at the same time that up to now only six Member States participate in this PESCO project; calls on the Council and the Commission to make full use of the European Peace Facility and possibilities for funding from the Union’s budget provided by the treaties in order to facilitate force generation as well as military deployments; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. SWelcomes and strongly supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid brigade-size rapid deploymentry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups as presented by the HR/VP and welcomes in principle the recent concept proposal for such a force by Germany, Finland, the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; laments the weakness of the planning for 2022 and 2023Netherlands, Portugal, and Slovenia in that regard; highlights that the EU Battlegroups have never been deployed in over 15 years of existence, despite the possibility of deploying them on several occasions, and are currently facing an increasing lack of Member States’ commitment as illustrated by the planning for 2022 and 2023; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; therefore states that the concept of a rapid deployment force would need to provide added value in comparison to the EU Battlegroups; calls accordingly on the Council and the Commission to thoroughly assess and develop options for setting-up a standing force which is permanently stationed and trains together, financed from both the European Peace Facility and the Union’s budget, by making full use of the current possibilities offered by the EU treaties; underlines that such a standing force would significantly contribute to EU’s ability to act on short notice and would facilitate progress of achieving EU’s level of ambition; stresses that such a European force will also contribute to a stronger EU-NATO partnership as it will improve EU’s military capabilities; reaffirms at the same time that NATO remains the main pillar for the EU’s territorial defence;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States; underlines the need for all EU institutions and EU Member States to cooperate at all levels to build a cyber-security strategy, whose main objective should be to further strengthen resilience, and develop common, but also better, national, robust civilian and military cyber capabilities and cooperation in order to respond to lasting security challenges; urges in this regard the VP/HR and/or the Member States to increase financial and personnel resources in order to strengthen the EU’s ability to defend itself against cyberattacks, and provide an adequate political, civilian, and military response to such attacks; underlines the need for EU- NATO cooperation to address and counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a reduction in Europe’s strategic dependencies; points out that our modern economies in general but also defence and security industries in particular strongly depend on semi- conductors ; welcomes in that regard the announcement of the President of the European Commission to address the shortage of semi-conductors by strengthening research, design and production in the EU through a European Chips Act; strongly underlines in that context the role of the European defence and security industry for the EU as it provides means to guarantee the safety of European citizens as well as the sustainable economic development of the Union; welcomes therefore the proposal of the President of the European Commission for a VAT exemption for defence products developed and produced within the EU;
Amendment 463 #
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability, interoperability of defence systems, competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Welcomes the 2020 CARD report, which recommends, inter alia, the need for pMS to overcome the fragmentation of the European defence landscape; calls on the pMS to address capability shortfalls and focus on developing next generation capabilities;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Takes note of joint efforts of some Member States to develop essential future capabilities outside the EU framework, notably the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS); highlights that these projects are important for strengthening European military capabilities in general; highlights that the results of the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) identified modernisation and acquisition of main battle tank systems as a focus area for cooperation; recommends to the respective Member States to explore additional cooperation and funding possibilities on the European level, most notably the EDF, in order to make full use of the European defence industries' innovative potential and achieve a higher level of economies of scale; considers in that context the TEMPEST project led by the United Kingdom in which also EU Member States participate as an unnecessary duplication to FCAS and therefore encourages the states participating in both projects to combine both projects in order to a achieve economies of scale as well as to ensure interoperability between the EU and the UK; stresses in that context the necessity for close cooperation between the EU and the UK in matters of security and defence;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and its aim to achieve strategic autonomy;
Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Highlights that China’s increasingly belligerent demeanour towards certain states and territories is a cause for concern; stresses that the EU should undertake an assessment of the possible consequences of a regional conflict on the EU’s security, which should also assess how the EU should respond to a deteriorating security situation in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Laments the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; underlines the need for an agreement on EU-UK foreign policy and security cooperation in order to be able to better confront common global security challenges; calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and G5 Sahel;