Activities of Cristian GHINEA related to 2020/2080(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council and the Member States to continue reinforcing coherence between all instruments and initiatives within the framework of common security and defence policy (CSDP) in order to achieve the required level of effectiveness in ensuring strategic autonomy, and of ambition in the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy in line with the Treaty on European Union; considers that PESCO needs ambitious projects, in synergy with CARD, national implementation plans (NIPs) and the CDP to deal with present day threats;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the Union does not have enough competence when it comes to health care; believes, that in parallel, when it comes to defence, an EU common defence strategy needs to be established to respond in the case of an attack on the EU’s borders and territories, and considers PESCO a positive step towards this objective;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes in this regard the political guidelines of the Commission regarding defence policy, and in particular regarding the need for bold steps towards a genuine European Defence Union, and for an integrated and comprehensive approach to the EU’s security; hopes that the creation of a new Commission Directorate- General for Defence Industry and Space will serve as a catalyst for enhanced coherence in the creation of defence capabilities; acknowledges that the development of military infrastructure is essential for the EU's industrial autonomy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it necessary to step up the actual contribution of PESCO projects to the achievement of the EU’s ambitions in the area of security and defence, by effectively ensuring that the participating Member States strengthen their collaboration in significant and ambitious capability development, and that there is coherence between the EU and NATO in terms of priorities;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the participating Member States to continue making resources available for PESCO projects, while ensuring real ownership of and commitment to PESCO coordinating and pooling processes, especially since no effective compliance mechanism for PESCO is in place;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that Parliament should play a prominent role in the scrutiny and supervision of the implementation and evaluation of the CSDP; expects in this regard that Parliament will be fully informed and consulted by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the context of the current strategic review of the first PESCO phase, which ends in 2020.; recalls that deepening defence cooperation among Member States at EU level should go hand in hand with the strengthening of Parliament’s power of scrutiny;