Activities of Dragoş TUDORACHE related to 2022/2079(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION Critical technologies for security and defence: state of play and future challenges
Amendments (4)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the EU to agree on a common definition of what are “critical technologies”, and to agree on a list on main critical domains, as well as to decide on domains where EU action is a priority; calls on the EDA to include the notion of critical technologies in its annual CARD exercise; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to review all defence programmes and policy tools, check if they are still fit for purpose, and summarise findings and share them with all other Member States when possible and relevant; suggests that the European Defence Agency can provide light touch support and coordination suggestions, including a strategic assessment of the findings;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of skills for innovation, EU financially supported training programmes, 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 hubs;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the EU’s dependence on China for raw materaw material, in particular from some non-democratic countries and strategic rivals andsuch as China, calls on Member States to reduce their vulnerabilities resulting from dependence on non-democratic suppliers of critical technologies and materials, and to enhance defence production chains in Europe by localising or near-shoring production; recalls that any dependence on critical technologies may lead to increased risks of blackmail on the CFSP and CSDP;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its support for the Observatory of Critical Technologies; calls for it to be further developed and for its analysis capabilities, including on reducing strategic dependencies, to be enhanced; calls on the Commission to implement a project to continuously map the need for critical materials, evaluate the EU’s strategic dependencies, monitor supply and demand and changes in the behaviour or strategy of competitors, and engage in foresight exercises to predict new needs in critical materials; considers that these efforts should be made jointly with our strategic partners in NATO, when necessary, and included in a Trade and Technology Council (TTC) working group in order to coordinate diplomatic efforts to secure supplies and ensure alternative sources; recalls the need to screen any foreign direct investment in European companies in defence-related emerging technologies to avoid economic dependence and limit the risk of espionage and sabotage on EU critical infrastructure downstream;