8 Amendments of Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA related to 2019/2135(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that in the current global security environment, an integral part of the EU’s strategic autonomy should be the independent capacityEU’s Member States should be able to voluntarily cooperate to guarantee the security of its own citizens;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the support of EU citizens is crucial to underpinning the political ambition of EU defence policy; underlines the fact that according to the latest public opinion surveys, three quarters of EU citizens are in favour of a common defence and security policy for the Member States, a proportion that has remained above 70 % since 2004;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that deeper integration in security and defence should also mean more democratic scrutiny through parliamentary control; reiterates the need, therefore, to strengthen Parliament’s role in this area, namely by establishing a fully-fledged Committee on Security and Defence, which should be complemented by joint interparliamentary meetings between representatives from national parliaments and MEPlow to reduce the fragmentation and inefficiencies of the EU’s defence industry and to eliminate the obstacles for a fruitful voluntary cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the need to remove obstacles to the deployment of the EU Battlegroups, and considers that the unanimity requirement in the Council undermines the very purpose of these groups – to act as a military rapid- reaction capacity that responds to emerging crises and conflicts around the worldstresses in this regard that every decision relating to the common security and defence policy shall be adopted by the Council acting unanimously as set out in Article 42(4) of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU);
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe should include reflections onreflect, with regard to the future of the European Defence Union and, in particular, the need to establish a European intervention force endowed with sufficiently effective, that the EU’s strategic security and defence capabiliobjectives to engage in peace-keeping and conflict prevention and strengthen international security in accordance with the Charter of the United Nshould be achieved by removing the existing obstacles and by promoting cooperations and the tasks set out in Article 43(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)mong Member States with respect to their National Sovereignty;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights its support for the establishment of an EU autonomous intelligence capacity, which should enhance common security endeavours and ensure interoperability amongst national intelligence services;