14 Amendments of Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ related to 2020/2257(INI)
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that NATO remains the cornerstone of the collective defence for those States, which are members of it;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the transatlantic community is faced with a broad array of unprecedented common challenges, ranging from the fight against to democracies, ranging from Russian aggression, terrorism to, hybrid threats, climate change, including disinformation, cyber attacks, emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs), climate change, and a shifting global power balance, as well as the resulting challenge to the international rules-based order;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the ongoing and future work being carried out in parallel on both the EU’s Strategic Compass and the expected update of NATO’s Strategic Concept represents a unique opportunity to identify additional synergies in orderand to further the EU-NATO cooperation; underlines that both processes must come to cohesive conclusions; expresses its vision that the EU Strategic Compass could lay the foundations for an EU contribution to the update of NATO’s Strategic Concept; believes that these processes should separately highlight the added value of each organisation, help define a better division of tasks and, by means of a constant dialogue and close coordination, map out whether the EU or NATO should take the lead in a given field;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that security dimension of the Eastern Partnership countries should be properly reflected in the Strategic Compass because of the fact that security environment and resilience of both partners – the EU and NATO – cannot be achieved without long-term security resilience of all EaP countries;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls all NATO member-states to adopt the decision on the margins of the upcoming NATO Summit regarding the Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and Georgia which is only one strategic precondition for future security stability of Trans-Atlantic community;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the EU’s competences and encourages the cooperation of both organizations in the key field of resilience, among other things in the area of protecting critical infrastructure, such as in the transport, energy and IT sectors;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that improved military mobility will benefit the EU enhancing Member States’ connectivity in both military and civilian spheres as well as increase the preparedness of the EU and NATO response to crises; calls the EU and its Member States to step up efforts to continue to reduce procedural barriers to military mobility; notes that the coherence and mutual reinforcement of efforts should be ensured to improve military mobility as well as to achieve synergies between EU and NATO; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure sufficient financial allocation for military mobility development needs;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the requests by the United States, Canada, and Norway to participate in the PESCO project on military mobility; underlines that this marks an important step towards increased coherence between the common EU and NATO capability development efforts, and illustrates the revitalisation of the transatlantic partnership; encourages openness of other PESCO projects for participation of non-EU Allies;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its utmost concern regarding the continuous revisionist policies pursued by Russia under President Putin; underscores the need for both NATO and the EU to remain vigilant and to adequately respond to acts of aggression and provocation by Russia, such as, in particular, its illegitimate and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014; regrets President Putin’s evident rejection of dialogue, and considers Russia’s continued aggressive actions as a threat toexpresses its grave concern over the ongoing build-up of Russian military forces on Ukraine’s borders and in Russia`s occupied territories of Ukraine, which is a significant security threat not only to Ukraine and the Black sea`s region, but also threatens Euro- Atlantic security and stability; calls on the Euro-Atlantic community to contribute the strengthening of Ukraine’s military resilience;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Acknowledges that the current Putin’s regime is a key challenge as for the whole Transatlantic community as well as for neighbouring countries, in particular for Ukraine, Georgian and Moldova. This acknowledgment is a key strategic precondition for further strategic assessment of the security future of the Transatlantic community;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses serious concern that authoritarian adversaries and competitors of the transatlantic partnership are not only using military but alsoalso using political and economic tools to undermine our societies and democracies; points to the significant security and economic challenges posed by hybrid threats, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns, which in some cases constitute an attack against the very nature of our democracies;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is convinced that the Member States must increase their efforts to improve the EU’sir ability to act with a more capable, deployable, interoperable and sustainable set of military capabilities and forces, which would give the EU the capacity to contribute more equitably to transatlantic security, enable it to achieve strategic autonomy, and further pave the way to progressively frame a European Defence Union (EDU) in line with Article 42 of the TEU; stresses that strategic autonomy strengthens transatlantic security, and by no means aims to decouple from or weaken NATO; underlines at the same time that strategic autonomy not only entails defence capability development but also the institutional capacity enabling the EU to act, where possible with partners, and independently if necessary; believes that these increased European military efforts will allow the EU to take greater responsibility for European security, to be more resilient and to better promote common EU-NATO interests and values, in particular in the European neighbourhood;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the need to advance defence capability development in order to adequately respond to commonly identified threats; believes that EU Member States, especially the 21 joint EU-NATO members, need to act coherently and should consider identifying a clear ‘European level of ambition’ in quantitative and qualitative terms regarding capability development in NATOimplement the NATO defence investment pledge; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination between the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP);
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the EU and its institutions, building on the foundation laid by the ‘integrated approach’, to develop bothfurther contribute to a common European security and defence culture, which respects the specific character of the security and defence policies of the Member States, as well as a strategic approach, throughout its policy-making, which should apply in particular to decisions in the fields of trade, development cooperation, infrastructure, mobility and digital technologies;