Activities of Alviina ALAMETSÄ related to 2022/2050(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (A9-0296/2022 - Tom Vandenkendelaere) (vote)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2022
Amendments (45)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 5 June 2020 on Youth in external action,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to the Conclusions of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the establishment of a Civilian CSDP Compact of 19 November 2018,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the Council's Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of 9 November 2020,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2022 on the EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap (2021/2102(INI)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2018 on autonomous weapon systems,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)
Citation 38 a (new)
— having regard to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325(2000), 1889 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015) and 2493 (2019) on Women, Peace and Security and Resolutions 2250 (2015), 2419 (2018) and 2535 (2020) on Youth, Peace and Security,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41 a (new)
Citation 41 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of resolution of 12 March 2019 on building EU capacity on conflict prevention and mediation,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the EU’s Integrated Approach to external conflicts and crises provides for a coherent use of the EU’s different capacities, within which its security and defence policy should complement and be complemented by other civilian tools to contribute to human security and sustainable peace in Europe and the wider world;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas industrial fragmentation and inefficiency in developing European military capability costs between EUR 25 and EUR 100 billion each year; whereas Member States only procurinvested some 11 % of their total equipment collaboratively in 2020collaboratively in 2020 and 8% in 2021 despite co-financing via EU budget funded programmes such as PADR and EDIDP; whereas the Member States have agreed on more and better defence spending;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas CSDP has 11 civilian missions and 7 military operations under way with around 5 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas total personnel deployed by the Member States has steadily declined in recent years, and missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnel; whereas the level of ambition has constantly decreased military CSDP operations, in particular as regards executive operations;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Civilian CSDP Compact is the key instrument to strengthen civilian CSDP; whereas the member state contributions to civilian mission has decreased considerably over the last 10 years, reinforcing the need to renew the civilian CSDP Compact in 2023;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament’s active role in framing CSDP policies bolsters the EU’s democratic foundations; whereas Parliament can legitimately exercise political control and oversight over the executive at EU level; whereas there is a lack of formal scrutiny powers as regards EPF and EDF; whereas Parliament’s diplomacy is a proven and complementary means of enhancing strategic communication, and the visibility and effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the Member States generate the necessary political will to allow the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act within its integrated approach in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes new EU initiatives to enhance defence, notably the Versailles Declaration, the Strategic Compass and Joint Communication on defence investment gaps; welcomnotes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation to incentivise joint procurement while stressing the need for budgetary resources, especially via the Member States and their increased defence budgets that genuinely meet the ambitious goals set; welcomes the upcoming previewsentation of the European defence investment programme regulation, the budget of which should be significantly increased as well;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the urgent need to draw lessons from the changed security situation in Europe resulting from the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and to speed up military capability development processes, as well as projects to make military technology more independent from fossil fuels, while at the same time increasing mission effectiveness and fighting strength;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Strongly believes that military activities and technology have to contribute to the Union’s carbon neutrality targets in order to contribute to the fight against climate change without compromising mission security and without undermining the operational capabilities of the armed forces; underlines, in that regard, that the Union’s external action and the armed forces of the Member States should work towards reducing their own carbon footprint and their negative effects on natural resources and biodiversity;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Welcomes the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap; stresses the important role of the armed forces with respect not only to adaptation, but also to mitigating their effect on climate change and the environment, including by comprehensively measuring and mapping the environmental footprint of armed forces, as proposed in the Roadmap; urges the VP/HR to propose to the Member States an immediate action programme which consists of prioritised actions presented in the Roadmap which can be implemented in the short term;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the new ambition in the Strategic Compass and the Civilian CSDP Compact to enhance the CSDP to build resilience and make it more capable and responsive, so it can act rapidly to defend our interests, principles and values as enshrined in Article 21 TEU and protect the EU and its citizens; welcomes the strong commitment in the Strategic Compass to promoting and advancing human security across CSDP; considers the Strategic Compass a major step towards a genuine European Security and Defence Union enabling the EU to act as a credible partner; calls for the timely and sound implementation of the approximately 80 concrete actions and for them to be updated regularly along with the EU Threat Analysis; calls for the sustained political will of all Member States and EU institutions in this process;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the urgent need to significantly increase investment in regional and global arms control, non- proliferation and disarmament, in particular multilateral approaches which reduce the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery; calls for the EU and Member States to advance multilateral agreement to ban lethal autonomous weapons and to regulate weapons containing AI components;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Reminds the need to define arms exports policies as part of security policy and to urgently establish an effective EU- level arms exports policy which guarantees that EU Member States fully comply with the legally binding eight criteria on arms exports, that their national exports do not fuel regional tensions or undermine the security of other Member States, allies, partners and of the Union as a whole while fully supporting legitimate security and defence needs of allies and partner countries especially those whose territorial integrity is violated and which exercise their right to self-defence as enshrined in the UN Charter;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to assess the reform of the decision-making process with a view to realising untapped considerable potential within the Treaties, in particular by activating Article 31 TEU extending qualified majority voting (QMV) to areas relating to the civilian CSDP and pursuing full use of the ‘passerelle clauses’ and scope of articles that enhance EU solidarity and mutual assistance in the event of crises; proposes changes to the Treaties in the CSDP, to be discussed and decided upon within a convention following up on the Conference on the Future of Europe, primarily focusing on switching from unanimity to QMV for Council decisions with military implications and on defence matters for situations where passerelle clauses do not apply;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the urgent need to unleash the full potential of the Treaty as regards CSDP, in particular instruments such as the start-up fund and the importance of improving and activating the implementation procedures of Article 44 TEU on mission delegation to make the CSDP more flexible and efficient in the field, to make Article 42(7) TEU on mutual assistance an operational in the short run and to clarify the coherence between this and Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treatysolidarity policy in the short run;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Strengthening capabilities by moreincreasing spending that is greener and smarter spending
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; stresses the need to make better and full use of EU capability- development initiatives and budgets, notably the Civilian CSDP Compact, EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces and strengthen a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiatives which currently risk increasing fragmentation as they are not formally and sufficiently linked to each other;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, in particular replacing Soviet- era systems, but also reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field; reminds in this respect paragraph 1(m) of its recommendation of 8 June 2022 on the EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and urges the HR/VP and the Member States to establish another off-budget financial facility which would pool parts of national defence budgets and urgently address the entire life-cycle of military capabilities at EU level from collaborative R&D and joint procurement to joint maintenance, training and security of supply;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EU research and development to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to meet increasing demands and ambitions; underlines the urgent need to establish a truly European defence equipment market, inter alia by consolidating industrial capacities, reducing industrial overcapacities, duplication and fragmentation and at the same time adapting the industrial basis, in particular its supply-chains, skilled work force to the new security environment in Europe which demands to rapidly ramp up production capacities;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines the need to increase investments in ‘green’ defence, in particular by dedicating a higher share of military and dual-technology innovation (equipment, energy, etc.) R&D funded from the EU budget to carbon-neutral fuels and propulsion systems for military aircraft, ships and other vehicles, in particular as regards future major weapons systems (e.g. the future combat air system (FCAS) and the European main battle tank (EMBT)) and others which are developed within the frameworks provided by the EU; Calls on DG DEFIS, the Member States, the EEAS and the EDA to adopt an approach incorporating allow energy, carbon and environmental footprint by design when implementing relevant EU funds; welcomes the fact that the EDF contributes to the integration of climate actions into EU policies; recalls that the research and development actions can be directed at solutions to improve efficiency, reduce the carbon footprint and achieve sustainable best practices; welcomes the relevant investment of EUR 133 million provided for in the first annual work programme, but notes that this represents only 11 % of the overall annual EDF budget;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to significantly raise the ceiling of the EPF and create a separate EPF envelope for Ukraine which guarantees adequate support for the country without systematically neglecting other priority regions, including Africa; calls for significantly increased military support in all its aspects, including training and information sharing with other particularly vulnerable countries such as the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Western Balkan countries; calls for all EPF support for the provision of equipment to be carried out in coordination with NATO to increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplication; calls for effective monitoring and tracking of arms that have been supplied with EPF assistance and planning for post-conflict disarmament; calls for effective evaluation of the implementation of EFP assistance measures and their impact on the conflict dynamics thereof in the partner countries;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; condemns the increasing presence of the Kremlin- backed Wagner Group in the Sahel; firmly believes that the latter’s involvement in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledges that the various international missions have not yet achieved their primary goal of lasting peace in the region and that a reflection process on the mandates and roles of international missions and policies is therefore needed; believes that any international security support in the region must prioritise improving the protection of civilians, alleviating conflict dynamics, and promoting good governance of the security sector; endorses the civilian and political surge agreed at the G5 Sahel 2021 N’Djamena Summit in light of the need to address root causes of insecurity in the Sahel and the limitations of a security-first approach; recognises the contribution of climate change as a threat multiplier in the Sahel and the need for conflict- sensitive action at the climate-security nexus; calls for more joined-up action and policy coherence between different EU and partner interventions in the Sahel; expresses similar concern over the increased presence and activity of Islamist terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaeda, Daesh and Al- Shabaab in the Middle East and Africa;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the review and reinforcement of all civilian and military CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates; stresses the need to strengthen their resilience and effectiveness by enabling them to better address hybrid security challenges, promote human security and civilian protection, and contribute to sustainable peace, such as through better cooperrdination with other EU interventions, actors and those of like-minded partners outside the EU;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it important that EU interventions are based onoperations and missions are based on a clear understanding of the expected positive impact on civilian protection and conflict dynamics and a robust theory of change, as well as a clear understanding of the types of crisis and conflict the EU seeks to respond to with civilian and military instruments, especially where others are not willing or able to intervene or in non-permissive environments in the future; reminds that all EU engagement, particularly in fragile context, must integrate conflict sensitivity in all its actions, paying specific attention to conflict dynamics; calls for more robust risk-assessment and -mitigation processes across all CSDP interventions with particular attention to ensuring conflict- sensitivity and mitigating risks associated with use and provision of lethal and dual- use equipment; calls for more impact- based monitoring and evaluation of CSDP interventions; calls for more consultation and feedback mechanisms with diverse community and civil society representatives on the risk assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of CSDP interventions, with particular attention to gathering the input of more excluded groups, notably women and youth, in line with the Women, Peace and Security and Youth, Peace and Security Agendas;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the HR/VP and the Member States to rapidly work towards setting up a fully functional EU military headquarters which is allowed to plan and conduct executive operations taking into account the new security environment and while keeping civilian and military chains of command separate;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Reminds paragraph 1(r) of its recommendation of 8 June 2022 on the EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine which calls to urgently revise the rapid deployment capacity concept, which is not ambitious enough, and rework its complex structure, which does not respond adequately to the urgent need of the Union to have a very reliable permanent multinational military unit that should include a multinational land brigade of around 5 000 troops and air, maritime and special forces components, and whose leading elements should be ready to move within two to three days;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and is a driver of the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide; calls for meaningful gender mainstreaming in the formulation of the EU CSDP, notably via a better gender balance in the personnel and leadership of CSDP missions and operations and specific training of the personnel deployed; welcomes the fact that all civilian CSDP missions have now appointed a gender adviser and calls on the military CSDP missions to do the same; encourages EU Member States to put forward women as candidates for existing vacancies; calls for all EU deployed military and civilian personnel to be sufficiently trained on gender equality and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and specifically on how to integrate a gender perspective into their tasks; regrets that the number of women working in CSDP missions and especially in military operations remains very low; urges the EEAS to promote the need for a concrete target for and political commitment to increasing the number of women in the EU’s crisis management missions and operations; urges the Member States to look at ways to strengthen recruitment and retention policies and promote women’s participation in peacebuilding and peacekeeping missions; stresses the need to include a new EU budget line that would finance the position of gender advisers in military CSDP missions;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Takes note of the recognition of the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda by the HR/VP; regrets, that EU is lagging behind in its efforts to ensure a meaningful role for young people in conflict prevention and resolution, prevention of violence, and in creating social cohesion; calls on the EEAS to commit to integrating youth into its wider peace and security agenda, and pursuing and adopting a strategic and comprehensive framework for the implementation of YPS agenda, as defined by the UNSCR 2250, UNSCR 2419, UNSCR 2535; calls for the EEAS to create mechanism to monitor and to report on the implementation of YPS agenda across EU programming and funding; calls on the EEAS to adopt actionable EU guidelines to the Member States on YPS and a regular reporting mechanism on their implementation; calls on the EEAS to involve youth as partners for designing and implementing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) efforts, and to promote the participation, recovery, and sustainable reintegration of youth, taking into account the rights, aspirations, and needs of young ex-combatants and other young men and women affected by armed conflict;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Welcomes the commitment in the Strategic Compass to establish a regular and structured civilian capability development process by 2024; reminds that Civilian CSDP Compact, as agreed in November 2018, is the key process to strengthen civilian CSDP; regrets that the number of seconded personnel to civilian missions and operations from Member States is still not sufficient; reminds that it is crucial that the Civilian CSDP Compact 2.0 is adopted during the first half of 2023 to ensure a continuity in the process of development of civilian capacities and capabilities; calls on the Member States to identify a shared level of ambition to civilian crisis management to enhance national ownership; stresses that climate change and climate-security nexus must be included into the Compact 2.0, outlining clearly how it can be operationalised in the context of civilian crisis management; invites the Commission to re-visit the framework for participation agreements with Third Country partners to strengthen civilian missions, in which the number of third country seconded experts has decreased from 200 to 10 since 2010;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17 e. Urges for a broad and public debate about regarding the Union's involvement in Mozambique and to publicly discuss how a meaningful integrated approach could look like which addresses the root-causes of unrest in Cabo Delgado; reminds reports about systematic and violent attacks by security forces against large parts of the local population, forceful displacements by security forces, high levels of inequality, regional neglect by the central government, battles over natural resources, high levels of corruption and the violations of various rights; notes that the absence of local redistribution of the benefits reaped from natural resources exploitation is a major driver of the unrest and deplores the role played by the project of natural gas exploitation by EU-based companies;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 f (new)
Paragraph 17 f (new)
17 f. Stresses with regard to the maritime component of IRINI the international obligations regarding search and rescue of people in distress at sea; calls on Member States to ensure that IRINI acts in full compliance with the maritime law, in particular obligations related to search and rescue; reiterates its grave concern at the fate of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya, whose already dramatic situation continues to deteriorate; calls on the Libyan authorities and militias to close detention facilities for migrants; deplores that it is envisaged to withdraw ships from any given area with a significant presence of migrants; demands clarifications on the envisaged decision-making process and modalities on any future decision related to the so-called “pull factor effect” which lacks any scientific evidence to this point;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 g (new)
Paragraph 17 g (new)
17 g. Deplores information sharing between IRINI and Frontex since the conclusion of the working agreement of 15 January 2021 endowing the EU’s policy of refoulement with military means of detection;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Expresses grave concern over China’s continued military belligerence, pressure, assault exercises, airspace violations and other grey-zone military actions including cyber and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan; urges China to stop all these actions, restore the full respect of the Taiwan Strait’s median line; reiterates any change to cross-strait relations must be neither unilateral nor against the will of the Taiwanese people; stresses that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait has a direct impact on European security and prosperity;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the fundamental shared democratic values at the heart of the EU and NATO; calls for the deepening of EU- NATO relations, such as through a third Joint EU-NATO Declaration; underlines the need to strongly upgrade the strategic partnership with NATO to base it on the strengthening of political unity and solidarity and enhanced political dialogue on all aspects of common challenges and strategically relevant issues;,; including particular attention to challenges related to climate change and rapid digitalisation, encourages coordinated responses in conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms to counter emerging common threats;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the participation of the US, Canada and Norway in the PESCO project on military mobility as important to increase coherence between EU and NATO capability development efforts; welcomes the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility; reminds that the implementation of operational and collaborative commitments of participating member states to PESCO is still not sufficient and calls for the Member States to swiftly work towards meeting their commitments;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for stronger military-security, including civilian-military as well as police-military, cooperation with Western Balkan countries, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, counter-terrorism and countering disinformation provided that their foreign policy is in sync with the EU and there is a very high alignment with CFSP positions, in particular as regards sanctions against the Russian Federation;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
27. Stresses the need to involve Parliament more actively in CSDP and defence industrial policy decision-making, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Strategic Compass, EDF, EDIRPA and the EPF; encourages proposals for further action by Parliament, and in particular its Subcommittee on Security and Defence, to improve its impact on the CSDP, such as by:
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – indent -1 (new)
Paragraph 27 – indent -1 (new)
-1 using the mid-term review of the EDF and the upcoming negotiations on EDIRPA to implement adequate and meaningful parliamentary scrutiny rights via delegated acts for work programmes for the main defence industrial programmes;