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Activities of Paavo VÄYRYNEN related to 2015/2272(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

The EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2272(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the EU in a changing global environment – a more connected, contested and complex world
2016/11/22
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2015/2272(INI)
Documents: PDF(119 KB) DOC(183 KB)

Amendments (9)

Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the report on implementing the EEAS Review (HR(2015)170 of December 22nd 2015;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in future the EU and its Members States will have to rely less on the United States and take greater responsibility for their own security and territorial defence. Calls on the EU and the Member States, therefore, to improve their strategic autonomy regarding defence capabilities and capacities, in order to be prepared to respond to the broad spectrum of civilian and military threats and risks, in full complementarity with NATO;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that a principal objective should be to move towards voluntary joint defence forces and the framing of a common defence policy which will ultimately lead to a common defence. Supports, therefore, the drafting of a White paper on EU Defence, thereby updating the Helsinki Headline Goal from 1999;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the vital importance of strengthening EU-NATO cooperation, and supports the establishment of European forces which complement NATO in territorial defence and are able to conduct intervention operations autonomously beyond the EU’s borders;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the discussions on the draft report "Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union" (2015/2275(INI); welcomes the deeper cooperation between the EU and the UN and the EU and the AU in Peace Support Operations, stresses that approaches to conflict-solving should be embedded as much as possible in multilateral agreed solutions, with due respect to the multiple dimensions such interventions need to cover in fields of peace keeping and enforcing, sustainable development, tackling root causes of migration and respect for human rights;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that in this regard the EU should promote a more practical and comprehensive approach to assistance in Africa;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need for a political will in the Member States to make more use of constructive abstentions in the Council on CFSP/CSDP issues in order to create momentum in this area (variable geometry), and supports the establishment of the Council of Defence Ministers format, as well as regular European Council meetings on defence; believes that willing Member States should also make use of the possibility of moving towards Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence (PESCO);deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the principle that EU Member States should commit to using 2 % of their GDP for defence expenditure by 2024 in order to attain a higher degree of defence capability;deleted
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that the EU must continue and reinforce its efforts to promote economic development and resilience in its neighbourhood and in regions that are critical to EU interests; also that trade agreements and technical agreements should be pursued when it is clear that they will deliver leverage in third countries and promote security, stability and prosperity in both the partner country and the EU;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET