7 Amendments of Matteo GAZZINI related to 2022/2079(INI)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s setting up an observatory of critical technologies; urges the Commission to involve the industry in the identification of critical technologies and critical dependencies and to clearly define the mechanisms governing its participation; calls on the Commission to fully integrate the findings of the observatory in its classified report to Member States on critical technologies and risks associated with strategic dependencies affecting security, space and defence; stresses the need for the Commission to further coordinate and facilitate cooperation between the Member States in order to address the existing technology gaps;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the there is a risk of dependency for the supply of critical materials and of overstretched supply chains that may affect the EU’s capability to stay competitive in the field of critical technologies for security and defence; calls on the Commission to take the lead, while involving the industry, with a special research programme on new materials for critical technologies so as to minimise the EU’s dependency on third countries;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the creation of an EU defence innovation scheme and the ongoing work with various tools relating to defence and new and dual-use technologies in order to help innovative start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises overcome high technological, administrative, financial, regulatory and market entry hurdles; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States, as the end users, to fully utilise cross- border innovation networks;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned about the lack of investment in new, disruptive technologies in the defence and security industry; calls on the Commission to clarify strategic guidelines and regulations to foster investment in the defence industry and establish the necessary cooperative tools and measures to encourage the defence and security industry to invest more in technological innovation in critical technologies for security and defence, in addition to producing existing weapon systems;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that EU financed and co-financed innovation and development in critical and disruptive defence technologies should lead to a higher degree of interoperability and common procurement of defence equipment by Member States once the technologies developed have reached an appropriate technological readiness level; highlights the need to bring the various European research and innovation programmes more closely into line in order to foster the development of critical technologies in Europe, while bearing in mind the possibility of making dual use of existing ones; asks that the appropriate technological readiness level be defined by the Commission in cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned about the insufficient level of financing for defence and security from the EU funds; recalls the fact that the European Defence Fund budget was cut by approximately 40 % relative to the Commission’s proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and that, within Horizon Europe, Cluster 3: civil security for society has the least amount of resources; calls on the Commission to explore existing funding schemes and alternatives to increase the funding for critical technologies for security and defence under the current MFF, taking into account actual needs in terms of industrial investment;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the need for better dual use of existing civilian technologies, as well as dual- use innovation in the field of critical technologies for security and defence and closer alignment between civil and military applications; stresses the need for better knowledge sharing networks for existing and new technologies so as to enable potential end users and investors to make better use of technologies already on the market or invest in high-potential emerging technologies;