22 Amendments of Francisco José MILLÁN MON related to 2021/2183(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to the Joint Declaration of the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions on the European Union’s Integrated Strategy in the Sahel of 16 April 2021,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions on a renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – A new agenda for the Mediterranean of 16 April 2021,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
— having regard to the joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 6 March 2014, entitled ‘For an open and secure global maritime domain: elements for a European Union maritime security strategy (JOIN/2014/09 final),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
— having regard to the EU-United States summit statement entitled ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ of 15 June 2021,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is facing new threats, including hybrid threats, and conventional threats, such as terrorism, as well as increased militarisation around the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stressreiterates that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomy; reiterates the need for the Union to strengthen its autonomy, including in the field of health;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the need to pay special attention to the growing instability in the regions of the Sahel, West Africa and the Horn of Africa and to the significant repercussions of events in these regions not only on the continent of Africa but also in the European Union;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is deeply concerned about the difficult situation in the Sahel region, where numerous threats of varying kinds abound that affect the region’s security and stability, such as State fragility, the increase in armed groups and jihadist terrorist networks, the effects of climate change and desertification, migration on a huge scale and trafficking, among others; stresses the importance of the support provided by EU missions and operations in the Sahel; welcomes the new Integrated Strategy of the European Union in the Sahel, which includes a wider focus on the strengthening of governance and which places particular emphasis on the need to reinforce the presence of the State and public services in the region’s countries;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for use to be made of the capabilities to be financed from the European Defence Fund (EDF) to bring about a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations; calls for the creation of a European HQ for conduct of operations;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and; points out that the European Peace Facility could provide the EU with the capability to respond more swiftly and effectively to existing security challenges and therefore calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF; reiterates its call for the creation within the European External Action Service of a new administrative division responsible for managing this new instrument;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Points out that the Union’s maritime interests are fundamentally linked to the wellbeing, prosperity and security of its citizens; notes that some 90% of the EU’s external trade and 40% of its internal trade is transported by sea;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Points out that, given the growing geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must protect its interests by guaranteeing freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and offshore infrastructure its vessels and crews, offshore infrastructure, and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as well as monitoring effectively its external maritime borders to prevent illegal activities;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the need for close EU- NATO cooperation with a view to achieving a common effective approach to threats to maritime security, such as cross-border and organised crime, including organised crime networks facilitating human, arms and drug trafficking, smuggling and illegal fishing;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises to enhance interoperability; reiterates the need to strengthen the Union’s role as guarantor of international maritime security;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the remaining waters around the African continent and the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the Union to update its maritime security strategy by 2022; further calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to security and defence aspects in the next update of its Communication on international ocean governance, scheduled for 2022;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes with concern that the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) has identified maritime command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as ‘major shortfalls’; supports the CARD recommendation that a European offshore patrol vessel should be brought into service to complement existing vessels in order to meet operational maritime needs; welcomes the six PESCO projects aimed at building maritime capabilities and, in particular, the implementation of the European offshore patrol vessel project;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 2
Paragraph 38 – indent 2
- streamline the planning and capability development processprocesses of planning, development and acquisition of capabilities and maintain coherence of results with the respective NATO processes, in particular the NDPP,
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict), and that it transcends borders; calls for particular attention to be paid to the impact of emerging technologies so as to ensure that they are applied and used throughout the Union, facilitate research and innovation and enhance the Union’s resilience, keeping in mind the need to control their use; calls on the Commission to present a technology roadmap without delay to boost research, technology development and innovation and to reduce Europe’s dependence on strategic technologies and value chains;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. WelcomesReiterates the importance of there being a close partnership between the European Union and the USA with a view to addressing common challenges; welcomes, in this regard, the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on citizens to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers;