30 Amendments of Jean-Pierre AUDY related to 2013/0542(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that, in the context of a changing world and an unprecedented crisis, Europeans, united by a shared destiny, need to be able to defend themselves and should recognise their joint strategic responsibility to take action on the international stage, and accordingly; takes the view that the Member States should in particular step up European cooperation with a view to developing world-leadingand producing highly effective military and security capabilities using the most advanced technologies, including those which draw on the latest research;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the economic and financial crisis and the cuts in the defence budgets of most Member States risk causing considerable reductions, setbacks or delays in the programmes of almost all Member States, which will probably continue to affect the European defence industry and the Union’s scientific progress in this area, and stresses that this situation risks entailing job losses in the medium and long term;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that in order to have a permanent, competitive European defence industrial and technological base, the following are needed: autonomy in making assessments and decisions; freedom of action; security of supply; and access to technology and expertise in its use;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that it is time to put an end toromote a voluntary approach to address the fragmentation of the European defence market and industry by encouraging its consolidation as regards supply and demand, and rules and standards;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the very specific nature of defence markets should be recognised in view of the export control and anti-proliferation obligations and the strict confidentiality requirements which apply, and the fact that the number of companies supplying the market is limited and demand comes almost exclusively from governments;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the defence industry is likewise very specific in nature, given lengthy development lead-in times and the need to keep systems operational for several decades, the substantial and growing cost of programmes, and the fact that product marketing is controlled tightly by Member State governments;Does not affect the English text. Linguistic amendment to French version.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the dual-use potential of the products of the security and defence industries, particularly in the space, maritime, and civil aviviation and telecommunications fields;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the European Council to support those industrial and technological bases of the defence industry which are necessary for the production of certain equipment for which strategic autonomy and operational sovereignty needacknowledge that the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB) is essential in order to be retained, and to promote the recognition of industries involved in the defence sector by granting them special status, such as that of European economic defence operator, strategic autonomy in Europe;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Lancaster House Treaties, and in particular the Defence & Security Co-operation Treaty between the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, signed on 2 November 2010;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges the European Council to give all possible support to EDTIB, and to that end first and foremost to define its scope more clearly, particularly as regards its constituent members, by conferring on them a specific status, that of economic defence operators in Europe (EDOEs);
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for EDOEs to be granted that status on the grounds of the real added value, both technological and socio- economic, they bring to Europe; considers, therefore, that only these economic defence operators in Europe should benefit from European programmes;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that Europeanthe concept of economic defence operators benefiting from EU programmesin Europe should be required to meet criteria relating to jobs, scientific and technological expertise, and decision- making and production sites within the EU, with a view to their protection, and to scientific and technological expertise;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to develop their defence industrial and technological bases and centres of excellence around key technologies, and provide them with effective corporate governance mechanisms within the European Union, thus enhancing the interdependence between these facilities;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to minimise unnecessary regulatory obstacles, to improve dialogue between defence undertakings and to promote the rationalisation of these undertakings so that they can acquire the equipment best suited to their needs in terms of performance and cost;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that in this area security of supply is crucial in the event of a crisis, particularly for the key technologies in this industry;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that European Ministers of Defence agreed in November 2007 collective benchmarks to increase R&T spending to 2% of all defence expenditure and to bring European collaborative defence R&T spending to a level of 20%;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the Commission and the European Defence Agency (EDA) in their joint efforts to ensure that the results of Horizon 2020 research can feed into innovation- related research in the defence field, and to optimise synergies between civil and military applications; calls, further, for consideration to be given to ways of using public-private funding through the creation of joint undertakings, in accordance with Article 187 TFEU;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that Article 179 TFEU requires the Union to promote all the research activities deemed necessary by virtue of the Treaties;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to explore cooperation and pooling opportunities in the research and innovation fields at the highest technological level and to ensure that research results in the defence field are propereffectively safeguarded in the context of a common intellectual property policy, and believes that consideration should be given to a possible role for the EDA in this area;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the importance of synergies between civilian and military research in areas with high added value; stresses that, while taking into account that certain projects have mainly civilian uses or are sovereign matters, the possibility of more effective dual use might be explored with a view to pooling costs, since these are sectors which create growth and jobs; further stresses that such synergies could also take the form of consolidating supply from private European sources to market outlets;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that a European industrial defence policy should have the aim of: optimising Member States’ capabilities by coordinating the development, deployment and maintenance of a range of capabilities, installations, equipment and services with a view to performing the full range of tasks, including the most demanding missions; strengthening Europe’s defence industry; promoting research and technology cooperation, and developing equipment cooperation programmes;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that space plays an essential role in the defence and security sector; stresses the importance of maintaining a space industry which the excellence of this innovative and technologically advanced; high- achieving industry in order to ensure the European Union’s technological independence;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the creation of European satellite systems such as Galileo and Copernicus; stresses that the development of a system of that kind will be a major boost to the space industry and affords an opportunity to develop a strong industrial base and specifically-n essential facet of the European defence technologyical and industrial base;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States, industries and the Commission to ensure that IT components and computer programmes are designed and made in the EU so that they are less vulnerablin accordance with specifications which meet EU requirements for resistance to cyber attacks;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take cyber-security issues into account as a matter of course in existing or future European civilian and military programmes (Galileo, Copernicus, Single Sky/Sesar, etc.);
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that it is vital to ensure that optimum use can be made of European defence equipmentMember States’ defence capabilities in joint operations;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes the importance of interoperability and emphasises that standardisation will have a positive impact on the competitiveness of the European defence industry and, on the effectiveness of equipment and on maintenance and operational cost levels;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals on standardisation, and calls on the European Council to note them and put forward concrete proposals in this area;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the EU defence industry should be the most innovative in the world in bomaintain a high level of innovation in both military and civilian terms, in order to respond to all the threats and challenges the Member States and the EU will have to face in the years to come by making use of the military andost promising technological advances, whether developed specifically for defence or for civilian termpurposes;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the European Council, without taking on a legislative role, to give the EU the impetus it needs and to lay down guidelines and overarching political priorities for strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB), which will beis an essential instrumental in for giving the people and citizens of Europe, who are united by a shared destiny, a guarantee of peace, and will place Europe in the strongest possible position in the world so that it can live by and promote their valuesso that they can stand up for Europe’s values and its position in the world.