Activities of Jo LEINEN related to 2015/2343(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a Common Security and Defence Policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty (debate) DE
Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a Common Security and Defence Policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty (debate) DE
Amendments (7)
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the continued need for the establishment of a Council format of Defence Ministers, in order to provide sustained political leadership and coordinate the implementation of the CSDP and make it more efficient;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets that Member States have not yet developed a common European armaments and capabilities policy (EACP) within the EDA as foreseen by Article 42(3) TEU and calls on the Commission, including the EDA, to put forward proposals on this matter; calls on the VP/HR to inform Parliament of the results achieved by the existing working relationship between the EDA and the Commission and of both with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR);
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Encourages the Member States to establish and join PESCO within the Union framework, with a view to sustaining and improving their military capabilities through doctrine and leadership development, personnel development and training, defence material and infrastructure development, and interoperability and certification; encourages the Member States participating in PESCO to set up a permanent "European Integrated Force" composed of divisions of their national armies and to make it available to the Union for the implementation of the common security and defence policy as foreseen by Article 42(3) TEU;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that the EU Battlegroup system should be brought under PESCO, as the rapid response strand of the "European Integrated Force", alongside the creation of a European-level headquarters; considers that other European multinational structures such as the European Air Transport Command, Eurocorps and OCCAR as well as all bilateral and multilateral forms of military cooperation among PESCO participating countries should also be brought under PESCO; considers that the EU’'s privileges and immunities should apply to those multinational structures being part of PESCO;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Urges the Parliament to turn its Subcommittee on Security and Defence into a fully-fledged parliamentary committee, enabling it to have a prominent role in the implementation of the common security and defence policy and particularly a role in the scrutiny of legal acts related to the defence market as well as in procedures such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Urges the establishment of precise and binding guidelines to provide a well- defined framework for future activation and implementation of Article 42(7) TEU; recalls that when Article 42(7) was activated by France on 17 November 2015, Member States' contributions were agreed on a merely bilateral basis; considers that Member States could much better fulfil their obligation of mutual aid and assistance if they acted together coordinating their efforts by implementing binding guidelines under the coordination, supervision and guidance of the Council and the High Representative;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38 a. Calls for the immediate reform of the Athena mechanism in view of ensuring a fair sharing of the costs related to operations; consider that such reform should broaden the range of costs that are always covered by Athena to include (a) transport, lodging infrastructure, essential additional equipment, medical services and facilities, acquisition of information and other critical theatre-level capabilities as well as (b) all costs related to any given mission and operation and their preparation; considers that all equipment and assets acquired by common financing through the Athena mechanism in the framework of a mission should preferably be stored and maintained by Athena and used in subsequent operations; considers that the reformed Athena mechanism should be used also to fund the "European Integrated Force" (once established within PESCO), including the EU Battlegroups;