8 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), as provided for in the Treaty on European Union (TEU), shall include the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy that might lead to a future common defence; calls on the Council and the Commission to do what they can to place common European defence on an institutional footing by strengthening a comprehensive EU approach to external conflicts and crises, involving the various stakeholders and instruments more closely in all stages of the conflict cycle;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that achieving the objectives of the CSDP to strengthen the Union’s operational capacity to act externally for peace-keeping, conflict prevention, humanitarian crisis response and strengthening international security as provided for in the TEU is more than ever necessary in a fastnecessary than ever in a rapidly deteriorating security environment;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to use the full potential of the TEU, especially Article 44 on the implementation of a CSDP task by a group of Member States and Article 46 on permanent structured cooperation with regard to a faster and more flexible deployment of CSDP missions and operations; welcomes the activation of Article 42(7) on the mutual defence clause; in 2015; emphasizes the possibility for a Member State being the object of a terrorist attack to activate the solidarity clause in Article 222 (1) TFEU, according to which the Union, and not only the other Member States, shall mobilize all instruments at its disposal, including military capabilities made available by the Member States, to prevent the terrorist threat in EU territory, to protect democratic institutions and the civilian population, and, at the request of its political authorities, to assist a Member State in its territory in the event of a terrorist attack.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that more needs to be done to tap the Lisbon Treaty’s potential to establish a comprehensive framework on strategic interests that might extend beyond the CFSP, in order for security and defence decisions to be taken by qualified majority, excluding measures with military or defence implications;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the VP/HR to ensure, as provided for in the TEU, consistency between the different areas of external action and to address these areas through a global and comprehensive approach; calls, furthermore, for information to be provided to Parliament on a much more regular basis to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of external action, including in relation to the negotiation and conclusion of international agreements at all stages of the process;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the need to make the financial rules for external action more flexible in order to avoid delays in the operational disbursement of funds and to step up the capacity to respond to crises in a speedy and effective way;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its support for the adoption of a White BookPaper on defence on the basis of the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, which should be based on a joint accurate appraisal of the existing military capabilities of the Member States, with the basis being the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy drawn up by the VP/HR;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the need to ensure and to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the EU and NATO. and to improve this cooperation at all levels;