19 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2015/2037(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Member States have agreed on the need to develop a European market for defence equipment and services; whereas the European Council has even called for the establishment of an EU-wide security of supply regime; whereas adequate capabilities and supply of equipment and the strategic autonomy of the EU are of crucial importance for the security of the Unour nations and that of itseir neighbourhood;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Remains concerned by the widespread and largely uncoordinated cuts to the defence budget in most Member States; is of the view that this lack of coordinationese cuts puts the Unionnational security of Member States at risk by relinquishing strategic assets and capabilities and by forfeiting the opportunities that the coordination of defence policies and the pooling and sharing of defence assets could bring as regards the fulfilment of the EU’s strategic autonomy, its security of supply andthat are required for the defence of itsthe citizens and interestssovereignty;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is gravely concerned over the surge in armed conflict, hybrid war, instability and widespread human rights violations in the EU’s immediate neighbourhoomany parts of the world and the threat of terrorism inside the EUEurope; believes that the current security threats are common to the EU as a whole and should be addressed inat a united and coordinated fashion, pooling and sharing civilian and military resourceslevel that the relevant national authorities see to be appropriate; believes, in this regard, that it is imperative not to waste resources and that it ishould be essential to national governments to better use tax payers’ money and make progress on the establishment of a European defence equipment market and to develop a European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB);
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is worried, therefore, byNotes the slow-paced and inconsistent implementation by the Member States of the 2009 Defence Package directives and highlights the importance of the monitoring role that the Commission should exercise; recognises that the introduction of new legislation is a lengthy process, but warns that incorrect and diffuse application risks generating bad standards of practice, in so doing jeopardising the accomplishment of the objectives set forth in the directives and, thus, compromising the establishment of the European market for defence equipment and weakening the development of an EDTIB;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns of worryingObserves developments in the European defence market that are increasing external dependencies in the European defence sector at a time of an increasingly challenging security environment; warns, in particular, of the combination of Member States’ declining defence budgets, persisting market fragmentation despite new internal market rules, the growing dependence of the defence industry on extra-EU exports and increased foreign investment in Europe’s defence sector, yielding control of strategic national and European defence industries, assets and technologies; especially worrying is EU cooperation with Russia in sensitive areas like satellite launching, with Soyuz rockets, and strategic airlift;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that while the December 2013 European Council failed to provide an adequate response to this situation, it nevertheless outlined a number of lines of action and committed to reviewing progress in June 2015; stressnotes that despite the limited ambition and further worsening of the regional security environment both internally and to the east and south of the EU, no real progress has been made in addressing the current security challenges and threats;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the European Council to draw the necessary lessons and take concrete measures towards overcoming the defragmentation of the European defence market in order to guarantee the availability of theindividual defence capabilities needed to ensure European security and fulfil the objectives of the CSDPreach NATO targets;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Demands that cooperation and the pooling and sharing of initiatives be given priority and that incentives – in particular tax incentives – be created to this end; welcomes the work of the European Defence Agency (EDA) on a pooled procurement mechanism and expects it to contain measures to incentivise the cooperative acquisition of and support for defence equiptake place in a NATO context and urges the European Defence Agency (EDA) to make the necessary adjustments;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Warns that European defence companies are increasingly compensating for their reduced turnover in Europe through extra-EU exports atnd the cost of engaging in ruinous competition,at care needs to be taken concerning transferring of sensitive technologies and intellectual property rights to their future competitors and moving production outside the EU, thus compromising Europe’s security of supply and increasing the risks of violating the Common Position on Arms Exports and fostering armed violence and conflict in other regions; believes that exposir Member States as this may compromise future security of supply; warns that further EU-Russia cooperation ing the EU to the risk of the EDTIB being dependent on customers in third powers with different strategic interestspace sector may violate sanctions constitutes a serious strategic mistake Russia;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that EU export control policies should be substantially revamped with a view to developing a more integrated EU regime and a level playing field, making sure that overarching foreign and security policy objectives have priority over short-term financial, economic and commercial interests; notes that the Council has failed to ensure the uniform application of the common position on the control of exports of military equipment; is disconcerted that even in cases of flagrant non-compliance by a buyer country with several of the eight criteria, including those on the preservation of regional peace, security and stability, and on the behaviour of the buyer country with regard to the international community and its respect for international law, the common position is almost entirely absent from the political decision-making sphere and public discourse; in this respect calls on France to ultimately cancel the Mistral deal with Russia as their deliveries may further undermine the military equilibrium, peace and stability in the Baltic Sea region affecting not all Association Agreement countries, like Ukraine and Georgia, but also Member States;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the Commission communication on the review of export control policy of dual-use items and stresses, in this context, the necessity to ensure control modalities that do not hinder the free flow of goods and technology within the internal market and prevent diverging interpretations of EU rules; calls for sensitivity in the application of so-called 'anti-corruption' measures;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that while the growing importance of dual-use technologies offers benefits in terms of synergies between the defence sector and commercial production, it also makes it dependent on civilian supply chains, which often base their production outside Europe; warns also of the growing internationalisation of industrial supply chains and the effects that changes in ownership in the defence sector may have on the security of supply in the EU and also the heightened risks for European and national security;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. WelcomNotes the work of the EDA and the Commission on an EU-wide security of supply (SoS) regime, as mandated by the European Council, and looks forward to a roadmap with specific steps to be presented for endorsement in June 2015;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18