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3 Amendments of Neena GILL related to 2014/2220(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the European Union and neighbourhood security environment to be increasingly unstable and volatile; regards the war in Ukraine, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, with the rise of the terrorist organisation ISIS, the Libyan crisis and the terrorist threat in the Sahel as direct threats to the Union’s security; considers, too, that the US ‘pivot to Asia’ andtakes the view that increasing US and Russian involvement in Asia imposes the need for the EU to develop a more proactive security strategy towards the region; considers, too, that the impact of the financial crisis on Member States’ budgets and capabilities only highlight how necessary it is for the Union to shoulder more responsibility for its own security and defence;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of EU security and defence cooperation with other international institutions, particularly the UN, NATO, the African Union and the OSCE as well as relevant platforms of regional organisations that are of strategic importance to the EU, such as the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and SAARC mechanisms dealing with security; welcomes the statement from the NATO summit in Wales in September 2014 reasserting support for the development of the CSDP;
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the Union could adopt the same capacity targets as NATO, requiring a minimum level of defence spending of 2% of GDP and a minimum 20% share of the defence budget for major equipment needs, including for research and development;deleted
2015/01/30
Committee: AFET