4 Amendments of Boris ZALA related to 2016/2052(INI)
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages the European Council to lead the progressive framing of the EDU, with a view to its establishment under the next multiannual political and financial framework of the EU (MFF); takes the view that the Lisbon Treaty provides a solid basis for the EDU; highlights the need for the establishment of a Council format of Defence Ministers to provide sustained political leadership and coordinate the framing of a European Defence Union;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly believes that only joined- up approach to capability development, including through the consolidation of functional clusters such as European Air Transport Command, can generate the necessary economies of scale to underpin a European Defence Union; further believes that strengthening EU's capabilities through joint procurement and other forms of pooling and sharing could provide a much-needed boost to Europe's defence industry, including SMEs, with positive consequences for growth and jobs; supports targeted measures to incentivize such projects, including through tax exemptions, in order to reach the EDA benchmark of 35 percent of total spending in collaborative procurement, as called for by the EU Global strategy; believes that the introduction a European Defence Semester, whereby Member States consult each other's planning cycles and procurement plans, can help overcome the current state of defence market fragmentation;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that while NATO must remain the foundation of collective defence in Europe, the political priorities of the Alliance and the EU may not always be identical, not least in the context of US pivot to Asia; further notes that the EU possess a unique set of security-related instruments which are not available to NATO, and vice versa; is of the opinion that the EU should assume greater responsibility for security crises in its immediate neighbourhood, and thus contribute to NATO's tasks, especially in the context of hybrid warfare and maritime security; believes that, in the long-run, reform of the Berlin Plus arrangements may prove necessary, also to enable NATO to make use of EU's capabilities and instruments; underlines that EU's ambition of strategic autonomy and framing of a European Defence Union must be realized in full synergy with NATO, and must lead to more effective cooperation, equitable burden- sharing and productive division of labour between the Alliance and the EU;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that a European Defence Union, which envisages the EU's ability to rapidly and autonomously respond to security crises, necessitates the strengthening of intelligence-sharing and joint situational awareness of Member States, with a view to build an autonomous and well-staffed EU intelligence structure which could support the planning and conduct of EU's civilian and military operations; opines that such an intelligence agency could encompass both military and civilian aspects of intelligence, in line with the EU's holistic understanding of security; points out that today's disjointed institutional landscape in the field of intelligence hampers the EU's ability to respond to crises, and undermines its role as a credible security and defence actor in the neighbourhood and globally;