Activities of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2016/2067(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (A8-0317/2016 - Ioan Mircea Paşcu) LT
Amendments (6)
Amendment 55 #
3a. Notes that Europe is currently facing hybrid threats, often with a cross- border dimension, but that it lacks the resilience to effectively tackle the common threats;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that it is essential to be more active in combating radicalisation and terrorist propaganda, both within the EU and in the EU’s external relations; calls on the Commission to take action to tackle the distribution of extremist content online;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to promote more active judicial cooperation between criminal justice systems, including Eurojust, in the fight against radicalisation and terrorism in all Member States, particularly as regards the treatment of foreign terrorists and people returning from combat zones;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that cooperation and coordination between the EU and NATO in combating hybrid threats should be enhanced;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) increasing role in coordinating capability-driven programmes, projects and activities, indispensable to an efficient CSDP; welcomes the EDA’s Capability Development Plan and stresses the need for further commitments to ensure its full implementation; believes that EDA action should promote the development of military capabilities connected to hybrid threats;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that it is urgent to establish an EU competence centre as part of the fight against hybrid threats, which should work with existing EU and NATO competence centres and strengthen the resilience to hybrid threats of the Member States and the EU as a whole;