4 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2014/2219(INI)
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the modernisation of the EU delegations network so as to reflect the needs of EU foreign policy in the 21st century, including by adapting staff numbers and expertise; notes, for example, that all delegations located in conflict areas, and particularly in countries where a CSDP mission is in progress, should always include at least one security/defence expert; asks the HR/VP to strengthen the authority of the head of delegation over all staff, irrespective of their institutional origin, and to simplify the administrative budgets of delegations towards a single funding source; points to the potential for synergies and economies of scale afforded by the strengthening of cooperation between Member State embassies and EU delegations;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the vital importance of collective defence guaranteed by NATO for its members; urges the Member States, as a matter of urgency, to step up their ability to contribute to territorial defence, commit more resources and cooperate more closely to build synergies; stresses that all the Member States must enjoy the same level of security, in line with Article 42(7) TEU; stresses that a credible EU foreign policy needs to be underpinned by adequate defence capabilities in the Member States and an effective Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); takes the view that the CSDP is an important component of European defence and cansecurity and defence policy and contributes to it in many ways, including by fostering defence cooperation, enhancing interoperability and increasing efficiencypromoting the implementation of a European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), fostering defence capacity development cooperation, and intervening directly in crisis areas through its civil missions and military operations; welcomes the HR/VP’s commitment to actively engage on defence matters, including by chairing meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council in the Defence Ministers configuration;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights permanent structured cooperation as an instrument to boost defethat the potential of several clauses of the Lisbon Treaty, such as Article 44 TEU (entrusting of CSDP missions to a small group of Member States), Article 41 TEU (on the start-up fund), Article 46 TEU (on permanent enhanced cooperation among more ambitious Member States within the EU structures), Article 42 TEU (the solidarity clause) and Article 222 TFEU (on the mutual defence clause) has yet to be exploited; calls on the HR/VP to actively promote thisese instrument, which is provided for in the Tres and their implementatieson, and encourages the Member States to make use of it; them;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. Welcomes the impetus given to the CSDP by theholding of a European Council on Defence in December 2013 and looks forward toexpects much of the forthcoming debate in June 2015; calls for further ambitious decisions to be taken at this summit, in particular: