11 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2018/2156(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas military mobility is a strategic and operational means of supporting military action, which boosts the strategic autonomy of the Union and helps with the deployment and redeployment of, and support for, the Member States' forces, with a view to achieving the EU's military ambitions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas military mobility is a concrete step that is designed to meet the EU's specific security and defence needs, and which forms part of the CSDP; whereas the collective security and defence of the EU Member States and their ability to intervene in crises abroad is fundamentally dependent on the ability to move troops and civilian crisis management personnel, materiel and equipment across each other’s territory and outside the EU freely and rapidly; whereas 22 EU Member States are also NATO allies and possess only a single set of armed forces and transport infrastructure;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Commission and the VP/HR published an Action Plan on Military Mobility on 28 March 2018, which provides a timetable for steps to be taken by the EU and its Member States; whereas implementation has commenced with the identification of common military requirements for military mobility within and beyond the EU and the presentation of a proposal for funding military mobility via the Connecting Europe Facility in the next MFF, making it possible to fund the implementation of projects pertaining to the dual civil and military use of transport infrastructure;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the Council Conclusions of 25 June 2018 call on Member States to take measures at national level to improve the effectiveness of military mobility and simplify the relevant rules and procedures in line with the Action Plan and military requirements applicable to military mobility in the Union and beyond, in accordance with the national legislation of the Member States, as soon as possible and not later than 2024;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the European Defence Agency is running several projects in the field of military mobility, on diplomatic clearances and on EU multimodal transport hubs, as well as the recently established ad hoc programmes on cross-border movement permission procedures and on harmonising customs-related military requirements; whereas account is taken of the Member States' needs, priorities and military requirements during a consultation process;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the work of the European Defence Agency must be coordinated in a clear and coherent manner with the work of the EU to help the Member States finalise certain aspects of the Action Plan;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that achieving military mobility in Europe is an undertaking derived first and foremost from the expressed commitment and political will of Member States, while the EU should contribute by guiding the process by setting a framework for requirements, providing funding, fostering cooperation and providing fora for an exchange of best practices, information and experiences involving both civilian and military authorities; emphasises that effective military mobility will benefit all Member States by enhancing their connectivity in both military and civilian spheres; stresses that the national decision-making procedures and constitutional rules of each Member State, including those relating to their national territory and military movements and transport and the specific nature of their security and defence policies, shall be fully respected;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the type of missions which would most benefit from increased military mobility in the EU and beymilitary mobility would help with collective defence and national or European crisis management missionds are in the field of collective defencend operations; stresses in this context that progress in this field will help those EU Member States that are also NATO members to meet their Article 5 commitments; recognises, however, that, under Article 42(7) TEU, EU Member States also have an unequivocal obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power if a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, consistent with commitments under NATO;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses therefore that an understanding of the common strategic purpose and the development of a common plan is absolutely vital for success; welcomes in this context the Action Plan on Military Mobility, which outlines concrete steps for different institutional actors and EU Member States; welcomes the commitments made by the Member States;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission proposal on the use of the Connecting Europe Facility and the substantial funds envisaged for dual-use military mobility projects to ensure that infrastructure is adjusted to take into account military mobility needs; notes that these dual-use projects will also be of considerable benefit for civilian usepoints out, therefore, the need to establish - in cooperation with the Member States' - a list of the national infrastructures and corridors, taking account of the Member States' specific military characteristics;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the Action Plan identifies a considerable number of tasks that need to be accomplished at Member- State level; emphasises in particular the importance of achieving harmonised rules for cross-border movement permissions, which are a major obstacle to rapid movements; supports, in that context, the ambition to speed up border crossing times by 2019, and - with that aim in mind - for diplomatic authorisations for land, sea and air movements to be issued within five days, and for that deadline to be even shorter for rapid reaction units;