Activities of Knut FLECKENSTEIN related to 2015/2343(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a Common Security and Defence Policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty (debate) DE
Amendments (6)
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the Union’s future annual and multiannual programming should include defence policy; whereas the Member States should provide the necessary additional financial means to the Union's budget; whereas the Commission should initiate the work on appropriate interinstitutional agreements, including an EU Defence White Book, for a first implementation under the next multiannual financial and political framework of the EU;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that where the TEU provides that the Council acts by a qualified majority to adopt decisions under the CSDP, in particular those under Articles 45(2) and 46(2) TEU, all expenditure to which the implementation of such decisions gives rise should be charged to the Union budget; considers that, to that end, there is a need for additional funding or co-funding from Member States;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers, therefore, that the European Defence Agency (EDA) and PESCO should be treated as Union institutions sui generis, as is the case with the European External Action Service (EEAS); recalls that the European Parliament should, jointly with the Council, exercise legislative and budgetary functions, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties; considers that this requires amending the Financial Regulation in order to include EDA and PESCO in Article 2(b) thereof, with a specific section in the Union budget;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Member States to provide the necessary additional financial means needed in order to finance the administrative and operational costs of EDA and PESCO from the Union budget, since cuts in other areas in favour of defence policy could be detrimental;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Regrets that Member States have not duly implemented the Common Position 944/2008/CFSP on Arms Exports, in this way undermining the Union's own security; considers that arms exports of EU Member States should be subject to common EU-wide political criteria rather than individual economic considerations; underlines the need for the European Union to develop a stronger export control regime for security- and defence-related goods and services; calls on the Commission, in consultation with the EEAS, to develop a proposal on how to strengthen the implementation of the eight criteria of Common Position 944/2008/CFSP on arms exports, under which weapons, ammunition, defence equipment and technologies can be exported to third countries;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that during the stand-up, standby and stand-down phases the Union should cover all EU Battlegroup costs; in this context calls for the reform of the ATHENA mechanism;