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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility PDF (196 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 41 (2) of the TEU prohibits the use of the Union budget for expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas already concerns are articulated i.a. by civil society organisations, that the facility’s title “Peace Facility” is misleading and does not reflect the actual planned use of the facility for military, including weaponry;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; whereas the EU has always prided itself on its soft power and will keep doing so; whereas an evolving reality, however, requires the EU not to remain an exclusively ‘civilian power’, but to extend its hard power, since soft and hard power go hand in hand; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas the military plays (namely in Afghanistan, DR Congo, Somalia, Mali) shows that violent conflicts cannot be resolved in a sustainable manner through military intervention or military training; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas addressing the root causes of instability and insecurity such as poverty, lack of socio-economic perspectives, imbalanced economic relations with third countries play a key role in this, especially in countries where civilian authorities are unable to fulfil their tasks in the light of the security situation; whereas the European Peace Facility (EPF or the Facility) as proposed will lead to a strongermore military engagement of the EU towards partner countries and will increase the effectivenessmilitarization of EU external action;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the proposed Facility will replace the Athena mechanism and the APF; whereas it will complement the Capacity Building for Security and Development initiative by financing the costs of EU defence activities such as AU peace-keeping missions, common costs of own military CSDP operations, and military capacity building of partners, including equipment and weaponry, which are excluded from the EU budget in accordance with Article 41(2) TEU; whereas the proposed Facility implies the automatic financial involvement of each contributing Member State in every EU-military mission, no matter of their actual involvement;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L