7 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2018/2099(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the creation of the EII, the establishment of PESCO and the reinforceuropean Intervention Initiative, as a rapid response to crisis that could threaten the European security, as well as the establishment of the EDFPESCO, as important and compatible steps towards strengthening the Union’s security and defence, in close cooperation and full complementarity with NATO;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that these steps imply close cooperation and full complementarity with NATO, in which the Union's position should be reinforced; believes, moreover, that neutrality of Member States towards NATO shall necessarily have consequences at the level of their budgetary obligations within the European Defence Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the highlight of the European Defence Union in the MFF post-2020, as well as the increase in the European Defence Agency's budget and the reinforcement of the European Defence Fund; urges the Member States to increase their defence spending;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that several Member States have recently called for an EU Security Council, anfor the deployment and development of the EU Battle Group and for a European intelligence unit, acting as a database, ensuring automatic data accessibility and interoperability among intelligence services and with the police; meanwhile, endorswelcomes the inauguration of a permanent operational headquarter and the increase of the EDA’s budget;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends the establishment of a permanent Council of Defence Ministers, chaired by the VP/HR; recognizes that further European integration should also mean more democratic scrutiny through parliamentary control; hence, underlines the need to strengthen the EP’s role in this field, namely through a fully-fledged Committee on Security and Defence, complemented by joint inter-parliamentary meetings between representatives from national parliaments and MEP;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of the EBCG, and reminds its request for the creation of a genuine EU Civil Protection Body, while pointing out that it would favour the ongoing development of a single defence marketuropean Border and Coast Guard; congratulates the revision of the Decision 1313/2013/EU for a fully-fledged European Union Civil Protection Mechanism with own operational capacities; reminds its request for the creation of a genuine EU Civil Protection Body and believes that the Treaties in force offer a good basis to do so; points out, in this regard, that both the internal and the external dimensions of the Union's CSDP favour the ongoing development of a single defence market, namely by taking full advantage of synergies, creating scale economies and therefore consolidating its fragmented defence industry and reducing excess capacities;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that close cooperation between the Union and its closest allies, such as the UK and the USA, remains of the utmost importance, while stressing that the relevant institutional consequences of that cooperation should not be disregarded.