2017/2276(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the North Atlantic Treaty,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~Western values and unity~~the liberal word order, an international system based on the rule of law and unity among members of both the EU and NATO are under stress in an era of ~~geo~~economic and political turbulence and growing armed conflict; whereas the ~~West’s~~ two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex challenges, risks and threats, ~~both~~ conventional and hybrid, ~~generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East~~coming from the South and the East but also other directions, generated by state and non-state actors, in the field of the economy, energy, security but also with regards to climate change; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas Europe must take greater responsibility for its security, in this regard strengthening European security and defence, building up European strategic autonomy, strengthening capabilities and capacities of EU Member States that will lead to strengthened EU- NATO cooperation and in effect will contribute to more balanced Trans- Atlantic burden sharing;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas, after Brexit, 80% of NATO’s defence spending will be non- EU; whereas in March of this year, the UK announced the withdrawal of its offer to lead a battle-ready EU military force in the second half of 2019, which is a concrete example of the impact of the UK’s exit on European defence cooperation;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats~~Rejects the idea of increased integration between the EU and NATO;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO~~, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;~~ have converging interests in the field of security and defence and that the strategic partnership between the EU and NATO is essential for tackling the security challenges facing Europe and its neighbourhood;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the ~~EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats~~central values of the EU must be reflected in its strategic partnerships, including the partnership with NATO, and that protecting their citizens against any threats is one of the strategic interests both of the EU and of NATO;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have ~~identical strategic interests too~~to face similar strategic challenges in protecting their citizens against any threats; underlines that the EU-NATO cooperation should be developed with a mutually reinforcing view for the two institutions and should be complementary and respectful of each other’s specificities and roles;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same ~~values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats~~universal norms and values such as rule of law based international system, have shared goals too in protecting their citizens against any threats as well as the UN charter objectives of international peace and security;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical~~Believes that NATO remains a foundation of European security and defence; is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values and with an overlapping membership of 22 shared members, have common strategic interests ~~too~~ in protecting their citizens against any threats;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have both identical and similar strategic interests ~~too~~ in protecting their citizens against any threats;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have ~~identical~~closer strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~Western values and unity are under stress~~ in an era when the strategic environment is deteriorating, European cohesion and the values underpinning the transatlantic link a~~n era of geopolitical turbulence~~re being seriously called into question; whereas the West’s two major organisations, th~~at have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO~~e EU and NATO, that are essential to ensure the security of Europe and their citizens, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to ~~address~~face them all on its own;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values of freedom and democracy, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threats and insecurities;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values and 22 Member States, have identical strategic interests ~~too~~ in protecting their citizens against any threats;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the two organisations have clearly distinct features and that they should cooperate in full respect for the autonomy and decision-making procedures of the other, based on the principles of reciprocity, without prejudice to the specific features of the security and defence policy of any Member State;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes the growing responsibility of the EU to be accountable for its own security in a strategic environment that has deteriorated dramatically in recent years;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; underlines that time is of the essence for strengtheningCalls for greater cooperation between Member States outside of the ~~EU-~~NATO ~~partnership~~military structure;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a ~~combination of hard and~~n assessment of the scope for making use of soft power instruments befor ~~both the EU and NATO~~e consideration is given to using hard power instruments; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; ~~underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;~~

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; ~~underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;~~

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. SPoints out that the EU and NATO are fundamentally different in structure and orientation and pursue different defence strategies; strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~Western values and~~ multilateralism, democracy and human rights and the unity of the international community are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Strongly believes that effective responses to the full spectrum of security challenges require strategic vision, further structural adaptation and a combination of hard and soft power instruments for both the EU and NATO; underlines that time is of the essence for strengthening the EU- NATO partnership, taking into account the differences in both organisations;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that European citizens, recognising that purely national responses to terrorism and insecurity are insufficient, expect the EU to protect them from these threats; and that close cooperation between the EU and NATO would allow Member States to be more complementary and more effective;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat enviroInstructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the general secretariat of NATO, the EU agencies in the security and defence fields, the governments and ~~welcomes recent efforts in that direction;~~national parliaments of the EU Member States and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the ~~absence of a common threat percep~~overall priority given by the United States to ‘strategic competition’ with~~in the EU~~ Russia and China can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU ~~Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment~~to develop a strategic culture and a common perception and categorisation of threats and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to ~~find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction~~develop a strategy for the future Common Security and Defence Policy, including a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment, in cooperation with the EU institutions and with significant European Parliament input;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the ~~absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO~~EU must work to strengthen its ‘strategic autonomy’ which requires the development of a common strategic culture; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes th~~at the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO~~e importance to develop a common strategic culture among the Europeans; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 127 #

3. ~~Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; e~~Encourages the EU Member States ~~therefore~~ to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; e~~Encourages the EU Member States ~~therefore~~and NATO to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; e~~Encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western ~~values and unity~~unity and values of liberal democracy and the rule of law are under ~~stress~~threat in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an detrimental impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU, in the event, can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to ~~find~~consolidate a shared understanding of the evolving threat environment, particularly as it regards the aggressive behaviour of the Russian Federation, and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the absence of a common threat perception within the EU can have an impact on relations between the EU and NATO; encourages the EU Member States therefore to find a shared understanding and continue efforts such as joint briefings, intelligence sharing, civil emergency response training and shared threat assessments of the evolving threat environment and welcomes recent efforts in that direction;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises the need to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on missions and operations, at both the strategic and tactical level;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines inclusiveness, reciprocity and full respect of the decision-making autonomy as important principles in the EU-NATO strategic partnership; recalls that cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU-NATO cooperation;deleted

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines ~~inclusiveness, reciprocity and~~openness and transparency in full respect of the decision- making autonomy and procedures of both organizations, inclusiveness and reciprocity without prejudice to the specific character of the security and defence policy of any Member State as important principles inof the EU-NATO strategic partnership; ~~recall~~stresses that cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU-NATO cooperation;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines inclusiveness, reciprocity and ~~full~~ respect of ~~the~~ decision- making autonomy as important principles in the EU-NATO strategic partnership; recalls that cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States and non-EU NATO Member States, is an integral part of EU- NATO cooperation;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines inclusiveness, reciprocity and full respect of the decision- making autonomy as important principles in the EU-NATO strategic partnership; recalls that cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU-NATO cooperation as well as EU security cooperation with non-EU NATO countries;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines inclusiveness, reciprocity and full respect of the decision- making autonomy as important principles in the EU-NATO strategic partnership; recalls that cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States as well as non-EU NATO Allies is an integral part of EU- NATO cooperation;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contributes to a stronger NATO; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;deleted

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East~~; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own~~, as well as internal security threats;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe ~~and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contributes to a stronger NATO~~; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members whilst acknowledging that, with the exception of one non-NATO EU member, all EU Members have participated in some way in NATO activities or programmes;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective territorial defence and deterrence in Europe and that a ~~stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)~~more effective CSDP through PESCO and multiple pooling and sharing projects between Member States coupled with an efficient European defence market will contributes to a stronger NATO as Member States have a single set of forces; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is convinced that for its Mmembers NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe and that ~~a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring~~Member States can request assistance in line with the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) ~~contributes to a stronger NATO~~; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;

Amendment 144 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO ~~must remain~~is the cornerstone of collective defence and deterrence in Europe a~~nd that~~longside a stronger EU in the field of security and defence, fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), which contributes to a stronger NATO; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security needs and defence ~~policy~~views of those six EU Member States which are not yet NATO members, which nonetheless also benefit from the NATO security umbrella; acknowledges that NATO accession by the said EU Member States is always available, a development that will further enhance the coherence of the NATO-EU security framework;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 147 #

Lars ADAKTUSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises that it is important that NATO should continue to serve as the main overarching structure for stability, security and peace in Europe, and stresses that, in the field of defence, the EU should not develop structures in parallel to those of NATO; at the same time, welcomes the enhanced cooperation on military research and PESCO, which, to the greatest possible extent, should be open to other NATO countries;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Stresses that the EU-NATO strategic partnership is equally fundamental for the EU’s evolving CSDP and for the future of the Alliance, as well as for EU-UK relations after Brexit;~~deleted

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Stresses that the EU-NATO strategic partnership is equally fundamental for the EU’s evolving CSDP and for the future of the Alliance, as well as for EU-UK relations after Brexit;~~deleted

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas ~~neither~~both organisation ~~has the full range of tools~~s would be able to address the~~m all on its own~~se threats in cooperation, rather than alone;

Amendment 150 #

6. Stresses that the EU-NATO strategic partnership is equally fundamental for the EU’s evolving CSDP and for the future of the Alliance, a~~s well as for~~nd reiterates that no duplication of efforts or capabilities will be made regardless of EU-UK relations before or after Brexit;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully ~~exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited~~implemented in particular with regards to athe common ~~response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent~~set of proposals of the Joint Declaration which includes 42 concrete actions;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and ~~that~~calls for its further development and deepening ~~of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent~~;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations ~~has not yet~~can been fu~~lly~~rther exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limited to a common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continent; considers, however, that unilateral foreign-policy action by individual NATO member states has a destabilising impact on the alliance and is an uncertainty factor as regards a deeper EU-NATO partnership;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that the courses of action open to the European Union, more varied than those of NATO, enable it to provide a more appropriate response to crises such as the one in the Sahel;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the need for working together on prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information ~~and intelligence~~ sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions;

Amendment 159 #

Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the need for working together on prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information and intelligence sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions, including enhanced EU-NATO military training and exercises on counter-terrorism; considers that an efficient EU-NATO transfer of know-how on counter terrorism measures is necessary;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation separately has the full range of tools to address the~~m all on its own~~se issues independent of each other;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the need for working together on joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to ensure prevention, analysis and early warning by means of effective information and intelligence sharing aimed at countering emerging threats with common actions;

Amendment 161 #

Victor BOŞTINARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the need to foster the European defence industry in order to make this cooperation a security issue, but also an economic issue and a question of strategic autonomy; emphasises the need for contracts to benefit first and foremost European companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises, located on the territory of the Union;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;deleted

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Welcom~~Notes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the ~~change in the culture of engagement and~~intensified engagement on the part of both institutions and in particular the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ~~ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooper~~achieve full reciprocity in EU-NATO cooperation and dialogue, and to ensure proper resources for implementation;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and ~~maritime coope~~operational cooperation, including at sea and on migration, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes ~~the tangibl~~some results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure p~~roper resources for~~olitical will for continued implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 167 #

9. WConsiders that the EU-NATO Joint Declaration and the subsequent implementation actions mark a new and substantive phase of the strategic partnership; welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; ~~welcomes~~reiterates that although the process itself is governed by institutions, the success of the implementation of agreed common goals and actions depends on the sustained political will of the Member States; welcomes in this context the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications ~~and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress~~, coherence of output in the respective defence planning processes and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; looks forward to a new EU-NATO Declaration to be adopted at the NATO Summit in Brussels, 11-12 July 2018; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 169 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration of 8 July 2016, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the new set of actions that were added on 5 December 2017, in particular those regarding counter-terrorism, military mobility and women, peace and security; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence~~; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities,~~ impacting both the EU and EU NATO intertwined security; whereas both the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the tangible results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO and emphasises that successful implementation of the Joint Declaration depends on the political will of all Member States throughout; ; considers it important to ensure proper resources for implementation and further improvement of cooperation;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes regular common briefings delivered by the VP/HR and the NATO Secretary-General in the respective Councils and continued regular meetings between the EU’s Political and Security Committee and NATO’s North-Atlantic Council;deleted

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcomes~~Notes the regular common briefings delivered by the VP/HR and the NATO Secretary-General in the respective Councils and continued regular meetings between the EU’s Political and Security Committee and NATO’s North-Atlantic Council;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the re-affirmation of US commitment to NATO and European security; recalls that the EU and the United States are key international partners and that this partnership is also through NATO; underlines the value of bilateral relations between EU Member States and the US; strongly believes that strengthening EU- NATO cooperation reinforces the transatlantic bond; and that NATO’s capacity to exercise its functions is linked to the transatlantic relationship; notes, accordingly, that recent political developments could have an impact on the strength of the transatlantic relationship; notes that the US, which generally encouraged and welcomed the substantive developments in EU defence, s~~till needs~~hould convtin~~cing to renounce their remaining reservation~~ue to support European efforts, in particular for the development of European defence capabilities;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the ~~re-affirmation of~~continued US commitment to NATO and European security~~; recalls that~~, evidenced by the major US military reinforcement of Europe in response to Russian aggression; recalls that the EU Member States, the EU and the United States are key international partners and that this partnership is also through NATO; underlines the value of bilateral relations between EU Member States and the US; strongly believes that strengthening EU- NATO cooperation reinforces the transatlantic bond; notes that the US, which generally encouraged and welcomed the substantive developments in EU defence, still needs convincing to renounce their remaining reservatiis aware of the dangers of an autonomous EU approach that would weaken the transatlantic bonsd;

Amendment 178 #

Eduard KUKAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence~~the geopolitical context of the European Union is rapidly evolving; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the re-affirmation of US commitment to NATO and European security; recalls that the EU and the United States are key international partners and that this partnership is also through NATO; underlines the value of bilateral relations between EU Member States and the US; strongly believes that strengthening EU- NATO cooperation reinforces the transatlantic bond; ~~not~~stresses that the ~~US, which generally encouraged and welcomed the substantive developments in EU defence, still needs convincing to renounce their remaining reservations~~EU’s efforts to achieve strategic autonomy strengthen the security environment of the Alliance;

Amendment 181 #

Javier NART, Jozo RADOŠ, Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses that allied countries must constantly adapt to new situations, as unusual threats are arising on a regular basis due to the activities of non-state actors, such as the so-called Islamic State, and of state actors such as Russia; points out that resilience is, and will continue to be, a key element of collective defence, which is why the EU and NATO should continue to focus on defending against attacks on their cohesion, independence and security, in particular in the face of the serious risk that Russia will resort to the use of chemical weapons;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 184 #

Mario BORGHEZIO, Marcel de GRAAFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countrie~~Underlines that military mobility efforts should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobilityribute to the effective implementation of the missions and operations of the CFSP and to the Alliance’s defence posture;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered;~~ underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for movements of military ~~mobil~~unitys;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. CWelcomes NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in NATO’s Eastern flank and considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be further strengthened oin th~~e Eastern flank~~is area for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that ~~EU-NATO~~ cooperation inside NATO should be strengthened on the East~~ern flank~~ for the security of ~~both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries~~Europe and that Russian influence should be countered; underlines that the current transport infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility; underlines that the EU has answered the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea and Russia’s failure with strong and far reaching non- military coercive measures which could be further extended to the energy sector;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are ~~under stress~~challenged in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are ~~making progress on~~ enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non- state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complementApplauds NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence on NATO’s Eastern flank; welcomes NATO’s deployment of four multinational battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, being led by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and the United States respectively; considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be further strengthened byin th~~e development of a new N~~is area and on the Black Sea for th~~-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility~~e security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered;

Amendment 191 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that~~Notes the measures taken to ‘strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence posture’ in the east of the Union and welcomes the solidarity of Member States in order to counter Russian penetration in Eeastern flank countries ~~should be countered~~; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that ~~Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries~~any form of aggression coming from Russia, hybrid or conventional, should be countered appropriately; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;

Amendment 193 #

Javier NART, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Jozo RADOŠ, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation should be strengthened on the Eastern and Southern flanks for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countries should be countered; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point a (new)

(a) Welcomes the tripling of the size of the NATO Response Force to 40,000 troops and the establishment of the 5,000- strong Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, as well as the Initial Follow on Forces Group (IFFG) designed to respond to an unfolding crisis; underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe and relevant political decision-making should be upgraded to respond once more to the requirements for military mobility during exercises and raised threat levels; notes that the Alliance’s rapid- reinforcement strategy is based on the ability to quickly deploy the necessary forces across Allied territory as an essential response in any emerging crisis; calls on the EU to remove legal and infrastructural obstacles to the movement of NATO troops, especially from outside the EU;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes NATO’s stated 360 degree approach and the establishment of a Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) and the Initial Follow on Forces Group (IFFG) designed to respond to an unfolding crisis and underlines that the current infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Considers that the geopolitical environment of the EU and NATO is rapidly changing and it is subject to different threats, including non-kinetic challenges; recalls that from a geographic perspective, the main areas of EU and NATO cooperation should be the Mediterranean Sea, the Balkans and Eastern Europe, notwithstanding their specificities; recalls that an efficient EU- NATO engagement and cooperation cannot avoid balancing the interests of both the organisations;

Amendment 199 #

12a. Emphasises in this regard the importance of improving NATO’s rapid reinforcement capabilities through improving EU and national infrastructure, removing bureaucratic and infrastructural barriers to the swift movement of forces and by pre- positioning military equipment and supplies, which enhances our collective security;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 18 May 2015and 14 November 2016 on the common security and defence policy, of 6 December 2016 on EU-NATO cooperation, of 6 March, 18 May and 17 July 2017 on the EU Global Strategy, and of 19 June and 5 December 2017 on the ~~progress reports on the~~ implementation of the common set of proposals endorsed by the EU and NATO Councils on 6 December 2016,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Α

Α. whereas Western values ~~and unity~~ are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;

Amendment 200 #

Eduard KUKAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that it is in the interest of both the European Union and NATO to address security issues in both the Western Balkans and in EU´s Neighbourhood and cooperate in certain particular areas;

Amendment 201 #

Eduard KUKAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Underlines that cooperation between EU and NATO and the Western Balkan countries is pivotal in addressing the security threats to all of the continent;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses ~~that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for fur~~its potential to strengthen the European pillar within the NATO architecture; points out that that is possible only if PESCO is embedded in a more strategic approach to ther EU~~-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO~~’s Common Security and Defence Policy; underscores the need for European oversight over PESCO projects;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and ~~stresse~~recalls that it does not represent a competitor for NATO ~~and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO~~; stresses that a stronger EU and a stronger NATO are mutually reinforcing;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Welcom~~Notes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it ~~does~~should not represent a competitor for NATO and should rather be a driver for ~~further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO~~the development of European defence and security in order to improve Member States’ capabilities when operating with either the EU or NATO; cautions against developments that could lead to a bifurcation of the NATO Alliance or that could weaken the transatlantic bond;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for ~~further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development~~ making CSDP more effective and relevandt for ~~a stronger EU pillar in NATO~~responding to today’s security and military challenges;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) aund ~~stresses that it does not represent a competitor for~~er which a total of 25 EU Member States so far have committed to aligning the compatibility of their military systems and to jointly invest in the development of new materials and stresses that PESCO is of common interest to both the EU and NATO and should be a driver for further ~~EU-NATO~~ cooperation between the two organisations in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; emphasises the importance of transparency and communication about PESCO to the United States and other NATO Allies in order to avoid any misconceptions;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of ~~Permanent Structured Cooperation (~~PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; underlines that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration should call that the capabilities developed multinationally by Member States, including under PESCO, and Allies are available for both NATO and EU operations; highlights that the recent decisions by the EU (Coordinated Annual Review on Defence/CARD, PESCO, European Defence Fund/EDF), aimed at ensuring that Europeans take a greater responsibility for their own security, contribute to strengthening NATO as well as ensuring a fair transatlantic burden- sharing, while keeping in mind the objective of together addressing common security challenges, avoiding unnecessary duplication and developing coherent, complementary and interoperable defence capabilities;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO ~~and should be~~, but a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas NATO was instrumental in protecting Western Europe after World War II and in putting an end to the Cold War, helping to bring about political change in Central and Eastern Europe, and, in consequence, is the key security partner of the EU;

Amendment 210 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; notes that after Brexit, 80 percent of NATO’s defence spending will be non-EU and three out of four battalions in the East will be led by non-EU countries; welcomes in this regard the binding commitments to which Member States agreed in the context of PESCO, in particular those on defence spending and investments;

Amendment 211 #

Raffaele FITTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; calls for the utmost transparency in managing the cooperation plan in order to maximise results and avoid a mere duplication of expenditure on defence;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that PESCO is complementary to NATO, it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO as aims to strengthen the EU’s defence capacities;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; stresses that EU initiatives like PESCO, European Defence Fund, EU Defence Industrial Development Programme, increasing synergies and effectiveness, should be seen as crucial steps of improving and increasing EU security and defence capabilities and thus responding to the calls for greater engagement and burden sharing of all NATO Allies;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development and for a stronger EU pillar in NATO; stresses that the list of collaborative projects to be developed under PESCO aims at addressing the shortcomings in the European capabilities, thus improving the potential performance of the European NATO Members within the structures of the Alliance;

Amendment 215 #

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Recalls that both the EU and NATO have made far reaching commitments with regard to strengthening the UN peacekeeping capabilities but have only rarely directly contributed to past and on-going such missions; calls on both organisation to honour their commitments and to significantly contribute to such UN missions which maintain international peace and stability;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Urges the EU and NATO to organise regular strategic level exercises with the participation of the top political leadership of both organisations; welcomes, in this regard, the Estonian exercise EU CYBRID 2017 where, for the first time, the Secretary General of NATO participated in an EU exercise;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses the urgent need to overcome tensions between NATO Allies such as between Turkey and the United States around Afrin; calls for a NATO-led dialogue to overcome these tensions;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Welcomes the continued expansion in cooperation on cyber defence, including through regular expert talks and the participation in each other’s flagship cyber defence exercises;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the guarantee of security is the prerequisite of peace and development;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Considers that the development of common standards, procedures, trainings and exercises should be considered as an important enabler for a more efficient EU-NATO cooperation;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Member States to aim for the target of 2% of GDP for defence spending, and to spend 20% of their defence budgets on equipment identified as necessary through the EDA, including related research and development;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 223 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats; welcomes in this regard the separate but parallel exercises, PACE17 and CMX17, which were held in 2017 and through which respectively EU and NATO staff tested their respective procedures for communicating and sharing information during an unfolding fictitious hybrid threat;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that security threats have become ~~more~~ hybrid a~~nd les~~s well as conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; applauds the concerted action by western allies in response to the suspected Russian chemical attack in the UK; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages ~~the EU and NATO to synchronis~~Member States of both organisations to improve their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats; encourages European countries to create Hybrid Excellence Centres, drawing on the example of Helsinki;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that security threats ~~have become more hybrid and less conventional,~~span from conventional to hybrid threats and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that security threats have become more hybrid and less conventional, and that international cooperation is required to tackle them; welcomes the recent joint inauguration of NATO’s Hybrid Centre of Excellence by the NATO Secretary General and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and calls for the EU and NATO to further build resilience and to develop shared situational awareness of hybrid threats; encourages the EU and NATO to synchronise their crisis response mechanisms in order to provide coherent responses to hybrid threats;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b (new)

(b) Calls on the EU to assist in follow up to NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee’s seven base line requirements of resilience, these being: assured continuity of government and critical services, protection of energy supply, ability to handle uncontrolled population movements, preservation of water and food resources, ability to deal with mass casualties, protection of transportation systems, and preservation of civil communications systems; as such encourages further efforts of NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee to continue its work in creating a deployable expert team that will be made up of joint NATO & EU experts that will engage in joint assessments of each member country;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Recognises NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee’s current metric of measuring resilience among its Member States is based on seven base line requirements of resilience comprising: assured continuity of government and critical services, protection of energy supply, ability to handle uncontrolled population movements, preservation of water and food resources, ability to deal with mass casualties, protection of transportation systems, and preservation of civil communications systems and thus encourages further efforts of NATO’s Civil Emergency Planning Committee to continue its work in creating a deployable expert team that will be made up of joint NATO & EU experts that will engage in joint assessments of each member country;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation is not a goal in itself but a way to achieve shared goals through complementarity of missions and available means; whereas together they can make efficient use of resources and mobilise more effectively a broad range of instruments to respond to security challengesthe very principle of NATO undermines Member States’ sense of responsibility and weakens the spirit of defence;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recalls that standardisation, interoperability, joint exercises and procedures have always been some of the main assets of NATO; therefore, welcomes more activities in these fields which can facilitate exchanges and lessons learned between different militaries, if possible including also non- NATO and non-EU countries; emphasises that a deeper cooperation in these fields will be an important enabler for facilitating future tactical and strategic cooperation between the EU and NATO;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a (new)

(a) Welcomes the NATO Warsaw Summit’s decision to enhance resilience by calling on governments to increase investments designed to prepare, deter and defend against hybrid warfare threats via creation of arrangements, policies, legislation, procedures and collection of resources;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Welcomes the NATO Warsaw Summit’s decision to enhance resilience by calling on governments to increase investment designed to prepare, deter and defend against hybrid warfare threats via creation of arrangements, policies, legislation, procedures and collection of resources;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;deleted

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ~~‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence~~ppropriate information exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that ~~the P~~a parallel and Ccoordinated ~~Intelligence A~~information assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats ~~more effectively together~~;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, ~~implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together~~consequently, they need to be addressed jointly; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to- share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations ~~share the same~~face similar strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with one part of the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis ~~could~~must be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes ~~cumbersome~~that current procedures infor sharing classified information between the two organisations remain cumbersome and inefficient; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; emphasises that the EU will have to increase its capacity by providing more EU staff with security clearance, dedicated training for working with classified information and investing in secure communications; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation is not a goal in itself but a way to achieve shared goals through ~~complementarity of missions and available means; whereas together they can mak~~the efficient use of resources and the ability to mobilise more effectively a broad range of instruments to respond to security challenges;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved, also in the field of counterterrorism; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the same strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering reciprocity and a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Invites the EU and NATO to enhance their cooperation on strategic communication, including by strengthening the partnership between the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence and the European External Action Service (EEAS) StratCom division;deleted

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Invites the EU and NATO to enhance their cooperation on strategic communication, ~~including by~~ whilstr en~~gthen~~suring th~~e partnership between the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence and the European External Action Service (EEAS) StratCom division~~at the EU is not duplicating existing NATO capabilities;

Amendment 244 #

Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Welcomes the new EU Hybrid Fusion Cell and its interaction with NATO’s Hybrid Analysis Cell in sharing situational awareness and by exchanging analysis of potential hybrid threats;~~deleted

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the new EU Hybrid Fusion Cell and its interaction with NATO’s Hybrid Analysis Cell ~~in sharing situational awareness and by exchanging analysis of potential hybrid threat~~, provided that the EU is not duplicating existing NATO capabilities;

Amendment 247 #

Raffaele FITTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the new EU Hybrid Fusion Cell and its interaction with NATO’s Hybrid Analysis Cell in sharing situational awareness and by exchanging analysis of potential hybrid threats; reiterates the importance of identifying common tools, including indicators, for improving the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure in the face of hybrid threats, including monitoring of emerging threats in the transport sector;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Considers it important to ensure the complementarity of maritime capacity- building efforts in order to safeguard maritime security more efficiently; w~~Welcomes increased EU-NATO operational cooperation and coordination in the Mediterranean theatre, including the sharing of maritime information and situational awareness, provided that there is not unnecessary duplication, that there is a single chain of command for warships of NATO nations, and that appropriate use is being made of these warships;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation ~~is not~~should not be considered as a goal in itself but as a way to achieve the broad range of shared goals through complementarity of missions and available means; whereas together they can make efficient use of resources and mobilise more effectively a broad range of existing instruments to respond to security challenges;

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Considers it important to ensure the complementarity of maritime capacity- building efforts in order to safeguard maritime security more efficiently; welcomes increased EU-NATO operational cooperation and coordination ~~in the Mediterranean theatre, including the sharing of maritime information and situational awareness~~, including the sharing of situational awareness based on the experience gained in the Mediterranean and the Horn of Africa, thus seeking further opportunities for mutual logistical support and information exchange between the staff of both organisations concerning operational activities, including activities relating to irregular migration;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 252 #

Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Considers it important to ensure the complementarity and avoid unnecessary duplication of maritime capacity- building efforts in order to safeguard maritime security more efficiently; welcomes increased EU-NATO operational cooperation and coordination in the Mediterranean theatre, including the sharing of maritime information and situational awareness;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including in arms; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re- fuelling at sea and medical support;deleted

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including in arms; notes that NATO could provides, on request, logistical support and other capabilities ~~such as re-fuelling at sea and medical support~~;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to s~~tem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking~~ave lives in danger and to counter criminal networks, including in arms trafficking; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re-fuelling at sea and medical support;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem i~~rregular~~llegal migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including in arms; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re-fuelling at sea and medical support;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including the illegal trafficking in arms; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re- fuelling at sea and medical support; underlines any operation in the context of managing illegal migration should respect the universal human rights of asylum seekers and migrants involved;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation is not a goal in itself but a way to achieve shared goals and security priorities through complementarity of missions and available means; whereas together they can make efficient use of resources and mobilise more effectively a broad range of instruments to ~~respond to~~face security challenges;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes enhanced tactical and operational cooperation, including through direct links between NATO’s Maritime Command and Frontex, as well as between Operation Sea Guardian and EUNAVFOR MED Sophia, ostensibly helping the EU and its missions to stem irregular migration and to counter illegal trafficking networks, including in arms; notes that NATO provides logistical support and other capabilities such as re-fuelling at sea and medical support;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Encourages further EU-NATO synergies in the field and further improvements, particularly in the coordination of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) efforts;~~deleted

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Encourages further EU-NATO synergies in the field and further improvements, particularly in the coordination of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) efforts;~~deleted

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusion are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;deleted

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Is convinced that cooperation and information fusion are crucial~~Once there is clarity over any added value that the EU might bring, calls for increased cooperation in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; ~~invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts;~~ encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to ~~foster~~explore methods for increased interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to ~~harmonise~~cooperate in respect of training activities and ~~to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement~~R&T in the fields of cyber security and defence; welcomes clarification of respective roles between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is convinced that cooperation and information ~~fusion~~exchange are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data~~, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts~~ when appropriate; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability ~~by employing a single set of~~in cyber defence ~~standards~~; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is convinced that cooperation and information ~~fusion~~sharing are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability; calls on the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) to sign an agreement with NATO to increase their practical cooperation;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusion are crucial in the area of cybersecurity and recognises the progress that has been made in this area; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards and means of determining attribution; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is convinced that cooperation and information fusion are crucial in the area of cybersecurity; stresses the need to improve cyber incident prevention, detection and response; invites both organisations to coordinate their monitoring activities and to exchange cyber defence-related data, thereby facilitating EU-NATO intelligence efforts, also in the field of cyber-jihadism and on-line radicalisation; encourages the EU and NATO to enhance their operational cooperation and coordination and to foster interoperability by employing a single set of cyber defence standards; considers it important also to harmonise training activities and to cooperate on R&T in the cyber domain; welcomes the arrangement between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Considers it vital that the EU and NATO step up the sharing of intelligence in order to enable the formal attribution of cyber-attacks and consequently enable the imposing of restrictive sanctions to those responsible for cyber-attacks;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas EU-NATO cooperation is not a goal in itself but a way to achieve shared goals through complementarity of missions and available means; whereas EU Member States and NATO Allies have one single set of forces; whereas together they can make efficient use of resources and mobilise more effectively a broad range of instruments to respond to security challenges;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;deleted

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; ~~stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;~~

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; s~~Stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; ~~stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;~~

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch ~~autonomous~~ military missions ~~also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate~~;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO ~~Allies meet their NATO commitments~~members could have a better, stronger and more efficient cooperation inside NATO; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous ~~military~~ peace-keeping missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ~~ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments~~the EU, as a self-assured foreign-policy actor, to guarantee global and regional security; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be ~~cap~~able to launch autonomous low-intensity military missions ~~also~~ where ~~NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate~~necessary;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions ~~also where NATO is not willing to act or~~ where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is ~~not willing~~unable to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the accumulation of destabilising crises in its close neighbourhood, in particular in Ukraine, Syria and the Sahel, has consequences both inside and outside its borders, in particular the migration crisis and the multiplication of terrorist attacks on its soil;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not ~~willing~~able to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 281 #

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; considers that being both an EU Member State and a NATO Ally should not be detrimental to any state; similarly, stresses that certain EU Member States’ non- membership of NATO should mean that they have different European Defence Union obligations; stresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point a (new)

(a) Welcomes the continuing trend of increased defence spending among NATO allies and encourages all EU Member States to make substantive progress towards achieving expenditure of 2% of GDP on defence, with 20% of this on major new equipment;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Welcomes the continuing trend of increased defence spending among NATO Allies and strongly believes that as the primary security guarantor for the Euro- Atlantic, Member States must continue to meet their membership obligations by respecting the 2% & 20% defence spending guidelines;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point b (new)

(b) Considers that Member States committed to NATO’s defence spending guidelines should consider allocating a specified sum, within the 20% guideline on procurement, to be allocated specifically towards research and development in order to guarantee that a minimum expenditure is made towards innovation, which in turn can create a ‘spillover’ of technologies to the civil sector;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Considers that Member States committed to NATO’s defence spending guidelines should consider allocating a specified sum within the 20% guideline on procurement to be allocated specifically towards research and development to guarantee a minimum expenditure is used towards innovation that can create a ‘spillover’ of technologies to the civil sector,

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point c (new)

(c) Considers that Member States should be instrumental in facilitating transatlantic technological and industrial base cooperation by ensuring barriers to industries and protectionism are avoided and that export licensing, processes and technology transfer policies should be brought into line among members of both organisations to provide a more efficient and less time consuming procurement process that will aim to improve overall defence capabilities;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22c. Considers that Member States should be instrumental in facilitating transatlantic technological and industrial base cooperation by ensuring barriers to industries and protectionism are avoided and export licensing, processes and technology transfer policies should be harmonised among the 22 shared Member States of NATO and the EU to provide a more efficient and less time consuming procurement process that will aim to improve Member State defence capabilities;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO ~~need to~~should enhance cooperate ion ~~strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisation~~and seek synergies to address capability priorities, including through the coordinated annual defence review and NATO’s defence planning process; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas an efficient EU-NATO cooperation should acknowledge the commonalities and the differences in goals and composition of both the organisations, to avoid duplications and to facilitate a more efficient approach to the future security and defence challenges;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to supportEuropean NATO Member States need to pool defence technological and industrial investments; supports a review of the ATHENA mechanism or the creation of similar mechanisms between Member States which aim at boosting joint research ~~and~~, development of, procurement, maintenance, and training as regards European capabilities;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that ~~effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisation~~both organisations look into developing effective transatlantic cooperation in the defence industries; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. SReiterates the NATO Warsaw Summit Declaration calling on members to ‘facilitate a stronger defence industry and greater defence research’ and strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under various studies conducted by the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) and the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities; considers that increased commitment to research and capability planning can lead to more efficiency;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations, including by launching a transatlantic common defence products market; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Strongly believes that the Members of EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening and developing their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective and balanced transatlantic defence technological and industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to support joint research and development of European capabilities;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates the need to ensure coherence between the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence, the Capability Development Plan and the NATO Defence Planning Process with a view to coordinating defence planning; highlights the need to ensure that NATO’s Smart Defence and the EU’s Pooling and Sharing Initiative are complementary and mutually reinforcing;deleted

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates the need to ensure coherence of output and timelines between the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence, the Capability Development Plan and the ~~NATO Defence Planning Process with a view to coordinating d~~respective NATO processes, such as the NATO Defence pPlanning Process; highlights the need to ensure that ~~NATO’s Smart Defence and the EU’s Pooling and Sharing Initiative~~EU’s and NATO’s multinational initiatives in capability development are complementary and mutually reinforcing; underlines that the capabilities used in CSDP and developed under PESCO remain owned by the Member States who can also make them available to other frameworks;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to the Joint – Declaration of 8 July 2016 by the Presidents of the European Council and the Commission and the Secretary-General of NATO, to the common set of 42 proposals endorsed by the EU and NATO Councils on 6 December 2016 and the progress reports of 14 June and 5 December 2017 on the implementation thereof, and to the new set of 342 proposals endorsed by both Councils on 5 December 2017,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the unity and the values that characterise the European Union are under constant threat;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates the need to ensure coherence between the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence, the Capability Development Plan and the NATO Defence Planning Process with a view to coordinating ~~defence planning~~capacity development; highlights the need to ensure that NATO’s Smart Defence and the EU’s Pooling and Sharing Initiative are complementary and mutually reinforcing;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Recalls that cost-efficient and optimised defence expenditure should be a priority for an improved EU-NATO cooperation; is of the view that a more efficient allocation of funds should also have an impact on the command and control and operational elements and assets of both organisations; recalls that synergies in these fields should be facilitated, avoiding duplications and unnecessary burdens and bottlenecks;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Reiterates its view that the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO to make use of EU instruments, including civilian tools where appropriate;deleted

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Reiterates its view~~Considers that the ‘Berlin Pplus’ arrangements ~~should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO~~will have to be adjusted, in practice, to mtake ~~use of EU instruments, including civilian tools where appropriate~~account of Brexit;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Reiterates its view~~Believes that the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements ~~should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO to make use of EU instruments, including civi~~have been instrumental in launching CSDP and are still highly relevant for operations such as EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina; underlines the need to maintain the current ‘Berlian ~~tools where appropriate~~Plus’ arrangements;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Reiterates ~~its view that~~the importance of the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements ~~should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO to make use of EU instruments, including civilian tools where appropriate~~as a tool for crisis management and operational cooperation;

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Reiterates its view that the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements should be adapted to the current strategic context ~~and enable NATO to make use of~~; encourages EU-NATO cooperation in CFSP measures such as EU inrestr~~uments, including civilian tools where appropriate~~ictive measures;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;~~deleted

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Emphasises that the EU and NATO should consider further intensifying joint action, including by using funds for common projects, increasing political flexibility, formalising the EU-NATO relationship by designating permanent coordinators at junior and senior levels and by expanding the areas of cooperation beyond the seven already identified;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the need to introduce a “green” and more sustainable approach in the EU-NATO cooperation, because both the organisations have already adopted “green defence” agendas and objectives;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;deleted

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Consider~~Believes that the ~~next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewi~~re is no need for further declarations on future EU-NATO cooperation but more efforts with regards to the implementation of the many commitments already made; believes that PESCO has the potential to also streng the ~~‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be~~n European military capabilities in general as it should increase interoperability of European armed forces; however, recalls that PESCO is not opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring securitythird countries and is, according to Article 42(6) TEU, an exclusive mechanism for those Member States whose military capabilities fulfil higher criteria and which have made more binding commitments to one another in this area with a view toge the~~r on the continent~~ most demanding missions;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should ~~initiat~~welcome the procgress of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continentmade and call for the practical implementation of all of the proposals adopted by the two institutions; considers in this context that the initiatives for a stronger European defence policy must benefit both organisations, thus enabling the EU Member States to enhance their ‘strategic autonomy’ and be capable of joint and credible military action; recalls that such initiatives are complementary to those taken by NATO;

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects shcould be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence~~NATO is a military alliance and the EU is not; whereas the EU is a global strategic actor and a security provider, having a unique and wide array of instruments and tools at its disposal; whereas, in the wake of the EU Global Strategy, it is enhancing its responsibility for its own security and defence and as a partner for international peace and security; whereas, as a follow- up to the EU Global Strategy, the EU is enhancing its ability to act autonomously while also strengthening its contribution to NATO and fostering closer cooperation;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that PESCO initiatives should not be seen as attempts to strategically emancipate Europe from NATO, but should continue to strengthen the European pillar of this Alliance, making the capabilities developed under PESCO ~~should be~~ available for NATO operations ~~and~~; points out that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements~~; considers in this context~~ with the aim to ensure the implementation of the principles of inclusiveness, reciprocity and full respect of the decision making autonomy of both organizations, as provided for by the Council Conclusions of December 5, 2017; considers that capabilities developed under PESCO shcould be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects shcould be opened to non- EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 322 #

Javier NART, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jozo RADOŠ, Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that ~~capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that~~ PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO~~, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK~~; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations, in certain cases, and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; states that, together with Parliament, the Commission should consider individual requests in this connection and decide, on the basis of shared values and interests, who would be suitable PESCO partners; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations provided this does not affect the neutrality of the EU’s non- NATO Member States, and that PESCO projects should be opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Considers that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewing the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that defence capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should be opened up to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring security together on the continent;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of ~~troops and military equipment within Europe~~military personnel and assets within and beyond the EU in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary, notably through the implementation of the Action Plan presented by the VP/HR and the Commission on the basis of the roadmap developed by the Member States in the frame of the European Defence Agency;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; welcomes in this regard the action plan on military mobility as recently presented by the European Commission and urges EU Member States to quickly follow-up and make use of the momentum that has been generated so far;

Amendment 33 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the ~~EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence~~Union’s objectives, as defined in the Global Strategy are: a) responding to external conflicts and crises, (b) building the capabilities of partners, and (c) protecting the Union and its citizens; whereas the Union must in this way promote peace and guarantee the security of its citizens and territory; whereas the EU is currently reinforcing its security and defence policy and implementing the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty; and whereas NATO has the primary responsibility of collective defence (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty);

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; stresses that compatible defence capacities facilitate EU -and NATO-wide deployment and cooperation; therefore deplores situations in which NATO allies opt for non- compatible capabilities;

Amendment 331 #

María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary; recommends to the EU and NATO to find a clear agreement on the mobility of non-EU NATO forces on the European territory;

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Stresses the need to address, in close cooperation between the EU and NATO, the physical and legal obstacles to the swift and rapid movement of troops and military equipment within Europe in order to ensure frictionless movement of equipment and forces across Europe, whenever necessary, including the usability of critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges and railroads;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the successful 2017 parallel and coordinated crisis management exercise, which provided an important platform for sharing best practices; looks forward to its continuation, notably with a view to the next, EU-led exercise planned in 2018;deleted

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the successful 2017 parallel and coordinated crisis management exercise, which provided an important platform for sharing best practices; looks forward to ~~its~~ continu~~ation, notably with a view to the next, EU-led exercise planned in 2018~~ed cooperation on joint exercises between both NATO and the EU in the future;

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the ~~successful~~ 2017 parallel and coordinated crisis management exercise, which provided a~~n important~~ useful platform for sharing best practices; looks forward to its continuation, notably with a view to the next, EU-led exercise planned in 2018;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Welcomes the successful 2017 parallel and coordinated crisis management exercise, which provided an important platform for sharing best practices; looks forward to lessons learned and its continuation, notably with a view to the next, EU-led exercise planned in 2018;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Emphasises the need to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on missions and operations, both at strategic and tactical level;~~deleted

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Emphasises the need to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on missions and operations, both at strategic and tactical level;~~deleted

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Emphasises the need to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation on missions and operations, both at strategic and tactical level, in the event that NATO implements Article 5 of the Treaty;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the ~~EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; and whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence~~deepening of the relationship between the European Union and NATO increases the subordination of European states to the United States and its military-industrial complex, in particular through NATO standards;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations; strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);deleted

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. ~~Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations;~~ strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience~~, including on~~ concerns counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence~~, ammunition storage~~ and security sector reform, and is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations and to strengthen international peace and security; strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours, potential new Members, and partners of both organisations; strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations; strongly supports the fact that assistance to neighbouring and partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point b (new)

(b) Welcomes EU and NATO efforts to provide political and practical support to aspirant countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and suggests Member States continue these efforts to ensure continued democratic development and security sector reform;

Amendment 346 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Welcomes EU and NATO efforts to provide political and practical support to aspirant countries in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus and suggests Member States continue these efforts to ensure continued democratic development and security sector reform;

Amendment 347 #

Patricia LALONDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point a (new)

(a) Underlines the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of Turkey as a NATO Member State; is concerned, since the attempted coup of 2016, with the growing signs of authoritarianism, a nationalist political frame, the AKP’s government based on Muslim Brotherhood ideology threatening laic grounds of the State and the society especially women’s rights, and the breach of human rights; encourages NATO to further straighten its political commitment to Turkey in order to ensure its continued democratic development and respect for human rights;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)

30e. Underlines the geopolitical and geostrategic importance of Turkey as a NATO Member State; is concerned, since the attempted coup of 2016, with the growing signs of authoritarianism, a nationalist political frame and the breach of human rights; encourages NATO to further straighten its political commitment to Turkey in order to ensure its continued democratic development and respect for human rights;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point a (new)

(a) Welcomes enhanced counter- terrorism support in both political and practical terms towards Mediterranean and Gulf countries via NATO’s Capacity Building Initiatives, Mobile Training Teams, Individual Partnership Action Plans and Centres of Excellence that continue to provide training and transfer of best practices in areas including crisis management, counter-IED removal and disposal, operational awareness, environmental security, border security and other key areas of security sector reform;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU ~~is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its~~contributes to the protection of the citizens and interests of the EU and NATO is responsible for collective defence;

Amendment 350 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE, Javier NART

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Welcomes enhanced counter- terrorism support in both political and practical terms towards Mediterranean and Gulf countries via NATO’s Capacity Building Initiatives, Mobile Training Teams, Individual Partnership Action Plans and Centres of Excellence that continue to provide training and transfer of best practices in areas including crisis management, counter-IED removal and disposal, operational awareness, environmental security, border security and other key areas of security sector reform;

Amendment 351 #

Patricia LALONDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point b (new)

(b) Questions whether in the current global security environment nuclear deterrence is still credible; stresses that many EU citizens are worried about nuclear proliferation; recalls that diplomacy and multilateralism are the only means for effective non-proliferation and disarmament; calls in this regard for the EU and NATO to launch a global security roundtable with major global actors including China, the US, both Korea’s, Japan, India, Pakistan, Israel and Russia; strongly believes that this roundtable could be the starting point for a transparent discussion on the global nuclear status quo and renewed talks on non-proliferation and disarmament; stresses in this aim the crucial importance to work on the basis of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)

30d. Questions whether in the current global security environment nuclear deterrence is still credible; stresses that many EU citizens are worried about nuclear proliferation; recalls that diplomacy and multilateralism are the only means for effective non-proliferation and disarmament; calls in this regard for the EU and NATO to launch a global security roundtable with major global actors including China, the US, both Korea’s, Japan, India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan, Israel and Russia; strongly believes that this roundtable could be the starting point for a transparent discussion on the global nuclear status quo and renewed talks on non-proliferation and disarmament;

Amendment 353 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO should strengthen cooperation on CBRN threats; stresses that interoperability between the EU and NATO, in particular between the security and health sectors, will be a crucial element in mitigating the impact of CBRN-incidents;

Amendment 354 #

Raffaele FITTO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Welcomes the establishment of a public-private partnership for cybersecurity between industry and the EU, with the aim of developing technologies to better protect users and infrastructures from cyber aspects of hybrid threats;

Amendment 355 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Stresses the importance of the principles enshrined in the Vienna Document, in particular the principle of openness and transparency; welcomes in this regard the openness of EU and NATO military exercises and joint exercises to international observers;

Amendment 356 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Patricia LALONDE, Urmas PAET, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Reiterates the important role of women in CSDP and NATO missions, in particular in dealing with women and children in conflict areas; welcomes the fact that both the EU and NATO have recognised this important role; recommends the EU and NATO to proactively promote gender diversity in their structures and operations;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Suggests that the EU VP/HR becomes a permanent invitee to the meetings of the NATO North Atlantic Council;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Underlines the key role of some non-NATO major allied countries also for the EU security interests; welcomes the possibility to develop further security talks and trainings with these countries, especially on common EU-NATO security and defence issues;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Emphasises the need for the EU to ensure a close security and defence relationship with the United Kingdom after Brexit, acknowledging that the UK will remain a lead contributor to European defence as both a NATO member and European nation, whilst no longer being a member of the EU;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU ~~is better equipped to deal with~~currently focuses on internal security issues and NATO ~~to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence~~is the cornerstone of European external defence; whereas acknowledging the requirement for NATO Members to meet their commitments to spend 2% of GDP on defence to maintain a sufficient defence capability;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the Secretary-General of NATO, the EU agencies in the security and defence fields, the governments and national parliaments of the EU Member States and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.deleted

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. ~~whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence;~~ whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. ~~whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence;~~ whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU is ~~better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence~~competent for all matters relating to its security, including the establishment of a common defence, while NATO ensures the collective security of its members; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

– having regard to the outcome of the meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council (including defence), held on 13 November 2017 and 6 March 2018, relating specifically to EU-NATO cooperation,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with ~~internal security~~current challenges in a comprehensive manner via its various policies ranging from agriculture, trade, energy, development, humanitarian aid, justice and home affairs to enlargement, civilian conflict prevention and military crisis management, peace enforcement and post-conflict stabilization, and NATO to manage ~~extern~~territorial defence collectively; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its ~~defence~~Common Security and Defence Policy through mechanisms such as PESCO;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU ihas be~~tter equipp~~en rather focused ton dealing with internal security and NATO ton manageing external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is ~~developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence~~increasing its attention towards a common defence approach;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU and NATO must be more complementary in the security dimension to better address new unprecedented and multifaceted security challenges; whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage ~~external~~collective defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the ~~EU is~~Member States of the EU are better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas there are increasing areas of overlap between the two, particularly with regards to counterterrorism and cyber defence and this increasing overlap calls for closer cooperation in these areas in the future; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU is at present better equipped to deal with internal security and NATO to manage external defence; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defence;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East, but also the North and the West; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools needed to address them all on its own;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas this particular context is a historic opportunity to move forward with the establishment of a real European defence mechanism; whereas the EU must ensure its security and has a duty to protect its citizens by addressing threats to it; and whereas European citizens expect the EU to protect them;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the defence of Europe depends on the political will and the military capability of the Europeans to shoulder their responsibilities in an uncertain strategic environment;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

– having regard to the joint communication of the Commission and the VP/HR of 10 November 2017 to the European Parliament and the Council on improving military mobility in the European Union (JOIN(2017)0041), and the associated Action Plan to be presented in March 2018,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the EU explicitly recognises the role of NATO in Europe’s defence (Article 42.7 TEU); and with regard to capability, NATO remains a crucial guarantor of the technical and human interoperability of the allied forces and the consistency of their equipment policies;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~the EU and NATO, both engaged in crisis management, would be more efficient in that activ~~Article 5 of the NATO Treaty has no credibility and constitutes false security ifor the~~y were to act in a truly coordinated manner and mak~~ signatory states. This false security encourages an aggressive stance by small states which are hijacking the other m~~ost~~embers of the~~ir expertise~~ Alliance, inter alia in their relations with Russia, and are~~sources~~ transforming the continent into a conflict zone;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in crisis management, wshould ~~be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a truly coordinated manner~~further strengthen coordination between them and make the most of their expertise and resources;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in crisis management, would be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a ~~truly~~more coordinated manner and make the most of their expertise and resources; recognising that NATO must continue to have primacy in matters relating to high-intensity warfare and collective defence;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in crisis management, would be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a truly coordinated manner and make the most of their expertise and resources; whereas, as a follow-up to the EU Global Strategy, the EU is strengthening its joined-up approach to external conflicts and crises as well as responding to threats and challenges along the internal-external security nexus, using civilian or military means;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU and NATO, both engaged in ongoing crisis management missions, would be more efficient in that activity if they were to act in a truly coordinated manner and make the most of their expertise and resources;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts;~~deleted

Amendment 57 #

Mario BORGHEZIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats~~, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts~~;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter ~~hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with fac~~conventional challenges as well as emerging hybrid threats;

Amendment 59 #

E. whereas a ~~robust~~n EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts; whereas there needs to be a clear distinction as regards the remit and political strategies of the two institutions;

Amendment 6 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Urmas PAET, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to the NATO Secretary-General’s Annual Report 20167, released on March 15, 2018,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation ~~with facts~~and bolstering resilience;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering state and non-state funded misinformation ~~and~~, disinformation and propaganda with facts;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas a robust EU-NATO partnership is needed to counter hybrid threats, including in countering misinformation and disinformation with facts and identifying the source of disinformation;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to the NATO Secretary-General’s Annual Reports 2016 and 2017,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East there is an increase in Russian activity and a greater risk of weakening the transatlantic link and the solidarity between Member States;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, ~~in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geo~~despite various polsiti~~cal actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East~~ons and attitudes towards Russia, the EU Member States have managed to date to maintain a common position in its regard;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas~~, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commerc~~ a more common, strategic approach with regards to Russial i~~nterests in the West and the security ones in the East~~s needed;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, ~~in general, the~~previously Eastern European EU Member States seeaw Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western ~~member~~European Member States seeaw it often as mainly as a commercial partner, ~~polarizing EU commerc~~there is now widespread acceptance across the EU that Russial interferests in ~~the West and the security ones in the East~~European internal affairs in violation of international law and norms;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in general, ~~the Eastern European~~some EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and ~~the Western memb~~while some others see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests ~~in the West~~ and the security ones ~~in the East~~;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members also see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, ~~polarizing~~which means that EU’s commercial interests in the West ~~and the~~need to be reconciled with its security ~~one~~interests in the East;

Amendment 77 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Jozo RADOŠ, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Javier NART, Patricia LALONDE, Marietje SCHAAKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in general, ~~the~~Central and Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in general, the Eastern European EU Members see Russia as a geopolitical actor and the Western members see it mainly as a commercial partner, polarizing EU commercial interests in the West and the security ones in the East; whereas both the EU and NATO are concerned by Russia’s more assertive military behaviour; whereas both the EU and NATO want to maintain dialogue with Russia;

Amendment 79 #

Javier NART, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Hilde VAUTMANS, Jozo RADOŠ, Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the Southern neighbourhood is facing unprecedented instability and represent a strategically important challenge to both EU Member States and NATO members, especially those located on the front line;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

– having regard to the NATO – Secretary-General’s Annual Report 2016, 2017,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas a recommitment to the respect for rule of law and to solidarity with challenges such as refugee flows to some EU Member States will further encourage EU unity vis-à-vis the protection of its Eastern border;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts ~~to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure~~;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO ~~can complement each other’s efforts~~should cooperate to protect critical government, defence and other information and critical infrastructure;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure; whereas they can expand the existing cooperation between the EU’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability currently aimed at facilitating the exchange of information and logistical support into areas of shared threat assessments, personnel acquisition and the sharing of best practices in order to respond to threats in real time;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated, and whereas NATO is stepping up its collective defence activity and NATO leaders need the necessary tools and powers to defend against advanced cyber-attacks and to operate across the whole cyber spectrum; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure; whereas enhanced cooperation between EU Member States in the area of cybersecurity should be promoted and, in that area, there needs to be a coordinated approach by all EU Member States;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated; whereas in 2014 NATO established cyber defence as part of the Alliance’s core tasks of collective defence and in 2016 recognised cyberspace as an operational domain, next to land, air and sea; whereas the EU and NATO can complement each other’s efforts to protect critical government, defence and other information infrastructure;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016, the Alliance and the EU outlined areas for strengthened cooperation in light of common challenges to the East and the South, including countering hybrid threats, enhancing resilience, defence capacity building, cyber defence, maritime security, and exercises; whereas 42 measures to advance NATO-EU cooperation in agreed areas were approved by NATO foreign ministers in December 2016 and further areas of joint work were agreed in December 2017;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the European Union could contribute to the EU-NATO cooperation with a special focus on peace- keeping missions, an area where many EU Member States have already developed a relevant know-how;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Western values and unity are under stress in an era of geopolitical turbulence; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the East; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its ownNATO is an outdated institution whose retention escalates tensions in order to justify its existence;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas in December 2017 NATO and the EU decided to boost their cooperation in the fight against terrorism, primarily by increasing information exchange and improving national resilience;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas, according to latest polls of the Pew Research Center, public support for NATO is strong and it is rising in most NATO Member States;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, and whereas military mobility was recently identified as a top priority area of cooperation between the two organisations;deleted

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, and whereas military mobility was recently identified as a top ~~priority area of cooperation between the two~~concern for both organisations;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital Η

Η. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, and whereas ~~military mobility~~the ability to move military personnel, materiel and resources to all regions of the EU was recently identified as a top priority area of cooperation between the two organisations;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, and whereas military mobility was recently identified as a ~~top~~ priority area of cooperation between the two organisations;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas both the EU and NATO use the same transport infrastructure in Europe, a key factor in rapid military deployment, and whereas military mobility was recently identified as a top priority area of cooperation between the two organisations;

Amendment 97 #

Victor BOŞTINARU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas on 4 March a chemical attack took place in the UK, with the use of a nerve agent, that left 3 people seriously ill and exposed dozen others to a dramatic threat; whereas it was later ascertained that the agent used was a military-grade novichok of a type manufactured by Russia, and that Russia was therefore very likely behind the attack; whereas this led to a strong reaction, especially in the EU and the US, and the consequent expulsion of a number of Russian diplomats, as well as the recall of the EU Ambassador to Moscow;

Amendment 98 #