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Draft report (2024/2082(INI)) 2024-11-08

Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024

Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Amendment 1

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the national security strategies of the EU Member States,

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Amendment 2

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union,

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Amendment 3

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 2023 on supporting ammunition production (ASAP),

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Amendment 4

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 2023 on supporting ammunition production (ASAP),

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Amendment 5

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 3 October 2023 on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security for further risk assessment with Member States,

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Amendment 6

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/2418 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on establishing an instrument for the reinforcement of the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA),

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Amendment 7

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/2418 of 18 October 2023 of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an instrument for the reinforcement of the European defence industry through common procurement (EDIRPA),

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Amendment 8

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020,

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Amendment 9

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents (COM(2023/0209) - C9 0136/2023 - 2023/0109(COD)),

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Amendment 10

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply fo critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (COM(2023)0160),

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Amendment 11

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the proposal for a regulation to the European Parliament and the Council: European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence, published on 10 March 2023 (JOIN(2023)0009),

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Amendment 12

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1968 of 17 October 2022 establishing the Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine),

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Amendment 13

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/1970 of 17 October 2022 amending Decision 2010/452/CFSP on the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, EUMM Georgia,

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Amendment 14

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2507 of 19 December 2022 amending Decision 2010/452/CFSP on the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, EUMM, Georgia,

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Amendment 15

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/162 of 23 January 2023 on a European Union mission in Armenia (EUMA),

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Amendment 16

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Council conclusions of 21 February 2022 extending and enhancing the implementation of the Coordinated Maritime Presences Concept in the Gulf of Guinea,

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Amendment 17

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the European Council conclusions of 21 and 22 March 2024, concerning the decision to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina,

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Amendment 18

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 18 May 2022 on the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward (JOIN(2022)0024),

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Amendment 19

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Citation 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Joint Communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 18 May 2022 on the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward (JOIN(2022)0024),

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Amendment 20

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Citation 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report by Enrico Letta of April 2024 entitled “Much more than a market” and in particular its section on “Promoting peace and enhancing security: towards a Common Market for the defence industry”,

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Amendment 21

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Citation 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 22

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report by Sauli Niinistö of 30 October 2024 on 'Strengthening of Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness',

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Amendment 23

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report by Sauli Niinistö of 30 October 2024 on 'Strengthening Europe’s Civil and Military Preparedness and Readiness',

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Amendment 24

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the report by Sauli Niinistö of 30 October 2024 on the ‘Strengthening of Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness’,

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Amendment 25

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 18 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, in particular its Article 2.4 prohibiting the use of force and Article 51 on the inherent right to individual and collective self-defence,

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Amendment 26

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),

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Amendment 27

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Citation 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the UN General Assembly Resolution of the 25 of September 2015 (70/1) “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and in particular the sustainable development goal n. 16 “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”,

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Amendment 28

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the three Joint Declarations on EU-NATO cooperation signed on 8 July 2016, 10 July 2018 and 10 January 2023,

Or. en

Amendment 29

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Joint Declaration on EU-NATO Cooperation of 10 January 2023,

Or. en

Amendment 30

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the Madrid Summit Declaration adopted by the NATO Atlantic Council meeting in Madrid on 29 June 2022,

Or. en

Amendment 31

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the NATO 2022 Strategic Concept and the NATO 2023 Vilnius Summit Communiqué,

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Amendment 32

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to the ninth progress report on the implementation of the common set of proposals endorsed by EU and NATO Councils on 6 December 2016 and 5 December 2017, submitted jointly by the Vice-President of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs (VP/HR) and the NATO Secretary General to the EU and NATO Councils on 13 June 2024,

Or. en

Amendment 33

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 34

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 35

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its recommendation of 8 June 2022 to the Council and the VP/HR on the EU's Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine,

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Amendment 36

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its recommendation of 23 November 2022 to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the new EU strategy for enlargement,

Or. en

Amendment 37

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2022 on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism3 a,

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3 a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0405.

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Amendment 38

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 1 June 2023 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (2022/2075(INI)),

Or. en

Amendment 39

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Citation 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2024 on the security and defence implications of China’s influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union (2023/2072(INI)),

Or. en

Amendment 40

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2024 on the security and defence implications of China's influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union,

Or. en

Amendment 41

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 22 October 2024 establishing the Ukraine Loan Mechanism and providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine,

Or. en

Amendment 42

Michael Gahler, Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Citation 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2024 on the misinterpretation of UN resolution 2758 by the People’s Republic of China and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan,

Or. en

Amendment 43

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Citation 26 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 c having regard to Russia's unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, its illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea and the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the occupation of Georgia's regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the Republic of Moldova's region of Transnistria,

Or. en

Amendment 44

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Citation 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

– having regard to Ukraine's victory plan presented by President Zelensky to the European Council on 17 October 2024,

Or. en

Amendment 45

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas this past year has been marked by a decline in global peace and security, resulting, inter alia, from conflict, geopolitical rivalry, growing militarisation and hybrid threats, as assessed by the Normandy Index 20248 ;

A. whereas the past year has been further marked by a decline in global peace and security, resulting, inter alia, from acts of aggression, conflicts, terrorist attacks, geopolitical rivalries, increased militarization, and the proliferation of hybrid threats;

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8 Study – ‘Mapping threats to peace and democracy worldwide – Normandy Index 2024’, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2024.

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Amendment 46

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Recital A

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A. whereas this past year has been marked by a decline in global peace and security, resulting, inter alia, from conflict, geopolitical rivalry, growing militarisation, migratory pressure and hybrid threats, as assessed by the Normandy Index 20248 ;

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8 Study – ‘Mapping threats to peace and democracy worldwide – Normandy Index 2024’, European Parliament, European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2024.

Or. en

Amendment 47

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Aa. Whereas the system of international relations is undergoing a significant transformation towards a multipolar world order in which international security is guaranteed primarily by the balance of power and is inevitably linked to self-restraint by the powers on the international stage;

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Amendment 48

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine and the Russian regime’s choice to undermine the security architecture of Europe, wage war on European countries or seek to destabilise them in order to realise its imperialist vision of the world, currently constitute the most serious threat to EU security and world peace; whereas the EU’s security environment has deteriorated not only in Eastern Europe, but also in its southern neighbourhood and beyond;

Or. en

Amendment 49

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attack against the rules-based international order and the European security architecture; whereas Russia’s persistent attempts to destabilize the Union and to undermine the European security architecture demands that the Union substantially enhances the cohesion and effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy as well as its strategic sovereignty; whereas North Korea reportedly sent 12,000 combat-ready North Korean troops in Russia and delivered to Russia millions of shells and artillery charges;

Or. en

Amendment 50

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas the European Union continues to face the most diverse range of threats since its creation, accentuated by Russia's unprovoked, unjustified and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, the rise of multipolarity and opposition to the established rules-based order, and the development of new kinds of threats and technologies across domains; whereas in response to these threats the EU urgently needs to enhance the effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy to defend its interests, values and citizens, both within and outside its borders, and first and foremost in its neighbourhood, to deliver peace, human security, sustainable development and democracy, and to support its partners;

Or. en

Amendment 51

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unprovoked and illegal military aggression against Ukraine; whereas such non-military means include disinformation, cyberattacks, economic pressure, food and energy blackmailing, instrumentalisation of migration, and subversive political influence to seek support for Russia’s illegitimate military operations; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values;

Or. en

Amendment 52

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas the European continent is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats caused by the Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine that has severely endangered security and stability of the European Union; whereas such non-military threat include disinformation, cyberattacks, economic pressure, food and energy blackmailing, instrumentalisation of migration, and subversive political influence;

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Amendment 53

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas Russia’s continued armament efforts and armaments cooperation with North Korea outweighing European stocks and production capacities by far, pose a serious, unprecedented threat to the territorial integrity of the Union and its Member States, as well as the security of its citizens; whereas Russia currently produces three million pieces of artillery ammunition per year while the EU’s declared ambition within its first European Defence Industry Strategy (EDIS) aims at a production capacity of 2 million pieces per year by the end of 2025; whereas experts have repeatedly issued warnings that Russian armed forces will be in a state to threaten EU territory within three to five years;

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Amendment 54

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas Ukraine needs to be provided with the necessary military capabilities for as long as it takes to end Russia’s illegal war of aggression and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; whereas the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attack against the rules-based international order and has endangered current multilateral world order; whereas Ukraine defends not only its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also the overall European security; whereas EU-NATO cooperation has been fundamental in coordinating weapons deliveries to Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 55

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A f. whereas Ukraine needs to be provided with the necessary military capabilities for as long as it takes for Ukraine to have a decisive military victory to end Russia's illegal war of aggression, restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and deter any future aggression; whereas Ukraine, in defending itself, is also protecting and fighting for European values and core security interests; whereas EU-NATO cooperation has been fundamental in coordinating weapons deliveries to Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 56

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas, driven by the ambition to become a global superpower, China is eroding the rule-based international order, by increasingly pursuing assertive foreign, and hostile economic and competition policies, exporting dual-use goods employed by Russia on the battlefield against Ukraine, and thereby threatening European interests; whereas China is also massively arming itself militarily, using its economic power to crush criticism worldwide, and is striving to assert itself as the dominant power in the Indo-Pacific region by intensifying confrontational, aggressive and intimidating actions against some of its neighbours;

Or. en

Amendment 57

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A m (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A m. whereas China's increasingly aggressive behaviour, in particular in its own neighbourhood, such as the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, poses a risk to regional and global security; whereas China has for many years promoted an alternative narrative, challenging democratic values, open markets and the rules-based international order; whereas China's increasing influence in international organisations has impeded positive progress and further excluded Taiwan from rightful and meaningful participation;

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Amendment 58

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas the conflict between Israel on the one hand and non-state organisations, including Hamas and Hezbollah on the other, the disastrous impact of past or ongoing wars, instability, insecurity, poverty and climate change in the Sahel region, in North-East Africa and Libya, and attacks by Houthi militias and hijackings by Somali pirates of commercial vessels from the Red Sea to the north-western Indian Ocean (NWIO), poses serious risks to the EU security and its economic and trade interests;

Or. en

Amendment 59

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas the Hamas' terrorists attacks against Israel, the continuous war in Gaza, the military operations in Lebanon have significantly increased the danger of a regional military confrontation;

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Amendment 60

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A k (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A k. whereas the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel and the attacks against the Hezbollah on Lebanese territory have highlighted the volatile and dynamic security situation in the Middle East and the need for the EU and other international actors to assume greater responsibility and assist governments and civil society organisations of the region with reaching durable and sustainable peace, in particular by continuing to support a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, as well as by countering terrorism and radicalisation in the region;

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Amendment 61

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A l (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A l. whereas the ongoing attacks in the Red Sea launched from the Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, with the support of Iran, pose a significant threat to freedom of navigation, maritime security and international trade; whereas additional attacks by various Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria are further increasing the risk of regional escalation; whereas the risk of escalation in the region is the highest in decades; whereas the EU has launched an its own military operation EUNAVFOR ASPIDES to improve the security situation in the area;

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Amendment 62

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A d. whereas the disastrous impact of past or ongoing wars, instability, insecurity, poverty and climate change in the Sahel region, in North-East Africa and Libya, and attacks by Houthi militias and hijackings by Somali pirates of commercial vessels from the Red Sea to the north-western Indian Ocean (NWIO), poses serious risks to the EU security and its economic and trade interests;

Or. en

Amendment 63

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A r (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A r. whereas the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans face increasingly diverse threats to their security and stability and required increased cooperation with the EU in the field of security; whereas security in these regions is negatively affected by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas the future of the Western Balkans and the countries in the Eastern Neighbourhood lies in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 64

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A i. whereas the instability and insecurity in the Southern Neighbourhood and the Sahel region is closely interlinked with and remains an ongoing challenge for the European external border management; whereas the EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya and the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation Irini are contributing to sustainable peace, security and stability by implementing the arms embargo, fighting illicit weapons and human trafficking and with training of Libyan coastguard;

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Amendment 65

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A d. whereas the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Western Balkans are in need of greater European support in order to preserve stability and security, and increased defence cooperation, especially in terms of fight against disinformation and hybrid warfare; whereas the security in these regions is negatively affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine which carries the risk of spill over effect;

Or. en

Amendment 66

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A e. whereas Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the increased assertiveness of other regional and global actors, such as China, Iran and certain Gulf countries, are destabilizing the immediate neighbourhood of the EU, including through strategic investments and disinformation campaigns, but also, in some cases, through the provision of political, financial, operational and logistical support to hostile entities in the region; whereas the EU needs to ensure greater support, especially for candidate countries, in order to preserve stability and security and increase defence cooperation, especially in terms of the fight against disinformation and hybrid warfare;

Or. en

Amendment 67

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A p (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A p. whereas Kosovo and the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue are facing threats of destabilisation;

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Amendment 68

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A u (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A u. whereas the Arctic region is becoming increasingly important for geopolitics, economic development and transport, while at the same time it is facing challenges linked to climate change, militarisation and migration;

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Amendment 69

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas Cyprus, an EU Member State still remains with a section that is under illegal occupation by Türkiye;

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Amendment 70

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas in response to the threats it faces, the EU urgently needs to enhance the effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy to defend its interests and values both in the European Union, the Western Balkans and its immediate Eastern and Southern neighbourhood;

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Amendment 71

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas there is the need to further strengthen the operational value of Mutual Assistance Clause of Article 42.7 TEU and to give more clarity in its practical arrangements in case of activation by a Member State;

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Amendment 72

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas NATO remains essential for keeping Europe free and safe and for the collective security of EU citizens as well;

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Amendment 73

Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas the United States is the EU's most important ally; whereas joint EU-US cooperation, partnership and friendship, mirrored, among other things, through our joint cooperation within NATO, are the backbone of our shared freedom, prosperity, democracy and security;

Or. en

Amendment 74

Tobias Cremer, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A g. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has reaffirmed the role of NATO as the cornerstone of the collective defence of its members and the indispensability of a strong transatlantic bond; whereas the war has also underlined the lack of investment in security and defence in numerous EU and NATO member states; whereas the decision of NATO leaders to commit a minimum of 2% of GDP to defence spending has only been implemented by a few NATO member states; whereas the 2% spending goal should represent a minimum for EU NATO countries and not a ceiling for defence spending;

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Amendment 75

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A d. whereas NATO remains the foundation of collective defence for its members, and the EU needs to be able to protect all EU Member States and citizens by developing its military capacity to become more autonomous;

Or. en

Amendment 76

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas there is the need to ensure complementarity with NATO and to avoid unnecessary duplication of capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 77

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A j. whereas on 7 March 2024, Sweden joined as a new member, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO);

Or. en

Amendment 78

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A w (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A w. whereas, as outlined in the Strategic Compass, the EU must move further in its ambition to achieve an open strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty, while also reinforcing its partnerships with like-minded partners in order to safeguard its values and interests, as well as those of its allies and neighbours;

Or. en

Amendment 79

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A x (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A x. whereas the European Commission has published its proposals for a European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and a European Defence Industrial Programme (EDIP) in 2024; whereas the legislative negotiations in the European Parliament and the Council are still ongoing and the negotiations between the institutions are pending;

Or. en

Amendment 80

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A g. whereas the current complex geopolitical situation highlights the urgency to boost EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine, most notably through the European Peace Facility, European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA) and Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), as well as through PESCO projects and CSDP military and civilian missions; whereas the upgrade of EU security and defence capabilities will also have to build on the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) which aims to address the gap left by the conclusion of the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) and the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement Act (EDIRPA) which are short-term emergency measures;

Or. en

Amendment 81

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A aa (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A aa. whereas building capabilities and adapting them to military needs requires a common strategic culture, threat perception and solutions to be developed and combined in doctrine and concepts;

Or. en

Amendment 82

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A ab (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A ab. whereas maximising the EU's and Member States' defence capabilities requires smarter spending and greater joint procurement;

Or. en

Amendment 83

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas underinvestment in defence by EU Member States on the basis of the 2% GDP objective between 2006 to 2022 led to an investment gap of 1170 billion Euro in 2024 prices; whereas an increasing amount of experts and politicians consider defence investments of 3% GDP a necessary objective in light of the direct threat Russia poses to the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 84

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A y (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A y. whereas in 2023 the Parliament and the Council concluded agreements on the European defence industry reinforcement through a common procurement act (EDIRPA) and the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), which aim to encourage the joint procurement of defence products, ramp up the European defence industry's production capacity, replenish depleted stocks and reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector; whereas the implementation of both initiatives is still pending;

Or. en

Amendment 85

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A z (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A z. whereas substantial budgetary efforts will be necessary for EDIP to have a significant effect on the military support for Ukraine or the development of a genuine European defence capability and a competitive EU defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB); whereas during the upcoming revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) spending for defence must not compete with investments in the EU's future and in meeting social needs; whereas only by pursuing a holistic concept of security which combines external, internal and social security the support of defence efforts and social resilience can be maintained throughout the EU in the long-term;

Or. en

Amendment 86

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A e. whereas EU Member States have agreed on more, better and smarter defence spending; whereas in 2024, 16 EU Member States which are also NATO allies, compared to 9 in 2023, are expected to exceed the NATO guidelines to spend at least 2 % of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence;

Or. en

Amendment 87

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas EU Member States have agreed on more, better and smarter defence spending; whereas lately most EU NATO Member States have surpassed the NATO guideline to spend at least 2 % of their GDP on defence;

Or. en

Amendment 88

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A d. whereas the Draghi report highlights in a substantiated and worrying way a combination of structural weaknesses affecting the competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), identifies fragmentation, insufficient public defence spending and limited access to financing; whereas the European Investment Bank (EIB) lending policy still excludes financing ammunition and weapons, as well as equipment or infrastructure exclusively dedicated to military/police use;

Or. en

Amendment 89

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas the exception from the EU budget funding principle as laid out in article 41(2) TEU applies to expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications only; whereas in all other cases the VP/HR, jointly with the Commission, where necessary, should propose funding CFSP or CSDP related expenditure from the EU budget; whereas the Articles 14(1) and 16(1) TEU establish a balance between the Parliament and the Council as regards their budgetary functions; whereas the current practice does not reflect this balance;

Or. en

Amendment 90

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A h. whereas the EU needs to further boost research, technological development and innovation in the field of security and defence, especially in field of cyber security;

Or. en

Amendment 91

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A g. whereas the integration of artificial intelligence into the security and defence domain, including weapons technologies, impacts military operations by enabling autonomous systems, predictive analytics, and enhanced decision-making capabilities to play a significant role in battlefields; whereas this development presents both unprecedented opportunities and profound risks;

Or. en

Amendment 92

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A x (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A x. whereas the Commission and Parliament are committed to reinforcing the EU as an external actor that is able to act more strategically and autonomously;

Or. en

Amendment 93

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A c. whereas CSDP has 13 civilian missions, 8 military operations and 1 civilian-military mission under way with around 5000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas reviews state that they persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnel; whereas they also suffer from slow decision making, lack of flexibility and adaptation to the local ground specific needs; whereas EU missions and operations are often targeted by hybrid threats, including disinformation, putting at risk their effectiveness in stabilising the country in which they are deployed and, instead, reinforcing pre-existing instability whose beneficiaries often are malicious third states actors;

Or. en

Amendment 94

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A v (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A v. whereas the CSDP has military and civilian missions with over 4000 personnel; whereas CSDP missions and operations often lack rapid decision-making; whereas Member States are deploying less personnel to the missions and operations; whereas such obstacles limit the overall effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations; whereas one of the objectives of the Strategic Compass is to reinforce EU civilian and military CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates, promoting rapid and more flexible decision-making processes and ensuring greater financial solidarity; whereas the Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine has demonstrated the positive impact CSDP missions and operations have with the necessary resources and contributions from Member States; whereas EU CSDP missions and operations are often targeted by hybrid threats, including FIMI campaigns, putting at risk their effectiveness in stabilising the country in which they are deployed;

Or. en

Amendment 95

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A j. whereas the EU has launched its own military operation EUNAVFOR ASPIDES to improve the security situation in the area;

Or. en

Amendment 96

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A e. whereas CSDP missions and operations greatly strengthen resilience and stability of the European neighbourhood such as in the Mediterranean, the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership, Sahel and the Horn of Africa by providing services such as military, police, coast guard, border management training and capacity building;

Or. en

Amendment 97

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A s (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A s. whereas the EU assistance to the Libyan Coast Guard is provided through the European Union Border Assistance Mission Libya (EUBAM Libya) and EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI; whereas the main goal of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI is to support the implementation of the UNSC's arms embargo in Libya; whereas the Council extended the mandate of the operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI until 31 March 2025, including with the task of training the Libyan coast guard and navy; whereas people intercepted by the Libyan coast guard are transferred to inhumane detention centres where systematic torture, rape and even killings are reported;

Or. en

Amendment 98

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A t (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A t. whereas the UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya (FFM) has indicated it possesses substantial evidence to believe that the EU and its Member States provided direct or indirect financial and technical support and equipment, such as boats, to Libyan authorities who colluded with militia groups, committing ongoing and systematic inhumane acts against migrants in Libya, which could classify as crimes against humanity;

Or. en

Amendment 99

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Recital A f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A f. whereas the operation EUFOR Althea sets a route towards peace, stabilization and the European integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and still plays a pivotal role for the security and stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region;

Or. en

Amendment 100

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A i. whereas the EU ended on 17 May 2024, the mandate of the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM), on 30 June 2024, and this of the European Union military partnership mission in Niger (EUMPM) and on 30 September 2024, the ground mission of personnel from the EU Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger);

Or. en

Amendment 101

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A d. whereas these non-military threats include disinformation, cyberattacks, economic pressure, food and energy blackmailing, the instrumentalisation of migration, and subversive political influence to seek support for Russia's illegitimate military operations;

Or. en

Amendment 102

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A h. whereas the rise in use of hybrid attacks and threats, as demonstrated by Russia's activities in the EU, in Ukraine, in Africa and elsewhere necessitate the development of comprehensive instruments to detect, prevent and react to such incidents and protect the Union's citizens and assets, through transforming traditional military capacities, improving the security of critical infrastructure, countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and further developing a common high level of cybersecurity; whereas China has also demonstrated increased use of hybrid tools aimed at undermining the stability of the EU, including in the Indo-Pacific and South China Sea such as Taiwan, aimed at undermining the stability and security of the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 103

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A h. whereas the EU and its Member States are facing increasing hybrid attacks on their soil, including foreign interference and manipulation of information (FIMI), political infiltration and sabotage, aimed at undermining a sound political debate, the trust of EU citizens in democratic institutions and creating divisions in European societies and between nations;

Or. en

Amendment 104

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A n (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A n. whereas hybrid threats in the years to come will see increased use of the systematic combination of information warfare, agile force manoeuvre, mass cyber warfare and emerging and disruptive technologies, from seabed to space, with the deployments of advanced space-based surveillance and strike systems, all of which will be enabled by advanced artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, increasingly 'intelligent' drone swarm technologies, offensive cyber capabilities, hypersonic missile systems, and nano-tech and bio-warfare;

Or. en

Amendment 105

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A i. whereas the Russian Federation makes use of private military companies (PMCs), such as the Africa Corps and the Wagner Group as part of a hybrid warfare toolbox to maintain plausible deniability while exerting influence in various regions and gaining access to natural resources and critical infrastructures; whereas the Africa Corps and Wagner Group have reportedly committed atrocities in Ukraine, Mali, Libya, Syria and the CAR; whereas it has reinforced anti-European sentiments, especially in countries with strong European presence or hosting CSDP missions;

Or. en

Amendment 106

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A a. whereas the former President of the Republic of Finland and Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission in his report "Safer Together - Strengthening Europe's Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness” calls for the EU to be ready to act in support of a Member State in case of external armed aggression;

Or. en

Amendment 107

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Recital A e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A e. whereas the Niinistö report points out the fact that the EU and its Member States are not yet fully prepared for the most severe cross-sectoral or multidimensional crisis scenarios – especially given the further deteriorating external environment; whereas is states that many threats, including hybrid operations, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, economic coercion and damage caused by climate change, are already taking place continuously; whereas it insists that preparedness is needed to signal to potential adversaries that they will not be able to outlast the EU, that the Union lacks a common plan in the event of armed aggression and that the bloc needs to rethink the way it conceives its security; whereas it recommends that the EU’s potential for enhanced civil-military cooperation and dual-use infrastructures and technologies should be further unlocked, via the optimisition of the use of scarce resources and strengthening coordination mechanisms for the most severe crisis situations;

Or. en

Amendment 108

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A o (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A o. whereas the report on “Safer Together – Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness”, presented by Sauli Niinistö, Special Adviser to the European Commission, provides strategic recommendations for enhancing Europe’s civilian and military preparedness in light of escalating and complex security threats;

Or. en

Amendment 109

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A b. whereas security and defence cooperation with partners and allies are crucial to the EU's ambition to become an international security provider; whereas cooperation with UN, NATO, African Union, OSCE, ASEAN as well as numerous allies and like-minded partners such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ukraine, Moldova, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Latin American countries amongst others are crucial to the successful implementation of the CSDP;

Or. en

Amendment 110

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Recital A q (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A q. whereas the EU will dedicate EUR 1.5 billion for the period of 2021-2027 to support Conflict prevention, Peace and Security initiatives at national and regional level in Sub-Saharan Africa; whereas additional support is also provided in Africa under the European Peace Facility (EPF), which enables the EU to provide all types of equipment and infrastructure to the armed forces of EU partners;

Or. en

Amendment 111

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Recital A f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A f. whereas EU-NATO cooperation and other partnerships such as with the UN, the OSCE, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Ukraine, Western Balkan countries, Japan, Australia as well as the African Union and certain African countries constitute an integral pillar of the CSDP;

Or. en

Amendment 112

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to peace on the European continent and globally; expresses deep concern at the escalation militarism and geopolitical competition as well as attacks on international law and the UN system; emphasises that the bedrock of peace and human security is international law, the UN Charter, and genuine and committed multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 113

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new and renewed imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry among great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to achieve their goals, promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend represents a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism; regrets that such disturbing tendencies are being pursued by permanent members of the UN Security Council;

Or. en

Amendment 114

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. fi

Amendment 115

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

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Amendment 116

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 117

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 118

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War and deteriorated Euro-Atlantic security environment; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers in particular Russia’s war against Ukraine and massive war crimes committed against sovereign state and its people; systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 119

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers and their increased coordination, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that the geopolitical theatres in Ukraine, Middle East and Taiwan are increasingly interconnected as Russia, China and Iran are deepening their ties, and this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 120

Christophe Gomart, Hélder Sousa Silva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, widespread of radical Islamic terrorism, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 121

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of terrorism, force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

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Amendment 122

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concerns at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force, blackmail and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political and economic objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 123

Kristian Vigenin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political and economic objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 124

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1. Stresses the seriousness of the threats to the security of the European continent, which have reached a level unprecedented since the Second World War; expresses deep concern at the rise of geopolitical fractures, new imperialist ambitions for domination by authoritarian powers, systemic rivalry of great powers, nationalist unilateralism and the primary and growing use of force and violence by certain states and non-state actors to promote their political objectives and interests or to resolve disputes; notes the limited impact, in recent times, of diplomatic relations aimed at building defence; believes that this trend amounts to a paradigm shift, as it reverses the logic of building international security on the basis of respect for international law, a rules-based international order and multilateralism;

Or. en

Amendment 125

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 126

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Emphasises that this paradigm shift has led to a global and coordinated attack on democratic values and structures; that this offensive has been particularly clear during election processes, the goal being to weaken the adhesion to a value based society and the rule of law; stresses that the European Union and its Member States cannot develop coherent foreign and defence policies without a strong support for democratic- structures and decision making processes;

Or. en

Amendment 127

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1a. Takes the view that European security is mainly being threatened by Russia’s aggressive and ruthless action; condemns, in the strongest terms, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s destabilising actions elsewhere in its neighbouring regions; reiterates its view on this matter, namely that Russia is a state that both supports terrorism and uses the methods of terrorism;

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Amendment 128

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Considers the threats posed to the EU’s East not only concern conflict with Russia but also terrorism, organised crime, human trafficking, corruption, mass irregular migration, and a host of other threats to the cohesion of societies both within and outside the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 129

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Stresses that the EU Member States have under-invested in their military capabilities since the end of the Cold War, and that their military and technological superiority has consequently been eroded in the face of the challenging powers around them;

Or. en

Amendment 130

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 a. Emphasizes that the rise of the axis comprising Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and other non-democratic actors poses significant challenges that must be properly addressed by the international community;

Or. en

Amendment 131

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1α. Notes that population migrations from Africa and Asia to the EU are, in many cases, ideologically driven and constitute a growing security threat;

Or. el

Amendment 132

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 b. Recognizes the evolving nature of global security threats and emphasizes the crucial role that diplomacy and development cooperation play alongside military efforts in ensuring long-term international security; underscores that sustainable peace cannot be achieved through military measures alone, but requires comprehensive strategies that address the root causes of instability, such as poverty, inequality, governance failures, and climate change; stress that the EU’s Global Gateway initiative and other development programs should be aligned with security objectives, fostering resilient societies by promoting inclusive economic growth, good governance, and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 133

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1 b. Recognises that Russia's unjustifiable military aggression against Ukraine has exposed the many layers of corruption and ineffectiveness within the Russian Armed Forces, coupled with a far reaching sanctions regime that beleaguers Russia's economic outlook; considers that these factors will likely lead to the Kremlin enhancing its defence spending in an effort to rebuild its Armed Forces and keep pace with NATO Allied defence spending, forcing the Kremlin to further rely heavily on fellow rival states such as the People's Republic of China, Iran and North Korea for its political, financial and operational objectives;

Or. en

Amendment 134

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

The EU’s response: a new era of European security and defence

The EU’s response: a new era of European diplomacy

Or. en

Amendment 135

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving risks to peace, and for this purpose, to engage in new policies and actions that change the course of the EU from damaging and counterproductive militarism and to enable instead the EU and its Member States to collectively and coherently strengthen their commitment to multilateralism and diplomacy;

Or. en

Amendment 136

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Notes that Europe cannot meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats around its borders alone, and for this purpose, needs to engage in new partnerships and invigorate existing ones to coherently strengthen security and defence in Europe and its neighborhood, thereby enhancing its ability to act at the global level;

Or. en

Amendment 137

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the Member States to meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in new policies and actions that enable the EU and its Member States to strengthen their defence cooperation in Europe and their ability to act at the global level;

Or. en

Amendment 138

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in diplomatic measures and defence policies, respecting the sovereignty of nations and refraining from entanglement in conflicts that do not directly impact EU territory;

Or. en

Amendment 139

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 140

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to recognise and meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in new policies and actions that enable the EU and its Member States to collectively and coherently strengthen their defence in Europe and their ability to act at the global level;

Or. en

Amendment 141

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 142

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in new policies and actions that enable the EU and its Member States to collectively and coherently strengthen their defence in Europe and their ability to act at the global level, increasing diplomatic capacity and deterrence, and showing the EU as a strong, united international actor capable of defending itself against potential enemy attacks; in this view, careful consideration shall be given to the obligation stated in the art. 42.7 of the Treaty of the European Union, the only defence clause protecting the non NATO EU Members, i.e. Austria, Cyprus, Ireland, and Malta;

Or. en

Amendment 143

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 144

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 145

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Tobias Cremer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 146

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 147

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 148

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2. Emphasises the absolute need for the EU to meet the challenges posed by the multiple and constantly evolving threats to its security, and for this purpose, to engage in improved and new policies and actions that enable the EU and its Member States to collectively and coherently strengthen their defence in Europe and their ability to act at the global level;

Or. en

Amendment 149

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Recalls the importance of the European Union achieving greater strategic sovereignty to ensure that its missions and objectives are aligned with the collective interests of the Member States and the broader vision of European security and defence; emphasises that, in light of the evolving geopolitical paradigm, characterised by increasing militarisation, regional rivalries, and hybrid threats, the EU must strengthen its capacity for independent decision-making and operational autonomy; highlights the need for policies that enable the EU to act decisively and effectively, both within its borders and on the global stage, to safeguard its values, interests, and strategic objectives;

Or. en

Amendment 150

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2α. Stresses that the EU should, as a priority, protect the sovereignty and sovereign rights of its Member States, since they stem from international law; calls, in this connection, for increased cooperation with states that respect international law and counterbalance the forces that seek to undermine the sovereignty and sovereign rights of the EU Member States;

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Amendment 151

Seán Kelly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Acknowledges that some Member States have long standing policies of military neutrality, and respects their unquestionable right to decide on their own respective levels of involvement in military activities;

Or. en

Amendment 152

Marc Botenga, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Insists that security cannot be reduced to military aspects; considers an arms race to be deeply harmful to European security, calls on the Commission and the Council to rely on principles such as collective security, arms control and disarmament, as well as diplomacy to work towards long-lasting peace and de-escalation of armed conflicts;

Or. en

Amendment 153

Marc Botenga, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 b. Expresses deep concern about the increased subsidies and public support for the military-industrial complex in a context of record breaking $2.2 trillion global defence expenditure and on the other hand the lack of efforts by the EU to achieve diplomatic solutions to current conflicts and wars;

Or. en

Amendment 154

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Considers that this volatile and increasingly dangerous geopolitical environment urgently requires the Union and its Member States to take all necessary measures to ensure the defence readiness of the Union and its Member States, notably with regard to the threat posed by Russia; criticizes the overall limited progress in European capability development since the establishment of CSDP 25 years ago; regrets that despite the ambition of establishing a European Defence Union as laid out in article 42(2) TEU concrete steps are still missing; notes with increasing concern the lack of trust of EU Member States towards the Commission illustrated by statements of an alleged “power grab” by the Commission in connection with recent legislative initiatives in defence; stresses that ensuring the security of European citizens in the current geopolitical environment requires a truly common approach and joint efforts in the area of defence beyond mere considerations of protecting national sovereignty;

Or. en

Amendment 155

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Recognises that the current geopolitical paradigm is a result of decades of underinvestment in European security and over reliance on Allies and Partners, considers it the highest priority of the CSDP to revitalize and advance deterrence along the periphery of Europe with a combination of civilian and military training missions that specialize in combined arms training, C-UAV and C-IED capabilities and enhance interoperability among Member States and third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 156

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Calls on the EU Member States to conduct together a reflection process on the future of their deterrence policies and doctrines, and their adaptation to the changing security environment in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 157

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Calls for a constructive European discussion on nuclear deterrence in Europe, which is needed for the long-term security of Europe and its peoples;

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Amendment 158

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

2 a. Acknowledges that geopolitical theatres in Ukraine, the Middle East and Taiwan are interconnected as Russia, China and Iran are deepening their ties and want to challenge the liberal world order; therefore calls for a much-needed paradigm shift in the EU’s CSDP and deepened cooperation with its allies;

Or. en

Amendment 159

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 160

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Is deeply concerned, in this regard, at the objective of the Commission President to abandon the concept of Europe as a peace project, by building a militarist European defence union and undermining Europe's future prospects thereby; is deeply concerned by the implications of the creation of a first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space;

Or. en

Amendment 161

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Welcomes, in this regard, the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, which should be focused on how to better coordinate the defence capabilities of the Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 162

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Welcomes, in this regard, the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, by fostering collaboration among Member States on shared defence and security goals; notes the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on a white paper on the future of European defence within the first hundred days of their mandate;

Or. en

Amendment 163

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Notes, in this regard, the suggestion of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security; welcomes the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on a white paper addressing challenges to European defence within the first hundred days of their mandate, which paper should be coherent and supplementary to NATO's needs and requirements;

Or. en

Amendment 164

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Takes note, in this regard, of the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, by building a true European defence union; takes note of the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on a white paper on the future of European defence within the first hundred days of their mandate;

Or. en

Amendment 165

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Welcomes in this regard, the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, by enhancing operational capabilities and bolstering deterrence via a combination of increased defence spending, robust military recruitment and enhanced engagement with the private sector to ensure viable long term civ-mil partnerships; also welcomes the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the VP/HR on a White Paper on the future of European defence within the first hundreds days of their mandates;

Or. en

Amendment 166

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Welcomes, in this regard, the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, by building a true European defence union that leverages the concept of “Dual Use,” meaning that it is not designed as a mere war defence tool but also addresses civilian and humanitarian needs (such as boosting enhanced cooperation in civil protection - UCPM), which are fundamental to the enhancement of defence policy implementation; welcomes the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on a white paper on the future of European defence within the first hundred days of their mandate;

Or. en

Amendment 167

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3. Welcomes, in this regard, the objective of the Commission President to usher in a new era for European defence and security, by building a true European defence union; welcomes the designation on 17 September 2024 of the first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space, tasked with working jointly with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) on a white paper on the future of European defence within the first hundred days of their mandate; regrets, however, the unclear repartition of portfolios among commissioners which could lead to competences overlap and a lack of efficiency in the policy making processes, especially in the field of security and defence; and therefore calls on the commission to clearly delineate the competences of the commissioners;

Or. en

Amendment 168

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

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Or. en

Amendment 169

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to work on their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 170

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater operational capability; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 171

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, while rejecting divisive concepts that threaten the transatlantic bond, such as strategic autonomy - a term not mentioned in the Versailles Declaration; strongly emphasizes that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence and rejects any EU project that may harm Atlantic Alliance cohesion; stresses the need for EU Member States NATO Allies and like-minded partners to enhance their efforts by increasing their defence spending and procuring more capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, UN, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 172

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to independently assume responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

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Amendment 173

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by rationalizing spending to avoid unnecessary burdens on European taxpayers and focusing on diplomatic solutions rather than extensive military investments;

Or. en

Amendment 174

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the United States remain critical defence partners for the EU; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. el

Amendment 175

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security and by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts through targeted spending, increased joint procurement of defence products and the development of more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 176

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater defence readiness and strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by spending more together, jointly procuring more capabilities, developing capabilities together via, inter alia, pooling and sharing, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 177

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States and the EU as a whole to step up their efforts by increasing their investments and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes; EU in particular should create its own common assets to be employed for immediate/rapid reactions, overseas missions and power projection;

Or. en

Amendment 178

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the fundamental complementarity between the EU and NATO; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 179

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 180

Christophe Gomart, Hélder Sousa Silva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more joint capabilities designed in the EU and produced locally, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 181

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4. Calls for the EU and its Member States to accelerate their commitments made in the Versailles Declaration, adopted on 11 March 2022, to assume greater responsibility for their defence and security, including by achieving greater strategic autonomy; stresses that NATO and the transatlantic partnership with the United States remain the cornerstones of European collective defence; stresses the need for EU Member States to step up their efforts by increasing their spending and procuring more capabilities jointly, thereby strengthening their armed forces whether for national, NATO or EU operational purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 182

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 183

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 a. Notes that the United States remains the EU's main military ally and is an essential member of NATO, an alliance whose principle of collective defence has been strengthened since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine and the accession of Sweden and Finland; insists that, irrespective of the political orientation of the White House, US foreign policy will continue to make Asia-Pacific a geostrategic priority and to perceive Europe as a secondary area; stresses that Europe can no longer subcontract its security and defence to other powers, and that it must not depend on anyone for its ability to defend its territory, infrastructure and interests in Europe or in other theatres;

Or. en

Amendment 184

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 a. Recognises that NATO and leading allies such as US and UK are playing a crucial role in coordinating and leading the efforts to support Ukraine militarily not only with weapons, ammunition and equipment, but also intelligence and data; considers the ongoing war of aggression as further evidence that the most important countries for European security remain the United States and United Kingdom as the war continues to reveal profound structural faults in the EU security and defence architecture and unacceptable shortfalls in capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 185

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 b. Recognises that CSDP will also require close coordination with NATO’s defence and deterrence posture, as well as the Alliance’s effort to promote co-operative security through defence capacity building and the Open Door policy;

Or. en

Amendment 186

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4 c. Considers that taking greater responsibility for European Security requires Member States and the EU to be able to provide a minimum of 50% of the capabilities required to deter Russia from further aggression towards its neighbours and Member States no later than 2030;

Or. en

Amendment 187

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

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Or. en

Amendment 188

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the treaty provisions that security and defence remain predominantly a competence of the Member States; highlights that 25 out of 27 EU MS are NATO Allies and thus stresses that the development of a European defence has to go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

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Amendment 189

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO, always focusing on complementing and not substituting NATOs responsibilities, in order to avoid duplications of any kind;

Or. en

Amendment 190

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of enhancing the European pillar within NATO by increasing the amount and range of NATO Advanced Training Courses between European Allies and Partners to ensure that Member States close the gap in operational capabilities and effectiveness with the US and stresses that the development of a European operational capabilities can go hand in hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 191

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO, which must include a more balanced distribution of command posts in favour of Europeans, and stresses that the development of an autonomous European strategy can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation; an autonomous European pillar within NATO means a quantitative increase in the military capabilities of each EU Member States within the Alliance, but also a growing qualitative investment with greater participation in NATO exercises and operations, particularly on the Eastern Flank, in order to increase the combat, logistics and command capabilities of European forces at higher levels (brigade, division, then army corps);

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Amendment 192

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar beyond NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can co-exist with EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. el

Amendment 193

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within and complementary to NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union must go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 194

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence cooperation can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation, preventing unnecessary duplication and avoiding additional financial burdens;

Or. en

Amendment 195

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union should be started while maintaining EU-NATO cooperation;

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Amendment 196

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of strengthening the European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 197

Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European Defence Union should go hand in hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 198

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union must go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. sv

Amendment 199

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can only go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

Or. en

Amendment 200

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union has to go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation making full use of each organization’s unique capacities; stresses the need for close collaboration between both organizations with regard to defence capability development and reinforcement of industrial production capacities; calls for the establishment of a permanent conference on European armaments and defence policies in order to ensure close coordination and complementarity between both organizations' and their Member States’ efforts in capability development while avoiding unnecessary and dysfunctional duplication; underlines, therefore, that European Defence Projects of Common Interest as defined within the EDIP regulation proposal should be implemented in close coordination with NATO, in particular with regard to a European missile defence shield, given NATO’s European Sky Shield Initiative in which 15 European States are participating; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that EU efforts in defence are aligned with and reinforce the objectives of the NATO Defence Planning Process;

Or. en

Amendment 201

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation; notes the importance of the EU's contribution to collective defence in areas within its competence, including access to critical raw materials that crucial for the European defence industry;

Or. en

Amendment 202

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the strengthening of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation and the diplomatic route, which remains the priority for international dispute prevention and settlement, and the construction of a comprehensive defence concept that integrates war capability, international relations, negotiation avenues and all fields of operations, training, and capabilities development; in the short term, specific efforts should be made in the field of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence organisation and systems;

Or. en

Amendment 203

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation;

5. Concurs with the ambition of building a European pillar within NATO and stresses that the development of a European defence union can go hand-in-hand with the deepening of EU-NATO cooperation; stresses that a European pillar within NATO consists of jointly acquiring strategic enablers or strategic weapon systems that are often too expensive for a single member state, such as air-to-air refueling capability, command & control capability, hypersonic weapons, layered air defence, electronic warfare capabilities; believes that the European added value lies in jointly developing or buying those enablers and systems that we severely lack as individual Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 204

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Emphasizes that, in accordance to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, EU actions to strengthen defence should complement national security and defence policies, as well as the commitments of most EU Member States under the North Atlantic Treaty;

Or. en

Amendment 205

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5a. Recalls that the European Union is not a defence alliance and must not become one; takes the view, however, that cooperation on defence could be developed within the EU, while at the same time avoiding overlapping structures with NATO; takes the view that every country is mainly responsible for its own defence; urges all Member States to strengthen their armed forces and defence capabilities;

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Amendment 206

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Emphasises the importance of continuing to operationalise Article 42(7) TEU on mutual assistance and calls for concrete steps in order to develop a true EU solidarity policy, including by clarifying the coherence between this and Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, considering that not all EU Member States are NATO members;

Or. en

Amendment 207

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Emphasises the importance of continuing to operationalise Article 42(7) TEU on mutual assistance and to clarify the coherence between this and Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, considering that not all EU Member States are NATO members;

Or. en

Amendment 208

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

5 a. Considers close collaboration with NATO's Joint Force Command Centers and the better utilization of PESCO projects as instrumental to CSDP objectives;

Or. en

Amendment 209

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities without restrictions on their use in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Enhancing European peace: Advocating for, facilitating and working towards a just and lasting peace in Ukraine through negotiated settlement

Or. en

Amendment 210

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities without restrictions on their use in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine through diplomatic mediation in order to end Russia’s war

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Amendment 211

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities without restrictions on their use in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Enhancing European peace and security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities without restrictions on their use in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Or. en

Amendment 212

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities without restrictions on their use in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Enhancing European security: supporting Ukraine by providing military capabilities in order to end Russia’s war of aggression

Or. en

Amendment 213

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

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Or. de

Amendment 214

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Affirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine by doing all they can to help bring peace to Ukraine through negotiation and diplomacy and to help its devastated citizenry rebuild after years of war;

Or. en

Amendment 215

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms support for diplomatic negotiations to end hostilities in Ukraine and encourages peace talks as opposed to further military involvement, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; encourages Member States to revoke their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States not to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia;

Or. en

Amendment 216

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Notes the support being extended by several Member States in standing in solidarity with Ukraine against Russia and providing it with military means; stresses the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral military agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; notes that some Member States intend to deliver additional weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to maintain all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, in order to avoid an escalation of the conflict and prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Ukrainian and Russian citizens;

Or. el

Amendment 217

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms, in the strongest terms, its condemnation of the war and invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation that constitutes a severe violation of international law, in particular the UN Charter and for which there is no justification; calls for the EU to urgently launch an ambitious diplomatic initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and to immediately put an end to the war in Ukraine and the suffering of the Ukrainian people; regrets that a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the conflict has not yet been found to date; calls on increased efforts to finally initiate a peace negotiation process which includes all parties; urges Russia, in the strongest terms, to turn back from the path of violence and aggression it has chosen and to return to the path of dialogue and negotiation; urges NATO and its member countries not to further escalate the conflict by continuing a new arms race; rejects the announced deployment of US short and medium range missiles in Germany;

Or. en

Amendment 218

Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself and negotiate the end of the conflict with Russia while establishing a strong partnership with the EU; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 219

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to help Ukraine win the war, repel the aggressor, and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within the Russian Federation, as permitted by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 220

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, and provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, achieve victory against Russia and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; believes that without decisive EU military support, Ukraine will not be able to achieve full victory; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with EU Member States; reiterates its call to EU Members States to urgently meet their commitments and deliver weapons, air defence systems and ammunitions to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; also urges the EU Members States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets inside Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 221

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and protect its sovereignty and ensure its full territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for urgent need for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law; underlines the importance to support the development of Ukraine’s defence industrial capacity; and reiterates the importance to integrate Ukraine into the EU EDTIB;

Or. en

Amendment 222

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 223

Kristian Vigenin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

⁄⁄Justification: It is sovereign decision of Member States whether to allow such use or not, European Parliament should not interfere. We need to respect the concern of some Member States that the use of such weapons to target military facilities in Russia may lead to further escalation of the conflict.⁄⁄

Or. en

Amendment 224

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; considers that it is currently inappropriate to lift all restrictions preventing Ukraine from using Western weapon systems against military targets within Russia, as permitted by international law, as such lifting remains a highly divisive element, which risks altering the diplomatic path to peace;

Or. en

Amendment 225

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, and provide it with all necessary military means and in time it needs to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 226

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, and provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders as soon as possible; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with some Member States; reiterates its call to accelerate the delivery by Member States of weapons, air defence systems and ammunitions to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles and to significantly increase relevant quantities; also calls for the lifting by Member States of all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets inside Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 227

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, and provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with EU Member States; reiterates its call to accelerate the delivery by EU Member States of weapons, air defence systems and ammunitions to Ukraine, also calls for the lifting by EU Member States of all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets inside Russia, as allowed by international law; stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in EU defence policies and programmes during the EU accession process; welcomes the opening of the EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv to identify Ukrainian needs and capacities on defence innovation and facilitate joint initiatives and cooperation between defence industry stakeholders of the EU and Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 228

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, fighter aircrafts, drones, air defence systems and above all ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; is deeply concerned that the EU failed to deliver the shells it has promised, with a significant delay; calls on the Council to commit to transferring all confiscated military equipment or ammunition from EU operations and missions inside and outside of the EU, to Ukraine, and to promote this idea globally; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 229

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; underlines that such guarantees are part of a wider internationally coordinated package of security guarantees for Ukraine, including the G7’s launch of a multilateral framework for the negotiation of bilateral security commitments and arrangements for Ukraine; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 230

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; in addition, underlines the importance that the EU and its Member States work towards fostering peace and stability; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 231

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 232

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; strongly reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, in accordance with international law;

Or. en

Amendment 233

Riho Terras

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6. Reaffirms its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression and to provide it with the necessary military means to defend itself, end the conflict and restore its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders; welcomes the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine, and the bilateral security agreements concluded by Ukraine with several Member States; reiterates its call for Member States to accelerate their delivery of weapons, air defence systems and ammunition to Ukraine, including air-launched cruise missiles; calls on EU Member States to commit at least a 0,25 % share of their GDP for military aid to Ukraine; calls for Member States to lift all restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against military targets within Russia, as allowed by international law;

Or. en

Amendment 234

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. sv

Amendment 235

Andreas Schieder

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 236

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. fi

Amendment 237

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6b. Regrets the reticence on the part of some Member States about supplying Ukraine with the arms that it needs, including the long-range Taurus missiles; emphasises that the ‘red lines’ that Russia insists on have repeatedly changed as the war has progressed and shown themselves to be completely hollow; urges Member States to lift all restrictions on the supply of weapon systems and also to provide Ukraine with the long-range missiles it needs;

Or. fi

Amendment 238

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6α. Calls on the Commission to investigate and publish the exact numbers and types of weapons that have been supplied to Ukraine, the numbers and types that have been destroyed, and the numbers and types that are missing, as this information is crucial for any decision on further aid;

Or. el

Amendment 239

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 a. Calls for further increase and speeding up in financial and military assistance to Ukraine and for the immediate deployment of modern equipment, weapons and next-generation air defence and surface to surface systems; expresses its support for the decision by a number of Member States and international partners to provide Ukraine with advanced weaponry, devoid of any restrictions;

Or. en

Amendment 240

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6 a. Urges the EU and its Member States to expedite the implementation of the EU joint plan to supply 1 million artillery ammunition to Ukraine; calls on the Member States to further expand training operations custom made to the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

Or. en

Amendment 241

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

6a. Reiterates its position that all EU Member States and NATO allies should collectively and individually commit to supporting Ukraine militarily with no less than 0.25 % of their GDP annually;

Or. fi

Amendment 242

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. el

Amendment 243

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 244

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support all genuine peace efforts involving all parties, and to work with other international interlocutors on such efforts;

Or. en

Amendment 245

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support Ukraine in the search for a suitable diplomatic settlement between the parties to the conflict as the only viable route to ending the conflict and avoiding the ultimate defeat of Ukraine;

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Amendment 246

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support Ukraine in expanding the international coalition in support of its Victory Plan and Peace Formula presented by the President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelensky, as the route to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, on the basis of international law, and thereby holding Russia to account for its war crimes, the crime of aggression, and ensuring Russian reparations and other payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 247

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support Ukraine in expanding the global coalition in support of its Victory Plan presented by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the only viable route to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the basis of international law, thereby holding Russia to account for its war crimes, including the crime of aggression, and ensuring Russian reparations and other payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 248

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 249

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 250

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 251

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 252

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. fi

Amendment 253

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7. Calls for the EU and its Member States to support Ukraine in expanding the international coalition in support of its Victory Plan presented by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the only viable route to restore Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the basis of international law, thereby holding Russia to account for its war crimes, including the crime of aggression, and ensuring Russian reparations and other payments for the massive damage caused in Ukraine; notes that Russia continues the plunder of Ukrainian national heritage; underlines that until the present day the Russian Federation has demonstrated a pattern of aggression, not only seeking to expand its territorial influence but also the destruction of our European heritage and values; emphasizes that combating Russian imperialism and aggression should include efforts to restore and protect European cultural heritage looted from Ukraine, as well as from other member states historically affected, such as Poland and Romania, including the Romanian national treasure; calls on the Commission and the Council to incorporate cultural considerations and the restitution of national heritage in the external actions of the EU, particularly in their activities towards Russia;

Or. en

Amendment 254

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 b. Underlines that the ultimate goal should be to maintain support to Ukraine to ensure the military collapse of Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine to enable Kyiv and its partners to negotiate from a position of strength that fully restores Ukraine’s territorial integrity, compensates and restores Ukraine for the tremendous suffering it has endured and ensures that those responsible for waging the war of aggression against Ukraine, including Vladimir Putin and Aliexandr Lukashenka, are brought to justice for the crimes they have committed, as are war criminals in lower echelons of the Russian government, Russian armed forces and their proxies;

Or. en

Amendment 255

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Is of the opinion that any strategy to end the war must be based on four principles: Member States and Allies should fully support Ukraine militarily and financially for as long as it is needed; Russia must pay reparations for the appalling death and damage it has inflicted on Ukraine; there can be no de facto Russian veto over EU or NATO decisions and no secret deals with Moscow can be entertained; the lifting of sanctions on Russia will only come as a consequence of Russian action and only over time;

Or. en

Amendment 256

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Expresses its sincere concern about the deployment of 10,000 North Korean troops to support Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine; firmly believes that this requires a firm and decisive European and international response, including a significant further increase of support to Ukraine; along the same light expresses its outrage that next to the unacceptable support of China and North Korea a number of other rogue states actively support Russia’s war such as Iran and Syria, among others via the delivery of drones and missiles; believe that the EU and the international community must firmly respond to this with a combination of sanctions, but also most importantly an increased level of support to Ukraine to foster its defence against this alliance of rogue states and terrorists that Russia has built up in its devastating and self-destructive war of aggression against the democracy and people of Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 257

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Warns of the dangerous risk of escalation the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DRPK) support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine poses against international security through the provision of weapons, ammunition and the deployment of DRPK troops in support of Russia; underlines the need to continue sanctions policies against DRPK as the country has intensified its aggressive policies towards the EU’s partners and allies and enhanced its commitment to support Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 258

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Condemns North Korea's increasing involvement alongside Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine, which has taken the form of a "Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership", notably through the massive delivery of arms and shells; expresses its concern and strong condemnation in the event of the proven deployment of North Korean combat troops on the front against Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 259

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 d. Condemns in the strongest terms North Korea's role in aiding Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine through the supply of military equipment and weaponry actively deployed on the battlefield, as well as the reported deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia to directly participate in the war; deplores North Korea's actions as a blatant violation of international norms, which does not only intensify the war but also poses significant security risks to Europe and the broader international community; it is of grave concern that North Korea, reportedly with backing from China, uses this war as a platform to study advanced combat tactics, including drone warfare, with the clear intention of applying these techniques in potential future wars;

Or. en

Amendment 260

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 e. Recognises that the intervention of North Korea in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine directly undermines global stability, heightens security risks in the Asia-Pacific and beyond; calls for decisive countermeasures to halt North Korea’s direct and indirect support of Russia’s military and involvement in sanctions evasion as both of which threaten peace and embolden forces working against the international rules-based order and collective security frameworks worldwide;

Or. en

Amendment 261

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Strongly condemns the deployment and training of thousands of North Korean troops in Russia in support of its war of aggression against Ukraine, and views such action as an attempt to further escalate the conflict;

Or. en

Amendment 262

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Strongly condemns North Korea and Iran for their reported provision of weapons and military support to Russia, with North Korea also supplying military personnel, thereby fuelling the illegal and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 263

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7a Is extremely concerned about the information that Russia now has more than 10 000 North Korean troops; strongly condemns North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

Or. fi

Amendment 264

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7а. Condemns North Korea’s involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine; highlights the need for defence cooperation between the EU and South Korea;

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Amendment 265

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Expresses concern over Iran’s provision of thousands of Shahed drones to Russia, which heightens the risk of potential Iranian military involvement in Ukraine, alongside further support from North Korea1a;

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1a https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-launched-8060-iran-developed-drones-during-war-2024-09-13/

Or. en

Amendment 266

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 c. Recognises that the supply of thousands of Shahed drones from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia has further cemented Iran’s role as a pariah state, accompanied with the potential for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military intervention in Ukraine to support Moscow’s war aims, while Russia’s ongoing support from countries such as North Korea and China further demonstrate its unwavering hostility to international laws and norms;

Or. en

Amendment 267

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 f. Recognises that the supply of thousands of Shahed drones from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia has further cemented Iran’s role as a pariah state, accompanied with the potential for IRGC military intervention in Ukraine to support Moscow’s war aims, while Russia’s ongoing support from countries such as North Korea and China further demonstrate its unwavering hostility to international laws and norms;

Or. en

Amendment 268

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. el

Amendment 269

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 270

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Criticises the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for its immediate termination; recalls that the EPF finances EU military operations as well as arms supplies, which leads to further fuelling conflicts and arms exports than preventing them; urges, instead of further pursuing military approaches, to address root causes of conflicts through diplomatic and peaceful conflict resolution;

Or. en

Amendment 271

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 272

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 273

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 274

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Stresses the importance of the European Peace Facility (EPF), which has been instrumental in supporting the provision of military capabilities and training for the Ukrainian armed forces, while providing coordination for all stakeholders through the Clearing House Mechanism hosted by the EU Military Staff; welcomes the setting up of the dedicated Ukraine Assistance Fund under the EPF and calls for financial resources for military assistance to Ukraine to be increased through this instrument; urges Hungary to lift its veto on EPF military support to Ukraine, which has prevented the release of 6.6 billion euros in partial reimbursements to Member States providing military support to Ukraine; emphasises that all military assistance and weapons deliveries by the EPF must fully comply with the EU Common Position on arms exports, international human rights law an humanitarian law, as well as providing adequate transparency and accountability;

Or. en

Amendment 275

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Stresses the importance of the European Peace Facility (EPF), which has been instrumental in supporting the provision of military capabilities and training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while providing coordination for all stakeholders through the clearing house mechanism hosted by the EU Military Staff ; welcomes the setting up of the dedicated Ukraine Assistance Fund under the EPF and calls for financial resources for military assistance to Ukraine to be increased through this instrument; expresses its deep concern about the blocking, since March 2023, of the European Peace Facility (EPF) by a Member State, precisely the opening of a new tranche of expenditure to support Ukrainian forces, the release of previous repayment tranches and the establishment of the new assistance fund for Ukraine; is also deeply concerned by the foreseeable drop in the share of windfall profits from sanctions against Russia earmarked for military aid to Ukraine; urge the VP/HR and the Council to find innovative solutions capable of lifting these blockages and offsetting these funding cuts; urges Hungary to cease immediately its efforts to hinder EU’s actions in support of Ukraine and to lift its veto on the EPF military support to Ukraine, including the agreed reimbursement to EU Member States for the military aid that they delivered;

Or. en

Amendment 276

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 277

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8. Stresses the importance of the European Peace Facility (EPF), which has been instrumental in supporting the provision of military capabilities and training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while providing coordination for all stakeholders through the clearing house mechanism hosted by the EU Military Staff ; welcomes the setting up of the dedicated Ukraine Assistance Fund under the EPF and calls for financial resources for military assistance to Ukraine to be increased through this instrument; urges Hungary to lift its veto on EPF military support to Ukraine, including the agreed reimbursements to Member States that delivered military aid to Ukraine; points out that the initial purpose of the EPF is to support partner countries and to contribute to the financing of military CSDP missions and operations and calls for securing the necessary funding in order to be also able to support European interest in other areas such as Africa;

Or. en

Amendment 278

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 279

Pekka Toveri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 280

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. fi

Amendment 281

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 282

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 283

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Welcomes the Council’s decision of 21 May 2024, ensuring that the net profits stemming from extraordinary revenues generated by immobilised Russian assets in the EU, as a result of the implementation of the EU restrictive measures, are used for further military support to Ukraine, as well as its defence industry capacities and reconstruction; also welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal to establish a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, by leveraging the contribution raised on these profits, with a view to granting loans of up to €45 billion to Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 284

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Welcomes the agreement with the Council on macro-financial assistance for Ukraine of up to €35 billion making use of frozen Russian assets as well as the new G7 loan mechanism; calls for the swift implementation of both tools in order to allow Ukraine to benefit as quickly as possible from these new funding possibilities;

Or. en

Amendment 285

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Welcomes the G7 loan of €45 billion in financial support to Ukraine from the mobilization of interest from frozen Russian assets, and welcomes the swift approval by the Council and Parliament of the EU’s share of that loan, amounting to €35 billion; but strongly disapproves Hungary’s veto of the recent attempts to extend the EU sanctions renewal period, which would secure more long-term stability and support for this loan structure;

Or. en

Amendment 286

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 b. Welcomes the commitment by the G7, on 26 October 2024, to provide €45 billion in financial support to Ukraine from the mobilization of interest from frozen Russian assets; recalls, however, that this mobilization will be at the expense of the sum earmarked for EU military support via the Ukraine facility, which will now only benefit up to 15%; recalls that Ukraine's reconstruction will only be possible once it has won the war against Russia; therefore calls on the EU and the Member States to mobilize the necessary funds to ensure that military support to Ukraine enables it to win its legitimate fight against Russia, starting with the instrument designed to support the Ukrainian defence industry in the EDIP instrument, which remains unfinanced to date;

Or. en

Amendment 287

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Encourages Member States to create scenario-based and predictable inventory of military capabilities that can be provided under the EPF to ensure that short-term provision of capabilities are rapidly sourced within Member States and delivered without delay while long-term provision of capabilities that assist Ukraine in restoring deterrence are provided in a foreseeable timeframe, in coordination with third countries when necessary;

Or. en

Amendment 288

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 f. Highlights the outcome of the NATO Washington Summit, which reaffirmed that Ukraine’s future is in NATO and that the alliance supports Ukraine’s right to choose its own security arrangements and decide its own future, free from outside interference; welcomes Allies’ pledge of long-term security assistance for the provision of military equipment, assistance, and training for Ukraine; underlines in this regard the launch, announced at the Summit, of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), which coordinates the provision of military training and equipment for Ukraine by NATO Allies and partners and provides logistical support; stresses the importance for close coordination between the EUMAM and the NSATU;

Or. en

Amendment 289

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Urges that the ongoing EU military training and financial assistance to Ukraine be used to accelerate Ukraine's accession to the EU, to start adapting the Ukrainian Armed Forces to EU capability requirements and to involve them in cross-border technological and defence industrial cooperation projects and programmes;

Or. en

Amendment 290

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 e. Stresses the importance of enhancing Ukraine’s anti-drone capabilities as a critical element in countering aerial threats and maintaining operational security. Given the increasing use of drones in modern warfare, particularly in surveillance and targeted attacks, expanding EUMAM’s training focus on counter-UAV tactics, detection, and neutralization techniques is essential; calls for the provision of specialized equipment and expertise to enable Ukrainian forces to swiftly identify, track, and respond to hostile drone activities, ensuring robust protection for both military and civilian infrastructures;

Or. en

Amendment 291

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 b. Welcomes the continued support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, through the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, so they can defend their territorial integrity within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders and allow the country to effectively exercise its sovereignty and protection of civilians; further welcomes the completion of training of more than 60 000 Ukrainian troops and calls on the mission to continue training as many troops as possible; stresses the importance of specific training modules aimed at developing the capacities of existing and future officers of the Ukrainian armed forces across all levels and in accordance with their needs; congratulates Member States’ strong participation in EUMAM Ukraine which can be described as a template for future military training missions, and calls on them to demonstrate similar ambition and contributions to other current and future CSDP missions and operations; emphasizes that the Mission should also act as a platform for an exchange of best practices that would ensure that European forces also benefit from the lessons learnt on the battlefield from the Ukrainian armed forces;

Or. en

Amendment 292

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 b. Welcomes the achievements of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), which to date has trained more than 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers on EU territory, thereby enhancing the ability of Ukrainian troops to perform more effectively on the battlefield; calls for the mission to be extended and for its financial, logistical and human resources to be adapted to the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces;

Or. en

Amendment 293

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 b. Considers EUMAM's need for additional instructors, equipment, ammunition and training offices in support to its moduls as a top priority in CSDP mission planning and should be provided urgently;

Or. en

Amendment 294

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 c. Welcomes the fact that EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM) will have reached the target of 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by the end of 2024; calls on EU Member States and the EU to, at a least maintain the level of ambition of the training, including in the Air and Maritime domains as appropriate, or to react to any other urgent Ukraine's training requests;

Or. en

Amendment 295

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 d. Considers EUMAM as the most significant CSDP mission currently underway; recognises the combined arms training and specialised training must aim to increase its efforts in training: C-UAV capability, UAV system training, missile systems, aerial defence and radar recognition;

Or. en

Amendment 296

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 c. Commends the work of the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) in implementing, in difficult conditions, its newly reinforced mandate; calls for the EU to ensure it can operate with the adequate financial, logistical and expert personnel to meet Ukraine’s needs and welcomes non-EU country participation in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 297

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 d. Stresses the importance and the role of the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) which still represents the largest EU footprint on the ground and provides strategic advice to national and State security authorities of Ukraine; highlights EUAM key tasks in relation to the fight against organised and cross-border crimes, the restoration of public services in liberated territories, and in support to investigation and prosecution of international crimes, building on EUAM presence and expertise;

Or. en

Amendment 298

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 e. Stresses the importance of gradually integrating Ukraine in the EU defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB), and to this end, calls for Ukraine’s defence to be fully taken into account in the preparation of Commission’s new legislative initiatives aimed at strengthening the EDTIB; in this respect, welcomes the set-up of the Defence Innovation Hub in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 299

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 f. Emphasizes the need to strengthen demining capabilities within Ukraine to address the widespread presence of unexploded ordnance and landmines, which poses a significant threat to safety and mobility; advocates for the allocation of dedicated resources to support comprehensive demining training, including advanced detection and disposal techniques; enhanced demining capacity will not only facilitate safer military operations but also support the recovery and safety of civilian areas affected by the war;

Or. en

Amendment 300

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 g. Welcomes the extension by two years of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), which has trained over 60.000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end of summer 2024 thereby making the EU the biggest provider of military training to Ukraine and which has made an important contribution to enhancing the military capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; welcomes the newly formulated goal of 75.000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by end of winter 2024-2025; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue to adjust the Mission’s mandate to respond to evolving military training needs, as well as to requested long-term reform efforts in line with the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 301

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 a. Stresses the importance of cooperation with and integration in the long term of the Ukrainian defence industry into the EU's European defence technological base (EDTIB); welcomes the opening in September 2024 of the EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv to promote cross-border cooperation between the Ukrainian DTIB and the EDTIB, to be a focal point for Ukrainian partners, as well as a coordination and information hub; calls on the Member States and their military industries to honour their commitment to establish military production on Ukrainian territory;

Or. en

Amendment 302

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 b. Welcomes the ongoing initiatives of several EU Member States to deepen cooperation with Ukraine in the field of defence industrial production and urges further use of Ukraine’s innovative defence potential to develop weapons and ammunition and to accelerate their production in close cooperation with the EU and other Western partners, using available support mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 303

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 c. Highlights the need to ensure the security of the Black Sea region by assisting in the demining of Ukraine's seawaters and to encourage Member States to offer training exercises in this regard with an emphasis on the development of Maritime Mine Counter Measure Capabilities and Critical Seabed Infrastructure Protection;

Or. en

Amendment 304

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

8 c. Deplores the fact that some components of Western origin are found in weapons and their systems used by Russia against Ukraine, and calls on the EU and Member States to implement sanctions more thoroughly;

Or. en

Amendment 305

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Joining forces to increase defence capabilities

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 306

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 307

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Rejects the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; Stresses that the EU- programmes, such as EDF, EDIRPA, ASAP, EDIP, which shall promote the build-up of European industrial sectors violate Article 41.2 TEU and therefore need to be classified as illegal; opposes further militarisation of the EU and the further establishment of a military union as well as the continued support of the defence and arms industry;

Or. en

Amendment 308

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the ambition set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy to achieve defence readiness of the EU and its Member States and considers the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European Defence Industry Programme vital in that regard; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness, improve joint defence planning and further facilitate joint procurement of Member States along the priorities set out in the Capability Development Plan (CDP) and areas for cooperation identified in the Coordinated Annual Review for Defence (CARD) in order to launch European defence projects of common interest as well as to ensure security of supply;

Or. en

Amendment 309

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 310

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 311

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss potential joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; however, highlights that the defence industry is critical to a nation's sovereignty, providing essential capabilities needed to protect national interests, maintain territorial integrity, and ensure the security of citizens, all of which was proven vital during Ukraine's defence when some countries blocked the re-export of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, along with the delivery of spare parts, which further underscores the importance of a sovereign defence posture in an increasingly complex global landscape;

Or. en

Amendment 312

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; is deeply concerned about the low level of European collaboration and coordination in the area of defence investment; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; strongly supports the idea to make EU level cooperation the rule in the European defence industrial sector and commit to concrete numerical targets for cooperation as presented in EDIS which focus in particular on joint procurement (at least 40% by 2030), intra-EU trade (at least 35% by 2030), and procurement of EU made defence products (at least 50% by 2030 and 60% by 2035);

Or. en

Amendment 313

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; notes that the strengthening of the European defence industry need not result in the attribution of new competences to the European Commission, which would not be in conformity with the Treaties and would undermine the sovereignty of the Member States without any additional effectiveness;

Or. en

Amendment 314

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 315

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 316

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; emphasises in this regard the need for an effective regulatory framework aimed at encouraging innovation, boosting production and ensuring smarter and more efficient public investments; calls on the Commission to draw on the EU Military Committee’s expertise in the definition of defence industries’ priorities and the formulation of defence initiatives in order to ensure military coherence at the industrial level;

Or. en

Amendment 317

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; urges, in this regard, that the implementation of the Directive 2009/81/EC on defence and sensitive security procurement and the Directive 2009/43/EC on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products (the “Transfers Directive”) be improved, and where needed, in the light of the EDIS, that proposals for the revision of these directives be submitted;

Or. en

Amendment 318

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 319

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 320

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 321

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 322

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 323

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 b. Welcomes the 2023 revision of the Capability Development Plan (CDP); regrets the limited progress in capability development since the first CDP in 2008; stresses that, especially in light of Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine and the threat to European security, stronger and more joint efforts by EU Member States are needed in order to deter aggressors and protect European citizens and interests; calls accordingly upon the Member States to significantly increase joint efforts to achieve timely substantial progress in that area by making full and coherent use of EU instruments such as the European Defence Fund, PESCO and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) as well as the instruments proposed in the EDIP regulation; stresses the need to include the CDP and CARD into national defence planning processes in close conjunction with NATO’s Defence Planning Process;

Or. en

Amendment 324

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 c. Welcomes the joint efforts undertaken thus far to strengthen the EU’s defence readiness through measures reinforcing and supporting the adaption of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), notably through the EDIRPA and ASAP regulations and calls for their swift and unbureaucratic implementation; regrets that the financial envelope of EDIRPA remains limited and points out that the role of ASAP in relation to the ambition of supplying Ukraine with one million pieces of ammunition was restrained by the Council’s objection against its regulatory elements; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for the European Defence Industry Program (EDIP); notes with concern the assessment of the European Court of Auditors that the financial envelope of EDIP is insufficient in relation to its objectives and therefore reiterates its call for ensuring the required funding for defence;

Or. en

Amendment 325

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Highlights the importance of PESCO for improving the EU’s defence capabilities; notes with regret that tangible results within the currently 66 ongoing projects remain limited; regrets the lack of information to the European Parliament on the reasons of the closure of 6 projects and possible results; points out that participating Member States agreed to 20 binding commitments in order to meet the EU’s ambition in defence; considers it necessary to conduct a thorough review of PESCO projects with regard to results and prospects thereof that should also include the possibility of closing of projects that lack sufficient progress; proposes to establish a priority scheme within PESCO in order to effectively address the identified capability gaps and priorities; calls on the Member States to regularly, at least twice per year, provide the European Parliament with an assessment of the progress within PESCO;

Or. en

Amendment 326

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Underlines again the importance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) for improving and harmonising the EU’s defence capabilities; reiterates its regret that Member States continue to not make full use of the PESCO framework; reiterates its call on the VP/HR and the Member States to continuously and thoroughly review the projects and their prospects with a view to streamlining the current set of projects to a small set of priority projects; deplores that the European Parliament is not in a situation to properly scrutinize PESCO projects; reiterates its call to the Member States to provide at least twice a year an implementation report of the projects to the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 327

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 d. Points out that joint procurement by EU Member States is essential to ensure the Union’s defence readiness as it would improve interoperability of Member States’ armed forces and would allow for effective use of EU taxpayers’ money given that no EU Member State is either willing or capable to fund a fully-fledged national defence; underlines that effective joint procurement with regard to development projects, especially in the framework of the European Defence Fund, require a joint definition of military requirements of the respective systems which should be based on a joint definition by the EU’s Military Committee in order to achieve an adequate level of economies of scale; strongly suggests to translate non-binding NATO standards, especially for ammunition and components, into EU legislation in order to improve interoperability and foster industrial cooperation; calls upon Member States to conduct joint procurement with a view of establishing pan-European values chains by distributing production throughout the Union in order to increase the economic attractiveness of joint procurement while building strategic redundancies of production capacities for improved resilience in case of an armed conflict;

Or. en

Amendment 328

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Calls on the EEAS to develop, together with the relevant Commission services and Member States, a structured and regular civilian Capability Development Process to assess the availabilities of Member States’ capability needs, develop requirements, conduct a gap analysis and periodically review progress; believes a need exists to establish a solid policy on the equipment and services needed by partner countries where civilian CSDP missions take place; calls for the establishment of a dedicated CFSP budget line within an overall increased CFSP budget, or ‘civilian support facility’, to provide partner countries with the equipment and services to enhance their civilian capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 329

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Calls on the Member States to encourage European defence procurement, in order to strengthen intra-European industrial cooperation and the objective of strategic autonomy;

Or. en

Amendment 330

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 e. Welcomes efforts and investments of companies of the EDTIB done thus far to reinforce industrial capacity, also through the support of EU instruments; highlights that further and lasting reinforcement of the EDTIB’s capacity requires foremost orders by EU Member States which should be conducted jointly in order to improve interoperability between Member States’ armed forces and to achieve economies of scale, thus making most of EU taxpayers’ money; calls, accordingly, on Member States to intensify joint procurement efforts in line with the capability gaps identified in the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and the capability priorities of the Capability Development Plan (CDP); stresses that the reinforcement of the EDTIB’s production capacity also requires conducive regulatory framework conditions, especially with regard to reducing the bureaucratic burden on companies but also with regard to existing EU legislation that produces counterproductive effects for the EDTIB’s performance and the security of supply; suggests, therefore, a review of existing legislation and thorough prior assessments of future legislative proposals in that regard; highlights in particular the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, as their reporting obligations allow hostile actors to identify vulnerabilities in the defence supply chain that endanger the defence readiness of the Union and its Member States; points out, additionally, that defence exemptions within the REACH regulation are insufficient to ensure security of supply as demand from the EDTIB does not necessarily provide for a profitable business case for suppliers, thus causing them to relocate outside EU creating new dependencies;

Or. en

Amendment 331

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 b. Highlights that Russia's aggression against Ukraine and Iran’s aggression against Israel has emphasized the use of drones at an unprecedented scale in modern warfare; urges Member States to utilize EPF, PESCO, EDA and other available instruments to ensure investment, development and joint procurement of Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) and Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) are prioritized and to integrate C-UAS and AEA into the strategic doctrine of CSDP military training missions;

Or. en

Amendment 332

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Stresses the need to ensure coherence of output between respective EU and NATO capability development planning processes; calls for all EPF support for the provision of equipment to be carried out in coordination with NATO to increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplication; calls for fostering interoperability of military equipment from EU Member States and NATO allies, by setting EU norms for components and ammunition based on the non-binding NATO standards;

Or. en

Amendment 333

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Calls on the Commission to increase investment across the expanding security and defence task list with a particular focus on aligning PESCO and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP), particularly as it involves third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 334

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 a. Emphasizes that, as part of implementing the European strategy for the defence industry, adequate funding must be secured for expanding the production and research & development infrastructure of the defence industry in EU eastern flank countries, which are most exposed to the negative impacts of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, directly face the Russian threat, and are allocating increasing resources to counteract Russia’s aggressive policies;

Or. en

Amendment 335

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

9 b. Notes that, given current trends in the EU security environment, resources for strengthening defence capabilities should be invested in expanding production capacities for scalable strike and reconnaissance systems that are cost-effective, easy to deploy, maintain, and operate;

Or. en

Amendment 336

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 337

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products through greater cooperation between Member States, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending;

Or. en

Amendment 338

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the vital necessity to finally achieve full implementation of the EU’s internal market for defence products that is undermined by a lack of uniform application of its legal base by EU Member States and unreasonable invocation of the exemption provided by article 346 TFEU, leading to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence investments; calls on the Commission to thoroughly review directive 2009/81/EC for defence procurement and 2009/43/EC for transfer of defence-related products that constitute the EU internal market for defence with a view on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in order to propose a recast of the directives;

Or. en

Amendment 339

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the necessity to overcome the national fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products between EU Member States, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending and use; underlines at the same time the importance to maintain fruitful competition between different competitors and to avoid oligopolies in which individual providers can freely determine prices and availability of defence goods;

Or. en

Amendment 340

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU defence initiatives complement national defence efforts without imposing additional financial burdens on taxpayers;

Or. en

Amendment 341

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, while preserving the competitiveness of the Member States and their opportunities for independent development and investment and the development of their military industrial complexes; calls on the Commission to present proposals to complete the EU internal market for defence, based, in particular, on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework;

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Amendment 342

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the necessity to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s defence industrial landscape and to create an internal market for defence products, as the current structure leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending and structurally hampers the strengthening of defence readiness; calls on the Commission to present proposals that aim to establish an EU internal market for defence products, based in particular on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework and the need to introduce additional internal market rules to the defence sector; strongly supports proposals leading to legally binding technical standards that are in line with existing NATO standards (STANAG) and which guarantee full interoperability;

Or. en

Amendment 343

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending; calls on the Commission to present proposals in close cooperation with relevant NATO bodies and agencies, such as NSPA, to complete the EU internal market for defence, based, in particular, on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework;

Or. en

Amendment 344

Christophe Gomart, Hélder Sousa Silva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 345

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending; calls on the Commission to present proposals to complete the EU internal market for defence, based, in particular, on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework; stresses that upcoming and future EU regulations in the defence realm should serve as enablers for the full exploitation of European companies’ business potential, facilitating their access to a viable market for defence products also through incentives for common capacity development programmes and joint procurement;

Or. en

Amendment 346

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending; calls on the Commission to present proposals to complete the EU internal market for defence, based, in particular, on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework; emphasizes the importance of using NATO standards for military equipment to enhance interoperability; calls on the Commission to present an action plan to increase the uptake of NATO standards and to consider EU secondary legislation to enforce this among Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 347

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10. Highlights the need to overcome the fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, as it leads to unnecessary duplications and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending; calls on the Commission to present proposals to complete the EU internal market for defence, based, in particular, on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework; furthermore underlines the importance of creating a political climate that encourages private investors to invest on the basis of long-term defence contracts;

Or. en

Amendment 348

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 a. Calls on the Commission to present proposals to complete the EU internal market for defence, based in particular on an assessment of EU rules for defence procurement and transfer of defence-related products, and on the identification and analysis of limitations and loopholes in the current legal framework and including suggestions for an interpretation of Art. 346 TFEU in line with the reality of an interdependent security architecture in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 349

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 a. Calls the European Commission to create the conditions for a genuine EU internal Defence market, by making proposals reducing barriers to market entry for defence products across the EU, reviewing the directives on the transfer of defence-related products and defence procurement, and propose actions for better market access for all companies, more and smoother cross-border cooperation and increased security of supply;

Or. en

Amendment 350

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 b. Urges Member States to implement their collective agreement to dedicate 35% of total defence equipment spending to European collaborative equipment procurement and 20% of total defence research and development spending to collaborative research and development;

Or. en

Amendment 351

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

10 a. Expresses concern at the growing dependence of European defence industries on foreign components, in particular rare earths and semi-conductors from China; calls on the Member States to intensify their efforts to develop locally the components needed for a modern, competitive and autonomous defence industry;

Or. en

Amendment 352

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 353

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Stresses the importance of ensuring a balanced effort between strengthening existing armament industrial capabilities of Member States in the short and medium-term, and supporting research and development for new and innovative military equipment and armament tailored to the needs of the armed forces of the Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 354

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 355

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Stresses the importance of ensuring a balanced effort between strengthening existing EU armament industrial capabilities in the short and medium-term, and supporting research and development for new and innovative military equipment and armament tailored to the needs of the armed forces of the Member States; highlights the particular importance of emerging and disruptive technologies in that context that requires the ability to provide funding in a fast, unbureaucratic manner which is not possible under the current European Defence Fund regulation with its long implementation cycles; calls, therefore, for a more flexible and faster approach on research projects on emerging disruptive technologies reflecting the increasing pace of developments in that field building on the work of the European Defence Agency’s Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI) and drawing on the work of the US Defence Advanced Research Project Agency;

Or. en

Amendment 356

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 357

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 358

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 359

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 360

Christophe Gomart, Hélder Sousa Silva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 361

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 362

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 363

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Stresses the need to develop an effective EU level armaments policy which includes the establishment of a functioning and effective external trade dimension which aims to support partners that face threats by aggressive authoritarian regimes and prevents arms deliveries to undemocratic aggressive regimes in line with the existing eight EU criteria; stresses the need to overcome the very narrow and national interpretation of Article 346 TFEU in this respect;

Or. en

Amendment 364

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Stresses that the threat the Union is facing requires true and ambitious joint efforts making most effective use of Union instruments and funding in order to address capability gaps and priorities in a timely manner as laid out in the Defence Investment Gap Analysis and the Capability Development Plan; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to align and prioritize EDF projects and funding along the EU's urgent capability needs as well as to focus on the most relevant and promising research activities; underlines the need to further support the transition of development projects to marketable solutions and welcomes the provision in the EDIP proposal in that regard; deplores the unnecessary and dysfunctional duplication of efforts with regard to the projects on the future main battle tank and the hypersonic interceptor; raises concern that such duplications counteract the ambition laid out in EDIS to procure 60% by 2035 from the EDTIB as scattered resources will prolong achieving marketable solutions, thus leading most likely to procurement from the US; regrets similarly the increasing delay of essential capability projects outside the EU framework, notably the Franco-German project on the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) and the Franco-German-Spanish project on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) which also risks future procurement of US solutions; stresses that all possible synergies with the EDF should be used while avoiding duplication of efforts;

Or. en

Amendment 365

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Stresses the need to develop a more proactive role of the EU when it comes to innovation of military and dual-use technology; underlines the need to support in particular the testing of prototypes of new products and to focus on new technologies in close cooperation with Ukrainian defence and technological actors;

Or. en

Amendment 366

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 d. Welcomes the revision of the EU's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulation; calls on the Member States to undertake an immediate assessment and review of existing Chinese investments in critical infrastructure, including power grids, the transport network and information and communication systems, to determine any possible vulnerabilities that could impact the security and defence of the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 367

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Stresses that cooperation with international partners in the defence sector should be limited to like-minded partners and it should not contravene the security and defence interests of the EU and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 368

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Recalls that dependencies on high-risk suppliers of critical products with digital elements pose a strategic risk that should be addressed at Union level; stresses the need to further strengthen the FDI-screening procedures with due-diligence standards to identify leverage by governments of states which would contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU over investors in EU critical infrastructure, such as European ports and in undersea cables in the Baltic, Mediterranean as well as in the Arctic seas; underlines that this approach should apply equally to candidate and potential candidate countries; believes additional legislation is needed to effectively protect the European ICT supply chain security from risky vendors and protect against cyber-enabled intellectual property theft; calls for the creation of European framework aiming to closely regulate and set minimum standards and conditions relating to the export of intellectual property and technologies which are critical to the security and defence of the Union, including amongst others dual-use goods;

Or. en

Amendment 369

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Highlights that the development and harnessing of new disruptive technologies in defence, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cloud computing and robotics require further EU-coordinated investment and research effort so that the defence equipment suppliers in the EU remain at the forefront of innovation; calls in this regard for the EU to play a leading role in promoting research into military application of artificial intelligence and in establishing governance frameworks for the responsible development and use of this technology;

Or. en

Amendment 370

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Encourages Member States to support binding commitments in their defence budgets that ensures a minimum expenditure in the field of research and development spending in order to ensure that SME engagement and a spillover effect into the civilian market place can be tangibly supported;

Or. en

Amendment 371

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Encourages sustained investment in dual-use technologies, applicable in both civilian and military contexts, as a means to enhance the EU's resilience against hybrid and emerging threats; underlines the importance of ensuring the financial viability of companies, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), that invest in such innovation, ensuring that EU financial support and policies are directed towards creating a true European single defence market; advocates for the promotion of civilian commercialisation of these technologies as a way to expand market opportunities and strengthen the European industrial base, fostering synergies between military and civilian development;

Or. en

Amendment 372

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Encourages Member States to provide specialised opportunities for Small Medium Enterprises in the European defence sector so they have the capacity to participate in the bidding process via measures such as creating a preapproved list of companies to facilitate a speedier engagement process, introducing private equity firms that invest in SMEs into the procurement process, assist SME growth by incubation and capital investment, reducing the complexities of bidding for contracts, and devising an internal effort to reform the amount of time taken to address contract details;

Or. en

Amendment 373

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Reiterates that SMEs from across the Union are the backbone of the European Defence Industry and the defence supply chains; stresses in that respect that the European Defence Industrial Strategy and the European Defence Industry Program must ensure a level-playing field for all defence industry actors across the Union and promote the cooperation between bigger and smaller companies from all 27 Member States, ensuring that there will not be some large companies from a limited number of Member States who will dominate the industry;

Or. en

Amendment 374

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Calls on the Commission to initiate a thorough review of the European Defence Fund EDF, in view of a revised follow-up financial instrument for the next Multiannual Financial Framework;

Or. en

Amendment 375

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Supports a significant increase in investments in defence research and development (R&D), with particular emphasis on collaborative initiatives, thereby strengthening the EU’s technological leadership and competitiveness in defence; in this regard notes that, in 2022, EU Member States invested approximately €10.7 billion in defence R&D; underlines that technological advancement in critical domains—air, land, maritime, space, and cyber—requires stable, long-term investment across EU Member States to keep pace with rapid global innovation;

Or. en

Amendment 376

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Underlines the importance of including all Member States in security and defence strategies, particularly with regard to the development of the defence industry; calls for the creation of centres of excellence in different regions of the EU to promote innovation and the participation of all Member States, ensuring that the capabilities and specialised knowledge of each Member State contribute to a more cohesive and integrated defence industrial base;

Or. en

Amendment 377

Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 c. Encourages Member States to support legislation that assists with the integration of the Ukrainian Arms Industry into the wider transatlantic defence technological and industrial cooperation; encourages Member States to promote cooperation between different European defence firms to encourage combining resources and competencies in order to spur innovation and development of modern military equipment;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11α. Considers the development of a drone system and drone attack response to be a priority for European security in south-east Europe;

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Amendment 379

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 c. Calls on the new Commissioner for Defence and Space and the Member States to adopt an approach incorporating a low energy, carbon and environmental footprint by design when implementing relevant EU funds and to regularly report on progress; recalls that the research and development actions can be directed at solutions to improve efficiency, reduce the carbon footprint and achieve sustainable best practices; welcomes the relevant investment of EUR 133 million provided for in the first annual work programme, but notes that this represents only 11 % of the overall annual EDF budget; recalls the role of NextGenerationEU for climate action and calls on the Member States to use resources from their national recovery plans in order to invest in the green transition of their military infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 380

Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 d. Recognises the important role that emerging disruptive technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence will play in our future relations with Russia and the People's Republic of China and calls for increasing the resilience to integration of emerging disruptive technologies in all CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 381

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 c. Is concerned by the role of Chinese military companies like BGI in gathering genetic data of European citizens; notes that under the guise of research and development, such data could be misused by our adversaries; calls on the EU and its Member States to exclude high-risk vendors like BGI from its critical infrastructures, including the health and genomics sector, as well as research programmes;

Or. en

Amendment 382

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to share with Parliament a detailed analysis of the risks linked to technologies such as semiconductors, quantum computing, block chains, space, artificial intelligence and biotechnologies (including genomics) being misused by our adversaries, as well as the proposed list of EU actions in these fields in line with the EU's economic security strategy;

Or. en

Amendment 383

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 c. Stresses the importance of swiftly implementing projects and regulatory measures to enhance and invest in the military mobility of our armed forces, in accordance with the EU Action Plan on military mobility 2.0; underlines the need to ensure the resilience of critical infrastructures that allows military mobility and the provision of essential services;

Or. en

Amendment 384

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 e. Encourages Member States to use the third country PESCO agreement over military mobility as a template for Eastern Partnership country participation with an emphasis on tailoring PESCO projects to CSDP mission needs, particularly the development of highly encrypted secure civilian communication systems that can enable deeper cooperation with the commercial sector during crises, vital in countries across the Eastern Partnership region where espionage is high;

Or. en

Amendment 385

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Highlights the urgent need to substantially enhance and invest in the military mobility of our armed forces, prioritising investments and removing bottlenecks and missing links; commends efforts made by Member States, allies, the EU and NATO in advancing military mobility across central and eastern Europe; calls on the Members States to further act to simplify and harmonise procedures for military mobility and shorten the timelines for granting permissions to enable the EU Member States to act faster and increase their efficiency of response, in line with their defence needs and responsibilities, both in the context of CSDP missions and operations, as well as national and multinational activities;

Or. en

Amendment 386

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Supports new strategic investments in civil infrastructure and military, such as ports, airports and highways, which will also allow the smooth transfer of military units and supplies, including rapid reaction forces, heavy equipment, goods and humanitarian aid; underlines the significance of the ongoing construction of the Central Communication Port in Poland, which will allow the quick transfer of US and other allied military forces by air, road and rail into Poland and across NATO’s eastern flank and will provide strategic depth for and ease of access to critical transportation infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 387

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Recognizes that military logistics can contribute to deterrence by signalling Europe's overall military preparedness; calls on the Commissioner for Defence and Space to develop an integrated approach to military mobility and logistics that ensures that the Council's pledge to remove all remaining barriers by 2026 is upheld, and coincides with much higher EU investments in key aspects of military mobility;

Or. en

Amendment 388

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11 a. Emphasizes the importance of developing, maintaining and protecting the infrastructure necessary to ensure rapid and efficient military mobility and calls for the appropriate EU funding for ongoing and necessary military mobility projects to be secured in the next MFF;

Or. en

Amendment 389

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A new Strategic Compass: promoting a common strategic vision and coherence, and improving EU decision-making on defence issues within the EU institutional framework

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 390

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A new Strategic Compass: promoting a common strategic vision and coherence, and improving EU decision-making on defence issues within the EU institutional framework

An updated Strategic Compass: promoting a common strategic vision and coherence, and improving EU decision-making on defence issues within the EU institutional framework

Or. en

Amendment 391

Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 5

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

A new Strategic Compass: promoting a common strategic vision and coherence, and improving EU decision-making on defence issues within the EU institutional framework

Strategic Compass: promoting a common strategic vision and coherence, and improving EU decision-making on defence issues within the EU institutional framework

Or. en

Amendment 392

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 6

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strategic Compass

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 393

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 394

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Tobias Cremer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments keep evolving rapidly since the Strategic Compass that was adopted by Member States in March 2022, and the adoption of the European Defence Industrial Strategy; calls, therefore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present with urgency the upcoming White Paper on European Defence, which can be complemented by the Strategic Compass, and following this exercise to inform the European Parliament on the future of European defence;

Or. en

Amendment 395

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments have evolved rapidly since the Strategic Compass was adopted by Member States in March 2022; calls, therefore, for a review of the comprehensive joint threat assessment enshrined in the Strategic Compass; calls, furthermore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present updated measures of the Strategic Compass, following this review exercise and for this to inform the preparation of the white paper on the future of European defence;

Or. en

Amendment 396

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 397

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 398

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments have evolved rapidly since the Strategic Compass was adopted by Member States in March 2022; calls, therefore, for a review of the Strategic Compass based on a comprehensive joint threat assessment from which priorities of EU actions should be deducted; calls, furthermore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present an updated version of the Strategic Compass, following this review exercise;

Or. en

Amendment 399

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments have evolved rapidly since the Strategic Compass was adopted by Member States in March 2022; calls, therefore, for a review of the Strategic Compass based on a comprehensive joint threat assessment, and while bearing in mind that the Strategic Compass needs to be coherent and compatible with NATO's Strategic Concept ; calls, furthermore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present an updated version of the Strategic Compass, following this review exercise and for this to inform the preparation of the white paper on the future of European defence;

Or. en

Amendment 400

Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 401

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments have evolved rapidly since the Strategic Compass was adopted by Member States in March 2022; calls, therefore, for a review of the Strategic Compass based on a comprehensive joint threat assessment; calls, furthermore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present an updated version of the Strategic Compass, following this review exercise and for this to inform the preparation of the white paper on the future of European defence; stresses that such a review of the Strategic Compass should enhance EU’s contributions to the collective defence and stability across the transatlantic region, ensuring a coherent and complementary alignment with NATO’s defence strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 402

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12. Stresses that geopolitical developments have evolved rapidly since the Strategic Compass was adopted by Member States in March 2022; calls, therefore, for a review of the Strategic Compass based on a comprehensive joint threat assessment; calls, furthermore, for the Commission and the VP/HR to present an updated version of the Strategic Compass, following this review exercise and for this to inform the preparation of the white paper on the future of European defence; calls on the VP/HR to take account of the European Parliament's position on the updating of the Strategic Compass and on the future White Paper on Defence;

Or. en

Amendment 403

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 a. Reiterates that the Strategic Compass’ ambitious aims and milestones can only be achieved with corresponding political willingness and action on behalf of Member States and the EU institutions as well as the necessary financial contributions and openness to cooperation where necessary;

Or. en

Amendment 404

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 a. Believes that there is an urgent need to use the revision of the Strategic Compass to discuss and agree on which European-wide capability gaps, such as missile defence or drone warfare, should be addressed via which bilateral, multinational or EU level programs, funds, projects and instruments and in which time frame;

Or. en

Amendment 405

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 b. Welcomes the Climate Change and Defence Roadmap and calls on the VP/HR to ensure the comprehensive implementation and improvement within the context of a revised Strategic Compass; calls for the timeframes for reviewing the Roadmap to be reconsidered and, in particular, for the overall objectives to be reviewed much earlier than 2030; calls on the Member States to develop national structures in support of the objectives; urges the VP/HR to propose to the Member States an immediate action programme which consists of prioritised actions presented in the Roadmap which can be implemented in the short term;

Or. en

Amendment 406

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

12 b. Further reiterates its call on the EEAS to regularly and comprehensively report on the implementation of the Strategic Compass and other security and defence initiatives and programs to the Subcommittee on Security and Defence;

Or. en

Amendment 407

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 7

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Defence governance: consolidating the EU institutional framework and decision-making process in defence and security fields

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 408

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 409

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 410

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 411

Nacho Sánchez Amor

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Suggests that the Council considers setting up a new permanent decision-making body made up of ministers of defence from Member States, notwithstanding the competences of the VP/HR on CSDP and the respective distribution of competences within national ministries in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 412

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 413

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Suggests that the Council review the institutional settings of its decision-making bodies competent for defence and security, and consider setting up a new permanent decision-making body made up of ministers of defence from Member States; stresses, however, that effective cooperation on the European level based on the agreed capability priorities as agreed in the Capability Development Plan level requires coherence between the different structures, policies and instruments of the Council and the Commission in order to make best use of EU taxpayers’ money; calls, therefore, to establish a reinforced link between the Council and the Commission by the Council naming the Defence Commissioner its Special Representative for the Defence Union and adapting the Council decision on the European Defence Agency (EDA) and on the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in order to make the Defence Commissioner Head of the EDA and coordinator for PESCO;

Or. en

Amendment 414

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13. Suggests that the Council review the institutional settings of its decision-making bodies competent for defence and security, and consider setting up a new permanent decision-making body made up of ministers of defence from Member States; calls on the Council to consider all possibilities to further strengthen and deepen the decision-making process, for example within the framework of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO);

Or. en

Amendment 415

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Reiterates the importance of maintaining the principle of unanimity in the Council for all CSDP-related decisions;

Or. en

Amendment 416

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 b. Recalls that the EU treaty framework already allows a number of different institutional forms of cooperation in the field of defence policy; underlines that further institutional reflexions related to the lifting of the unanimity requirement in order to facilitate such cooperation should be considered; calls the Council to consider a limited evolution of the Treaty framework on these issues;

Or. en

Amendment 417

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Calls on Member States to assess the reform of the decision-making process in CSFP/CSDP with a view to realising untapped potential within the Treaties, in particular by activating Article 31 TEU extending qualified majority voting (QMV) to areas relating to the CSDP and pursuing full use of the ‘passerelle clauses’ and scope of articles that enhance EU solidarity and mutual assistance in the event of crises; proposes changes to the Treaties in the CSDP, to be discussed and decided upon within a convention following up on the Conference on the Future of Europe, which should address (1) primarily focusing on switching from unanimity to QMV for Council decisions with military implications with an exception for the mutual defence clause in Article 42 (7) and on defence matters for situations where passerelle clauses do not apply, requiring 72% of Council members representing at least 65% of population, (2) introduction of provisions in Articles 42 and 46 TEU enabling the joint procurement of defence equipment and other security-related spending from the budget of the Union as well as the establishment of joint and permanently stationed military units including command structures and (3) revision of Article 346 TFEU in order to limit possibilities for EU Member States to deviate from the provisions of the procurement directive (2009/81/EC) as well as to introduce the requirement of justification for such deviations to be assessed by the Commission and communicated to the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 418

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 d. Urges maximum consistency and coordination between various initiatives in the field of security and defence, following the creation of Commissioner for Defence and Space, the certain overlap of this position with the role of the HR/VP, and the various current and future initiatives, such as the Coordinate Annual Review on Defence, the Capability Development Plan, EDF, PESCO, EDIRPA, ASAP, EDIS, EDIP and Military Mobility amongst others; stresses the need to prevent overlaps, guarantee efficient public investments and address the critical capabilities gap; invites the Commission and the Member States to explore the necessity for an internal review of its various structures and mandates, including the European Defence Agency and DG DEFIS, to ensure complementarity and efficient administration of current and future initiatives; underlines the Parliament’s role in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 419

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 c. Welcomes the appointment of a Commissioner for the Mediterranean working under the guidance and political steering of the VP/HR; stresses the need for the VP/HR, in cooperation with the Commissioner for the Mediterranean where necessary and in consultation with Member States, to develop a coherent security strategy towards the Mediterranean region and its neighbouring countries, including in north Africa, the Levant and, when appropriate, the Sahel region ; calls therefore for a swift revision of the strategic compass assessing actual and future threats in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 420

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to dedicate further financial and human resources to EEAS to ensure it can effectively conduct its role as the EU’s diplomatic service in light of the highly contested geopolitical context and the increased demands on its limited capacities in recent years;

Or. en

Amendment 421

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 422

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Criticises the interventionist approach of the EU foreign policy, in particular by its CSDP operations and missions; stresses that this concept is based on a geopolitical, neo-colonial approach, abusing neighbouring countries and regions as EU-door keeper for EU's security interests and as raw materials supplier; calls for the complete reconsideration and even abolishment of EU-military training and advisory missions also in view of the disastrous results and effects in the past in Afghanistan, Mali, Niger; rejects the Rapid Deployment Capacity, which is de facto the revised EU-Battlegroups concept, with a minimum of 5000 troops, for the deployment outside the EU in non-permissive environments;

Or. en

Amendment 423

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to review needs of the EU military planning and conduct capability based on the review of CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; reminds however, that the “EU Battlegroups”, on which RDC concept is based, have never been deployed despite being fully operational since 2007;

Or. en

Amendment 424

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Strongly reiterates its call to strengthen and achieve full operational readiness of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; stresses the necessity to achieve timely results with regard to the MPCC given the ambition of the Strategic Compass that the MPCC should function as the EU’s preferred command and control structure that is capable to plan and conduct all non-executive military missions and two small-scale or one medium-scale executive operation/s, as well as live exercises; calls furthermore for the establishment of a joint civil-military headquarter on the European level that combines the civil and military instruments in order to make full use of the EU’s integrated approach in crisis management right from strategic planning to the actual conduct of the respective mission or operation; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; welcomes the planning and realisation of live exercises under the framework of the Rapid Deployment Capacity and encourages the continuation of such initiatives;

Or. en

Amendment 425

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capacity (MPCC) and achieving full operational capability in the first half of 2025 at the latest, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff and enhanced command and control and effective communication and information system for all CSDP Missions and Operations; reiterates its full support for achieving full operational capability at the latest by the end of 2025 of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC), with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; believes that it would make sense to use the White Paper process to launch a discussion about the creation additional permanent multinational EU military units that could fulfil complementary tasks to the RDC;

Or. en

Amendment 426

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 427

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability (MPCC), establishing it as the preferred command and control structure for EU military operations, and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; reiterates its call to the Member States to consider the practical aspects of implementing Article 44 TEU during the operationalisation of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC), as well as in other relevant CSDP missions, to enable a group of willing and capable Member States to plan and carry out a mission or operation within the EU framework, thereby facilitating the swift activation of the RDC; calls on the Commissioner for Defence and Space to consider in his proposed European Defence Projects of Common Interest initiatives aimed at providing the necessary strategic enablers that would facilitate CSDP missions and operations, and the RDC, such as strategic airlift and secure communications and information systems;

Or. en

Amendment 428

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; stresses the need for the EU military planning and conduct capability to facilitate synergies between civil and military instruments in order to make full use of the EU’s integrated approach in crisis management right from strategic planning to the actual conduct of the mission or operation; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions;

Or. en

Amendment 429

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; believes that the set up of an EU Operational Headquarters could be a good step for the effective planning, command and control of CSDP military missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions;

Or. en

Amendment 430

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; considers its priority to ensure the stability of the Western Balkans as well as the Sahel region; furthermore supports the regular organisation of joint exercises by offering a national exercise to promote interoperability between the armed forces of the Member States and the development of decision-making mechanisms;

Or. en

Amendment 431

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; insists on the importance of operationalizing article 42(7) TEU, also as the expression of solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to imminent threats and challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 432

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; highlights, in particular, the need to engage further with NATO on the establishment of the Rapid Deployment Capacity;

Or. en

Amendment 433

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14. Reiterates its call to strengthen the EU military planning and conduct capability and to achieve full operational capability, including through the provision of adequate premises, staff, enhanced command and control, and effective communication and information systems for all CSDP missions and operations; reiterates its full support for the Rapid Deployment Capacity to achieve full operational capability in 2025, with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; highlights the urgency to accelerate ongoing efforts to enhance military mobility of our armed forces;

Or. en

Amendment 434

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Considers the RDC as a key element for achieving the EU’s level of ambition which should form a nucleus for a joint EU military corps by gradually assigning additional troops and force elements aiming at establishing a European Corps in reference to the Helsinki Headline Goal of 1999 that should also be included in tier 2 of the new NATO force model given the single set of European forces; raises concern that the rotational, voluntary provision of forces by EU Member States as it is the case with the EU Battlegroups could lead to a situation where the RDC is not fully staffed and rapidly deployable; reiterates that the RDC needs to provide added value in comparison to EU battlegroups and should therefore be set up as a standing force which is permanently stationed and trains together; highlights that a standing RDC and a future European Corps could also contribute to the development of a common European strategic culture; reiterates its call on the Council and the Commission to thoroughly assess this option, especially by taking into account funding possibilities under Article 41 TEU or by amending the financial regulation in order to include the RDC as an EU institution; calls on Member States to commit to substantially narrowing critical gaps in strategic enablers in a timely manner, in particular linked to the RDC, such as strategic airlift, space communication assets, medical assets, cyber-defence capabilities and intelligence and reconnaissance;

Or. en

Amendment 435

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 e. Calls on the Commission, EEAS, CPCC and EUMC to better adapt to building interagency Working Groups with exercising and training used to help develop best practice interagency cooperation and the robust cross-function personal relationships critical to effective civ-mil partnerships in places like Eastern Partnership countries;

Or. en

Amendment 436

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Calls on the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), EU Military Committee (EUMC) and EU Military Staff to develop a model for generating and sharing best practice campaign/mission planning concepts that are shared at the earliest stage possible with partners vital to campaign success;

Or. en

Amendment 437

Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 c. Calls on the EEAS, MPCC, CPCC and CSDP HQ’s to foster a new culture of understanding between civilian and military partners based on enhanced institutional relationships and shared awareness and assessment in an effort to develop a comprehensive planning framework and culture;

Or. en

Amendment 438

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 b. Encourages Member States who share both EU & NATO Membership leading different NATO Capacity Building Initiatives with Eastern Partnership countries to ensure training efforts and transfer of best practices are coordinated with the EU MPCC and CPCC;

Or. en

Amendment 439

Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 d. Stresses that the EU’s Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) will have to consider how to protect a deployed force against multiple hybrid threats or conduct advanced operations at a far higher level of risk than today;

Or. en

Amendment 440

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Tobias Cremer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

14 a. Underlines the need for the EU to count with the necessary first-hand information on global issues occurring outside its borders in the light of increasing geopolitical challenges and crisis worldwide; calls, in this regard, for strengthening the EU INTCEN, the EEAS Crisis Response Center and the SatCen by enhancing its staff and financial resources, as well as capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 441

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Is deeply concerned by the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024, particularly in a context in which investment in public services, public infrastructure, and climate protection are so urgently needed; is deeply concerned that the continued diversion of resources from public goods to defence will deepen existing fractures in European societies with dangerous consequences;

Or. en

Amendment 442

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by most of the Member States, with leading example of Poland, NATO's biggest defence spender with more that 4% of GDP, and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the NATO minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets and overcoming years of neglect and safeguarding more equal burden-sharing; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 443

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure, to resolutely commit increasing gradually their military budgets and to make sure that parts of those budgets are being devoted to EU level collaborative projects; recommends that on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities and fully supports the respective EDIS targets in this respect;

Or. en

Amendment 444

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that in light of the serious threat the EU and its Member States are facing, the estimated need for 500 billion of defence investment until 2035 and persisting substantial capability gaps, Member States further increase defence investments beyond the 2% threshold, in particular for joint actions aiming at closing capability gaps;

Or. en

Amendment 445

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 446

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 447

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 448

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 449

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; underscores the significance of commitment for increased defence spending; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for continued investments in defence industry and joint procurement of defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 450

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities; emphasizes furthermore that public spending should be complemented by increased private funding; calls on the Member States and the Commission to encourage both the European Investment Bank (EIB) and national banks to relax their policies and provide the defence sector with essential access to loans; stresses that EIB loans should act as a catalyst for private investment in the European defence industry;

Or. en

Amendment 451

Riho Terras

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, Member States further increase this threshold, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities; calls on the European Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal containing a binding commitment for Member States to reach a minimum threshold of 2 % as a share of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure;

Or. en

Amendment 452

Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15. Welcomes the increased budgets and investment in defence by Member States and the increase, albeit modest, in the EU budget for CSDP in 2024; calls on the EU NATO Member States that have not yet reached the minimum threshold of 2 % of their GDP devoted to defence expenditure to resolutely commit to gradually increasing their military budgets; recommends that, on the basis of continuous analysis of capability needs, EU NATO Member States further increase this threshold, if necessary, in particular for joint procurement of defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 453

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Acknowledges that out of the 32 NATO members some 23, including 16 EU NATO members, are expected to meet NATO’s spending target by the end of 2024; points out that this shows a six-fold increase since 2014 when the target was set; hopes that those EU NATO Member States which do not yet meet this target will increase their defence budgets in line with NATO guidelines;

Or. en

Amendment 454

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15 a. Underlines, that the proposed budget of €1.5 billion for the European defence industry programme (EDIP) is insufficient for significantly contributing to the defence industrial readiness and integrating Ukraine’s defence industrial base into the EDTIB;

Or. en

Amendment 455

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 456

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to start implementing the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi’s report on the future of European competiveness that concern the increase of resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework and explore all funding options to this end; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 457

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi’s report on the future of European competitiveness, which only highlights a widening technology gap between the United States and European allies, and cannot be addressed solely by Brussels-led actions such as increasing the resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework or by exploring all funding options, but requires a genuine commitment from Member States to invest in their security, thereby contributing to our collective efforts; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for like-minded partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 458

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi's report on the future of European competiveness, including increasing the resources allocated to security and defence in and around the next Multiannual Financial Framework and exploring all funding options to this end, including the pooling of parts of national defence budgets at EU level in order to generate synergies and economies of scale and options such as Eurobonds; stresses in this respect the need to discuss whether the establishment of another off-budget facility (besides the existing European Peace Facility) that pools parts of national defence budgets could better help in order to jointly develop military capabilities, addressing their entire life cycle; further calls on EU Member States to amend the European Peace Facility financing process to ensure adequate, higher and sustainable support for partners, allies, while also aligning with CSDP Missions and Operations;

Or. en

Amendment 459

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi’s report on the future of European competiveness, further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 460

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 461

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 462

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 463

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi’s report on the future of European competiveness, including increasing the resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework and exploring all funding options to this end; recalls that financing orientations should be anchored in a whole-of-society approach to resilience and therefore need to be broadly supported by European citizens and that this support needs be sustainable in the long term; stresses that therefore the financial burden must be shared fairly, especially by profitable companies who are already benefiting from public participation or state-aids; in that perspective, calls the Commission to reflect upon possible fiscal avenues allowing a fairer financial burden repartition and limiting competition disturbances of the European defence industrial and technological base induced by state-aids and market-distorting tendering processes; recalls that increases in defence funding must not come at the expense of budget cuts for important social, cohesion, welfare and infrastructure investments which will set the EU on a path for a prosperous future; invites Member States to bring forward the re-assessment of the scope and definition of common costs to enhance solidarity and stimulate participate in military missions and operations, as well as exercise-related costs in line with the Strategic Compass; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 464

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 465

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. fi

Amendment 466

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. sv

Amendment 467

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 468

Pekka Toveri

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi and Mr Niinistö’s reports on the future of European competiveness, including increasing the resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework and exploring all funding options to this end; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 469

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to initiate an open discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Draghi’s report on the future of European competitiveness, including increasing the resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework and exploring all funding options to this end; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners and allies, while also aligning with CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 470

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Underlines that the decades-long political, financial and conceptual underinvestment in our defence has led to serious gaps in military capabilities, in industrial capacity and in the defence-readiness of the EU, the Member States and European citizens; underlines that the financial means needed to rebuild and expand our defence capabilities in the decade to come will have a significant impact on the soundness and sustainability of public finances and therefore requires cooperation and coordination at EU level through a genuine defence economic policy;

Or. en

Amendment 471

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Considers that the Union's current budget for ensuring the security of Europeans, against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval and Russia's aggression against Ukraine, is not equal to the challenges to be met in the short and long term; therefore calls for the next MFF to genuinely provide the means for a real Defence Union; supports the proposal for a massive financial and budgetary EU investment in European defence;

Or. en

Amendment 472

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Proposes that the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) includes a substantial increase in the budget for defence and security programmes, with an emphasis on technological innovation and dual-use projects; highlights that this support is essential to boost the competitiveness of the European defence industry, promoting advancements that contribute both to security and to sustainable economic growth;

Or. en

Amendment 473

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 b. Recalls that the Union objectives of solidarity, cohesion and convergence also apply to defence; therefore calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to make defence a priority under the next MFF; is convinced that for funding the Defence Union, the Commission should be empowered to borrow funds on capital markets on behalf of the Union in order to readying the EU, the Member States and the citizens for the most extreme military contingencies; underlines that defence investment from the EU budget can only complement but not substitute financial efforts of Member States, especially with regard to Member States ambition of 2% GDP defence investment; recommends the exemption of defence investments of EU Member States which provide added-value to the overall defence readiness of the EU from fiscal stability rules;

Or. en

Amendment 474

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Welcomes proposals made in the context of the Draghi report and stresses the need to come forward with a strategy on how to consolidate the European defence industrial base including controversial issues like mergers and the creation of regional centres of excellence;

Or. en

Amendment 475

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 d. Welcomes the further extension of the eligibility criteria of the European Investment Bank (EIB) towards dual-use goods as an attempt of signalling to the private market; stresses the EIB’s objective is to foster European integration, promote the development of the EU and support EU policies in line with article 309 TFEU; considers, therefore, the dual-use extension of the lending policy as insufficient given that defence is a core EU policy priority and the EDTIB’s financing needs and therefore strongly calls upon the EIB and foremost its Board of Governors consisting of Ministers of Finance of EU Member States to adapt the EIB's lending policy and eligibility criteria so that military equipment that goes beyond dual-use application are no longer excluded from EIB financing; states that possible reservations towards a further extension of the EIB's lending policy and eligibility criteria to military equipment due to a suspected risk of withdrawal from investors endangering the EIB's financial stability require a comprehensive justification as it hampers the EU's policy priority of strengthening the defence readiness of the Union and its Member States and carries major implications for the overall political independence of the Union; calls, accordingly, upon the EIB to conduct and provide the European Parliament with a thorough and quantitative assessment of its investor's policy towards defence investments and the impact of a possible withdrawal of these investments on the EIB's financial stability without, where applicable, compromising its confidentiality agreements with its investors;

Or. en

Amendment 476

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Calls on the European Investment Bank (EIB) to further review its policy on defence investment, welcomes the EIB decision of updating the definition of eligible dual-use projects but notes that it`s lending policy still excludes financing ammunition and weapons as well as equipment or infrastructure exclusively dedicated to military use; underlines that more should be done to enable the access to financing and de-risking defence projects across the financial institutions;

Or. en

Amendment 477

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 a. Notes with concern the limited access to public and private financing for the EU defence industry, particularly affecting SMEs and mid-caps, which hinders the scaling-up and innovation essential for a robust defence ecosystem; further notes that the restrictive policies of the European Investment Bank negatively impact the sector’s access to financial instruments; calls for a comprehensive EU industrial strategy aimed at reducing fragmentation within the European defence market, dominated by national players with limited cross-border consolidation due to Member States' sovereignty considerations;

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Amendment 478

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

16 c. Highlights that reinforcement of the EDTIB’s capacity also requires access to private funding and financial services for companies of the EDTIB; deplores that private financial actors discriminate companies of the EDTIB based on narrow interpretations of sustainability requirements in the context of the so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria derived from the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs); states clearly that the fulfilment of the SDGs requires foremost security and resilience which can, especially under the conditions of an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, only be ensured through a credible defence based on a capable and adequately funded EDTIB in order to deter potential aggressors; strongly calls upon the Commission to take timely and concrete measures to remedy that situation such as the provision of a Commission interpretation of SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Institutions) clearly stating that defence does not obstruct that goal but even reinforces it, a review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ensuring that interpretations of the defence industry as socially or environmentally harmful by private actors will be excluded as well as the resumption of the work on the EU Ecolabel for Retail Financial Products with a view of specifically including the EDTIB;

Or. en

Amendment 479

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and strengthening the role of the EU as a security actor

Contributing more effectively to world peace through reinvigorated EU commitment to diplomacy and the UN system

Or. en

Amendment 480

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and strengthening the role of the EU as a security actor

Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and building the role of the EU as a security actor

Or. en

Amendment 481

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 9

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and strengthening the role of the EU as a security actor

Contributing more effectively to world peace through EU common security and defence policy and strengthening the role of the EU as a credible security actor

Or. en

Amendment 482

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 10

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

De-escalation, preventing wars and supporting conflict resolution

De-escalation efforts and supporting conflict resolution

Or. en

Amendment 483

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Expresses deep and increasing concern over China’s support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular through the exportation of dual-use goods to Russia, and the ongoing involvement of China-based companies in sanctions evasion and circumvention; is also deeply concerned over the increasing number of hostile acts being conducted by China against Taiwan, including cyberattacks, influence campaigns, Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone and the severing of subsea cables;

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Or. de

Amendment 484

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Calls for the reorientation of EU funding away from militarism and securitisation and towards long-term strategies for peace and security, including major investment in public services and infrastructure, a just climate transition, and peacebuilding, diplomacy and development, amongst other things, as well as to work towards a reconfiguration of the global financial system to reduce debt burdens on the Global South and to allow Global South countries to manage their own natural and other resources in a way that benefits their societies and economies, thus removing major conflict drivers; calls further for the EU to undertake urgent work to develop a strategy that will allow the EU and its member states to contribute to the defusion and de-escalation of rising Great Power tensions and the massive risks these bring for the world at large;

Or. en

Amendment 485

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Condemns, in the strongest terms, China’s support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular through the exportation of dual-use goods to Russia, and the ongoing involvement of China-based companies in sanctions evasion and circumvention; also condemns, in the strongest terms, the increasing number of hostile acts being conducted by China against Taiwan, including cyberattacks, influence campaigns, Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone and the severing of subsea cables;

Or. fi

Amendment 486

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Expresses deep and increasing concern over China’s support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular through substantial assistance to Russia's military, including the exportation of dual-use goods and technology to Russia, and the ongoing involvement of China-based companies in sanctions evasion and circumvention; is also deeply concerned over the increasing number of hostile acts being conducted by China in the Indo-Pacific Region, by using military and economic coercion to bully its neighbours, advance unlawful maritime claims, threaten maritime shipping lanes, and destabilize territory along the periphery of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); deplores recent hostile actions against Taiwan, including cyberattacks, influence campaigns, Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone and the severing of subsea cables;

Or. en

Amendment 487

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Expresses deep and increasing concern over China’s support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in particular through the export of dual-use goods to feed the Russian war machine, and the ongoing involvement of China-based companies in sanctions evasion and circumvention and calls upon the VP/HR to consider secondary sanctions and other tools to close the sanction evasion loop; is concerned that China weaponizes supply chains to bolster its industry and support Russia; is also deeply concerned over the increasing number of escalatory and hostile acts being conducted by China against Taiwan, including cyberattacks, influence campaigns, Chinese warplanes entering Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone and the severing of subsea cables;

Or. en

Amendment 488

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17. Deplores the “no limits” partnership between Russia and China; expresses grave concerns about the renewed Chinese and Russian commitment to further strengthen their military ties; expresses deep and increasing concern over China’s support to Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, through exportation of dual-use goods to Russia, and the ongoing involvement of China-based companies in sanctions evasion and circumvention; welcomes the Council’s decision to impose sanctions on Chinese companies for their support to Russia's war in Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 489

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Strongly condemns the PRC’s unwarranted military exercises of 14 October 2024, its continued military provocations against Taiwan and its continued military build-up, which is changing the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, and reiterates its firm rejection of any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; lauds the restraint and disciplined reaction of the Taiwanese authorities and calls for regular exchanges between the EU and its Taiwanese counterparts on relevant security issues;

Or. en

Amendment 490

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Is deeply concerned with China’s increasing investments in military capabilities and its increasing number of hostile acts conducted by China against Taiwan, including cyberattacks, influence campaigns, the overflying by Chinese warplanes of Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone and the median line and the severing of subsea cables; calls for a stronger cooperation between the EU and Taiwan on countering disinformation and foreign interference;

Or. en

Amendment 491

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 b. Calls for heightened attention to China’s escalating hybrid warfare tactics in the Indo-Pacific, particularly pertaining to Taiwan; acknowledges that the potential repercussions of destabilisation in the region would resonate far beyond the Taiwan Strait and directly impact the security of the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 492

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 c. Expresses deep concern about China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour against its neighbours, particularly its activities in the Taiwan Strait, including its recent war games in the region which is undermining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait;

Or. en

Amendment 493

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 b. Reaffirms the necessity to preserve the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, to oppose any unilateral actions by force or coercion and to call all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any actions that may further escalate cross-strait tensions;

Or. en

Amendment 494

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 d. Condemns China’s disruptive activities in the South China Sea, including island-building, harassment, and dangerous manoeuvres conducted by its navy, coast guard, and maritime militia. These actions have raised tensions with neighbouring countries and threatened maritime security in one of the most important global trade routes; calls for greater Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP) and capacity building with the EU’s partners in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 495

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Recognises that the China-Russia ‘No Limits’ Partnership will continue to grow, with China taking advantage of the political and economic opportunities created by the war while increasing its hostility to its neighbours, increasing its military cooperation with Russia and undertaking sustained efforts to infiltrate and undermine democratic developments and business practices in various Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 496

Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Expresses deep concerns about the effect that European dependencies on China have on the credibility of the Member States’ ability to safeguard their national security and the EU as a whole to effectively criticize and counter China’s economic coercion, escalation with Taiwan, and support to Russia; calls on the Commission and EU Member States to de-risk from risky Chinese vendors in its critical infrastructure, and to not direct any EU funds or subsidies to advance the position of those vendors in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 497

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Is concerned with reports that China, which does not universally embrace Western medical ethics and excels in civil-military fusion, is gathering genetic and genomic data about Europeans and others in ways that could harm national security; calls on the relevant authorities to address the threat of the potential use of this data on Europeans for nefarious purposes and to exclude in the future any threat of bespoke bioweapons that could target either an individual or a class of individuals, or that may be used by the People's Republic of China (PRC) for military purposes;

Or. en

Amendment 498

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 499

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on all actors operating in the Indo-Pacific region to put an end to all aggressive actions, in particular air and maritime operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, that endanger the stability in the Indo-Pacific region and thereby undermine international security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation;

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Amendment 500

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on the Chinese authorities to pursue diplomatic engagement and cooperation in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea to maintain regional stability in the Indo-Pacific region and thereby guarantee international security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation;

Or. en

Amendment 501

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Urges the Chinese authorities to put an end to all aggressive actions, in particular air and maritime operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, that endanger the stability in the Indo-Pacific region and thereby undermine international security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation;

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Amendment 502

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Reiterates its strong interest and support for freedom of navigation and maritime security everywhere and notably in the Red Sea and China South Sea; calls on the Chinese authorities to put an end to all aggressive actions, in particular air and maritime operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, that endanger the stability in the Indo-Pacific region and thereby undermine international security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation in full compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

Or. en

Amendment 503

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 504

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Calls on the Chinese authorities to put an end to all aggressive actions, in particular air and maritime operations in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, that endanger the stability in the Indo-Pacific region and thereby undermine international security, the sovereignty of regional countries, the safety of life at sea and freedom of navigation; stresses that further escalation in the Taiwan Strait would have detrimental effects on the European economy and therefore urges the Commission to start with the development of contingency planning and mitigation measures based on likely scenarios of escalation such as an economic blockade of Taiwan by the People's Republic of China (PRC);

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Amendment 505

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 a. Reaffirms its strong commitment to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; underlines that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by means of force or coercion, will not be accepted and will be met with a decisive and firm reaction;

Or. en

Amendment 506

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 b. Applauds the increase in freedom of navigation exercises conducted by several EU countries, including France, the Netherlands and Germany; notes that these activities are in line with international law and calls for more cooperation and coordination with regional partners in order to increase freedom of navigation operations in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 507

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 a. Is concerned by the growing cooperation and coordination between the Axis of Evil, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba and others such regimes with the intention of undermining international law, global peace and security, as well as freedom and democracy; deplores the ‘no limits’ partnership between Russia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) and calls on the EU to communicate to the Chinese regime the costs of its continued destructive policies, and to continue with the policies of de-risking in key sectors to reduce the EU's dependence on China and other totalitarian regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 508

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 a. Remains concerned about Russian and Chinese pressure exerted in Central Asia and stresses the need to scale up the EU’s presence in the region in response; underlines the EU’s interest in increasing security cooperation, economic relations and political ties with the countries of Central Asia, in part to address the circumvention of sanctions against Russia and Belarus;

Or. en

Amendment 509

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Or. en

Amendment 510

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security;

Or. de

Amendment 511

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, especially the deliveries of unmanned aerial vehicles, munitions and ballistic missiles; condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region, especially its strikes on Israel; condemns Iran, once again and in the strongest terms, for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces;

Or. fi

Amendment 512

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces;

Or. en

Amendment 513

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; condemns Teheran's direct military aid to Moscow for the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, including the transfer of ballistic missiles; expresses however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces;

Or. en

Amendment 514

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; expresses concern at the growing military cooperation between Iran and Russia, in particular the intention to sign a treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership, and strongly condemns Iran's provision of drones and ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine and its people; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces;

Or. en

Amendment 515

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional, European and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces; recalls that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been implicated in the planning and/or execution of dozens of operations, assassinations and terrorist attacks on EU soil over the past 30 years and more recently in attacks against Jewish synagogues and individuals as well as Israeli embassies in several EU Member States; therefore supports initiatives taken by Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Lithuania as well as the European Parliament’s repeated call to add the IRGC on the EU list of terrorist organizations;

Or. en

Amendment 516

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. sv

Amendment 517

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 518

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 519

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces; welcomes the EU’s decision to renew sanctions against Iran until July 2025, including by sanctioning Iran’s production of unmanned drones and missiles and its supply thereof to Russia and the wider Middle Eastern region; points out that the sanctioning options that have not yet been exhausted include a much more restrictive approach to technology transfers through exports of products that are not categorised as ‘dual-use’; recalls that the European Parliament has called for Hezbollah and the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be added to the EU list of terrorist organisations;

Or. en

Amendment 520

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest term, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces and calls for increased international efforts to support these groups in their struggle for freedom and human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 521

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Recognises the Islamic Republic of Iran as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, providing political, financial, operational and logistical support to various internationally recognised terrorist organizations, including many in Europe, and therefore urges the EU to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as an international terrorist organisation;

Or. en

Amendment 522

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 b. Unequivocally condemns the Iranian government for aiding and abetting terrorist organisations and networks that have perpetrated or attempted attacks within the European Union, posing a direct threat to European security, sovereignty and stability; urges the EU and Member States to enhance intelligence sharing and counter-terrorism measures to prevent any future attacks; reiterates its long-standing call to include Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the EU list of terrorist organisations;

Or. en

Amendment 523

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Calls on the EU to take inspiration from Canada and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as an international terrorist organization;

Or. en

Amendment 524

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Condemns Iran’s efforts to destabilise the region through its proxies, including the recent attacks and threats by the Houthi rebels against the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea; welcomes the increased European presence in order to safeguard this freedom through EUNAVFOR ASPIDES;

Or. en

Amendment 525

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Welcomes the EU’s decision to expand its current sanctions regime against Iran, including by sanctioning the country’s supply and production of drones and missiles to Russia and to the Middle East region;

Or. en

Amendment 526

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 b. Considers Iran’s nuclear weapons program as one of the foremost threats to Euro-Atlantic security today and stresses that the risk of Iran’s attaining of a nuclear breakout capacity is utterly unacceptable and must be prevented as a matter of the highest urgency;

Or. en

Amendment 527

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 c. Recognises that Iran’s belligerence, state sponsorship of terrorism, missile and drone proliferation and continued intimidation and interference in the domestic affairs of other countries will be massively escalated should Iran achieve nuclear breakout capacity;

Or. en

Amendment 528

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

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Or. en

Amendment 529

Özlem Demirel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East; condemns the indiscriminate bombing by Israel of Gaza and deliberate targeting of UN-workers, journalists, doctors and all civilians, underlines that the bombing and blockade of Gaza and other attacks by Israeli forces on civilian populations are collective punishments and indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks that is seen as danger of genocidal acts by the International Court of Justice in its urgent rulings on South Africa's lawsuit under the Genocide Convention; condemns the blockade of Gaza by Israel that deprives civilians from access to water, food and medication and is causing immense suffering among the civilian population and urges for its immediate lifting; calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as well as the withdrawal of Israeli troops; Calls for Member States to immediately stop arms exports to Israel in line with 2008/944/CFSP; recalls that there will be no military solution to the complex Middle East conflict and there can only be a solution if the legitimate interests of Israelis and Palestinians are guaranteed and if Israel and Palestine have a right to self-determination in their own state;

Or. en

Amendment 530

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates the condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7th October 2023; condemns the disproportionate Israeli military response to the Hamas terror attacks that has caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza; calls on all actors to increase efforts to de-escalate the current situation in the Middle East and to avoid further destabilization in the region; condemns the aggressions from Iranian proxies, in particular Hezbollah missile strikes against the North of Israel, and several waves of missile attacks by the Iranian regime itself against Israel; condemns the Israeli attacks on densely-populated areas in Lebanon and on the UN, including the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL);

Or. en

Amendment 531

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023 and express its strongest concern about the ongoing military action by the Israeli Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank; calls for an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all remaining hostages;

Or. en

Amendment 532

Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation, in the strongest possible terms, of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; stresses that Israel has been attacked on seven fronts, and reiterates that Israel has the right to defend itself, in line with international law; reiterates its call for the Council and the Member States to list the whole of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation, and to increase the pressure to disarm Hezbollah in line with UN Resolution 1701; notes that several countries, including the United States and the Netherlands, have listed Samidoun as a terrorist organisation; calls on the Council and the Member States to list Samidoun as a terrorist organisation;

Or. sv

Amendment 533

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by other Iranian proxies in addition to Hamas(such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

Or. en

Amendment 534

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; urges the Council and Member States to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as terrorist organization and to push for its full disarmament in line with UN Council resolution 1701; highlights recent decisions taken by the United States, Canada and the Dutch Parliament to designate Samidoun as terrorist organization acting as proxy of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); stresses that Samidoun was banned by Germany in 2023 and urges the Council and Member States to take action to ban the organization on the EU’s territory;

Or. en

Amendment 535

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; deplores the scale of civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon; condemns the Israeli Defence Forces' intentional attacks on UNIFIL, which are contrary to international law; reaffirms the essential stabilizing role played by UNIFIL, to which 16 Member States contribute, in southern Lebanon and calls for an immediate end to the attacks, the full implementation of UNSC resolution 1701 and ceasefires in both Gaza and Lebanon;

Or. en

Amendment 536

Kristian Vigenin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; expresses its concern over the high number of civilian casualties in the region and calls for protection of the civilian population; warns against further escalation of the conflict;

Or. en

Amendment 537

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; demands the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas;

Or. fi

Amendment 538

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20a. Points out that Israel is surrounded by hostile states; stresses that Israel has the right to defend itself from this existential threat;

Or. fi

Amendment 539

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Deplores all acts of violence which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself;

Or. en

Amendment 540

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Expresses its strongest concern regarding the military escalation in Lebanon, and deplores the unacceptable number of civilian casualties, the forced displacement caused by the escalating violence and the persistent use of military force; calls for an immediate ceasefire across the Blue Line and for full and symmetrical implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701; expresses particularly grave concern regarding the reported attacks by the Israeli Defence Forces against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL); recalls that any attacks against UN peacekeepers constitute a grave violation of international law and are totally unacceptable;

Or. en

Amendment 541

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Is extremely worried about the potential escalation in the whole Middle East; calls on Israel and Lebanon to cease the hostilities in order to open space for diplomatic negotiations in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701; is concerned by the situation of Christians in Lebanon; regrets that the Lebanese Parliament has not yet appointed a new President, which according to long standing conventions should be a Christian Maronite in order to guarantee a fair representation of the various religious groups composing the Lebanese society; calls on the Lebanese Parliament and authorities to appoint a new President according to the conventions and without further delays;

Or. en

Amendment 542

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Tobias Cremer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Underlines the security implications the escalation of the situation in Gaza and Lebanon has over the neighbouring regions; stresses that the evolving conflict also underscores wider security challenges for Europe, with implications for the future of deterrence, humanitarian law and crisis management; in this regard, urges to a diplomatic solution to the conflict, that respects international norms, with the aim of achieving peace; calls, therefore, for an immediate and permanent ceasefire;

Or. en

Amendment 543

Seán Kelly

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Condemns Israel’s disproportionate military response in Gaza and Lebanon and the collective punishment inflicted on the populations there;

Or. en

Amendment 544

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Expresses concern at the humanitarian situation in Lebanon and at the escalation of the conflict in the region; calls on Israel not to endanger the safety of the soldiers of the Lebanese army or of the UN forces deployed under UNIFIL; notes the Israeli military difficulties on the ground and recalls that the political settlement of the conflict requires first and foremost the restoration of the sovereignty of the Lebanese State and its armed forces over the entire territory of Lebanon;

Or. en

Amendment 545

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Highlights the need for the EU to follow up on its election observation and assist finding solutions for electoral crises such as the one in Lebanon; calls on the EU to support and ensure the participation of communities in future electoral cycles in Jordan;

Or. en

Amendment 546

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20α. Recognises the stabilising role of the Kurdish factor in the Middle East;

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Amendment 547

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20b. Considers this role to be crucial for the lasting stabilisation of Lebanon, through training and the provision of logistical support for the reconstruction of the country’s armed forces;

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Amendment 548

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Strongly condemns the Israeli Defense Forces firing on the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Southern Lebanon that represents a very serious violation of international military law;

Or. en

Amendment 549

Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Believes that increasingly systematic alignment to the United States’ foreign policy has dramatically reduced weakened the EU’s diplomatic credibility, and margins to work towards global peace; urges the EU to take on a non-aligned path based on diplomatic solutions;

Or. en

Amendment 550

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Calls for the increase of the European Peace Facility in the protection of the Jordan-Syria border, as it is being used by traffickers as a crossing point for arms and drug trafficking, with arms directed towards Gaza and the West Bank, and drugs towards Saudi Arabia; emphasizes the need for the EU to support its Jordanian partner, which has been weakened by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East;

Or. en

Amendment 551

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Stresses that EU territory is still under illegal occupation; regrets the fact that the Cyprus problem persists; condemns the fact that Türkiye continues to violate UN Security Council resolutions 550(1984) and 789(1992), which call on Türkiye to transfer the area of Varosha to its lawful inhabitants under the temporary administration of the UN, by supporting the opening of the town of Varosha to the public; strongly urges Türkiye once more to reverse its illegal and unilateral actions in Varosha; further calls on Türkiye to withdraw its troops from Cyprus; calls urgently for negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus to be resumed under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General as soon as possible from where they left off at Crans-Montana in 2017; reiterates its call on Türkiye to fulfil its obligation of the full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement towards all Member States, including the Republic of Cyprus;

Or. en

Amendment 552

Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Reaffirms its unconditional support for Cyprus in resolving the issue of the Turkish occupation of part of its territory, and will use all diplomatic means to encourage Turkey to accept a just, comprehensive and viable solution to this problem, i.e. a bizonal, bicommunal federation with a single international legal personality, a single sovereignty, a single citizenship and political equality, in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions and international law, and in conformity with the acquis and the founding principles of the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 553

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. While recognising that Türkiye is a country of strategic relevance, regrets Türkiye’s overall destabilising role in many areas of concern for the EU and in its neighbourhoods; regrets the fact that Türkiye undermines the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia and reiterates its call on Türkiye to fully align with the EU sanctions against Russia; deplores the fact that despite de-escalation efforts, Türkiye continues to retain the "casus belli" threat against Greece and to illegally occupy the northern part of the Republic of Cyprus as well as to violate international law including UNCLOS and the sovereign rights of EU Member States, in particular Greece and Cyprus, in the Eastern Mediterranean, trying to halt the works on Projects of EU Common Interest such as the Great Sea Interconnector between Greece and Cyprus; strongly condemns Türkiye’s illegal activities in Cyprus, including the violation of the status of the buffer zone, the increasing militarisation of the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus as well its efforts to upgrade the secessionist entity in the occupied area of Cyprus against international law that are not conducive to the resumption of the UN-led negotiations; notes that Türkiye is increasingly present in areas where the EU has key security interests and CSDP missions, and calls upon Türkiye to refrain from undermining EU interests and missions in these areas; calls on Member States to fully comply with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP in relation to Türkiye, including the strict application of criterion 4 on regional stability and criterion 5;

Or. en

Amendment 554

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20c. Believes that there can be no cooperation with Türkiye while it maintains illegal occupation forces in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus;

Or. el

Amendment 555

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20d. Considers that the withdrawal of the Turkish armed forces that threaten the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece is a basic requirement for any cooperation between the EU and Türkiye;

Or. el

Amendment 556

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Expresses concern about Turkey's ambitions in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean and its geopolitical activism; denounces the ‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine, which calls into question international law and the sovereignty of EU Member States such as Greece and Cyprus; denounces the maritime delimitation agreement signed by Ankara with Libya in November 2019 and the resulting allocation of hydrocarbon exploration rights;

Or. en

Amendment 557

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Stresses that, given the growing geopolitical tensions at sea, the EU must ensure that its external maritime borders are monitored effectively to prevent illegal activities; regrets Türkiye’s illegal activities against EU’ interests in the Eastern Mediterranean violating international law including UNCLOS and the sovereign rights of EU Member States, in particular Greece and Cyprus; reiterates its condemnation of the signature of the memoranda of understanding between Türkiye and Libya on comprehensive security and military cooperation and on the delimitation of maritime zones, which are interconnected and are clear violations of international law, the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the sovereign rights of EU Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 558

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Calls for the EU to play a significant role in the Mediterranean, and to become an actor with the ability to guarantee the stability of the region, the respect of international law and UNCLOS, including in relation to energy security, and to promote human rights; calls for enhanced cooperation with partner countries in the Mediterranean to combat extremism, terrorism, the illicit trade in weapons and human trafficking;

Or. en

Amendment 559

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Notes and confirms the need for EU-led actions to ensure free trade, building on successful prompt decision of Member States to launch EU Naval Force Operation ASPIDES, in response to Houti's attacks in Yemen against vessels in the Red Sea; in this regard, calls on Member States to increase the operation's capabilities to counter the growing influence of the authoritarian axis, including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, whose coordinated actions empower proxy groups like the Houthis to destabilise regions critical to the European Union and its global interests;

Or. en

Amendment 560

Tobias Cremer, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 l (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 l. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put a moratorium on the implementation of the EU agreement with Libya aiming at intercepting and returning migrants until the Commission has demonstrated the EU funding is not used for violations of migrants’ fundamental rights as detailed in numerous reports including from the United Nations; stresses the need to examine the role of EUBAM Libya and EUNAVFOR IRINI in this regard;

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Amendment 561

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Recognises that despite mass mobilization in Russia to continue its war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia maintains an active military presence everywhere that Moscow deems strategically important, primarily: South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Kazakhstan, Transnistria, Syria, the wider Mediterranean, Africa (via Wagner Group), Latin America and the Arctic, all of which create additional threat scenarios that cannot be discounted;

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Amendment 562

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Acknowledges that EU candidate countries, including Ukraine and Republic of Moldova, are facing challenges stemming from malign foreign interference as third countries are exploiting current national vulnerabilities by financing disinformation campaigns; condemns the interference campaigns led by Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the Western Balkans aiming to negatively influence the growing Euro-Atlantic orientation and stability of individual countries, in order to derail the European orientation of the region as a whole;

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Amendment 563

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognized borders; reiterates its calls on Russia to withdraw its military forces and equipment from the territory of the Republic of Moldova, to ensure the full destruction of all ammunition and equipment in the Cobasna depot under international oversight and to support a peaceful resolution to the Transnistrian conflict, in line with the principles of international law;

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Amendment 564

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Calls for enhanced EU support for Moldova in combating disinformation, hybrid threats, and cyberattacks; stresses that one significant source of disinformation used by Russia is the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova; underlines that reports indicate that many priests from the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova have traveled to Russia to receive funds intended for electoral manipulation in the Republic of Moldova1a;

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1a https://hrwf.eu/moldova-three-hundred-moldovan-priests-went-on-a-free-pilgrimage-to-russia/

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Amendment 565

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Strongly condemns constant and coordinated attempts by the Russian Federation, pro-Russian oligarchs and Russian-sponsored local proxies to destabilise the Republic of Moldova, sow divisions within Moldovan society and derail the country’s pro-European direction through hybrid attacks, the weaponisation of energy supplies, disinformation, bomb threats and staged protests as well as the threat or use of violence; welcomes the outcomes of the EU referendum and the Moldovan citizen’s historic choice to anchor their future within the EU despite massive interference and hybrid attacks by Russia and its proxies to undermine the democratic vote in Moldova; commends the establishment and operations of the EU Partnership Mission in Moldova (EUPM Moldova) which have enhanced the Moldovan authorities’ capabilities to address Russian interference; calls on the Council, Commission and EEAS to provide additional resources, including human and financial, equipment and civilian experts necessary to continue implementing the mission’s mandate beyond May 2025; further calls on the Member States to examine how similar missions can be created in other candidate countries, if necessary, and in close cooperation with their national authorities;

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Amendment 566

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Notes with concern that the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova has reported an unprecedented level of intensity in Russia’s actions aimed at anchoring Moldova within its sphere of influence; underlines that this hybrid threat is targeted at democratic processes and undermines European integration by amplifying radical separatist tendencies in the south of the country, particularly in Gagauzia (UTAG), using propaganda, manipulating the information space, interfering in the electoral process and conducting subversive operations;

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Amendment 567

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 e. Highlights the critical role of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in ensuring regional security and deterrence; urges Member States to increase funding for the EPF to strengthen the defence capabilities of the Republic of Moldova, thereby enhancing the country's resilience against potential threats and contributing to overall stability in the region;

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Amendment 568

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Reiterates the EU’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and for the efforts in the framework of the 5+2 negotiation process to reach a peaceful, lasting, comprehensive, political settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, based on the respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognized borders, with a special status for Transnistria, that would ensure the protection of human rights also on the territories currently not controlled by constitutional authorities; reminds that the UN General Assembly adopted on 22 June 2018 a resolution urging the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops and armaments unconditionally from the territory of the Republic of Moldova and reaffirming the support for the immediate implementation of that resolution;

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Amendment 569

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Shows growing concerns about the continuing attempts of Russia to destabilize neighbouring countries like Georgia and Moldova; condemns with the strongest terms the use of, FIMI, political assassination, terror’s acts and territorial occupation; underlines the need for reinforcing capacities of the EU to defend and develop democratic and value-based societies in the neighbouring countries;

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Amendment 570

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Recognizes that Georgia was the first target of Russia's full-scale military aggression and attempts to forcefully redraw the borders of a sovereign state in Europe in 2008; stresses that even after 15 years, the Russian Federation continues its illegal occupation and effective control over the occupied territories of Georgia through its military presence, continued borderisation activities along the administrative boundary lines (ABL), significant military build-up in the occupied regions, frequent illegal detentions and kidnappings of Georgian citizens and other human rights violations on the ground, posing a serious threat not only to the peace and security in the region, but also to the security architecture of Europe;

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Amendment 571

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Acknowledges that Georgia was the first target of Russia’s full-scale military aggression and emphasizes that, since 2008, the Russian Federation has persisted in its illegal occupation and effective control over Georgia’s occupied territories; underlines that Russia’s military presence, unlawful activities, and human rights abuses in Georgia pose a serious risk to the country’s security and to the broader security framework of Europe; reiterates its calls on Russia to withdraw its military forces and equipment from the territory of Georgia;

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Amendment 572

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Condemns Azerbaijan's continued encroachment on Armenia's borders; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to withdraw from the internationally recognised Armenian territories in the provinces of Syunik, Vayots Dzor and Gegharkunik; expresses concern about the Zangezur corridor project; reminds Azerbaijan that the gas agreements concluded with the European Union in no way constitute tacit acquiescence to violations of international law in the region;

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Amendment 573

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Urges the EU to continue active engagement and take decisive steps through its important instruments to ensure that Russia fulfils its obligations under the EU-mediated 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, in particular to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories, deploy international security mechanisms inside both Georgian regions and to allow the EU Monitoring Mission’s unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia, to engage constructively in the Geneva International Discussions (GID) and Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs); calls on the EEAS to prepare a thorough report of violations of the 12 August 2008 ceasefire agreement, identify and communicate clearly the provisions which have still not been fulfilled by the Russian Federation and submit recommendations; considers the need to ensure Russia's withdraw of military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories as a key security objective and allow the establishment of an international security mechanism in these territories; urges the EU to promote the unimpeded access of the EU Monitoring Mission to Georgia’s territories occupied by Russia according to the Mission’s mandate; to support the extension of its mandate and strengthening its capacities in order to address properly the security and humanitarian needs of the local population in conflict-affected areas;

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Amendment 574

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Condemns Azerbaijan for continued efforts to undermine possibility of regional peace and continued threats against Armenia; calls on the EU and its Member States to exclude any security, technical or financial assistance to Azerbaijan, including through various EU instruments, that might contribute to the increase of Azerbaijan’s offensive capabilities or endanger the security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia;

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Amendment 575

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20b. Recalls that a year has passed since Azerbaijan’s seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the exodus of the entire Armenian population from the region; condemns the military support and the supply of arms provided by non-EU countries to Azerbaijan; points out that Azerbaijan has been guilty of serious breaches of human rights; condemns the destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage in the region by Azerbaijan; calls on the EU to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan for the programme of ethnic cleansing in connection with the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh;

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Amendment 576

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20e. Believes that there can be no agreement with Azerbaijan until it fully respects the territorial integrity of Armenia and agrees to disarm the areas of Azerbaijan bordering Armenia;

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Amendment 577

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Deplores that one year passed since the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the forced displacement of more than 140000 Armenians from their ancestral land; condemns the military support provided by third states to Azerbaijan; reiterates its position that the attack carried out by Azerbaijan cannot remain without consequences; calls on the Council to consider imposing targeted and individual sanctions against perpetrators of aggression, including but not limited to the political and military entourage of President Aliyev and to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy; calls on the EU to suspend negotiations over a new partnership agreement with Azerbaijan in light also of the dramatic deterioration of country's human rights situation;

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Amendment 578

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Welcomes the decision to adopt the first assistance measure under the European Peace Facility in support of Armenian armed forces and calls for the cooperation between Armenia and the EU to be further reinforced in the field of security and defence; welcomes the actions undertaken by several Member States to provide defensive military support to Armenia and urges the Member States to consider similar initiatives; welcomes the new momentum in bilateral relations between the EU and Armenia and calls for increased cooperation;

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Amendment 579

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 d. Commends the EU Council for the decision to provide necessary assistance to Armenia through the EPF instrument, as this would strengthen the resilience of Armenia in the context of ensuring security, independence and sovereignty and lead to more comprehensive and enhanced cooperation between the sides in the field of defence; calls on the Council to consider the further assistance under this instrument to Armenia;

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Amendment 580

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Calls on the Council and the Commission to launch assistance to Armenia in the area of mine-clearance;

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Amendment 581

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Expresses concern about the deteriorating security situation in the Sahel and in the coastal countries of West Africa; notes that this situation increases the terrorist risk for the whole of Europe, may provoke new migratory crises and poses a significant risk to the EU's external borders; denounces Russia's destabilising activities in Africa; is concerned about the growing influence of China and Turkey in the region;

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Amendment 582

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 h. Condemns the presence of private military companies and/or state sponsored proxies such as the Africa Corps (formerly Wagner Group) which have played a destabilising role in the Sahel region and have supported various repressive regimes in an attempt to further the Russian Federation’s influence in Africa;

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Amendment 583

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 i. Emphasises that the EU should urgently review its regional strategy for the Sahel, following the various coups in the region and the overall failure of its presence and missions; in this respect, strongly deplores the forced departure of French troops and UN peacekeeping forces, which have been replaced by Africa Corps (formerly Wagner Group) mercenaries, Russia and Türkiye whose industries supply arms to Sahelian capitals; urges the EU Special Representative for the Sahel and the Member States to maintain diplomatic engagement and continue supporting civil society and spending on development and humanitarian aid;

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Amendment 584

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 j. Calls on the Council to reassess its strategies for the Great Lakes Region; expresses concerns on the lack of coherence in the EU response to the region’s crises and questions the sincerity of the EU’s commitment to peace in the region following the Memorandum of Understanding with Rwanda on strategic minerals and Poland’s agreement to supply arms to Rwanda in case of an external attack; calls the EU Member States and the Council to condition military aid support to the Rwandan army and to urgently appoint an EU Special Representative in the region;

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Amendment 585

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 k (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 k. Calls on the review of EU strategy on the Horn of Africa; urges the Commission and the Council to play a major role as a geopolitical actor in the Horn of Africa in view of achieving its goals of promoting peace, stability, and inclusive, sustainable economic development in the region; calls on the Council and EEAS to consider how to best utilize EUCAP Somalia, EUTM Somalia and EUNAVFOR ATALANTA in this regard to further these goals and enhance the EU’s activities; is concerned by the growing engagement of other foreign actors and the reduced role the EU has in the region;

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Amendment 586

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 e. Recognizes that the Arctic region carries significant strategic and geopolitical importance due to its emerging maritime routes, rich natural resources and opportunities for economic development unlocked by global warming, while being increasingly contested; considers alarming the growing activities and interest by authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China, in the Arctic;

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Amendment 587

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Underlines the Arctic's strategic importance within the EU's defence framework, underscoring the need for strengthened deterrence and defence capabilities in close coordination with NATO; emphasizes that this cooperation is essential to address the intensifying militarization and resource competition operated by Russian and Chinese activities in the region, and to counterbalance their expanding influence and military presence;

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Amendment 588

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 f. Underlines the importance of preserving security, stability and cooperation in the Artic; stresses that the region must remain free from military tensions and natural resource exploitation, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples; reiterates the need to include the Union’s Arctic policy in the CSDP and engage in effective cooperation with NATO calls for the Artic to be addressed regularly within the Political and Security Committee and Council meetings;

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Amendment 589

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 g. Recalls that mainstreaming and operationalising gender perspectives in external relations and implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda are long-standing priorities for the EU; therefore, insists on the importance of delivering on all commitments made, including those in the EU’s Gender Action Plan (GAP) III (2020-2024) and in the Strategic Compass, including by promoting gender equality and by systematically mainstreaming a gender perspective, based on gender analysis, in all civilian and military CSDP planning and actions; welcomes, in this context, the appointment of Gender Advisors in all CSDP Missions and Operations and the establishment of a network of gender focal points; calls for the full implementation of the commitments made in the new Civilian CSDP Compact, which includes significantly increasing women’s participation in civilian CSDP among international staff while striving for gender parity; underlines nevertheless that more needs to be done to ensure gender equality and the full and meaningful participation of women in CSDP, especially in military missions;

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Amendment 590

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Recalls the importance of strengthening women's participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peace negotiations, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, humanitarian action and post-conflict reconstruction, in line with UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security; welcomes the inclusion of gender and human rights perspectives in all EU CSDP missions and operations to support the implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda and stresses that the systematic integration of a gender perspective in all external and internal CSDP activities aims to improve the operational effectiveness of the CSDP;

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Amendment 591

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Emphasises the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflicts on women and girls, especially in terms of conflict-related sexual violence; highlights the imperative need to ensure the provision and accessibility of appropriate related healthcare in armed conflicts, including sexual and reproductive health and rights; calls in this regards on the Member States to guarantee the respect for sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees in their territory; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that armed conflicts are considered through the lens of gender;

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Amendment 592

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Recalls that mainstreaming and operationalising gender perspectives in external relations and implementing the women, peace and security agenda are long-standing priorities for the EU; insists that the update of the Strategic Compass propose further measures to ensure gender equality and the full and meaningful participation of women in CSDP, especially in military missions;

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Amendment 593

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Calls for the new Civilian CSDP Compact to be used to strive for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in civilian CSDP; highlights women’s significant contribution in CSDP missions’ and operations’ success and as a driver of the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide;

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Amendment 594

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

CSDP missions and operations

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Amendment 595

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

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Amendment 596

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to continue to innovate CSDP missions and operations, including with robust, flexible and modular mandates, that are result-oriented and free from ideological components often incompatible with the culture and values of local communities, in order to achieve mission goals and involve smooth adaptation to the changing security context and needs of host countries, and to build on the synergies and complementarities of the civilian and military dimensions of the CSDP;

Or. en

Amendment 597

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to continue to effectively design CSDP missions and operations, including with robust, flexible and modular mandates, in order to adapt to the changing security context and needs of host countries, and to build on the synergies and complementarities of the civilian and military dimensions of the CSDP;

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Amendment 598

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to continue to innovate CSDP missions and operations, including with robust, flexible and modular mandates, in order to adapt to the changing security context and needs of host countries, and to build on the synergies and complementarities of the civilian and military dimensions of the CSDP; insists on the need for comprehensive and uncompromising reviews of CSDP missions and operations: in particular on the realism of mandates in relation to the resources allocated, methods of recruiting members of missions and operations and matching profiles to the skills required, rationalization of resources and management of missions and operations, transparency on calls for tender, activities and results obtained, lessons learned on good practices and difficulties encountered, and, on the basis of these reviews, calls on the HR VP to take a decision to adapt or abandon ineffective missions and strengthen the most useful missions; also questions the governance of evaluation and control of CSDP missions and operations, and believes it should be improved;

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Amendment 599

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21. Calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to continue to innovate CSDP missions and operations, including with robust, flexible and modular mandates, in order to adapt to the changing security context and needs of host countries, and to build on the synergies and complementarities of the civilian and military dimensions of the CSDP; underlines the importance of clear and achievable goals as well as the equipment with the necessary financial, logistical and human resources for each of these missions; stresses that each mission and operation has to be effectively tailored to the needs and wants of each host country, ensuring the creation of the necessary conditions for the mission to achieve its said goals over the long-term and to maintain a strong partnership with the local population and national authorities;

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Amendment 600

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Reiterates its call for detailed and regular impact assessments as well as ex-post assessments for all missions and operations, which will help to understand the short-, medium and long-term effects on the host country; reiterates its call that these assessments must be shared with the European Parliament; stresses the particular need for all mission and operations to have sunset provisions to allow a sustainable termination if necessary;

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Amendment 601

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 e. Considers the strategic environment where many CSDP missions are present is radically deteriorating, with an ongoing war of aggression by Russia in Ukraine and its spillover effect into Moldova and the South Caucasus, a wave of coup d’états in the Sahel region and renewed terrorist campaigns in Somalia and Mozambique, all of which demonstrates the need for CSDP mandates to remain flexible and strive towards building a credible and capable deterrence posture within the host countries to ensure their civilian and military personnel can deter and respond rapidly to the growing threat environment;

Or. en

Amendment 602

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Highlights the necessity of extending CSDP missions along the EU’s Eastern borders, where heightened security threats underscore the need for a reinforced EU presence. Expanding these missions will enhance stability in vulnerable regions, strengthen EU resilience, and contribute to peace and security efforts in neighbouring areas, ultimately providing critical support to Member States and partners facing complex security challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 603

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 f. Stresses that if CSDP missions are to achieve mission objectives, they must begin advisory and training in coping with emerging and disruptive technologies that are rapidly entering the ‘frozen conflict’ environment and are increasingly present in various combat environments that CSDP missions are adjacent to; urges Member States to ensure that CSDP mandates and personnel are equipped with the mandate and resources necessary to specialise in C-UAV and C-IED capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 604

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Reiterates its calls on the Member States and the EEAS to systematically include financial and human resources, tools and training aimed at countering FIMI-related threats in all CSDP missions and operations as part of their broader mandate in host countries, increasing their resilience against hybrid threats and improving their strategic communications;

Or. en

Amendment 605

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Reiterates its calls on the EEAS to take concrete actions to support CSDP missions and operations fighting against and countering disinformation and propaganda, in countries where CSDP missions and operations are deployed, in particular in the Western Balkans and in Eastern Partnership countries; calls on the European Commission to take into account EU’s external missions and operations when shaping its European Democracy Shield in order to pre-empt threats aiming at discrediting EU’s external actions and protect EU personnel deployed abroad; insists on the need to build on lessons learned across the different EU missions and operations, as well as cooperating with Member States mission and operations, to better communicate and identify threats in order to pre-empt or respond to them in a timely manner when necessary; calls for an improved strategic communication and enhanced outreach in the areas of deployment - using the relevant local languages - in order to better inform the local population of the motives, benefits and roles of the EU missions and operations in their respective regions, informing them as well of the consequences of relying on the support of other actors aiming at destabilising them, in particular Russia;

Or. en

Amendment 606

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 i (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 i. Encourages cyber security projects be expanded to include third countries that have been affected by Russia’s disinformation campaigns and cyber warfare; emphasizes the destabilizing impact of Russian disinformation and propaganda campaigns against Member States and CSDP Mission Headquarters that seek to sow discord and resentment against the Armed Forces of Member States and CSDP missions; notes with particular concern Russian cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns in Ukraine, Moldova and across the Sahel region which have had a adversely negative effect on CSDP mission objectives;

Or. en

Amendment 607

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Calls for strengthening of the staffing, response ability, resources and strategic communication of CSDP missions around the world, especially in European immediate neighbourhood and candidate countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine and Georgia;

Or. en

Amendment 608

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 c. Calls on enhancing visibility and strategic communication on the benefits, presence and role of the CSDP missions;

Or. en

Amendment 609

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 l (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 l. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to increase the visibility of CSDP missions in Eastern Partnership via inclusion in their political messaging, publicly accessible documents and engagements with the international press;

Or. en

Amendment 610

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 d. Urges CSDP mission planning to take into consideration the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) role in promoting alternative narratives, challenging democratic values, undermining open markets, and the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 611

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Calls on the Council and the EEAS to include a cultural heritage protection component to its CSDP missions and operations in order to provide assistance and education to local partners in addressing security challenges related to the preservation and protection of cultural heritage; notes that the inclusion of cultural heritage protection and intercultural dialogue into the mission mandates would be beneficial to the process of conflict resolution and reconciliation and to conclude sustainable settlements in mission operation area;

Or. en

Amendment 612

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 g. Encourages Member States to maintain the principle of nominating national specialists as candidates for CSDP mission staff from EU Member States bordering Eastern Partnership countries or who have experience with the transformation of former communist services;

Or. en

Amendment 613

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 c. Recognises CSDP as an opportunity for third countries hosting CSDP missions to also aid Euro-Atlantic security objectives and demonstrate their capacity to provide security to others via their participation in out-of-area CSDP missions and operations; encourages Member States to expand support mechanisms for Eastern Partnership country participation in CSDP missions when deemed appropriate;

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Amendment 614

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 h. Encourages Member States to each deploy personnel to CSDP missions in Eastern Partnership countries to ensure all Member States are represented in missions throughout the region and to encourage greater third country participation in these missions, particularly from third countries who have hosted successfully completed CSDP missions in former communist countries;

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Amendment 615

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Supports the extension of the mandate of EUFOR Operation Althea by the UNSC as an established and proven mission, in order to maintain presence in the ongoing challenging circumstances, as well as to reinforce capacities in case of increased instability;

Or. en

Amendment 616

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 e. Welcomes the renewal for one year of the EUFOR Althea's mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the UN Security Council. This extension sends a clear message and reflects the united commitment across all political spectrums in Bosnia and Herzegovina to uphold peace and security in cooperation with the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 617

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 d. Welcomes the continued presence of EUFOR's Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina and KFOR in Kosovo and their role in building and maintaining a safe and secure environment; reminds that the experiences and lessons learned from both missions add substantial value to all current and future military and civilian CSDP missions and operations;

Or. en

Amendment 618

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Welcomes the sustained presence of EUFOR’s Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina and KFOR in Kosovo, recognizing their crucial role in supporting security and stability; calls for strengthening these missions with additional personnel, greater response capabilities, increased resources, and stronger strategic communication efforts;

Or. en

Amendment 619

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Calls on the Council and VP/HR that EU peacekeeping missions, such as EUFOR’s Operation Althea in BiH, are open to all interested Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 620

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 c. Welcomes the European Council’s decision of March 2024 to open accession negotiations with BiH, emphasizing that this represents both an opportunity and a responsibility for the country’s elected officials to improve BiH citizens' life; strongly condemns in this regard any divisive or secessionist rhetoric that exacerbates the country’s vulnerabilities; underscores its support for EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as a vital peacekeeping mission that significantly contributes to the stability of both the country and the region; welcomes in this regard the renewal of its mandate beyond 2025; further welcomes the mission’s positive response to the request from BiH Ministry of Security’s Civil Protection Agency, offering assistance to national authorities in addressing the impact of the recent flooding;

Or. en

Amendment 621

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Welcomes the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) under the CSDP, which continues to help to increase security in the region by substantially decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas, reducing the level of risks for the population living in such areas; welcomes Armenia’s assistance to the activities of the EUMA on its territory; commends the Council for the decision to increase the number of deployed observers as well as the Mission’s capacity, extend its deployment timeframe and calls for further expansion and presence in the region; urges Azerbaijan to allow EU observers on its side of the border as well; condemns Azerbaijani threats and Russian negative narrative against the EUMA;

Or. en

Amendment 622

Loucas Fourlas

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Welcomes and strongly supports the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) under the common security and defence policy, which continues to help to increase security in the region by substantially decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas, to reduce the level of risks for the population living in such areas; welcomes Armenia’s assistance to the activities of a mission on its territory; commends the Council for the decision to expand the number of deployed observers and increase the mission capacity, extend its deployment timeframe and calls for further expansion and presence in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 623

Costas Mavrides, Yannis Maniatis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Welcomes the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), which continues to help to increase security in the region by decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas in Armenia, to reduce the level of risks for the population living in such areas; commends the Council for the decision to enlarge the number of experts deployed as part of EUMA, to increase the mission's capacity and to extend its deployment timeframe; condemns Azerbaijan and Russia's misleading claims and threads against EUMA and calls on the EUMA’s further presence and expansion in Armenia;

Or. en

Amendment 624

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 f. Welcomes the actions of the EU CSDP civilian mission in Armenia (EUMA) on the Armenian side of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and its contribution to the stability in the border areas of Armenia; encourages Member States to continue supporting the mission and providing adequate resource, to promote confidence-building, enhance human security in conflict-affected areas, and create an environment conducive to EU-supported normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan;

Or. en

Amendment 625

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 f. Reiterates its support for the activities of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) mandated to observe developments at the international border with Azerbaijan and expresses its concern at the repeated acts of disinformation and smear campaigns originating from Azerbaijan against EUMA; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen EUMA’s mandate, increase its size and extend its duration;

Or. en

Amendment 626

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Welcomes and strongly supports the activities of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) under the common security and defence policy, which continues to help to increase security in the region by substantially decreasing the number of incidents in conflict-affected and border areas, to reduce the level of risks for the population living in such areas; commends the Council for the decision to expand the number of deployed observers and increase the mission capacity, extend its deployment timeframe and calls for further expansion and presence in the region; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to agree to have such a civilian mission on their side of the border as well;

Or. en

Amendment 627

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 h (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 h. Welcomes EUMM Georgia’s role in monitoring the situation at the Abkhaz and South Ossetian Boundary Line; condemns the temporary arrest of EUMM officers by security actors while conducting a routine patrol along the Abkhaz Boundary Line; expresses its deep concern by any actions that obstruct EUMM actions aiming at undermining efforts to build confidence; calls on the HRVP and the Council to monitor the situation closely;

Or. en

Amendment 628

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Expresses concern that Transnistria continues to serve as a safe haven for human smugglers and organized crime while recognising that EUBAM plays an important role in helping to re-open rail freight through Transnistria that had been suspended for six years and in 2020 aided in launching a direct dialogue between Tiraspol and Chisinau; recognises that from 2020-2021 EUBAM thwarted multiple smuggling operations, seizing copious amounts of ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, ethanol and heroin and encourages EUBAM to expand its collaboration with multiple international organisations including Europol, FRONTEX and OSCE via its Arms Working Group, ORIO II Joint Operations and ‘EU 4 Border Security’ initiatives;

Or. en

Amendment 629

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Highlights the essential role of the EU Partnership Mission in Moldova (EUPM Moldova) and calls the EU and its Member States to extend the mission's mandate beyond May 2025 while increasing resources to enhance its effectiveness;

Or. en

Amendment 630

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 e. Recalls the importance of the role of the EU Partnership Mission in the Republic of Moldova in contributing to the strengthening of the Republic of Moldova’s crisis management structures and to enhance its resilience to hybrid threats, including cybersecurity, and countering foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), in the context of the Russian aggression of Ukraine; to this aim, calls on the EEAS to assess the adequacy of its means, methods and resources in relation to the mission's objectives, especially as regard staff expertise for the needs of the mission, and to adapt them in the light of the evaluation's conclusions EUAM Armenia;

Or. en

Amendment 631

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 e. Supports the recent Council decision to prolong until 30 June 2025 the mandates of the European Union Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah) and the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS; recalls the essential role of EUBAM Rafah in providing technical assistance on integrated border management to the Palestinian Authority as well as on trade facilitation; considers that the EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah can play an essential role in support of Palestinian state-building efforts;

Or. en

Amendment 632

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 g. Supports an increased role of the two EU civilian CSDP missions EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah, in line with European Council conclusions of 21 and 22 March 2024 recalling they can play an important role based on the principle of the two-state solution and the viability of a future Palestinian state, to participate in the facilitation of the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza strip, to improve the efficiency of the Palestinian authority in the West Bank, and to prepare for its return to the Gaza strip; stresses in particular the need to create the necessary conditions for the full reactivation of EUBAM Rafah to allow it act as a neutral third party at the Rafah crossing point, in coordination with the Palestinian Authority as well as the Israeli and Egyptian authorities; expects the reinforcement of the scope and mandates of EUPOL COPPS and EUBAM Rafah on the ground to be included as key priorities of the forthcoming EU-Middle East Strategy;

Or. en

Amendment 633

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 g (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 g. Calls on EEAS and the Member States to examine closely the mandate of all CSDP missions in Africa, including their potential termination if necessary, with the aim of providing achievable goals and milestones for each mission given the current political context, as well as exploring whether these missions could be amended to more effectively serve a new multi-dimensional and tailored EU strategy in the Sahel and Africa, as part of its integrated approach; takes note of the de facto closure of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM);

Or. en

Amendment 634

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Reiterates that the war in Ukraine must not detract from the EU's attention to the deteriorating security situation in the Sahel and in the coastal countries of West Africa; calls for the opening of new CSDP missions in this area, equipped with serious capabilities and responding to the real needs of the host countries;

Or. en

Amendment 635

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Expresses concern regarding the difficult and serious situation in the Sahel region, in particular following the coups that several countries in the region have suffered in recent years, which have led to a decline in EU presence in the region with the de facto termination of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) and the non-renewal of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali); recalls that stability in the Sahel region has direct repercussions on Europe’s security and stability and on the management of migratory flows from Africa;

Or. es

Amendment 636

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Regrets the uncoordinated approach taken by the Member States in Africa, which has contributed to the termination of some CSDP missions and operations in the continent; regrets that certain Member States that had contributed marginally to the EU CSDP missions and operations in Central and Western Africa are currently pledging troops and funds in a unilateral way; is alarmed by the growing presence and assertiveness of third parties’ military and para-military troops in countries where EU Member States are launching unilateral military missions;

Or. en

Amendment 637

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 c. Welcomes the creation of a new type of hybrid civilian-military European Union Security and Defence Initiative in the Gulf of Guinea (EUSDI Gulf of Guinea), established is August 2023, aiming at empowering the security and defence forces of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin to improve the stability and resilience of their northern border areas;

Or. en

Amendment 638

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Takes stock of the termination of EUTM Mali, EUMPM Niger military operations and EUCAP Sahel Niger mission, and acknowledges that the various international missions have not been able to achieve their primary goal of lasting peace in the region; is concerned by the failure of the EU's Sahel strategy in terms of Security and Defence; expresses deep concern about the worsening of security situation, the continuous failure of states and the resurgence of terrorism in the Sahel region; calls for a deep assessment on the mandates and roles of EU missions and operations and policies in Africa and a profoundly revised strategy for the CSDP in the Sahel region that would be well articulated with the EU development policy in Africa;

Or. en

Amendment 639

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Takes note of the end in 2024 of the mandates of the EUTM Mali, EUMPM in Niger and of the ground mission of personnel from the EUCAP Sahel Niger, while the EU Capacity Mission (EUCAP) Sahel Mali and the EU Regional Advisory and Coordination Cell (EU RACC) for the Sahel are still ongoing; urges the Commission and the VP/HR to review as a matter of priority, the mandate and resources of the EUCAP Sahel Mali and EURACC for the Sahel and propose changes to them, in the light of a revised EU Strategy for the Sahel;

Or. en

Amendment 640

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 d. Welcomes the launch of the EUNAVFOR ASPIDES as an EU military operation contributing to the protection of freedom of navigation and safeguarding maritime security, especially for merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf;

Or. en

Amendment 641

Nathalie Loiseau, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 d. Welcomes the creation, in 2024 of EUNAVFOR ASPIDES military mission in February 2024, in response to the Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea, to help protect merchant ships from attack, accompany them and enhance the security of the maritime situation in the region; calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to consider a merge with EU ATALANTA military operation, as originally envisaged, for a better efficiency of both operations;

Or. en

Amendment 642

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strengthening civilian CSDP

Or. en

Amendment 643

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 j (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 j. Calls on the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) and the EU Military Committee (EUMC) to ensure that CSDP Security Sector Reform efforts support established educational trainings of Ministerial officials such as the Professional Development Program (PDP);

Or. en

Amendment 644

Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 k (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 k. Calls on the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) to emphasise the professional civil-military education of all staff in CSDP missions by utilizing the European Security and Defence College to help shape the expertise of civil and defence professionals to ensure that CSDP personnel can better recognise and respond to the complexity of security challenges evident in Eastern Partnership and other countries;

Or. en

Amendment 645

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Calls for the Member States to use the new Civilian CSDP Compact to strengthen their strategic vision of civilian crisis management by clarifying the role, effectiveness and added value of civilian CSDP, and by defining a shared level of ambition for civilian crisis management;

Or. en

Amendment 646

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Highlights that success of civilian CSDP missions is highly dependent on openness to the host country’s perspectives and ownership; encourages the use of tailor-made approaches, the active involvement of and cooperation with the host government, civil society and the local population;

Or. en

Amendment 647

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 c. Regrets the fact that the CFSP budget for civilian CSDP missions has only marginally increased from the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 to the MFF 2021-2027 (from a starting point of approximately EUR 350 million per year), while at the same time the number and tasks of missions has increased, the security environment has become more challenging, the cost of operations has increased, inflation has grown and the number of contracted personnel has increased;

Or. en

Amendment 648

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 d. Calls for a substantive increase of funding for the CFSP budget, while at the same time ensuring the efficient use of the funds allocated to the CSDP civilian missions, in order to make sure that they effectively respond to crisis situations and unforeseen events;

Or. en

Amendment 649

Mariusz Kamiński, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strengthening anti-corruption measures in CSDP missions and operations

Or. en

Amendment 650

Mariusz Kamiński, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Recognizes how corruption can harm and impact CSDP missions and operations and calls for strategies to address the associated risks; believes that corruption can undermine the legitimacy of host governments and partners, erode peacebuilding efforts, and damage trust in international reconstruction and development programs; notes that corruption can expose CSDP missions to reputational damage, waste resources, and foster poor governance and maladministration by increasing local levels of bribery, fraud, extortion, and nepotism; highlights the potential for corruption to empower abusive warlords and militias, strengthen popular support for insurgencies, and divert material resources to insurgent and terrorist groups; therefore emphasizes the need for comprehensive measures to prevent and combat corruption and calls for a greater focus on anti-corruption efforts within current and future CSDP projects;

Or. en

Amendment 651

Mariusz Kamiński, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 b. Invites the VP/HR and other CSDP actors to recognize and mitigate the extent, severity, and impact of corrupt practices in operational theatres, to mitigate corruption risks in CSDP activities, and to work within broader anti-corruption measures to prevent corruption from undermining the integrity of CSDP initiatives and threatening core CSDP mission strategic goals; calls to:

- increase anti-corruption expertise and knowledge and make anti-corruption efforts a top priority in CSDP missions and operations and incorporate anti-corruption objectives into CSDP strategies and plans for security and stability goals;

- strengthen oversight of projects accompanying CSDP missions and operations,

- enhance transparency regarding contractors and their interactions to prevent conflicts of interest, and root out corruption, waste, and fraud;

- equip CSDP bodies with appropriate tools to recognize and address corruption risks in operational environments, ensuring operational planning includes corruption mitigation;

- develop anti-corruption expertise in CSDP by building on experiences from previous and current missions and operations, as well as on national and Alliance practices in anti-corruption efforts;

- develop a shared understanding of the nature and scope of corruption in a host country through political, economy and network analysis;

- establish a robust set of anti-corruption tools based on jointly conducted, high-level analyses of criminal patronage networks and associated money flows;

- analyse, in mission planning, links between host government officials, corruption, criminality, trafficking, and terrorism;

- include a senior anti-corruption official to assist with strategic, operational, and tactical planning at headquarters from the outset and throughout CSDP missions and operations;

- provide support, including advice on anti-corruption methods, programming, and best practices, to personnel in CSDP missions and operations;

- prioritize anti-corruption efforts from the beginning with host governments and international and regional partners;

Or. en

Amendment 652

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 12

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Improving the EU’s ability to address security challenges

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 653

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 13

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Intelligence capacity

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 654

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Stresses the importance of enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, when required, to improve situational awareness, better anticipate and counter threats to collective security and define common lines of actions under the CSDP, particularly in the area of crisis management;

Or. en

Amendment 655

Alexander Sell

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Stresses the importance of enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, to improve situational awareness and to be able to better anticipate and counter threats to collective security and define common lines of actions under the CSDP, particularly in the area of crisis management;

Or. en

Amendment 656

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Stresses the importance of enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, to combat foreign interference, improve situational awareness and to be able to better anticipate and counter threats to collective security and define common lines of actions under the CSDP, particularly in the area of crisis management; therefore calls for the creation of a European equivalent of the Five Eyes intelligence cooperation for foreign intelligence collection, attribution of digital operations and sanction evasion;

Or. en

Amendment 657

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Stresses the importance of enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, to improve situational awareness and to be able to better anticipate and counter threats to collective security and define common lines of actions under the CSDP, particularly in the area of crisis management; calls for regular joint threat assessments with input from Member States intelligence services in order to inform CSDP decision-making and to build a common strategic culture; calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to reinforce the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC) and the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen); reiterates the call for the deployment of intelligence capacities in all CSDP missions and operations, which would provide information to the EU Intelligence and Analysis Centre (EU INTCEN), EUMS and the CPCC; underlines the importance of secure communications for reliable intelligence and welcomes efforts to streamline security rules and regulations in this respect to better protect information, infrastructure and communication systems from foreign interference and attacks; calls on the Member States to reinforce the EU INTCEN as an effective intelligence-sharing body in order to share intelligence safely, formulate a common strategic culture and provide strategic information to better anticipate and respond to crises within and outside the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 658

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 659

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 660

Christophe Gomart, Hélder Sousa Silva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 661

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Commends the efforts of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) and the EU Military Staff Intelligence Directorate, cooperating in the framework of the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC), as well the European Union Satellite Centre, to produce all-source intelligence assessments; calls on the EU Member States to reinforce the EU INTCEN, and provide it with more strategic information from national intelligence sources in order to better anticipate and respond to crises within and outside the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 662

Nacho Sánchez Amor, Tobias Cremer

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Reiterates its call to promote the establishment of a system of automatic and continuous flow of intelligence from Member States to the EEAS on foreign and security issues occurring outside the Union; urges to improve the security protocols of the services working on intelligence and/or with sensible information;

Or. en

Amendment 663

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 14

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Defence against hybrid attacks and disinformation

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 664

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 665

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation;

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Amendment 666

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, which are aimed at critical infrastructure or supply chains, as well as foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at festering polarisation and undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation;

Or. en

Amendment 667

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, particularly from Russia and China, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation; reiterates the need for regulation of social media services and calls for further steps aimed at preventing these services being used by malicious state and non-state actors for political interference;

Or. en

Amendment 668

Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 669

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 670

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concerns at the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, as well as foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to build up their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against information manipulation; emphasizes the need for more strategic, preventive communication, both within the EEAS and with missions and operations deployed in the field; calls for an improved strategic communication and enhanced outreach in the areas of deployment - using the relevant local languages - in order to better inform the local population of the motives, benefits and roles of the EU missions and operations in their respective regions, informing them as well of the consequences of relying on the support of other actors aiming at destabilising them, in particular Russia;

Or. en

Amendment 671

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; welcomes especially the work of the EEAS during the past European Election campaign to prevent a massive use of FIMI by malicious third state and non-state actors; calls on the Commission to strengthen the EEAS' capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation to maintain a free and vibrant public sphere; underlines that the coordination with relevant authorities at Member States level must be significantly increased in order to develop coherent and efficient strategies against FIMI; supports the EEAS in its public diplomacy actions and invites all EU institutions to work hand in hand with the EEAS to strengthen Europe’s visibility and positive perception in third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 672

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; stresses that Member States, especially those on the eastern external border of the EU, are vulnerable to such hostile Russian and Belarusian influence; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against hybrid attacks and disinformation;

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Amendment 673

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation; is concerned by the delay of many Member States in implementing the Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS2 Directive) and calls for a swift implementation to secure European critical infrastructure; calls on the VP/HR to better synchronize and more actively use the cyber, hybrid and FIMI sanction toolboxes, and explore how sectoral sanctions may be carried out;

Or. en

Amendment 674

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation; highlights the success and significance of the PESCO project Cyber Information Domain Coordination Center (CIDCC) with regard to situational awareness for CSDP mission and operations as well as for strengthening general resilience of the Union in this area and calls, therefore, for its permanent integration in CSDP structures;

Or. en

Amendment 675

Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Expresses serious concern over the growing security challenges posed by cyber and hybrid attacks, and foreign information manipulation and interference, which are aimed, inter alia, at undermining the stability of democratic societies, especially in the run-up to elections; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to strengthen their capabilities to address these challenges and increase resilience against disinformation; highlights the importance of educating citizens, particularly young people, on recognizing and countering disinformation, using media literacy programs integrated into school curricula, public forums and digital platforms;

Or. en

Amendment 676

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 677

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Considers that the hybrid threats in the years to come will see the systematic combination of information warfare, agile force manoeuvre, mass cyber warfare and emerging and disruptive technologies from sea-bed to space with both advanced air-breathing and space–based surveillance and strike systems deployed, all of which will be enabled by advanced artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, increasingly ‘intelligent’ drone swarm technologies, offensive cyber capabilities, hypersonic missile systems, and Nano-tech and bio-warfare;

Or. en

Amendment 678

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Highlights the importance of intensifying efforts to combat disinformation promoted by foreign actors aiming to undermine the credibility of the EU, particularly in regions where civilian and military missions under the Common Security and Defence Policy are underway; recommends that the European Defence Agency and the European External Action Service develop coordinated strategies to identify, counter, and neutralise disinformation campaigns, thereby strengthening the positive perception and legitimacy of EU operations among local populations and international partners;

Or. en

Amendment 679

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to intensify their efforts in addressing foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI); supports the pledged establishment of a “European Democracy Shield” to detect, track and delete deceitful online content, hereby strengthening the EU’s ability to counter FIMI and enhancing its support for protecting democracies in third countries, especially within the EU neighbourhood; calls on the EEAS and EU Delegations in third countries to strengthen further their respective capacities in fighting and countering disinformation and propaganda linked to the EU’s CFSP;

Or. en

Amendment 680

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Reiterates its call on Member States, the EEAS and the European Commission to consider the creation of a well-resourced and independent structure tasked with identifying, analysing and documenting FIMI threats against the EU as a whole to increase situational awareness and threat intelligence sharing, and develop attribution capabilities and countermeasures in relation to FIMI; considers that this structure would serve as a reference point and specialised knowledge hub to facilitate and foster operational exchange between Member States’ authorities, EU institutions and EU agencies, as well as enabling the exchange of best practices with like-minded partners across the globe; stresses that the structure should clarify and enhance the role of the EEAS Strategic Communications division and its taskforces as the strategic body of the EU’s diplomatic service and prevent the overlap of activities;

Or. en

Amendment 681

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Calls for strategic and proactive measures to counter hybrid threats and to prevent third party interference in the political, electoral and other democratic processes of the accession countries, in particular malicious acts aimed at manipulating public opinion and undermining European integration;

Or. en

Amendment 682

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Recognizes the increasing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in hybrid warfare and its potential use in undermining democratic institutions, spreading disinformation, disrupting critical infrastructure, and influencing public opinion through automated and data-driven operations, particularly used by Russia to destabilise EU and allies’ democracies; stresses the urgent need for coordinated EU-level measures to address and mitigate the threats posed by AI in hybrid warfare, including the use of AI-driven technologies in cyberattacks, influence operations, and automated surveillance tools;

Or. en

Amendment 683

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 c. Stresses the need for the EU to strengthen the security and integrity of its critical infrastructures, de-risking and promoting EU’s technological edge in critical sectors, including measures to restrict or exclude high-risk suppliers; expresses serious concerns about the danger artificial intelligence (AI) driven disinformation and information manipulation campaigns, including through the creation of fake websites and generation of fake images, poses to democratic processes; calls on the Commission and EEAS to closely cooperate with the private sector, civil society as well as the academic and technical community in countering these malign influence campaigns and addressing the weaponisation of new technologies;

Or. en

Amendment 684

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Reaffirms the centrality of adequate strategic communication efforts to improve the visibility of EU’s actions beyond its borders; is convinced that particular attention should be placed on the Western Balkans in order to counter foreign influence channelled through mis- and disinformation campaigns aiming to present the Union as an unreliable partner while falsely depicting and glorifying the actions and commitment of authoritarian regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 685

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 c. Underlines the need to proactively counter malign actors’ propaganda in our neighbourhood, which aims to undermine EU interests and values;

Or. en

Amendment 686

David McAllister

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Stresses in this context the importance of the PESCO Project that intends to set up a Cyber and Information Domain Coordination Centre with the aim of supporting all the planning and conduct of EU missions and operations with Cyber and Information Domain capabilities and enhance overall EU CSDP resiliency;

Or. en

Amendment 687

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 d. Demands that the European Union takes effective measures to protect European critical infrastructure, valuable supply chains and democratic institutions from hybrid threats; calls on the EU to put in place effective monitoring and surveillance systems for critical infrastructure such as pipelines and fibre optics cables to ensure the prevention and rapid detection of attacks; stresses the importance of stepping up the EU’s activities at sea, cooperating with partners, leading in maritime domain awareness, and protecting critical infrastructure; stresses the importance of the Coordinated Maritime Presence (CMPs) concept, enhancing the role of the EU as a global maritime security provider and its visibility in key maritime regions and looks forward to its expansion to other key areas across the globe;

Or. en

Amendment 688

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Calls to increase resilience against disinformation and disruptive campaigns designed to undermine democratic processes and create divisions, and encourage candidate countries to take decisive steps to tackle manipulative disinformation, malign propaganda and other hybrid threats;

Or. en

Amendment 689

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Encourages Member States to call on the Commission and EEAS to adjust advisory mandates to include specialized training in combating hybrid warfare activities, cyber warfare and OSINT analysis;

Or. en

Amendment 690

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 c. Welcomes the Cyber Solidarity Act and its importance to Member States cyber defence capabilities; Supports the promotion of platforms for information sharing and analysis and calls for this to be expanded to include the provision of threat or vulnerability intelligence with Cross Border Security Operations Centers (SOCs); calls for a clearer funding plan that specifies the amount of funds that will be used towards implementing the act;

Or. en

Amendment 691

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 b. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to increase its cooperation and coordination with other missions and operations from like-minded partners and organisations, including the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, in countering FIMI operations in the field;

Or. en

Amendment 692

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23a. Recalls that Russia and Belarus have conducted hybrid operations through the instrumentalisation of migrants towards the borders of several Member States; emphasises the need to improve border controls and border security; takes the view that strengthening the Union’s external borders would bolster the security of the entire Union; calls, therefore, for appropriate financing from the EU budget for the construction of physical barriers at EU external borders;

Or. fi

Amendment 693

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Identifies migratory pressure as a geopolitical threat in its own right, used by states to destabilise European societies; underlines the importance of European solidarity in protecting and strengthening external borders, including in financing solid infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 694

Mariusz Kamiński, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Is deeply concerned with the continued instrumentalisation of migrants by the Russian Federation and its proxies; calls for the EU to review and update its policies concerning border security, in order to protect the EU’s external borders with maximum levels of security, which requires financing for physical barriers in addition to the deployment of smart technologies that strengthen systems to detect border violation;

Or. en

Amendment 695

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23а. Highlights the need for a categorical response to the increased migratory pressures along the external borders of the EU in connection with military conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa; condemns the use by third countries of illegal immigrants as instruments to destabilise the EU;

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Amendment 696

Ivaylo Valchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23b. Calls for the urgent establishment of a financial mechanism to support Member States located at the external borders of the EU in dealing with illegal migration;

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Amendment 697

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Calls for European solidarity and support for building a defence infrastructure system along the EU’s external border with Russia and Belarus to protect the EU from military and hybrid threats, in particular artificially facilitated waves of illegal migrants;

Or. en

Amendment 698

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Space

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 699

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Space

Space and critical technologies

Or. en

Amendment 700

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 701

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Rejects the findings and recommendations proposed by Mr Draghi in his report on the future of European competitiveness, which encourage Member States to update governance and investment rules in the space domain, in particular for defence-related areas; calls on the Union to initiate and support the demilitarisation of Outer Space, for example through the further development and enforcement of the so-called Outer Space Treaty and the PAROS (Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space) UN resolution; calls for the purely civilian use and exploration of Outer Space;

Or. en

Amendment 702

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Welcomes the findings and recommendations proposed by Mr Draghi in his report on the future of European competitiveness, which encourage Member States to update governance and investment rules in the space domain, in particular for defence-related areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest appropriately in this domain in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework but also by considering any other innovative tool which could provide funding;

Or. en

Amendment 703

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24. Welcomes the findings and recommendations proposed by Mr Draghi in his report on the future of European competitiveness, which encourage Member States to update governance and investment rules in the space domain, in particular for defence-related areas; calls on the Commission and Council to prioritize the fully operationally capable European IRIS2 space communication capabilities and to grant access to Taiwan and Ukraine as soon as possible;

Or. en

Amendment 704

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 705

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Recalls the importance of the dual-use nature of space and its support for CSDP Missions and Operations; highlights that, beyond satellite communications (SATCOM), sectors such as positioning, navigation, timing, as well as earth observation, are essential for strengthening the EU's strategic autonomy and resilience; stresses that the development of these capabilities directly contributes to effective crisis response and the protection of critical infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 706

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Highlights in particular the need to further develop the European Space Program considering the strong connections among the space sector and the defence and security ones when planning the new MFF; current EU space pillars, Galileo global satellite navigation programme and Copernicus Earth observation programme, have a clear dual use potential in developing space application and services; in this context, European Commission and Member States should consider new ambitious Space Programmes that will be able to provide the necessary space infrastructures and capabilities, allowing the EU to strengthen its strategic autonomy and as global space power;

Or. en

Amendment 707

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 b. Recognises the insufficiency of launch vehicle capabilities and satellite communications (SATCOM) within the EU; underlines the strategic importance of advancing and enhancing these capabilities to enable the EU to effectively support Member States and CSDP Missions and Operations, while maintaining a resilient and autonomous posture; stresses that the development of EU-led solutions in this domain is essential for the protection of critical infrastructure and to ensure a secure and competitive presence in the space sector;

Or. en

Amendment 708

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 b. Stresses the importance of establishing as a third EU space pillar the IRIS2 Satellite Constellation to provide secure communication services to the EU and its Member States as well as broadband connectivity for European citizens, private companies and governmental authorities;

Or. en

Amendment 709

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 c. Underlines the importance of improving the relations between the European Commission and ESA to avoid redundancies of efforts and ensure more efficient use of resources; also highlights the significance of fostering synergies with NATO to ensure effective coordination in the development of space and defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 710

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Encourages closer transatlantic cooperation on space in order to ensure partnerships aimed at the development and application of joint technology in the space domain for our common security and defence; calls on Member States and allies to address the growing threat of the weaponisation of space, in particular reports on Russia’s advances on space-based nuclear weapons technology, which would constitute a blatant violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty; calls, in this regard, on the international community to withdraw from any form of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the space domain, in areas where they have not yet done so;

Or. en

Amendment 711

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Maritime and naval

Or. en

Amendment 712

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Maritime security

Or. es

Amendment 713

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Expresses the need to consider European defence in all its dimensions, including maritime and naval; notes that contemporary strategic issues have a growing naval dimension and that the powers challenging the international order are deploying naval capabilities at regional level; stresses the importance of European cooperation at sea and welcomes the current progress of the Operation Aspides, whose lessons must be put to good use; reiterates the importance of the sea within NATO, particularly with regard to Russian intrusions and threats in the North Sea and the North Atlantic; stresses that European strategic autonomy has a maritime and naval dimension, and that European navies must cooperate more closely to ensure the protection of their maritime areas, their underwater or surface infrastructures, and to prepare for any confrontation at sea; stresses the importance of the principle of freedom of navigation;

Or. en

Amendment 714

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24a. Stresses that, given the growing geopolitical maritime tensions, the Union must contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation, the safety of maritime lines of communication and of its vessels and crews, and action to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and to ensuring that its external maritime borders are monitored effectively in order to prevent illegal activities;

Or. es

Amendment 715

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24b. Underlines the commitment to strengthening the Union’s role as guarantor of international maritime security; highlights the work of the Coordinated Maritime Presences in the Gulf of Guinea and in the North-Western Indian Ocean; calls on the Member States to engage actively with those initiatives and to build up their military naval capabilities with a view to enhancing the EU’s presence and visibility in the global maritime sector;

Or. es

Amendment 716

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24a. Calls on the European Commission to research and develop specific defence equipment to protect the islands from potential landings and attacks by non-European forces;

Or. el

Amendment 717

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Expresses serious concerns over Russian surveillance and sabotage of offshore communication cables and energy infrastructure, and calls on the Member States to fully abide to the commitments of the New York declaration on the Security and Resilience of Undersea Cables, including to procure submarine cable networks only from companies in allied countries; also calls for regional coastguard cooperation to counter, mitigate and repair threats to our subsea and maritime infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 718

Massimiliano Salini

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 c. Underwater

Stresses the need to allocate adequate resources to the research and development of cutting-edge underwater assets, to counter security threats against military, civilian and critical infrastructures including submarines pipelines, seabed cables and offshore energy facilities;

Or. en

Amendment 719

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. During these unstable geopolitical times, new impetus should be devoted to revive non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

Or. en

Amendment 720

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Deplores, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend; recalls that negotiations related to arms control regimes impacting Europe systematically include EU Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 721

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes;

Or. en

Amendment 722

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Deeply regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend; is deeply concerned at the likely consequences of this weakening, and calls for the EU and its member states to commit themselves to rejuvenating and strengthening non-proliferation and arms control efforts;

Or. en

Amendment 723

Özlem Demirel, Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend; calls in this regard on the EU to actively support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and to work for its implementation and further ratification by EU Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 724

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend and demands a much stronger EU role, in particular in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and dual-use digital surveillance and manipulation tools;

Or. en

Amendment 725

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend;

25. Regrets, during these unstable geopolitical times, the weakening of non-proliferation and arms control regimes, and calls for the redoubling of efforts to reverse this trend; in this regard, emphasizes the critical and substantial need for an increase in investment in regional and global arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament, with a particular focus on multilateral strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 726

Marc Botenga, Özlem Demirel

on behalf of The Left Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Stresses that the arms race, encouraged by NATO, fosters violent stalemates to conflicts and zero-sum games, and is therefore incompatible with peace and diplomatic solutions to conflicts;

Or. en

Amendment 727

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25a. Recalls that Russia withdrew its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in October 2023;

Or. fi

Amendment 728

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 b. Expresses its unwavering support for the EU and its Member States' commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), recognizing it as the foundation of the global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament framework; underlines the importance of ensuring the EU takes an active and constructive role in advancing and strengthening the international rules-based efforts on non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament architecture;

Or. en

Amendment 729

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime;

Or. en

Amendment 730

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Is of the firm view that, as the EU is increasingly ambitious on defence issues, there is a need for greater convergence and consistency in the Member States’ arms export policies; calls on Member States to fully comply with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment as it has been amended by Council Decision(CFSP)2019/1560, and to strictly implement criterion 4 on regional stability and halt any export of military equipment that could be used against other EU Member States; calls for a sanctions mechanism to be put in place against Member States that do not comply with the Common Position; calls for a consultation mechanism to be put in place among Member States to assess compliance with the Common Position;

Or. en

Amendment 731

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Stresses the need for greater transparency and convergence at the national and European level on arms exports; points to the need for the Member States to respect the EU Common Position on Arms Exports and acknowledge their competences in their defence acquisition policies; calls on the Member States to fully comply with Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment as amended by Council Decision (CFSP)2019/1560; acknowledges the Member States’ competences in their defence procurement policies;

Or. en

Amendment 732

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 c. Highlights the importance of enhanced transparency and alignment at both national and European levels regarding arms exports; urges Member States to fully adhere to Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008, which establishes common rules for the control of military technology and equipment exports, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560; recognizes the Member States' authority over their defence procurement policies;

Or. en

Amendment 733

Miriam Lexmann, Christophe Gomart, Alice Teodorescu Måwe

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Warns that the deterioration in the security environment in Europe and around the globe requires urgent reflection on how to reduce the EU's dependence on adversaries such as the People's Republic of China (PRC); stresses the need to prevent sensitive emerging technologies and key dual-use items, especially those that are critical to the EU’s security and defence from being transferred to destinations of concern that pursue or collaborate in military-civilian fusion strategies; regards the establishment of EU-wide electronic customs and export licensing systems to be a critical step towards effective common European export controls and urges all Member States to make these systems operational by the end of 2024; furthermore calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to strengthen cooperation with the transatlantic and other like-minded partners in the protection of both critical technologies as well as critical infrastructures;

Or. en

Amendment 734

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Highlights that the problem of unexploded ordnance and chemical weapons dumped in the previous century already constitute a threat to security, the environment, health and the economy, such as in the Baltic, Adriatic and North seas; calls on the Commission to increase funding to tackle this growing challenge;

Or. en

Amendment 735

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Defence and society

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 736

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 17

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Defence and society

Peace and society

Or. en

Amendment 737

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for EU citizens to have a broader understanding of the consequences of war and conflict, the modalities of peacebuilding, and the importance of the UN Charter; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on the urgent need for peace and the devastating consequences of conflict at both the individual and societal level;

Or. en

Amendment 738

Michał Dworczyk, Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for EU leaders, as well as European politicians and citizens, to have a broader understanding of security threats and risks in order for a consciousness of European defence to emerge, which is impossible without a common perception of these threats, and political will to act; in this regard, recalls the harmful Nord Stream projects, which, despite broad criticism from numerous countries, European Parliament, and security experts, were implemented, thus undermining European solidarity and security; calls on EU Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on defence among citizens, especially young people, and at strengthening the resilience and preparedness of societies to face security challenges, as well as attract new individuals for military service;

Or. en

Amendment 739

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for a broader understanding of security threats and risks among EU citizens to enhance a shared understanding and alignment of threat perceptions across Europe; calls on the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes especially for the youth, aimed at improving knowledge and facilitating more informed and holistic debates on security, defence and resilience in order to strengthen the resilience and preparedness of societies to security challenges while allowing for greater public and democratic control and scrutiny of the defence sector;

Or. en

Amendment 740

Mika Aaltola

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for EU citizens to have a broader understanding of security threats and risks in order for a comprehensive notion of European defence to emerge; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on defence among citizens, especially young people, and at strengthening the resilience and preparedness of societies to face security challenges; calls on the Commission and Member States to initiate a discussion based on the recommendations presented in Mr Niinistö's report on Europe's Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness, including the critical importance of citizens in crisis preparedness and response, in particular the psychological resilience of individuals and household preparedness; further calls for the Member States to consider and implement cross-sectoral strategies to address broad security threats, and security of supply;

Or. en

Amendment 741

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for EU citizens to have a broader understanding of security threats and risks in order for a consciousness on European defence to emerge, to be understood as initiatives aimed at strengthening ‘defence’ instruments, in its broader conception of the term, which is not limited only to the construction of armaments; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on defence and military values among citizens, especially young people, and at strengthening the resilience and preparedness of societies to face security challenges; suggests to develop train-the-trainers programmes and cooperation between defence institutions and universities, such as military courses, exercises and role playing training activities for civilian students; stresses, however, that such awareness-raising programmes should highlight that the concept of defence is not primarily linked to the war aspect in the pure sense, but involves a wide range of diplomatic and dialogue actions to be included in this concept;

Or. en

Amendment 742

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Welcomes the report by Mr Sauli Niinistö to strengthen Europe’s civil and military preparedness and readiness, and urges the Commission to implement the recommendations with high ambition, including by developing a EU risk assessment, preparedness Union strategy, joint exercises, a coherent vision and stronger EU-NATO interface in view of crisis situations; highlights the need for EU citizens to have a broader understanding of security threats and risks in order for a consciousness on European defence to emerge; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on defence among citizens, especially young people, and at strengthening the resilience and preparedness of societies to face security challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 743

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26. Highlights the need for EU citizens to have a broader understanding of security threats and risks in order for a consciousness on European defence to emerge; calls for the EU and its Member States to develop awareness-raising and educational programmes aimed at improving knowledge on defence among citizens, especially young people, and at strengthening the resilience and preparedness of societies to face security challenges; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to address this issues in the context of the European Democracy Shield, building on the model of the Swedish Civil Contingency Initiative, to ensure widespread awareness and preparedness of the civilian population;

Or. en

Amendment 744

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Stresses to that extent that a coherent and efficient security and defence strategy at European and national level can only be developed if its democratic institutions and consequently its population support it; underlines that securing democratic support, in the face of targeted campaigns by political forces supported by foreign powers, is a key to a successful and coherent long term European defence strategy; stresses that an informed debate and democratic scrutiny are a precondition in this regard;

Or. en

Amendment 745

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 c. Welcomes the Niinistö Report and its recommendations for strengthening Europe’s civilian and military preparedness and resilience; supports the adoption of a whole-of-society approach to resilience, involving the active engagement of EU institutions, Member States, civil society, and individual citizens in strengthening the Union’s security framework; calls on Member States, the Commission and EEAS to closely examine the report’s conclusions and recommendations and dedicate the necessary political willingness and financial and human resources to implement the proposed actions which would enhance the Union’s role as a decisive security actor on the European and global stage;

Or. en

Amendment 746

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Underlines the importance of civil defence and preparedness in a medium and long term, including the need to establish adequate civil protection infrastructure and planning for the emergency situations, calls on the EU, its Member States and local governments to ensure the necessary investments for those purposes and a dedicated Investment Guarantee Programme within the EIB for crisis-proof and civil defence infrastructure;

Or. en

Amendment 747

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b. Recalls that radical islamist terrorism continues to constitute a persistent threat to the security of the citizens of the EU Member States and its allies and partners; calls on the EU to continue to combat this threat with determination and full solidarity, in particular through greater coordination to improve knowledge of the threat, the establishment of preparedness and response capabilities, and increased interaction with partner countries and other international actors;

Or. en

Amendment 748

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Urges the European Commission and Member States to provide essential funding for developing adequate civil protection infrastructure and thorough emergency planning;

Or. en

Amendment 749

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b. Recognises that CSDP’s access to both planning, resources and logistics gives it the potential to become the primary enabler of civilian crisis management during emergencies and should be used as a practice hub of societal resilience and recovery in the face of both man-made and natural disasters;

Or. en

Amendment 750

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b. Points out that the EU’s defence policies should reflect the principles of gender equality and diversity, promoting inclusive military environments that reflect the values and diversity of European society while ensuring that all members of European armed forces, regardless of gender or background, have equal opportunities and access to support;

Or. en

Amendment 751

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Stresses that the EU and its Member States must address critical recruitment and retention challenges in the military by developing coordinated national and EU-level actions in order to ensure a sustainable military workforce; recommends, that the EU should support the Member States in developing policies that enhance career attractiveness and long-term retention strategies; stresses the need for the EU Military Committee (EUMC) to provide a follow-up on its task of gathering and analysing data across the EU Member States on the issues of recruitment and retention, in order to identify possible counter-measures; highlights that supporting mental health and well-being of military personnel, with a focus on professional development and long-term care for veterans, must be adequately taken into consideration in the further development of the Defence Union;

Or. en

Amendment 752

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 b. Reiterates the important role of young people and youth organisations in maintaining and promoting peace and security and calls on the EEAS to commit to more systematically integrating young people into its youth, peace and security (YPS) agenda;

Or. en

Amendment 753

Yannis Maniatis, Costas Mavrides

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Recalls the importance of organising joint training and exercises between European armed forces, thereby promoting interoperability, with a view to maximising mission preparedness and addressing a broad range of threats, both conventional and non-conventional; reiterates in that respect its support for the European Initiative for the Exchange of Military Young Officers (Military Erasmus - EMILYO), operated by the European Security and Defence College, which aims to enable the national military education and training institutions to explore possibilities for quantitative and qualitative exchange of Knowledge and know-how, as well as developing a common security and defence culture and therefore render the armed forces more interoperable;

Or. en

Amendment 754

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Proposes the creation of a European exchange programme for military personnel from Member States, aimed at providing training opportunities and experiences in different European military environments and structures; this programme should enable military personnel to participate in training and adaptation periods within units of other countries, fostering mutual understanding, cohesion, and interoperability, as well as strengthening professional networks and the sharing of best practices among the EU's armed forces;

Or. en

Amendment 755

Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

26 a. Supports the Niinistö report proposal on CSDP and Defence and, notably, to facilitate the use of CSDP instruments in complementarity with internal security tools in the immediate vicinity of the EU’s territory and territorial waters, to develop the proposed Single Market for Defence products and services with tangible measures to enhance cross-border cooperation and defence industrial competitiveness, and to strengthen dual-use and civil-military cooperation at the EU level, based on a whole-of-government approach;

Or. en

Amendment 756

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Strengthening defence cooperation and partnerships

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 757

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and its partners, and destabilising the rules-based international order;

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 758

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. de

Amendment 759

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and like-minded partners around the world in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and its partners, and destabilising the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 760

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world on the basis of common values, in respect of human rights and democracy, in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and its partners, and destabilising the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 761

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world in order to strengthen the perception of the deterrence principle and counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and its partners, and destabilising the rules-based international order;

Or. en

Amendment 762

Hélder Sousa Silva, Wouter Beke, Pekka Toveri, Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Underlines the need for the EU to strengthen its efforts to ensure that countries which were once strategic partners, and with which some Member States maintain strong cultural ties, are not drawn into the sphere of influence of systemic rivals; recalls that economic diplomacy plays a crucial role in this endeavour, serving as an essential tool to reinforce cooperative ties, promote mutual prosperity, and consolidate the Union's presence and influence, contributing to the resilience of these regions against external pressures;

Or. en

Amendment 763

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Reiterates the call for deeper cooperation with international organisations, such as, but not limited to, the UN, the African Union, and their peacekeeping missions in joint theatres, and the OSCE on security;

Or. en

Amendment 764

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 b. Reaffirms that the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) must consistently develop in strict observance of international law and of the multilateral decisions taken deriving from international institutions such as the United Nations and the OSCE; recognizes the need to reform the multilateral system to make it more effective, inclusive, and democratic in its decision-making processes, notably by ensuring greater representation of developing nations, improved transparency, and better mechanisms for enforcing international decisions;

Or. en

Amendment 765

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 d. Welcomes the adoption of European Union’s human rights and international humanitarian law due diligence policy on security sector support to third parties (EU HRDDP), which can serve as a basis for a more human-rights- and International Humanitarian Law (IHL)-compliant security and military cooperation with third countries; calls for its thorough implementation;

Or. en

Amendment 766

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 c. Welcomes the Joint Declaration of the G7 Defence Ministers of 19 October 2024 and their declaration of intent to increase cooperation in the defence sector, underlines that international partnerships with like-minded partners in this area are of the outmost interest of the EU; reiterates in this regard its call for increased collaboration between EU and partners in the Indo-Pacific, underlines that similar agreements could for instance be concluded with South Korea or other like-minded partners like New Zealand and Australia;

Or. en

Amendment 767

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Calls on the EU to further engage in security cooperation with associated countries across the priority areas identified in the Strategic Compass, notably in strengthening resilience of local security sectors in the area of crisis management, including preparedness for large scale and multi-sectorial maritime and CBRN incidents, in countering hybrid threats as well as upgrading capacities of cybersecurity institutions; calls on the EU to facilitate with Associated countries an enhanced cooperation with the EU Satellite Center, the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU Cyber Security Agency – ENISA with the aim to conclude relevant working arrangements; believes that the participation of Associated countries and NATO Allies in the PESCO projects, subject to the agreement by the EU Member States, stands as a strong contribution to promoting compatibility of security and defence sector between third countries and EU standards as well as sharing experience, intelligence and technical expertise in various domains;

Or. en

Amendment 768

Ana Miguel Pedro

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

27 a. Stresses the Indo-Pacific's strategic significance within the EU's defence framework, recognizing the necessity of addressing growing security concerns linked to China's regional activities and their broader implications for global stability; underscores the imperative of establishing more enduring collective security through a network of regional allies and partners, forming the conventional foundation of its engagement in the Indo-Pacific. The EU must deepen communication channels while strategically prioritizing defence and security cooperation with established regional allies, including Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the Philippines, and further deepening engagement with emerging strategic partners, such as Indonesia and Vietnam;

Or. en

Amendment 769

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

EU-NATO cooperation

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 770

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 771

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU complementing each other until the process of consolidating independent European security has been completed;

Or. de

Amendment 772

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO's key and overarching role in Europe's security, thereby avoiding duplication of defence efforts; notes, however, that the EU possesses unique tools to contribute in a complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, as a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe, in particular in the Baltic Sea region;

Or. en

Amendment 773

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of EU’s strategic partnership with NATO, in full respect of the agreed guiding principles of transparency, reciprocity and inclusiveness, as well as the decision-making autonomy and procedures of each organisation; this strategic partnership aims at reinforcing international security; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, representing a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 774

Rasa Juknevičienė

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU close cooperation, full complementarity, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security and thus avoiding the duplication of defence efforts; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, representing a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 775

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU playing complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security and thus strengthening defence efforts; notes that the duplication of resources on each side of the Atlantic strengthens the Alliance by giving each side the capacity to act in support of the other in the event of a major crisis affecting a critical system; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, which followed Finland in 2023, representing a historical step forward to strengthen security in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 776

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Calls for maintaining and further strengthening transatlantic unity and determination in responding to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; stresses the importance of NATO and the EU playing complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international peace and security and thus avoiding the duplication of defence efforts; welcomes the accession of new NATO Allies in line with the fundamental interest of the Union to include in due time all European countries, in order to strengthen security in our continent;

Or. en

Amendment 777

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Ilhan Kyuchyuk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU playing complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security and thus avoiding the duplication of defence efforts while maintaining a strong mutual cooperation; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, representing a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 778

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 779

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU playing complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security and thus avoiding the duplication of defence efforts; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, representing a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe; stresses the constant need of alignment among European Partners of NATO and the obligation under article 1 and 3 of the NATO charter for cooperation and mutual self-aid; calls on the EU to step up its efforts on common security and defence initiatives where there is no NATO equivalent, such as the European Defence Agency’s Multinational Helicopter Training Centre, to increase standardisation, improve interoperability and develop common operating procedures between Member States’ and the EU’s defence capabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 780

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28. Stresses the importance of NATO and the EU playing complementary, coherent and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international security and thus avoiding the duplication of defence efforts; welcomes the accession of Sweden to NATO in 2024, following Finland in 2023, representing a historic step forward in strengthening security in Europe; raises concern about unnecessary and dysfunctional duplication between both organizations, especially with regard to defence industrial policies and measures, as this might result in contradictory results and risks reducing effective impact of European taxpayers’ money as it is, for instance, the case for the EDF and NATO project on the next generation rotorcraft; calls for the set-up of a regular defence capability and industrial capacity conference between both organisation in order to ensure coherence and improve effectiveness of measures taken by both organizations; calls for stronger linkage between both organisations with regard to defence planning by establishing a double function of the Director General of the EU Military Staff as EU Deputy SACEUR in NATO;

Or. en

Amendment 781

Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 782

Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 783

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 784

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Stresses that the EU and its Member States can, by means of a political decision, also improve NATO’s capability; emphasises, however, that the operation with the main responsibility for Europe’s security is, and will continue to be, NATO; urges, in this respect, the EU to try to avoid encroaching on NATO’s operational domains;

Or. fi

Amendment 785

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 b. Calls for further deepening EU-NATO cooperation by building on the EU’s Strategic Compass and NATO’s new Strategic Concept especially in the fields of military mobility, dual-use infrastructure, conflict prevention and crisis management, military-security cooperation with partners in the East and in the South, countering malicious foreign interference from third countries, a coordinated approach in the Indo-Pacific as well as increasing common action on the international stage to protect democracy; points out that EU capability development also strengthens the European pillar within NATO and contributes accordingly to transatlantic security;

Or. en

Amendment 786

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Underlines the importance of further deepening EU-NATO cooperation also by building on the EU’s Strategic Compass and NATO’s new Strategic Concept especially in the fields of military mobility, conflict prevention and crisis management, military-security cooperation with partners in the East and in the South, countering malicious foreign interference from third countries, a coordinated approach in the Indo-Pacific as well as increasing common action on the international stage to protect democracy;

Or. en

Amendment 787

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Emphasises the importance of developing coherent, complementary and interoperable defence capabilities to boost the security of the Euro-Atlantic area in line with the principle of the single set of forces;

Or. en

Amendment 788

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 b. Emphasises the importance of developing coherent, complementary and interoperable defence capabilities to boost the security of the Euro-Atlantic area in line with the principle of the single set of forces; stresses the need to ensure coherence of output between respective EU and NATO capability development planning processes; calls for all EPF support for the provision of equipment to be carried out in coordination with NATO to increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplication;

Or. en

Amendment 789

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 b. Stresses that CSDP enhanced coordination with NATO's defence and deterrence strategies is vital in addressing shared challenges, optimizing resource allocation, fostering interoperability between EU and NATO forces thereby ensuring a cohesive approach to European security and strengthening the overall defence posture of the transatlantic alliance in the face of emerging threats;

Or. en

Amendment 790

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 b. Concurs that both the EU and NATO stood united in condemning Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and that both organisations have clearly demonstrated their political unity and complementarity of efforts in solidarity with and commitment to supporting Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 791

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Calls for an EU-NATO enhanced strategic partnership to advance key areas of common defence and security interest such as countering hybrid threats, cyber security and defence, counter terrorism, development of defence capabilities, defence industry and research, exercises, and defence and security capacity building for partners;

Or. en

Amendment 792

Cristian Terheş

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Emphasizes the vital role of the Black Sea in the European security landscape, recognizing that its stability is integral to the overall safety and resilience of the EU; calls on the EU to collaborate with NATO in formulating a comprehensive strategy for the Black Sea region, which should address security challenges, counter hybrid threats, enhance maritime cooperation, and bolster regional partnerships;

Or. en

Amendment 793

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 b. Calls on the EU to elaborate, together with NATO, an integrated approach towards the Black Sea with a view to strengthening partnership in the areas of security, energy and connectivity; calls on the EU to redouble joint efforts by the EU and NATO to build deterrence and resilience of the Eastern Neighbourhood countries by developing maritime defence capabilities, enhancing maritime interoperability, provision of capabilities to deter and defend against cyber intrusions and attacks, expanding intelligence sharing, and maintaining modern outfitting of national Armed Forces;

Or. en

Amendment 794

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 c. Reiterates its calls on EU Member States to simplify and harmonise procedures for military mobility and to enable faster action; underlines the need for additional funding for this flagship EU-NATO cooperation initiative;

Or. en

Amendment 795

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 d. Continues to strongly support NATO’s Open Door Policy; invites the EU and NATO to reinforce cooperation on supporting the capacity-building of our partners;

Or. en

Amendment 796

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 e. Stresses the need to continue supporting the establishment of the NATO Centre for Democratic Resilience aimed at monitoring and identifying challenges to democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and facilitating democracy and governance assistance to member and partner states;

Or. en

Amendment 797

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 c. Commends the close EU-NATO cooperation in the Western Balkans, including through the EUFOR Althea and the Kosovo Force military operations, which guarantee the necessary stability for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo as well as for the whole region;

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Amendment 798

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28 a. Calls on the EEAS to coordinate assessment reports and political messaging with NATO Liaison Offices in Eastern Partnership and other countries;

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Amendment 799

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

28a. Celebrates the appointment of NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood and NATO’s focus on this region; considers it appropriate to strengthen coordination and consultation between EU officials in charge of policy for the Southern Neighbourhood and the Sahel and their NATO counterparts, in order to avoid publicity and fragmentation of efforts and resources;

Or. es

Amendment 800

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with the United States

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 801

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 802

Christophe Gomart

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 803

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Considers it essential to further develop the EU’s relationship with the United States; values the United States’ commitment to and involvement in the territorial defence of Europe, until Europe achieves the capacity to defend itself;

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Amendment 804

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Considers it vital to further strengthen the EU’s close bond with the United States, founded on the shared values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law; values the United States’ commitment to and active involvement in the territorial defence of Europe through NATO's Article 5, particularly in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 805

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 806

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Considers it essential to further develop the EU’s close relationship with the United States, which is based on mutual respect, the shared values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law; values the United States’ commitment and engagement to the territorial defence of Europe, especially in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; therefore encourage mutual security and defence initiatives, disarmament and non-proliferation, the impact of disruptive technologies, climate change, hybrid threats, cyber defence, military mobility, crisis management and the relationship with strategic competitors;

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Amendment 807

Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Jordan Bardella, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Considers it essential to further develop the EU’s close relationship with the United States, which is based on the shared values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law, while developing its own strategic autonomy; values the United States’ commitment to and involvement in the territorial defence of Europe, especially in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

Or. en

Amendment 808

Sebastiaan Stöteler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 809

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29. Considers it essential to further develop the EU’s close relationship with the United States, which is based on the shared values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law; values the United States’ commitment to and involvement in the territorial defence of Europe, especially in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; notes the importance of greater collaboration in defence product production and procurement, including through equal market access for both defence industries; welcomes in this regard, efforts made by the EU to improve its own defence capabilities, taking greater responsibility for its own defence and reducing its dependency on one of its closest allies;

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Amendment 810

Marc Botenga

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Warns against growing EU dependence on the United States, in particular in the wake of the war on Ukraine and its support to Israel;

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Amendment 811

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Highlights the importance of the EU’s close relationship to the United States which is based on shared values of democracy and freedom, the rule of law as well as a broad range of common or converging interests; values the United States’ and the current administration’s unwavering and strong commitment and engagement to the territorial defence of Europe, especially in light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine that threatens the whole continent; takes note that the United States are also challenged in the Indo-Pacific to counter China’s increasing military posture; stresses that EU Member States need to step up their efforts to improve European defence capabilities in order to pave the way for a burden shifting in the long run with the EU taking more responsibility for its defence and allowing the United States to allocate the necessary resources to the Indo-Pacific;

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Amendment 812

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 a. Calls for further strengthening the EU-US security and defence dialogue as an important instrument in closer transatlantic cooperation;

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Amendment 813

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

29 b. Takes note of the National Defence Industry Strategy of the United States of January 2024 and its ambition to deepen industrial cooperation with partners; acknowledges the vast range of possible mutually beneficial areas of cooperation in defence and its positive implications for a stronger transatlantic partnership in times of increasing geopolitical competition; stresses, however, that such a cooperation requires a level playing field which is incompatible with the provisions of the US International Trade in Arms Regulation; calls, accordingly, upon the Commission to launch a dialogue with the United States exploring possibilities of developing a mutually beneficial defence industrial cooperation based on a legal framework ensuring a transatlantic level playing field;

Or. en

Amendment 814

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 21

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with the United Kingdom

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 815

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 816

Hans Neuhoff

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom;

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Amendment 817

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Recognizes the UK’s significant contributions to Europe's security and stability, as well as its commitment to shared defence objectives, which enhance collective security across Europe; considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom, one of the European pillars of NATO, which can further strengthen European security, particularly in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 818

Vangelis Meimarakis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Welcomes the intention to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

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Amendment 819

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Welcomes the participation of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in October 2024; welcomes the will of the EU and the UK to become closer security partners by signing a joint declaration with concrete engagements and structured dialogue , to strengthen EU-UK cooperation on the full range of foreign and security challenges we face as a continent; considers it essential to advance on practical cooperation, via a formalise joint declaration on Security and defence with concrete ad hoc arrangements with the United Kingdom as a means for strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; encourages the VP/HR to regularly invite the United Kingdom to informal Council meetings of foreign affairs (and defence) ministers to exchange views on issues of common concern while fully protecting the EU decision making autonomy;

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Amendment 820

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom as a means of strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; welcomes the strong cooperation between the EU and EU Members and the United Kingdom when it comes to supporting Ukraine; calls all EU and UK actors to do their utmost to swiftly upgrade EU-UK security and defence cooperation to a new level;

Or. en

Amendment 821

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom as a means of strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to face the challenges posed by common strategic competitors, such as China; considers also the cooperation with UK in the common war against terrorism, to counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and other main common threats;

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Amendment 822

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom as a means of strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; underlines in this regard the importance of closer cooperation on information and intelligence sharing, military mobility, security and defence initiatives, crisis management, cyber defence, hybrid threats, FIMI and in jointly addressing shared threats;

Or. en

Amendment 823

Francisco José Millán Mon

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom as a means of strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; welcomes the agreement to work towards the creation of a security partnership between the EU and the United Kingdom with a view to jointly addressing shared challenges;

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Amendment 824

Michael Gahler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30 a. Welcomes the Trinity House Agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany to deepen defence cooperation; strongly calls upon the Commission, the VP/HR and the Council to actively engage with the United Kingdom to achieve such an agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom including provisions for the mutually beneficial participation of the United Kingdom in EU defence instruments and programs;

Or. en

Amendment 825

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki, Geadis Geadi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

30α. Considers that the EU should prepare for any new rapprochement negotiations with the United Kingdom, requesting the withdrawal of British forces from the bases in Cyprus and Spain and their replacement by forces under the leadership of the European Union Military Committee;

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Amendment 826

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with Western Balkan countries

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 827

Petras Auštrevičius, Hilde Vautmans, Dan Barna, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Nathalie Loiseau

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with Western Balkan countries

Partnership with the Eastern Partners and Western Balkan countries

Or. en

Amendment 828

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with Western Balkan countries

Partnership with Western Balkan countries and other countries in the Eastern Neighbourhood

Or. en

Amendment 829

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans;

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 830

Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans;

31. Believes that the EU has an interest in strengthening the stability and security of its neighbours who express a desire to cooperate with it, namely the Western Balkans, Moldavia, Ukraine, and Armenia recalls that to support this cooperation, the EU deploys CSDP missions in these countries and mobilizes the European Peace Facility; Call for cooperation that integrates all the elements that make up security, among which energy, the fight against hybrid threats like information manipulations, interferences in electoral processes, weaponisation of migrants;

Or. en

Amendment 831

Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans;

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans; stresses, in this regard, the importance of alignment with the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including adherence to sanctions and the EU's visa policy, for all candidate and potential candidate countries as a fundamental part of the EU accession process;

Or. en

Amendment 832

György Hölvényi, Kinga Gál

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans;

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans; considers essential to ensure the stability of these regions through EU military missions, cooperation and dialogue focusing on security;

Or. en

Amendment 833

Şerban-Dimitrie Sturdza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans;

31. Underlines that the EU’s security is closely interlinked with the security of its immediate neighbours in the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, and in the Western Balkans; considers that EU’s enlargement policy must be prioritised as it plays a crucial role in ensuring the security and stability of Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 834

Tonino Picula

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Stresses that the Western Balkans are an area of strategic and geopolitical interest of the EU and some of its countries are prone to destabilisation, challenging the security and stability of our continent; underlines that third countries are exploiting these vulnerabilities, including through strategic investments and disinformation campaigns; states that the stability, security and democratic resilience of the candidate countries are inextricably linked to the EU’s own security, stability and democratic resilience;

Or. en

Amendment 835

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Welcomes the high levels of alignment with the CFSP by most of the countries of the Western Balkans, with the exception of Serbia; welcomes the continued presence of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) and the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX); calls on all parties involved to adhere to international law requirements, restrain and prevent any disruptive actions from destabilising the northern region of Kosovo; urges the parties involved to engage in the structured dialogue mediated by the EU; condemns in the strongest possible terms the hideous and cowardly terrorist attack on Kosovan police officers by well-organised Serbian paramilitaries in Banjska/Banjskë in the north of Kosovo, which took place on 24 September 2023 and resulted in the murder of the Kosovan police officer Afrim Bunjaku and the injuring of two more Kosovan police officers; stresses that the perpetrators of this deplorable attack must be held accountable and face justice without delay;

Or. en

Amendment 836

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Calls for stronger military-security, including civilian/military as well as police/military security, cooperation with like-minded Western Balkan partners, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, border management, counter-terrorism and countering disinformation; reiterates the need for close cooperation with NATO in these regards;

Or. en

Amendment 837

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 b. Calls on the EU to take advantage of the expertise of Western Balkan countries in defence industries, by procuring military equipment from these countries; emphasises this approach is necessary as the failure to engage with the Western Balkans' defence industry could reinforce the influence of other global powers in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 838

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Calls for deepening military-security cooperation with Western Balkan countries by strengthening the security dimension and enhancing security and defence policy dialogues;

Or. en

Amendment 839

Eszter Lakos

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Highlights that the Union should facilitate the participation of European countries with high level of alignment with the EU in CFSP/CSDP matters, most notably the Western Balkans’ countries, in current and future programmes linked to the defence sector; reaffirms that a thorough involvement of the candidate countries would substantially facilitate their accession process by increasing their industrial and operational capacities in the defence sector, thus increasing interoperability with EU Member States’ armed forces; is of the opinion that a comprehensive inclusion of the candidate countries in EU defence initiatives would represent a strategic investment, as well as an integral part of the EU efforts to counter the growing assertiveness and foreign interference orchestrated by third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 840

Željana Zovko

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 c. Reminds that EU assistance in BiH should be focused on the electoral law reform following the Mostar Agreement and in the spirit of the Dayton-Paris Agreement based on power-sharing; emphasizes that the EU should play a central role as mediator in this process;

Or. en

Amendment 841

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Encourages CSDP HQ’s in Eastern Partnership countries to call for closer synergies with national Joint Training and Evaluation Centres in Eastern Partnership countries;

Or. en

Amendment 842

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 b. Encourages Member States to ensure that any provision of equipment support via EPF to Eastern Partnership countries are compliant with Eastern Partnership country needs and carried out in collaboration with NATO strategic planning to avoid duplication;

Or. en

Amendment 843

Reinis Pozņaks

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 c. Encourages Member States to further utilize the European Peace Facility (EPF) for training and outfitting security services in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries hosting CSDP missions, particularly military police, medical and law enforcement infrastructure and the increase of intelligence exchange capabilities via secure communication lines for EaP;

Or. en

Amendment 844

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with the African Union and African countries.

Or. en

Amendment 845

Tobias Cremer, Yannis Maniatis, Sven Mikser

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 b. Stresses the importance of the EU-Africa relationship for European security; considers it essential to significantly step up our partnerships with African countries in order to limit the increasing threat authoritarian regimes are posing by destabilising African societies through the use of hybrid weapons such as forcibly pushing large numbers of migrants against the EU external borders;

Or. en

Amendment 846

Michael Gahler, Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Partnership with Indo-Pacific

Or. en

Amendment 847

Michael Gahler, Andrey Kovatchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 a. Considers it’s essential to strengthen the EU’s presence and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region as a means for promoting peace and security in the region, which lies at the core of the EU’s interests, with particular caution regarding China’s threats in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea; is also aware of Taiwan’s leading role in high-tech development, and its abundant experience defending Chinese hybrid attacks, disinformation, and FIMI, which should be a foremost consideration when assessing the possibilities of strengthening multilateral exchange and cooperation, with the aim of achieving an enhanced and mutually beneficial partnership;

Or. en

Amendment 848

Reinis Pozņaks, Michał Dworczyk, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

31 d. Stresses the importance of developing regular dialogue, cooperation, and capacity building with Allies in the Indo-Pacific, notably Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, which possesses substantive expertise and employ scientific methods to counter Chinese cyberattacks and FIMI based on its extensive experience, technological advantages, and proximity to China; considers information exchange, burden-sharing, and strategic alignment with these Allies as an essential step in order to optimise the use of the EU’s limited resources;

Or. en

Amendment 849

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Greater involvement of the European Parliament in the CSDP

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 850

Michael von der Schulenburg

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

deleted

Or. en

Amendment 851

Mārtiņš Staķis

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Stresses that the strengthening of the CSDP as a political priority under the tenth legislative term and the increase in spending on defence policies and programmes at EU level and among the Member States requires full parliamentary scrutiny and accountability in particular as regards the implementation of defence industrial regulations via delegated acts;

Or. en

Amendment 852

Wouter Beke

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32. Stresses that the strengthening of the CSDP as a political priority under the tenth legislative term and the increase in spending on defence policies and programmes at EU level and among the Member States requires full parliamentary scrutiny and accountability; highlights the importance of other Committees within the European Parliament to uphold a holistic approach towards the implementation of the CSDP;

Or. en

Amendment 853

Nicolás Pascual De La Parte

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Calls, in this regard, for Parliament’s scrutiny, legislative and budgetary role over a growing range of defence initiatives across the EU institutions and in particular the work carried out under the CSDP to be reinforced, including by strengthening regular dialogue, the exchange of information and maintaining permanent channels of communication between the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Defence and Space and the competent bodies of the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 854

Salvatore De Meo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

32 a. Welcomes the proposal from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) to enhance Parliament’s status to “partner” under the ongoing reform of partnerships; invites its Delegation for relations with the NATO PA (DNAT) to make full use of the EP’s current and future privileges; considers DNAT an important instrument of EP parliamentary diplomacy under an enhanced EU-NATO partnership aimed at strengthening the European pillar of NATO and contributing to reaching the Alliance’s overall objectives; is of the view that DNAT can play a pivotal role in reinforcing EU-NATO cooperation, strengthening the democratic resilience of accession countries and key partners, as well as, overall, enhancing the parliamentary dimension of this essential partnership;

Or. en

Amendment 855

Emmanouil Fragkos, Galato Alexandraki

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

33. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the President of the Commission and competent Commissioners, the UN Secretary-General, the NATO Secretary General, the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the EU security and defence agencies and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

33. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Council, the Council, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the President of the Commission and competent Commissioners, the UN Secretary-General, the EU security and defence agencies and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

Or. el

Amendment 856

Michał Dworczyk

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

Or. en