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Draft report (2025/2090(INI)) 2025-09-17
Military mobility
Committee on Security and Defence Committee on Transport and Tourism
Amendment 372
Borja Giménez Larraz, Elena Nevado del Campo, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; calls therefore for a review of the four priority corridors for military mobility with a view to integrating the Atlantic, Mediterranean and/or rail connections across the Central Pyrenees, given their essential role for resilience and supply continuity; |
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Amendment 373
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; calls on the Commission to strengthen support for Member States with strategic dual-use logistics infrastructures, notably seaports and multimodal platforms, and to ensure their resilience against cyber threats and hybrid attacks; |
Or. en
Amendment 374
Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; stresses the need to accelerate the transposition and implementation of the NIS2 Directive, and to enhance cooperation between sectoral transport authorities, competent cybersecurity agencies, CSIRTs and EU-CyCLONe; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
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Amendment 375
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; stresses the need to accelerate the transposition and implementation of the NIS2 Directive, and to enhance cooperation between sectoral transport authorities, competent cybersecurity agencies, CSIRTs and EU-CyCLONe; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
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Amendment 376
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; highlights in that regard the extreme vulnerability of the Baltic States, notably due to the Suwalki Gap, in case of Russian aggression which would require an accelerated response time and faster troop movements; |
Or. en
Amendment 377
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues and bottlenecks, including establishing promptly effective alternative routes and by-passes; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
Or. en
Amendment 378
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli, Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection, including at sea and underwater and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
Or. en
Amendment 379
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and rising tensions in the Middle East, the eastern and Mediterranean countries of the EU are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats; this requires critical infrastructure protection to be prioritised, as well as the resolution of ongoing network issues, note that eastern EU regions and Mediterranean countries would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and east; |
Or. en
Amendment 380
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure control and protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
Or. en
Amendment 381
Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20. Highlights that given Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of a Russian attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; | 20. Highlights that given the armed conflict in Ukraine, the eastern flank of the EU is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and hybrid threats, which requires prioritisation of critical infrastructure protection and the resolution of ongoing network issues; notes that, in the event of an attack, eastern EU regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine would be under direct threat and would depend on the functionality of the military mobility corridors in other regions, particularly in the south and west; |
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Amendment 382
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Underlines the need to accelerate infrastructure development and to enhance both physical and cyber protection of critical components (ports, airports, hubs, bridges, tunnels, railway nodes, submarine cables and communication lines) along the four EU priority military mobility corridors, in particular the eastern and maritime ones; stresses the importance of strengthening surveillance and resilience against conventional, hybrid and cyber threats, as well as natural disasters and acts of sabotage; calls for the establishment of a European mechanism for monitoring and rapid response in the event of hybrid attacks on strategic transport infrastructure, with the ultimate goal of decisively tackling delays in project implementation and enabling short-notice, rapid and secure large force deployments across the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 383
Marta Wcisło, Riho Terras
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Asserts that military mobility must include counter-mobility capacities both in physical (fortifications, barriers, hydrotechnical structures, etc.) and electronic forms (electronic detection, monitoring, early warning systems, jamming/anti-drone infrastructure), especially along the Eastern border of the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States to jointly fund and coordinate development of such counter-mobility systems, including through the “Eastern Shield / Tarcza Wschód” initiative, ensuring EU co-financing for barrier and fortification projects where they serve dual use (civilian-military) or are placed along external EU borders; |
Or. en
Amendment 384
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Highlights the importance to protect and improve resilience of critical transport infrastructure, including against cyber-attacks and other hybrid threats that jeopardize civil air, maritime and land traffic; calls on the Commission to include and address the nature of naval hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea in their upcoming Omnibus, as well as “GPS jamming” as a hybrid attack to European maritime and air traffic; recalls that energy and communication security, notably secured gas pipelines, electricity links and fibre optic cables, and counter-GPS jamming, directly affects the success of military mobility activities; |
Or. en
Amendment 385
Tomas Tobé
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Expresses serious concerns regarding the increase of Russian cyberattacks against navigation systems in the Baltic Sea region; highlights the importance of a resilient technological infrastructure and continued development of the Galileo system to prevent further cyberattacks; calls for further monitoring of the targeted sanctions against individuals and entities deemed to be involved in Russian electronic hybrid warfare; |
Or. en
Amendment 386
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Underlines that, given the state of the rail infrastructure on the eastern flank of the EU, which in many cases is not electrified, a thorough analysis of the actual requirements of military mobility operation for defence purpose with dual mode electric-diesel trains is necessary, to ensure that the availability of the rolling-stock is adequately met by the supply value chain; |
Or. en
Amendment 387
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel, François Kalfon
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Notes that, in strengthening the overall resilience of the transport sector, special attention should be given to cybersecurity; underlines the importance of developing concrete measures addressing military mobility aspects in national and EU-level cybersecurity risk assessments to enhance the cyber resilience of dual-use transport systems and services; |
Or. en
Amendment 388
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Borja Giménez Larraz, Hélder Sousa Silva, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Considers that, given Russia’s growing presence in the Sahel region, the EU Southern flank is increasingly vulnerable to hybrid threats, which requires prioritising the protection of the existing critical military mobility infrastructures such as roads, rail networks, ports and airports; |
Or. en
Amendment 389
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 a. Emphasises the strategic importance of the Black Sea and the Danube corridor for European security; calls for immediate projects to construct dual-use transport and logistics hubs improving connections with Central Europe and the Western Balkans; |
Or. en
Amendment 390
Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20a. Stresses that any decision regarding participation in military movements and mobility through the territory of a Member State must be contingent on the consent of the national government and parliament concerned; |
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Amendment 391
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 20 b. Stresses the need to develop dual-use infrastructure projects on the eastern flank, specifically in areas which have ageing infrastructure; suggests that dual-use infrastructure should also be developed in partnership with accession candidate countries such as Moldova or Ukraine and should include, inter alia, modern, European standard-gauge railway links, upgraded border crossing points, and cross-border bridges, improving the Union’s transport links with its partners; |
Or. en
Amendment 392
Michał Dworczyk, Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank, as the Union’s main land bridge and logistics hub for Ukraine; stresses the urgent need to support and complete strategic infrastructure projects — including Poland’s Central Communication Port (CPK), key rail and road links, and initiatives such as Via Carpatia, Rail Baltica and Via Baltica — as they constitute major multimodal hubs essential for effective civilian and military transport across Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary, and are critical for Europe’s security and defence; calls on the Commission and the Council to provide strong political and financial backing to ensure their timely delivery; underlines that such projects should be fully integrated into the EU’s military mobility planning and supported as priority nodes for the rapid deployment of Allied forces on the eastern flank; therefore calls for priority investment in these projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 393
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that, while Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank, the centrality of the Mediterranean Sea region to the end of military manoeuvres should not be underestimated; in this regard, the north-south geostrategic axis and the Mediterranean sea region countries should be enabled to bring effective contribution to the European defense and military capabilities and participate in large-scale manoeuvres; |
Or. en
Amendment 394
Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; Stresses that Finland's military mobility is essential for the security of the whole of Northern Europe, while its lines of communication remain scarce and vulnerable; underlines that securing these lines of communication requires close cooperation among all the Nordic nations, including Norway; |
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Amendment 395
Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis, Marjan Šarec, Lucia Yar, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank and to enhance Poland’s role as a strategic hub for military mobility in Europe; considers that only addressing existing bottlenecks, and allowing the swift and efficient functioning of all identified military mobility corridors will allow effective security for the currently most exposed Member States most exposed to Russia; |
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Amendment 396
Michał Szczerba
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; stresses the fundamental importance of the 'Eastern Shield' project as a strategic undertaking aimed at strengthening Europe’s security, notes its inclusion in the White Paper on Defence Readiness, and calls for the allocation of adequate financial resources to ensure its implementation; |
Or. en
Amendment 397
Marta Wcisło
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; emphasises that Poland requires enhanced infrastructure on both main and secondary routes (roads, rail, bridges, river crossings, logistic hubs) as well as improved border-crossing capacities and customs/diplomatic clearances to enable rapid transit of allied forces and equipment; |
Or. en
Amendment 398
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Acknowledges that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank, while underlining the need to strongly integrate Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania as logistical hubs in order to enhance connectivity, mobility and reaction time across Europe; |
Or. en
Amendment 399
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility and infrastructure (including fuel infrastructure) are essential for the security and resilience of the entire eastern flank and therefore should be considered as one of the most important priorities while creating the EU financial architecture for dual-use infrastructure; |
Or. en
Amendment 400
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that military mobility in and towards Poland is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; underlines the added value of multimodal logistics hubs located in Western Europe to ensure the rapid projection of European and allied troops and heavy equipment to Eastern Europe; |
Or. en
Amendment 401
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Points out that Poland's military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank and that, similarly, ensuring Finland's military mobility is crucial for the EU's Northern ans Arctic Dimensions; |
Or. en
Amendment 402
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that while Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank, central-western European countries should equally deploy the investments in dual-use infrastructure and military capacity to carry out effective military operations in case of crisis; |
Or. en
Amendment 403
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; welcomes in that context Poland’s East Shield initiative that should also encompass the protection of relevant military corridors to maintain the capacity to respond; |
Or. en
Amendment 404
Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank and, in this context, welcomes Poland's efforts to protect the EU's borders against illegal migration; |
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Amendment 405
Mircea-Gheorghe Hava
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s and Romania's military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; |
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Amendment 406
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that the military mobility of Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia is essential for the security of the eastern flank and the entire EU; |
Or. en
Amendment 407
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that the well-functioning and the resilience of each of the four priority military mobility corridors is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; |
Or. en
Amendment 408
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that countries' capabilities regarding military mobility along the main corridors, such as Poland, are essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; |
Or. en
Amendment 409
Benoit Cassart, Valérie Devaux
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire territory of the Union and particularly the entire eastern flank; |
Or. en
Amendment 410
Ondřej Krutílek, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Rihards Kols, Reinis Pozņaks, Aurelijus Veryga
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that Poland’s (and other CEE countries such as Czechia) military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; |
Or. en
Amendment 411
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21. Notes that Poland’s military mobility is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; | 21. Notes that the military mobility of Poland and Romania, is essential for the security of the entire eastern flank; |
Or. en
Amendment 412
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 a. Highlights the crucial importance of the Central Communication Port/Solidarity Transport Hub (STH) project as a key element of dual-use infrastructure, enabling the effective reception of allied equipment and troops in Central and Eastern Europe in the event of a military threat or conflict; calls on the Polish government to continue the project while considering military mobility needs; |
Or. en
Amendment 413
Mircea-Gheorghe Hava
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21a. Stresses the pressing need to accelerate rail modernisation along the eastern flank, and especially the Rail2Sea project connecting the Polish port of Gdansk with the Romanian port of Constanța; considers this corridor essential for strengthening NATO's eastern front and increasing both civilian and military logistical resilience; |
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Amendment 414
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 a. Calls for cyber-hardening and counter-sabotage protection of rail, bridges, ports, fuel pipelines and 5G critical infrastructure along the Romanian and Moldovan corridors, including counter-UAS coverage for key choke points; |
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Amendment 415
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 a. Notes that the ports of the Northern Range and of the Atlantic façade constitute the primary entry points for NATO troops and equipment coming from outside the European Union; |
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Amendment 416
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 b. Invites the Commission to earmark CEF-Military Mobility funds and other EU instruments for cross-border Romania-Republic of Moldova projects, and to open tailored windows for the Republic of Moldova as an associated partner for dual-use infrastructure; |
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Amendment 417
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 c. Stresses the importance of developing the Black Sea Highway as a strategic infrastructure project that would strengthen connectivity across the wider Black Sea region, and underlines that Romania, Moldova and Ukraine, must be fully integrated into this corridor, with their Black Sea and Danube ports as well as their national roads and rail networks directly connected to the Black Sea Highway; |
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Amendment 418
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 d. Encourages joint Romanian–Moldovan multinational exercises under EU and NATO umbrellas to validate cross-border movement permissions, digital Movement Coordination Systems, and civil-military crisis playbooks; |
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Amendment 419
Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 21 e. Stresses the need to integrate Black Sea coastal defence logistics (mine counter-measures, port protection, naval lift) into the Romanian corridor planning to ensure assured access during heightened Russian activity; |
Or. en
Amendment 420
Michał Dworczyk, Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22. Welcomes the Eastern Regions Pact initiative, recently announced by the Commission, which aims to provide tailored support for Member States along the EU’s eastern border to improve infrastructure and boost resilience in the border regions; | 22. Welcomes the Eastern Regions Pact initiative, recently announced by the Commission, which aims to provide tailored support for Member States along the EU’s eastern border to improve infrastructure and boost resilience in the border regions; underlines that this initiative should prioritise projects directly enhancing military mobility, such as upgrading railways, bridges, border crossings and logistics hubs, and should also support engineering works to physically protect and harden critical infrastructure in these regions, including measures to secure border areas against sabotage and hybrid threats; stresses the fundamental importance of the “Eastern Shield” project as a strategic undertaking aimed at strengthening Europe’s security, noting its inclusion in the White Paper on Defence Readiness; calls for the provision of adequate financial resources to ensure its implementation; |
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Amendment 421
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Dariusz Joński
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22. Welcomes the Eastern Regions Pact initiative, recently announced by the Commission, which aims to provide tailored support for Member States along the EU’s eastern border to improve infrastructure and boost resilience in the border regions; | 22. Welcomes the Eastern Regions Pact initiative, recently announced by the Commission, which aims to provide tailored support for Member States along the EU’s eastern border to improve infrastructure and boost resilience in the border regions; highlights the strategic importance of airports in the EU's eastern regions, in particular the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, which already serves as a major logistics hub for military and humanitarian transport to Ukraine, is located in the immediate vicinity of potential flashpoints and can serve as a key military and humanitarian hub; |
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Amendment 422
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Notes that investments and developments in military mobility must be based on comprehensive risk evaluation and geographical considerations, ensuring that funds are allocated efficiently in line with strategic vulnerabilities and regional needs; underlines that such an approach strengthens resilience, operational readiness and the overall effectiveness of military mobility across the Union; |
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Amendment 423
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Stresses that the entire Union is vulnerable to cyberattacks and digital intrusion and that all transport information services used for military and defence purposes should be duly secured and protected [through EU law] to avoid digital leaks of sensitive information regarding military mobility operations and economic data; |
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Amendment 424
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Highlights the strategic importance of ports for the swift and large-scale transport of military equipment and personnel; underlines that such use of civilian ports places further demands on their spatial capacity, while they are already facing constraints in this regard in the context of the green and industrial transitions; |
Or. en
Amendment 425
Mircea-Gheorghe Hava
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22a. Stresses that EU investments in military mobility infrastructure should generate tangible benefits for local communities, including the upgrading of roads, bridges and connectivity, thereby enhancing local resilience, job creation and public support for the European security agenda; |
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Amendment 426
Kris Van Dijck
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Stresses that the entire EU is vulnerable to cyberattacks and digital intrusion and that all transport information services used for military and defence purposes should be duly secured and protected through EU law to avoid digital leaks of sensitive information regarding military mobility operations and economic data; |
Or. en
Amendment 427
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 a. Asks the Commission to continue address the issues of various gauge sizes across the Union, especially in the Eastern flank, and to create solutions for quick and efficient movement of troops and equipment, as well as measures for counter-mobility; |
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Amendment 428
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 b. Notes that digital technologies that are relevant to increase civilian rail capacity, such as ERTMS and DAC, are also relevant for military mobility; |
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Amendment 429
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 c. Warns that the ERTMS (European Rail Traffic System) was developed in a different geostrategic context and calls for an assessment of its robustness and cybersecurity resilience; underlines that, given its reliance on radio technology, any network unavailability due to jamming or other factors would lead to the immediate suspension of rail traffic; similarly, calls for an assessment of similar nature within the framework of the development of FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System); |
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Amendment 430
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 22 d. Notes that, under certain conditions, inland waterways can provide a viable alternative to other modes of transport, owing to its available capacity, intermodal complementarity, and reduced vulnerability to opportunistic intelligence; |
Or. en
Amendment 431
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence and that, as dual-use infrastructures, they also play an essential role in facilitating abnormal road transport within the Union carried out by private operators; therefore, stresses that investments in key road infrastructures along these corridors should be among the priorities in order to facilitate military mobility in the most effective way possible; underlines the need to accelerate infrastructure development, enhance surveillance, and protection against conventional, hybrid and cyber threats and natural disasters of critical components - such as ports, airports, hubs and communication lines - along the four EU priority military mobility corridors; also stresses the necessity to decisively tackle the root causes of delays in the projects’ implementation with the ultimate goal to enable short-notice, rapid and secure large force deployments across the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 432
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence while priority should be given to corridors facilitating troop deployments to the Eastern flank; points out that an effective capacity to respond to and to maintain the ability to act in the most extreme military contingency scenarios requires redundancies in infrastructure essential for defence, in particular troop deployments; |
Or. en
Amendment 433
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence and that, as dual-use infrastructures, they also play an essential role in facilitating abnormal road transport within the Union carried out by private operators; therefore stresses that investments in key road infrastructures along these corridors should be among the priorities in order to facilitate military mobility in the most effective way possible; |
Or. en
Amendment 434
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; stresses the strategic importance of EU ports as dual-use hubs for military mobility, enabling rapid deployment of troops, equipment, and fuel; calls for prioritised investments in port infrastructure, both seaports and inland water ports, to strengthen their integration with TEN-T corridors and to enhance EU energy security policies; |
Or. en
Amendment 435
Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; stresses the strategic importance of EU ports as dual-use hubs for military mobility, enabling rapid deployment of troops, equipment, and fuel; calls for prioritised investments in port infrastructure, both seaports and inland water ports, to strengthen their integration with TEN-T corridors and to enhance EU energy security policies; |
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Amendment 436
Elena Nevado del Campo, Borja Giménez Larraz, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; in this context, stresses the strategic value of the Ruta de la Plata corridor, which has the potential to connect a wide network of defence-related companies which would provide logistical support for EU and NATO operations in the Iberian peninsula as well as other EU countries; |
Or. en
Amendment 437
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence and as dual-use infrastructure they also play a crucial role in facilitating abnormal road transport in the EU carried out by private operators, therefore investments in key road infrastructure along these corridors should be prioritised in order to facilitate military mobility as efficiently as possible; |
Or. en
Amendment 438
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s comprehensive security and in the EU’s enhanced resilience, and highlights the need for a broad definition of the resilience of critical infrastructure, which includes business continuity across all transport modes, in particular in maritime ports; |
Or. en
Amendment 439
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors are crucial for the Union’s security and defence, while underlining the need for clear prioritisation to ensure effective allocation of resources and timely preparedness against existing and emerging security challenges; |
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Amendment 440
Michał Dworczyk, Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence but also in ensuring NATO’s ability to quickly reinforce and effectively defend the Eastern flank, thus bolstering collective security, deterrence and resilience across the Alliance; |
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Amendment 441
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role not only in the EU’s security and defence, but also to facilitate transport operations across the EU, to strengthen the single market by promoting interoperability and common standards, to reach EU climate goals and the objectives of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy; |
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Amendment 442
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence and that they also serve the needs of abnormal road transport as dual-use infrastructure; in order to improve military mobility in the EU infrastructural investments are needed especially along these corridors and should be prioritised; |
Or. en
Amendment 443
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel, François Kalfon
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; stresses the need to identify where the divergences are within these corridors in each transport mode in terms of the itineraries needed, infrastructure requirements and addressing gaps in accessibility and capability; |
Or. en
Amendment 444
Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; | 23. Recalls that all EU military mobility corridors play a crucial role in the EU’s security and defence; underlines, in this regard, the utmost importance of guaranteeing the supply of steel, cement and raw materials to meet the demand for accelerated construction of military mobility infrastructure; |
Or. en
Amendment 445
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Calls for the establishment of a European register of dual-use military transport platforms, including logistical capacities (warehouses, multimodal hubs, reinforced railway lines, deep-water ports) that can be used in times of crisis, and their compatibility with NATO operational requirements; |
Or. en
Amendment 446
Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (a) Calls for the forthcoming European Port Strategy to incorporate the priorities outlined above, ensuring that port development contributes to both civilian and military resilience; |
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Amendment 447
Jeannette Baljeu, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (b) Highlights successful initiatives such as the Dutch–German–Polish Enablement and Sustainment (ESN) corridor with NATO, which addresses obstacles to fast military movements from sea ports to the eastern flank of the EU; underlines, in this regard, the need for joint training, live exercises, and harmonised cross-border procedures to strengthen resilience and interoperability; |
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Amendment 448
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel, François Kalfon
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. Calls on the Commission to include in the upcoming joint communication on Military Mobility, and the corresponding legislative proposals, an in depth analysis of the infrastructure network at EU level from a multimodal perspective, and assess the needs of the connections with the main entry and exit points (terminals, ports, airports); stresses the need to identify weaknesses in the transport and logistics system and propose concrete actions related to digitalisation, interoperability, shared intelligence, and security; |
Or. en
Amendment 449
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23a. In order to improve military mobility across the EU, Member States should coordinate road upgrades and infrastructure investments at least along the main TEN-T corridors. In addition, an EU-wide digital platform should be established to provide information on planned road closures, integrate real-time infrastructure data, enable military-civilian coordination and support dynamic vehicle route planning. |
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Amendment 450
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. In order to facilitate military mobility within the EU, road works and infrastructural investments in Member States should be coordinated at least along the core TEN-T corridors; in addition a digital EU-wide platform with information on planned road closures, real-time integration of infrastructure data, military-civilian coordination modules, and dynamic vehicle routing should be established; |
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Amendment 451
Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23a. Highlights, in this regard, the relevance of the Mediterranean flank in the current geo-strategic context as a critical transit area for supplies of critical raw materials and energy commodities; acknowledges, in particular, that the Italian infrastructure system, including ports, airports, road and railways, is important when it comes to the transport of EU assets to and from the rest of the world; |
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Amendment 452
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. States that key components for the functioning of EU military mobility corridors shall not be subject to any control or restriction by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity, given that such a control or restriction could drastically undermine the EU’s deterrence and resilience; |
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Amendment 453
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. Highlights that ports play a critical role in facilitating movement of troops and military equipment in large quantities, especially for transatlantic cooperation; urges the Commission to create and implement strategies that increase the capabilities and capacity building measures of ports; |
Or. en
Amendment 454
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. Urges the Commission and NATO to consult and include the corridor relevant infrastructure managers and port authorities as soon as possible to ensure a real-life mapping of network capacities and gaps; |
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Amendment 455
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 a. Calls for the forthcoming European Port Strategy to incorporate the priorities outlined above, ensuring that port development contributes to both civilian and military resilience; |
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Amendment 456
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 b. Reminds that military mobility infrastructure projects must be continuously reevaluated and updated as part of the European semester of defence in line with the latest military threats and capabilities, going beyond the territorial expansion of ports to include the training of staff and improved maritime traffic management, as well as resilience capabilities against rapidly evolving threats, such as, underwater drone detection; |
Or. en
Amendment 457
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 b. Highlights successful initiatives such as the Dutch–German–Polish Enablement and Sustainment (ESN) corridor with NATO, which addresses obstacles to fast military movements from sea ports to the Eastern flank of the EU; underlines, in this regard, the need for joint training, live exercises, and harmonised cross-border procedures to strengthen resilience and interoperability; |
Or. en
Amendment 458
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 23 c. Notes that road networks are key to facilitating often the “last mile” of military equipment to required areas, and as such play an integral role for the success of military mobility; |
Or. en
Amendment 459
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised and thorough screening of foreign direct investment in the EU while restricting possibilities for such investment in critical infrastructure that is crucial for the defence readiness of the EU and its Member States and indispensable for the facilitation of troop deployments; welcomes in that regard the Commission’s proposal to review the EU's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation that should aim at adequately balancing investment needs and the protection of essential security interests and the EU’s defence capacities; looks forward to a timely presentation of the proposal; |
Or. en
Amendment 460
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; underlines the importance of monitoring and proactively defending critical infrastructure, including the crucial assets for military mobility along the main corridors; urges for an EU approach on air, land and maritime security measures to safeguard a swift transport of troops and equipment in both directions; |
Or. en
Amendment 461
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a stricter and more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU, and requires giving the Commission the power to prohibit the foreign direct investment where it finds that the Member State’s intended decision does not adequately mitigate risks to the security or public order of the Union; |
Or. en
Amendment 462
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli, Salvatore De Meo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates the importance of protecting critical infrastructure from emerging and hybrid threats, in particular through enhanced cybersecurity and underwater capabilities to safeguard ports and other assets essential for military mobility; reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; |
Or. en
Amendment 463
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; notes that there is a need to align the objective of the White Paper on Defence of stricter rules on oversight and control of critical transport infrastructure and industries with the upcoming update of the existing legislation on the screening of Foreign Direct Investment; |
Or. en
Amendment 464
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure and capabilities that allow military mobility and the provision of essential services requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU, in particular in critical transport, energy, telecommunications and logistics infrastructure, taking into account the risks linked to hostile state actors and hybrid threats; |
Or. en
Amendment 465
Tomas Tobé
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; call in this regard on co-legislators to finalise the legislative work on the proposal for a regulation on the screening of foreign investments in the Union1a; |
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| 1a COM (2024) 23, Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council |
Or. en
Amendment 466
Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Christophe Bay, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU, as well as embedding a European priority in public and joint procurement funded by the Union when it relates to dual-use or military infrastructure and transport asset; |
Or. en
Amendment 467
Hans Neuhoff
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU, while ensuring that national authorities retain the final decision-making power in matters of security and defence; |
Or. en
Amendment 468
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that ensuring the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a comprehensive, thorough and transparent screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; |
Or. en
Amendment 469
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure, including ports and airports, requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; |
Or. en
Amendment 470
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; | 24. Reiterates that the resilience of critical infrastructure requires a more harmonised and thorough screening of foreign direct investment in the EU; |
Or. en
Amendment 471
Michał Dworczyk, Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24 a. Calls on the EU to prioritise and financially support investments in critical energy infrastructure enabling and supporting military mobility; strongly supports calls to expand the NATO fuel pipeline system by constructing the necessary infrastructure on the eastern flank and integrating it with the existing NATO network; stresses that the expected multiple increase in demand for uninterrupted fuel supplies, resulting from the deployment of large land and air formations from Western Europe and the United States to the eastern flank, requires a substantial reinforcement of supply capacities — including the expansion of the Northern European Pipeline System (NEPS) and the Central European Pipeline System (CEPS), their extension to Poland and Czechia, and the construction of the Eastern European Pipeline System (EEPS) together with its accompanying infrastructure; underlines that these systems also play a vital role in peacetime, providing fuel for civil aviation; |
Or. en
Amendment 472
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24 a. Urges Member States to ensure, including through renationalizations, that transport industries, technologies and infrastructure components of critical importance on the EU military mobility corridors, notably seaports, inland ports, airports, freight terminals, roads, railways and stations, cannot be subject to control or restriction by a third country or a third country entity, and to ensure that such infrastructure and assets can be adapted and used without any restrictions from third-countries; |
Or. en
Amendment 473
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24 b. Insists that EU funding for dual-use technologies, equipment, and infrastructure should primarily benefit companies and project promoters from Member States and associated countries; considers that technologies, equipment and infrastructure should not be eligible to receive EU funds where the cost of components originating in the Union or associated countries is lower than 70 % of the estimated value of the end product; |
Or. en
Amendment 474
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Notes that some infrastructures do have a dual-use component, serving both civilian and defence purposes; suggests to enable the flexibilisation of state aid rules in this regard, under certain defined conditions; recalls that Directive 2009/81/EC provides for exemptions from public procurement rules when strictly necessary to protect essential security interests, under certain conditions such as proving the military characteristics of the infrastructure; asks the Commission to urgently provide Member States with guidance on streamlined and simplified avenues or possible exemptions within the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component, as well as a European preference; |
Or. en
Amendment 475
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish targeted and proportionate exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component whilst ensuring European preference for critical safety technologies; in order to accelerate investments while ensuring security, sustainability, transparency and democratic oversight criteria; calls for the implementation of a strategic public procurement framework, including eligibility criteria such as the establishment and control of legal entities within the EU, the creation of European added value and the use of criteria not exclusively price-based; |
Or. en
Amendment 476
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component, therefore welcomes the Commission’s proposal to review the EU's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Regulation, and highlights the need to strike an appropriate balance between ensuring that the EU remains open to investments while protecting its legitimate interests: hopes that the interinstitutional agreement on this proposal can be finalised by the end of 2025; |
Or. en
Amendment 477
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently propose a 'Buy European Act', including a revision of the current public procurement rules, and to introduce a minimal share of production or local content on the European ground for critical assets, technologies and infrastructure components, as well as additional factors than the lowest price criterion, such as the European preference and the Union’s resilience, with a view to boost strategic procurement in the Union and to strengthen Europe's strategic independence in key sectors, in particular for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; |
Or. en
Amendment 478
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently take steps to facilitate regulations and procedures for implementing investments serving military mobility purposes, in particular establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules as well as full application of the EU’s environmental acquis; notes that the simplification and acceleration of investments under military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component is of key importance in a context of the security threat; |
Or. en
Amendment 479
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component whilst ensuring European preference for critical safety technologies such as the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS); |
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Amendment 480
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component, this without diminishing the existing allocation to other public expenditure; |
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Amendment 481
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules, as well as propose ways to accelerate and streamline public procurement procedures for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; |
Or. en
Amendment 482
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component whilst ensuring European preference for critical safety technologies; |
Or. en
Amendment 483
Ondřej Krutílek, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Rihards Kols, Reinis Pozņaks, Aurelijus Veryga, Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and assets having a significant military or dual-use component; | 25. Asks the Commission to urgently establish exemptions from the current public procurement rules for military mobility infrastructure and transport assets having a significant military or dual-use component; |
Or. en
Amendment 484
Thijs Reuten, Elio Di Rupo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; | 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; encourages the Union and Member States to facilitate and incentivize civil-military cooperation in relation to military mobility, for example focussing on efficiency, interoperability, security and resilience of relevant ports and airports, rail networks, and transport hubs; |
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Amendment 485
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; | 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility, stressing that closer cooperation between Member States, industry and infrastructure operators is essential to modernise transport networks, adapt dual-use infrastructure, strengthen resilience against hybrid threats, and ensure the timely movement of forces and equipment across Europe; |
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Amendment 486
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; | 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility, and recalls the necessity to establish a practical framework of financial cooperation to ensure private investments in logistical hubs, technological developments and military capabilities; |
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Amendment 487
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; | 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; highlights the importance of a preferential treatment of European private partners in light of the Union's strategic and security interests; |
Or. en
Amendment 488
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships for military mobility; | 26. Notes the importance and sensitive nature of public-private partnerships for military mobility; |
Or. en
Amendment 489
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Notes that military mobility activities are characterised by large volumes and may require security perimeters, including when transporting dangerous goods (e.g. munitions), thus implying the need for additional space, including buffer zones, which places even greater pressure on infrastructure managers, including maritime ports, where space is already scarce and in high demand; |
Or. en
Amendment 490
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26 a. Notes that military mobility activities are characterised by large volumes and may require security perimeters, including when transporting dangerous goods (e.g., munitions), thus implying the need for additional space, including buffer zones, which places even greater pressure on infrastructure managers, including maritime ports, where space is already scarce and in high demand; |
Or. en
Amendment 491
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26 a. Notes that military mobility activities are characterised by large volumes and may require security perimeters, including when transporting dangerous goods (e.g., munitions), thus implying the need for additional space, including buffer zones, which places even greater pressure on infrastructure managers including maritime ports, where space is already scarce and in high demand; |
Or. en
Amendment 492
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26 a. Highlights the importance of predictability in terms of the demand for military mobility products, combined with sufficient funding, simplified procurement rules, and support for joint public procurement that promotes European preference, which would enable the supply industry to increase and maintain production levels; |
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Amendment 493
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 26 a. Notes the importance of public-private partnerships, underlining that all projects must fully respect workers’ rights, collective bargaining, and fair wages, thus improving both security and social cohesion; |
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Amendment 494
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport, notably for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; therefore calls for further harmonisation of the rules on abnormal transport within the framework of the ongoing revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive, notably through the adoption of the standardised “Special European Registration for Trucks and Trailers” (SERT) documentation for the registration of abnormal road vehicles; the establishment of a one-stop shop per country for the issuance of permits; the harmonisation of permit application forms and the digitalisation of permits; the harmonisation of escorting rules, vehicle signalling and marking, as well as a ban on language requirements for drivers; calls for a harmonised European framework allowing for the prioritised circulation of military convoys operated by authorised civilian providers (abnormal transport, specialised cranes, heavy equipment), including through military circulation corridors on the public network, while ensuring civilian safety; |
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Amendment 495
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport including for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; calls therefore for further harmonisation of rules with regards to abnormal transport as part of current revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive, including the adoption of the standard Special European Registration for Trucks and Trailers (SERT) documentation for abnormal road vehicle registration; creation of a ‘one stop shop’ per country to issue permits, harmonisation of permit application forms and digitalisation of permits; harmonisation of escorting rules and vehicle signalling and marking and a ban on language requirements for drivers; |
Or. en
Amendment 496
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by companies that operate abnormal transport also for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; calls for the harmonisation of European rules on abnormal transport in line with European Parliament position from 12 March 2024 and to introduce standard Special European Registration for Trucks and Trailers, create ‘one stop shop’ per country to issue permits, harmonise permit application forms and introduce digitalisation of permits; harmonise escorting rules as well as vehicle signalling and marking and ban language requirements for drivers; |
Or. en
Amendment 497
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; calls therefore for the adoption of the standard Special European Registration for Trucks and Trailers (SERT) documentation for abnormal road vehicle registration, for the harmonisation of permit application forms for requesting abnormal transport permits, for the creation in each Member State of a “one stop shop” to issue permits, for the digitalisation of permits as well as for the harmonisation of permitted driving times; |
Or. en
Amendment 498
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative barriers and infrastructural obstacles faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; calls therefore for further harmonisation of rules and procedures in regard to abnormal transport [as part of current revision of the weights and dimensions legislation]; |
Or. en
Amendment 499
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by public and private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical dual-use infrastructure projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 500
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of effectively minimising the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 501
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by private companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; | 27. Underlines the importance of removing the administrative obstacles and infrastructural barriers faced by companies that operate abnormal transport for military equipment and cranes for critical infrastructure projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 502
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Underlines the need to align industrial transformation with the objectives of strengthening European strategic autonomy, competitiveness and quality employment, while ensuring reskilling opportunities and the effective involvement of social partners; deplores the deterioration of working conditions in the transport sector, which has resulted in significant labour shortages, and stresses that civilian transport workers play an essential role in ensuring military mobility; calls on the Commission to address wages, training, staffing and overall working conditions in its forthcoming joint communication on military mobility, in close cooperation with the relevant social partners; |
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Amendment 503
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27 a. Reminds that railways are the preferred land-based type of mobility to move large quantities of oversized, heavy, hazardous and dangerous military assets; insists that a priority should be given to immediate and short-term solutions, such as removing administrative burdens for military personnel for cross-border movement and amending the requirements for access to European funds; calls for the Commission to ensure increased capacity building, especially in transport hubs and key areas in line with the four priority military mobility corridors; |
Or. en
Amendment 504
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27 a. Urges the Commission to take into account improvements on infrastructure for different transport modalities, not only on land but also via air or maritime routes; stresses the importance of the main European ports with a longstanding experience in debarking military troops and equipment; also highlights the importance of the sustainment of maritime ports as economic hubs during military deployment given their central role in the resilience of the Union's strategic economical interests; |
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Amendment 505
Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27 a. Welcomes the adoption of the Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 and (EU) 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review; encourages the Member States to complete the reprogramming excersise in order to allow for further investments in military mibility projects; |
Or. en
Amendment 506
Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis, Marjan Šarec, Lucia Yar, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27 a. Stresses the importance of military mobility corridors to be multi-modal (rail, road, sea and air) in order to ensure both the rapid movement of forces for short-notice deployments and the sustained projection of support units and supplies in the event of large-scale or long-duration contingencies; |
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Amendment 507
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Borja Giménez Larraz, Hélder Sousa Silva, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 27 a. Notes the importance of protecting and investing in existing civil infrastructure such as ports and airports with the aim of preparing them for urgent repurposing for dual-use; |
Or. en
Amendment 508
Philippe Olivier, Julien Leonardelli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | deleted |
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Amendment 509
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to define common priority industrial projects for missing dual-use assets, including through public-private partnerships and concessions, and to aggregate Member States’ demand to ensure steady availability and supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives, strategic airlifts, air-to-air refuelling systems, large vessels, fixed and mobile cranes; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a civil-military ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner, according to the Niinistö report’s recommendations, and building on rescEU strategic reserves of European crisis response capabilities, and exploring potential synergies between civil protection and armed forces capabilities; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s recent proposal for a regulation on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; |
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Amendment 510
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and vehicles, dual-mode locomotives, as well as military and private trucks, trailers and mobile cranes; further emphasises the strategic role of ports as critical nodes in the military mobility network, serving as entry and exit points for large-scale and multinational military deployments, and enabling sea-to-land transport integration; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; calls for future investments in military transport equipment to take into account sustainability objectives, while ensuring the robustness and resilience of the assets (bridging capacity, heavy transport, compatibility with different national networks); stresses the importance of a rapid and harmonised deployment of electric charging infrastructure, including for heavy-duty vehicles, in order to avoid disparities between Member States or regions and to maintain interoperability; |
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Amendment 511
Kris Van Dijck
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface and waterborne transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized or contain dangerous goods; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives and vessels; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; highlights the existing capacity of the waterborne network to transport oversized military assets, dangerous goods and fuels for regular supplies and the need to asses the requirement for further expansion of the existing waterborne fleet; |
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Amendment 512
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives as well as military and private trucks, trailers and mobile cranes; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; further emphasises the strategic role of ports as critical nodes in the military mobility network, serving as entry and exit points for large-scale and multinational military deployments, and enabling sea-to-land transport integration; also highlights the importance of land ports as a complementary transport mode; |
Or. en
Amendment 513
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ jointly managed by the competent Commission bodies and the European Defence Agency so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; emphasis the strategic role of ports as critical nodes in the military mobility network, serving as entry and exit points for large-scale and multinational military deployments, and enabling sea-to-land transport integration; |
Or. en
Amendment 514
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; further emphasises the strategic role of ports as critical nodes in the military mobility network, serving as entry and exit points for large-scale and multinational military deployments, and enabling sea-to-land transport integration; |
Or. en
Amendment 515
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; calls for a coordinated approach to the acquisition of railway rolling stock, with a view to maximising the efficient use of available manufacturing capacities; underlines that common procurement of such vehicles should be encouraged; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; |
Or. en
Amendment 516
Tom Berendsen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface and waterborne transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives and vessels; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; underlines the crucial role of inland waterways in transporting oversized military assets and in reducing pressure on road and rail transport; |
Or. en
Amendment 517
Borja Giménez Larraz, Elena Nevado del Campo, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; in this sense, calls on the Commission to ensure an EU-level coordination with Member States allowing for predictability and planning for the supply industry; |
Or. en
Amendment 518
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and locomotives with internal combustion engines including, as an option, dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives, trucks and trailers adopted to abnormal goods and mobile cranes; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; |
Or. en
Amendment 519
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized or contain dangerous goods; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock; points out to the role the Union could play in their financing and suggests including those within the CEF military mobility scope; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; |
Or. en
Amendment 520
Ondřej Krutílek, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Rihards Kols, Reinis Pozņaks, Aurelijus Veryga, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons, dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives, accompanying passenger wagons and also specialised trailers for road trucks; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; |
Or. en
Amendment 521
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; | 28. Notes that surface transport systems are the main transport modes for the movement of military assets, which are usually heavy and oversized; highlights the need to have a steady supply of dual-use rolling stock, specialised wagons, dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives, military and private trucks and trailers and mobile cranes; stresses the importance of registering all these transport assets in a ‘solidarity pool’ so they can be used whenever and wherever necessary in the most efficient manner; |
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Amendment 522
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Urges a broader inclusion of the maritime domain in the EU Military Mobility Strategy, encompassing both surface and underwater dimensions; stresses that vessels – in particular Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax ships that are essential for the transport of troops and military equipment – should be recognized as dual-use mobile infrastructure; calls on the Commission and Member States to include such assets within the scope of military mobility support, provided they meet operational and technical requirements defined in line with military EU-NATO needs; |
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Amendment 523
Marta Wcisło, Riho Terras
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Underlines the importance of allocating at least 5 % of GDP to defence expenditures (consistent with NATO guidelines), and that a portion of that (e.g. 20-30 %) should go to enabling military mobility, infrastructure resilience, dual-use technologies, and counter-mobility capabilities; requests regular reporting by the Commission on compliance with the 5 % target and on allocation of defence budgets to mobility and related infrastructure as well as envisaging in future legislation European commitment to reach this target; |
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Amendment 524
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Notes that maritime infrastructure suffers from structural shortcomings with many EU terminals not designed to handle military cargo; stresses the need to ensure sufficient capacity for military supplies and to establish contingency plans for diverting civilian cargo if necessary; underlines that the ownership and control of certain critical maritime infrastructure may require closer scrutiny, as highlighted in the White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030; |
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Amendment 525
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Notes that in support to surface transport, air transport is the fastest one for the movement of first military assets and logistic, establishing a preliminary and scalable EU-NATO response to an event threatening the security of Europe; highlights the need to develop, in complement to EU-NATO transport aircraft and European Air Transport Command Initiative, a European strategic airlift reserve with EU airlines committed aircraft and crews; |
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Amendment 526
Lucia Yar, Marjan Šarec, Petras Auštrevičius, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Stresses the need to further invest into and make systematic use, where available, of existing civilian and commercial dual-use infrastructure — including multimodal terminals, ports, depots and airports — in order to maximise efficiency, cost-effectiveness and resilience across all military mobility corridors; underlines that leveraging existing assets reduces duplication and accelerates readiness; |
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Amendment 527
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Recalls for taking action in the digitalization of logistics processes, which enables realtime visibility of movements, predictive supply chain management, and stronger civil-military integration; notes that it is equally important to ensure the resilience and security of strategic infrastructure—both physical and digital—as unprotected networks can create early vulnerabilities in times of crisis; |
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Amendment 528
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Borja Giménez Larraz, Hélder Sousa Silva, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Draws attention to the fact that China now controls an unprecedented 65% of global shipbuilding under the strategy "every ship is a warship"; stresses that, in contrast, Europe lacks such a strategic approach and faces a significant shortfall in naval military capacity; consider it important to foster the development of dual-use vessels and prepare to repurpose civil shipyards if needed; |
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Amendment 529
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Welcomes the Commission’s focus on ensuring the resilience of military mobility networks, as outlined in the Action Plan 2.0; concurs with the view that mobility infrastructure has to be insulated against hybrid threats and demands that the implementation of future mobility projects should pay develop mechanisms against hybrid threats, including robust digital procedures; |
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Amendment 530
Markus Ferber
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Stresses the importance of a harmonised authorisation procedure for rolling stock by the European Railway Agency, recalls the need to replace national rules by Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) to increase the availability of cross-border rolling stock for military and civilian purposes; |
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Amendment 531
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Notes the existing capacity of the waterborne network to transport oversized military assets, dangerous goods and fuels for regular supplies, as well as in providing back-up solutions within contingency planning; suggests assessing the need for further expansion of the existing waterborne fleet; |
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Amendment 532
Hélder Sousa Silva, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Christophe Gomart
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise EU funding for the modernisation of port infrastructure to ensure readiness for large-scale military embarkation and disembarkation operations; |
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Amendment 533
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 b. Urges that the maritime domain — encompassing both surface and sub-surface dimensions — be fully integrated into the Union’s Military Mobility Strategy; stresses that vessels, notably Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax ships essential to the movement of troops and military equipment, should be recognized as dual-use mobile infrastructure; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that such assets are eligible under military-mobility support measures, provided they comply with operational and technical requirements established in line with EU–NATO needs; |
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Amendment 534
Lucia Yar, Marjan Šarec, Petras Auštrevičius, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 b. Stresses that operators of combined multimodal transport, including those managing last-mile connections, terminals, ports, cranes, depots and warehouses, play a crucial role in facilitating supply chains; calls for such operators and the essential equipment they manage to be formally recognised as part of the critical entities under Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the resilience of critical entities (CER Directive), in order to ensure their resilience and priority access to EU and national support measures; |
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Amendment 535
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 b. Notes that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulated on Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, is already playing an active role in facilitating the dual use of civil aviation assets, infrastructures and procedures in the context of military mobility enhancing the access of Member States to increased regulatory-certification coherence for dual-use cooperation between the civil and military sectors and facilitating interoperability through harmonisation of rules at European level; |
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Amendment 536
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Borja Giménez Larraz, Hélder Sousa Silva, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 b. Calls on the Commission to address the need to procure and strenghten strategic enablers for aerial military mobility, such as heavy airlifters; notes that Europe currently relies on just 400 military transport aircraft and faces a shortfall of roughly 1,500 tons of cargo lift capacity; notes that, if relevant, this could also lead to a specific PESCO project for strategic airlift cooperation; |
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Amendment 537
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 b. Recommends that the new High-Speed Rail network be built with military parameters in terms of loading gauge and profile; |
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Amendment 538
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 c. Recommends strengthening investments and efforts to provide more effective and technologically adaptable equipment at terminals and dual-use logistical hubs, which today represents the utmost priority for many Member States; for instance, loading plans that allow direct access to the loading platform, as well as specialised rolling stock for military mobility, represent assets of utmost urgency to deploy adequate military capabilities; notes that the availability of such equipment is fundamental to the overall functioning of the national logistics network, as it ensures a proper division between military assets and those used for civil purposes; |
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Amendment 539
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 c. Stresses that, while investments in dual-use infrastructure and technologies are of critical importance, the availability of loading platforms designed for military mobility and rolling stock intended for exceptional transport-weight, size, and dimensions of military loads is essential to ensure the necessary operational efficiency of military mobility on rail networks; |
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Amendment 540
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 28 d. Recommends that adequate resources are dedicated to the maintenance of strategically allocated rolling stock and equipment for humanitarian and medical aid; |
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Amendment 541
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that the railway system depends mostly on electric power to guarantee railway operations; therefore, ensuring uninterrupted rail operations necessitates enhancing the resilience of energy grids and the rapid restoration of power in the event of shortages; notes that over the next decade, despite and without prejudice to necessary transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain crucial such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines including, as an option, dual-mode locomotives diesel-electric locomotives, which is the only and the most reliable operational solution in the event of wide-scale shortage of electric power and for operations on non-electrified sections of the rail network; |
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Amendment 542
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, while advancing with transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of dual-mode locomotives, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; stresses that the progressive electrification of railway infrastructure must be accompanied by a resilience plan against power outages or attacks targeting electricity networks; calls for the strengthening of backup energy capacities (diesel, hydrogen, military backup batteries) in order to guarantee military mobility under all circumstances, including in the event of a hybrid attack against the networks; |
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Amendment 543
Thijs Reuten, Elio Di Rupo
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; notes that fuel supply chains for military purposes have not extended to Europe's Eastern flank; encourages the Union and Member States to extend the fuel supply chains for the armed forces along the four corridors for military mobility of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T); |
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Amendment 544
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines and dual-mode locomotives, which is an operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; stresses that the progressive electrification of railway infrastructure must be accompanied by a resilience plan against power outages or attacks targeting electricity networks; alerts on the need to ensure the resilience of energy systems and fallback solutions; |
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Amendment 545
Merja Kyllönen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, while advancing with transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives or adblue with internal combustion engines and liquids, which are the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power and capability in northern EU´s climate; |
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Amendment 546
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives including internal combustion engines, which in many cases is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power, as well as the need to operate in non-electrified lines of the rail network; |
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Amendment 547
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives including internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power, as well as the need to operate in non-electrified lines of the rail network; |
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Amendment 548
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility must not be constrained and will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; |
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Amendment 549
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines and dual-mode locomotives, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; |
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Amendment 550
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Recognises the importance of advancing transport decarbonisation, while underlining the need for a balanced approach of these efforts in the context of military mobility where continued use of fossil fuels, ideally under dual-mode locomotives or engines, can remain an important aspect for strategic and operational reasons; |
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Amendment 551
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade while advancing with transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; |
Or. en
Amendment 552
Kris Van Dijck
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; | 29. Stresses that over the next decade, despite transport decarbonisation efforts, the use of fossil fuels in military mobility will remain critical, such as the use of locomotives and vessels with internal combustion engines, which is the only operational solution in the event of a wide-scale shortage of electric power; |
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Amendment 553
Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (a) Calls on the Commission to take future military capability and mobility needs into account when developing the EU energy system; notes with concern that the EU is highly import-dependent on crude oil and petroleum products; calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy on liquid fuels in order to recognise the importance of the European liquid fuels sector in assuring fuels production throughout the Union and their readily available access by military in a situation of crisis, as well as in reducing dependences on vulnerable import chains and unreliable producers, particularly thorough development of synthetic fuels such as SAF and e-fuels; |
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Amendment 554
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Stresses the need to improve dual-use transport services through a systemic rail approach, including the harmonised deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), the application of Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI), the construction of new lines, the resolution of interoperability gaps and the renewal of rolling stock, as provided for in the TEN-T Regulation; calls for these priorities to be taken into account in the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) Regulation; |
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Amendment 555
Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (b) Draws attention to the recommendation of the Niinistö report on the need of further work on priority dual-use transport corridors for civilian and defence-related logistics, and to extend fuel supply chains for the armed forces along these corridors; stresses the need for stockpiling and strategic reserves of energy, that could be particularly relevant for the regions with insufficient pipeline infrastructure and fuel storage; calls in this respect on the Commission to review the Oil Stocks Directive in light of recent geopolitical shifts and the requirements of military mobility, in order to enhance energy security and resilience against emerging threats; |
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Amendment 556
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 2 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (2) Stresses that the differences in railway track gauge between certain Union countries and partner countries limit the possibilities for trans-European rail transport of military equipment, which makes road transport indispensable, in particular for urgent transport needs as well as for the first and last miles; |
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Amendment 557
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Calls on the Commission to take future military capability and mobility needs into account when developing the EU energy system; notes with concern that the EU is highly import-dependent on crude oil and petroleum products; calls on the Commission to prepare a comprehensive strategy on liquid fuels in order to recognise the importance of the European liquid fuels sector in assuring fuels production throughout the Union and their readily available access by military in a situation of crisis, as well as in reduction dependences on vulnerable import chains and unreliable producers, particularly thorough development of synthetic fuels such as SAF and e-fuels; |
Or. en
Amendment 558
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Notes that the Action Plan on Military Mobility 2.0 calls on the need to work at European and national level in developing initiatives to enhance the climate resilience and energy security of military installations and transport capabilities that are necessary for military mobility; calls on Member States to reinforce infrastructure such as roads, bridges and railways used for military mobility, ensuring they remain operational during extreme weather conditions such as heatwaves, floods or storms; |
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Amendment 559
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Underlines that the timely implementation of the provisions and targets of the AFIR regulation can also play a relevant role in diversifying the energy supply options for military mobility; calls, in parallel, for dual-use infrastructure projects to also contribute to the Union’s general transport decarbonisation objectives, for example by expanding the capacity and interoperability of railway networks; |
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Amendment 560
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Reminds that the railway system relies on electric power to enable the circulation of trains; therefore, to ensure stable and uninterrupted rail operations, notes that it is mandatory to increase the resilience of the energy grids and guarantee rapid restoration of energy in the event of any shortage of power; |
Or. en
Amendment 561
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Recalls, however, given hat the railway system relies on electric power to enable the circulation of trains, rail operations require increasing the resilience of the energy grids and to rapidly restore energy in the event of any shortage of power; |
Or. en
Amendment 562
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 a. Highlights that energy infrastructure across the Eastern flank requires development to support military mobility activities; calls on the Commission to address the “fuel drought”; |
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Amendment 563
Bart Groothuis, Hilde Vautmans, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 b. Draws attention to the recommendation of Niinistö report on the need for further working on priority dual-use transport corridors for civilian and defence-related logistics, and to extend fuel supply chains for the armed forces along these corridors; stresses the need for stockpiling and strategic reserves of energy, that could be particularly relevant for the regions with insufficient pipeline infrastructure and fuel storage; calls in this respect on the Commission to review the Oil Stocks Directive in light of recent geopolitical shifts and the requirements of military mobility, in order to enhance energy security and resilience against emerging threats; |
Or. en
Amendment 564
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 b. Notes that it is essential to develop biofuels and e-fuels production capabilities in Europe to support armed forces’ mobility, strategic autonomy, decarbonization and resilience, and that strategic reserves should be built up to complement fossil fuels capabilities and reduce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuel imports from third countries; |
Or. en
Amendment 565
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 b. Calls on the Commission to recognise that a robust European military mobility strategy demands a resilient and predominantly EU based fuel and alternative fuel refinery capacities; urges the immediate development of a comprehensive fuel distribution and storage network; |
Or. en
Amendment 566
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 29 c. Recalls the critical importance of seaport oil terminals, gas and oil pipelines and refuelling infrastructure in Union airports for the security of fuel supply of the EU military mobility corridors and armed forces; |
Or. en
Amendment 567
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, tank wagons, refrigerated wagons, wagons for the transport of dangerous goods, medical evacuation vehicles and maintenance and repair vehicles, in particular their armoured variants, as well as their decline in production since the Cold War period; also notes the corresponding shortage of storage, maintenance and repair facilities for this rolling stock; calls for their development to be supported under other European industrial programmes, notably in order to strengthen the resilience of the European industrial and technological base in the face of a tense and volatile geopolitical context; |
Or. en
Amendment 568
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, tank wagons, refrigerated wagons, wagons for the transport of dangerous goods, medical evacuation vehicles and maintenance and repair vehicles, in particular their armoured variants, as well as their decline in production since the Cold War period; also notes the corresponding shortage of storage, maintenance and repair facilities for this rolling stock; calls on the Commission to make use of current and future defence programmes in the EU budget to stimulate the production and common procurement, maintenance, storage of certain military mobility equipment; |
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Amendment 569
Ondřej Krutílek, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Rihards Kols, Reinis Pozņaks, Aurelijus Veryga, Adam Bielan, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Cristian Terheş
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; notes that, due to the shortage, it is essential to support investment in transport assets through EU wide funding instruments as noted in point [4.]; |
Or. en
Amendment 570
Pekka Toveri
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; calls on the Commission to take this capability gap into account when preparing and implementing relevant Union instruments; |
Or. en
Amendment 571
Kris Van Dijck
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period and the immediate availability of inland vessels for military purposes; |
Or. en
Amendment 572
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30. Notes the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; | 30. Notes with concern the current shortage of certain military mobility equipment such as flatbed wagons, and their decline in production since the Cold War period; |
Or. en
Amendment 573
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda, Raphaël Glucksmann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Stresses that, while fossil fuels currently remain essential for surface heavy military mobility, the EU must accelerate investments in the decarbonisation of dual-use transport infrastructures, particularly ports and airports; notes that the upgrading of these nodes with clean energy systems, alternative multi-fuels logistics and resilient micro grids shall enhance both defence readiness and climate goals; notes that in the next MFF targeted actions shoud be instrumental to enable greener more autonomous logistics chains, to improve military resilience in case of power disruption and to gradually reduce dependence on fossil fuels for transports, air and maritime operations; |
Or. en
Amendment 574
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Underlines that the digital systems that control physical transport infrastructures and assets represent priority targets for cyber attacks; calls therefore on the EU and Member States to fund and support the development and adoption of European sovereign digital technologies to strengthen both the cybersecurity and resilience of these assets; highlights, in this regard, the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for route optimisation, predictive logistics, and threat analysis and encourages further R&D efforts to develop next-generation digital capabilities and to explore in particular the potential of quantum computing to solve the complex, large-scale optimisation challenges inherent to military mobility, in accordance with the Quantum Europe Strategy’s recommendations for dual-use applications; |
Or. en
Amendment 575
Michał Dworczyk, Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the deployment and pre-positioning of dual-use rolling stock, flatbed wagons, heavy-lift equipment and dual-mode diesel-electric locomotives along the Eastern flank, where the need for rapid reinforcement is highest; underlines that sufficient reserves of fossil fuels and spare parts must be ensured in these regions to guarantee uninterrupted operations in the event of large-scale power shortages, cyber incidents or hybrid attacks targeting energy and transport infrastructure; notes that such pre-positioning is fully in line with NATO guidance and recommendations and contributes to strengthening EU-NATO coherence and interoperability in military mobility planning; |
Or. en
Amendment 576
Rosa Serrano Sierra, Alicia Homs Ginel, François Kalfon
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Stresses the crucial role of transport and defence workers in military mobility; calls on the Commission to ensure the maintenance of strong social and labour standards and the safeguarding of good working conditions in the sector; urges the upcoming Joint Communication to address the need for greater investment in both infrastructure and the workforce, particularly through training, re-skilling and up-skilling, to equip workers with the new capabilities required for military mobility; |
Or. en
Amendment 577
Mircea-Gheorghe Hava
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30a. Encourages the Commission to foster the involvement of the defence and transport industries in the EU’s joint procurement of dual-use mobility equipment (e.g. platform wagons, heavy bridges, specialised vehicles) in order to reduce dependence on external suppliers and strengthen the EU’s industrial base, while simultaneously increasing Member States' contributions to their common security; |
Or. ro
Amendment 578
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to address the shortage of skills relating to military mobility technologies by facilitating and supporting the exchange of knowledge and cross-cutting education, in order to build the capacity of military mobility technical experts and make them available to support the design or restructuring of dual-use transport infrastructure and assets; |
Or. en
Amendment 579
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Notes the current shortage of skills at EU level relating to military mobility technologies; calls on the Commission to facilitate, promote and co-fund knowledge exchange and cross-cutting education to build up capacities of military mobility technical experts and make them available for supporting designing or restructuring dual use transport infrastructure and assets; |
Or. en
Amendment 580
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30a. Notes that differences in rail gauge between some EU countries and partner countries limit the possibilities for the trans-European rail transport of military equipment, making road transport essential, especially for urgent shipments and for the first and last stretches of a journey; |
Or. pl
Amendment 581
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Borja Giménez Larraz, Hélder Sousa Silva, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Stresses the importance of R&D investments to develope dual-use capabilities; underlines the need to further invest in the civilian naval and airspace industries in order to foster new technologies that can help improve European military mobility needs and contribute to the response to unforeseen crises; |
Or. en
Amendment 582
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Notes that inland waterways are also an important element of military mobility, offering seamless and sustainable means of dual-use transportation; suggests that the EU and the Member States should consider overhauling the existing infrastructure of waterways such as locks, canals, and river conditions; |
Or. en
Amendment 583
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Notes that the width differences of railway tracks between some EU and partner countries limit the possibilities of trans-European rail transport of military equipment, hence road transport remains crucial especially for the urgent transport needs and the first and last miles; |
Or. en
Amendment 584
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Notes that the width differences of railway tracks between some EU and partner countries limit the possibilities of trans-European rail transport of military equipment, hence road transport remains crucial especially for the urgent transport needs and the first and last miles; |
Or. en
Amendment 585
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Calls for a reflection on the availability and adequacy of medical transport capacities for injured personnel, in order to ensure timely evacuation and appropriate care; |
Or. en
Amendment 586
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 a. Stresses the urgency over the lack of rolling stock fleet across the European railway organisations; |
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Amendment 587
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 b. Stresses the importance of cross-border cooperation on infrastructural projects; urges the Member States to urgently launch working groups on and - where necessary - joint ventures for investing in hotspots along the corridors where more than one Member State is competent; urges the Commission to identify those crucial points of cross-border connectivity and take a coordinating role to facilitate and enhance cooperation between the relevant Member States; |
Or. en
Amendment 588
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 b. Notes the growing use of autonomous vehicles in the delivery of military supplies, which provides a solution to the existing shortage of personnel in military logistics units and minimises human losses in times of conflict; urges the adjustment of EU and national legislation and regulations to allow the introduction of semi-autonomous logistics into military mobility corridors; |
Or. en
Amendment 589
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 b. Urges the Commission to launch a flagship initiative to establish a dedicated Defence Data Space, with military mobility as its primary use case, in order to create a secure, standardised and interoperable environment for data exchange; |
Or. en
Amendment 590
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 b. Urges the critical need for collaboration between public and private stakeholders to leverage and maximise the potential of available railway resources for military mobility; |
Or. en
Amendment 591
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 b. Stresses the importance of EU support to stimulate innovation in dual-use vehicle technologies, including modular platforms adaptable for both civilian and military use; |
Or. en
Amendment 592
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 c. Recognises the crucial role of transport workers in military mobility; underlines that labour shortages afflicting the transport sector put safety and security at risk, especially when carrying dangerous goods under emergency conditions; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to invest in the transport workforce, to improve working conditions, training opportunities and attractiveness of the sector; |
Or. en
Amendment 593
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 c. Underlines that accurate, secure and up-to-date digital modelling, digital maps, geographic information systems and geospatial data services are indispensable for both civilian and military route planning, cross-border coordination and the rapid deployment of troops and equipment; urges support for the further developments of these innovative solutions for use in well-informed decision-making; |
Or. en
Amendment 594
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 c. Urges the Commission to take into account all the recommendations made by the European Court of Auditors regarding the governance within all future initiatives within the domain of military mobility; |
Or. en
Amendment 595
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 d. Stresses that the protection of data and communications during movements of military mobility is of the utmost importance to the security of those transports, and thus of Europe; urges the Commission to coordinate the cooperation on digital and electronic security along the main corridors; asks the Commission to propose horizontal measures to that regard; furthermore highlights the importance of all other necessary elements to protect vital critical infrastrucure and assets of military mobility as their resilience is a key to a succesful movement of troops or equipment in times of crisis; |
Or. en
Amendment 596
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 30 e. Notes that flexibility of transport is an essential capability during times of crisis; therefore urges the Commission to take into account all potential threats and risks when coordinating or funding new initiatives; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop strategies to adapt existing infrastructure for future dual-use purposes and to create possibilities to deploy temporary infrastructure for air, land and maritime transport; |
Or. en
Amendment 597
Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis, Marjan Šarec, Lucia Yar, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces the transatlantic alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; | 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces the transatlantic alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; considers nevertheless that further progress in concrete actions on military mobility are still necessary; |
Or. en
Amendment 598
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces the transatlantic alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; | 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces both the EU and its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) as well as the transatlantic Alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; |
Or. en
Amendment 599
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces the transatlantic alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; | 31. Believes that enhanced military mobility reinforces the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and the transatlantic alliance; stresses that NATO relies on the infrastructure of EU Member States to move troops and equipment; notes with approval that, thanks to progress in EU-NATO cooperation, including through the EU-NATO Structured Dialogue on Military Mobility, the EU’s relevant military requirements are consistent with NATO’s technical and geographical requirements to a level of around 95 %; |
Or. en
Amendment 600
Philippe Olivier, Julien Leonardelli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31a. Points out that cooperation between the EU and NATO cannot justify any surrender of sovereignty, or any de facto military integration; emphasises the need for every state, and France in particular, to be able to pursue an independent foreign and defence policy based on the Gaullist principle of balance and equidistance between powers; demands, therefore, that the EU guarantee strict autonomy for the Member States in decision-making as regards their military commitments, and that it refrain from any attempt at military harmonisation that goes against national interests; |
Or. fr
Amendment 601
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31 a. Encourages the formalization of the EU - NATO cooperation on military mobility projects; suggests that this cooperation could be streamlined through network platforms on the model of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats; believes the EU - NATO nexus is crucial in addressing the threat perceptions of their member states by streamlining dual use infrastructure, customs procedures, and resources allocation; |
Or. en
Amendment 602
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Dariusz Joński
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31a. Points out that military mobility infrastructure planning should include a satellite component; stresses that investments in the Galileo system, as well as in secure EU satellite communications programmes, must provide a fully independent and secure communications system between armed forces, logistics centres and fuel distribution points; |
Or. pl
Amendment 603
François Kalfon, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31 a. Insists that military mobility plays a crucial role in reinforcing both the EU’s deterrence and strategic autonomy; |
Or. en
Amendment 604
Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Dariusz Joński
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 31b. Stresses the need to modernise and expand the fuel infrastructure necessary to support military mobility, including storage facilities, pipelines and distribution hubs; calls on Member States to strengthen their cooperation with NATO, in particular within the framework of the existing Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS) and NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP), in order to ensure interoperability, cybersecurity and sufficient transport and storage capacities for aviation fuel and other petroleum products for EU and NATO military operations; stresses that these investments should be implemented in such a way as to enable dual use of the infrastructure in peacetime and during crises; |
Or. pl
Amendment 605
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; | 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; underlines that these obstacles, in particular the absence of an agreement for the exchange of classified information, undermine the efficiency of both organization’s defence efforts significantly; calls, accordingly for strong efforts of EU Member States to overcome the political obstacles preventing an agreement for the exchange of classified information in order to establish a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; |
Or. en
Amendment 606
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; | 32. Notes the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; |
Or. en
Amendment 607
Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Christophe Bay
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; | 32. Acknowledges the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations; opposes the establishment of a permanent EU-NATO information-sharing platform, noting that certain NATO Member States are engaged in persistent tensions and disputes with EU Member States, as illustrated by Türkiye’s stance towards Greece and Cyprus and, more recently, the actions and rhetoric of the United States towards Denmark; |
Or. en
Amendment 608
Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis, Marjan Šarec, Lucia Yar, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; | 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform, that is respecting the EU’s own security interests, to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; |
Or. en
Amendment 609
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the consideration of establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; | 32. Regrets the persistence of political and procedural obstacles to sharing classified information on logistical networks between the two organisations and urges shared understanding in this regard to achieve synergies; calls for the establishing of a permanent EU-NATO information sharing platform to support the work of NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command; |
Or. en
Amendment 610
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Calls for the establishment of a European digital one-stop shop for the issuance of cross-border movement authorisations for military equipment, including a codified priority system and a database shared with NATO; insists on the harmonisation of customs standards, diplomatic clearances and tax exemptions for urgent military operations; |
Or. en
Amendment 611
Marta Wcisło, Riho Terras
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32 a. Calls on the Commission together with Member States and NATO to develop standardised protocols for responding to incursions, breaches or violations of EU territory (land, air, sea), including rapid investigation, attribution (including drone, cyber, hybrid attacks), warning and escalation procedures; ensures that such protocols are interoperable and that information sharing is immediate; encourages legal frameworks for civilian protection and emergency responses when such breaches affect civilian populations or infrastructure; |
Or. en
Amendment 612
Mircea-Gheorghe Hava
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 32a. Calls for the introduction of a structured dialogue mechanism between the Commission and national authorities and local administrations in the Member States in order to align EU priorities on military mobility with regional development strategies and ensure effective implementation on the ground; |
Or. ro
Amendment 613
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; calls for merging the two forms 302 in use by NATO and EU into one in order to reduce unnecessary duplication and facilitate faster cross-border movements; |
Or. en
Amendment 614
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Andrey Novakov
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing and oversized and overweight transport permitting procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; |
Or. en
Amendment 615
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and the inssuance of abnormal transport permits and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; |
Or. en
Amendment 616
Kosma Złotowski
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing and abnormal transport permitting procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; |
Or. en
Amendment 617
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing and abnormal transport permitting procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; |
Or. en
Amendment 618
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu, Jean-Marc Germain
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments to meet the maximum five-day objective for completing relevant border crossing procedures and reducing the time to three days for rapid reaction units in ‘peacetime’; | 33. Notes that NATO’s operational-level planning timeline is three days; therefore, insists on complying with commitments that cross-border movement permissions should be granted within three working days, relying on streamlined, harmonised and digital procedures; |
Or. en
Amendment 619
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda, Raphaël Glucksmann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Calls for border-crossing timelines to be reduced to 24 hours for rapid reaction units in a crisis situation or under heightened alert, in coordination with the customs, security and military authorities of the Member States, and with the support of European digital platforms for the circulation of classified data; |
Or. en
Amendment 620
Dariusz Joński, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Flavio Tosi, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33 a. In order to speed up permitting procedures, calls for introducing automatic recognition of route and bridge analyses within Member States and across borders to avoid unecessary assessment of infrastructure, that is adapted to certain weights and dimensions specifications; in addition, calls for introducing a notification-based fast-track regime for certified operators performing military or emergency-related transports as part of the military mobility package; |
Or. en
Amendment 621
Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Benoit Cassart, Jeannette Baljeu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33 a. Calls for strengthened cooperation between NATO and European industrial stakeholders with a view to ensuring that transport assets and infrastructure are fully compliant with interoperability standards; |
Or. en
Amendment 622
François Kalfon, Sérgio Gonçalves, Ştefan Muşoiu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34. Calls on the Member States to develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including strategic lift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; | 34. Calls on the Member States to develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including NATO pipelines networks and strategic lift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; |
Or. en
Amendment 623
Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Bart Groothuis, Marjan Šarec, Lucia Yar, Engin Eroglu, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34. Calls on the Member States to develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including strategic lift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; | 34. Calls on the Member States to urgently develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including strategic lift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; |
Or. en
Amendment 624
Michael Gahler
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34. Calls on the Member States to develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including strategic lift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; | 34. Calls on the Member States to develop the necessary defence capabilities for military transport, including strategic airlift capabilities, based on the coordinated annual review on defence findings and the 2023 EU capability development priorities; considers it important to meet, in consultation with NATO as appropriate, the military requirements and to mitigate the technical and geographical gaps; |
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Amendment 625
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda, Raphaël Glucksmann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Stresses the need to ensure coherence between the priorities of the Military Mobility Action Plan and the programming of the European Defence Industrial Programme (EDIP), ensuring that the capability gap assessments (CDP and CARD) guide the definition of funding priorities; underlines the importance of strengthening critical supply chains, rolling stock production capacities, flatbed wagons, specialised cranes as well as dual-use railway signalling systems; calls on the Commission to stimulate and incentivise the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) to address these gaps so as to ensure the availability of appropriate logistical means in the short and medium term; |
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Amendment 626
Hélder Sousa Silva, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Christophe Gomart
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34 a. Calls on the Commission and NATO to deepen coordination on maritime mobility, ensuring interoperability standards for naval transport, port access, and the protection of sea lines of communication, with particular attention to the Atlantic approaches, the Mediterranean, and the outermost regions; |
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Amendment 627
Petras Auštrevičius, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Lucia Yar, Urmas Paet, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34 a. Reminds that, while this report primarily focuses on military mobility within EU territory, securing the transatlantic delivery of military equipment and supplies via sea and air is also of key importance, therefore urges close EU-NATO cooperation in this regard; |
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Amendment 628
Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Christophe Bay
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; stresses that the current participation of the US raises questions, given that PESCO was originally conceived to strengthen European defence cooperation precisely in view of uncertainties regarding long-term US commitment to the European theatre; |
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Amendment 629
Marion Maréchal, Geadis Geadi, Emmanouil Fragkos
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; emphasises Austria's opposition to Turkey's accession to the CSP due to Turkey's aggressive policies towards some Member States, in particular Greece and Cyprus; |
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Amendment 630
Alberico Gambino, Carlo Fidanza, Elena Donazzan, Carlo Ciccioli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK, Norway and other likeminded partners in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; |
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Amendment 631
Roberts Zīle, Petras Auštrevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, Canada, the UK, Norway and Switzerland in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; |
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Amendment 632
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; |
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Amendment 633
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; | 35. Stresses the added value of the exceptional participation of the US, the UK, Canada and Norway in the military mobility project of the Permanent Structured Cooperation; |
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Amendment 634
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Underlines that the PESCO project on military mobility, launched in 2018, constitutes an essential framework for deepening European defence integration; calls on the Member States to strengthen their commitment through this project, notably by expanding participation and accelerating the implementation of capability objectives; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Military Staff (EUMS) to propose an extension of the project to strategic partner countries such as Norway, Ukraine and Moldova, in line with PESCO rules; |
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Amendment 635
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – point 2 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (2) Regrets that Parliament is not in a position to properly scrutinise PESCO projects which hampers transparency and accountability; |
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Amendment 636
Philippe Olivier, Julien Leonardelli
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | deleted |
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Amendment 637
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans but also Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom; underlines the importance of strengthening coordination with regional partners on technical standards, the security of critical infrastructure and the protection of networks against hybrid threats, attacks, interferences or natural disasters, notably in the rail, air and inland waterways sectors; considers that interoperability with third countries must be accompanied by a regular assessment of their respect for the EU’s fundamental values, in particular the rule of law, democracy and human rights; |
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Amendment 638
Wouter Beke
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; underlines the importance of strengthening coordination with regional partners on technical standards, the security of critical infrastructure and the protection of networks against intrusions or interferences, notably in the rail, air and inland waterways sectors; considers that interoperability with third countries must be accompanied by a regular assessment; |
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Amendment 639
Hans Neuhoff
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, provided that cooperation remains strictly voluntary, transparent, and in line with the EU’s legal competences and Member States’ security interests; |
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Amendment 640
Roberto Vannacci, Anna Maria Cisint, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Rachel Blom
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners; |
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Amendment 641
Mārtiņš Staķis, Virginijus Sinkevičius
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36. Underlines the need for interoperability with key regional partners, such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; | 36. Underlines the need for interoperability, also with key regional partners such as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and the Western Balkans; |
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Amendment 642
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (1) Calls for the full integration of ports with a military purpose (notably those on the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) into the priority corridors, ensuring that port infrastructures can accommodate military vessels or special cargo ships, including in the event of land disruption; |
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Amendment 643
Elio Di Rupo, Thijs Reuten, Vasile Dîncu, Raphaël Glucksmann, Tobias Cremer, José Cepeda
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 2 (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (2) Calls on the Commission to provide more systematic follow-up and stricter reporting from Member States, enabling Parliament to exercise a stronger oversight role; |
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Amendment 644
Vasile Dîncu
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 36 a. Calls for specific assistance to the Republic of Moldova, making it more resilient to hybrid threats and better connected with EU transport and security systems; |
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