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White paper on the future of European defence
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Amendment 30
Marc Botenga
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Recital N e (new)
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| Ne. whereas the Cold War collective security acquis has been systematically undermined by the United States’ withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM), the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and the Open Skies Treaty, systematically followed by Russian withdrawals, and by the Russian withdrawal from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, following the refusal of the United States to ratify it; |
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Amendment 31
Marc Botenga, João Oliveira, Pernando Barrena Arza
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital N f (new)
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| Nf. whereas a new European security architecture will have to apply the principles of peaceful coexistence between countries with different political systems and offer security guarantees to all parties in order to avoid Europe being divided once again into two diametrically opposed blocs; |
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Marc Botenga, João Oliveira
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital P a (new)
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| Pa. whereas according to 2023 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures, EU Member States, together with the United Kingdom, already spend more nominally on defence than all other countries in the world combined, with the exception of the United States; |
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Amendment 33
Manon Aubry, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital P b (new)
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| Pb. whereas 55 % of European arms imports from 2019 to 2023 were from the United States, compared with 35 % from 2014 to 2018; whereas this highlights the EU’s growing dependency on the US military industry, which significantly undermines its strategic autonomy; |
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Amendment 34
Marc Botenga, Lynn Boylan
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital R a (new)
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| Ra. whereas Article 41(2) TEU prohibits charging expenditure arising from operations with military or defence implications to the Union budget; |
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Amendment 35
Irene Montero, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Marc Botenga, João Oliveira, Pernando Barrena Arza
on behalf of The Left Group
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Recital R b (new)
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| Rb. whereas the presence of foreign, and particularly US, military bases on the territory of EU Member States limits national sovereignty, poses unnecessary geopolitical risks and makes European countries potential targets of military retaliation in conflicts unrelated to their interests; |
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Amendment 36
João Oliveira, Marc Botenga, Lynn Boylan
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph -1 (new)
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| -1. Stresses that peace and security are not achieved by promoting a policy of confrontation and war, an increase in military expenditure, an escalation of arms or the militarisation of the EU and its transformation into a military bloc, but through diplomacy, dialogue and a political resolution of conflicts, on the basis of collective security and respect for the principles of the UN Charter and international law; |
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Amendment 37
João Oliveira, Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph -1 a (new)
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| -1a. Stresses that it is the promotion of peace, cooperation and compliance with the principles of the UN Charter and the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference that serves the interests of the peoples of Europe and not the promotion of militarism, arms escalation and war; |
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Amendment 38
João Oliveira, Pernando Barrena Arza
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph -1 b (new)
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| -1b. Advocates general, simultaneous and controlled disarmament, the dissolution of political-military blocs and the establishment of a collective security system with a view to creating an international order capable of ensuring peace and justice in relations between peoples; |
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Amendment 39
João Oliveira, Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
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Paragraph 1 a (new)
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| 1a. Recalls the EU’s support for and the participation of EU Member States in violations of international law, including in military interventions in and invasions of countries such as the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya; |
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