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White paper on the future of European defence
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B100150/2025 } RC1/Am. 83
Amendment 83
Yannis Maniatis
on behalf of the S&D Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
White paper on the future of European defence
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
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| 3a. Strongly believes that strengthening Europe’s security and defence requires not just a simple increase in ambition and action, but a complete overhaul of the way we act and invest in our security and defence, such that from now on we plan, innovate, develop, purchase, maintain and deploy capabilities together, in a coordinated and integrated fashion, and making full use of the complementary competences of all actors in Europe, including NATO, to achieve a common European defence; |
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B100150/2025 } RC1/Am. 84
Amendment 84
Yannis Maniatis
on behalf of the S&D Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
White paper on the future of European defence
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
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| 22a. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU drones package, focusing on drone and anti-drone systems and auxiliary capabilities, containing plans and funds to stimulate research and development, which should draw on lessons learnt from the Ukrainian experience and be open to the participation of Ukraine’s highly innovative companies, as well as an industrial programme dedicated to the joint development, production and procurement of drone and anti-drone systems, and a regulation on the use of drones in civilian and military contexts; |
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B100150/2025 } RC1/Am. 85
Amendment 85
Yannis Maniatis
on behalf of the S&D Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
White paper on the future of European defence
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
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| 64a. Notes that insecurity, social exclusion and poverty are continuously being weaponised by our enemies, as they make large swathes of people more vulnerable to hostile propaganda and anti-democratic narratives; demands, therefore, that the increased investments in our security and defence come on top of the important investments in social cohesion and welfare, and not instead of them; calls instead for a comprehensive EU investment strategy, based on a permanent fiscal capacity that addresses both vulnerabilities in military capabilities and in the social fabric, empowering us to fight all threats to our values, social model, security and defence; underlines that this pressing investment requires raising public financial resources quickly and in substantial volumes and that this should be based on the principle of social solidarity and a fair redistribution of wealth within our European societies; calls therefore on the Commission to propose new own resources and taxes on those stakeholders benefiting from the current economic and security situation, notably through windfall profits, in order to ensure a fair and sustainable contribution to our collective resilience; recalls that investing in security and defence brings many additional benefits for European society besides greater security and autonomy, and supports the ambition to make the EU’s economy more competitive; |
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B100150/2025 } RC1/Am. 86
Amendment 86
Yannis Maniatis
on behalf of the S&D Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
White paper on the future of European defence
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
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| 69. Strongly supports the idea that EU Member States must increase their defence and security financing to new levels; notes that some Member States have already increased their defence spending to 5 % of GDP and insists that the current security environment and the multiple, complex and evolving security threats require Member States to increase their defence spending to at least 3 % of GDP; | 69. Strongly supports the idea that EU Member States must increase their defence and security financing to new levels; notes that some Member States have already increased their defence spending and insists that the current security environment and the multiple, complex and evolving security threats require Member States to increase their defence spending, prioritising common European initiatives; |
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