13.1.2021 A9-0265/33

Amendment 33 , Tonino Picula, on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Points to the fact that instability in 11. Points to the instability in the the European Southern Neighbourhood, European Southern Neighbourhood, particularly in regions of the Sahel, West particularly in regions of the Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa ultimately has a Africa and Horn of Africa, which can have negative spill-over effect to the EU’s effects on the EU; Southern Neighbourhood in particular, and therefore poses a direct challenge to our European external border management;

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Amendment 34 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28

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28. Is deeply concerned about the 28. Is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the security and deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in the Sahel region, humanitarian situation in the Sahel region, where terrorism is putting heightened where terrorism is putting heightened pressure on the G5 Sahel countries and pressure on the G5 Sahel countries and their neighbourhood, exacerbating local their neighbourhood, exacerbating local political, ethnical and religious tensions; political, ethnical and religious tensions; stresses the importance of the support stresses the importance of the support brought by EU missions and operations in brought by EU missions and operations in Sahel in this regard; recalls that it is vital to Sahel in this regard; recalls that it is vital to maintain the long-term investment made by maintain the long-term investment made by the international community to work the international community to work towards security and stability in Mali and towards security and stability in Mali and the Sahel; calls on the VP/HR to rapidly the Sahel; welcomes the resumption of the implement the decision to restart the activities of EU missions and operations in activities of EU missions and operations in Mali; Mali following the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift sanctions against Mali;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/35

Amendment 35 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution Amendment

31. Welcomes the launch of Operation 31. Welcomes the launch of Operation EUNAVFOR MED Irini, which is aimed EUNAVFOR MED Irini, whose core task at contributing to sustainable peace, is to contribute to sustainable peace, security and stability by supporting the security and stability by implementing the implementation of the arms embargo on arms embargo on Libya in accordance with Libya in accordance with UNSCR 2526 UNSCR 2526 (2020); specifically urges (2020), the training of Libyan coastguard the Member States to urgently assign the and disrupting human trafficking; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance specifically urges the Member States to constabulary and naval assets needed to urgently assign the intelligence, boost Operation Irini’s up until now surveillance, reconnaissance constabulary limited capabilities and encourages and naval assets needed to boost Operation stronger cooperation with NATO’s Irini’s up until now limited capabilities and ongoing maritime operation Sea Guardian, encourages stronger cooperation with as well as cooperation with regional NATO’s ongoing maritime operation Sea partners; recalls international obligations Guardian, as well as cooperation with regarding search and rescue at sea; calls on regional partners; recalls international the VP/HR to make full use of EU assets in obligations regarding search and rescue at this domain, in particular the EU satellite sea; calls on the VP/HR to make full use of centre and the EU intelligence centre; EU assets in this domain, in particular the welcomes the ongoing progress made EU satellite centre and the EU intelligence towards the stabilisation of the situation in centre; welcomes the ongoing progress Libya, calls on the EU to assume an active made towards the stabilisation of the role in the mediation process so as to situation in Libya, calls on the EU to contribute to setting up the necessary assume an active role in the mediation foundations for a peaceful, stable, and process so as to contribute to setting up the democratic Libya; necessary foundations for a peaceful, stable, and democratic Libya;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/36

Amendment 36 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38

Motion for a resolution Amendment

38. Believes that the Union should 38. Believes that the Union should concentrate its efforts on missions and concentrate its efforts on missions and operations where it generates the highest operations where it generates the highest added value; questions the added value; would therefore welcome appropriateness of continuing certain reflection on the relevance and efficiency missions; of certain missions;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/37

Amendment 37 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45

Motion for a resolution Amendment

45. Calls for the swift adoption and 45. Welcomes the agreement reached setting-up of the EDF, which will address on the EDF regulation, and calls for the and speed up the common agreed defence swift adoption and setting-up of the EDF, capability development priorities in the air, which will address and speed up the land, maritime, and cyber domains and common agreed defence capability thus foster the EU’s ability to operate as a development priorities in the air, land, global actor and an international security maritime, and cyber domains and thus contributor and provider; calls on the foster the EU’s ability to operate as a Member States, the Council and the global actor and an international security Commission to provide adequate funding contributor and provider; calls on the to the EDF and to focus on structural Member States, the Council and the projects with high added value, thus Commission to provide adequate funding facilitating industrial cooperation between to the EDF and to focus on structural Member States and the consolidation of a projects with high added value, thus strong European Defence Technological facilitating industrial cooperation between and Industrial Base (EDTIB), Member States and the consolidation of a strengthening technical, industrial and strong European Defence Technological strategical capabilities in order to reinforce and Industrial Base (EDTIB), EU’s ability to produce and dispose of strengthening technical, industrial and military capabilities autonomously and to strategical capabilities in order to reinforce maintain Europe’s technological autonomy EU’s ability to produce and dispose of in the long-term; encourages defence military capabilities autonomously and to capability initiatives to facilitate the maintain Europe’s technological autonomy engagement of small and medium-sized in the long-term; encourages defence enterprises; capability initiatives to facilitate the engagement of small and medium-sized enterprises;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/38

Amendment 38 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 50

Motion for a resolution Amendment

50. Welcomes, in this regard, 50. Welcomes, in this regard, Operation Atlantic Resolve and NATO’s Operation Atlantic Resolve and NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence on the Enhanced Forward Presence on the European continent and recognises the European continent and recognises its importance of NATO troops in the effort deterrence role; to deter further Russian aggression and provide crucial support in the event of a conflict;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/39

Amendment 39 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 54

Motion for a resolution Amendment

54. Reaffirms that, despite Brexit, the 54. Reaffirms that, despite Brexit, the United Kingdom remains a close strategic United Kingdom remains a close strategic partner of the EU and its Member States partner of the EU and its Member States and that it is essential to maintain strong, and that it is essential to maintain strong, close defence and security cooperation close defence and security cooperation between the EU and the United Kingdom between the EU and the United Kingdom as both the EU and United Kingdom share as both the EU and United Kingdom share the same strategic environment and the the same strategic environment and the same threats to their peace and security; same threats to their peace and security; encourages the UK to participate in CSDP encourages the UK to participate in CSDP missions and operations, crisis missions and operations, crisis management operations, in defence management operations, in defence capabilities development, in the relevant capabilities development, in the relevant Union agencies, as well as in projects Union agencies, as well as in projects under PESCO, while respecting the under PESCO, while respecting the decision-making autonomy of the EU, the decision-making autonomy of the EU, the sovereignty of the UK, the principle of sovereignty of the UK, the principle of balanced rights and obligations, on the balanced rights and obligations, on the basis of effective reciprocity and including basis of effective reciprocity and including a fair and appropriate financial a fair and appropriate financial contribution; takes note that the UK will contribution; takes note of the UK’s withdraw from the CSDP missions and withdrawal from CSDP missions and operations by the end of the transition operations on 31 December 2020; calls for period on 31 December 2020; calls for rapid replacement procedures to be put in rapid replacement procedures to be put in place in order to ensure the continuity of place in order to ensure the continuity of CSDP missions and operations where CSDP missions and operations where British staff deployed had a significant role British staff deployed have a significant ; role;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/40

Amendment 40 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 59

Motion for a resolution Amendment

59. Calls for the EU to address the 59. Calls for the EU to address the consistent and growing threats to the consistent and growing threats to the protection and preservation of cultural protection and preservation of cultural heritage and clamp down on the smuggling heritage and clamp down on the smuggling of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict zones; notes that depriving societies of zones; notes the importance of the their cultural heritage and historical roots promotion, respect and protection of makes them more vulnerable to historical and cultural heritage in conflict radicalisation and more susceptible to prevention and reconciliation; calls for the global jihadist ideologies; calls for the EU EU to develop a broad strategy to to develop a broad strategy to counteract counteract such threats and promote such threats; respect for cultural diversity;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/41

Amendment 41 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 64

Motion for a resolution Amendment

64. Considers it essential to protect all 64. Considers it essential to protect all the ’s weak points in the European Union and European citizens order to ensure the effective common to prevent any vulnerability; notes with defence of European citizens; notes with concern the increasing militarisation of the concern the increasing militarisation of the Crimean peninsula and the attempts by the Crimean peninsula and the attempts by the Russian Federation to destabilise the Black Russian Federation to destabilise the Black Sea region; Sea region, with this situation having led to the recognition, at the NATO Summit in Wales in 2014, of the vulnerability of the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance; calls for the EU to recognise the vulnerability of eastern European Member States as a means of strengthening European defence, and to develop, together with NATO, a comprehensive strategy for securing and defending the eastern flank;

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EN United in diversityEN 13.1.2021 A9-0265/42

Amendment 42 Kati Piri, Tonino Picula, Sven Mikser on behalf of the S&D Group

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67

Motion for a resolution Amendment

67. Welcomes the adoption by the 67. Welcomes the adoption by the Council of a decision that, for the first Council of a decision that, for the first time, allows the EU to impose targeted time, allows the EU to impose targeted restrictive measures to deter and respond to restrictive measures to deter and respond to cyber-attacks that constitute an external cyber-attacks that constitute an external threat to the EU or its Member States, threat to the EU or its Member States, including cyber-attacks against third including cyber-attacks against third countries or international organisations, countries or international organisations, and to impose sanctions on persons or and to impose sanctions on persons or entities responsible for cyber-attacks; entities responsible for cyber-attacks; stresses the need to improve the visa highlights the urgent need to further restriction system as part of the EU integrate cyber aspects into the EU’s crisis sanction mechanism, by making use of management systems; underlines that biometric visa procedures in order to closer cooperation in preventing and restrict entities engaged in hybrid warfare countering cyber-attacks is essential in to travel to the EU under a false identity; these times of particular vulnerability in highlights the urgent need to further order to advance international security and integrate cyber aspects into the EU’s crisis stability in cyberspace; welcomes the good management systems; underlines that progress achieved by the PESCO Cyber closer cooperation in preventing and Rapid Response Team project in this countering cyber-attacks is essential in regard; calls for reinforcing the support to these times of particular vulnerability in the European Union Agency for order to advance international security and Cybersecurity (ENISA) and for strong stability in cyberspace; welcomes the good coordination with the NATO Cooperative progress achieved by the PESCO Cyber Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in this Rapid Response Team project in this respect; calls for increased EU regard; calls for reinforcing the support to coordination as regards establishing the European Union Agency for collective attribution for malicious cyber Cybersecurity (ENISA) and for strong incidents, as well as closer cooperation coordination with the NATO Cooperative with like-minded international Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in this organisations and countries; is particularly respect; calls for increased EU worried by the continuous detection of

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EN United in diversityEN coordination as regards establishing small-scale cyberattacks or intrusions into collective attribution for malicious cyber critical infrastructure systems that remain incidents, as well as closer cooperation dormant but that may have high impact; with like-minded international urges the Member States to implement organisations and countries; is particularly redundancies into their critical worried by the continuous detection of infrastructure systems, such as electric small-scale cyberattacks or intrusions into generation and strategic communications, critical infrastructure systems that remain at all levels; dormant but that may have high impact; urges the Member States to implement redundancies into their critical infrastructure systems, such as electric generation and strategic communications, at all levels;

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