European Parliament
2019-2024
Committee on Foreign Affairs
(2020/2002(INI)
19.6.2020
COMPROMISE AMENDMENT
1 - 106
Draft report
Javier Nart
(PE646.966v01-00)
EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn
of Africa
((2020/2002(INI))(INI))
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Amendment 1
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 34, 35
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A.
whereas security is a precondition
A.
whereas development and
for development; whereas without
sustainable peace will only be achieved by
development and poverty eradication, there
addressing the root causes of poverty and
will be no sustainable peace; whereas
in
hunger; whereas security is a precondition
order to ensure its security
and
for development
; whereas human security
development, each country must have or
is a precondition for lasting peace and
acquire adequate capacities in all
stability; whereas a strong nexus between
essential sectors, including security and
security, development, and humanitarian
defence and whereas this will not only
intervention is essential for the
stabilise that country, but will also enable
sustainable development of the Sahel,
it to contribute constructively to peace,
West Africa and Horn of Africa regions;
stability and crisis
prevention in its
whereas without development and poverty
region;
eradication, there will be no sustainable
peace; whereas security
in the Sahelo-
Saharan and Horn of Africa has
progressively worsened while European
Union action has not been able to respond
adequately to this crisis
notably due to
limitations in mandate and operability;
Or. en
Amendment 2
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 41, 81
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A a.
whereas the EU's Southern
strategic environment is unstable;
whereas it faces a range of challenges,
particularly armed conflicts at the
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southern borders of the European
continent and jihadist terrorism; and
whereas instability in this region has a
direct effect on the security of Europe and
its citizens; and on the stability at the
European external borders;
Or. en
Amendment 3
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 38, 81, 193
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A b.
whereas the security and
stabilityof the Sahel, West Africa and
Horn of Africa must be a strategic goal of
EU's cooperation with the governments in
the Southern Neighbourhood;
Or. en
Amendment 4
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 156
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A c.
whereas the mandates of the
CSDP mission are comprehensive and
aim among others to foster security sector
reform, advance justice reform,
strengthen military and police training as
well as to advance oversight;
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Or. en
Amendment 5
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 155
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A d.
whereas the European Union has
been committed to the security and
development of the Sahel region as a
leading partner through an integrated
approach focused on political and
diplomatic dialogue and development and
humanitarian support;
Or. en
Amendment 6
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 165
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A e.
whereas the 'Capacity building in
support of security and development'
(CBSD) initiative led to a revision of the
Instrument contributing to Stability and
Peace (IcSP+) in 2017, which resulted in
financing for training initiatives and the
delivery of non-lethal equipment to armed
forces in non-EU countries;
Or. en
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Amendment 7
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 93
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
A f.
whereas, Member States are
required to provide the necessary
personnel for the missions, deficiency
increased by the pandemic caused by the
spread of COVID-19, the number of EU
staff in these missions is being reduced on
health grounds;
Or. en
Amendment 8
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 50, 52, 49, 54, 55, 51, 53, 57
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B.
whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in
B.
whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in
the west to the Red Sea and the Indian
the west to the Red Sea and the Indian
Ocean in the east,
Africa is struggling to
Ocean in the east,
many African countries
contend with challenges, such as
historical
are struggling to contend with challenges,
underdevelopment compounded by the
such as
the destabilisation of the
destruction of the traditional
agro-pastoral
traditional
agro-pastoral economy as a
economy as a result of climate change,
result of climate change,
exploitation of
population growth and deforestation;
natural resources by external actors, food
whereas another major challenge is the
and nutrition insecurity, lack of access to
emergence of new forms of mafia
basic social services, inappropriate
economy, including human and drug
agricultural models, population growth
trafficking and the uncontrolled export of
and
pressure on the natural and
gold deposits, which, combined with
the
environmental resources such as
abandonment, inefficiency and corruption
deforestation; whereas another major
of
the administration, is producing a
challenge is the emergence of new forms of
hybridisation between
terrorist groups,
mafia economy, including human
, migrant
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traffickers and traditional community and
and drug trafficking
, cultural and wildlife
regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of
smuggling, and the uncontrolled export of
jihadist religious extremism appearing as a
gold
and mineral deposits, which,
false response for the societies concerned;
combined with
institutional weakness and
lack of transparency, weak governance,
rising inequalities, lack of trust in
governments and corruption of
many
administrations, is producing a
hybridisation between
armed-groups,
traffickers and traditional community and
regional conflicts, with the
unacceptable
phenomenon of jihadist religious
extremism appearing as a false response
for the societies concerned
and with the
rise of radicalisation;
Or. en
Amendment 9
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 58
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B a.
whereas the nature of security
challenges, violent conflicts and political
violence varies between different African
regions, countries and provinces; while in
the Sahel or the Horn of Africa regions,
armed Islamist groups and terrorism, but
also to a minor degree security forces,
various criminal groups and militia cause
major casualties in particular amongst
civilians; whereas the situation is very
different in most of West Africa's 19
countries, where some countries
experience lasting stability and security,
others political violence or ethnic conflict;
Or. en
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Amendment 10
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 88
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B b.
whereas there were 3,471 reported
violent events linked to these groups last
year; whereas reported fatalities resulting
from African militant Islamist group
activity also increased by 7 % over last
year, to an estimated 10,460 deaths;
Or. en
Amendment 11
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 89
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B c.
whereas terrorist activities are
largely concentrated in five main theaters,
including Somalia, the Lake Chad Basin,
the Sahel - with lesser but persistent
threats in North Africa and the west coast
of the Indian Ocean whereas the Sahel
has seen the most rapid increase in violent
extremist activity of any region in 2019;
whereas each theater faces unique
dynamics and requires a unique regional
approach;
Or. en
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Amendment 12
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 59
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B d.
whereas the EU and G5 Sahel
leaders express their deep concern about
the increase in terrorism and the
deterioration of the security and
humanitarian situation in the Sahel
region; whereas terrorism is putting
heightened pressure on the G5 Sahel
countries and their neighbourhood;
whereas terrorism is exacerbating local
political, ethnical and religious tensions,
and is fuelled by criminal and
fundamentalist groupings, socio-
economic grievances, weak governance,
and, in some cases, of security and
defence forces;
Or. en
Amendment 13
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 61
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B e.
whereas terrorist attacks on
civilian populations, state institutions,
state representatives, security and defence
forces and infrastructure undermine
social cohesion, and whereas terrorist
groups also use existing local conflicts for
this purpose;
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Or. en
Amendment 14
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): XX
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B f.
whereas all those challenges have
deeply affected the stability and peace of
the local communities and the traditional
order based in compromises and moral
authorities by the elders and traditional
leaders which is being supplanted by the
domination of armed groups of smugglers
and terrorists;
Or. en
Amendment 15
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 62whereas creating the security
conditions necessary for the re-establishment of basic state structures, particularly in the more
remote regions where citizens may feel most abandoned, is essential; (AM 62)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B g.
whereas creating the security
conditions necessary for the re-
establishment of basic state structures,
particularly in the more remote regions
where citizens may feel most abandoned,
is essential;
Or. en
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Amendment 16
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 63
Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B h.
whereas terrorist and criminal
attacks tend to target civilian populations,
state representatives, security and defence
forces, and socio-economic infrastructure,
and thereby undermine social and
community cohesion and integration;
Or. en
Amendment 17
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 160
Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B i.
whereas the Sahel is one of the
regions most affected by the proliferation
of illicit small arms and whereas these
undocumented and mostly illegally held
arms do not only threaten the safety and
security of communities but are also used
by dangerous transnational criminal
networks engaged in various forms of
trafficking, including of weapons,
humans and illegal drugs;
Or. en
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Amendment 18
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 43, 83, 113
Motion for a resolution
Recital B j (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B j.
whereas according to new data
from the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute SIPRI:
(a) the combined military expenditure of
states in Africa grew by 1.5 % to an
estimated $41.2 billion in 2019, the
region's first spending increase for five
years;
(b) whereas Africa has imported 49% of
its military equipment from Russia, 14%
from the United States and 13% from
China; whereas China has exported 20 %
of its global arm sales to Africa;
Or. en
Amendment 19
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 83
Motion for a resolution
Recital B k (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
B k.
whereas Russia’s military
influence across Africa consists in arms
sales, deploying of mercenaries and
political advisers, security agreements and
training programs for unstable countries;
Or. en
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Amendment 20
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 64, 71, 70, 69, 67, 73
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
C.
whereas poverty and insecurity
feed
C.
whereas poverty
lack of education,
off each other
and push young people
to
unemployment, conflicts, crises and
migrate to Europe in search of a better
insecurity
combined with other
factors
life, impoverishing states by depriving
such as failed states, bad governance,
them
of their
best human resources;
corruption particularly affect young
people
and the possibilities given to them
,
thus pushing many to flee and leave their
homes and families for safer regions or
other continents, thereby risking their
lives;
Or. en
Amendment 21
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 84, 85
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
D.
whereas the above-mentioned
D.
whereas the above-mentioned
challenges will be exacerbated by the
challenges will be exacerbated by the
COVID-19 pandemic;
COVID-19 pandemic
and the worsening
effects of climate change;
whereas the
European Commission announced an
additional 194 million euros to support
the security, stability and resilience in
Sahel;
Or. en
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Amendment 22
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 91,
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
E.
whereas the European Union has
E.
whereas the European Union has
conducted
four military common security
conducted
three military common security
and defence policy missions and operations
and defence policy missions and operations
to train and advise the Armed Forces of
to train and advise the Armed Forces of
Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM)
Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM)
Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali –
Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali –
2013) and the Central African Republic
2013) and the Central African Republic
(EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military
(EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military
operation (EU naval force operation
operation (EU naval force operation
(NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and
(NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and
three civilian missions to train and advise
three civilian missions to train and advise
the internal security forces of Mali (EU
the internal security forces of Mali (EU
capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel
capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel
Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger
Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger
– 2014)
and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia –
– 2014)
, Somalia (EUCAP Somalia –
2014), and will soon
conduct an advisory
2014),
GAR-SI Sahel Project, and has
mission (EUAM) in the Central African
established and will soon
launch an
Republic;
advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central
African Republic;
Or. en
Amendment 23
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 92
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
E a.
whereas there are a number of
military outposts of individual countries,
such as France and the United States of
America, which are providing security
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assistance to local partners, conducting
counter-terrorism and other operations;
which in parallel to political solutions,
state building efforts and development
initiatives are crucial to defeat terrorist
groups and contribute to building
regional stability;
Or. en
Amendment 24
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 95
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
E b.
whereas sustained pressure on
terrorists is needed to stop proliferation of
this threat to other regions and
continents, including Europe;
Or. en
Amendment 25
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 96
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
E c.
whereas over the past decade
African security institutions have
deployed tens of thousands of personnel
in peace operations on African soil,
demonstrating a genuine will to
contribute to security governance on their
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own continent;
Or. en
Amendment 26
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 98, 99
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F.
whereas the EU is also supporting
F.
whereas the EU is also supporting
the
establishment and operationalisation of
the operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint
the G5 Sahel Joint Force;
Force
, a key counter-terrorism instrument
which is vital for combatting terrorism,
jihadist activity and security threats and
for the improvement of regional security;
Or. en
Amendment 27
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 101
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F a.
whereas the continued
operationalisation of key regional security
actors such as the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS),
Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF)
and the African Union’s African Standby
Force overlap with the EU’s interest in
assisting struggling countries to provide
peace and prosperity for their citizens;
Or. en
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Amendment 28
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 102
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F b.
whereas regional cooperation and
good neighbourly relations between the
countries of the Sahel region, West Africa
and the Horn of Africa are indispensable
in order to maintain and strengthen the
stability in these regions;
Or. en
Amendment 29
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 159
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F c.
whereas the African Union
remains a key partner for EU's peace and
stability efforts;
Or. en
Amendment 30
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 161
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F d.
whereas the African Union at its
annual summit in February announced
plans to send 3,000 soldiers to the Sahel to
support the G5 Sahel in the combat
against armed groups;
Or. en
Amendment 31
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 162, 163
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
F e.
whereas since 2017 the EU has
followed a process of regionalisation of its
CSDP missions, which next to advancing
cooperation with the G5 Sahel is aimed at
better identifying and filling gaps in
cross-border cooperation in the regions;
Or. en
Amendment 32
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 107, 108, 109, 104
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
G.
whereas after years of training, the
G.
whereas after years of
specific
above-mentioned EU missions have been
training, the above-mentioned EU
as well
hampered in their sustainability and
as UN missions have been hampered in
effectiveness due to restrictions on their
their sustainability and effectiveness due to
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mandate, training programmes,
and a lack
restrictions on their mandate, training
of basic equipment
, including weapons,
programmes,
sustainability plans and
ammunition and vehicles;
local ownership, and the fact that they
cannot supply the necessary equipment
to
the unit they train and to the local defence
forces including weapons, ammunition and
vehicles;
whereas the mandates and
purpose of the EU missions need to be
reviewed in order to draw up a “lessons
learned” analysis which shall be used to
adapt current and future missions;
Or. en
Amendment 33
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 111, 169
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
G a.
whereas any training, financing,
or equipping of security forces in third
countries should abide by European
fundamental values and help building a
reliable security sector which first and
foremost aims at delivering security
benefits to the entire local population
while respecting the rule of law and in
particular international human rights
law;
Or. en
Amendment 34
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 114, 115, 116, 118
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
H.
whereas these restrictions
have
H.
whereas these restrictions
and the
allowed third countries, notably Russia,
absence of a cohesive and strategical
China and Turkey, to fill the void left by
presence of the European Union
affect the
the European Union
by supplying such
credibility of the EU's external action,
equipment;
whilst other global actors are stepping up
their actions, send mercenaries and build
their own military facilities and have
increased their supply of weapons and
ammunitions to countries of the region
with no governance stipulations and
effectively in order to boost strictly
bilateral interests;
Or. en
Amendment 35
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 127, 126, 128,
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
I.
whereas neither the
Somali army,
I.
whereas neither the
Somalian,
nor the Malian
army nor the Central
Burkinabe, Malian nor the Central African
African
Armed Forces (FACA) have been
armies have found effective responses and
able to contribute effectively to the fight
are struggling to fight against jihadists
and
against jihadists or hold and secure
the
armed groups or hold and secure
areas
ground cleared with the aid of friendly
with the aid of friendly international forces,
international forces, the result being that
the result being that the local populations
the local populations feel abandoned
and
feel abandoned
. fearing to be accused of
fear being accused of collaborating with
collaborating with the government by the
the government by the jihadists or the
jihadists or the armed groups once they
armed groups
in the CAR once they return
return and reoccupy the space from which
and reoccupy the space from which they
they were expelled;
were expelled;
Or. en
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Amendment 36
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 129
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
I a.
whereas there has been a decisive
drop in piracy off the coasts of both
Eastern and Western Africa as a result of
international maritime security efforts
from both the EU and NATO that serve as
a precedent for European, African and
transatlantic security cooperation;
Or. en
Amendment 37
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 138, 137, 136, 133, 135, 134, 132, 147,
167
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
J.
whereas after years of involvement
J.
whereas after years of involvement
in the above-mentioned civil and military
in the above-mentioned civil and military
missions, the general situation has become
missions, the general situation has
not
worse
and worse and a
new and
improved significantly and now tends to
comprehensive strategy therefore needs to
become worse
despite the efforts made,
be implemented;
thus a number of old and new challenges
persist and a comprehensive strategy
therefore needs to be implemented
, with a
particular focus on regions where
vulnerabilities and tensions are the
highest, to achieve the final goal of
regional stability and to ultimately
transfer the responsibility of security into
the hands of Africans;
whereas this
strategy will satisfy an urgent need and
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the high expectations of actors on the
ground and local people and should
address the root causes of the crisis;
Or. en
Amendment 38
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 150, 152, 153, 151, 149, 148, 157
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L.
whereas the European Development
L.
whereas the question of financing
Fund
and the African Peace Facility (APF)
the CSDP is crucial for the continuation
provide support to the African Union,
of the policy, and whereas the European
financing, among other things, the
Development Fund
through the African
operational cost of military peacekeeping
Peace Facility (APF)
, and in the future
operations in Africa;
through the European Peace Facility
(EPF) provides support to the African
Union, financing, among other things, the
operational cost of military peacekeeping
operations in Africa;
in particular of
AMISOM in Somalia; whereas the EPF
will replace the Athena mechanism for
the financing of common costs of CSDP
military operations; and the APF,
endowing the EU with a new tool to more
flexibly deploy military operations and
significantly step up options for security
assistance to partners; whereas the
ultimate impact of the EPF as an
instrument to sustainably address violent
conflict and insecurity will depend on the
extent to which it will be complemented by
the necessary safeguards and monitoring
systems to avoid potential misuse of the
aid provided and to ensure that questions
of accountability, human rights and
respect of humanitarian law are duly
taken into account; whereas the future
European Peace Facility (EPF) that
should take over from the APF in 2021
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should extend its scope to the partner
states and allow for the supply of military
equipment;
Or. en
Amendment 39
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): XY
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L a.
whereas it is imparative that the
EU supports its partners in the Sahelo-
Sahran and Horn of Africa regions which
face increased challenges in their struggle
against armed terrorist groups, including
jihadists; whereas the European Union
can respond appropriately by providing
the countries in the region concerned
through the EPF with the necessary
assistance including arms and
ammunitions; whereas the European
Peace Facility should be approved without
delay in order to allow for the needed
military assistance;
Or. en
Amendment 40
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 74
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L b.
whereas temperatures are rising
1.5 times faster in the Sahel region than
in the rest of the world, and whereas,
according to the United Nations, around
80% of agricultural land in the region is
degraded, with some 50 million people
who depend on livestock farming in
conflict over the land. Whereas, according
to the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC), this situation is plunging
people into food insecurity and they are
struggling to cope and facing difficult
choices;
Or. en
Amendment 41
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 77
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L c.
whereas climate change effects are
a risk factor of destabilization, violence
and conflict;
Or. en
Amendment 42
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 76
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L d.
whereas the surge in violent
attacks, murders, kidnappings, beatings
and life threats against public schools,
teachers and students has led to the
closure of more than 9000 schools in
Central and West Africa, according to
UNICEF, leaving nearly two million
children without proper education;
Or. en
Amendment 43
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 82
Motion for a resolution
Recital L e (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L e.
whereas the EU remains seriously
concerned by the increased number of
children that are recruited as child
soldiers by extremist groups;
Or. en
Amendment 44
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 78
Motion for a resolution
Recital L f (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L f.
whereas the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has
highlighted worrying new trends
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regarding drug trafficking in the region,
with damaging effects on governance,
security, economic growth and public
health. Whereas, according to the Office,
West and Central Africa and North Africa
account for 87% of all pharmaceutical
opioids seized worldwide. And whereas
UNODC recognises a close link between
drug trafficking and financing armed
groups;
Or. en
Amendment 45
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 79
Motion for a resolution
Recital L g (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L g.
whereas the EU Strategic
Approach to Women, Peace and Security
stresses the need of integration of a
gender perspective into all fields and
activities in the domain of peace and
security in order to ensure the
effectiveness of EU’s policies;
Or. en
Amendment 46
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 80
Motion for a resolution
Recital L h (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L h.
whereas the attacks of the
extremist groups and escalating inter-
communal violences over resources are
affecting the access to education and
healthcare, with a large number of girls
as being most exposed for different types
of abuses, physical and sexual;
Or. en
Amendment 47
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): XZ
Motion for a resolution
Recital L i (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
L i.
whereas the European Union
should strategically increase its economic
presence even more in view of the
growing presence of other foreign powers;
Or. en
Amendment 48
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 173, 171, 173, 161, 200, 179, 189
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
1.
Considers that the European
Union
1.
Considers that the European
must coordinate the development and
Commission, the Council and the Vice
security
initiatives in which
it is involved
President / High Representative must
as part of an integrated strategy;
coordinate the development
, humanitarian
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and security
strategies in which
they are
involved as part of an integrated strategy
leading to independent African ownership
in security and defence affairs;
considers
that the African Union and African states
from the region are key partners with
which the EU is meaningfully engaged in
order to jointly achieve sustainable
development and human security;
supports the plans of the African Union to
send 3,000 soldiers in support of the G5
Sahel; strongly believes that the EU and
its member states must strengthen the
capacity of partners, reviewing the
security and defence engagements in the
regions of the Sahel, West Africa and the
Horn of Africa, including through the
provision of military equipment; whilst
respecting the do-no-harm principle;
Or. en
Amendment 49
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 172, 171
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
1 a.
Recalls that the fight against
terrorism depends notably on the ability of
the states concerned to have strong and
reliable institutions, well established basic
services including internal security
capacities and a justice system, in
particular on criminal matters, in which
citizens have confidence; considers that a
security strategy for the Sahel, West
Africa and Horn of Africa regions must
first and foremost lie on addressing the
root causes of the conflicts in the region,
as poverty eradication is key to a
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sustainable peace;
Or. en
Amendment 50
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 186, 184,
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2.
Considers that the European
2.
Considers that
in the European
Union’s
development and security
Union’s
common foreign and security
missions
and programmes should be
policy all missions
, operations and other
coordinated by the VP/HR under the
actions shall be coordinated by the VP/HR
authority of the Council in accordance with
under the authority of the Council in
Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a
accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU
centralised doctrine centre
should be
and that
the Joint Support Coordination
established covering the Military Planning
Cell should increase its advice to the
and Conduct Capability and the Civilian
Commission and the Vice President /
Planning and Conduct Capability
training
High Representative, with an enhanced
missions
, and projects
supporting or
coordination role and should propose a
reforming the security sector;
centralised
civilian-military doctrine centre
that would reinforce the capacities of the
Military Planning and Conduct Capability
and the Civilian Planning and Conduct
Capability missions and projects;
Or. en
Amendment 51
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 195, 192
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2 a.
Strongly believes that the EU
should invest to a maximum in processes
aiming at conflict prevention by triggering
a multitude of very concrete mediation,
dialogue and reconciliation processes and
projects in parallel to other security
measures; underlines the need to also
pursue non-state centric approaches
aiming at fostering stability and security,
in particular as regards inter-Community
tensions; Strongly believes that only
security assistance which puts human
security at its centre will be effective in
the medium and long term;
Or. en
Amendment 52
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 199
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
2 b.
Underlines the urgent need to
strengthen CDSP missions and operations
as well as the EU’s overall strategic
planning and communication policy, in
order to increase the visibility of the EU’s
actions;
Or. en
Amendment 53
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 209, 203, 207
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3.
Calls for the revision of Article
3.
Stresses that in the light of the
3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No
grave and profound degradation in the
230/2014 in the light of the grave and
security conditions in the region and in
profound degradation in the security
order to fill any gaps in EU missions and
conditions in the region and in order to fill
projects partners
’ capacity building in the
any gaps in EU missions and projects
with
security sector
must be strengthened in
a view to supporting the capacity-building
order to more adequately respond to the
of partners in the security sector
, including
profound challenges and the serious
through funding for military spending
security conditions in the region;
and the provision of weapons,
including
by supporting third countries in
ammunition or lethal equipment,
combating terrorism in their territories;
transport and training essential for
improving the combat capability of
African armed forces fighting against
jihadism; supports the Joint
Communication of the Commission and
the High Representative of the Union for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 28
April 2015 entitled ‘Capacity building in
support of security and development –
Enabling partners to prevent and manage
crises’4 ;
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4 JOIN(2015)0017.
4 JOIN(2015)0017.
Or. en
Amendment 54
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 209
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3 a.
Supports the Joint Communication
of the Commission and the High
Representative of the Union for Foreign
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Affairs and Security Policy of 28 April
2015 entitled ‘Capacity building in
support of security and development –
Enabling partners to prevent and manage
crises’1a;
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1a JOIN(2015)0017
Or. en
Amendment 55
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 201, 208
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3 b.
Welcomes the Commission
proposal and the ongoing inter-
institutional negotiations aiming at
establishing a regulation entitled
Neighbourhood, Development and
International Cooperation Instrument
(NDICI) comprising all tasks of the
current Instrument contributing to
Stability and Peace (IcSP);
Or. en
Amendment 56
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 215, 194, 219, 207, 209, 212, 242, 243,
237, 246, 247, 223, 216
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
4.
Calls
on the VP/HR to propose a
4.
Welcomes the proposal from the
Council decision on the establishment of
a
High Representative, with the support of
specific service to oversee the supply and
the Commission, for the establishment
use of such equipment
and training; calls
under the Union’s Common Foreign and
for funding from the EU budget to be
Security Policy (CFSP) of an “European
provided for the administrative expenditure
Peace Facility” (EPF) for the financing
arising from that Council decision,
of military and defence-related
including for personnel; calls on the
cooperation with third countries and
Council to charge the Member States for
international organisations, including
the expenditure arising from the supply and
equipment under the EU common military
use of such equipment and training
; calls
list[1],which will fill an important gap in
on the Member States
that do not
EU support and together with the
participate in funding the supply and use
Neighborhood, Development and
of such material to abstain from the vote
International Cooperation Instrument
in the Council;
(NDICI) give the EU the ability to
respond more quickly and effectively to
security challenges and calls
for their
swift adoption; reminds that the EPF
aims at incorporating the African Peace
Facility and establishing a capacity
building component which would allow
the provision of military equipment to
partner countries, including arms and
ammunitions with full respect for the
Common Position, for Human rights and
humanitarian law, and with effective
transparency provisions; as listed in its
recommendation of 28 March 2019 on the
establishment of
the European Peace
Facility to ensure that any military
equipment
is not given to recipients that
are committing abuses, atrocities and
other harms against civilian population;
notes that since June 2018 Member States
are working on a Council Decision
establishing the EPF, latest in January
2021; In this regard, and considering the
actual situation in Africa, calls on the
Council to approve this proposal adopting
the necessary Decision without delay
establishing this new instrument to
support military capabilities in African
armed forces, and:
a) for the EPF budget to be large enough
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to effectively address the current
challenges relating to training
, operations,
missions, projects and military equipment
including weapons, munitions and
transport;
b) to ensure that, the EPF overcomes the
current limitations under the APF and the
Union's budget on the acquisition of arms
and munitions;
a) calls for funding from the EU budget to
be provided for the administrative
expenditure arising from that Council
decision, including for personnel;
b) calls on the Council to charge the
Member States for the
operational
expenditure arising from
its
implementation, including equipment and
training;
c) takes note that the Member States
which do not participate in the funding of
a specific action or part of it could abstain
from the vote in the Council;
d) calls for the establishment in the
European External Action Service of a
new dedicated Division in charge of
managing this new instrument, to oversee
the supply and use of equipment and
training including proper safeguards and
risk mitigation measures;
e) is of the opinion that the supply and use
of such equipment and training
should be
monitored by experts seconded by the
Member States
to this division to inform
the HR/VP, and be scrutinized by the
European Parliament and audited by the
European Court of Auditors;
Or. en
Amendment 57
Javier Nart
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Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 222, 230, 229, 227
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
5.
Considers that the sustainability
5.
Considers that the sustainability
,
and effectiveness of EU civilian and
effectiveness
, and visibility of EU civilian
military missions in Africa
have been
and military missions in Africa
, despite the
hampered by the lack of basic equipment in
high dedication and professionalism of its
the countries affected
and that it is
staff, have also been particularly
therefore necessary:
hampered by the lack of
local ownership,
sustainability plans and basic equipment
in the countries affected
in order to ensure
the ability to strengthen the capacity of
partners;
Or. en
Amendment 58
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 253, 252,
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
6.
Considers that all funding
6.
Calls on the Commission and the
instruments should be explored with a view
Council that the use of all funding
to supporting the development of security
instruments should be explored with a view
capabilities in the affected African
to
addressing underlying causes of the
countries, as per Articles 209 and 212 of
conflicts supporting the development of
the Treaty on the Functioning of the
security capabilities in the affected African
European Union and in the light of the very
countries, as per Articles 209 and 212 of
serious security
crisis in the Sahel-Saharan
the Treaty on the Functioning of the
region;
European Union and in the light of the very
serious security
crises in the Sahel-Saharan
region
and East Africa;
Or. en
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Amendment 59
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 255
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
6 a.
Welcomes the proposal to
strengthen the principle of partnership in
the African – EU relations laid down in
the Joint Communication`s
(JOIN(2020)0004); calls on the
Commission, especially the VP/HR to
launch tailor-made bilateral partnerships
for transformation covering a broad set of
areas with a priority on security and
defence; calls on the VP/HR to honour
advanced countries in the area of
consolidating democracy and human
security and to invite them to join bilateral
partnerships under the principle of “more
for more”; going beyond bilateral
partnerships, calls on the VP/HR to assist
consolidating the security functions of sub
regional organizations, like the Economic
Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), the East African Community,
or the Southern African Development
Community (SADC);
Or. en
Amendment 60
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 260, 258
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
7.
Recommends that the EU considers
7.
Recommends that the EU considers
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contributing to the operational and
contributing to the operational and
logistical costs of the operations against
logistical costs of the operations against
jihadist terrorism conducted by the
terrorism conducted by the national armed
national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali,
forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso,
Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the
Niger and Chad, within the framework of
framework of peacekeeping operations in
peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-
the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a
Saharan area and by taking a similar
similar approach to the one it takes to
approach to the one it takes to financing
financing the G5 Joint Forces and the
the G5
Sahel Joint Forces and the African
African Union Mission in Somalia
Union Mission in Somalia
and notes that
(AMISON);
the EPF should be appropriate instrument
to do so;
Or. en
Amendment 61
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 264
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
8.
Agrees to apply to existing training
8.
Encourages a discussion whether
programmes the same facilities for the
it is advisable to apply to existing training
procurement of military equipment,
programmes the same facilities for the
including weapons, as those currently
procurement of military equipment,
provided for the deployment and training
including weapons, as those currently
of the G5 Sahel force, including financial
provided for the deployment and training
support if needed;
of the G5 Sahel force, including financial
support if needed
(AM 264);
Or. en
Amendment 62
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 271, 270
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
9.
Recommends that any financing of
9.
Recommends that any financing of
capacity-building operations for African
capacity-building operations for African
countries
is conditional on
an action plan
countries
be conditional on
the recipient
with reasonable deadlines with the
country presenting a commonly agreed
possibility of further adjustments
support plan, which includes training on
depending on the evolution of the situation;
security sector reform, human rights,
international humanitarian law, and the
rule of law, with reasonable deadlines
to
be achieved with EU monitoring with the
possibility of further adjustments
depending on the evolution of the situation;
Or. en
Amendment 63
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 272
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
9 a.
Is deeply concerned about the
reported cases of very serious human
rights abuses committed by Malian
security forces, as investigated and
reported by the UN Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA);
Or. en
Amendment 64
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 275, 277
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
10.
Calls for the format of the EUTM
10.
Calls for the format of the EUTM
Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia
Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia
training missions to be redefined to better
training missions to be redefined to better
adapt them to the real needs of the armed
adapt them to the real needs of the armed
forces of the beneficiary countries by:
forces
and those of the populations of the
beneficiary countries by:
Or. en
Amendment 65
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 282, 286
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point a
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a)
harmonising training methods and
a)
harmonising training methods and
rules of procedure and engagement and
rules of procedure and engagement and
ensuring they are unique;
ensuring they are unique
and tailored to
the identified needs in the country and on
training on gender equality and women’s
rights, including the Women, Peace and
Security agenda;
Or. en
Amendment 66
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 280
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point a a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a a)
developing and applying an
overarching security sector reform policy
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which has human security at its centre
and puts the security needs of the entire
population at the heart of all components;
Or. en
Amendment 67
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 290, 291, 289
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point b
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
b)
ensuring that instructors are
able, in
b)
ensuring that
EU instructors are
coordination with the local military
mandated in coordination with the local
authorities, to select soldiers from among
military authorities, to select soldiers from
those proposed by the local governments,
among those proposed by the local
to
train them to
be capable fighters, and to
governments, to
trained them to
enhance
supervise and accompany them on the
their skills, including through knowledge
ground once they have finished their
of International Humanitarian Law and
training in order to assess them and prevent
International Human Rights Law, and to
units from disbanding and soldiers from
supervise and accompany them on the
dispersing;
ground once they have finished their
training
, in order to assess them and
prevent units from disbanding and soldiers
from dispersing;
Or. en
Amendment 68
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 294, 293
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point c
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
c)
supplying training centres with both
c)
supplying
the training centres with
shared and individual equipment,
both shared and individual
military
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including weapons (if the country
equipment, (if the country concerned does
concerned does not provide them)
, to make
not provide them) to make sure
that
sure appropriate training can be given;
appropriate training can be given
after the
EU has put safeguards in place which
guarantee compliance with the eight
criteria of Common Position 944 when
transferring arms to third countries,
guaranteeing post-shipment and end-use
control to prevent diversion to armed
groups including terrorists;
Or. en
Amendment 69
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 298
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point c a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
c a)
improving the occupancy rate of
staff posts in the missions in order to
manage recurrent problems;
Or. en
Amendment 70
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 296
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d)
ensuring that training corresponds
d)
ensuring that training corresponds
to the operational reality, i.e. it should
to the operational reality, i.e. it should
include mobility;
include mobility
and command and
control capacities;
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Or. en
Amendment 71
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 299
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d a)
benefiting from the secondment of
the required military expertise, notably in
the field of strategic advice;
Or. en
Amendment 72
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 300, 273
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point d b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d b)
putting in place a Human Rights
monitoring and protection mechanism to
prevent Human Rights violations;
Or. en
Amendment 73
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 307, 304, 306, 303, 305, 302
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
11.
Believes that the EU
must conduct
11.
Believes that the EU
should put in
a comprehensive evaluation of the
place proper oversight and continue
EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger,
conducting effective periodic assessments
EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian
and strategic reviews of the EUCAP Sahel
missions
, adapting them to real needs in
Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP
order to make them
fully operational and
Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions
effective;
reviewing their mandate, budget and
human resources, and continue using the
monitoring systems under the missions
implementation plan and benchmarking
as a comprehensive steering tool; is
convinced that the missions would be
better adapted to the evolving security and
political situations in order
to adapt them
to the local needs and to intensify the
cooperation with local partners, and to
make them
even more operational and
effective
, and integrate them into a wider
security sector reform effort at the service
of the local population's security;
calls
upon the VP/HR and the EEAS to come
back to Parliament regarding the CSDP
annual report 2019 (2019/2135(INI)) and
Parliament’s evaluation of missions in
Africa; repeats criticising the lack of
“suitable indicators to monitor the
outcome of the EUCAP Niger and
EUCAP Mali missions, and that the
monitoring and assessment of the mission
activities were inadequate and not geared
to take account of their implications”;
calls upon VP/HR and the EEAS to come
back to Parliament’s evaluation of the
force generation of EUTM Somalia;
Or. en
Amendment 74
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 312, 311
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
12.
Considers that the Government of
12.
Notes that the security situation in
Somalia
is unable to perform its duties and
Somalia is very worrying and is a
that the Somali
army is also unable to
destabilising factor throughout the Horn
counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities
and
of Africa and even beyond; considers that
is not yet ready to take over from
the
Federal Government of Somalia
AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army
cannot assume all its duties and that the
was supposed to take over from AMISOM
Somali
National army despite recent
in December 2021; underlines that the
progress, remains unable to counter al-
achievement of that objective requires a
Shabab’s terrorist activities
on its own;
new and comprehensive assistance
recalls that the Somali army was supposed
programme;
to take over from AMISOM in December
2021; underlines that the achievement of
that objective requires a new and
comprehensive assistance programme
and
calls the EU to agree with the African
Union and the Somali Government a
position on the mechanism to be put in
place once the AMISOM is over;
Or. en
Amendment 75
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 316, 317
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
13.
Requires the Malian signatories to
13.
Requires the Malian signatories to
the Algiers
agreements to abide by and
the
Agreement for Peace and
implement them without further delay;
Reconciliation in Mali, resulting from the
Algiers
Process to abide by and implement
them without further delay;
Or. en
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Amendment 76
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 320, 319
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
14.
Believes that the European Union
14.
Believes that the European Union
should continue its financial support to
should continue its financial support to
AMISON via the APF, maintain the
AMISOM during the transition period via
presence of the three EU military missions
the APF, maintain the presence of the three
(ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and
but revised EU military
or civilian
EUCAP Somalia), support democratic
missions
and operations (ATALANTA,
institutions
and continue
any training of
EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia),
the national army
not linked to regional
support democratic institutions
, continue
interests;
the training of the national army
and the
establishment of transparent, accountable
and democratically controlled security
sectors;
Or. en
Amendment 77
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 327, 323, 325,
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
15.
Calls
for the EU to help the joint
15.
Calls
on the Member States and
forces of the G5 Sahel to become
the EU to help the joint forces of the G5
operational through the
direct provision of
Sahel to become operational through the
financial assistance
for the acquisition of
provision of financial assistance
as well as
adequate weapons and military
the provision of military equipment
and
equipment; calls on the partners who made
training, while including adequate
pledges at the Brussels Donors’
safeguards and mitigating measures, and
Conference on 22 February 2018 to
the advice in the field of doctrine, planed
implement them expeditiously;
capacities and management; highlights
the need for a strong and credible police
component in this regard; calls on the
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partners who made pledges at the Brussels
Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018
to implement them expeditiously;
Or. en
Amendment 78
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 329, 331, 332
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
16.
Believes that the African states
16.
Believes that the African states
have to take responsibility for fulfilling
have to take responsibility for fulfilling
their sovereign duties
in all areas
cleared
their sovereign duties
to stabilise all areas
of jihadists, traffickers and bandits by
liberated from jihadi terrorist, criminal
providing basic services (administration,
and armed groups, traffickers and bandits
,
water and power supply, health, justice,
to safeguard the citizens and by providing
education)
, even if some of these services
basic services (administration, water and
should be temporarily provided by the
power supply, health, justice, education)
;
army or security forces
, until
such time as
whereas the army or security forces
should
the civil administration takes over;
provide a proper security environment
and the basic services temporarily until
the civil administration takes over;
calls on
the European Union to increase the
efforts in supporting African states to
provide basic services;
Or. en
Amendment 79
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 336, 337
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
17.
Supports the African request to the
17.
Supports the African
Union request
United Nations Security Council
for the
to
the United Nations to have access to
G5 Sahel joint force and AMISON to be
UN assessed contributions for African-led
placed under Chapter VII of the UN
missions mandated by the United Nations
Charter in order to benefit from
Security Council;
sustainable funding;
Or. en
Amendment 80
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 345, 210, 342
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
18.
Stresses that coordination with the
18.
Stresses that coordination with the
countries of North Africa is
desirable as
countries of North Africa is
needed as well
well as an effective contribution to peace
as an effective contribution to peace and
and reconciliation in Libya in order to
reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent
prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the
it from becoming a hotspot for the spread
spread of jihadism, arms and human
of jihadism,
terrorist, criminal and armed
trafficking;
groups, arms and human trafficking;
encourages hence the 5+5 peace talks and
calls upon all countries to abide by the
spirit of the Berlin Conference;
Or. en
Amendment 81
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 356, 354, 353, 352, 351
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
19.
Welcomes
the efforts of
19.
Welcomes
and supports the
Mauritania to take a social and
Mauritanian comprehensive approach,
development
approach to its military and
which includes a strategy built on social
security response; expresses its solidarity
and development
aspects, to its military
with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso,
and security response; expresses its
countries that are deeply affected by
solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina
terrorism; compliments the efforts and
Faso, countries that are deeply affected by
sacrifices of the international community,
terrorism; compliments the efforts and
the United Nations Multidimensional
sacrifices of the international community,
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali,
the United Nations Multidimensional
the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali,
and the French Armed Forces (Operation
the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5
Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian
and the French Armed Forces (Operation
Army, which is the essential force in the
Barkhane),
the EU Regional Advisory
central and east sectors of the G5 requiring
Coordination Cell (RACC), the EUCAP
special support for its battalions;
Sahel Mali and Niger, EUTM Mali
, the
GAR-SI Sahel and the Chadian Army,
which is the essential force in the central
and east sectors of the G5 requiring special
support for its battalions;
calls upon the
countries of the G5 Sahel to pursue
domestic reforms and fully implement
human rights, good governance and
democratic accountability, respecting
human rights and democratic norms;
Or. en
Amendment 82
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 360
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
19 a.
Welcomes the joint declaration of
President of the European Council,
Charles Michel and President of Islamic
Republic of Mauritania, President in
office of the G5 Sahel, Mohamed Cheikh
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el Ghazouani of 28 April 2020, in which
they renewed and increased commitment
to the security, stability and development
of the Sahel in close cooperation with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations,
the Chair of the African Union
Commission and the current Chair of the
Economic Community of West African
States;
Or. en
Amendment 83
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 363, 364
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
20.
Encourages the Member States to
20.
Encourages the Member States to
support and cooperate with the Barkhane
support and cooperate with the Barkhane
and Takuba operations;
and Takuba operations
, and the Gazelle
and New Nero missions;
stresses the
important human and military investment
of those Member States who are already
part of them; insists on the need for a
stronger European involvement, but these
cannot replace the obligation by countries
to pursue necessary domestic reforms
aimed at ensuring sustainable
development and security sectors;
Or. en
Amendment 84
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 368, 371, 374, 369, 373
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
21.
Calls
for the EU to pay particular
21.
Calls
on the EU to pay particular
attention to the spread of
jihadism in areas
attention to the spread of
armed terrorist
such as the Indian Ocean and West Africa
groups, in particular Islamist terrorism
and
to lend cooperation and
establish aid
and violent Wahhabism extremism, in the
programmes
when required;
regions of Sahel, West Africa and
Horn of
Africa and persist its global efforts to
combat jihadism; in light of the strategic
impact of these regions on the stability
and security of Southern Neighbourhood
countries, and maritime security, and
certain pressure on European external
borders; calls on the upgrade of security
cooperation and aid programmes
with the
countries concerned;
Or. en
Amendment 85
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 400
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
21 a.
Urges the EU to conduct a
comprehensive evaluation of the Joint
Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) and the Joint
Communication from the Commission
and the High Representative “Towards a
comprehensive strategy with Africa” of 9
march 2020, and promote the
implementation of the Council
conclusions on the Sahel Regional Plan,
the EU Gulf of Guinea Action Plan 2015-
2020, the Horn of Africa/Red Sea and the
Sahel/Mali (25 June 2018), and the Pau
Declaration;
Or. en
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Amendment 86
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 381
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
Good governance and development
Good governance and
sustainable
development
Or. en
Amendment 87
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 386, 383
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
22.
States that there can be no security
22.
States that there can be no security
strategy without joint development action;
strategy without joint
sustainable
development
and humanitarian action;
reminds the divers root causes of
terrorism and armed conflict; calls for
fostering human capital and human
development, meeting the needs of the
most vulnerable communities and
building people’s resilience capacities;
Or. en
Amendment 88
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 390, 394, 395
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
23.
Believes that the European Union
23.
Believes that the European Union
should ensure that development plans are
should ensure that
sustainable
multi-sectoral and provide a global solution
development plans are
context-based and
to the challenges of the region concerned;
multi-sectoral and provide a global solution
is of the opinion that these plans must be
to the challenges of the region concerned;
adopted by the administration in agreement
stresses that an integrated approach to
with the local beneficiary communities and
peace, security and sustainable
implemented with the participation of
development requires the meaningful
humanitarian organisations to ensure
involvement of local civil society actors,
effective coordination;
and especially of women, young people
whilst recalling the role of the elder and
traditional leaders in Sahelo-Saharan
societies; is of the opinion that these plans
must
be in line with the principles of aid
effectiveness reaffirmed in the European
Consensus of Development, be adopted by
the administration in agreement with the
local beneficiary communities and
implemented with the participation of
local
civil society organisations and
humanitarian organisations to ensure
effective coordination
, transparency and
ownership;
Or. en
Amendment 89
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 402
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – introductory part
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
25.
Considers that
the development
of
25.
Considers that
a meaningful
Africa should be focused on:
security cooperation between the EU and
Africa must be built upon sustainable
development
, and especially focus on:
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Or. en
Amendment 90
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 404, 407
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a)
consolidating democracy by
a)
consolidating democracy by
ensuring
a real parliamentary
system,
ensuring
responsible democratic systems
guaranteeing all civil society liberties;
of governance through effective
parliamentary
scrutiny, as well as
democratic institutions and the rule of
law, guaranteeing all civil society liberties;
Or. en
Amendment 91
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 410
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a a)
ending conflict and preventing
their recurrence while addressing their
root causes in order to achieve long
lasting peace and security;
Or. en
Amendment 92
Javier Nart
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Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 409
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a b)
developing policies to promote
economic development and job creation
that focus on young people. Highlights
the need to involve young people in the
political, economic and peace process;
Or. en
Amendment 93
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 411
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point a c (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
a c)
supporting preventive stabilisation
action plan;
Or. en
Amendment 94
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 415, 417, 418
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point b
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
b)
empowering women by recognising
b)
empowering women by recognising
their role as the centre of gravity of
them as agents of change in African
African
families and promoting their
communities, enhancing their educational
participation in local and national
and economic opportunities, promoting
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institutions;
their participation in local and national
institutions
and decision-making, and
fostering their role in peace-building,
conflict prevention and mediation and
combatting sexual violence against
women and girls;
Or. en
Amendment 95
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 428, 425
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point c
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
c)
providing basic services such as
c)
providing basic services such as
health
and education to increase people’s
health
, food security, water, sanitation and
confidence in the state;
hygiene, social protection, housing and
safety nets, mental health support and
protection, education
and support for the
displaced population to increase people’s
confidence in the state;
Or. en
Amendment 96
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 432
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d)
ensuring administrative and legal
d)
ensuring
security, administrative
stability
and fighting poverty and
and legal stability;
corruption;
Or. en
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Amendment 97
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 433, 462
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d a)
eradicating poverty, impunity, and
corruption;
Or. en
Amendment 98
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 436
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d b)
tackling climate change effects by
taking into consideration climate change
mitigation and adaptation measures to
ensure livelihoods become sustainably
resilient to environmental threats;
Or. en
Amendment 99
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 441, 448, 422, 455, 460
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d c (new)
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d c)
respecting the rule of law and
promoting sustainable development and
human rights without discrimination of
any ground, freedom of expression, media
freedom, freedom of association and
strengthening structural support for civil
societyand independent media;
Or. en
Amendment 100
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 442, 443
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point d d (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
d d)
promoting sustainable agricultural
practices like agro-ecology and
supporting small scale producers and
farmers and implementing a nutritional
nexus to address all forms of malnutrition
in all contexts and continue funding for
activities bridging humanitarian and
development interventions to tackle the
root causes;
Or. en
Amendment 101
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 445, 447, 451, 444, 465
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
26.
Expresses its deep concern that the
26.
Expresses its deep concern that the
current security
crisis in Africa could lead
current security
challenges in Africa
,
to a
massive displacement of
the
added to persistent inequalities, lack of
population, undermining North African
opportunities for youth and weak
states and affecting Europe;
governance, could
encourage migration
and lead to a
significant displacement of
people, undermining North African states
and affecting Europe
and resulting in a
widespread humanitarian crisis;
recognizes the impact of conflicts, poverty,
inequalities and climate change on forced
displacements and calls on the European
Union to facilitate regular, safe and
dignified migration and thus stresses the
importance of increasing the cooperation
between in particular the EU and the
Sahel region to address this important
issue while recalling the accepted practice
of refraining from applying conditionality
on humanitarian aid linked to actions in
the field of migration in the region;
Or. en
Amendment 102
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 458
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
26 a.
Welcomes the EU strategy for the
Horn of Africa, encompassing as it does
not only security and humanitarian policy
but also longer-term development policy
and the Millennium Development Goal
objectives; underlines the importance of
this longer-term vision of development
policy, and calls on the Commission and
the Member States to coordinate their
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policies in this respect and to employ joint
programming for the various countries
and the region as soon as possible;
Or. en
Amendment 103
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 461
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
26 b.
Calls for implementing United
Nations Security Council Resolution on
youth, peace and security in EU-African
security cooperation;
Or. en
Amendment 104
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 467, 466, 470, 469
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
27.
Considers it essential to provide
27.
Considers it essential to provide
extraordinary assistance to the regions
extraordinary
and holistic assistance to the
concerned in view of the extraordinary
regions concerned in view of the
challenge presented by the COVID-19
extraordinary challenge presented by the
pandemic;
COVID-19 pandemic;
and to preserve
business continuity for CSDP missions
and operations by supporting local armed
forces with advice on how to handle this
epidemic and to strengthen the
development action of the EU in these
regions, which can play an important role
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in reducing the impact of the health crisis
and to provide essential humanitarian
aid; demonstrating flexibility and
adaptability to the situation; welcomes the
decision adopted unanimously by the G20
to suspend debt service payments to the
poorest countries;
Or. en
Amendment 105
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 478, 479, 477, 475
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
28.
Recommends that the EU, together
28.
Recommends that the EU, together
with the International Monetary Fund and
with the International Monetary Fund and
the World Bank,
intervenes on a financial
the World Bank,
and the African
level to help
control debt and the payment
Development Bank, intervene on a
of interest;
financial level to help
controlling the debt
and the payment of interest;
calls for all
possibilities to be explored, in view of the
COVID-19 pandemic and its financial
consequences, for debt relief, debt
suspension and debt sustainability for
African countries;
Or. en
Amendment 106
Javier Nart
Compromise amendment replacing Amendment(s): 484, 483,
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
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Motion for a resolution
Amendment
29.
Recommends that the countries
29.
Recommends that the countries
concerned adopt the necessary measures to
concerned
to fully assume their
allow free access to humanitarian aid and
international legal responsibility and to
basic services for people in need, including
adopt
all the necessary measures
to ensure
those living in territories outside
accountability for International
government control
, consider amending
Humanitarian Law for all violations
their anti-terrorist legislation to include
committed by all parties, to allow free
humanitarian
exemptions, and ensure the
access to humanitarian aid and basic
safety of humanitarian workers;
services for people in need, including those
living in territories outside government
control
to avoid any risk of diversion of
humanitarian
aid, to allow negotiations of
humanitarian access with all parties to
the conflict, and stresses the importance
that the delivery of humanitarian aid be
perceived as neutral and impartial, and
ensure the safety of humanitarian workers;
Or. en
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