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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on Foreign Affairs

2020/2002(INI)

7.5.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 360Draft reportJavier Nart(PE646.966v01-00)

EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa(2020/2002(INI))

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Amendment 1Mick Wallace, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Luke Ming Flanagan, Özlem Demirel, Manu Pineda

Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the OECD and Sahel and West Africa Club report 'The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa' (14 Feb 2020),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 b (new)


- having regard to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report 'Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2019' (April 2020),

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Amendment 3Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Malik Azmani, Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



- having regard to the Joint declaration of the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,

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Amendment 4Urmas Paet



- having regard to the Joint Declaration of the Members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,

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Amendment 5Javier Nart, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Malik Azmani, Nathalie Loiseau, Frédérique Ries, Klemen Grošelj, Christophe Grudler, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



- having regard to the Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/253 of 25 February 2020, amending Decision (CFSP) 2018/906 extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel,

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Amendment 6Andrea Cozzolino, Giuliano Pisapia, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Javi López

Motion for a resolutionCitation 3


— having regard to the Joint Declaration of the heads of the member

— having regard to the Joint Declaration of the heads of the member

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states of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) and the President of the French Republic made at the summit of 13 January 2020 held in Pau, France (the Pau Declaration),

states of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) and the President of the French Republic made at the summit of 13 January 2020 held in Pau, France (the Pau Declaration) and the Joint Declaration of 28April 2020 made by the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel,

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Amendment 7David Lega



- having regard to the Joint Declaration of the European Council and the heads of the member states of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) made at the summit of 28 April 2020,

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Amendment 8Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato



- having regard to the Joint Declaration of the members of the European Council with the Member States of the G5 Sahel of 28 April 2020,

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Amendment 9María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Javier Nart

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- having regard to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325/1820 and its follow-up resolutions,

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Amendment 10Anna Fotygaon behalf of the ECR Group



- having regard to its report on Peace Support Operations – EU engagementwith the UN and the African Union of 7 June 2016,

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- having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2018 on Somalia,

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Amendment 12Alviina Alametsäon behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

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- having regard to the Council's 'EU Concept for ESDP support for Security Sector Reform (SSR)' of 13 October 2005, the Commission Communication 'A Concept for European Community support for security sector reform' of 24 May 2006, the Joint Communication 'Elements for an EU-wide strategic framework to support security sector reform' of 5 July 2016 and to the Council conclusions on an 'EU-wide strategic framework to support Security Sector Reform (SSR)' of 14 November 2016,

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Amendment 13Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Juozas Olekas, Jytte Guteland, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster, Dietmar Köster



- having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and with special attention to SDG 16, aiming at the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,

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- having regard to the EU Conflict Minerals Regulations 2017/821,

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- having regard to the strategic framework for the Horn of Africa of 11 November 2011, and to the EU Horn of Africa regional action plan 2015-2020,

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- having regard to the United Nations Secretary General’s appeal for a global ceasefire in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 c (new)


- having regard to the EU strategy on the Gulf of Guinea of 2014,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 d (new)


- having regard to the EU strategy for security and development in the Sahel of 2011 which was presentedby the High Representative and the Commission, upon the Council's request,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 e (new)


- having regard to the Annual Joint Consultative Meetings of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union and of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 f (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2016 on Peace Support Operations – EU engagement with the UN and the African Union,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 g (new)


- having regard to the Plan of Action to enhance EU CSDP support to UN peacekeepingof 14 June 2012 and on Strengthening the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis Management: Priorities 2015-2018’of 27 March 2015,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 h (new)

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- having regard to the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) agreed at the 2nd EU-Africa Summit held in Lisbon on 8-9 December 2007and the JAES Roadmap 2014-2017 agreed at the 4th EU-Africa Summit held in Brussels on 2-3 April 2014,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 i (new)


- having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 3 on The Efficiency and Effectiveness of EU Contributions channelled through United Nations organisations in Conflict-affected Countries of 2011,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 j (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2010 on the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325(2000) on Women, Peace and Security,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 k (new)


- having regard to the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and its Action Plan 2019-2024,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 l (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 22 November 2012 on the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in case of climate-driven crises and natural disasters,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 m (new)


- having regard to the 2011 and 2012 reports of the United Nations Environment Programme entitled ‘Livelihood security: Climate change,

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conflict and migration in the Sahel’,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 n (new)


- having regard to the Council’s Concept on Strengthening EU Mediation and Dialogue Capacities of 10 November 2009,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 6 o (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2019 on building EU capacity on conflict prevention and mediation,

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Amendment 30Arnaud Danjean



- having regard to the proposal for a

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regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace,

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Amendment 31Kinga Gál



- having regard to the European agenda on security 2015-2020,

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Amendment 32Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Mick Wallace

Motion for a resolutionRecital -A (new)


-A. whereas the Resolution 66/290 of the General Assembly of the United Nations states that "human security is an approach that helps Member States to identify and overcome widespread and cross-cutting challenges to the survival, livelihood and dignity of their citizens";whereas the resolution calls for" comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented people-centred responses that strengthen the protection and empowerment of all people";

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

A. whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace in the Sahel region; whereas in order to ensure development and poverty eradication it is necessary to tackle the sources of poverty; whereas the primary sources of entrenched poverty in the region are climate change; unsustainable, exploitative and crushing repayment conditions on aid and loans; punishing tariff regimes and the effects of having to compete on the global agricultural goods market against heavily subsidised products from global North countries; the regressive reforms pushed by the World Bank on the agriculture sectors of these countries so they are forced to grow plantation crops for export and import food domestic use food from abroad; the exploitation of natural resources by foreign mining corporations and fossil fuel companies; the ongoing theft of trillions of dollars of tax revenue by global North countries, banks, and companies through the use of transfer mispricing and secrecy jurisdictions; whereas when these structural issues are addressed the work of improving governance can meaningfully progress and contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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Motion for a resolution

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Recital A



A. whereas development and sustainable peace will only be achieved by addressing the root causes of poverty and hunger; whereas human security is a key factor for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire an efficient, effective, transparent, accountable, democratically controlled security sector which is able deliver security for its citizens based on the rule of law and in full compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law; whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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Amendment 35Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Juozas Olekas, Jytte Guteland, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster



A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability

A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas human security is a precondition for lasting peace and stability; whereas a strong nexus between security, development, and humanitarian intervention is essential for the sustainable development of the Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa regions; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its

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and crisis prevention in its region; security and sustainable development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all key sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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Amendment 36Nicolae Ştefănuță




A. whereas peace and security are key conditions for economic and social development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace and prosperity; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, most importantly regarding security and defense and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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Amendment 37Fabio Massimo Castaldo



A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without

A. whereas security and development are interdependent; whereas without a

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development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

sustainable development oriented at eradicating inequalities and aimed at poverty eradication, an enduring peace is not attainable; whereas in order to ensure stability and development and strengthen crisis prevention in this region each country should work towards building adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will also enable each state to contribute constructively to regional peace;

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A. whereas security is a precondition for development because there is no peace without security; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region; whereas the stability of these regions also have an impact on the security of Europe;

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Amendment 39Željana Zovko


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A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development, education for all, deradicalization and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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A. whereas security is a precondition for development; whereas without development and poverty eradication, there will be no sustainable peace; whereas in order to ensure its security and development, each country must have or acquire adequate capacities in all essential sectors, including security and defence and whereas this will not only stabilise that country, but will also enable it to contribute constructively to peace, fight against impunity, stability and crisis prevention in its region;

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Recital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the EU's strategic environment is unstable and unpredictable in the long term; whereas it has to face a range of challenges, particularly armed conflicts at the southern borders of the European continent and jihadist terrorism; and whereas instability in this region is a direct threat to the security of Europe and its citizens;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


A a. whereas the security and development approach promotes an economic vision of development (employment, infrastructure construction) and risks obscuring the important dimensions of food and nutrition insecurity, failing governance and lack of access to essential services, human rights violations, climate change, unequal wealth distribution and gender inequality;

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A a. whereas according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Global military expenditure was 7.2 per cent higher in 2019 than it was in 2010 and the combined military expenditure of states in Africa grew by 1.5 per cent to an estimated $41.2 billion in 2019, the region's first spending increase for five years;

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Amendment 44Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace



A a. whereas given the relationship between security and development, eradication of poverty is key to achieving lasting peace in the region;

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Amendment 45Vladimír Bilčík

Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and

B. whereas Africa is struggling to contend with multiple challenges stemming from the historical development of the continent;

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deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment due to the legacies of colonialism, neo-liberal trade policies and economic reforms pushed on these countries by global North governments and major multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF, irregular tax flows into global North tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, the corruption of global North companies who steal money from global South countries using trade misinvoicing and transfer mispricing, compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change for which the global North is responsible, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled

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export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of administrations some of whom are being propped up by the French military, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with a number of challenges, the adverse impact of climate change, increasing water scarcity, desertification and deforestation, population growth and urbanization coupled with limited job creation, low resilience to natural disasters, limited and unequally distributed benefits from globalization and lack of proper infrastructures among others; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption within the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment including human and drug trafficking, grey economy combined with an inefficient, unskilled and corrupt administration and lack of institutional educational facilities and strong institutions leaving traditional communities abandoned and open for mercy of traffickers, terrorist, criminals, armed militias and jihadist religious extremists who often replace society's need for structured and organized functioning institutions and sense of justice;

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Amendment 49Andrea Cozzolino, Giuliano Pisapia, Pierfrancesco Majorino



B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral

B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral

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economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

economy as a result of climate change, massive exploitation of natural resources by foreign countries and companies, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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Amendment 50Ilhan Kyuchyuk




B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, many African countries are struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human, migrant and drug trafficking, smuggling of arms and cigarettes, contraband and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false

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response for the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency, lack of transparency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned and with the rise of radicalisation;

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Amendment 52Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Jytte Guteland, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster


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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as the destabilisation of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and pressure on the natural and environmental resources such as deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with weak governance, rising inequalities and lack of trust in governments and public administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the

B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, some regions of Africa are affected by conflicts, poverty, climate change, food and nutrition insecurity, lack of access to basic social services, poor governance, inequalities and inappropriate agricultural models in which Europe has its share of responsibility; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of

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abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between armed groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking, cultural and wildlife smuggling and the uncontrolled export of mineral deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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Amendment 55

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Francisco José Millán Mon, Gabriel Mato




B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency, institutional weakness and corruption of many administrations, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

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Amendment 56Katalin Cseh



B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major

B. whereas parts of the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa have been facing challenges limiting their development potential in an otherwise rapidly growing continent; these regions are particularly hard-hit by climate change and deforestation, which contribute to food insecurity and is exacerbated by population growth;

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challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing as a false response for the societies concerned;

whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with fragile institutions result in hybridisation of conflicts between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional actors, with the phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing in the societies concerned;

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B. whereas from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean in the east, Africa is struggling to contend with challenges, such as historical underdevelopment compounded by the destruction of the traditional agro-pastoral economy as a result of climate change, population growth and deforestation; whereas another major challenge is the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human and drug trafficking and the uncontrolled export of gold deposits, which, combined with the abandonment, inefficiency and corruption of the administration, is producing a hybridisation between terrorist groups, traffickers and traditional community and regional conflicts, with the unacceptable phenomenon of jihadist religious extremism appearing in the societies concerned;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


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;

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B a. 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

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defence forces;

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B a. whereas billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of west African countries every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East; whereas according to the United Nations the Somali extremist group Al Shabaab generates millions of dollars in revenue off exports of charcoal to Iran and then the United Arab Emirates, in violation of UN sanctions;

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B a. 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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Amendment 62

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


B b. 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


B b. 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate to Europe in search of a better life, impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;

C. whereas poverty and insecurity, lack of education and institutional preparedness to face the security issues that created unstable and failed states is creating future migrants and adding to

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lucrative business of human traffickers that offers a choice to the local population to leave their homes in search of better life, impoverishing their own countries by depriving them of their best human resources;

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C. whereas new challenges, such as poverty and insecurity, cause migration;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and act asroot-causes as well as accelerators of migration, pushing young people to migrate out of Africa to Europe in search of a better life,impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to try to migrate to Europe in search of a better life, thereby risking their lives while also impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;

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Amendment 68Jérôme Rivière, Thierry Mariani, Nicolas Bay




C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other, thereby increasing the migratory pressure on Europe and putting its way of life in jeopardy, and whereas emigration from Africa impoverishes African states by depriving them of their best human resources;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate to Europe in search of a better life, impoverishing states by depriving

C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and are within the most important drivers of mass population displacements, in particular among young

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them of their best human resources; people, thus impoverishing states by depriving them of some of their best human resources;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity combined with other factors such as bad governance, corruption and lack of employment opportunities, particularly affect young people and the possibilities given to them, thus pushing many to migrate;

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C. whereas poverty, unemployment, conflicts, crises and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate to Europe in search of a better life, impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push young people to migrate in search of a better life, impoverishing states by depriving them of their best human resources;

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C. whereas poverty and insecurity feed off each other and push large groups of young people to flee and leave their homes and families for safer regions or, exceptionally, other continents;

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Amendment 74Maria Arena

Motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. 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

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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 such as embarking on dangerous migration routes or joining armed groups;

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C a. whereas the states in Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa, due to their geographical and institutional fragility, have a long and turbulent history that made them dependent on the support to protect their own borders; and whereas the region is exposed to illegal activities, migrations and human trafficking;

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Amendment 76Dragoş Tudorache



C a. whereas the surge in violent attacks, 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

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UNICEF, leaving nearly two million children without proper education;

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C a. whereas according to reports of the United Nations Environment Programme climate change has had and is having negative effects in particular in the Sahel region; whereas climate change effects are a risk factor of destabilization, violence and conflict;

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Amendment 78Maria Arena

Motion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


Cb. whereas the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has highlighted worrying new trends 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;

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C b. whereas gender equality is a prerequisite for peace, security and sustainable development; 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;

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C b. 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;

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C b. whereas the security and stability of Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa must be a strategic goal of EU's cooperation with the governments in the Southern Neighbourhood thus maintaining security and stability on the European external borders;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C c (new)


C c. whereas the EU remains seriously concerned by the increased number of children that are recruited and used in the Sahel region as child soldiers by extremist groups;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C d (new)


C d. whereas according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) data for 2015-2019, Africa has imported 49% of its military equipment from Russia, which is nearly twice the volume of that purchased from its next two suppliers- the United States (14%)and

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China (13%); 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 autocratic leaders;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas the above-mentioned challenges will be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;

D. whereas the above-mentioned challenges will be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; whereas the European Commission announced an additional 194 million euros to support the security, stability and resilience in Sahel;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D


D. whereas the above-mentioned challenges will be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;

D. whereas the above-mentioned challenges will be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening effects of climate change;

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on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


D a. whereas the threat from militant Islamist groups in Africa is not monolithic but comprises activity from a constantly shifting mix of roughly two dozen groups actively operating in 14 countries;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)


D a. whereas counter-terrorism is a high priority in the European agenda on security 2015-2020;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D b (new)


D b. whereas there were 3,471 reported violent events linked to these groups last year, a 1,105 percent increase since 2009, whereas reported fatalities resulting from African militant Islamist group activity also increased by 7 percent over last year, to an estimated 10,460 deaths;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital D c (new)


D 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 Mozambique; 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas the European Union has conducted four military common security and defence policy missions and operations to train and advise the Armed Forces of Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM) Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali – 2013) and the Central African Republic (EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military operation (EU naval force operation (NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and three civilian missions to train and advise the internal security forces of Mali (EU capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel

E. whereas the European Union has conducted four military common security and defence policy missions and operations to train and advise the Armed Forces of Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM) Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali – 2013) and the Central African Republic (EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military operation (EU naval force operation (NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and three civilian missions to train and advise the internal security forces of Mali (EU capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel

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Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger – 2014) and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia – 2014), and will soon conduct an advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central African Republic;

Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger – 2014) and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia – 2014), and will soon conduct an advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central African Republic; whereas EU efforts in Africa have been successfully supported by hundreds of military personel from EaP countries, mostly Georgians;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E


E. whereas the European Union has conducted four military common security and defence policy missions and operations to train and advise the Armed Forces of Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM) Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali – 2013) and the Central African Republic (EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military operation (EU naval force operation (NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and three civilian missions to train and advise the internal security forces of Mali (EU capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger – 2014) and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia – 2014), and will soon conduct an advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central African Republic;

E. whereas the European Union has conducted three military common security and defence policy missions and operations to train and advise the Armed Forces of Somalia (EU training mission (EUTM) Somalia – 2010), Mali (EUTM Mali – 2013) and the Central African Republic (EUTM CAR – 2016), one naval military operation (EU naval force operation (NAVFOR) ATALANTA – 2009), and three civilian missions to train and advise the internal security forces of Mali (EU capacity-building mission (EUCAP) Sahel Mali – 2012), Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger – 2014) and Somalia (EUCAP Somalia – 2014), and has established and will soon launch an advisory mission (EUAM) in the Central African Republic;

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Recital E a (new)


E a. whereas there are a number of military outposts of individual countries such a France, U.S., providing billions of dollars in security assistance to local partners, conducting persistent counter-terrorism operations and missions with much broader mandates, more numerous in terms of numbers deployed, more efficient and with better results and outcomes delivered than CSDP mission;whereas there are 6,000 or more U.S. personnel deployed in Africa which conducts genuine counterterrorist operations which in parallel to political solutions, state building efforts and development initiatives are crucial to defeat terrorist group and stabilize whole regions;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


E a. whereas, owing to the pandemic caused by the spread of COVID-19, the number of EU staff on the ground in these missions is being reduced on health grounds;

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Amendment 94Manu Pineda, Mick Wallace, Özlem Demirel

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E a. whereas lasting peace can only be achieved through dialogue and conflict resolution, and never through military operations;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E b (new)


E b. whereas sustained pressure on terrorists is needed to stop proliferation of this threat to other regions and continents, including Europe;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital E c (new)


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 own continent;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F


F. whereas the EU is also supporting the establishment and operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force;

F. whereas the EU is also supporting the establishment and operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, operating in a region of intense Islamist activity where France, which has been heavily involved since 2012 and has suffered many military casualties, has been given no more than symbolic support by the other Member States;

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F. whereas the EU is also supporting the establishment and operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, a key counter-terrorism instrument designed to address the ongoing threat of jihadist activity throughout the Sahel;

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F. whereas the EU is also supporting the establishment and operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, which is vital for combatting terrorism and security threats and for the improvement of regional security;

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Amendment 100Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster




F. whereas the EU is also supporting the operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital F a (new)


F a. whereas regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations between the countries of the Sahelregion, West Africa and the Horn of Africa are indispensable in order to maintain and strengthen the stability in these regions;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G


G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and a lack of basic equipment, including weapons, ammunition and vehicles;

G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to repeated failures to address long-lasting solutions to the conflict with development initiatives that would focus on the gaps around social, economic and governance issues that are exploited by the rebels and extremists to gain a foothold and a following in areas where chronic underdevelopment has resulted in a lack of basic governance and public services structures;

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Amendment 104Javier Nart, Petras Auštrevičius, Christophe Grudler, Hilde Vautmans, Nathalie

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Loiseau, Malik Azmani, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Frédérique Ries, Klemen Grošelj, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




G. whereas after years of specific training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to limited local absorption and appropriation capacities, restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and the fact that they cannot supply the units they train with basic equipment and a lack of basic equipment necessary for the conduct of training activities and the equipment of the local defence forces including weapons, ammunition and vehicles;

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G. whereas after years of training, some of the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to the fact that they were not incorporated in a wider comprehensive and strategic approach aiming at 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 humanitarian law;

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G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness not only due to restrictions on their mandate, training programmes or lack of equipment, but also owing to a failure in taking an ‘integrated approach’ to conflict-solving, understanding the deep-seated security problems of each country and drawing up a coherent long-term plan for EU involvement in the region;

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G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU as well as UN missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and a lack of basic equipment, including weapons, ammunition and vehicles;

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Željana Zovko




G. whereas after years of training, the mandate and purpose of the above-mentioned EU missions needs to be reviewed in order to draw up a “lessons learned” analysis which shall be used to adapt current and future missions;

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Amendment 109Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster




G. whereas after years of training, the above-mentioned EU missions have been hampered in their sustainability and effectiveness due to restrictions on their mandate, training programmes, and a lack of basic equipment, sustainability plans and local ownership;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


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G a. whereas there are there are only a very limited number of EU financed activities in the field of conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue and reconciliation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa; whereas unfortunately the EU plans to reduce its financial means for such actions for 2021-2027;

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Amendment 111Pierfrancesco Majorino, Andrea Cozzolino, Giuliano Pisapia

Motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


G a. whereas any training, financing, or equipping of security forces in third countries should abide by European fundamental values and human rights law;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital H


H. whereas these restrictions have allowed third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey, to fill the void left by the European Union by supplying such equipment;

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Amendment 113Michael Gahler




H. whereas these restrictions have allowed third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey, to fill the void left by the European Union by supplying such equipment; whereas Africa has imported 49 percent of its military equipment from Russia and whereas China has exported 20 percent of their global arm sales to Africa;

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H. whereas the absence of a cohesive and strategical presence of the European Union has allowed third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey, to fill this void by moving towards building economical, political and military partnerships with leaders in the region, especially in the Horn of Africa;

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H. whereas these restrictions affect the credibility of the EU's external action, whilst other global actors such as China and Russia or regional actors like Turkey are stepping up their actions, with no governance stipulations and effectively in order to boost strictly bilateral interests;

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H. whereas these shortfalls have allowed third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey, to fill the void left by the European Union by supplying equipment, mercenaries and building their own military facilities within several of the most despotic African countries;

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H. whereas these restrictions have allowed third countries, notably Russia, China, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to fill the void left by the European Union by supplying such equipment;

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Amendment 118Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Juozas Olekas, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Joachim Schuster




H. whereas third countries, notably Russia, China and Turkey have increased their supply of weapons and ammunitions to countries of the region;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital H a (new)


H a. whereas in 2017 China’s Communist Party formally adopted in National Party Congress the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with an announced investment as high as $8 trillion for a vast network of transportation, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure linking Europe, Africa, and Asia; whereas China is a major stakeholder in Africa's economy with a significant influence on many aspects of the continent's affairs;

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H a. whereas over the last decade, the UAE has gradually increased its presence in the Horn of Africa, using development and humanitarian projects to boost its geostrategic prominence particularly in the Gulf of Aden; whereas Somalia has urged the United Nations Security Council to take action against the construction of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) military base in Somaliland;

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H a. whereas Turkey has spent years building trust in the Horn of Africa as it seeks to increase its influence particularly in the Red Sea region; whereas Turkish companies still manage Mogadishu's main seaport, airport and even provide military training for Somali government soldiers;

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H b. whereas the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has set its first overseas military base in Djibouti and China holds over 70 per cent of Djibouti’s gross domestic product in debt; whereas the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)’s loans catch vulnerable, developing countries in “debt-traps” depleting government reserves and sticking generations of taxpayers with gigantic debts;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital I


I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor the Malian army nor the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) have been able to contribute effectively to the fight against jihadists or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor the Malian army nor the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) became sustainable security actors able to act alone after years of EU training and divers EU investments;

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I. whereas local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

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I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor the Malian army nor the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

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I. whereas neither the Somali army, nor the Malian army nor the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) have found effective response in their fight against jihadists or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

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Amendment 127Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Nathalie Loiseau, Malik Azmani, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




I. whereas neither the Somalian, Burkinabe, Malian or the Central African armies have been able to contribute effectively to the fight against jihadists and armed groups or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned. They also fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

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Amendment 128Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Jytte Guteland, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Joachim Schuster




I. whereas the Somali army, the Malian army and the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) are struggling to fight effectively against terrorists and armed groups or hold and secure the ground cleared with the aid of friendly international forces, the result being that the local populations feel abandoned and fear being accused of collaborating with the government by the jihadists or the armed groups in the CAR once they return and reoccupy the space from which they were expelled;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


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;

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Jérôme Rivière, Thierry Mariani, Nicolas Bay

Motion for a resolutionRecital J


J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse; whereas it is clear from the historical record that military intervention always leads to a further explosion in violence, from Chad in 1969 to Libya in 2011, Operation Serval in 2013 and Operation Barkhane from 2014 to the present day, again and again these intensely violent interventions bring about a short period of lessened violence that returns with more force later on; whereas we have learned from this history that military interventions will always be counter-productive in the long-term, and that unless underlying structural issues around the dynamics of inequality, the unequal distribution of resources and power, and governance issues are addressed, there will never be lasting stability in the region;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse in the Sahel region and some other theatres while others have improved, and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented with regards to those places where the EU engagement has not been effective or even been counterproductive; whereas this strategy should address the root causes of the crisis, including failed governance, equal access to resources and services, improve the existing asymmetric civil-military dialogue in the region further exacerbating already fragile humanitarian access to communities;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse and a new, structured and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented, with a particular focus on regions where vulnerabilities and

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tensions are the highest;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation failed to improve and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented that ultimately transfers the responsibility of security into the hands of Africans;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, we are still a long way off from achieving the final goal of regional stability and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be developed and implemented;

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J. whereas revised and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented considering that despite above mentioned civil and military missions the general situation has not improved substantially and a number of old and new challenges persist;

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J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has deteriorated, despite the efforts made, and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;

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Amendment 138Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Jytte Guteland, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster, Dietmar Köster



J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and worse and a new and

J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has not improved significantly and a new and

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comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;

comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;

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Amendment 139Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Hilde Vautmans, Nathalie Loiseau, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Malik Azmani, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




J. whereas after years of involvement in the above-mentioned civil and military missions, the general situation has become worse and a new and comprehensive strategy therefore needs to be implemented;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital J a (new)


J a. whereas conflicts have increased and the situation is increasingly unstable; whereas it is clear that the strategy with Africa needs to be rethought without making the same mistake; whereas it is necessary to account for the operations carried out so far, especially where European weapons have been used and against whom;

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Amendment 141

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Alviina Alametsäon behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolutionRecital K


K. whereas Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers;

K. whereas since many years foreign, but also African private military and security companies have often played a very negative role, in particular in regions with a lot of mineral resources, in particular rare earth; whereas recently Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers; whereas China has installed its first military base abroad in Djibouti in 2017; whereas also Gulf countries and Turkey have increased their presence on the continent;

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K. whereas Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers and has deployed on African continent mercenaries accused of potential war crimes in Syria and Ukraine; whereas intentions of such moves are to support dictatorship regimes, secure control over extraction of mineral resources and gain political support on the level of international organizations;

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K. whereas Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers; whereas there is a growing presence of Russian mercenary units in Africa, with ties to the Russian state;

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K. whereas Russia, advancing its geopolitical goals and economic interests, has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers;

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Amendment 145Javier Nart, Malik Azmani, Nathalie Loiseau, Christophe Grudler, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, Hilde Vautmans, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




K. whereas Russia has sent hundreds of instructors to train and arm FACA soldiers and China steps up its presence;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


K a. whereas China has increased its influence in Africa by opening up more embassies, increased arms sales to African states, opening up a military base in Djibouti in 2017 and increasing its military presence;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital K a (new)


Ka. whereas this proposal will satisfy an urgent need and the high expectations of actors on the ground and local people;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L


L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping

L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa; whereas the proposed

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operations in Africa; European Peace Facility (EPF) would replace the Athena mechanism 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;

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L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa;

L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa; whereas the EPF will replace the AFP and the Athena mechanism for the financing of common costs of CSDP military operations;

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L. whereas the question of financing the CSDP is crucial for the continuation of the policy, and whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa;

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L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa, in particular of AMISOM in Somalia;

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L. whereas the European Development Fund and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping

L. whereas the European Development Fund, European Peace Facility (EPF) and the African Peace Facility (APF) provide support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of

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operations in Africa; military peacekeeping operations in Africa;

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L. whereas the European Development Fund through the African Peace Facility (APF) provides support to the African Union, financing, among other things, the operational cost of military peacekeeping operations in Africa;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L a (new)


L a. whereas the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement proposed to re-allocate, accelerate and prioritise €3.25 billion from existing programmes to respond to the coronavirus related needs in Africa, including €2.06billion for sub-Saharan Africa;

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L a. whereas the European Union has been committed to the security and development of the Sahel region as leading partner through an integrated approach focused on political and diplomatic dialogue and development and humanitarian support;

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L a. 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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Amendment 157Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Hilde Vautmans, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Malik Azmani, Petras Auštrevičius, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



L a. whereas the future European Peace Facility (EPF) that should take over from the APF in 2021 should extend its scope to the partner states and allow

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for the supply of military equipment;

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L a. whereas many EU Member States do not meet the development cooperation objectives set;

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L a. whereas the African Union remains a key partner for EU's peace and stability efforts;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L b (new)


L b. 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

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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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L c (new)


L c. 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L d (new)


L d. 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L e (new)


L 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;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital L f (new)


L f. Recommends that the EU strengthens its cooperation with the national parliaments, including security and defense committees, to improve critical oversight functions over national and external security interventions;

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La. 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

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financing for training initiatives and the delivery of non-lethal equipment to armed forces in non-EU countries;

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-1. Considers that the European Union must commit to dialogue as a strategy for conflict resolution. The EU will be encouraged to take an active role in the peaceful resolution of major conflicts in today's world through dialogue. Political and financial support for peace processes based on constructive mediation and the peaceful and democratic resolution of conflicts in Africa will be promoted, giving priority to transitional justice mechanisms and the defence of the right to justice, truth and reparation for victims, especially those of sexual violence;

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-1 Underlines that the EU should address the root causes of migration, such as poverty, food and nutrition security, unemployment, instability and the lack of security; the focus should also be on assisting the development of stable

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institutions to promote sustainable societal development;

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-1 Believes, in light of the upcoming EU-Africa summit in October 2020, that the EU and Africa must place human rights at the core of all their relations and related policies;

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-1 a Believes that the formulation and implementation of security and counter-terrorism policies must be permeated by a genuine respect for and adherence to universal human rights, freedoms and liberties; considers that the objective should be to reach a balance between human security and traditional security concerns, acknowledging that the former cannot be sacrificed on behalf of the latter;

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1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy;

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1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development, security and humanitarian initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy; 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; considers that the EU-Africa security cooperation must be based on human rights and humanitarian law and must respect the do-no-harm principle; 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, and notably the deep inequalities;

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Amendment 172Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Malik Azmani, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy; recalls that the fight against terrorism depends 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;

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1. Considers that the European Commission, the Member States and the VP/HR must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which they are involved as part of an integrated strategy leading to independent African ownership in security and defence affairs;

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Paragraph 1



1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy that should include good governance, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and gender equality;

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1. Considers coordination of the development and security initiatives of the EU, involved Member States, like-minded partner countries such as the U.S, UK and Canada as well as organizations such as the AU and NATO needs an integrated strategy;

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1. Considers that the European Union must coordinate the development and security initiatives in which it is involved as part of an integrated strategy; the strategy on EU aid and foreign policy

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must also take into account the migration policy;

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1 a. Welcomes the proposal by the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy which will be a basis for the new strategy with Africa based on five key areas of green transition, digital transformation, sustainable growth and jobs, peace and governance and migration and mobility; underlines the importance of the upcoming EU-AU Summit in order to strengthen bilateral relations and define common strategic priorities with partners;

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1 a. In this regard welcomes the new communication “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa’ and expects that security cooperation will be an important part of the upcoming EU-Africa Summit.Is of the opinion that the overly militarized approach to fighting terrorism

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in Africa is not working in the long term and a future EU-Africa strategy should tackle this problem in a comprehensive way;

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1 a. Strongly believes that the EU and its Member States must review their security and defence engagements in the regions of the Sahel, West Africa and the Horn of Africa, including how to strengthen the capacity of partners, including through the provision of military equipment;

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1 a. Calls for the promotion of a renewed relationship between the EU and the African continent based on solidarity, mutual respect and mutual benefit, adhering always to the principles of respect for international law, national sovereignty and equality between parties;

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1 a. Considers that the European Union should secure resilience by connecting humanitarian, development, peace and security interventions at all stages of conflicts and crises;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a centralised doctrine centre should be established covering the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU; reminds that the VP/HR has the duty according to the Treaty, as Vice-President of the Commission, as chair of the Commissioners’ Group on a ‘Stronger Europe in the World’, and the chair of the Foreign Affairs Council, and as highest authority as regards all civilian and military CSDP planning and conduct structures in the EEAS, to design a coherent and consistent approach for an effective and sustainable security cooperation with African partners which comprises as dimensions of security;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a civilian-military EU Headquarters should be established giving advice to the Commission president, the HR/VP and the PSC covering the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector, ensuring effective cooperation of involved actors and coordination of Member States’

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initiatives on the ground;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a doctrine that integrates the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector is needed. All these efforts to ensure coordination should be introduced under the authority of the Council and in close and constant contact with the Political and Security Committee;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with

2. Considers that the European Union’s common foreign development and security missions, operations and projects should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance

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Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a centralised doctrine centre should be established covering the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;

with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that the Joint Support Coordination Cell (JSCC) should have an enhanced coordination role and should propose a centralised doctrine that would reinforce the capacities of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a centralised doctrine centre should be established covering the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting and reforming the security sector;

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2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security

2. Considers that the European Union’s development and security

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missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a centralised doctrine centre should be established covering the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;

missions and programmes should be coordinated by the VP/HR under the authority of the Council in accordance with Article 43(2) of the TEU and that a pool of doctrine experts should be considered to cover the Military Planning and Conduct Capability and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability training missions, and projects supporting or reforming the security sector;

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2 a. Recalls that despite significant engagements in the past, the number of challenges and crises in the region of the Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa, has increased, and that hence the EU has to be ready to not only maintain, but to review and eventually upgrade its commitments, including means to strengthen the capacity of partners, including through the provision of military equipment; emphasises in this context that there are no military-only solutions and that hence political solutions, involving the civil society, are a prerequisite for long-term stability and peace;

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2a. Welcomes the global commitment of the EU to the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa and appreciates the contribution made by CSDP missions and operations to peace, security and international stability; underlines, however, the need to adapt the financial and administrative rules and the political decision-making process in order to increase the speed and effectiveness of the response to crises;

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2 a. Repeats its call for a White Book on European Defence, which designs and outlines very precise scenarios for possible EU military interventions and underlying doctrines in compliance with the military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 b (new)


2 b. Strongly believes that only security assistance which puts human security at its centre will be effective in the medium

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and long term as without tangible security gains for the local population all civilian and military assistance will sooner or later fail or even produce negative unintended consequences;

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2 b. Points to the fact that instability in the regions of the Sahel, West Africa and Horn of Africa ultimately has a negative spill-over effect to in particular the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood and hence poses a direct challenge to our European external border management;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 c (new)


2 c. Welcomes the progress made in the negotiations for both the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) as well as the European Peace Facility (EPF) and believes that they both give the EU the ability to respond more quickly and effectively to security challenges, in particular since they enhance the EU’s ability to strengthen the capacity of partners, including through the provision of military equipment while

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respecting the proper safeguards;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 c (new)


2 c. 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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 d (new)


2 d. Underlines that security, stability and hence ultimately also prosperity and sustainable development will only be achieved in the concerned regions, if an all-encompassing strategy is pursued, recalls in this light that security sector reform, justice reform, good governance, democratic accountability, and the protection of civilians are a prerequisite for winning the trust of populations in their governments and security forces;

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further underlines the civil-military nexus and the need to better streamline both components of the CSDP missions;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 e (new)


2 e. Recalls that the governments of the regions concerned have a primary responsibility towards their citizens to work towards good governance, public accountability and democratic involvement; underlines thus that the EU efforts are guided by the ultimate goal that one day the countries concerned can provide for their own security;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 f (new)


2 f. Commends the staff of the EU missions who, despite very challenging conditions, have performed exceptionally and have demonstrated dedication and professionalism;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 g (new)


2 g. Underlines the urgent need to strengthen CDSP missions as well as the EU’s overall strategic planning and communication policy, in order to increase the visibility of the EU’s actions; deems that this is crucial in order to both help engage third countries such as China, Russia and Turkey, to seek pursue similar goals, and if necessary to contain and counter third countries with opposing and damaging long-term interests for the regions;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 2 h (new)


2 h. Strongly welcomes plans by the African Union to assume a larger role in African peace and security operations and hence is encouraged by the plans by the African Union to send 3,000 soldiers in support of the G5 Sahel;

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Amendment 201Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Pierfrancesco Majorino, Raphaël Glucksmann, Joachim Schuster


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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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 ;

3. Welcomes the proposal for a new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;

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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military

3. Rejects all calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 as a response to the degradation in the security conditions in the region or as a means to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects;

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spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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 ;_________________4 JOIN(2015)0017.

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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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;

3. Calls on the EU and the Member States to examine formulas through which, in light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects, the combat capability of African armed forces fighting against jihadism may be improved; 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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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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;

3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to 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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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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’; finds that military options are most effective when combined with non-military strategies such as deradicalization and social reintegration programs;

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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building

3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to further supporting the capacity-

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of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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 ;

building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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 ; Calls on the EU to further empower African leadership in ensuring civilian dimensions of peacebuilding and resilience;

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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, 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

3. Calls for a broad discussion among EU Member States and institutions about the security challenges in the regions of the Sahel, West Africa, and the Horn of Africa on how the EU can more effectively strengthen the capacity of partners, including through the provision of military equipment in order to more adequately respond to the profound challenges and the serious security conditions in the region; 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

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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 ;

crises’;

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3. Takes note of 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), in particular Community actions in the field of peace, security, stability, security sector reform (SSR), demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration (DDR), peacebuilding, counter-terrorism, organised crime, child soldiers, conflict prevention, mediation, reconciliation and the provision of non-lethal military capacity building (CBSD); notes 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’;

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3. Stresses that in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to support the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, 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' and the establishment of the future EPF let to the authorisation of the supply of military equipment including weapons and ammunition as well as lethal equipment to support military capabilities in African armed forces;

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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, transport and training essential for improving the combat capability of African armed forces fighting against terrorist armed groups; 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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3. Calls for the revision of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, transport and training essential for improving the combat

3. Calls for the review of Article 3a(4)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 in the light of the grave and profound degradation in the security conditions in the region and in order to fill any gaps in EU missions and projects with a view to supporting the capacity-building of partners in the security sector, including through funding for military spending and the provision of weapons, ammunition or lethal equipment, transport and training essential for improving the combat

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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 ;

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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Amendment 212Nathalie Loiseau, Klemen Grošelj, Bernard Guetta, Petras Auštrevičius, Christophe Grudler, Malik Azmani



3 a. Insists on the importance that the ongoing discussion on the establishment of the future EPF lead to authorization of the supply of military equipment, including weapons and ammunition as well as lethal equipment to support military capability of African armed forces;

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and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls on the Member States that do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material to abstain from the vote in the Council;

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4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls on the Member States that do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material to abstain from the vote in the Council;

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4. Welcomes the proposal from the HR, with the support of the Commission, for the establishment under the Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of an “European PeaceFacility” (EPF) for the financing of military and defence-related cooperation with third countries and international organisations, including equipment under the EU common military list[1],which will fill an important gap in EU support. 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, and :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) calls on the Member States that do not participate in the funding of a specification or part of it to abstain from the vote in the Council;

d) Calls for the establishment in the EEAS 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;

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4. Is of the opinion that the supply and use of such equipment and training should be monitored by Member States, scrutinized by the EP and audited by the ECA;

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4. Calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls on the Member States that do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material to abstain from the vote in the Council;

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4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training;

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4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council

4. Notes the 18 June 2018 proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility (EPF); reminds that the EPF aims at

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decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls on the Member States that do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material to abstain from the vote in the Council;

incorporating the African Peace Facility and establishing a CBSD component which would allow the EU to transfer arms and ammunitions to partner countries, complementing the CBSD component under the NDICI; recalls its recommendation of 28 March 2019 on the establishment of the European Peace Facility; notes that since June 2018 Member States are working on a Council Decision establishing the EPF, latest in January 2021;

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4. Calls on the VP/HR to propose a Council decision on the establishment of a specific service to oversee the supply and use of such equipment and training; calls for funding from the EU budget to be provided for the administrative expenditure arising from that Council decision, including for personnel; calls on the Council to charge the Member States for the expenditure arising from the supply and use of such equipment and training; reminds to the Member States of their possibility to abstain during the vote in the Council when they do not participate in funding the supply and use of such material;

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4 a. Stresses that in the context of EPF a new EU-level instrument would potentially deliver joint risk assessments prior to any decision to transfer arms and ammunitions to third countries in the context of the military capacity-building pillar of EPF, assess individual measures against the eight criteria of the Common Position, and establish safeguards and possible sanctions with a view on the end-user; is concerned about the potential effects of inadequate safeguards in this context;

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:

5. Considers that the sustainability, effectiveness, and visibility, of EU civilian and military missions in Africa, despite the high dedication and professionalism of its staff, have been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary to ensure a large enough EU Budget, including a high enough EPF ceiling, in order to ensure the ability to strengthen the capacity of partners including through the provision of military equipment;

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary to examine whether the African Peace Facility could be adapted to overcome the current restrictions on acquisition of weapons and ammunition or to examine other formulas whereby this could be achieved;

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary that none of them takes place or is the subject of a media communication without their appropriations being properly planned and budgeted;

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5. Considers that there are no possible sustainable and effective EU civilian and military missions in Africa and that for there to be a possible lasting peace and stability in the region persistent underlying structural problems that primarily stem from global North economic and trade policies must be addressed and that it is therefore necessary:

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of a comprehensive medium and long-term strategy which integrates those individual measures in a wider long-term security sector reform process;

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered by the lack of of local ownership, sustainability plans and basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered inter alia by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have been hampered particularly by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary:

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5. Considers that the sustainability and effectiveness of EU civilian and military missions in Africa have also been hampered by the lack of basic equipment in the countries affected and that it is therefore necessary;

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a) for the EU to work towards abolishing the debt burdens of developing countries in order to roll back the remote-control power that rich countries exercise over poor countries, and restore soverign control over economic policy at the national level;

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a) for the EU budget be large enough to effectively address the current challenges relating to training and equipment;

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Amendment 237Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Nathalie Loiseau, Hilde Vautmans, Malik Azmani, Petras Auštrevičius, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




a) for the EPF budget to be large enough to effectively address the current challenges including related to operations, missions and military equipment;

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b) to put in place the proposed European Peace Facility, with full respect for the Common Position, for Human rights and humanitarian law, and with effective transparency provisions such as the publication of a detailed list of military equipment provided to partner countries under the Facility and with full safeguards to ensure that any military equipment is not given to partner countries that are committing abuses, atrocities, and other harms against their civilian population;

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Amendment 243Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Juozas Olekas, Jytte Guteland, Raphaël Glucksmann, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster, Dietmar Köster

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b) to put in place the proposed European Peace Facility, with full respect for the Common Position, for Human rights and humanitarian law, and with effective transparency provisions such as the publication of a detailed list of military equipment provided to partner countries under the Facility;

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b) to democratise the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, and allow global South countries - who are the world's majority - to have a fair and equal representation in these institutions so they can have a real say in the formulation of policies that affect them;

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b) design the EPF in order to overcome the current limitations on the acquisition of the equipment needed for

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the missions to be operational;

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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;

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b) to adapt the APF and the EPF in order to overcome the current limitations on the acquisition of arms and munitions;

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b a) to coordinate such support with like-minded countries and organizations involved and representing the same strategic goals;

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5 a. Reminds that EU primary law prohibits the acquisition of arms and ammunitions via the Community’s budget; recalls numerous decisions of the ECJ in this respect; reminds that the legal services of Parliament, Council and Commission have reached different legal positions as whether even the financing by the Community of non-lethal military capacity building in the context of the current IcSP is compliant with EU primary law, in particular Article 209 TFEU, and ECJ case law;

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212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the light of the very serious security crisis in the Sahel-Saharan region;

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6. Considers that all funding instruments should be explored with a view to supporting the development of security capabilities in the affected African countries, as per Articles 209 and 212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the light of the very serious security crisis in the Sahel-Saharan region;

6. Considers that all funding instruments should be explored with a view to supporting the development of security in the affected African countries in the light of the very serious security crisis in the Sahel-Saharan region;

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6. Considers that the use of all funding instruments should be optimized with a view to address underlying causes of the conflict beyond supporting the development of security capabilities in the affected African countries, as per Articles 209 and 212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the light of the very serious security crisis in the Sahel-Saharan region;

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6. Calls on the Commission and the Council that all funding instruments should be explored with a view to supporting the development of security capabilities in the affected African countries, as per Articles 209 and 212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the light of the very serious security crises in the Sahel-Saharan region and East Africa;

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6. Considers that all funding instruments should be explored with a view to supporting the development of security capabilities as well as capacities to establish and preserve peace in the affected African countries, as per Articles 209 and212 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in the light of the very serious security crisis in the Sahel-Saharan region;

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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);

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7. Recommends that the EU considers contributing to the operational and logistical costs of the operations against jihadist terrorism conducted by the national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad,

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within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON);

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7. Recommends that the EU considers contributing to the operational and logistical costs of the operations against jihadist terrorism conducted by the national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON);

7. Recommends that the EU considers supporting Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area in various and effective and sustainable ways in the area of security;

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7. Recommends that the EU considers contributing to the operational and logistical costs of the operations against jihadist terrorism conducted by the national

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armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON);

armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and notes that the EPF should be appropriate instrument to do so;

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7. Supports operations against jihadist terrorism conducted by the national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area, as well as other reliable partner countries conducting counterrorism activities, in particular Morocco, and calls for establishing similar framework of cooperation to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON);

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7. Recommends that the EU considers contributing to the operational and logistical costs of the operations against terrorism conducted by the national armed forces of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, within the framework of peacekeeping operations in the Sahel-Saharan area and by taking a similar approach to the one it takes to financing the G5 Joint Forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISON);

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7 a. Recalls article 208 of the TEFU that states that the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries;

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including weapons, as those currently provided for the deployment and training of the G5 Sahel force, including financial support if needed;

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8. Encourages a discussion whether it is advisable to apply to existing training programmes the same facilities for the procurement of military equipment, including weapons, as those currently provided for the deployment and training of the G5 Sahel force, including financial support if needed;

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8. Recommends to consider whether existing training programmes may apply to the same facilities for the procurement of military equipment, including weapons, as those currently provided for the deployment and training of the G5 Sahel force, including financial support if needed;

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8. Rejects the application of the same facilities for the procurement of military equipment, including weapons, as those currently provided for the deployment and training of the G5 Sahel force, including financial support if needed to existing training programmes;

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8 a. Believes that the EU should conduct a comprehensive analysis on key individuals and corporates benefiting from the war economy, employing its policy toolkit to deter all forms of corruption and abuses;

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8 b. Calls for sufficient funding for technical legal assistance, training, and capacity building aimed at ensuring third country forces respect their human rights obligations;

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9. Recommends that any financing of capacity-building operations for African countries is conditional on an action plan with reasonable deadlines with the possibility of further adjustments depending on the evolution of the situation;

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9. Recommends that any financing of capacity-building operations for African countries is conditional on an action plan, which includes training on security sector reform, human rights, international humanitarian law, and the rule of law, with reasonable deadlines with the possibility of further adjustments depending on the evolution of the situation;

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9. Recommends that any financing of capacity-building operations for African countries be conditional on the recipient country presenting a commonly agreed support plan with reasonable deadlines to be achieved with EU monitoring with the possibility of further adjustments depending on the evolution of the situation;

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9 a. Is deeply concerned about the high amount of 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), which could amount to war crimes under humanitarian law; urges the VP/HR to suspend EUTM Mali and any other EU assistance to the Malian security sector until all crimes have been brought to justice and guarantees and mechanisms have been put in place which make sure that the EU’s partners strictly comply with international humanitarian and human rights law; calls on the EEAS to report to Parliament about all violations committed by EU military and security partners as a matter of urgency;

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9 a. Considers that any increase in security force assistance should be subjected to a robust risk mitigation analysis that provides for adequate human rights protection mechanisms and civilian harm mitigation approach;

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9 b. Notes the UN Evaluation Reports on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations; is deeply shocked by the alarming scope of these crimes, and the failure to hold perpetrators to account; is equally shocked by sexual child abuse allegations against European and UN troops, in particular in the Central African Republic in 2016 and calls for justice; urges the UN, EU Member States and the EU's CSDP organs to investigate, prosecute and sentence any UN, national and EU personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve; stresses the urgent need to reform relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel and by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; finds it unacceptable that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended of the troop-contributing country; is convinced that also via training and education such grave crimes could be reduced and prevented; strongly; reminds the urgency to prevent such crimes in the future also in order to reinstate trust of the local population in international peacekeeping;

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10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces of the beneficiary countries by:

10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces and those of the populations of the beneficiary countries by:

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10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions to be redefined in a direct that encompasses DDR programmes (Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration);

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10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia

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training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces of the beneficiary countries by:

training missions to be redefined to better adapt them to the real needs of the armed forces of the beneficiary countries by:

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10. Calls for the format of the EUTM Mali, EUTM CAR and EUTM Somalia training missions tobe redefined to better adapt them to the real and medium and long term security needs of the local population:

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a) developing and applying an overarching security sector reform policy which has human security at its centre and puts the security needs of the entire population at the heart of all components; harmonising training methods and rules of procedure and engagement and ensuring they are unique;

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a) harmonising training methods and rules of procedure and engagement and ensuring they are unique, while corresponding to the specific regional and geographical conditions;

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a) harmonising training methods and rules of procedure and engagement and ensure they are effective;

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b) ensuring that instructors mentor local soldiers on the ground once they have finished their training in order to assess them and prevent units from disbanding and soldiers from dispersing;

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b) ensuring that instructors are able, in coordination with the local military authorities, to select soldiers from among those proposed by the local governments, to train them to be capable fighters, knowledgably of IHL and IHRL, and to supervise and accompany them on the ground once they have finished their training in order to assess them and prevent units from disbanding and soldiers from dispersing;

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b) ensuring that EU instructors are mandated, in coordination with the local military authorities, to select soldiers from among those proposed by the local governments, to train them to be capable fighters, and to supervise and accompany them on the ground once they have finished their training in order to assess them and prevent units from disbanding and soldiers from dispersing;

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b) ensuring that instructors are able, in coordination with the local military authorities, to select soldiers from among those proposed by the local governments, to train them to improve their skills, and to supervise and accompany them on the ground once they have finished their training in order to assess them and prevent units from disbanding and soldiers from dispersing;

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c) supplying training centres with both shared and individual equipment, including weapons (if the country concerned does not provide them), to make sure appropriate training can be given;

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c) supplying training centres with both shared and individual equipment, including weapons(if the country concerned does not provide them, if the EU can put safeguards in place which guarantee compliance with the eight criteria of Common Position 944 when transferring arms to third countries, and if the EU can guarantee post-shipment control, end-use control and therefore prevent diversion to armed groups including terrorists, to make sure appropriate training can be given;

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c) supplying training centres with both shared and individual equipment, including military equipment (if the country concerned does not provide them), to make sure appropriate training can be given;

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d) ensuring that training corresponds to the operational reality, i.e. it should include mobility;

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d) ensuring that training corresponds to the operational reality, i.e. it should include mobility;

d) ensuring that training corresponds to the operational reality, i.e. it should include mobility and command and control capacities;

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(da) improving the occupancy rate of staff posts in the missions in order to manage recurrent problems;

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Amendment 299Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Hilde Vautmans, Nathalie Loiseau, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Petras Auštrevičius, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos



d a) benefiting from the secondment of the required military expertise, notably in the field of strategic advice;

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d a) putting in place a Human Rights monitoring mechanism to prevent Human Rights violations;

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10a. Believes that strengthening the presence of certain missions (EUTM Somalia) with an advisory capacity in command structures would allow for significant influence to be exercised on how operations are carried out and within the multilateral military assistance framework;

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11. Believes that the EU must conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and

11. Believes that the EU must conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and

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effective; effective; regrets that the VP/HR and the EEAS have not 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”; regrets that the VP/HR and the EEAS have not come back to Parliament’s evaluation of the force generation of EUTM Somalia;

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11. Believes that the EU must conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and effective;

11. Believes that the upcoming Strategic Reviews of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions be used as a comprehensive evaluation and steering tool; that the missions be better adapted to local needs and intensify cooperation with local partners, where applicable, and that best practices be taken into consideration in order to better adapt them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and effective;

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11. Believes that the EU should continue conducting a comprehensive and effective periodic evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, through regular Strategic Reviews, in order to adapt them to evolving security and political situations and real needs on the ground in order to make them even more operational and effective;

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11. Believes that the EU must conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and effective; integrate them into a wider security sector reform effort at the service of the local population's security;

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11. Believes that the EU must pursue its comprehensive evaluation of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions in terms of their mandates, budgets and human resources, adapting them to real needs in order to make them fully operational and effective;

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11. Believes that the EU must conduct a comprehensive evaluation, and put in place proper monitoring systems and oversight, of the EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUCAP Somalia and EUAM CAR civilian missions, in order to make them fully operational and effective;

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12. Considers that the Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali army is also unable to

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counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme;

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12. Considers that the Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali army is also unable to counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme;

12. Considers that the Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali army is also unable to counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme; calls for a closer cooperation with U.S. Special Operations Forces in common effort to train an elite Somali army unit capable of defeating al Qaeda-linked militants on the ground;

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12. Recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021;underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme;

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12. Considers that the Federal Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali National army is also unable to counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed 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 UE 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;

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12. Notes that the security situation in Somalia is very worrying and is a destabilising factor throughout the Horn of Africa and even beyond; considers that the Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties and that the Somali army, despite recent progress, remains unable to counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities on its own; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme;

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12. Recalls that the Somali army is supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme to the government and the army of Somalia;

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12. Considers that the Government of Somalia is unable to perform its duties regarding the stabilisation of the security situation and that the Somali army is also unable to counter al-Shabab’s terrorist activities and is not yet ready to take over from AMISOM; recalls that the Somali army was supposed to take over from AMISOM in December 2021; underlines that the achievement of that objective requires a new and comprehensive assistance programme;

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12 a. Believes that the Gulf Crisis is having serious ramification in Somalia whereby United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to support explicit actions that directly undermine the security and political gains made so far in Somalia, creating national disunity between the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States (FMSs) on security, national elections and developmental issues, and calls for such actions to cease forthwith;

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13. Requires the Malian signatories to the Algiers agreements to abide by and implement them without further delay;

13. Requires the Malian signatories to the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, resulting from the Algiers Process to abide by and implement them without further delay;

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13. Requires the Malian signatories to the Algiers agreements to abide by and implement them without further delay;

13. Requires the Malian signatories to Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali to abide by and implement them without further delay;

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14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three EU military

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missions (ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support democratic institutions and continue any training of the national army not linked to regional interests;

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14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three EU military missions (ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support democratic institutions and continue any training of the national army not linked to regional interests;

14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three EU military or civilian missions and operations (ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support democratic institutions and continue any training of the national army not linked to regional interests;

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14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three EU military missions (ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support democratic

14. Believes that the European Union should continue its financial support to AMISON via the APF, maintain the presence of the three but revised EU military missions(ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia), support

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institutions and continue any training of the national army not linked to regional interests;

democratic institutions and the establishment of transparent, accountable and democratically controlled security sectors;

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15. Calls for the EU to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the direct provision of financial assistance for the acquisition of adequate weapons and military equipment; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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15. Calls for the EU to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the provision of financial assistance as well as the provision of military equipment and training, while including adequate safeguards and mitigating measures; highlights the need for a strong and credible police component in this regard; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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15. Calls for the EU to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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15. Calls for the EU to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the direct provision of financial assistance for the acquisition of adequate weapons and military equipment; and the advice in the field of doctrine, planed capacities and management; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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15. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to help the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the direct provision of financial assistance for the acquisition of adequate weapons and military equipment; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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15. Calls on the Member States to continue to support the joint forces of the G5 Sahel to become operational through the direct provision of financial assistance for the acquisition of adequate weapons and military equipment; calls on the partners who made pledges at the Brussels Donors’ Conference on 22 February 2018 to implement them expeditiously;

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16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of jihadists, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), even if some of these services should be temporarily provided by the army or security forces, until such time as the civil administration takes over;

16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas under their effective control by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education);

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16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of terrorist armed groups, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), even if some of these services should be temporarily provided by the army or security forces, until such time as the civil administration takes over; calls on the European Union to increase the efforts in supporting African states to provide basic services;

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16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of jihadists, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education);

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16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of terrorist, criminal and armed groups by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), with the proper security environment provided by the army or security forces;

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16. Believes that the African states have to take responsibility for fulfilling their sovereign duties in all areas cleared of jihadists, armed groups, traffickers and bandits by providing basic services (administration, water and power supply, health, justice, education), even if some of these services should be temporarily provided by the army or security forces, until such time as the civil administration takes over;

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17. Supports the African request to the United Nations Security Council for the G5 Sahel joint force and AMISON to be placed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter in order to benefit from sustainable funding;

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Charter in order to benefit from sustainable funding;

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17. Supports the African Union request to the United Nations Security Council for the G5 Sahel joint force and AMISON to be placed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter in order to benefit from sustainable funding;

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Amendment 337Javier Nart, Christophe Grudler, Hilde Vautmans, Nathalie Loiseau, Petras Auštrevičius, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Klemen Grošelj, Frédérique Ries, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos




17. Supports the African Union request to the United Nations to have access to UN assessed contributions for EU-UN missions mandated by the United Nations Security Council;

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18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking;

18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking; welcomes in this respect, Morocco’s initiative to donate 3.3milions dollars to the priority investment program of the G5 Sahel join force tasked with fighting terrorist and insurgents in West Africa;

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18. Stresses that the chaos in Libya, the advances made by political Islamism in North Africa and the lack of a relationship of trust with the Algerian regime are a breeding ground for jihadism and trafficking (particularly of humans) and complicate the fight against terrorist groups. Regrets the fact that the initiatives developed by the Kingdom of Morocco for improved cooperation have not been matched by its neighbours;

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18. Stresses that inclusive cooperation and coordination with the countries of North Africa is necessary as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya, based on the Libyan Political Agreement, in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking;

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18. Stresses that coordination and strategic cooperation with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace, stability and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking;

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18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of terrorist, criminal and armed groups, arms and human trafficking;

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18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, migrant smuggling, arms and human trafficking;

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18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot of insecurity;

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18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is needed as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, arms and human trafficking;

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

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18 a. Considers that cooperation with the countries of North Africa should be envisaged mainly in terms of information and intelligence exchange, military training and the fight against radicalisation, taking into account the proven experience of some of them;

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18 a. Believes that a comprehensive and medium to long term security policy for these regions should also focus on fostering resilience;

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security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali 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;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint

19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response, raises however concerns in reference to the situation of democracy and human rights; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations

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Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions and which needs to respect human rights and democratic norms;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), the GARSI-Sahel programme (composed of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese security forces) EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), the EU Regional Advisory Coordination Cell (RACC), EUTM Mali, 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;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east

19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the friendly military forces from the EU neighboring countries, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the

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sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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19. Welcomes and supports the Mauritanian comprehensive and global approach which includes asocial and development strategy with the military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali

19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali

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and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism, food insecurity, malnutrition and epidemics; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), EUTM Mali and the Chadian Army, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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Amendment 358Javi López, Tonino Picula, Giuliano Pisapia, Attila Ara-Kovács, Robert Biedroń, Maria Arena, Demetris Papadakis, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Andrea Cozzolino, Joachim Schuster




19. Welcomes the efforts of Mauritania to take a social and development approach to its military and security response; expresses its solidarity with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, countries that are deeply affected by terrorism; compliments the efforts and sacrifices of the international community, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Multinational Joint Task Force, the G5 and the French Armed Forces (Operation Barkhane), and EUTM Mali, which is the essential force in the central and east sectors of the G5 requiring special support for its battalions;

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Amendment 359Anna Fotyga

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on behalf of the ECR Group



19 a. Commends the various initiatives taken by Morocco to enhance security and stability in North and West Africa, including its dismantling of terror cells, joining NATO’s Interoperability Platform, enhancement of special forces training with Egypt,Tunisia and Mauritania, financial support for G5 Sahel, the preservation of the cultural identity of locals, openinig its universities and training centers, including in the military field, to G5 countries as well as a wide set of countering extremism initiatives as training Imams from neighbouring countries to counter extremist propaganda and signing economic partnership conventions with at risk countries such as Mali, Coite de Voire, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea;

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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 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

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Commission and the current Chair of the Economic Community of West African States;

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