# Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty

European Parliament procedure 2015/2343(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFCO / AFET / BUDG). Stage: Procedure completed. 516 committee amendments tabled by 49 Members between 2016-12-16 and 2017-01-13.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns the constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy and the possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty. The amendments debate framing a common defence policy under the CSDP, its relationship with NATO and the North Atlantic Treaty, the mutual defence clause and Petersberg Tasks, European strategic autonomy versus national competence, and threats cited including Russia and the group known as Islamic State.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario BORGHEZIO | Italy | ENF | 71 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/21817.md |
| Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER | France | ENF | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124755.md |
| Louis ALIOT | France | ENF | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/30190.md |
| Marie-Christine ARNAUTU | France | ENF | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124748.md |
| Marie-Christine BOUTONNET | France | ENF | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124753.md |
| Tamás MESZERICS | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124720.md |
| Pascal DURAND | France | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124693.md |
| Eleftherios SYNADINOS | Greece | NI | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125072.md |
| Geoffrey VAN ORDEN | United Kingdom | ECR | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4513.md |
| Jozo RADOŠ | Croatia | ALDE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112753.md |
| Charles GOERENS | Luxembourg | RE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/840.md |
| Javier NART | Spain | RE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125005.md |
| Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN | Germany | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1849.md |
| Georgios EPITIDEIOS | Greece | NI | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125071.md |
| Ivan JAKOVČIĆ | Croatia | ALDE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124754.md |

## Official source documents

- PE595.666: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-595666_EN.pdf
- PE597.424: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ20-AM-597424_EN.pdf
- PE597.476: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ20-AM-597476_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-2343-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-2343-INI.json

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