# Recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)

European Parliament procedure 2020/2080(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFCO / AFET). Stage: Procedure completed. 400 committee amendments tabled by 55 Members between 2020-07-08 and 2020-07-13.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative dossier is a recommendation on the implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). The amendments rework provisions on the common security and defence policy and Treaty articles, the participating Member States and their defence capabilities, the European Defence Agency, the relationship with NATO, the prohibition on financing military operations from the EU budget, neutrality, and the cost of non-Europe in security and defence.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare DALY | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197731.md |
| Mick WALLACE | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197817.md |
| Manu PINEDA | Spain | GUE/NGL | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197828.md |
| Juozas OLEKAS | Lithuania | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197838.md |
| Javier NART | Spain | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125005.md |
| Elena YONCHEVA | Bulgaria | S&D | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197842.md |
| Javi LÓPEZ | Spain | S&D | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125042.md |
| Robert BIEDROŃ | Poland | S&D | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197498.md |
| Bart GROOTHUIS | Netherlands | RE | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197780.md |
| Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS | Lithuania | RE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124766.md |
| Attila ARA-KOVÁCS | Hungary | S&D | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197587.md |
| Urmas PAET | Estonia | RE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/129073.md |
| Klemen GROŠELJ | Slovenia | RE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197452.md |
| Malik AZMANI | Netherlands | RE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197781.md |
| Thomas WAITZ | Austria | Verts/ALE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/190464.md |

## Official source documents

- PE654.064: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-654064_EN.pdf
- PE655.648: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-655648_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2080-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2080-INI.json

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