Traduction de «defence readiness » (Anglais → Français) :

18. Considers the activation of the mutual assistance clause a unique opportunity to establish the grounds for a strong and sustainable European Defence Union; is of the opinion that only with an autonomous security and defence capability will the EU be equipped and ready to face the overwhelming internal and external security threats and challenges;

19. Welcomes the Commission’s Implementation Roadmap for Communication on European Defence and Security Sector adopted on 24 June 2014; calls on the Commission in this regard to outline in a stakeholder assessment in which ways the potential beneficiaries as well as national and regional administrations are ready to make use of the measures referred to (ESIF, ERDF, ESF, INTERREG V); regrets in this regard that the Commission’s proposals may have come too late to influence the ongoing resource allocation of national and regional administrations or re-channel EU funds serving a stronger European Defence Technological and Industrial Base ...[+++](EDTIB);

32. Points out the imminent threat to the cyberdomain and underlines the need for resilience and readiness in the EU to respond to cybercrises, also in the context of the CSDP, and thus encourages all Member States to significantly step up without delay the development of their cyberdefence capabilities; stresses that investment is needed as regards highly skilled human capital and R&I; stresses the need for synergies and complementarities in the civilian and military domains of cybersecurity and defence in the EU; underlines the i ...[+++]mportance of stepping up cyberdefence cooperation with NATO;

15. Takes note of the decisions taken during the NATO summit, including the setting up of a Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) and increasing overall spending on defence, and welcomes the strong condemnation of illegal Russian intervention in Ukraine in the Wales Summit Declaration; welcomes the statement by President Obama that the alliance must leave the door open to new members to counter a Russian aggression and to take concrete commitments to help strengthen the defence capabilities of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova; reg ...[+++]rets, however, the fact that no decision was taken as to locating NATO troops in East European countries on a permanent basis and that no clear decision was taken with regard to direct and immediate support for the Ukrainian army;

You can see the readiness of the European Union to participate in the international monitoring mechanism provided for by point 5 of this agreement, as I have already mentioned, both through an OSCE mission and through a commitment under the European Security and Defence Policy. The terms of this participation are yet to be defined but they are on the way to being defined, and not only that, I also believe that things are moving at a very fast pace.

Should the Commission, in particular circumstances, be ready to initiate more trade defence investigations on its own initiative provided it is in possession of the required evidence?