REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)

Tabled by Aleksandar Nikolic, Mathilde Androuët, Silvia Sardone, Viktória Ferenc, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Added: (23a) It should be noted that the strong public support for the Union Mechanism relates to operational solidarity between Member States and not to the transfer of crisis management powers to the Commission. Defence and national security are the sole responsibility of each Member State under Article 4(2) TEU, and the Union’s role in security and defence is governed exclusively by the intergovernmental provisions of Title V of the TEU, in which the Commission has no executive role. The Union Mechanism should therefore remain a civilian mechanism and not serve as a framework for civil-military preparedness arrangements.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.382