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interoperability and readiness of armed forces and could serve as an important tool for implementing an aspect

of the CSDP; calls on the Member States to consider by default the deployment of EU Battlegroup as an initial

entry force where Member States have decided that a military rapid response is appropriate; underlines the

need to adopt a modular concept for the deployment of EU Battlegroups in order to create a more flexible

European capability which can operate as a force for rapid intervention and stabilisation operations in crisis

areas; encourages the European Council to find a constructive and permanent solution for financial

arrangements of EU Battlegroups deployment based on the ATHENA mechanism provisions; calls on the

HRVP to come up with proposals by the June European Council on how to improve EU Battlegroups by taking

into account the Conclusions of this Conference; decides to follow-up on implementation of Conclusions of the

June European Council on defence at a workshop in Luxembourg.

38. Encourages the Member States to organise themselves in order to start identifying capabilities that will

be needed to undertake missions that the Foreign Affairs Council may decide to entrust to a group of Member

States willing to perform this role, and to evaluate methods and procedures to jointly manage those tasks.

39. Underlines the new security challenges posed by the so-called 4th generation warfare — a hybrid war

which is manifested as a combination of unconventional and conventional military methods, elements of cyber,

economic and information warfare, as well as political pressure; stresses the need to strengthen the EU’s

resilience against challenges of the hybrid warfare by creating better civil-military synergies as well as the need

to increase dedicated Member States capabilities, including strategic communication and securing EU’s

external borders; invites the EU to further explore possibilities to improve strategic communication and

coordinate its efforts with the Alliance (i.e. the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (CoE) in

Riga, Latvia).

40. Stresses the need to carry out a review of the existing ATHENA financing mechanism, as foreseen by

the Council Decision of 19 December 2011, notably on the scope of common funding; takes note of the on-

going work within the Council in this respect; invites the Council to start working on the definition of a simplified

mechanism within ATHENA mechanism for the financing of common costs related to implementation of

missions undertaken under Articles 43, 44 and 46 of the TEU.

41. Recalls the commitment of EU Member States to increase defence research and technology spending to

2% of all defence expenditure and calls on the Member States to live up to these ambitions; welcomes the

launch of a pilot project on CSDP research and the initial work on a preparatory action seeking synergies,

especially by using the European Defence Agency, with national research programmes.

42. Reminds that, given the increasing security challenges and threats, it is of paramount importance to

ensure that the EU is capable of fully assuming its responsibilities within the international community and

underlines the need to implement the relevant TEU provisions, in particular the Permanent Structured

Cooperation (PESCO); calls on the HRVP to be fully and proactively involved in proceedings related to

implementation of permanent structured cooperation under Article 42 (6) of the TEU.

43. Welcomes the HRVP's commitment to work closely with the European Parliament and National

Parliaments to ensure that EU’s foreign policy is focussed on delivering security, democracy, human rights,

stability and hope for a prosperous future for the citizens of Europe; welcomes the opportunity to work with the

HRVP on further strengthening dialogue and cooperation between parliamentarians and the HRVP on

important matters discussed at this Conference.

A DIVISÃO DE REDAÇÃO E APOIO AUDIOVISUAL.