The report on the Maritime Dimension of the Common Security and Defence Policy is aimed at feeding the Parliament's ideas into the European Maritime Security Strategy to be adopted by the Council in December this year. The Parliament is calling for a development of the maritime dimension of the CSDP through a coordinated and rational improvement of the maritime and naval structures and capabilities at the EU level, in a manner that is consistent with the Union's commitments as a global security provider and the risks that the continent faces.
The resolution urges thus for a better use of existing structures and agencies already operating in the maritime field, so that a more efficient, cost-effective and risk-based maritime strategy is put in place, through the bridging of the internal and external dimensions of European security.