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Plenary speeches (2)

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism (debate) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2044(INI)
Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism (debate) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2044(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism PDF (556 KB) DOC (134 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: TERR
Dossiers: 2018/2044(INI)
Documents: PDF(556 KB) DOC(134 KB)

Amendments (200)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to the report of the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism A/71/384 16-15794 2/25,
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)
-1a having regard to the issue paper by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on the democratic and effective oversight of national security services of 5 June 2015,
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 21, 48 49, 50 and 52 thereof,
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the security of one Member State is the security of all in the Unioncitizens are entitled to safety and security which requires States to pursue policies with clearly defined objectives and which comply with the proportionality principle and rule of necessity, as stipulated by international law in particular, as well as ECHR and ECJ case law; whereas in the last two years the EU and the Member States have made progress in countering the threats posed by terrorismerrorism; whereas, however, this should never jeopardise the rights of citizens;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas UN Security Council Resolution 2178(2014) rightly emphasises the importance of the rule of law and respect for human rights while countering terrorism, and whereas failure of the Member States to do so risks contributing to radicalisation and impunity;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the national security and intelligence agencies of EU Member States and of some third countries cooperate very effectively through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and on a bilateral and multilateral basis; whereas the EU has an established complex of structures dealing wholly or in part with terrorism, notably through Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC);
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the diverse landscape of regional, national, EU and international actors in the field of counter-terrorism with overlapping competences and insufficiently delineated mandates, the multitude of formal and informal fora for cooperation and exchange of information, as well as the division of competences between the different regional and national agencies, between law enforcement services and intelligence services and between the EU and the Member States, give rise to difficulties with regard to the coordination and coherence of the response to the terrorist threatcounter- terrorism response, especially as there is no internationally recognised definition of ‘terrorism’;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the Commissioner for Security Union is a valuedn actor in joining up the Commission’s policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; whereas the establishment of the position of Commissioner for Security Union signals the EU’s commitment to encouraging cooperation between Member States on issues of internal security while fully respecting the status of these matters as national competencies as laid down in the Treaties; whereas there is an insistence that these initiatives take into account the risk to human rights as stipulated in international documents in order to avoid violating the principles set out in Article 2 TFEU;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas of 88 legally binding counter-terrorism measures proposed from September 2001 to summer 2013 only a quarter were subject to impact assessments and only three to public consultation; whereas this ratio has improved in recent years and the most recent initiatives presented by the Commission in 2017 and 2018 were accompanied by the necessary justification; whereas with the Agenda on Better Regulation adopted in 2015 the Commission has also strengthened its policy on stakeholder consultation;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the Commission’s Comprehensive Assessment of EU Security Policy mentioned incomplete implementation as one of the challenges of the Security Un(Does not affect the English version;.)
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas evaluation of counter- terrorism measures is vital for assessing their effectiveness, relevance, coherence, and compliance with fundamental rights, and determining whether additional action is necessary to address the shortcomings; whereas a difference exists between monitoring the extent of implementation and the actual effectiveness of implemented measures; whereas between 2001 and 2016 there were 17 monitoring implementation and evaluation reports compared to 10 counter- terrorism strategies and 55 legislative and non-binding measures;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in 2017 the vast majority of terrorist attacks were committed in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, which according to the Global Terrorism Index 2017 report accounts for a total of 84 % of all attacks and 94 % of deaths;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas in recent years the EU Member States have suffered major terrorist attacks, perpetrated or inspired by allegedly ‘jihadist groups such as Daesh or Al-Qaeda; whereas far right, far left and ethno- nationalist separatist extremism are also matters of concern67 % of terrorist attacks in 2017 were inspired by ethno- nationalist separatism and 16 % by jihadism, in addition to far right extremism;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas developments and instability in the Middle East, and North Africa, and Caucasian regions have enabled Daesh and other terrorist groups to gain a foothold in countries bordering the EU such as those of the Western Balkans,, which has largely been fuelled by the instability left by several military interventions in Iraq, Syria and Libya; and the nexus between internal and external security has become more prominent;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas there has been a change of strategy since the military collapse of Daesh in its territoryIraq and Syria, with a decline in numbers of those travelling to Syria and Iraq for terrorist purposes and jihadists and ‘‘terrorist sleeper-cells’ inside the EU being encouraged toinstructed to start carrying out attacks in their home countries;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the funding for Daesh and other terrorist groups has been made possible through the active or passive involvement of certain States, including supposed EU allies in counter-terrorism such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and also private actors;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas terrorists continue to use small arms and explosives and have increasingly resorted to ad hocimprovised weapons such as vehicles, trucks and knifes; whereas recent attacks have been prepared thoroughly or carried out spontaneouslyby independent individuals;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas the return of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs)men and women recruited by terrorist groups and their families poses particular challenges in terms of security and, radicalisation, and reintegration; whereas children returneing to their home countries pose specific problems as they can be bothare largely victims and potential perpetrators at the same timemay have been exploited;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas these returnees, despite their current low numbers, have often received prolonged ideological indoctrination and military training in the use of weapons and explosives, and have in some cases established links with other terrorists, possibly former foreign fighters, with whom they may have formed transnational networks;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas perpetrators of terrorist attacks in the EU very often include EU nationals, often second or third generation migrants, who have grown up in the Member States which they have attack as well as foreign nationals who have long resided, asor well as foreigners who may in some cases have resided for a significant timere even born, in the Member State targeted;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas most migrants wish to seek a new life and integrate into our countries but a major terrorist threat can be created by relatively few people, and our open societies and open borders are vulnerable to abuse, with some terrorists making use of migrants’ and asylum seekers’ routes of access to European countries and exploiting the freedom of movement across Europe;deleted
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas the flow of illegal migrants and refugees poses challenges to integration, which have already been exploited by extremists and could be further exploited in the future;deleted
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas there is a risk that we could see new forms of terrorism emerge that may be used for an attack, among them cyber-terrorism and the use of weapons of mass destruction; whereas there is the precedent of a foiled attack involving the highly toxic biological agent ricin; whereas there are cases where Daesh has used or planned to use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials, and shared via social media channels possible tactics and methods for attacks and targets;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within societythe exploitation of terrorism for political ends can fuel hate speech and help create the notion of a so- called ‘clash of civilisations’ that runs contrary to democratic values and human rights;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
V. whereas the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) Centre of Excellence offers an important platform for the exchange of best practices among practitioners and has contributed to the gathering of important knowledge in the field of preventing and countering radicalisation;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
X. whereas experts highlight the positive experience offered by a multi- agency approach, focusing on creating infrastructures that, which take into account the various routes to radicalisation and the demographics at risk, and which ensure the provision of early-stage support to those vulnerable to radicalisation from different authorities and organisations across multiple levels and emphasising the suppprevent radicalisation in collaborative role of the police, thus strengthening the relationshipon with the justice system and police agencies, which take into account the different types of terrorism;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X a (new)
Xa. whereas community policing plays a positive role in getting to know and interacting with vulnerable people through building trusting relationships that are based on mutual respect for the groups in question, meaning that action can be taken upstream from radicalisation and distrust of the State and official institutions can be prevented;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
AA. whereas it is estimated that there are between 50 000 and 70 000 radicalised jihadists in the EU;n 2017 a total of 9751a people were arrested on terrorism charges in the EU; __________________ 1a Europol TE-SAT report 2017
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
AB. whereas a violent radicalised discourse has been increasingly present in the territory of the EU, often in the form of books, teaching or and audiovisual content, including satellite TV channels; whereas this discourse opposes Europeandemocratic values, undermines pluralism, promotes violence and intolerance against all other religionsreligions in particular, is openly anti-Semitic, refuses equality between men and women, and rejects the science and education which have been promoted by Islam duringfor centuries;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
AC. whereas there is a prevalence of specifically Wahhabi and Salafist literature, which is fuelled by hate speech, available in certain bookshops and online in Europe, leaving little alternative interpretation available to Muslim communities and which may be influential to certain vulnerable people;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD
AD. whereas throughout Europe significant numbers ofome cases of radical hate preachers have been documented; whereas the hate preachers often originate from outside the EU, while mosques and interfere with mosques that may have received opaque funding from third countries;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AE
AE. whereas there are self-designated religious teaching centres propagating extremist ideas in the EU, in which youngsters, including young children, are exposed to a learning content based on anti-Europeandemocratic values and violent content; whereas radical organisations often exploit the vulnerabilities of young people by attracting them with social and cultural offers;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
AF. whereas especially Daesh’s sophisticated web communication strategy of marketing terrorism by glorifying it also offers alternative social and cultural opportunities to followers and design copied from the global ‘youth culture’ such as online gaming, and thus has a strong appeal to minors;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
AH. whereas Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 % of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions; whereas the proportion of illegal content among those referrals is unknown and no statistics exist that allow for an evaluation of the quality of referrals1a. __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getAl lAnswers.do?reference=E-2017- 001772&language=EN
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
AI. whereas although major progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement; whereas the removals are often not complete, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company; whereas effective and comprehensive reporting by companies has to be improved; whereas this should, however, be clearly managed and should allow the companies in question and judicial authorities to appeal;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content and doing so at a greater pace, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform-agnostic automated tools, such as the database of hashes which can identify online terrorist content with a high degree of accuracy;deleted
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK
AK. whereas prisons have become hothouses of extremism, incubating terrorists; whereas many of those serving prison sentences will soon be released back into their communities and there are few resources to monitor their activitieconvicted people who require follow-up procedures and ad hoc resources that acknowledge European standards of justice and human rights; whereas prison conditions can play a significant role in heightening or lessening risks of radicalisation;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL
AL. whereas blanket retention of data is an essential part of the investigative process; whereas police and judicial authorities usually rely heavilcommunications data is a severe limitation to the rights to privacy and confidentiality onf communications data to successfully proceed with their casework; whereas in order for interoperability of information systems to reach its full potential, harmonised data retention regimes across the EU are vital; whereas the necessity of an appropriate data retention regime when it comes to the fight against terrorism was consistently raised dur; whereas judicial authorities usually grant police access to communications data ing the framework of the TERR Committeean investigation;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL
AL. whereas retention of data is an essential part of the investigative process; whereas police and judicial authorities usually rely heavily on communications data to successfully proceed with their casework; whereas in order for interoperability of information systems to reach its full potential, harmonised data retention regimes across the EU are vital; whereas the necessity of an appropriate data retention regime when it comes to the fight against terrorism was consistently raised during the work of the TERR Committee, but whereas the data retention regime needs to be managed in such a way so as to avoid any deviation and ensure that the rights of citizens are protected as pointed out several times by the ECJ;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AM
AM. whereas the use of strong encryption by terrorists to protect their communications or stored data represents a considerable challenge for law enforcement, denying access to essential intelligence and evidence; whereasis the backbone of modern society, including in communication and industry; whereas any weakening of encryption btecomes particularly critical when even the responsible online service providers are unwilling or unable to decrypt the communication;hnology will severely hamper the security of all social and economic life.
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AM
AM. whereas the use of encryption by terrorists to protect their communications or stored data represents a considerable challenge for law enforcement, denying access to essentialpolice forces and the courts to access intelligence and evidence; whereas encryption becomes particularly critical when even the responsible online service providers are unwilling or unable to decrypt the communication;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AN
AN. whereas there is a fragmented framework of existing systems, new systems in the process of development, proposals for future systems and proposals for reforms to address identified gaps and barriers still under negotiationseveral EU information systems exist, each with their own purposes and objectives. whereas there are also new systems in the process of development, as well as legislative proposals for future systems; whereas this fragmenteddiverse framework is the result of historical factors and a reactive approach in the proposal and adoption of new legislationthe lack of any systematic evaluation of the efficiency, necessity and proportionality of the EU's security instruments;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AP
AP. whereas there are a number of obstacles to the proper functioning of the information systems, such as lack of or incomplete implementation, lack of knowledge of and/or sufficient training in the existing systems, and lack of sufficient and human resources or of an adequate material base;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AT
AT. whereas the 2016 evaluation of VIS found that access to VIS for law enforcement purposes has been limited and fragmented across Member States;deleted
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AV
AV. whereas the Commission proposals will only apply to centralised systems, leaving national and decentralised systems out of their scope, and therefore constitute only a first step in creating a comprehensive framework of interoperable information systems; whereas within the territory of one Member State there may be a multitude of separate decentralised databases at federal, regional and local level, with different data inputs in different systems and complex procedures - or none at all - for the sharing or checking of the data by the relevant authorities at the different levels;
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AW
AW. whereas the use of a common messaging format at EU level, such as a universal message format (UMF), will facilitate smoother exchange of data and information between parties and across interoperability systems; whereas establishing the need to use certain UMF fields for particular exchanges can contribute to the improvement of data quality in all of the systems across which messages are being exchanged; whereas the use of this common message format by Europol and Interpol should also be encouraged;deleted
2018/09/18
Committee: TERR
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AX
AX. whereas eu-LISA should establish automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures as well as common data quality indicators and minimum quality standards for data stored in the information systems; whereas the goal would be for the EU information systems and interoperability components to automatically identify apparently incorrect or inconsistent data submissions so that the originating Member State is able to verify the data and carry out any necessary remedial actions;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AY
AY. whereas a variety of factors can lead to difficulties in cooperation between the different national, regional and local services within the Member States, such as: overlapping competences and insufficiently delineated mandates; hesitancy to share information as this might result in loss of responsibility or loss of important information flows; legal obstacles when it comes to sharing information between different services or the possibility of using intelligence in court cases; services being obliged to competeing with each other for resources; and technical barriers to information exchange;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AZ
AZ. whereas adjusting the legal standards applying to legal framework must be put in place for information exchange between intelligence and law enforcement authorities, is one of the main chn compliance with international lenges that need to be addressedgal provisions and in particular, as emphasised by the UN, in relation to non-discrimination and data protection, especially since intelligencethis information often concerns information on people who are not yet suspects ined, within the framework of criminal investigations but, of beloing tomembers of terrorist networks or are returning FTFs; those who have been terrorist fighters abroad and have returned to their own countries; whereas these authorities should refer the case to the judicial authorities as quickly as possible as soon as their suspicions prove to be well- founded;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AZ
AZ. whereas adjusting the legal standards applying to information exchange between intelligence and law enforcement authorities is one of the main challenges that need to be addressed, especially since intelligence often concernsagencies do not pursue a goal of law enforcement and often gather information on people who are not yet suspects in criminal investigations but belong to tserrorist networks or are returning FTFious crime networks;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB
BB. whereas security services tend to cooperate and exchange information bilaterally or through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG); whereas it is necessary to find a practical legal solution to fill the existing gaps between the parallel tracks of the law enforcement community and the intelligence community, as well as between Europol’s ECTC and the CTG, in order to allow a more systematic interaction between both communities and an enhanced operational cooperation, while still keeping them separate;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BC
BC. whereas the UK government has expressed its intention of leaving the EU on 29 March 2019; whereas the EU and the UK are highly interdependentit has, however, expressed its wish to continue its cooperation with the EU in the area of security and counter-terrorism; whereas both should be able and to continue to share, collect and analyse vital operational intelligence inwith regard to the fight against serious crime on a level equivalent to the current one; whereas serious deficiencies have been identified by the European Commission with regard to respect for the Schengen acquis in relation to data protection and the operation of the Schengen information system by the UK; whereas it is necessary for the UK to remedy the shortcomings identified if it wishes to continue cooperation with the EU in the area of security and counter-terrorism;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BD
BD. whereas efficient and systematicbetter cooperation between the Member States and the EU agencies as well as among the agencies in the counter- terrorism field is imperativenecessary, especially cooperation between Europol and Eurojust in order to more effectively detect, prevent, and investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of a terrorist attack;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BF
BF. whereas there are differences in the Member States as to the number of competent authorities that can consult the Europol databases or be in contact with Europol without going through the national liaison officers; whereas some Member States lack restricted and safe national police communication networks, preventing their competent authorities from decentralised access, particularly to CT- SIENA; whereas these Member States should be asked to do all they can to comply with European legislation, particularly concerning data protection;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BI
BI. whereas the principle of mutual recognition is, on the one hand, dependent on the existence of a high level of mutual trust between Member States and, on the other, helps increase mutual trust by allowing the authorities of different Member States to work efficiently together in the fight against terrorism; whereas the breach of fundamental rights affects mutual trust between Member States and creates an obstacle to mutual recognition, as recognised by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Aranyosi and Căldăraru case (C-404/15 PPU) and in the Minister for Justice and Equality/LM case (C-216/18 PPU);
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BI
BI. whereas the principle of mutual recognition is, on the one hand, dependent on the existence of a high level of mutual trust between Member States and, on the other, helps increase mutual trust by allowing the authorities of different Member States to work efficiently together in the fight against terrorism a comparable level of independence of the judiciary;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK a (new)
BKa. whereas cases of infiltration of migration flows by terrorists are statistically very few, with the vast majority of terrorists originating in the European Union; whereas illegal immigration should therefore not be equated with terrorism; whereas it should be ensured that anti-terrorist measures are not misused in order to crack down on migration; whereas, on this point, the re- establishment of checks at the borders by France in the name of counter-terrorism is worrying, in that it leads to a systematic profiling at the French-Italian border, targeting in particular asylum seekers, or the Hungarian legislation criminalising migrants, who are equated with terrorists, as in the Ahmed H case;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK b (new)
BKb. whereas the report by the Special rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism considers that the over-restrictive migration policies put in place as a result of terrorism concerns are not justified and could, in fact, pose risks for the security of states;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BM
BM. whereas the thwarted attack on the Thalys train of 21 August 2015, the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015 and the Brussels attacks of 22 March 2016 have demonstrated major failures in European border control policy, since at least eight of these attacks’ perpetrators entered Greece via irregular flows in July, August and October 2015cooperation between Member States in this area;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BN
BN. whereas the Council conclusions 10152/17 recommend to Member States that all irregular migrants are checked at national level against databases fed and used by competent authorities and the national Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), at European and international level against the SIS, Europol, VIS, Eurodac and Interpol databases (I-24/7 network) and more specifically Nominal data, Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD), Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) and Travel Documents Associated with Notices (TDAWN);deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BN a (new)
BNa. whereas in his Opinion 02/2016 on the proposal for a regulation establishing a European Border and Coast Guard the EDPS recommends removing the possibility for liaison officers to have access to national and European information systems if evidence of such a need is not provided, and calls for respect for the principle of purpose in the collection and use of data;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BO
BO. whereas on the basis of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) 1168/2011 and the positive opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA) is allowed to process personal data; whereas, however, EBCGA is experiencing difficulties in monitoring terrorism due to the short personal data retention period established by Regulation (EC) 2016/1624 that comprises only 90 days; whereas between Eurojust and EBCGA there is only a memorandum of understanding which includes the exchange of general, strategic and technical information but not the exchange of personal information; whereas there is need for a specific legal framework for EBCGA to process personal data in order to fulfil its tasks;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BO a (new)
BOa. whereas any interconnection between data systems must comply with the principles of purpose and, in particular, must not mix together the activities of policing and controlling borders, and also with the principles of necessity and proportionality; whereas border guards are not counter-terrorism operatives and may only act on the basis of precise instructions and information;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BP
BP. whereas there is a need for EBCGA officers to also access the Eurodac, SIS, EES and VIS databases at border crossing points in order to perform checks;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BQ
BQ. whereas there is currently no repository on long-stay visas and residence documents;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR
BR. whereas the fact that Member States, and more specifically the airport operators on their territory, are not yet obliged to conduct conformity checks on passengers’ personal data on their ticket and ID card or passport, which makes it difficult to ascertain whether the given identity matches the true identity of the person;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BS
BS. whereas battlefield evidence is often essential to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters and needs to be included in the relevant databases in order to reach border guards in real time;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BT
BT. whereas Operation Sophia has technical and human capabilities to contribute to the fight against terrorism; whereas if it is to effectively contribute to this effort, the mandate of Operation Sophia has to be amended;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BV
BV. whereas social media fundraising, non-profit organisations and small wire transfers are funding methods for Daesh and other terrorist organisations; whereas micro lending platforms arfunding should be made used to facilitate all three of these typologicure in the general interest;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW
BW. whereas in certain countries with less developed banking systems the prevalent use of mobile banking services often makes it difficult to identify the beneficiaries of cash transfers; whereas such transfers of funds by means of mobile banking present high risks for terrorist financing and, on the other hand, it must be made possible for the relevant services to track certain terrorist financing without coming up against banking secrecy in the vast majority of cases;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CD
CD. whereas Member States need to organise more exercises in crisis response, including in third countries;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CE
CE. whereas the private sector should be involved in the protection of critical infrastructure and soft targets;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CG
CG. whereas the Commission, in its communication on the new Multiannual Financial Framework, proposes to significantly increase EU funding for security and defence, including internal security;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CH
CH. whereas several terrorist attacks in the EU were perpetrated by individuals known to the authorities, using rented vehicles;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CP
CP. whereas according to Europol’s Te- Sat 2018 report, firearms were used in 41 % of all attacks, a slight increase compared to 2016 (38 %); whereas the overall trend, however, is a decrease in the number of attacks;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CU
CU. whereas the Balkans remain a key region for European stability; whereas the challenges related to terrorism and Islamist extremism compound a regional context already weakened by ethnic, political and social polarisation as well as criminal networks; whereas the countries of the region have not yet been, but may become, targets for terrorism, and are already used as transit countries for people and weapons;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CV
CV. whereas all North African countries have been confronted with major terrorist actions and remain prime targets; whereas these countries may suffer from the return of foreign fighters, considering the large number of jihadists from this region; whereas the social situation and the absence of a future explains the vulnerability of a high number of nationals from these countries; whereas the European Union should do all it can to help the countries of this region, which is moving towards greater democracy and respect for fundamental rights;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CW
CW. whereas regions which are not direct EU neighbours but are areas of interest, such as the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, have also experienced the development of terrorist networks; whereas in these regions religious radicalism benefiting from external financing is also a serious concern; whereas all relations with countries that directly fund terrorism should be halted;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CX
CX. whereas the EU is cooperating with third countries in the area of counter- terrorism in a variety of ways; whereas a number of EU instruments can be used to finance CT programmes abroad; whereas the EU has deployed a network of CT experts within EU delegations; whereas EU agencies such as Europol are also cooperating with third countries in the area of counter-terrorism, through strategic and operational agreements for example; whereas, however, cooperation should not take place in this area with countries that do not respect human rights and that use counter-terrorism to neutralise and suppress their opponents;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CY
CY. whereas there is an EU sanction system in the area of CT with three types of measures, which is implemented by the EEAS; whereas this system is underused owing to procedural constraints and reluctance on the part of the Member States;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CZ
CZ. whereas in the 20-year period 1998- 2018, some 6 652 people were direct victims of terrorism acrossin Europe, with 713 murdered and 5 939 injured; whereas prior to 2001 most victims of terrorism were mainly attributable to the IRA and ETA. while since then the vast majority were as a result of Islamist terrorism;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DC
DC. whereas there are still discrepancies in the way the provisions enshrined in Directive (EU) 2012/29 have been translated into procedures at national level; whereas the Commission has still not provided its report on the implementation of this directive; whereas on 30 May 2018 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the implementation of this Directive;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE a (new)
DEa. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits discrimination on the ground of disability and recognises the right of people with disabilities to benefit from measures to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration, and participation in the life of the community; whereas the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU are also protected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DF
DF. whereas the Union is founded on the values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as on the principles of democracy and the rule of law; whereas acts of terrorism constitute the most serious violation of these universal values and principlesif EU citizens have a right to security and, above all, to safety, any measure to combat terrorism must be taken within that framework, as the UN has recalled on several occasions; whereas the principles of purpose, necessity, proportionality and non- discrimination must be respected;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DF a (new)
DFa. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union has on several occasions identified violations of fundamental rights resulting from counter-terrorism measures adopted by the European Union or Member States (Kadi, Digital Rights Ireland and Tele2Sverige cases) and in particular infringements of free movement;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 607 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DG
DG. whereas the EU should do the utmost possible to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of its citizens who are endangered by terrorists; whereas Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrines both the right to liberty and the right to security, which complement each other;(Does not affect the English version)
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 609 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DH
DH. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits discrimination on the ground of disability and recognises the right of people with disabilities to benefit from measures to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration, and participation in the life of the community; whereas the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU are also protected by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DH a (new)
DHa. whereas the European Union must also ensure the legal and judicial protection of its citizens, including when they have committed extremely serious crimes; whereas it must ensure that they have the right to a fair trial, including ensuring they are repatriated, in particular when they are threatened with the death sentence;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that while Member States remain first in line, because of their sovereign powers, to respond to and prevent threats, a clear need exists to fully recognise the SecurityEuropean Union’s role in supporting them, providing common solutions and adding value;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that, at this stage, the EU and the Member States should improve cooperation through existing European agencies and Member States’ security and justice institutions; urges the EU and the Member States to maintain high standards with regard to fundamental rights, both in the framework of police and judicial cooperation and in the creation of new counter-terrorism solutions;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the next President of the Commission to maintain a self-standing portfolio for the Commissioner for Security Union;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the next President of the Commission to maintain a self-standing portfolio for the Commissioner for Security Union;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned about the increasing role played by private security firms; subscribes to the conclusions of the French Court of Auditors, which considers that private security is ‘unreliable’, ‘features a random quality of service’ and is characterised by ‘significant economic and social weaknesses’; recalls that state actors are the most relevant in effectively ensuring the security of citizens; calls for the creation of a European monitoring office on private security, whose mandate will be to carry out analyses and make recommendations on the advisability of, and the risks associated with, the increasing use of private security firms, particularly within the counter-terrorism context;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to conduct systematic impact assessments, particularly concerning fundamental rights, and citizen and expert stakeholder consultations of future counter- terrorism legislative proposals;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that freedom, security and justice are three aspects that cannot be analysed separately; considers that respect for fundamental rights must form an essential part of all legislative initiatives on terrorism; urges that the area of responsibility of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs should continue to include counter- terrorism, in order to ensure consistency with other legislative categories of work in the area of freedom, justice and security;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 677 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to monitor all foreign terrorist fighters; calls for an effective and appropriate follow-up of the threat posed by returnees, and for this purpose invites Member States to share contextual information about returnees via Europol; calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of aligned classification systems in order to distinguish between high, medium and low-risk returnees, taking care to respect their fundamental rights, avoid discrimination and therefore rely on specific criteria and be subject to the scrutiny of the ordinary courts;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends to the Member States 7. that they start building appropriate structures to respond to children returneeing to their countries of origin or the country of origin of one of their parents, and in particular the development of expertise, including that of experienced professionals, in the areas of trauma, extremism, child development, education and risk assessment and tailored to the local and national context, as well as clear legal and organisational structures for dealing with this phenomenonalways prioritising the overriding interests of the child, and that they put in place specific legal and organisational structures to take all these issues into account;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, witha number of petty criminals become radicalised during their first time in prison; is concerned that inadequate prison sentences beingare issued for seriouspetty crime and radicalised individuals being released prematurely or on parole; therefore encourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to ensure effective intervention vis-à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenderthat incarceration conditions are poor in some Member States, which promote the risk of radicalisation in prison environments;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that, for some terrorists, the end goal of their act is suicide and that every effort should therefore be made to apprehend them so that they can be brought to justice, thus guaranteeing the right to reparation and the establishment of the truth for the victims;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the creation of an EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation (CoE PR)’, to be embedded in the Commission with adequate financial and human resources; believes its tasks should include coordination, including of funding, andng to facilitation ofe cooperation among Member States, policymakers, practitioners (by involving former RAN and ESCN structures), experts and researchers in the area of preventing and countering radicalisation, exchange of best practices, lighthouse projects and training, also by partnering with key strategic third countries; considers that this centre should also establish methodologies to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of programmes and projects;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 752 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the European Court of Auditor’s report of 2018 on deradicalisation found that the Commission does not maintain a complete overview of EU-funded measures, and that no indicators or targets for EU funds are used to measure to what extent the approach is successful; calls on the Commission to propose a new financial instrument in the forthcoming MFF for preventing and countering radicalisation, which would streamline resources currently fragmented across different funds and programmes and allow for better coordination and visibility as well as higher impactoverall funding;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the creation of a European Simone Veil Resilience Prize, which would be awarded every year to the best social and cultural project at local level in the EU, promoting societal engagement, EU fundamental values, inclusiveness and democracy with the aim of building resilient societies that are immune to polarisation and radicalisation;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 774 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 24
Radical Islameligiously motivated violence
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to encourage and tolerate only ‘practices of Islam’ that are in full accordance with EU values; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communitiesdeleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains and to consistently blacklist any hate preachers; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch list so as to better exchange information on radical chaplains;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 812 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to increase the offer of higher education opportunities for chaplains in the EU, with accrediting theological education programmes integrating EUdemocratic values; invites the Commission and the Member States to develop and fund a network of European religious scholars that can spread - and testify to - pracraise awareness of the realitices of Islam that are compliant withand its contribution to EU values;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the introduction of religious history programmes in school and university curricula;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 815 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Suggests the creation of a European Islamic Institute and Research Centre where scholars could conduct research on compatibilities between elements of practice of the Muslim religion and European values, and which could be called on to constitute a trusted advisory board for EU institutions and Member States;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 25
Acting against hate speech and extremist groups
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to implement the CT Directive under which incitement to commit a terrorist act is a criminal offence, in order to exclude hate preachers from public activity using all legal measures, including refusal of visas or expulsion from EU territory,to take all necessary measures to combat hate speech by using all appropriate legal measures and to start judicial proceedings against such preachersthose who spread hate speech;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 834 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to close without delay mosques and places of worship and ban associations that do not adhere to EUdemocratic values and incite to terrorist offences, hatred, discrimination or violence;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charitiesreligious education, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guaranteescan be gained as partners in a civil society effort to tackle hate speech, in particular by taking a clear commitment against any kind of so-called anti-NGO laws that are used in some countries to choke civil society;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts while strictly guaranteeing the right to freedom of expression, including artistic expression; asks for such literature to be removabled from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unitfollowing a judicial decision;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 855 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts; asks forthat such literature is able to be removed from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unita court decision;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to act against satellite TV channels propagating hate speech in accordance with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive; requests the Commission to prepare an analysis of possible legislative changes in the Directive in order to improve the effectiveness of blocking suchEU to act under legal supervision in accordance with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which makes it possible to combat hate speech able to be spread by satellite TV channels broadcasting from third countries;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights that Member States have to ensure that all educational institutions provide education in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, through checks on curricula, regular inspections and sanctions for non- compliance;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to establish binding procedures for schools for tackling the challguidelines based on the values of democracy, the rule of law and human rights for schools, which offer the best defengce ofagainst the radicalisedation of pupils, and to offer specialised training for teachers with regard to this; stresses the need for involvement of law enforcement and justice bodies in the process of addressing radicalisation;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; requests the Commission to presentcalls on the Council and Parliament to consider all options for the development of a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hoursubject to legal review and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non-compliance;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and fullfast removal of terrorist content; requests the Commissinvites the European institutions to presentwork on possible options for a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hourafter ex-ante judicial verification and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non- compliance;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Underlines the importance the Internet has gained as a source of information for the general public and stresses that in order for Member States to effectively guarantee the right to receive and impart information as provided for in Article 11 of the Charter, a lenient approach is necessary when regulating content on the internet;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 906 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the creation of an online European platform that citizens can use in order to flag terrorist and extremist content online;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 918 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for involvement of social media and audiovisual companies, including public broadcasters, in developing and disseminating effective counter-narratives, also with the inclusion of victims;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 932 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on Member States to ensure safe and orderly prison conditions that respect human dignity, fundamental rights and the dignity of the inmates, and to create specific procedures for radicalised inmates, in order to prevent radicalisation of others, as well as to ensure targeted monitoring and targeted disengagement measures, and to train prison staff accordingly; calls on the Member States and the Commission to follow the recommendations contained within the European Parliament resolution of 5 October 2017 on prison systems and conditions;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 954 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Urges Member States to introduce a licensing system for chaplains accessing prisons, and calls on the Council, with support from the Commission, to draw up guidelines on this; calls on Member States to regularly evaluate and monitor the chaplains having access to prisons;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 973 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Urges Member States to ensure that they have the necessary technical equipment (for example mobile devices allowing the police to check the biometrics of a person during on-the-spot checks)and qualified human resources, the necessary technical equipment, software, security systems and qualified staff to make full use of the existing information systems and cooperation mechanisms;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 977 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Deplores the insufficient character of the security research being conducted, and calls for a specific programme on security research to be established in the next MFF; calls on the Member States to regularly organise foresight exercises looking into future threat scenarios; supports the continued funding by the Commission of the establishment of modernised databases and the provision of up-to-date technical equipment and training of staff, and calls for a more ambitious approach in this respectcalls on the Member States to regularly organise foresight exercises looking into future threat scenarios as part of civil security exercises;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 982 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Urges Member States to adopt the approach of ‘information sharing by default’ when it comes to sharing CT- related information, thus exchanging such information as a rule, and refraining from such exchange only in specific cases where circumstances require that it be withheld;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 994 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that existing opt-outs by some Member States from police and judicial cooperation measures for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences could endanger the speed and efficiency of terrorism investigations and may have detrimental effects; calls on Member States to abstain from opt-outs in this crucial field;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Regrets the current existence of 28 differentTakes note of the fragmentation in legal regimes for data retention, which is counter-productive for cooperation and information exchange; urgesithin the EU following several rulings from the Court of Justice; underlines that the Court does not consider the necessity and proportionality of such a measure to be established; takes the view that if the Commission is to put forward a legislative proposal on data retention, this should be fully in line with the requirements stemming from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, whilech takinges into account fundamental rights as well as the needs of the competent authorities and the specificities of the CT field;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1010 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Urges the Member States to systematically check all relevant databases and information systems and introduce all useful data in a timely manner;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1014 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls on the Member States to use to the extent possible all link categories and implement all search combinations provided in SIS, and to ensure appropriate staffing levels and sufficient technical support for the SIRENE Bureauall those working in this field, including knowledge of European data protection rules;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1021 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Urges the Member States to ensure that the relevant information available at local or regional level and in their databases is automatically uploaded where possible through smartuploaded through adequate technical solutions to national systems and, where appropriate, to relevant European databases whilst ensuring data quality standardsand protection standards in accordance with European legislation;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the deployment of a central automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) within SIS to enable end users to search SIS on the basis of fingerprint data; calls for the roll- out of the system by 2019; urges all Member States to implement the AFIS functionality of SIS immediately; notes that despite the legal basis of SIS II permitting the storage of fingerprints, such biometrics have so far only been used to confirm the identity of a person following a check on name or date of birth; believes that identification based solely on fingerprints would represent significant added value;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1029 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on Member States to ensure access to VIS for law enforcement authorities involved in CT operations and for a simplified procedure for such access;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1036 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for private planes, charter flights and travel agencies to be covered by the EU PNR Directive and for air carriers to be obliged to collect PNR data;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1042 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Member States to interconnect their PIUs in order to facilitate the exchange of PNR, data and calls on the Commission to propose technological solutions to make the exchange of PNR data less time- consuming and demanding in terms of human resources by automating the processing of requests from one PIU to another; encourages, therefore, projects such as the ISF project led by the Netherlands to develop PIU.net based upon the established FIU.net; asks the Commission, together with Europol, to support the development of joint targeting rules and risk assessments to be applied by the Member States, in order to enable Europol to search national PNR data with central algorithms;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1051 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on Member States to consider creating systems similar to PNR for other international modes of transport;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1059 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Calls on the Member States to make their PIUs multidisciplinary units, including personnel from customs, law enforcement and intelligence authorities, in order for the competent authorities to better share information;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1065 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on Member States to strengthen the Prüm network by updating their national processing systems to adapt to modern information technology; urges the Commission to further develop a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model to link national systems more efficiently via a central router;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1069 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. WelcomDuly notes the proposed regulations on interoperability, and calls for additional information systems, including decentralised European and national systems, to be included in the future; asks Member States to engage proactively in this process; is convinced that interoperability is vital for bringing all relevant and necessary information together, in particular identity data, while respecting access rights and purpose limitation;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Urges that the work for further evolution of the UMF standard be initiated immediately, with the close involvement of eu-LISA, in order to ensure that the standard meets the needs of future interoperable IT systems and can be a part of the coordinated work towards improving data quality in large-scale IT systems;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1076 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Calls for the delineation of harmonised minimum data quality standards for data input, to be established at EU level and applied across IT systems in order to ensure consistent quality of the data therein; urges eu-LISA to elaborate common indicators and checks and to develop a central monitoring capacity for data quality for all systems under its competence; calls for the implementation of automated data quality control mechanisms as proposed by the Commission; further recommends that when eu-LISA notes irregularities in its quality reports to the Member States, the Member State concerned should be obliged to correct the data or justify the lack of correction;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1079 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
52. Criticises the lack of appropriate funding and staffing for eu-LISA, considering its continuously increasing responsibilities; calls for eu-LISA to be reinforced with the additional capacity and resources needed to perform the new tasks efficiently, and for this to be reflected in the new MFF;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1085 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Calls on the Member States that have not yet done so to create national counter-terrorism ‘fusion centres’/coordination units, as well as coordinated databases, in order to centralise terrorism-related information and intelligence from all relevant national stakeholderauthorities;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
54. Calls on the Member States to explore new approaches to intensifying cooperation and exchange of information between law enforcement and intelligence services at national level, e.g. through secure pseudonymised hit/no hit search solutionsnsuring the right to privacy, the confidentiality of personal data and the right to non-discrimination is respected, whichle preserveing the necessary separation between law enforcement and intelligence work and the required principles of information ownership and source protection, and in criminal proceedings, especially regarding the admissibility of evidence;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
56. Calls on the Member States to examine the possibility of better coordination and cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement services at EU level by increasingly sending intelligence experts in addition to law enforcement staff to the meetings of the Counter-Terrorism Joint Liaison Team (CTJLT) at Europol, which could serve as a blueprint for further cooperation between law enforcement and intelligence; calls on the Commission to support the CTJLT, including special funding;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for Europol to becomeAcknowledges that Europol is a veritable hub for information exchange and cooperation in the field of counter- terrorism in the EU, if necessary with a stronger mandate;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
59. Calls for appropriate funding and staffing for Europol, considering its continuously increasing responsibilities and vital role in strengthening European law enforcement cooperation;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
60. Urges Member States to ensure full flexibility for contacts between Europol and the relevant authorities when it comes to terrorist offences, considering that in the field of CT speed is often essential; encourages Member States to use ‘on-the- spot deployments’ of Europol specialists, as this increases trust and reduces administrative burdens;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
61. Calls on Member States to establish the necessary secure national law enforcement communication infrastructure and to promote direct and decentralised connectivity of CT services to CT SIENA and EIS, as this would reinforce searches and cross-matches;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
62. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide enhanced financial and human resources, including data scientists and big data analysts, for the development of technical solutions to deal with the high volume of data to be analysed; calls for Europol to be tasked with further R&D projects, with a focus on standardisation and big data management for the benefit of Member States;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
63. Calls on the Member States to make full use of technical solutions to improve sharing of information with Europol, in particular by automating the process of uploading data to the Europol information system for cross-checking purposes, for example by using the ‘data loaders’ developed by Europol;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
64. Calls on Member States to ensure cooperation among all relevant stakeholders with a view to increasing the decryption abilities of the competent authorities; calls for the swift creation of a ‘Decryption Hub’ at Europol to develop decryption tools and expertise in order to better support Member States;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
66. Believes that operational agreements with third countries are indispensable inmay prove beneficial to Europol's work, and welcomes the fact that the Commission is currently negotiating operational agreements with eight countries from the Mediterranean and North Africa (MENA) region provided they respect fundamental rights and are not reached with States that do not have a clear definition of terrorism; calls for these agreements to comply with standards relating to fundamental rights; requests the renegotiation of operational agreements with particular close partners, such as the EFTA countries, eventually granting them improved access to Europol’s information systems;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
67. Calls on Eurojust to continue enlarging its network of contact points in third countries, and encourages the posting to Eurojust of more liaison prosecutors, for example from the Western Balkans;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67 a. Is concerned about Interpol notices, particularly red notices, issued by certain third countries that use them for political purposes, thus impeding international cooperation in CT;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
71. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of a legislative proposal that obliges service providers and communications platforms present on the EU market to cooperate when it comes to encrypted communications if there is a judicial decision to that effect;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
72. Calls for the swift adoption ofDuly notes the Commission proposals for a regulation and directive aimed at improving cross-border access to electronic evidence; requests online service providers (OSPs)does, however, believe it is more appropriate to improvide se and develop the existing le points of contact for law enforcement/judiciary requestsgal support system before adopting a new cooperation system that is likely to have a profound impact on fundamental rights; strongly urges the Commission to assess how appropriate the new proposals are for improving the effectiveness of legal support;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
74. Stresses the need to introduce a biometric matching service so as to prevent people using multiple identities with the help of real passports issued by third countries using alternative names; stresses the need to feed the relevant databases by making use of biometric data, including through the further development of facial recognition technology;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
75. WelcomDuly notes the Commission proposal to the effect that information on long-stay visas and residence permits, including biometrics, for third country nationals should be included in the Visa Information System; is concerned about the potential consequences for a certain number of third-country nationals regarding right of asylum;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
76. Encourages the Commission to continueCondemns negotiations with third countries on return and readmission and calls on the Commission to evaluate whether the Return Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC) provides an adequate legal framework for the return of irregular migrants who pose as asylum seekers but in fact have terrorist motives and are a clear risk to public securityseeking asylum;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
77. EncouragesCalls on the Member States to solely use the revised visa waiver suspension mechanism under exceptional circumstances, effectively notifying circumstances which might lead to a suspension of a third country’s visa waiver, such as a substantial increase in the risk to public policy or internal securityjustify this suspension;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)
77 a. Duly notes legislative modifications concerning external border checks; is concerned about the risks posed to the right of asylum and to principles of non-discrimination and data protection, and the fact that legislation is geared more towards dealing with irregular immigration than organised crime and terrorism;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
78. Calls on the Member States to make it compulsory for airport operators to conduct conformity checks when passengers board a plane in order to make sure that the identity stated on the ticket matches the ID card or passport in the passenger’s possession;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
79. Calls on the Member States to adopt minimum standards for the guards they contribute to the Rapid Reaction Pool of the EBCGA; calls on EBCGA to undertake more simulated joint exercises on present and future activities and challenges;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
80. Calls on the co-legislators to consider providing EBCGA with a specific mandate for processing operational personal data suited to its operational role, including in the prevention and detection of cross-border crime and terrorism at the EU’s external borders; believes that such a mandate should allow for sufficient data retention periods and for the exchange of personal data with CSDP missions, Europol and Eurojust and, in specific circumstances and with the necessary safeguards, with third countries;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
81. Notes that suspects whose personal data was previously processed by the EBCGA will disappear in the analytical system after 90 days and appear as unknown/new suspects; calls, therefore, for the extension of the retention period of personal data managed by the EBCGA related to suspects of cross-border crime and terrorism up to a period of 3 years, similarly to the retention period of Europol and Eurojust;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82
82. Considers it important for EBCGA to have access to all relevant databases and information systems, especially the SIS, but also the EES, the VIS, Eurodac and the Europol information system, not only for the work of the border management teams, but also for analytical purposes related to new phenomena at the external borders and to changes in border movements or modus operandi;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83
83. Calls on the co-legislators to make it compulsory for EBCGA to share urgent information with the Member States within 24 hours;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
84. Calls on Member States to introduce the systematic and swift reporting to EBCGA of information coming from national investigations into incidents and illegal activities at border crossing points and irregular entry/exit movements, in order to create a comprehensive situational picture;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
85. Calls on the Member States, Frontex and Europol to establish a European Targeting Centre within Frontex that constitutes a joint venture with the national authorities and Europol; believes this centre should assist with the advance identification of travellers who pose a threat to the security of the EU and should function as a ‘round-the-clock’ service for national border guards when there are doubts regarding certain individuals; recommends the use of sophisticated software to increase the effectiveness of targeting and cooperation with international partners in this area;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
86. Welcomes Europol’s participation in the law enforcement cell of the US-led Operation Gallant Phoenix (OGP) in Jordan, whereby it processes information obtained from the battlefield and exchanges it through established channels and procedures with Member States’ law enforcement authorities via the Europol National Units;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
87. Encourages all relevant actors to enter battlefield information, systematically and without delay, in the relevant databases so as to enable the immediate identification of foreign terrorist fighters when they try to cross the external borders;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
88. Calls for the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia to be extended and its territorial scope enlarged with a view to better responding to changing migration patterns such as ghost landings from Tunisia, and for the fight against terrorism to be specifically included in its mandate;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
89. Welcomes in this regardNotes the creation of a crime information cell within EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia, composed of staff members from relevant law enforcement authorities of Member States, Frontex and Europol, in order to improve information sharing between them;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
90. Calls on the Member States to reassess the possibility of a new UN Security Council resolution allowing Operation Sophia to take operational measures against vessels and related assets inside the coastal states’ territory which are suspected of being used for human smuggling or trafficking, oil smuggling, violating the UN arms embargo or terrorism-related offences;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
91. EncouragesCalls on Member States to implement all European instruments relating to the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism; urges the Commission to ensure these instruments are transposed and that they function properly; calls on Member States and third countries to implement the FATF recommendations, as well as the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation adopted by the FATF in February 2012 (the so-called ‘revised FATF Recommendations’), without delay;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
98. Calls for the establishment of a European Union Terrorist Financing Tracking System (TFTS) for transactions by individuals with links to terrorism and its financing made within the Single Euro Payments Area, which would be complementary to the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP) in the US;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99 a. Emphasises the vital importance of financial intelligence and tax information in CT; regrets that, in several Member States, agencies combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism are amongst the intelligence services to receive the worst funding; calls on Member States to boost their human resources and their financial resources significantly in investigation and law enforcement to combat tax evasion and tax fraud that may be financing criminal or terrorist activities;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110
110. Believes that a system must be set up for car rental agencies to check the identity of clients against police databases, showing only a red or green flag;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 111
111. Welcomes the cross-border exercise to improve the protection of soft targets against terrorist attacks, involving Belgium and the Netherlands, which took place in June 2017; notes that the exercise was funded by the Commission and aimed at measuring preparedness and crisis management functions in a situation where two attacks take place simultaneously in different countries;deleted
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
112. Observes that regulated explosives precursor substances and mixtures continue to bare accessed by terrorists; welcomes, therefore, the proposal of April 2018 for a regulation on the marketing and use of explosives precursors;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 119
119. Highlights the importance of upgrading the regulatory framework on firearms, in order to avoid illicitmonitor their sales and use as effectively as possible and to avoid firearms being trafficked from both within and outside the EU; calls for the loopholes in the existing firearms legislation to be closed, for example by taking measures to stop the circulation of easy-to-convert blank-firing guns, Flobert guns and alarm pistols;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 122
122. Calls for the intensification of EU cooperation with neighbouring countries in the area of CT in such a way that human rights and a clear definition of the notion of terrorism are strictly observed; considers that the EU must maintain a global approach to CT, with a specific focus on cooperation with key third countries on the basis of clearly defined priorthat respect democratic values, the Rule of Law, human rights and do not use CT as a front to suppress political oppositieson;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 123
123. Considers that CT is a field which requires concrete expertise, including on related aspects such as fundamental rights, particularly rights of victims; calls, therefore, for the deepening of professionalisation of the EU network in this area, in particular by granting CT operative personnel coming from Member States a better and longer integration into the EU structure, beyond a single assignment within an EU delegation; considers that posting within the EU institutions would maximise expertise and use of competences in the field of CT;
2018/09/12
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 124
124. Calls for the simplification of the EU restrictive measures system in order to make it an effective tool in the area of CT;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
125. Calls on the Commission to strengthen support to third countries, especially neighbouring countries, in their efforts to tackle crime and trafficking as a source of terrorist financing;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 a (new)
125a. Is concerned about cooperation for counter-terrorism purposes with regimes that do not respect human rights; emphasises that the security concerns of certain neighbouring countries are not identical to and cannot be reconciled with the threats faced by the European Union and that the information supplied by these regimes is often partial, biased or skewed and may be used against nationals from those countries who are seeking asylum in the European Union;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 b (new)
125b. Asks the Member States to ban violent groups linked to third countries’ channels of influence in Europe, along the lines of the decision by the German Government to ban the group ‘Osmanen Germania’;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
126. Calls on the Commission to analyse the different options for establishing an EU Coordination Centre for victims of terrorism (CCVT), which should provide timely and adequate crisis support in cases of mass attacks in one or several Member States; considers that the role of the CCVT would be to ensure the provision of expertise at EU level by promoting exchange of knowledge and best practices;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128
128. Calls on the Commission to put forward aevaluate and guarantee the implementation of European instruments on victims, and in particular Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA; calls on the Commission to follow the recommendations in the European Parliament’s Resolution of 30 May 2018 on the implementation of that Directive; calls on the Commission to prepare an impact analysis for a new legislative proposal on the victims of terrorism, to includinge a clear definition of their specific status and rights, and a standardised form to claim compensation; considers that there should be a simplified procedure at national level for granting automatic compensation to victims of terrorism directly after an attack and for sanctioning fraudsters, and that the question of further compensation should be reviewed at regular intervals on the basis of an assessment of the victim’s situation;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134
134. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of amending the European Solidarity Fund to include compensation of victims in the event of large-scale terror attacks, in order to support Member States when needed and in cross-border casesases where the nationals of more than one Member State are involved;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135
135. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all victims of terrorism are entitled to be a partyparticipate in judicial proceedings relating to a terrorist attack concerning them and to take into account the specific situation of cross-border victims;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1488 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135 a (new)
135a. Calls for legislation in the field of terrorism and national, regional and local response strategies for protection, resilience and response in the event of an attack to take into account the specific needs and circumstances of vulnerable people or people with disabilities; further calls for the involvement of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in any decision-making that affects them;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1491 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -136 (new)
-136. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all emergency legislation on counter-terrorism complies with the principles of purpose, proportionality and necessity, and that the measures taken within this context are clearly defined, limited in time and subject to due democratic scrutiny; emphasises that this emergency legislation is not always the most relevant action to take and that it has been shown that its effects are only significant when used over a very short- term period; is concerned about the transposition of emergency provisions into the ordinary legislation of various Member States when these emergency measures are diverted from their aims and used to suppress social movements and undermine freedom of movement and expression1a; __________________ 1a Amnesty International report, ‘Dangerously disproportionate’, 2017
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -136 a (new)
-136a. Calls on the Commission and the Fundamental Rights Agency to examine the challenges that exist in this field and to identify best practice within the Member States which takes into account the specific circumstances of vulnerable people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to encourage the exchange of best practice and to develop guidance in this respect;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136
136. Calls for the Member States and the EU institutions, when adopting and applying CT measures, to find the right balance between the different fundamental rights involved; considers in this respect that, while privacy is a fundamental right, the first priority should lie in protecting people’s fundamental rights to life and security;deleted
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136 a (new)
136a. Considers that while citizens have a right to security, they also have a right to safety and must therefore be protected against any arbitrary measure which the context of counter-terrorism only justifies in exceptional circumstances, such as violations of the right to life;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR
Amendment 1506 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136 b (new)
136b. Calls on the Member States and EU institutions, when adopting and applying counter-terrorism measures, to respect fundamental rights, which are not obstacles to but, on the contrary, the prerequisites for an effective framework for counter-terrorism and are a vital precondition in order to avoid ideological point-scoring by the terrorists themselves; considers that any arbitrary action should be combated; considers, in particular, that everyone is entitled to a fair trial;
2018/09/13
Committee: TERR