7 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2013/2078(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Union is going through a period of economic and financial crisis, and also a democratic and constitutional crisis, as demonstrated by recent events in certain Member States, and whereas these tensions have highlighted the lack of appropriate instruments to cope with this crisis, as well as the difficulties in applying the mechanisms provided for in the existing treaties, in particular Article 7 of the EU Treaty;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that it is essential for the European Union, its institutions and the Member States to guarantee respect for the common European values set out in Article 2 of the EU Treaty, that all the instruments currently provided for in the treaties in this regard urgently need to be applied and implemented, and that where necessary amendments to the treaties should be prepared;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
(c) carry out objective and comparative assessments, for each fundamental right or subject and for each institution and Member State individually, of all instruments relating to human rights, such as the ECHR, Council of Europe and UN documents, NGOs, etc. (FRA reports, Commission annual reports, Parliament annual reports, Council annual reports);
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its concern about the instances of violation of human dignity which are still occurring in the Union and in certain Member States, whose victims particularly include minorities, asylum- seekers, migrants, people suspected of having links with terrorism and people who are deprived of their freedom; stresses that the public authorities must abide by the absolute prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, carry out swift, effective, independent in-depth investigations into any breach and prosecute those responsible;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the fact that fundamental rights are part of Union primary law, and that Union fundamental rights have to be respected when Union law is applied, by any court or authority, be it on Union or national level;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and xenophobic violence and violence against migrants, which have reached alarming levels in certain Member States, in the absence of strong action by the authorities;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the independent, equitable, effective, egalitarian and just administration of justice, within reasonable time limits, is fundamental to democracy and the rule of law and to their credibility; expresses its concern about the numerous breaches which have occurred in this context, as demonstrated by the number of cases in which the European Court of Human Rights has found against States; stresses that any impunity on grounds of a position of power, force or influence over persons or the judicial or political authorities cannot be tolerated in the European Union;