Activities of Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Points out that the Brussels corruption scandal highlighted how NGOs that function in a completely non- transparent manner have received considerable amounts of EU money in the past years; points out that the NGO ‘No Peace Without Justice’, which is one of the NGOs in the middle of the Brussels corruption scandal, has received millions of euros from the European Commission;

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that current EU instruments are ~~likely~~ insufficient for achieving proportionate transparency goals concerning NGO funding;

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that in 2018 the European Court of Auditors (ECA) drew attention to the fact that the European Commission’s funds to NGOs cannot be properly monitored, since there are no effective oversight mechanisms available; highlights that between 2014 and 2017, 11.3 billion euros of EU taxpayers’ money was allocated to NGOs, while it is clear that the Commission did not have sufficiently detailed information on how the money was spent;1a _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR18_35/SR_NGO_FUNDING_ EN.pdf

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls for a review of the current rules governing the financing and transparency of NGOs; calls on the Commission to demand maximum transparency and accountability from all NGOs that are involved in EU decision- making, with special regard to the NGOs that receive EU money; calls on the Commisssion to stop giving privileges and exemptions to NGOs, especially when it comes to their transparency and accountability;

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to develop a clear picture of the NGOs that receive EU funding, what this funding is used for, and the extent to which EU- funded NGOs receive and are influenced by other funding sources;

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2122(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Calls on the Commission to put in place a system where NGOs are obliged to provide detailed public information about EU and other sources of funding on their websites;

2023/10/24
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates that an independent judiciary is the backbone of the rule of law, as it is a precondition for an effective remedy when rights and freedoms are withheld or violated; underlines that an independent and effective judiciary is vital for the implementation of EU law, given that the Commission relies on the national judicial authorities to enforce EU law; expresses its concern that this ‘presumption of compliance’ becomes the ‘pretence of compliance’ when the Commission ignores national judicial authorities’ shortcomings; notes with concern that while some judicial systems may be robust on paper, in some cases they are not immune to state capture, political interference or nepotism; is aware of the fact that this is difficult to detect by simply assessing the formal structures; therefore urges the Commission to conduct a more qualitative analysis, including contextual elementsacknowledges that the organization of the judiciary is a competence of the Member States under Article 5 of the TEU;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the Commission finds wide disparities between EU Member States in terms of judicial independence and safeguards; notes that the report mentions a number of positive initiatives and ongoing developments concerning the Councils of the Judiciary, notably in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Finland and Hungary; highlights, however, that an independent assessment shows that of the four ‘super milestones’ related to the independence of the judiciary in Hungary only one can be considered fully implemented;28 notes that the Commission finds that concerns on the Councils for the Judiciary still have to be addressed in Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Spain and Cyprus; notes with concern that disciplinary proceedings may be used as a means to curtail judicial independence, as is the case in Poland and Bulgaria; notes that the Commission has, finally, referred Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for violations of EU law by its Constitutional Tribunalnotes that the Commission finds that concerns on the Councils for the Judiciary still have to be addressed in Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Spain and Cyprus; regrets the lack of equal standards when it comes to addressing judicial independence in the EU; __________________ 28 Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Updated summary assessment on Hungary’s compliance with the four super milestones aimed at restoring the independence of the judiciary, 9 October 2023.

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Considers that membership of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should be a precondition for receiving EU funds; reiterates its call for an expansion of the mandate of EPPO;~~deleted

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Acknowledges the crucial role civil society and a healthy civic space play in upholding and protecting the rule of law, and reiterates its call for a separate chapter to be dedicated to the condition of civil society in Member States; notes that the Commission finds that Malta, Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Germany have announced or initiated efforts to improve the framework for civil society, and finds that civil society faces particular challenges in Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Italy and France~~, and continued serious systemic restrictions in Hungary and Poland~~; calls on all Member States to accept civil society organisations (CSOs) as important stakeholders in democratic life and to create an enabling environment for civil society;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Notes that democratic and~~Underlines that the annual rule of law backsliding and the undermining of minority rights often go hand in hand, once more underlining the need for a comprehensive approach to monitoring democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF) in the future reports; regrets the lack of progress on protectreport should not be used to carry out ideological campaigns against individual Member States while hiding behind minority protection and perceived freedom rights; calls on the Commission to refrain from interfering min~~orities across the EU; condemns hate speech, including by government or political officials, against minority groups~~ the competences of Member States and to respect their constitutional identity;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. ~~Recognis~~Underlines that the annual rule of law re~~port has become a benchmark for the EU institutions’ work on rule of law issues in the EU and in specific Member States~~view cycle is a tool created by the Commission which has no legal basis in the Treaties; regrets that the rule of law report often portrays political demands that fall outside the competence of the Union as general requirements for the rule of law; underlines that this fully discredits the rule of law report as a whole;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Regrets the fact that the annual rule of law report does not present an objective and substantiated picture of the rule of law situation in Member States; notes with concern that the Commission often reiterates the opinion of civil society organisations that are financed from abroad or by the Commission itself without verifying these allegations and presenting justification or evidence; notes with concern that the Commission ignores the position of the constitutional organs of the Member States and rather takes into account the politically biased opinions of certain civil society organisations; believes that more time should be devoted to the Commission’s understanding of national constitutional traditions and specificities;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. ~~Acknowledg~~Notes that the Commission's rule of law report has become more comprehensive since its inception in 2020; ~~regrets, however, that the 2023 edition of the report was not significantly expanded by adding a comprehensive new pillar; reiterates its position that the report should cover the full scope of the~~deplores the fact, however, that Member States are not scrutinised according to the same indicators and methodology; regrets that the 2023 annual report often contains factually unfounded findings based on valgue~~s of Article 2 TEU, as these cannot be seen~~ concerns, value judgements and double standards in ~~iso~~relation~~; calls on the Commission to expand the scope of~~ to some Member States; notes with concern the improper methodology and the lack of uniform standards in the report ~~next year~~;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Considers that the conclusions of the 2023 report are often built on the findings of political activist NGOs funded from abroad; notes that the disproportionate number of references to findings of such NGOs entails that the Commission outsourced the work on the report to NGOs without checking the factual correctness of their statements; considers that the sources of the report are one-sided and politically biased, and thus, its findings are inaccurate and cannot be relied upon;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Is concerned that the Commission~~, in its ef~~ uses the respect fort to be factual and even- handed, sometimes ends up being too diplomatic and imprecise when identifying rule of law problems in Member States; regrets that the use of euphemistic language and the artificially equal number of conclusions and recommendhe rule of law and fundamental rights as a pretext to put political pressure on certain Member States to change their policies in fields such as migrations p~~er Member State conceals the very real differences between Member States; believes that the assessment of the fulfilment of the recommendat~~olicy or family law; underlines that the Commissions should be more precise and qualitative, not relying only on legislative changes but also on real and independent evidence of their implementation in practice; notes the sometimes stark differences between the summaries of country chapters and the in-depth content of the chapnot use the report and other mechanisms to excerpt pressure on Member States as regards the handling of specific cases; underlines that political debaters ~~themselves, suggesting an editorial intervention~~should not be disguised as legal debates;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. ~~Condemn~~Notes the total lack of progress in the ongoing Article 7(1) TEU procedures; urges the Council to address all new developments affecting the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights; reiterates its call on the Council to address recommendations in the framework of this procedure, underlining that any further delaying of such action would amount to a breach of the rule of law principle by the Council itself; insists that Parliament’s role and competences be respectedclose the procedures immediately as they are openly political procedures which harm European cooperation and destroy European unity;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Calls on the Commission to ~~include, strictly monitor and safeguard the DRF conditions in all budgetary instruments and processes; calls on the Commission in this regard not to~~ unblock ~~any~~ cohesion funds for Hungary ~~unless all enabling~~as conditions have been fully met and the judiciary in that Member State can be considered fully independent on paper and in practice; calls on the Commission and the Council to apply the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation further and without delay where needed, and not to lift the measures adopted in the case of Hungary until all the milestones have been effectively fulfilled; calls on the Commission to rigorously verify that the rule of law related milestones in the various Member State recovery and resilience plans are fulfilled as a condition for disbursing funding when Member States make payment requests; calls on the Commission to assign the primary responsibility for the application of these conditions to the Commissioners responsible for the rule of lawlift the measures adopted in the case of Hungary under the Conditionality Regulation; calls on the Commission to stop using legal tools and mechanisms to excerpt political pressure on certain Member States;

2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas this Council decision would be a first step in creating the necessary legal basis to adopt, as a second step, a common legal framework to combat hate speech and hate crime across the EU; whereas such a common legal framework is urgently needed to combat hate speech and hate crime on a common European basis in order to ensure consistent protection of the potential victims of such acts across the Union;deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas the Council has yet to adopt a decision~~; whereas some Member States have been blocking concrete progress on this specific file in the Council~~ due to the absence of unanimity as required under Article 83(1) TFEU;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas Article 83(1) TFEU requires unanimity in the Council to identify ‘other areas of crime’; whereas ~~this requirement proved detrimental to achieving necessary common progress in an area~~, under Article 83(1) TFEU, the proposal for a directive defining the concept of hate crime can be submitted only after the Council decision has been adopted; whereas the drafting of a sufficiently clear and precise legal text is hampered by the fact that there is no single concept of hate crimes accepted either at European or at international level, and, moreover, the interpretation in this regard differs widely between the Commission and the Court of Justice on the one hand, and the Member States on the other; whereas the ~~common European interest should prevail~~re were never any identifiable fundamental problems with the current content of Union crimes, until the planned extension – with regard to hate crimes and, in particular, to hate speech – the fundamental problem is that there is no consensus on its content, since that content is impacted in its foundations by the Member States’ cultural determination;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Urges the Council to ~~adopt a decision to include~~continue the dialogue with the Member States about the inclusion of hate speech and hate crime as a criminal offence within the list under Article 83(1) TFEU~~, so that the Commission can initiate the second stage of the procedure~~;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Draws the Commission’s attention to the excessively brief and generic formulation, which would give almost ‘carte blanche’ to the extension of the range of European crimes; emphasises that, as a result, it would be appropriate to make clear in the proposal exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred would be worth including under Article 83(1) TFEU;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Urges the Member States to agree with the draft decision or at least not to oppose its adoption;~~deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Deplores the fact that Article 83 TFEU requires unanimity in the Council, and calls for the passerelle clause to be activa~~deleted;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Asks the Commission to submit a proposal which, taking into account Member States’ rules of criminal law and practice, makes clear its position on exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred it would include under Article 83(1) TFEU; asks the Commission to draw up a clear and precise normative text by means of dialogue and negotiations among Member States, thereby ensuring that the expansion of Union competences takes place exclusively in areas where a Union approach can undeniably be more effective than action at national level;

2023/09/12
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37

– having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2022 on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded18 , _________________ 18 OJ C 125, 5.4.2023, p. 463.deleted

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 TEU and the Charter; whereas these values should be shared by Member States;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the prevalence of discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin remains ~~consistently high, both over time and across different population groups in different~~an issue in different Member States, this being especially palpable among already disadvantaged groups living in poverty and social isolation; whereas discrimination of national and linguistic minorities is also a significant issue in some Member States; whereas antisemitism, antigypsism, islamophobia and racism are persistent forms of hatred and discrimination; ~~whereas far-right extremism poses a particular threat to persons affected by discrimination and to society as a whole;~~

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas hate speech and hate crimes disproportionately affect women; whereas young women, Roma women, women from ethnic backgrounds, women in poverty and women in the public sphere are targeted by hate speech in particular; whereas women belonging to vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities living in poverty and social exclusion experience exacerbated discrimination hate speech and hate crimes with hate and disparaging language being a daily occurrence for these women;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the horizontal enabling conditions for the freezing of EU funding to fight corruption and rule of law backsliding in Member States; stresses that funds restricted through different conditionality measures must only be released when key rule of law, corruption and human rights concerns are genuinely and adequately addressed; calls on the European Council to determine whether Hungary has committed serious and persistent breaches of EU values under Article 7(2) TEU;deleted

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Condemns ~~the rise in~~ antisemitic, anti-Roma, anti-Islamic and racist incidents in the EU; deplores that incidents of discrimination, racist and xenophobic crimes are often not reported to the authorities, which leads to de facto impunity; stresses the need for awareness raising campaigns, improved education and training enabling the social inclusion of Roma and other minorities by involving them in activism and decision making processes and promoting social inclusion strategies;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Condemns the discrimination of national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises the importance of family and family policy in addressing women’s rights issues and demographic issues across the EU, an aging Union population and low fertility rates that are urgent concerns for every Member State; underlines that swift action needs to be taken to address the demographic issue of an aging population by enabling citizens to start families and have multiple children without a heavy financial strain; underlines that this can be encouraged by family support schemes, such as financial schemes, as well as supporting mothers’ return to employment with access to childcare facilities, family-friendly working time arrangements, adequate maternity and paternity leave and social funds, tax breaks and pensions to support families;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the fact that the Commission for the first time invoked an isolated violation of Article 2 TEU when it referred the Hungarian ‘child protection law’, which camouflaged other objectives, to the CJEU;deleted

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Notes that child poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon stemming from household poverty, meaning that low-income and unemployed families, single-parent families –often made up of women and their children –large families, families living in disadvantaged regions and families from different ethnic or national backgrounds are at greater risk of poverty, therefore this phenomenon requires a structural, complex multidimensional response, which necessarily includes improving employment and job security, guaranteeing and enforcing rights, increasing income, addressing infrastructural deficiencies, expanding transport opportunities especially present in disadvantaged regions and ensuring universal access to quality public services such as education, healthcare, social care, quality housing and essential utilities;

2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE

2023/0135(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 a (new)

Article 25a Corruption offences committed by EU officials The competent national authorities shall pay particular attention to ensuring that corruption offences committed by EU officials are subject to effective investigation and that criminal proceedings are brought without delay. The competent national authorities shall immediately inform the national parliaments where criminal proceedings have been brought against EU officials for corruption offences.

2023/10/16
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Supports~~Notes with concern the proposals made by the plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (‘the Conference’) of 9 May 2022 in relation to the field of civil liberties, justice and home affairs1 ; calls upon the Union to more systematically uphold the rule of law principles and ensure fundamental rights protection, and to scrutinize respect for these values and principles, both in the accession of new members and continually across all Union policies and across the Member States; _________________ 1 In particular the following proposals: 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45. which do not reflect consensus, and therefore lack sufficient legitimacy; calls upon the Member States and the Union to uphold the rule of law principles and ensure fundamental rights protection on an equal basis without the application of double standards, and to ensure respect for these values and principles, both in the accession of new members and continually across all Union policies and across the Member States with full respect to their national competences and the principle of subsidiarity; underlines that the Union institutions must also adhere to the rule of law when they act; rejects the abuse of the concept of the rule of law for political aims and its use for political blackmailing;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Calls for the abolishment of all unanimity requirements in the Treaties for adopting legislation in the area of freedom, security and justice, including for the use of passerelle clauses;~~deleted

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the Union’s main political instrument to address and reverse systemic rule of law threats and violations in the Member States, Article 7 TEU, has been wholly ineffective as the rule of law situation further deteriorated since the activation of the procedure in relation to both Poland and Hungary;2 therefore, considers it necessary to reform Article 7 TEU as follows: to change the Council voting thresholds of Article 7(1) TEU from four-fifths majority to qualified majority voting, and of Article 7(2) TEU from unanimity to a four-fifths majority; to involve the institution which triggers Article 7(1) TEU throughout the procedure;3 to require the Council to periodically organize hearings, draft country-specific recommendations and evaluate their implementation under Article 7(1) TEU; to involve the Parliament and the Commission in drafting modalities for the 7(1) TEU hearings;4 to allow the Parliament to trigger Article 7(2) TEU; to invite the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (‘FRA’) to give its input during the Article 7(1) hearings; _________________ 2 European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (2020/2513(RSP)); European Parliament resolution of 5 May 2022 on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (2022/2647(RSP)). 3 European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (2020/2513(RSP)). 4 European Parliament resolution of 7 October 2020 on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (2020/2072(INI).objective of an "ever closer union" must be deleted from the Treaties as integration is not an end in itself, but a means to the fulfilment of national freedom; rejects the constant overriding of national interests and of traditional values with the support of Union institutions;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the Treaties currently do not contain a legal basis to introduce legislation to defend the common values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that this absence has seriously limited the Union in creating suitable mechanisms to redress national threats to the common values; calls for the inclusion of such a provision, which would allow the Union, through the ordinary legislative procedure, to introduce new mechanisms for the structural monitoring and assessment of the developments as regards the common values in each Member State, including annual reports on the situation as regards the Article 2 TEU values in each of the Member States, and to issue country- specific recommendations and impose measures in case of lack of remedial actionUnderlines that Europe's Christian roots and culture are the basis of European integration, and that they serve as a moral compass in uncertain times; points out that this principle must appear in the Treaties;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Underlines that the competences exercised by the Union's institutions must be reviewed and set out in a detailed catalogue in the Treaties, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity; notes that the political and ideological neutrality of the European Commission must be recorded in the Treaties; notes that the practice of outsourcing activities to politically biased civil society organizations in the framework of preparing the annual rule of law report by the Commission must be prohibited;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls for the inclusion of the effective possibility in the Treaties to allow for national parliaments to stop unwanted legislation at the Union level, as well as of the possibility for governments and national parliaments to initiate Union legislation; calls for the adoption of a general "emergency brake clause" in order to protect Member States' constitutional identity;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Highlights that Europe has a responsibility to protect present and future generations; underlines that the tackling of the demographic challenge and the support of families should appear as objectives defined in the Treaties;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Calls for the protection of the rights and support by the Treaties of national minorities living in the territory of the European Union;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Considers it necessary to give the CJEU full jurisdiction on the common foreign and security policy in view of the potential impact of those policy areas on Article 2 TEU values and the fundamental rights protection, which is moreover an essential requirement towards accession of the Union to the European Convention for Human Rights;deleted

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the introduction in the TFEU of a new shared Union competence for setting up an effective legal framework against disinformation and on holding media undertakings, social networks, and online platforms responsible to counter disinformation;deleted

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Believes these form a sound basis to respond to calls from citizens expressed at the Conference6 which included strengthening the EU’s role on legal migration, on asylum, on addressing irregular migration, and on strengthening the protection of the European Union's external borders, while respecting fundamental rights, as well as for reform of the common European asylum system and for applying common rules uniformly in all Member States on the reception of migrants and for improving integration policies in all Member States; _________________ 6 Recommendations Nos 41 to 45, see https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/l ibrary/media/20220509RES29121/202205 09RES29121.pdfUnderlines the right of all peoples and nations to decide who they want to live with in their country; stresses that this right must be clearly guaranteed in the Treaties;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses however that action at EU level remains incomplete due to the institutional imbalance between the co- legislators; recommends therefore that the ordinary legislative procedure apply to all Union policies on border checks, asylum and immigration, including for the evaluation of the implementation of those policies (Article 70 TFEU); calls for competences to be fully shared between the EU and the Member States, including for harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States, which at the moment excludes integration measures, even though integration is the natural end point for efforts to develop common rules from the arrival of third- country nationals into the EU and is a key part of the implementation of the Common European Asylum Systemthat the past seven years have proven that real and effective solutions to stop illegal migration to the EU were found at the Member State level; stresses that as there is no unanimous political agreement among Member States on how to tackle migration, competences related to immigration must be transferred back to the Member States;

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

~~17. Calls for the introduction of a Union competence in Article 82 TFEU to establish minimum conditions for detention and custody.~~deleted

2022/12/15
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission to improve its monitoring on the use of EU funds~~, including considering the suspension, withdrawal and recovery of payments if the obligation to respect fundamental rights is breached~~; stresses that segregational settings ~~and small group homes~~ should not be financed with EU funds;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Exhorts the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness and carry out clearly structured consultations with the participation and involvement of the people directly affected and the civil society organisations that support and represent the communities affected in order to acquire a real understanding of disabilities at all levels of society;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Denounces the fact that some groups of persons with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victim of any kind of violence, such as women and girls, children, elderly people, homeless people, detainees, migrants and refugees, Roma people and ~~LGBTIQ+ people~~people belonging to other minorities and having other disadvantages or living on the periphery of society; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific challenges, rights and needs of these people through specialised measures to ensure access to victim support services and protection and to remove barriers to reporting violence;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges the Commission, particularly with a view to the next European elections in 2024, to work with the Member States to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities to vote and stand as a candidate; calls on the Member States to consider the use of proxy votes, which have already been adopted and work well in certain Member States, and calls on the Member States that use proxy votes to consider the stringency of the deadline for casting a proxy vote, taking due account of temporary and unexpected changes in the living situations of persons with disabilities;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to take measures to facilitate access to and the enjoyment of inclusive, integrated, quality education for all students with disabilities in line with the CRPD and include disability-specific indicators from the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to deploy financial resources to create jobs and provide diverse forms of support to help persons with disabilities become economically active and to join and be integrated into the labour market; calls on the Commission also to expand infrastructure to support existing small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational firms in order to promote the employment of persons with disabilities;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Points out to the Commission the importance of ensuring that the rules safeguarding a changed capacity for work are expressed clearly in every social and economic sphere and, in the event of discrimination, that consequential penalties are applied in view of the potentially cumulative nature of cases involving people with multiple disadvantages;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Points out to the Commission that the guarantees aligned with universal rights should also be available to people with disabilities; stresses the importance of ensuring that their employment is full of opportunities, optional, ensured by local infrastructure and free from discrimination, and that it offers equal opportunities and fair and equal pay;

2022/09/07
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of 18 February 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI)),

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)

— having regard to the report by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of 24 October 2013 on gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies (2013/2066(INI)),

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)

— having regard to the report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of 4 September 2020 on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe (2020/2011(INI)),

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas according to the FRA, racial discrimination and harassment remain normalised throughout the EU10 ; whereas racism and extrem~~e right-wing sentiment~~ist views and ideology continue to pose serious challenges in our Union; _________________ 10 https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2019/rising- inequalities-and-harassment-fundamental- rights-protection-falters

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to assess the implementation of the current EU legal framework for combating discrimination, racism, ~~xenophobi~~discrimination against Roma and other types of intolerance in order to determine how to improve it where needed, and to take part in a regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; ~~but deplores that the position of anti-muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021~~at the same time, calls on the Commission to set up the position and appoint a coordinator for Roma integration;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to review the Racial Equality Directive against the criteria for reducing discrimination against Roma people, with the participation of Roma experts and greater emphasis on promoting the work of Equinet; calls on the Member States to embrace the opportunities afforded by digital technology, which will allow hate crimes and online forms of discrimination to be monitored more quickly and accurately;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the Member States, in the spirit of combating racism, to place greater emphasis on equal opportunities issues and the creation of opportunities when developing their national strategies for Roma people;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Calls on the EU institutions to facilitate the integration of disadvantaged groups that are vulnerable to discrimination, by establishing specific scholarship and trainee programmes;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Calls on Member States to incorporate good Union practices into their national strategies as part of their fight against discrimination, and to adapt the implementation of those practices to local conditions;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18e. Calls on the Commission, in the spirit of achieving zero discrimination, to work actively with local community leaders and non-governmental organisations that operate in a targeted manner at local level;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)

18f. Calls on the EU institutions to propose actions to be taken by the Member States to combat discrimination against Roma people in all its complexity, in addition to harmonising their policies;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)

18g. Notes that discrimination is closely intertwined with social preconceptions and is felt particularly keenly by those living in poverty and deprivation; calls on the Commission to align the fight against discrimination with European anti- poverty strategies;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)

18h. Notes that Roma people, Europe’s largest minority, have been subjected to numerous forms of negative discrimination, and still are to this day; recommends that the Union’s integration guidelines adapt good practices from Hungary, such as the Family Homebuilding Allowance and car- purchase support for large families, extra parental leave allowance and parental leave allowance for grandparents, the family tax deduction scheme, and, in particular, exemption from personal income tax for mothers with many children and for those under the age of 25; stresses that these measures will contribute substantially to breaking the cycle and achieving convergence;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)

18i. Calls on the Commission to support the development of mechanisms to nurture Roma cultural values, the Roma language and Roma folk art traditions, and to create space for all of them within the walls of the European Union’s institutions, with a view to reducing the level of discrimination and prejudice;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/2005(INI)

Annika BRUNA, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Philippe OLIVIER, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Anders VISTISEN, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Patricia CHAGNON, Cristian TERHEŞ, Lívia JÁRÓKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 j (new)

18j. Calls on the Member States to make more space in the media for the expression of minorities’ cultures, food, folk art and creative arts, and to support representation in the media of groups that are vulnerable to discrimination, particularly Roma people;

2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE

2022/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) In order to tackle the steady increase of the number and relevance of offences concerning trafficking in human beings committed for purposes other than sexual or labour exploitation, it is necessary to include forced marriage ~~and~~, illegal adoption and surrogacy in the forms of exploitations explicitly listed in the Directive and to ensure that the Member States address within their national legal systems the widest range of forms of exploitation, insofar as these fulfil the constitutive elements of trafficking in human beings.

2023/07/07
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3

(1) in Article 2, paragraph 3, “or forced marriage, or illegal adoption, or surrogacy” is added at the end of the paragraph.

2023/07/07
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0140(COD)

Edina TÓTH, Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

In addition to the compliance check, the national security interests of the Member States shall be also taken into account before adopting the implementing act.

2023/03/30
Committee: ENVI LIBE

2022/0140(COD)

Edina TÓTH, Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1

1. Health data access bodies and single data holders may charge fees for making electronic health data available for secondary use. Any fees shall include and be derived from the costs related to conducting the procedure for requests, including for assessing a data application or a data request, granting, refusing or amending a data permit pursuant to Articles 45 and 46 or providing an answer to a data request pursuant to Article 47, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation […] [Data Governance Act COM/2020/767 final]

2023/03/30
Committee: ENVI LIBE

2022/0140(COD)

Edina TÓTH, Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2

2. Where the data in question are not held by the data access body or a public sector body, the fees may also include compensation for ~~part of the costs for~~ collecting the electronic health data specifically under this Regulation in addition to the fees that may be charged pursuant to paragraph 1. The part of the fees linked to the data holder’s costs shall be paid to the data holder.

2023/03/30
Committee: ENVI LIBE

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

Member States shall ensure that the intentional conduct of inciting to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex ~~or gender~~, by disseminating to the public material containing such incitement by means of information and communication technologies is punishable as a criminal offence.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people and other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violationsthat the Commission uses the respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights as a pretext to put political pressure on certain Member States to change their policies with regard to migration policy ofr f~~undamental rights and minority rights~~amily law for example;

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the regular, inclusive and structured dialogue with governments and national parliaments, NGOs, national human rights institutions, ombudspersons, equality bodies, professional associations and other stakeholders~~; considers that civil society organisations should be closely involved in all phase~~ and to duly take into account the information received from Member States; considers that the Commission should not copy-paste the political opinions of civil society organisations and base its findings ofn the ~~review cycle~~se opinions; highlights that thematically structured consultations would make the process more efficient and increase the amount of valuable feedback; ~~stresses that the consultation questionnaire should allow stakeholders to report aspects beyond the scope envisaged by the Commission;~~

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Regrets the reluctance of the Commission and the Council to respond positively to Parliament’s call, in its resolution of 7 October 2020, for a joint EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, which should cover the full scope of Article 2 TEU values; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to immediately enter into negotiations with Parliament on an interinstitutional agreement;deleted

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recalls its position regarding the involvement of a panel of independent experts to advise the three institutions, in close cooperation with the FRA; asks its Bureau, in light of the reluctance of the Commission and the Council, to organise a public procurement procedure in order to create such a panel under the auspices of Parliament as a first step, in order to advise Parliament on compliance with Article 2 TEU values in different Member States;deleted

2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE

7. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 37 concerning additional measures governing surveillance, including the development of common minimum standards for border surveillance, in particular the use of surveillance and monitoring technologies at the external borders, taking into account the type of borders, the impact levels attributed to each external border section in accordance with Article 34 of the Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 and other relevant factors.

2022/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2021/0428(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1

Regulation (EU) No 2016/399
Chapter 5 – Article 21a

~~[...]~~deleted

2022/12/12
Committee: LIBE

2021/0428(COD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the Union to cut dependency on imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities by ~~implementing the Union protein plan, and for Union livestock production to match available Union land resourc~~building upon the Commission's report on the development of plant proteins in the European Union in order to elaborate a Union action plan on proteins based on a wide approach and building coherence between the different Union policies;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)