(16a) In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of the 21st of January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2019/2169(INI)), in its paragraph 32, which “acknowledges that sexual exploitation for surrogacy and reproductive purposes or purposes such as forced marriages, prostitution and pornography is unacceptable and a violation of human dignity and human rights”. In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of the 10th of February 2021 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (2020/2029(INI)), in its paragraph 28, that classifies surrogacy as a Traffic in Human Beings. In accordance with the European Parliament resolution of 5th of May 2022 on the impact of the war against Ukraine on women (2022/2633(RSP)), that “underlines the serious impact of surrogacy on women, their rights and their health, the negative consequences for gender equality and the challenges stemming from the cross- border implications of this practice, as has been the case for the women and children affected by the war against Ukraine; asks the EU and its Member States to investigate the dimensions of this industry, the socio-economic context and the situation of pregnant women, as well as the consequences for their physical and mental health and for the well-being of babies; calls for the introduction of binding measures to address surrogacy, protecting women’s and newborns’ rights”.

2023/07/07
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0426(COD)

Loránt VINCZE, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, György HÖLVÉNYI, Miriam LEXMANN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Kinga GÁL, György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the present biodiversity has been preserved by farming and forest management as well and is dependent on the continued active management of farmland and forest;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Kinga GÁL, György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to develop a new European biodiversity governance framework and to follow an inclusive approach involving civil society in a compliance watchdog role to monitor the implementation of EU environmental legislation; also welcomes its aim to put forward a new initiative in 2021 on sustainable corporate governance to address human rights and environmental due diligence across economic value chains; insists in this regard on the need to elaborate EU legislation for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for EU companies, EU- domiciled companies and third-country companies operating in the internal market, imposing legal obligations to identify, cease, prevent and mitigate adverse impacts throughout their supply chains and establishing effective monitoring and enforcement mechanisms;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Kinga GÁL, György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that deforestation and land- grabbing by large corporations has an enormous impact on indigenous peoples and local communities; underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health, climate resilience and longevity of forest ecosystems and as the most effective framework tool for the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests including maintaining and improving forest biodiversity; calls on businesses to recognise their rights and to ensure their effective participation in decision-making regarding their lands, in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Reaffirm~~Believes that sexual and reproductive health ~~and rights (SRHR) are~~is grounded in human rights, ~~are~~is a fundamental elements of human dignity, and remain crucial to achieving gender equality, and remains committed to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of all human rights and to the full and effective implementation Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences in the EU’s external action and development, as such and remains committed to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in this context;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly goals 3 and 5 and their associated targets, it is necessary to be committed to the established framework of the Agenda 2030, notably in the context of sexual and reproductive health care;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that women’s economic and social empowerment, including their access to education, health and employment, as crucial for sustainable development and growth;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the immediate elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early and forced child marriage; is extremely concerned that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have been forced to undergo FGM; and that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the delay or interruption of community outreach programmes and education on harmful practices globally is estimated to lead 2 million more cases of FGM and 13 million more child marriages over the next decade compared to pre-pandemic estimates; calls for full access to physical and psychological care by interculturally sensitive and trained personnel;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based violence, including trafficking, female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, sex-selective abortion, sexual and reproductive exploitation, as well as sexual enslavement through religious coercion;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Condemns any violations of ~~SRHR~~sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, including failures to provide access to comprehensive, age appropriate, evidence based sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth; ~~recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR;~~ underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that safe and ~~legal abortion~~accessible sexual and reproductive health care is anchored in women’s health and rights; warns about the worrying backlash on women’s rights ~~over their bodies in both~~and calls to support women’s rights, through strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health care for women and girls, free from coercion, violence, discrimination and abuse in developing countries ~~and the EU~~; stresses the need for the ~~full~~ implementation of the Maputo Protocol, especially Article 14 where appropriate;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the Gender Action Plan III to give more prominence to its SRHR thematic policy area given the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls in developing countries in line with the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the ICPD and the outcomes of their review conferences;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for ~~SRHR~~sexual and reproductive health care, in its development cooperation policy stresses the importance of a continuous structural dialogue with developing countries in order to achieve sustainable solutions in the protection and fulfilment of women rights;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises that ~~SRHR~~sexual and reproductive health care services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth- friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates ~~its call on~~that both parties of the new agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States toshall commit to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of SRHR free from discrimination, coercion and violence and to the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development’s Programme of Actionfull and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the outcomes of their review conferences and shall commit to sexual and reproductive health and rights, in this context;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls that ~~asylum seekers and refugees are~~women and girls, especially in conflict affected areas are extremely exposed too ~~often victims of~~sexual exploitation, human traffick~~ing~~ers, and ~~forced prostitution; insists that access to SRHR~~ that they have a very limited access health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, therefore the~~se populations is critical for~~ y need special, targeted support, with otheir ~~survival~~vulnerable groups.

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2215(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls for ensuring that women can be empowered to fully avail of their human and legal rights, including access to legal status including through birth registration, inheritance rights for women and girls for property and access to land, capital and micro-finances; stresses that such economic empowerment can impact positively on their capability to fully exercises their rights in all domains.

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2020/2134(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Tomas TOBÉ, Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that in the next few years climate change will ~~create more environmental migrants from developing countries, and that in order to better protect their human rights, environmental refugee status needs international recognition~~aggravate existing vulnerabilities and will increase the displacement of people, and that in order to better protect their human rights, more targeted and more effective implementation of the relevant EU instruments is crucial; as well as the increase of the actions under the NDICI which contribute to climate change and mitigation as stressed in the European Parliament first reading position on the NDICI, adopted in its legislative resolution of 27 March 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the NDICI (P8_TA(2019)0298);

2020/10/16
Committee: DEVE

2020/2134(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Tomas TOBÉ, Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Deems that the introduction of binding EU legislation on business due diligence can help improve the defence of human rights and compliance with environmental standards in the fight against climate change in developing countries; calls on the Commission to continue working towards the approval of the UN ~~binding~~ treaty for transnational corporations on human rights;

2020/10/16
Committee: DEVE

2020/2134(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Tomas TOBÉ, Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Invites the Commission to do more to protect human rights defenders, environmental activists and notably local organisations engaged in ~~the fight against climate change in developing countries.~~addressing the vulnerabilities aggravated by the climate change in developing countries , if they face unfounded legal actions or discrimination due to their activities in the field of environment protection;

2020/10/16
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the due to the COVID- 19 pandemic the small and medium-sized enterprises face a distressing situation, and their support and the creation of favourable market environment is an outmost interest of the Union;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the rights to an effective remedy and fair trial are basic human rights enshrined in Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 2(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as in Articles 6 and 13 of the ECHR and Article 47 of the Charter; stresses that the Union, as part of its commitment to promote, protect and fulfil human rights worldwide, must promote the rights of victims of business-related ~~human rights violations and abuses~~violations of internationally legally binding human rights rooted in human dignity that amount to criminal offences in third countries, in line with Directives 2011/36/EU1 , and 2012/29/EU2 of the European Parliament and of the Council; _________________ 1 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1). 2 Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57).

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) highlight the duty of states to protect against human rights ~~abuse~~violations within their territories, jurisdictions, or both, by third parties, including businesses; further emphasises that, independently of the ability and willingness of states to fulfil their human rights obligations, businesses have the responsibility to respect internationally legally binding human rights wherever they operate and to address adverse human rights ~~impact~~violations with which they arhave co~~nnec~~mmitted, including by enabling providing remedies to victims;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to apply a human rights-based approach to the future legislation which shall be designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated with high transparency and respecting the core human rights principles of transparency and access to information, inclusion and non-discrimination with a special focus on the most vulnerable;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that corruption in the context of judicial proceedings can have a devastating effect on the lawful administration of justice and judicial integrity, and intrinsically violate the fundamental right to a fair trial, the right to due process and the victim’s right to effective redress; stresses that corruption generally leads to systematic ~~abuse~~violation of human rights in the business context, for example, by preventing individuals from fairly accessing goods and services that states are obliged to ~~provi~~ensure in order to meet their human rights obligations, by encouraging wrongful acquisition or appropriation by businesses of land, or by granting licences or concessions to businesses in the extractive sector;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that all human rights should be covered by the future legislation; considers that emphasis should be placed on workers and trade union rights, women, children or, indigenous people and minority rights; stresses that full alignment with existing legal obligations and standards at European and international level should be sought; is of the opinion that the legislation should address all ~~types of human rights abuses~~business-related violations of internationally legally binding human rights rooted in human dignity;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Regrets that despite attempts by European companies to implement their corporate responsibility policies to respect human rights, and various polices and laws in place to encourage or require due diligence across different Member States, only 37% of businesses are currently undertaking due diligence in their supply chains and only 16% cover the entire value chain; stresses that protection of internationally legally binding human rights and prevention of business-related ~~abuses and~~ violations cannot be achieved with current policies and that binding Union legislation is necessary to bridge this gap;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that corporations and investors are calling for mandatory human rights due diligence at Union level, to harmonise standards, and secure a global level playing field and greater legal and business certainty; stresses that any regulatory requirements need to be sufficiently clear for companies to be able to comply with those requirements and know how to avoid sanctions, and due diligence legislation should ensure competitive advantage for European companies in the short and medium term;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

13. Urges the Commission to propose Union mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation imposing legal obligations on Union companies ~~and companies domiciled or operating in the Union internal market and establishing effective monitoring, enforcement and remedy mechanisms~~; stresses that the legislation should focus on the first tier of the supply chain (T1) outside the EU;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is of the opinion that the new legislation should apply to all sectors, ~~to all types of enterprises, whether public or private, and of all size across the Union;~~ without jeopardising the competitiveness of Union enterprises, with special regard to small and medium-sized enterprises; considers that the focus should be placed on the risks;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Recommends that due diligence as required by Union legislation be extended to all ~~potential or actual adverse impacts which the company has or may have caused, contributed to or with which it may b~~violations of internationally legally binding human rights which the company has or may have directly ~~link~~caused; this extends to, but is not limited to, ~~abuse~~violations across the entire value chain, including the parent undertaking, all subsidiaries, direct and indirect suppliers and subcontractors or other business partners;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Recommends that Union legislation cover all companies and all sectors, including state-owned enterprises, ~~the banking~~and provide spec~~tor and financial institutions, including the European Investment Bank~~ial exemptions for SMEs in order to avoid disproportionate administrative and regulatory burdens on these small businesses;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the opinion that the future legislation should establish mandatory and effective corporate due diligence processes reserving competitive advantage for European companies, covering companies’ activities and their business relationships, including their supply ~~and subcontracting~~ chains;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and should be promoted and implemented in a fair and equitable manner; recommends that due diligence obligations should apply to all business- related violations of internationally legally binding human rights ~~abuses~~;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17

17. Recommends that Union mandatory due diligence legislation be adopted to require companies to identify and address their impacts with reference to all internationally recognised human rights including, as a minimum, those encompassed by the UDHR, all nine core international human rights treaties bearing in mind that not every Member State has ratified all the nine treaties, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and all fundamental ILO conventions, as well as the ECHR and ICESCR, which are binding on Council of Europe member states and also bind Member States as a result of Union law and the common constitutional traditions of the Member States;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Expresses the opinion that the future legislation should establish a comprehensive, transparent, coherent system of liability that includes administrative, civil and criminal liability, and a sanctioning mechanism to enforce compliance with the new legislation and ensure enforcement, including through penalties and sanctions of all nature and stresses that regulatory requirements need to be sufficiently clear for companies to be able to comply with those requirements and know how to avoid sanctions;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 22

22. Notes that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Council have stated that climate change has an adverse impact on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights; underlines that the member states of the United Nations have an obligation to respect human rights when addressing adverse impacts of climate change; points out that the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has confirmed that Articles 2 and 8 of the ECHR impose a positive obligation for State Parties to take appropriate measures to prevent dangerous climate change; insists that climate change mitigation and adaptation in line with the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals must form part of businesses’ human rights and environmental due diligence obligations under the legislation;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that ~~access to effective remedy is crucial~~due diligence legislation should ensure competitive advantage for Union companies in the short and medium term; considers that the legislation should oblige companies to have an effective grievance mechanism that should be transparent, accessible, predictable, safe, trustworthy and accountable; considers, in addition, that such mechanism should provide for effective judicial remedies to victims of human rights violations, environmental damage and corruption abuses, individually and through collective actions; believes that ~~special protection~~fair legal procedures should be provided to human rights defenders and its lawyers;

2020/10/09
Committee: DEVE

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that some businesses are accused of profiting from or even complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity due to their own activity or that of their business partners in conflict-affected areas or to their business relationships with state- or non-state actors involved in conflicts globally; Recommends that, in order to prevent substantial risks of grave violations of internationally legally binding human rights ~~abuses~~ and serious breaches of international law, the scope of due diligence under Union legislation be extended to breaches of international criminal law and international humanitarian law in which businesses may be implicated;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26

26. Recommends that, requirements for corporate mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence be grounded in the principle of corporate responsibility to respect universal human rights as articulated by the UNGPs; businesses should avoid infringing human rights and address ~~adverse human rights impacts with which they are directly or indirectly connected, entail~~them in case of violations, having in prlac~~tice that they should have in place an embedded human rights~~e a specific policy, a human rights due diligence process and appropriate and adequate measures to facilitate access to effective remedies for business-related violations of internationally legally binding human rights ~~abuses~~, including at company level, and other grievance mechanisms;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses that universal human rights impacts can be specific to certain rights holders and vulnerable groups due to intersecting factors such as age~~nder~~, sex, ethnicity, religion, social and employment status, migrant or refugee status, exposure to conflict or violence or other factors; this must be reflected in the due diligence processes, including the human rights impact assessment phase and remedy procedures;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that the risk of business- related human rights ~~adverse impact~~violations does not always depend on the size of the company; insists that the scope of due diligence obligations must be based on the risk of ~~adverse impact~~violations and must be specific to the country and sector of activity; recalls that according to the UNGPs, three factors should be taken into account in assessing the severity of business impacts on human rights: the scale of the impact, the scope of the impact and whether the impact is irremediable;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that human right ~~risk~~violations are context-specific and that, to accurately assess ~~human rights risks~~, prevent, mitigate and remedy ~~adverse impact~~these violations, businesses should include in their analysis, in addition to information from employees, right-holders, affected communities and workers’ representatives, information from reliable independent expert sources, for which transparency is key; stresses in this regard, the key role of national human rights institutions, NGOs human rights oversight bodies such as the United Nations, ILO and Council of Europe, OSCE supervisory mechanisms, and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights as relevant sources of information and reporting;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 31

31. Notes that in order to assess human rights ~~risk~~violations, independent and non- ideological monitoring of human rights impacts and working conditions in supply chains is essential, in particular by means of monitoring, which has workers and affected communities at its core and fully involves relevant stakeholders;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 35

35. Notes that rights holders primarily affected by business-related human rights ~~abuse~~violations often lack adequate access to information about their rights and about how they are given effect in domestic legislative systems, and have difficulty accessing state agencies and organisations concerned with protection and enforcement of their rights; recommends that the legislation encourage businesses to engage with all affected and potentially affected stakeholders, with their representatives, or both, including workers’ representatives, at all stages of the due diligence process, from development to monitoring and evaluation, in a timely and meaningful manner;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Subheading 6

Protection of whistle-blowers, human rights, human dignity and environmental defenders

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 37

37. Suggests that the companies establish effective alert mechanisms; through recourse to such mechanisms any interested party, including trade unions, consumers, journalists, civil society organisations, including Churches and faith based organisations, lawyers, and human rights and environmental defenders, or members of the public, should be able to warn the company of ~~adverse impacts and~~ human rights violations;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 42

42. Highlights the fact that, as recalled by the UNGPs, states have the duty to ensure, through judicial, administrative, legislative or other appropriate means, that those affected by business-related internationally legally binding human rights ~~abuse~~violations have access to an effective remedy; Rrecommends that the legislation makes specific reference to this obligation in line with the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Rights to Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 44

44. Insists that access to evidence and time limitations can be major practical and procedural barriers faced by victims of human rights ~~abuse~~violations in third countries, obstructing their access to effective legal remedies; stresses that that the burden of proof should be shifted from the victims to the company and that the legislation must require companies to disclose all necessary information for interested parties to engage in judicial proceedings and for victims to access remedies;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 46

46. Recommends that the legislation establishes guidance regarding the elements of an effective, fair and equitable operational grievance mechanism, with a view to defining appropriate measures to prevent harm, including providing adequate access to remedies; stresses that it is necessary to clarify the precise scope of the jurisdiction of the courts of the Member States in remedies;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 47

47. Calls for measures to ensure that Union due diligence legislation is adequately monitored and enforced by national and Union bodies with appropriate duties and powers in accordance with their respective competences; such bodies should have competence to investigate ~~abuse~~violations, initiate enforcement actions and to support victims, for instance through legal advice, technical support and representation;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 49

49. Stresses that criminal law and criminal justice a~~re indispensable~~s ultima ratio instruments might be necessary means of human rights protection against severe human rights violations;

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2129(INL)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 51

51. Recommends that the legislation include criminal liability provisions for companies and directors and management that are held responsible in the event of the most severe violations of universal human rights.

2020/10/12
Committee: AFET

2020/2118(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the need to support family farms and local small- and medium-size enterprises notably in the agro-industrial sector, in order to increase food security and resilience;

2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE

2020/2118(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide health care services related to sexual and reproductive health ~~and rights (SRHR)~~ as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE

2020/2118(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for enforced empowerment of local communities and for engagement in humanitarian and development actions with local civil society including, churches, faith-based organisations and other local representatives;

2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms that the right to migrate is a human right; calls on the Commission to promote development and humanitarian policies that protect the human and social rights of all ~~migrants~~people, including IDPs and vulnerable groups such as women and girls in conflict affected regions, disabled, elderly people , wherever EU action is deployed and irrespective of their legal status;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~— having regard to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact on Refugees, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2018,~~deleted

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that EU development cooperation must have as its main objective the reduction and eradication of poverty and that it must be based on partner countries’ development agendas, following a needs and rights-based approach, , and ~~not on EU domestic interests~~calls for strong regional cooperation and involvement of local partners in the joint programming;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Takes note of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum; expresses its regret that the proposed measures are insufficient to e~~nsure respect for migrants’ human rights and is especially worried about the externalisation of EU border management and migration control~~stablish a sustainable asylum system, strongly based on cooperation on return and readmission and to ensure respect for human rights and notes that the return and local resettlement of IDPs must be prioritised and supported to grant their rights to stay in their homeland;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)

- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2020 on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid (2019/2184(INI))

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas migration is a global phenomenon amplified by globalisation, rising conflicts, inequalities, and climate disruption; whereas gradual, normative development within the modern international human rights framework of the rights of migrants, independently of their legal status, represents a source of progress and collective pride for humanity; whereas migrants and lack of security; whereas women and girls, elderly and disabled people remain, however, among the most vulnerable groups worldwide and continue to face violations of their rights; whereas migration continues to be for many individuals a human journey marred by suffering, discrimination and violence; whereas the European Union, as a historic region of both emigration and immigration and as a community united by founding values of human dignity, freedom and human rights, has a particular duty to respect, protect and promote ~~the~~human rights of ~~migrants~~all people, notably in its external dealings;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Insists on the need for humanitarian corridors and safe and legal migration pathways from neighbouring and developing co~~Calls on the Commission for more efficient conflict management, in cooperation with local actors, insists on the need for humanitarian corridors to the nearest safe destination, in the case of armed conflicts and natural disasters, and calls for addressing the humanitarian needs at local level and for providing assistance for people voluntari~~es into the EU;~~ ly returning to their place of origin;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas only by addressing the root causes of migration - such as poverty, food and nutrition security, unemployment, instability and the lack of security in third countries of origin of illegal mass migration - we can solve the challenge of illegal migration;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Commission communication of 7 June 2016 on establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration, which builds on the GAMM principles, stresses that migration issues are at the top of the EU’s external relations priorities; whereas this framework calls for intensified cooperation with third countries, through ‘partnerships’ aiming at ensuring cooperation on migration management, in effectively preventing irregular migration and readmitting irregular migrants, including with positive and negative incentives stemming from different policy elements within EU competence, including neighbourhood, development aidssistance, trade, mobility, energy, security and digital policies, all leveraged towards the same objective;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Reitera~~Notes that newith~~er development assistance nor bilateral or multilateral partnerships with developing countries must be conditional on cooperation on migration policies~~out strong cooperation on return and readmission policies there is no possibility to establish a sustainably asylum system in Europe, and notes that young people are the most valuable resource of developing countries in Africa, therefore it is the interest of partner countries to ensure that these people can return to their country of origin;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses its deep concern about the possible misuse of development funds for border control purposes, including those of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), and the suspected human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia and NigerAcknowledges that EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is a flexible and effective tool of addressing root causes of migration as lack of security, unemployment, lack of education and poverty, expresses its concern about the possible misuse of development funds and calls for investigations any cases where the possibility of misuse of EU funds occurs, including validly proofed human rights violations;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores the lack of transparency of the EUTF and the fact that Parliament ~~is not involv~~'s role is limited in its scrutiny; calls on the Commission to comprehensively review the implementation of the EUTF to ensure that it falls in line with development and humanitarian objectives, by acknowledging that the financial architecture and coordination of the Trust Funds highly contributed to the application of nexus-approach in fragile settings;

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Reiterates that the NDICI budget dedicated to migration should be used to address the root causes of migration and ~~not to control migratory flows or fund~~to improve human security also with facilitating peacekeeping and conflict management, better border control at the external border management.

2020/11/04
Committee: DEVE

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that these obligations require not only the ~~abstract~~ recognition of the applicability of the relevant standards, but also an appropriate operationalisation through detailed and specific instruments that allow for effective protection in practice ~~as well as through a human rights-based approach to the entire migration policy cycle, from formulation to adoption, implementation and evaluation~~;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure transparent ex ante risk assessments, performed by independent agencies, on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants and refugees; calls on the Commission to set implementation guidelines for EU agencies and Member States before entering into cooperation with third countries; calls in this respect for particular vigilance in relation to countries which are experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the extension of the mandate of the Fundamental Rights Agency to allow it to exercise an advisory role in the external dimension of EU asylum and migration policies and its involvement in monitoring exercises;deleted

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes ~~with concern the increasing recourse since 2016 to enhanced conditionality betwee~~that European development cooperation and migration management, including return and readmission; stresses, however, that according to Article 208 TFEU the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation do not contravene the principles enshrined in Article 208 TFEU; stresses that the use of development cooperation as an incentive for migration management undermines meaningful action on the needs of people in developing countries, the rights of refugees and migrants, and their potential impact on regional migration patterns and contribution to local economies, and thus also undermines a wide range of rights stemming from the Sustainable Development Goalspublic investments should promote eradicating poverty, climate and environmental action, economic and trade policies and addressing illegal migration, and should also be fully aligned with the principles of universal human rights, democracy and good governance;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls for the EU to address the root causes of migration, such as poverty, food and nutrition security, unemployment, instability and the lack of security in third countries of origin of illegal mass migration; the focus should also be on assisting the development of stable institutions to promote sustainable societal development in these states;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Considers that the EU needs to help third countries to offer a perspective of future for young generations constituting the active work force of their own countries, so that people do not start the dangerous journey towards Europe, risking their own and their children's lives;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that EU development cooperation must be aligned with sustainable development goals, also in the context of gender related actions;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that a complete, public overview of EU funding to third countries to facilitate cooperation on migration issues remains unavailable; calls on the Commission to provide improved transparency, including by establishing a clear overview of ~~the funds~~all instruments within the EU budget used to finance cooperation with third countries in the field of migration management ~~across all its financial instruments and their implementation~~, including information on the amount, purpose and source of funding as well as detailed information on any other potential support measures provided by EU agencies such as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, in order to ensure that Parliament can efficiently perform its institutional role of scrutiny of the implementation of the EU budget;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of allocating a substantial share of future EU funding in the field of migration to civil society groups ~~in third countries for providing assistance and for the protection and monitoring of the rights of migrants, and of ensur~~, assist the creation of decent life for people ing th~~at a significant part of EU funding is earmarked for the improvement of human rights, international protec~~eir home countries for providing health care, education, and ~~the future perspective of refugees~~supporting job creation;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that the possibilities of mainstreaming migration policy in EU external policy are significantly broadened by the inclusion of migration in the thematic, geographical and rapid response component of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development, International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI); notes with concern, however, that through the ‘rapid response’ component, cooperation with third countries on migration management can be funded without the need for the Commission to publish any programming documents or consult civil society actors, and without the involvement of Parliament, including in the framework of the ‘Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint’, which lacks mechanisms to assess the possible adverse impact of such interventions; insists in this regard on the need to ensure that the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework is accompanied by a robust human rights framework for the identification, implementation and monitoring of future migration cooperation programmesthat a non-programmed, flexible facility in the NDICI will be necessary to provide swift, effective and targeted response to emerging challenges as natural disasters, armed conflicts and mass migration;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Believes that Parliament must make full use of its powers of implementation, scrutiny and budgetary control and ensure that EU funding decisions and related allocations comply with the Union’s principles of legality and sound financial management, in line with the EU’s Financial Regulation;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls the commitment of the EU and its Member States under the Global Compact on Refugees to share responsibility for the protection of refugees and ease the pressure on host countries; stresses in this regard that the EU and its Member States should contribute to a more structural and substantial funding of the regions hosting most refugees, and should not use financial means to shift responsibility for the protection of refugees to third countries; reiterates the importance of fully implementing the 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; believes that Parliament must ensure the proper scrutiny of the implementation of both Compacts by the EU;deleted

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for the EU and its Member States to pursue a migration policy that fully reflects the human rights of ~~migrant~~refugees as enshrined in both international and regional law; calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to engage with third countries ~~on the right~~to address the root causes of migra~~nts~~tion as an integral dimension of the EU’s ~~human rights policy; insists that the human rights and migration nexus be adequately covered within the framework of bilateral EU human rights dialogues with the relevant countries~~development policy; calls on the EU Delegations in those countries to monitor closely the rights of ~~migrants~~refugees and internally displaced people, particularly in countries of transit; insists on the proactive engagement of the EU in countries where human rights defenders and civil society organisations, including those who are protecting the lives of migrants and asylum seekers who are at risk, are under threat or are being criminalised for developing partner countries with civil society organisations, as CSOs, churches, FBOs and other organisations with humanitarian, education and human rights protection activities, including those who are protecting the lives of people in need, notably refugees, women and girls in armed conflicts, elderly and disabled people and otheir ~~legitimate work~~marginalised groups;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the EU to carry out a global campaign to support universal ratification of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; urges Member States to lead by example by adhering to the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers, as one of the core UN human rights conventions;deleted

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2116(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Believes that the EU must take a leading role in supporting ~~policy and normative developments in relation to the rights of migran~~sustainable development and policy dialogue on universal human rights in multilateral fora; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~provide financial and political support for the relevant~~increase the efficiency of implementation of development funding, and urge to provide more visibility and accountability for EU funding for international and regional bodies, including NGOs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNRWA, as well the OHCHR and the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 (new)

-1 having regard to Parliament's roles, functions and competences laid down in the Treaties,

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 a (new)

-1a having regard to the primary obligation of the institutions of the European Union to safeguard the rule of law also in their own functioning,

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 b (new)

-1b having regard to the rights of persons with disabilities and to the European Parliament resolution of 7 July 2016 on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee1a ; _________________ 1a OJ C 101, 16.3.2018, p. 138.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3

3. Takes note of the temporary measures adopted by its President and its governing bodies in order to cope with such extraordinary circumstances; underlines that those measures were needed to guarantee the continuity of Parliament’s business, which is required by the Treaties, allowing Parliament to carry out its legislative, budgetary and political control functions during the crisis;

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4

4. Recognises that th~~ose temporary measures were fully justified and ensured the validity of all votes taken during their period of application~~e motive and necessity of those temporary measures were tackling the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Ádám KÓSA, József SZÁJER, Edina TÓTH, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Enikő GYŐRI, Kinga GÁL, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Tamás DEUTSCH, Andor DELI, Andrea BOCSKOR

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Expresses its desire to restore Parliament's full operation in compliance with its own rules, as laid down in the Treaties;

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 a (new)

Rule 237a Extraordinary measures 1. This Rule applies to situations in which the European Parliament, due to exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond its control, is hindered from carrying out its duties and exercising its prerogatives under the, and according to the Treaties and a temporary derogation from Parliament’s usual procedures set out elsewhere in these Rules is necessary in order to adopt extraordinary measures to enable it to continue to carry out those duties and to exercise those prerogatives. Such extraordinary circumstances shall be considered to exist where the President comes to the conclusion, on the basis of reliable evidence confirmed, where appropriate, by the services responsible for security and safety, the Legal Service of the European Parliament and after consultation with the President of the European Commission and the President of the Council of the European Union, that for reasons of security or safety or as a result of the non-availability of technical means it is or will be impossible or dangerous for Parliament to convene in accordance with its usual procedures as set out elsewhere in these Rules and its adopted calendar. 2. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, the President may decide, with the agreement of the Conference of Presidents and after consultation with the Quaestors, to apply one or more of the measures referred to in paragraph 3. If it is impossible, due to reasons of imperative urgency, for the Conference of Presidents to convene, the President may decide to apply one or more of the measures set out in paragraph 3, points (a), (b) and (c). Such a decision shall lapse five days after its adoption unless approved by the Conference of Presidents within that deadline. The Conference of Presidents shall consult with the Quaestors before its decision. Following a decision by the President, approved by the Conference of Presidents, a political group or Members whose rights stemming from their parliamentary mandate are affected by the decision may, at any time, request that some or all of the measures addressed by that decision be submitted individually to Parliament for approval without debate. The vote in plenary shall be placed on the agenda of the first sitting following the day on which the request was tabled. If a measure fails to obtain a majority of the votes cast, it shall lapse after the announcement of the result of the vote. A measure approved by the plenary may not be the subject of a further vote during the same part-session. 3. The decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the following, exhaustive list of measures: (a) postponement of a scheduled part- session, sitting or meeting of a committee to a later date and/or cancellation or limitation of meetings of inter- parliamentary delegations and other bodies; (b) displacement of the part-session, sitting or meeting of a committee from Parliament’s seat to one of its working places or to an external place or from one of its working places to Parliament’s seat, to one of Parliament’s other working places or to an external place; (c) holding of the part-session or the sitting on the premises of Parliament but fully or partially in separate meeting rooms allowing for appropriate physical distancing; (d) holding of the part session, sitting or meeting of bodies of Parliament under the remote participation regime laid down in Rule 237c; (e) in the event that the ad hoc replacement mechanism laid down in Rule 209(7) fails to provide sufficient remedies to the extraordinary circumstances under consideration, temporary replacement by political groups of Members in a committee unless the Member concerned opposes; (f) the definition of presence in the Chamber and its legal consequences such as rules related to the establishment of quorum and threshold. 4. A decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited in time and scope, shall state the reasons on which it is based and might be subject to the procedure laid down in Article 263 of the TFEU. It shall enter into force upon its publication on Parliament’s website or, if circumstances prevent such publication, by the best available means. All Members shall also be informed individually of the decision without delay. The decision may be renewed by the President in accordance with the procedure under paragraph 2 once or more for a limited time. A decision to renew shall state the reasons on which it is based and might be subject to the procedure laid down in Article 263 of the TFEU. The President shall revoke a decision adopted under this Rule as soon as the extraordinary circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 that gave rise to its adoption have disappeared. 5. This Rule shall be applied only as a last resort, and only measures that are strictly necessary to address the extraordinary circumstances under consideration shall be selected and applied. When applying this Rule, due account shall be taken, in particular, of the principle of representative democracy and of the rule of law, the principle of equal treatment of Members, the right of Members to exercise their parliamentary mandate without impairment, providing proportional and balanced political representation, their right to speak in one of the official languages of the European Union and to vote freely, individually and in person. Compliance with Protocol No 6 to the Treaties needs to be ensured, and, if derogation is necessary with regards to the extraordinary circumstances referred to in this Rule, the formal agreement of the Member States shall be required, in accordance with the Treaties.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 b (new)

Rule 237b Disturbance of the political balance in Parliament 1. The President may, with the agreement of the Conference of Presidents, adopt the necessary measures in order to facilitate participation of Members or a political group concerned if, on the basis of reliable evidence, the President comes to the conclusion that the political balance in Parliament resulting from the election is severely impaired because a significant number of Members or a political group cannot take part in Parliament’s proceedings in accordance with its usual procedures as set out elsewhere in these Rules, for reasons of security or safety or as a result of the non- availability of technical means. The sole aim of such measures shall be to allow the remote participation of Members concerned by the application of selected technical means under Rule 237c(1) or by other appropriate means serving the same purpose. 2. Measures under paragraph 1 may be adopted for the benefit of a significant number of Members if exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond their control occurring in a regional context lead to their non-participation. Measures under paragraph 1 may also be adopted for the benefit of members of a political group if that group has requested them where the non-participation of a group results from exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of that group. 3. Rule 237a(2), second and third subparagraphs, and the rules and principles laid down in Rule 237a(4) and (5) shall apply accordingly.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 c (new)

Rule 237c Remote participation regime 1. Where the President decides under Rule 237a(2), to apply the remote participation regime by adopting a measure under Rule 237a(3), point (d), Parliament may conduct its proceedings remotely inter alia by permitting all Members to exercise certain of their parliamentary rights by electronic means. Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237b that selected technical means under the remote participation regime are to be used, this Rule shall apply only to the necessary extent and only to the Members concerned. 2. The remote participation regime shall ensure that : – Members are able to exercise their parliamentary mandate, including, in particular, their right to speak in plenary and in the committees, to vote and to table texts, without impairment; – all votes are cast by Members individually and in person; – the remote voting system enables Members to cast ordinary votes, roll call votes and secret ballots; – a uniform voting system is applied for all Members, whether present or not on Parliament’s premises; – translation and interpretation services are provided to the greatest possible extent; – the information technology solutions made available to Members and their staff are ‘technology neutral’; – participation of Members in parliamentary debates and votes takes place using secure electronic means that are managed and supervised by Parliament’s services. At the same time, this amendment derogates from Rule 178 and explicitly allows the remote voting system to be used to check the quorum; 3. When taking the decision referred to in paragraph 1, the President shall determine whether that regime applies to the exercise of Members’ rights in plenary only, or also to the exercise of Members’ rights in Parliament’s committees and/or other bodies. The President shall also determine in his or her decision how rights and practices which cannot be exercised appropriately without the Members’ physical presence are adapted for the duration of the regime. These rights and practices concern, inter alia: – the manner in which attendance at a sitting or meeting is counted; – the conditions under which a request for a check of the quorum is made, – the tabling of texts; – the presentation of, and the objection to, oral amendments; – the order of votes; – the deadlines and time limits for the setting of the agenda and for procedural motions. 4. For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Rules relating to quorum and voting in the Chamber, Members who are participating remotely shall be deemed to be physically present in the Chamber. By way of derogation from Rule 171(11), Members who have not spoken in a debate may, three times per sitting, hand in a written statement, which shall be appended to the verbatim report of the debate. The President shall, where necessary, determine the manner in which the Chamber may be used by Members during the application of the remote participation regime, and in particular the maximum number of Members who can be physically present. 5. Where the President decides in accordance with paragraph 3, first subparagraph, to apply the remote participation regime to committees or other bodies, paragraph 4, first subparagraph, shall apply, mutatis mutandis. 6. The Bureau shall adopt measures concerning the operation and security of the electronic means used under this Rule, in accordance with the requirements and standards laid down in paragraph 2 and after consultation with the Quaestors. 7. Parliament’s competent bodies shall take all measures, including financial measures, necessary to ensure the availability of state-of-the-art technology and optimal conditions for the effective implementation of Rules 237a to 237d.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 d (new)

Rule 237d Holding of the plenary session in separate meeting rooms Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237a(3), point (c), to allow a plenary session of Parliament to be held in whole or in part in more than one meeting room, including, where appropriate, the hemicycle, the following rules shall apply: – the meeting rooms used in this context shall be considered to collectively constitute the Chamber; – the President may, if necessary, determine the manner in which the respective meeting rooms can be used, in order to ensure that physical distancing requirements are respected.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 e (new)

Rule 237e Parliamentary business during a period of extraordinary circumstances 1. Without delay after the adoption of a decision by the President under Rule 237a(2), the Conference of Presidents shall identify those activities which are essential and urgent for Parliament during the period of extraordinary circumstances referred to in Rule 237a(1), taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs. Those activities shall include measures that need to be taken with regard to the extraordinary circumstances, to budgetary matters, to urgent legislative procedures, or to major political events. 2. During the period of validity of a decision adopted under Rule 237a(2), the parliamentary business conducted in part- sessions and committee meetings shall be limited to the consideration and adoption of measures identified as essential and urgent by the Conference of Presidents taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. Within two months after the adoption or modification of the rules regarding extraordinary circumstances under Title XIIIa, the President of the European Parliament shall initiate the procedure of Article 263 TFEU to review the legality of the modification of the Rules of Procedure and ensure that the modification is in line with the principle of the rule of law and democracy.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2098(REG)

László TRÓCSÁNYI, Tamás DEUTSCH, Lívia JÁRÓKA, Kinga GÁL, Enikő GYŐRI, György HÖLVÉNYI, Balázs HIDVÉGHI, Edina TÓTH, József SZÁJER, Ádám KÓSA, Andrea BOCSKOR, Andor DELI

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 f (new)

Rule 237f Members with disabilities The European Parliament, to the best of its capabilities, shall ensure reasonable accommodation for Members with disabilities and their staff in the course of operating under extraordinary circumstances described in this Title.

2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO

2020/2045(INI)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Milan ZVER, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas, in the absence of relevant provisions in the Financial Regulation at the moment of the decision to create four EUTFs, the European Parliament was not consulted on the establishment of an extra-budgetary instruments;