57 Amendments of Nicolas BAY related to 2021/2103(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
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Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
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Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24
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Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28
Citation 28
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas civil society organisations (CSOs) are non-profit making organisations independent of public institutions and commercial interests, which represent a wide range of worldviews and whose activities contribute to the realisation of EUa diverse set of values and fundamental rights; whereas human rights defenders, activists and informal groups are also key actors in civil society;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas freedom of expression has been restricted in some Member States; whereas strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) have also been used to target civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders; whereas these exert a severe chilling effect oncertain CSOs representing a radical left-wing and liberal ideology have gained significant influence in decision-making at the EU level; whereas these CSOs carry out their work claiming to be independent, but in reality, they serve the political interests of their funders; whereas this significant influence could be used by foreedom of expressionign powers to pursue interference goals;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in some Member States, restrictions have been imposed with the deliberate aim of limiting civic space and are accompanied by legal, administrative and fiscal harassment, criminalisation and negative rhetoric aimed at stigmatising and delegitimising CSOs and draining their capacity to carry out their legitimate work; whereas hate speech, harassment and attacks also emanate from non-state actors; whereas CSOs working on women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, environmental issues and the protection of minorities and LGBTI rights, as well as those providing assistance to asylum seekers and those involved in search and rescue operationgender equality, environmental issues and the freedom to criticise Islamic fundamentalism, as well as those fighting to prevent Europe from being overrun by migrants, are particularly exposed;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas certain Member States have placed restrictions on CSOs’ ability to engage in political activities; whereas in others, accusations that CSOs are political have become tools to stigmatise and delegitimise them; whereas CSOs report discriminatory and restrictive funding practices in certain Member Stateintroduced transparency requirements regarding the funding of CSOs;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas policies and practices instilling a chilling effect on civic space have been adopted in certain Member Stsome CSOs may have a significant influence on public life and public debates with the aim of achieving self- censorship and deterring civic actors from exercising their rightshich justify their funding being subject to strict transparency measures, especially if the funding comes from outside the Union;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas transparency is a legitimate requirement which is of outmost importance for all European Union institutions, including the European Commission and the European Parliament;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas the European Union also maintains a transparency register of organizations wishing to influence decision-makers;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asserts the crucial role played by CSOs in the realisation of EU values and fundamental rights, and the implementation of EU policies and strategiesEurope; stresses their key contribution to informed public debate, articulating aspirations present in society, giving a voice to vulnerable and marginalised people, to populations worried about the preservation of their identities, providing expertise in policy- making, promoting active citizenship and acting as schools of democracy and whistleblowers;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asserts the crucial role played by CSOs in the realisation of EUa wide range of values and fundamental rights, and the implementation of EU policies and strategies; stresses their key contribution to informed public debate, articulating aspirations present in society, giving a voice to vulnerable and marginalised people, providing expertise in policy- making, promoting active citizenship and acting as schools of democracy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that for civil society organisations to thrive, civic space must be an enabling and safe environment free from undue interference, intimidation, harassment and chilling effector all kinds of organisations, including organisations that represent traditional values;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Warns about the degradation of civic space throughout the EU with policies hampering CSOs’ operations, their access to sustainable funding and their ability to participate in decision- making; condemns any form of harassment, smearing, stigmatisation, criminalisation and scapegoating of CSOincreasing activity of biased radical left-wing CSOs which act as political activist organisations; underlines that these CSOs often have little connection to society and people, but serve as political pressure groups receiving funding from abroad and acting in the political interests of their funders;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Condemns far-left organisations using social media to decry advertisers whose adverts appear in the media in order to intimidate them into withdrawing financial support; takes the view that by doing so, these organisations seek to censor and as such undermine freedom of expression and media pluralism;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes with concern that these biased radical left-wing CSOs are in reality working to create an intolerant environment where only their own views are presented as acceptable, and label everyone else with different views as "extremists";
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Condemns that CSOs representing traditional values are often squeezed out of the public discourse;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
An enabling regulatory and political environment free from chilling effects, threats and attackenvironment for all kinds of civil society organisations
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the ability of CSOs to act depends on the existence of an enabling legal and political environment, in particular on the exercise of freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression; urges Member States to guarantee the exercise of these rights in conformity with international standards; highlights the need to ensure that civil society organisations operate in a transparent manner, with special regard to funding;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights that in case C-78/18 the CJEU confirmed that certain civil society organisations may have a significant influence on public life and public debate having regard to the aims which they pursue and the means at their disposal; expresses concern that this significant influence could be used by foreign powers to pursue interference and destabilization goals;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Underlines that the CJEU judgement in case C-78/18 also confirmed that the objective of transparency and, furthermore, traceability of movements of capital intended for organisations which participate in public life might be regarded as an overriding reason in the public interest;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Underlines that it is a legitimate expectation on the part of society that CSOs should operate in a transparent manner, including the source of their funding, especially those receiving foreign funding;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WelcomesStrongly disapproves of the adoption with an increased budget of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme; calls on the Commission to actively consult CSOs in the definition of work programmes and funding mechanisms so as to ensure transparency, flexibility and user- friendliness; welcomes re-granting mechanisms in the Union Values strandstop funding campaigns, as it did with the ‘Rights, Equality and Citizenship’ programme, that promote the hijab or other cultural practices that run counter to gender equality and the European identity;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to ensure that EU funds are onlynot awarded to organisations that are strictly independent from any government and fully adhere to EU valuesstaging the invasion of Europe; calls instead for it to support organisations working to prevent this from happening;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 241 #
19. CondemnWelcomes attempts by certain Member States to impose limitations on foreign funding andwith the related political narratives they have promulgated and measures they have taken with the aim of stigmatising CSOsaim of protecting CSOs from any outside interference;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Civil dialogue and transparent participation in policy- making
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of civil dialogue in informed policy-making and; emphasises that the privileged position of CSOs in contact with citizens, and their expertise, confers on them a key role in civil dialoguee need to ensure transparency when it comes to the involvement of CSOs in policy-making;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that civil dialogue often remains an ad hoc process; calls on the Member States to develop coherent policy frameworks that ensure structured, predictable and long-term processes, inclusIs gravely concerned that the European Commission outsources the work on the annual rule of law report to non-elected and ideologically motivated CSOs; highlights that this practice is antidemocratic as it gives participation and systematic review; calls on the Commission to provide recommendationsower to CSOs without any democratic legitimacy; underlines that this leads to unbalanced and biased on the analysis of existing practicereporting and the application of double standards, especially in relation to conservative right-wing governments;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Regrets that the European Commission in its annual rule of law report copies the unfounded allegations of politically motivated civil society organisations without any control or fact- checking;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. WelcomNotes the attribution to a Commission Vice-President of the responsibility to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society; stresses that civil dialogue should be further operationalisedunderlines that this shall involve dialogue with all kinds of CSOs representing a wide range of views and not only those representing radical left- wing and liberal views; stresses that civil dialogue should always be conducted in a transparent manner;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to leverage the definition of national programmes implementing EU funds and the implementation by Member States of EU strategies and action plans to requiresupport Member States to put in place effective and transparent civil dialogue mechanisms;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to leverage the definition of national programmes implementing EU funds and the implementation by Member States of EU strategies and action plans to require Member States to put in place effective civil dialogue mechanismsstop using EU funds to blackmail Member States that it simply disagrees with ideologically and be open to dialogue;