25 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2015/2063(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas more than 5000 European citizens have joined terrorist organisations and other military formations, particularly ISIS (Da'esh) in Iraq and Syria; whereas this phenomenon is speeding up and taking on significant proportions;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses concern that without such action and without combating the root causes of terrorism and radicalisation leading to violence the phenomenon of fighters from Europe travelling to different locations to join jihadist extremist groups, as well as the security risk they present when returning to the EU, are likely to worsen in the years ahead; calls for an immediate review of current programmes in this field and a comprehensive study on the efficiency and proportionality of national and European actions to prevent and combat terrorism;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the terrorist attacks that have been taking place in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis in early 2015ia, among others highlight the security threat which is posed by the presence and movement of these foreign fighters in Europe; whereas the European Union has condemned these attacks in the strongest terms and has committed itself to combat terrorism alongside the Member States in and outside the EU territory;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the development of targeted and regularly upgraded security and counter-terrorism initiatives, social inclusion and deradicalisation campaigns at Member State, EU and international level with a view to ensuring appropriate responses to emerging threats, including through working in partnership with neighbouring countries and, regional actors, including countries professing authentic Islam;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to keep the EU Syria and Iraq and Counter- Terrorism/Foreign Fighters Strategy, adopted on 20 October 2014, under constant review, in the light of the developing security situation in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, alongside other initiatives such as the Commission’s Radicalisation Awareness Network; calls on further obligations to be introduced for Member States, so that they mandatorily share information related to serious crimes and terrorism through a SIS reporting;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports greater international cooperation and information sharing from national intelligence services, to identify EU citizens who are at risk of becoming radicalised and travelling to join jihadist extremist groups; further calls for enhanced cooperation between the EU, its Member States, and third countries to divert European citizens from this course of action and to intercept them at the point of exit;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5.a Calls on the European Commission to support Member States in addressing the underlying factors of radicalisation and extremism, designing prevention strategies which encompass the fields of education, social integration, fight against discrimination, intercultural and inter- religious dialogue;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with concern that some Member States are assessing the potential for recruiting former foreign fighters to assist in deradicalisation programmes; believes that deradicalisation programmes can be important tools to reduce recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations; calls on Member States to proceed cautiously when introducing such programmes, especially where cooperation is linked to immunity from prosecution;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the establishment of specialised European training for prison staff in order to teach them to detect radical behaviour; stresses the importance of appropriately training and recruiting prison chaplains so that they can not only adequately meet prisoners' cultural needs in prisons, but also counter radical discourseto the entire prison staff, religious staff and NGO's personnel who interact with prisoners in order to teach them to detect, prevent and deal with behaviours which tend to terrorist extremism.;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading III
Subheading III
III. Preventing online radicalisation on-line and via other media channels
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages and praise for terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising terrorism and other military actions by violent extremists have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of hate messages and to eradicating them swiftly;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Feels that the internet giants should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they identify, carefully assess and delete illegal content as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take action in response to the spread of illicit messages or messages praising terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Feels, however, that the internet is an effective platform for spreading discourse opposed to hate speech and praise for terrorism and increasing public resilience to radicalisation; calls on the digital giants to cooperate with the Member States in order to take part in the spread of prevention messages calling for the development of critical thinking and for a process of deradicalisationimprove communication with the public on counter-terrorism;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Feels that every Member State should set up a special unit tasked with flagging illicit content and identifying critical situations on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and rules; proposes that such units could cooperate with a European unit responsible for dealing with flagging;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Feels that every Member State should set up a special unit tasked with flagging illicit content on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and rules; proposehe law; suggests that suchthese units could cooperate with a European unit responsible for dealing with flaggingfrom a EU level so that the investigations are fast and safeguarding the legal procedures;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that online radicalisation cannot be stamped out without reinforcing the tools available to the EU to combat cybercrime; rRecommends that the European Union strengthen the mandate of the European Cybercrime Centre so that it can play an effective role in better protecting European citizens against online threats and detecting the digital processes used by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges Member States to ensure that academic programmes on the use of the Internet are implemented in schools (both for primary and secondary education), aiming to educate and raise responsible, critical and law-respecful Internet users.
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading IV
Subheading IV
IV. Preventing terrorist radicalisation through education and integration
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that schools and education have an important role to play in preventing terrorist radicalisation; recalls the crucial role that schools play in helping to promote integration and develop critical thinking; calls on the Member States to investigate the possibility of introducing, where it does not already exist, educationinclusion of courses and academic programmes which encourage the understanding of the EU common values and the history onf religious issues in schoolsns, aiming to create a genuine European citizenship through a positive identity;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Union to carry out a communication campaign to raise thencourage an effective awareness of young peoplesters, as well as supervisory staff, as regards issues of radicalisation; calls on the Member States to introduce specialist training for teaching staff so that they can detect any suspicious changes in behaviour and properly supervise young people who are at risk of being recruited by terrorist organisations; reminds that educational actors, religious leaders, social workers and all the other professionals who work in the field of education, should be trained according to merit and availability criteria and should not be considered surveillance special agents; reminds that an excessive intromission by public powers could be counterproductive;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that it is vital to engage in dialogue with the various religious communities in order to help reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of radicalisation; draws the Member States' attention to the issue of training religious leaders in order to prevent preachers of hate from appearing in places of worship in Europe, and also of training prison chaplains, particularly when they are around prisoners deemed to be radicalised;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the crucial importance of making all actors aware of their responsibility to prevent radicalisation, whether at local, national, European or international level; encourages the establishment of close cooperation between all civil society actors, including national and local platforms for cooperation between actors on the ground, such as associations, NGOs and families of victimsgeneral public; calls, in this regard, for the introduction of training adapted for the actors on the ground dealing with potentially radicalised European citizens;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the crucial importance of making all actors aware of their responsibility to prevent radicalisation, whether at local, national, European or international level; encourages the establishment of close cooperation between all civil society actors, including national and local platforms for cooperation between actors on the ground, such as associations, NGOs and families of victims; calls, in this regard, for the introduction of training adapted for the actors on the ground dealing with potentially radicalised European citizens;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it vital to set up an alert system in each Member State which would allow families and community members to easily and swiftly flag the development of radical behaviour or a European citizen's departure to join a terrorist organisation or a military formation;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is convinced that for such enhanced cooperation to be established the Commission, and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in particular, need to make greater efforts in terms of Arabic-, Russian and other non-EU language speaking staff and spokespersons; considers it essential that the EUʼs call to combat radicalisation can be heard beyond its own borders;