Activities of Elly SCHLEIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

- having regard to the 2018 Global Compact for Migration and Global Compact for Refugees;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the 2030 Agenda has the potential to be transformative and sets out universal, ambitious, comprehensive, indivisible and interlinked goals, aimed at eradicating poverty, fighting discrimination and promoting prosperity, environmental responsibility, social inclusion, gender equality and respect for human rights, and strengthening peace and security; whereas ~~these goals require immediate action with a view to full~~immediate action together with and effective European implementation strategy, monitoring and review mechanism are essential to achieve the SDGs;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas many of the SDGs and the 169 targets encompassed in the 2030 Agenda directly concern the powers and responsibilities of the Union in addition to national, regional and local authorities and their implementation therefore requires a truethe 2030 Agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals represent a great challenge; whereas the goals and the 169 targets require coordination between the EU and its Member States, the European Parliament and national Parliaments and a multi-level governance approach, ~~with~~also based on active and broad-based public, civil society and private sector engagement;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~Parliament, the Council and the European Council have called for a comprehensive strategy to implement the 2030 Agenda and have underlined that this strategy should include timelines~~the Commission has not yet established a comprehensive strategy to implement the 2030 Agenda encompassing EU internal and external policy areas with detailed timeline up to 2030, objectives and concrete measures toas reflect the 2030 Agenda in all relevant EU internal and external policies; whereas common indicators and benchmarks are required to measure and to monitor systematically the implementation of such a strategy and to identify shortcomings, both now and in the futurequested by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Council; whereas the Commission has not fully taken up a general coordination role for the actions taken at national level;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the Commission has not yet succeeded in mainstreaming the SDGs in EU internal and external policy areas; whereas the Commission has not fully included the SDGs as an overarching framework in the revised Better Regulation Guidelines published in 2017;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas an effective EU implementation and a monitoring and review mechanism are essential in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); whereas common indicators and benchmarks are required to measure and to monitor systematically the implementation of EU strategy and to identify shortcomings, in the present and in the future;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

D c. whereas ex-ante assessments and ex-post evaluations are crucial tools to avoid negative impact of EU policies on sustainable development, in particular on developing countries, and ensure that their positive impact is maximised; whereas assessments and evaluations should be published in order to ensure full transparency and accountability;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

D d. whereas the Agenda 2030 is a universal agenda that should be implemented in every country; whereas the principle of universality requires every country to consider the impact of its action in relation to the others in order to ensure policy coherence for development, which -given the complexity and the fragmentation of EU policies - represents a great challenge for the Union;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas effective mobilisation of domestic resources is an indispensable factor in achieving the 2030 Agenda; whereas developing countries are particularly affected by corporate tax evasion and tax avoidance;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the United Nations High- Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will meet at summit level, under the auspices of the UN General Assembly in September 2019, to take stock of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda as a whole, and at ministerial level in July 2019 to review progress on SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals); and annually thereafter to afford progress review of also SDG 1: (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure); SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 14 (Life BelowWater), SDG 15 (Life on Land);

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas the narrative on migration is predominantly negative while the Agenda 2030 emphasises the role of migration as potential driver of development; whereas art. 208 of TFEU establishes that eradication of poverty is the primary objective of EU development policies;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas the principle of "leaving no one behind" is at the core of the 2030 Agenda; whereas inequalities are stagnating or increasing across and around the EU and its Member States, with 22.5% of the EU population at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas inequalities have several social consequences as large differences in well- being and quality of life, including with regard to professional opportunities and health care;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that the aim of the 2030 Agenda is to achieve greater well-being for all, leaving no-one behind, within the limits of one planet, and that the three pillars of sustainable development, (social, environmental and economic development) as well as its governance dimension, are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); underlines the fact that sustainable development is a fundamental objective of the Union, as laid down in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and should play a central role in the debate on and the narrative for the future of Europe;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the Union should renew its commitment to being a global frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and in close cooperation with its international partners; underlines that the 2030 Agenda must further catalyse a ~~joined-up~~coordinated approach between ~~the EU’s external action and its other~~its policies and coherence across Union financing instruments for a global response and commitment towards sustainable ~~growth and~~ development;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recognises that in 2015 all European countries, both EU and non-EU, committed to the 2030 Agenda; believes that, in the context of the debate on the future of Europe, consideration should be given to the development of a pan- European framework for the achievement of the SDGs between EU Member States, the EEA, signatories to EU association agreements, EU candidate countries and, following its withdrawal, the United Kingdom; believes that, in the context of the future of Europe, a truly sustainable Europe is the only way forward for the prosperity and well-being of its citizens and the Planet;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Welcomes the publication of the Commission´s Reflection Paper "Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030" which sets out three scenarios for how the EU might take forward the SDGs; regrets that only the first scenario would constitute progress from the current position and that the Commission has not taken a clear stand in favour of this scenario and for the establishment of a overarching strategy and clear roadmap for the implementation of 2030 Agenda;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~identify clearly existing gaps in all relevant policies in order to assess what need~~conduct an in-depth gap analysis of existing policies, their implementation as well as synergies and incoherencies between them ; invites the Commission to clearly identify, without further delay, the steps to be ~~done~~taken by 2030 in terms of EU policies, legislation, ~~governance and implementation and to submit a full report on those gaps without further delay so as to present~~statistics and disaggregated data collection, governance and implementation in order to establish a comprehensive strategy before the achievement of Agenda 2030 by the end of 2019;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose~~draw up an ambitious, transformative, overarching and all-encompassing ~~EU 2030~~ strategy for the implementation of the ~~SDGs, which should~~2030 Agenda, fully integrateing the~~se goals within the EU’s policies and governance, in order to reinforce the Un~~ Sustainable Development Goals in EU policies and governance, providing guidance for both the EU institution’s a~~bility to fulfil its engagements with regard to the 2030 Agenda~~nd the Member States in their implementation, monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda, and outlining a clear roadmap with timelines, short, medium and long term objectives; asks the Commission to ensure that this strategy addresses the interlinkages of the SDGs and their environmental, social, economic and governance dimensions;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that all SDGs are relevant for the fulfilment of the rights of children; stresses the importance of implementing the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in the context of EU external relations; asks the Commission to monitor and report on child rights progress in EU external programmes;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Stresses that ensuring tax justice and transparency, fighting tax avoidance and evasion, eradicating illicit financial flaws and tax heavens and increasing Domestic Resources Mobilisation is crucial for financing the 2030 Agenda; reiterates its call to assess the spill over impact of national and EU tax policies on developing countries ensuring policy coherence for development;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Stresses the importance of addressing social and economic inequalities and promoting gender equality within the European Union and worldwide; recalls the underlining principle of the Agenda 2030 of “leaving no one behind”; calls therefore on the Commission to pay a particular attention to the most marginalized and vulnerable categories of the society ensuring full inclusiveness;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Recalls the importance of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a key instrument for eradicating poverty; calls on the EU and its Member States to recommit without delay to the 0.7% of the gross national income target and to submit a timeline for gradually increasing ODA in order to reach this target;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Recognizes the positive impact that migration can have on our societies and on development policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to realign their migration policy with the Agenda 2030, and in particular with SDG 10, and adopt an evidence-based narrative on migrants and asylum seekers;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Calls on the Commission to promote sustainable global value chains with the introduction of due diligence systems for companies, with a focus on their entire supply chain, which would encourage businesses to invest more responsibly and stimulate amore effective implementation of sustainability chapters in free trade agreements, including anticorruption, transparency, anti-tax avoidance and responsible business conduct;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need for clear identification ~~and differentiation of the governance level at which the targets should be implemented~~of the steps to be taken at each governance level for the implementation of the goals and targets, while stressing that the principle of ~~subsidiarity~~policy coherence for development should be respected;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes the publication of the second Eurostat monitoring report on sustainable development in the EU, which represent a step forward towards the creation of a fully-fledged EU monitoring mechanism; regrets that report fails to provide for an assessment of the impact of EU legislation on third countries and an evaluation of the distance between the current results and the achievement of goals and targets;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the need for the EU to develop an integrated and participatory monitoring, accountability and review framework that gathers information and relevant disaggregated data at national and subnational levels, while acknowledging that Eurostat alone cannot comprehensively capture all dimensions of SDG progress~~, taking into~~ as progress in a single policy area does not necessarily entail progress in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda; underlines the need to take account of spill- over effects and of the ~~need for~~interlinked and indivisible nature of the goals; stresses the need for a wide range of indicators, which ~~are~~should not be purely economic in nature, but defined and measured by data disaggregated by sex, age and other factors;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Underlines the importance of raising awareness on the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and its goals; recalls the necessity of engaging with citizens and civil society organizations throughout the implementation and monitoring processes; stresses the important role played by the European Parliament and national parliaments;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Stresses that the Multiannual Financial Frameworks (MFF) should be designed in such a way as to enable the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, of its goals and targets and EU contribution to the achievement of SDGs worldwide; calls on the Commission to ensure that the next MFF mainstreams sustainable development priorities throughout EU budget, with all financial instruments allocating sufficient funds for the EU to be able to meet its 2030 commitments;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the importance of better coordination and cooperation between and within decision-making bodies, different organisations and relevant stakeholders, local authorities and civil society organizations in order to implement the 2030 Agenda and to achieve greater Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Commission and its Member States to reaffirm their commitment to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as an important contribution towards achieving broader Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) in its actions for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; stresses the need to enhance mechanisms for policy coherence within all EU institutions and policy-making and to ensure that the principle is adequately respected in regular ex-ante impact assessment and by introducing adequate mechanisms for accountability, mitigation and redress;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the establishment of a working party on the 2030 Agenda under the General Affairs Council; calls for the establishment of SDG coordination and cooperation mechanisms between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, ands well as within the institutions in order to ensure policy coherence; asks for the involvement of all three institutions in athe future work of the SDG multi- stakeholder platform ~~on sustainable development~~;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to mainstream SDGs into its Better Regulation Agenda ~~and underlines the potential for using the Better Regulation tools strategically in order to evaluate EU policy coherence with regard to~~; calls on the Commission to incorporate a stronger focus and more explicit mentioning of the sustainable policy-making approach in the Better Regulation Guidelines, which have the potential to ensure the alignment of EU policies, laws and regulations with the 2030 Agenda; ~~calls on~~asks the Commission to establish a~~n SDG~~ mechanism to ensure full policy coheckrence of all ~~new~~ policies and legislation ~~and to ensure full policy coherence~~ in the implementation of the SDGs, ~~while~~identify and promot~~ing~~e synergies, gain~~ing~~ co-benefits and avoid~~ing~~ trade-offs, both at Union and Member State level;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls for the establishment of a cross-committee coordination mechanism in the European Parliament, with the mandate of overseeing and following up on the EU’s implementation of its 2030 Agenda commitments; stresses that Parliament must commit to setting up such coordination structures as soon as possible (e.g. annual stocktaking in plenary on the basis of progress reports, a group of focal points across all committees or a dedicated intergroup);

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises the ~~rol~~importance of regular and adequate ex-ante impact assessments~~; recalls the Treaty obligation to take into~~ to ensure a better mainstreaming of the 2030 Agenda and ensure adequate results; underlines the importance for this assessments to evaluate the short and long term consequences of policies and their potential contribution to sustainable development; recalls the obligation, enshrined in art.208 of TFEU, to take account of the objectives of development cooperation in ~~all~~the EU policies likely to affect developing countries;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for the alignment of the European Semester economic monitoring process with the Agenda 2030;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. S~~Stresses the role of the High-Level Political Forum in the follow-up and review of the SDGs; strongly supports the Union’s ~~16.~~ commitment to complete a voluntary review at HLPF ~~in line with the 2030 Agenda; calls on the Commission to present an overarching review which reports on all SDGs and across all areas of policies covered by the Treaties; stress~~; calls on the Commission to honour EU's leading role in designing and implementing the Agenda 2030 and present an comprehensive joined-up report on all SDGs; underlines that EU reporting, including the forthcoming Joint Synthesis Report on the EU support to developing countries, should include an analysis of the state of play and current shortcomings and gaps;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls the Commission to position itself as a role model in the HLPF process; invites the Commission to engage with Third Countries in progressing towards the achievement of 2030 Agenda, including through the UN Economic Commission for Europe;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2279(INI)

Peter SIMON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the upcoming in-depth review of SDGs 4 (quality education), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 17 (partnerships for the goals) and the future in-depth reviews of SDG 1(No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and expects the Union to comprehensively contribute to the review ~~in full~~;

2019/02/11
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2018/2121(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Peter SIMON, Mady DELVAUX, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that current international and national tax rules were mostly conceived in the early 20th century; asserts that there is an urgent need for reform of the rules, so that international, EU and national tax systems are fit for the new economic, social and technologic challenges of the 21st century; notes the broad understanding that current tax systems are not equipped to keep up with these developments and ensure that all market participants pay ~~fair~~their fair share of taxes;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Mady DELVAUX, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores again ‘the lack of reliable and unbiased statistics on the magnitude of tax avoidance and tax evasion [and] stresses the importance of developing appropriate and transparent methodologies to quantify the scale of these phenomena, as well as their impact on countries’ public finances, economic activities and public investments’; further deplores the lack of reliable quantitative assessment of the extent of financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights that close to 40 % of MNEs’ profits are shifted to tax havens globally each year25 ~~; _________________~~with some European Union countries appearing to be the prime losers of profit shifting, because 35% of shifted profits come from EU countries, followed by developing countries (30%)1a; deplores that Ireland is the number one shifting destination, followed by Singapore, the Netherlands, Caribbean tax havens and Switzerland1b; deplores furthermore that about 80% of the profits shifted within the EU are shifted to the EU tax havens, primarily Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands1c; [3] _________________ 1a Tørsløv, Wier and Zucman ‘The missing profits of nations’, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 24701, 2018. 1b Tørsløv, Wier and Zucman ‘The missing profits of nations’, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 24701, 2018. 1c Tørsløv, Wier and Zucman ‘Themissing profits of nations’, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 24701, 2018. 25 Tørsløv, Wier and Zucman ‘The missing profits of nations’, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 24701, 2018.

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its call on companies, as taxpayers, to fully comply with their tax obligations and refrain from aggressive tax planning leading to BEPS, and to consider fair taxation strategy as an important part of their corporate social responsibility and of their implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Pervenche BERÈS, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Urges furthermore the Member States taking part in the enhanced cooperation procedure to agree as quickly as possible on the adoption of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT);

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Evelyn REGNER, Peter SIMON, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls that taxes must be paid in the jurisdictions where the actual substantive and genuine economic activity and value creation takes place or, in case of indirect taxation, where consumption takes place; highlights that this can only be achieved by adopting the common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB); advocates for the inclusion of fair allocation of taxing rights on the agenda of current international tax negotiations, notably at OECD and UN levels;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses that between 1985 and 2018, the global average statutory corporate tax rate has fallen from 49% to 24%1a ; notes that nominal corporate tax rates have decreased by 46% since 2000 at EU level –from an average of 32% in 2000 to 21,9% in 20181b; is concerned about a growing race to the bottom on nominal corporate tax rates at both international and EU levels; regrets that international tax reform such as G20/OECD led BEPS project did not touch upon this unfair tax competition; calls for a second set of international tax reforms aiming at tackling tax competition among countries and ensuring a fair allocation of taxing rights; underlines it is necessary to give a greater role to the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters in the next reform of international tax rules; _________________ 1a Tørsløv, Wier and Zucman ‘Themissing profits of nations’, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 24701, 2018. 1b Taxation trend in the EU, Table 3:Top statutory corporate income tax rates (including surcharges), 1995- 2018,European Commission 2018

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Mady DELVAUX, Evelyn REGNER, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Deplores the imbalance between taxes paid on corporate and capital income and on labour; points out that such distribution of tax burden is unsustainable in view of the expected massive changes in the labour market due to increased robotisation and digitalisation and poses a serious risk to social cohesion;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that the G20/OECD 15-point BEPS action plan is being implemented and monitored and further discussions are taking place, in a broader context than just the initial participating countries, through the Inclusive Framework; calls on Member States to support a reform of both the mandate and the functioning of the Inclusive Framework to ensure that remaining tax loopholes and unsolved tax questions such as the allocation of taxing rights among countries are covered by the current international framework to combat BEPS practices; highlights the need to ensure that all countries participate on an equal footing;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the provisions on Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) included in ATAD I to ensure that profits made by related companies parked in low or no-tax countries are effectively taxed; acknowledges that they prevent the absence or diversity of national CFC rules within the Union from distorting the functioning of the internal market beyond situations of wholly artificial arrangements as called for repeatedly by Parliament; deplores the coexistence of two approaches to implement CFC rules in ATAD I and calls on Member States to implement only the simpler and most efficient CFC rules as in ATAD I Article 7(2)(a); asks the European Commission to make a legislative proposal reinforcing CFC rules, including a criteria on an actual corporate tax paid on profits lower than 18%;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Welcomes the general anti-abuse rule for the purposes of calculating corporate tax liability included in ATAD I, allowing Member States to ignore arrangements that are not genuine and having regard to all relevant facts and circumstances aimed at obtaining a tax advantage; reiterates its repeated call for the adoption of a general and common anti- abuse rule, namely in existing legislation and in particular in the parent-subsidiary directive, the merger directive and the interest and royalties directive; calls on Member States to consider a general anti- abuse rule including a minimum effective tax rate of 18%;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Calls on the Council, assisted by the European Commission, to define a comprehensive and exhaustive list of potential harmful tax practices within the EU, to be updated every year; demands that criteria aiming at identifying harmful tax practices include, notably, schemes allowing for a large deduction of corporate income tax without benefiting the real local economy;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Evelyn REGNER, Pervenche BERÈS, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Notes that, across the political spectrum, and across Europe, there is an overwhelming support for a digital tax; recalls that surveys show that 80% of citizens from Germany, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark are supportive of a Digital Service Tax (DST) and that 80% of the citizens think that the EU should not wait for international efforts before it undertakes such a step; underlines furthermore that a majority of the surveyed citizens want a broad scope for a digital service tax, which includes services providing digital content and e-commerce1a; _________________ 1a KiesKompas, Public Perception towards taxing digital companies in six countries https://policies.kieskompas.nl/digital-tax- report.pdf,December 2018

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. SRecalls that public CBCR is one of the key measures to find greater transparency on tax information of companies for all citizens; stresses that the proposal for public CBCR was submitted to the co-legislators just after the Panama papers scandal on 12 April 2016, and that Parliament adopted its position on it on 4 July 2017; recalls that this public nature is essential for civil society, investigative journalists, investors and other stakeholders, in particular, to whom the information is useful to assess potential risks and liabilities; recalls that the latter called for an enlargement of the scope of reporting and protection of commercially sensitive information; deplores the lack of progress and cooperation from the Council since 2016; urges for progress to be made in the Council so that it enters into negotiations with Parliament;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Deplores the fact that companies can make agreements with governments to pay almost no tax in a given country despite conducting substantial activity; points in this light to a tax ruling between the Dutch tax revenue authority and Royal Dutch Shell plc that seems to be in violation of Dutch tax law on the sole ground that the head office would be located in the Netherlands after the unification of the two former parent companies, which results in an exemption from Dutch dividend withholding tax, while at the same time recent investigations seem to show that the company pays no profit tax in The Netherlands either; reiterates its call on the Commission to investigate this case of potential illegal state aid;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)

65a. Welcomes that a VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) on telecommunications, broadcasting and electronic services was introduced in 2015 as a voluntary system for registration, declaration and payment of VAT; welcomes the extension of the MOSS to other supplies of goods and services to final consumers as of 1 January 2021;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74

74. WNotes that the Commission has recently proposed additional control tools and an enhanced role for Eurofisc as well as mechanisms for closer cooperation between customs and tax administrations and greater involvement of the European Public Prosecutor's Office; welcomes the adoption of the Protection of Financial Interests (PIF) Directive53 which clarifies the issues of cross-border cooperation and mutual legal assistance between Member States, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Commission in tackling VAT fraud; _________________ 53 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law, OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, in particular Articles 3 and 15 thereof.

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102

102. Calls on the Commission to table a legislative proposal to ensure the automatic exchange of information between the relevant authorities, ~~including tax and customs authorities,~~ on beneficial ownership and relevant transactions for taxation purposes taking place in free ports, customs warehouses or SEZs;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 a (new)

112 a. Notes the positive results of the UK law establishing the Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) in tracking proceeds of criminal activities; highlights that a UWO is a court order that requires a person who is reasonably suspected of involvement in, or of being connected to a person involved in, serious crime to explain the nature and extent of their interest in particular property, and to explain how the property was obtained, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the respondent’s known lawfully obtained income would be insufficient to allow the respondent to obtain the property; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of proposing a similar measure through EU legislation and report back to Parliament;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 b (new)

112 b. Welcomes the decision in some Member States to ban the issuing of bearer shares and to convert the current ones into nominal securities; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose EU- wide legislation to the same effect;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 c (new)

112 c. Stresses the urgent need to create a more efficient system for communication and information exchange among judicial authorities within the EU, replacing the traditional instruments of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, which provide lengthy and burdensome procedures harming investigations of money laundering and other serious crimes; reiterates its call on the Commission to assess the need for legislative action in this field;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Dietmar KÖSTER, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112 d (new)

112 d. Calls on the Commission to assess and report to Parliament about the role and particular risks presented by legal arrangements such as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) and Non Charitable Purpose Trusts (NCPTs) in money laundering, particularly in the UK, and Crown Dependencies and Overseas territories;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121 a (new)

121 a. Notes that the recent scandals affecting banks in Malta, Latvia, Estonia, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark reveal the failure of supervision by national anti-money laundering authorities; highlights, at the same time, that ESAs have limited abilities to take a more substantial role in the anti-money laundering field due to tight resources coupled with a lack of appropriate powers;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 a (new)

125 a. Notes the concerns expressed by the EBA with regards to the implementation of the Directive 2013/36/EU on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms1a; welcomes the suggestions made by the EBA to tackle the deficiencies caused by the current Union legal framework; _________________ 1a https://www.eba.europa.eu/documents/101 80/2101654/Letter+to+Tiina+Astola+on+t he+request+to+investigate+a+possible+B UL+under+Article+17+of+Regulation+% 28EU%29%20No+10932010+- +24092018.pdf

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131 a (new)

131 a. Takes note of the repeated calls from obliged entities, namely financial institutions, for proper channels of enhanced dialogue, communication and exchange of information between private bodies and public authorities, on one hand, and among obliged entities themselves, on the other, to provide less fragmented information to FIUs; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines in accordance with the AMLD5, for Member States to implement at national level in this regard, namely using the mechanisms provided in the General Data Protection Regulation for secure and lawful exchange of data;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)

133 a. Calls on Member States to ensure that registers of beneficial owners contain verification mechanisms to ensure the accuracy of the data; calls on the Commission to make assessment of verification mechanisms and reliability of the data in its reviews;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136

136. Underscores the problem of money laundering through investment in real estate in European cities through foreign shell companies; recalls that the Commission should assess the necessity and proportionality of harmonising the information in the land and real estate registers and assess the need for the interconnection of those registers; takes the view that Member States should have in place publicly accessible information on ultimate beneficial ownership of land and real estate; calls on the Commission, if appropriate, to accompany the report with a legislative proposal;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140 a (new)

140 a. Urges the Commission to lead on creating a global framework regulating virtual currencies which takes into consideration the risks of these new technologies; recalls the dangers posed to consumers by Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s) and urges the Commission to enact a proposal for their regulation as financial operations; notes in particular that cryptocurrencies' opacity can be used to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion; calls on the Commission to draft legislative proposals to ban certain anonymity measures on specific cryptocurrencies, on a case-by-case basis;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Paul TANG, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153

153. Welcomes the recent clarifications from the CoC Group on fair taxation criteria, especially regarding the lack of economic substance for jurisdictions having no corporate income tax rate or a rate close to 0 %; calls on the Member States to work towards the gradual improvement of the EU listing criteria to cover all harmful tax practices79 by determining a minimum level of effective taxation and by reviewing all potential harmful practices granting large tax exemptions or deductions which are disconnected from the domestic economy; regrets that the same criteria used to include the jurisdictions of third countries on the European list do not apply internally to Member States and that the EU consequently loses credibility to call on other countries to comply with standards of tax good governance; _________________ 79 Work on fair taxation criteria 2.1 and 2.2 of Council conclusions 14166/16 of 8 November 2016.

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 a (new)

153 a. Welcomes the new OECD global standard on substantial activities factor to no or only nominal tax jurisdictions1a, largely inspired by the EU work on the EU listing process (Fair criterion 2.2 of the EU list); calls on EU Member States to push for a more ambitious global standard including a minimum level of effective taxation; _________________ 1a OECD, “Resumption of Application of Substantial Activities Factor to No or only Nominal Tax Jurisdictions Inclusive Framework on BEPS: Action 5”, http://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/resumption- of-application-of-substantial-activities- factors.pdf, 2018

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Elly SCHLEIN, Evelyn REGNER, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 a (new)

154 a. Recalls a research study showing that tax avoidance via six EU Member States results in a loss of 42.8 billion in tax revenue in the other 22 Member States1a, which means that the net payment position of these countries can be offset against the losses they inflict on the tax base of other Member States; notes for instance, that the Netherlands impose a net cost on the Union as a whole of 11.2 billion euro, which means the country is in fact not a net contributor but a net recipient; _________________ 1a http://gabriel- zucman.eu/files/TWZ2018.pdf

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Mady DELVAUX, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 b (new)

154 b. Welcomes the expected review of the EU list in the first quarter of 2019; asks the Council to release a detailed assessment of commitments from jurisdictions which committed to reform and were listed on Annex II when the first EU list was released on December 5th2017; demands that jurisdictions listed on Annex II thanks to commitments made in 2017 are listed on Annex I if the due reforms have not been implemented by the end of 2018 or the agreed timeline;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 c (new)

154 c. Notes that developing countries might not possess the resources to implement newly agreed international or European tax standards and /or might have more urgent tax gap issues to tackle to ensure they generate sufficient revenues to provide for essential public services; subsequently calls on the Council to exclude counter measures such as cuts in development aid;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Elly SCHLEIN, Evelyn REGNER, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 d (new)

154 d. Notes that, according to data of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on foreign direct investment, Luxembourg and the Netherlands combined have more inward investment than the US, the vast majority of which is in special-purpose entities with no substantial economic activity, and Ireland has more inward investment than either Germany or France; points out that, according to its National Statistics Office, foreign investment in Malta amounts to 1 474 %of the size of its economy; notes that, according to research carried out by the University of Amsterdam, 23 % of all corporate investments that ended up in tax havens passed through the Netherlands; believes that these data are a clear indication that some Member States are facilitating excessive profit-shifting activities at the expense of other Member States;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 e (new)

154 e. Recalls that the European Commission has criticised seven member states - Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and The Netherlands, for their "aggressive" tax policies, arguing that they have tax policies that undermine the integrity of the European single market;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Paul TANG, Elly SCHLEIN, Evelyn REGNER, Pervenche BERÈS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 f (new)

154 f. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to regard explicitly at least Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland and Malta as EU tax havens;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 154 g (new)

154 g. Notes the current negotiations between the EU and Switzerland towards a Framework Agreement; stresses its view that the EU should renegotiate its trade, economic and other relevant bilateral agreements with Switzerland to bring them into line with EU anti-tax fraud policy and anti-money laundering legislation, so as to eliminate serious flaws in the Swiss supervisory system which enable a policy of internal banking secrecy to continue, as well as the creation of offshore structures worldwide, tax fraud and tax evasion not constituting a criminal offence, weak supervision, the inadequate self-regulation of obliged entities, and aggressive prosecution and harassment of whistle-blowers;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 158

158. Reiterates its call for the EU to have a leading role in the global fight against tax evasion, aggressive tax planning and money laundering, in particular through Commission initiatives in all related international forums; calls on the EU as a member of the G20 to aim for that forum to undertake a strong action against tax competition;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 159

159. Recalls its position regarding the creation of a ~~glob~~n intergovernmental tax body within the UN framework, which should be well equipped and have sufficient resources to ensure that all countries can participate on an equal footing in the formulation and reform of global tax policies;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 160

160. Calls for a ~~glob~~intergovernmental summit on remaining necessary global tax reforms in order to enhance international cooperation and put pressure on all countries, in particular their financial centres, to comply with transparency and fair taxation standards; calls for the Commission to take the initiative for such a summit and for the summit to allow for the establishment of the abovementioned ~~glob~~intergovernmental tax body;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Pervenche BERÈS, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 160 a (new)

160 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to push for a second set of international tax reform gathering all countries interested on an equal footing and aiming at tackling the growing corporate tax race to the bottom and the allocation of taxing rights;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Evelyn REGNER, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 161

161. Believes that supporting developing countries in combating tax evasion and aggressive tax planning, as well as corruption and secrecy that facilitate illicit financial flows, is of the utmost importance for strengthening policy coherence for development in the EU and improving developing countries’ tax capacities and domestic resource mobilisation; stresses the need to increase the share, in terms of aid and development, of financial and technical assistance to the national tax administrations of developing countries;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Elly SCHLEIN, Mady DELVAUX, Arndt KOHN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 167

167. Recalls the need for fair treatment of developing countries when negotiating tax treaties, taking into account their particular situation and ensuring a fair allocation of tax rights according to genuine economic activity and value creation; calls, in this regard, for ~~adherence to~~ the UN model tax convention to be used as a minimum standard and for transparency around treaty negotiations to be ensured;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 170 b (new)

170 b. Notes that some tax treaties allow the development of potential harmful tax schemes, such as the ‘SingleMalt’ 1awhich directs profits to countries with which Ireland has a double taxation agreement but that do not have any corporation tax; asks the European Commission to investigate such schemes and assess if they constitute an abuse of tax treaties; _________________ 1a Christian Aid, ‘Impossible’ structures: tax outcomes overlooked by the 2015 tax Spillover analysis, Part Two, 2017 https://www.christianaid.ie/sites/default/fil es/2018-02/impossible-structures-tax- report.pdf

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 171 a (new)

171 a. Asks Member States to renegotiate their bilateral tax treaties with third countries with the aim of introducing anti-abuse clauses, preventing ‘treaty shopping’ and a race to the bottom among developing countries;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Arndt KOHN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 171 b (new)

171 b. Reiterates its call on the European Union and its Member States to ensure that, when negotiating tax and investment treaties with developing countries, income or profits resulting from cross-border activities be taxed in the source country, where value is extracted or created; stresses, in this regard, that the UN Model Tax Convention ensures a fairer distribution of taxing rights between source and residence countries; stresses than when negotiating tax treaties, the European Union and its Member States should comply with the principle of policy coherence for development established in Article 208 TFEU;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Elly SCHLEIN, Evelyn REGNER, Olle LUDVIGSSON, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 172

172. Calls on the Commission to review all tax treaties in force and signed by Member States with third countries through impact assessment in order to identify potential negative impacts of such treaties on low and lower-middle income countries and to ensure that they treaties are all compliant with new global standards such as the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (‘MLI’); ~~asks the Commission to release recommendations to Member States regarding their existing bilateral tax treaties to ensure that they~~notes that the MLI represents OECD-based standards which were not established with consideration to the needs or challenges of developing countries; asks the Commission to release recommendations to Member States regarding their existing bilateral tax treaties to ensure that Member States are open to country context specific responses and enter into bilateral conversations with treaty countries to discuss allocation of taxing rights, and that bilateral tax treaties include general anti-abuse rules, looking at genuine economic activity and value creation;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 172 a (new)

172 a. Calls on Member States to mandate the Commission to propose a European tax treaty template, containing a clause on significant digital presence, an anti-abuse rule and an anti-tax dumping clause including a minimum level of effective taxation set at 18% of profits;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Pervenche BERÈS, Paul TANG, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 178 c (new)

178 c. Reiterates its call on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal on the separation of accounting firms and financial or tax service providers as well as on all advisory services, including a Union incompatibility regime for tax advisers, in order to prevent them from advising both public revenue authorities and taxpayers and to prevent other conflicts of interest;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 179 a (new)

179 a. Points out that professional secrecy cannot be used for the purposes of protection, the covering up of illegal practices or violating the spirit of the law; urges that the client/attorney privilege principle should not impede adequate STRs or the reporting of other potentially illegal activities without prejudice to the rights guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the general principles of criminal law; calls on the Commission to issue guidance on the interpretation and application of the legal privilege principle for professionals and to introduce a clear demarcation line between traditional judicial advice and lawyers acting as financial operators, in line with case-law of European courts;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 181 a (new)

181 a. Is concerned by the impact of non- disclosure agreements in employment contracts and dismissal agreements, particularly in the financial sector; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of proposing legislation banning abusive non-disclosure agreements and declared void agreements which limit the employee’s ability and right to report unlawful activity;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 197

197. Believes that the mandate of the CoC Group needs to be updated, since it addresses matters beyond the assessment of harmful EU tax practices, which is more than simply providing technical input to the decisions made by the Council; calls, based on the nature of the work undertaken by the Group which is also of a political nature, for such tasks to be brought back under a framework which enables democratic control or supervision, starting by applying transparency; invites Member States to update the mandate of the CoC Group to include a minimum level of effective taxation set at 18% of profits as well as an increased and improved work on harmful tax practices and on the EU listing process;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyn REGNER, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 199 a (new)

199 a. Reiterates its call for the creation of an EU Tax Policy Coherence and Coordination Centre (EUTPCCC) within the structure of the Commission1a,which would ensure effective and expeditious cooperation between Member States’ and facilitate early warning in cases like the Cum Ex scandal; urges Member States to support this call and for the Commission to present a legislative proposal for such a mechanism; _________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2016 on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (2016/2038(INI))

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2121(INI)

Peter SIMON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pervenche BERÈS, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Arndt KOHN, Paul TANG, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Mady DELVAUX, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Olle LUDVIGSSON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 207

207. Takes the view that the work of the TAXE, TAX2, PANA and TAX3 committees should be continued, in the forthcoming parliamentary term, in a permanent structure within Parliament ~~such as a subcommittee to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)~~, including Members from a diverse range of committees; considers that the Commissioner for Taxation, the Chair of the CoC Group and the Finance minister holding the rotating EU presidency should appear at least twice a year before the heretofore mentioned permanent structure;

2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3

2018/2046(BUD)

Patrizia TOIA, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that the Union has committed to comprehensively protect and promote the rights of the child in its external policy, in line with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; stresses the importance of implementing the EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in Union external relations; calls on the Commission to monitor and report on child rights progress in Union external programmes;

2018/07/19
Committee: DEVE

2018/2046(BUD)

Arne LIETZ, Maria NOICHL, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Vincent PEILLON, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, confirmed in 2015, to raise their ODA to 0,7 % of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to present binding timelines for progressive increases towards this level; calls the Member States to exclude the in donor costs out of the ODA calculation; reiterates the commitment made by the Commission to dedicate at least 20% of its total ODA to human development and social inclusion; calls for an increased allocation of its 2019 ODA to health, education and social protection, in order to reach its commitment by the end of the current MFF; stresses in particular the need to promote and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights, thereby countering the Global Gag Rule which was reinstated by the United States government;

2018/07/19
Committee: DEVE

2018/2046(BUD)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Emphasises the importance of maintaining payment appropriations in the humanitarian aid chapter at least on the same level as commitment appropriations, in order to avoid severe and constant lack of funds for payments, complicated urgent interventions and led to the accumulation of unpaid bills, with negative effects also on implementing partners;

2018/07/19
Committee: DEVE

2018/2046(BUD)

Arne LIETZ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Highlights the need to guarantee humanitarian and development aid for the Sahel; stresses that chronic poverty, climate change, intensification of conflicts and a nearly lean season this year have resulted in 6.8 million people in need of humanitarian aid in a region with structural fragilities restricting access to basic social services; therefore calls to increase humanitarian and development funding for the region to cover both life- saving interventions and longer term efforts to tackle the root causes of vulnerability to food and nutrition insecurity and to strengthen basic social services;

2018/07/19
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that ODA alone is not sufficient to meet development needs and that ~~the private sector plays an essential role in the realisation of inclusive and sustainable development and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda~~it is necessary to ensure that trade becomes an effective vehicle to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); calls on the EU to increase its financial commitment to Aid for Trade initiatives that are essential for developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries (LDCs);

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stresses that when acting in development, the private sector should abide by shared principles and common values, and that development objectives and effe~~Considers that the private sector should meet its responsibility in contributing to the realization of the 2030 Agenda; stresses that development objectives and effectiveness principles should prevail and recalls the obligations that the private sector is required to fulfill under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in terms of transparency and respect of human rights; calls on the Commission to draw up a legislative proposal on binding due diligence obligations for supply chains and to engage in constructive ne~~ss should prevail~~gotiations on the UN binding instrument on business & human rights;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the EU to ensure that its activities with developing countries, both in the field of development and trade, ~~promote~~are based on a fair and balanced framework among equal partners and are aimed at the promotion and respect of human rights;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that trade is not an end in itself, but that an inclusive, rules-based, free and fair trade policy if aligned with the SDGs can contribute to poverty eradication~~; recalls~~, reducing inequalities and creation of decent jobs; recalls the need to strengthen the principle of policy coherence for development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries; calls on the EU to systematically evaluate the impact of its trade and fiscal policies on developing countries;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of the multilateral rules-based order as the most effective way to achieve an inclusive global trading system; emphasises the importance of comprehensive provisions on social, labour and environmental standards in trade agreements; and welcomes the Commission’s commitment to include abinding and enforceable chapters on Trade and Sustainable Development ~~in all trade agreement~~; calls for accompanying measures, including financial support, to be implemented in trade agreements concluded with developing countries in order to support their efforts in respecting and implementing internationally agreed social and environmental standards; reiterates its call for more transparency in the trade in natural resources;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recalls that Africa is still marginalized in the global context, calls on the EU to support its ambitions of creating a genuine intra-African market and avoid taking steps which might hinder these ambitions; underlines in this regard the need to maximise the development and the positive impact of migration and mobility;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the EU to take into account the different level of development and capabilities of developing countries and to support African countries in strengthening its productive and transformation capacities in order to become less dependent on raw materials and simple processed products, enhancing their competitiveness and participation in global markets, and to help create quality jobs particularly strengthening the role of women in the formal and informal economy; stresses the need for any trade agreement with developing countries to provide for sufficiently asymmetrical liberalisation schedules, protection for infant industries, development-supportive rules of origin and effective safeguard clauses;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) ~~are an important instrum~~, if accompanied by appropriate structural measures and duly monitored, have the potential to be an important tool to promote regional integration and the inclusion of the African continent into ~~promote sustainable development through trade, if accompanied by appropriate structural measure~~world trade; stresses the importance of engagement with partner countries to create ownership at government and civil society levels, and strongly condemns the use of coercion as an instrument to secure approval for EPAs;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Deplores the facts that, each year, a sum exceeding total annual ODA is drained out of Africa in the form of illicit financial flows; reiterates its call to create effective tools to combat tax dodging globally and to enhance cooperation on tax matters with developing countries, including domestic resource mobilisation; recalls the need to establish a UN intergovernmental body to engage on an equal footing with developing countries in the reform of global tax rules;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/2005(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls for transparency in trade agreements and for the full involvement of civil societies of the partner countries concerned in the negotiations and implementations of future trade agreements, including the inclusion of structured and well-financed civil society monitoring process;

2018/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) The Fund should comply with the UN Agenda 2030 and the commitments at the international level in relation to migration and asylum, notably the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) An efficient return policy is an integral part of the comprehensive migration approach the Union and its Member States pursue. The Fund should support and encourage efforts by the Member States with a view to the effective implementation and further development of common standards on return, in particular as set out in Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , and of an integrated and coordinated approach to return management. ~~For sustainable return policies, t~~The Fund should equally support related measures in third countries~~, such as the reintegration of returnees~~ to facilitate and guarantee safe and dignified return and readmission as well as sustainable reintegration. _________________ 15 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98).

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the Fund should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union’s external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions,taken under the Fund in relation with Third countries should be fully coheren~~ce should be sough~~t with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy in respect of the country or region in question and the Union international commitments. In relation to the external dimension, the Fund should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of migration management in areas of interest to the Union's migration policyCooperation with Third countries should not be intended to support actions that are directly oriented towards development and should not undermine the principle of policy coherence for development, as set out in Article 208 of the TFEU.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that actions in relation with third countries are taken in coherence with other actions implemented through Union instruments, respect the principle of policy coherence for development and focus on non- development-oriented measures.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

2c. Stresses that gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment must be a significant objective, across all programmes, geographic and thematic; considers that the EU budget should be gender-and conflict-sensitive;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Patrizia TOIA, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the NDICI appears to not substantially contain thcore elements for a more pragmatic implementation of the Union's development cooperation policy ~~and reiterates its position that a single instrument for this policy is necessary and will allow for better cooperation with partner countries and stakeholders~~; notes with concern the lack of explicit reference in the objectives to eradication of poverty , sustainable development, the Sustainable Development Goals and combating inequality; underlines that these priorities must be reflected explicitly in the objectives of the proposed instrument;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Patrizia TOIA, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Draws attention to the European Union's international commitments to increase its official development assistance to 0.7% of GNI and to contribute at least0.2% of GNI towards Least Developed Countries by 2030 and to provide new and additional funding for climate action in developing countries; asserts that these commitments must be properly reflected in MFF 2021-2027;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its support for the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) in the EU budget, with provision also being made for the total additionality of the funds thus transferred; ~~stresses the opportunity that the NDICI represents for boosting the development of the sub-Saharan region through a more targeted neighbourhood policy.~~

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Patrizia TOIA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Acknowledges the significant efforts made by the EC to increase the allocation given to humanitarian aid budget line in the next MFF. However, notes that this increase does not respond yet to the level of needs, which have more than doubled since 2011;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the extension scope and allocation increase of the Emergency Aid Reserve to respond also to internal crises. Reminds that priority should be guarantee to sudden onset humanitarian crises outside the EU;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0166R(APP)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Underlines that the MFF 2021- 2027 must preserve and improve the EP oversight and scrutiny over the use of funds, with a clear mechanism and decision making process for the disbursement of unallocated funds, ensuring the EP impact in the programming and implementation phase of the external financial instruments; reiterates that any proposal for increased flexibility must be balanced by an improvement of transparency and accountability;

2018/09/17
Committee: DEVE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Title 1

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of ~~Union law~~law, misconduct or wrongdoing

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) In certain policy areas, breaches of Union law may cause serious harm to the public interest, in the sense of creating significant risks for the welfare of society. Where weaknesses of enforcement have been identified in those areas, and whistleblowers are in a privileged position to disclose breaches, it is necessary to enhance enforcement by ensuring effective protection of whistleblowers from retaliation and introducing effective reporting channelsIf whistleblowers make a disclosure in the public interest, their effective protection from retaliation must be insured and effective internal and external reporting channels must be introduced.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Accordingly, common minimum standards ensuring effective whistleblower protection should apply in those acts and policy areas where i) there is a need to strengthen enforcement; ii) under- reporting by whistleblowers is a key factor affecting enforcement, and iii) breaches of Union law cause serious harm to the public interestall Union and national laws and areas.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)

(18 a) Whistleblowers who report misconduct and violations of labour and social law are key to ensuring safe and just workplaces. Breaches of rules in an organisation that are reported by persons who work or worked there or by persons who were in contact with it, shall be ensured full protection under this regulation.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) Persons who report information about threats or harm to the public interest ~~obtained in the context of their work- related activities~~ make use of their right to freedom of expression. ~~The right to f~~Freedom of expression, is essential in a democratic society. and enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), encompasses media freedom and pluralism.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34

(34) It is for the Member States to identify the authorities competent to receive and give appropriate follow up to the reports on breaches falling within the scope of this Directive. These may be regulatory or supervisory bodies in the areas concerned, law enforcement agencies, anti-corruption bodies and ombudsmen. The authorities designated as competent shall have the necessary capacities and powers to assess the accuracy of the allegations made in the report and to address the breaches reported, including by launching an investigation, prosecution or action for recovery of funds, or other appropriate remedial action, in accordance with their mandate. The staff serving in those agencies shall be specialized and have proper training and formation including on European and national data protection legislation.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48

(48) Effective detection and prevention of breaches of Union law requires ensuring that potential whistleblowers can easily, andonymously or in full confidentiality, bring the information they possess to the attention of the relevant competent authorities which are able to investigate and to remedy the problem, where possible.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62

(62) ~~As a rule, r~~Reporting persons ~~should~~can first use the internal channels at their disposal and report to their employer. However, it may be the case that internal channels do not exist (in case of entities which are not under an obligation to establish such channels by virtue of this Directive or applicable national law) or that their use is not mandatory (which may be the case for persons who are not in an employment relationship), or that they were used but did not function properly (for instance the report was not dealt with diligently or within a reasonable timeframe, or no action was taken to address the breach of law despite the positive results of the enquiry).

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 63

(63) In other cases, internal channels could not reasonably be expected to function properly, for instance, where the reporting persons have valid reasons to believe that they would suffer retaliation in connection with the reporting; that their confidentiality would not be protected or their anonymous report would not be investigated; that the ultimate responsibility holder within the work- related context is involved in the breach; that the breach might be concealed; that evidence may be concealed or destroyed; that the effectiveness of investigative actions by competent authorities might be jeopardised or that urgent action is required (for instance because of an imminent risk of a substantial and specific danger to the life, health and safety of persons, or to the environment. In all such cases, persons reporting externally to the competent authorities and, where relevant, to bodies, offices or agencies of the Union shall be protected and anonymous reports shall be investigated upon, if well evidenced. Moreover, protection is also to be granted in cases where Union legislation allows for the reporting person to report directly to the competent national authorities or bodies, offices or agencies of the Union, for example in the context of fraud against the Union budget, prevention and detection of money laundering and terrorist financing or in the area of financial services.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 64

(64) Persons making a public disclosure directly should also qualify for protection where the public has an overriding interest in being informed directly or in cases where a breach remains unaddressed (for example, it was not properly assessed or investigated or no remedial action was taken) despite having been reported internally and/or externally following a tiered use of available channels; or in cases where reporting persons have valid reasons to believe that there is collusion between the perpetrator of the breach and the competent authority is reasonably suspected , that evidence may be concealed or destroyed, or that the effectiveness of investigative actions by competent authorities might be jeopardised; or in cases of imminent and manifest danger for the public interest, or where there is a risk of irreversible damage, including, inter alia, harm to physical integrity.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 71

(71) Beyond an explicit prohibition of retaliation provided in law, it is crucial that reporting persons who do suffer retaliation have access to legal remedies. The appropriate remedy in each case will be determined by the kind of retaliation suffered. It may take the form of actions for reinstatement (for instance, in case of dismissal, transfer or demotion, or of withholding of training or promotion) or for restauration of a cancelled permit, licence or contract; compensation for actual and future financial losses (for lost past wages, but also for future loss of income, costs linked to a change of occupation); compensation for other economic damage such as legal expenses and costs of medical and psychological treatment, and for intangible damage (pain and suffering).

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 84

(84) The objective of this Directive, namely to strengthen enforcement in certain policy areas and acts where misconduct or wrongdoing or breaches of Union law can cause serious harm to the public interest through effective whistleblower protection, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting alone or in an uncoordinated manner, but can rather be better achieved by Union action providing minimum standards of harmonisation on whistleblower protection. Moreover, only Union action can provide coherence and align the existing Union rules on whistleblower protection. Therefore, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. With a view to enhancing the enforcement of Union as well as national law and policies in specific areas, this Directive lays down common minimum standards for the protection of persons reporting on ~~the following~~misconduct of public interest, unlawful activities or abuse of law:

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

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

a) breaches falling within the scope of the Union acts set out in the Annex (Part I and Part II) as regards the following areas: (i) public procurement; (ii) financial services, prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing; (iii) product safety; (iv) transport safety; (v) protection of the environment; (vi) nuclear safety; (vii) food and feed safety, animal health and welfare; (viii) public health; (ix) consumer protection; (x) protection of privacy and personal data, and security of network and information systems.deleted

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

a) persons having or have had the status of worker, with the meaning of Article 45 TFEU, including persons having the status of civil servants;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

e) persons who are or were in contact with organisations.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3

(3) ‘abuse of law’ means acts or omissions falling within the scope of Union law which do not appear to be unlawful in formal terms but defeat, or distort, the object or the purpose pursued by the applicable rules;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(12) ‘retaliation’ means any threatened or actual act or omission prompted by the internal or external reporting ~~which occurs in a work-related context~~ and causes or may cause unjustified detriment to the reporting person;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

a) channels for receiving the reports which are designed, set up and operated in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the identity of the reporting person, allows for anonymous disclosures through the use of appropriate IT systems and prevents access to non-authorised staff members;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d

d) a reasonable timeframe, not exceeding ~~three month~~60 days following the report, to provide feedback to the reporting person about the follow-up to the report;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e

e) clear, transparent and easily accessible information regarding the procedures and information on how and under what conditions reports can be made externally to competent authorities pursuant to Article 13(2) and, where relevant, to bodies, offices or agencies of the Union.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) written reports in electronic or paper format ~~and/or oral report through telephone lines, whether recorded or unrecorded~~, including options for anonymous disclosures, as well as disclosures employing cryptographic methods;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) oral report through telephone lines, whether recorded or unrecorded;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall designate the authorities competent to receive and handle reports. This includes designating specific, independent competent authorities entitled to receive and proceed reports on classified or sensitive information.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a

a) establish independent and autonomous external reporting channels, which are ~~both~~ secure ~~and~~, ensure confidentiality and allow for anonymous disclosures, for receiving and ~~handl~~processing information provided by the reporting person;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b

b) give feedback to the reporting person about the follow-up of the report within a reasonable timeframe not exceeding ~~three month~~60 days or ~~six~~120 months in duly justified cases;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c

c) transmit, while further ensuring confidentiality and/or anonymity of the reporting person, the information contained in the report to competent bodies, offices or agencies of the Union, as appropriate, for further investigation, where provided for under national or Union law.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title

7 ~~Design~~Structure and functioning of external reporting channels

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

a) written report in electronic or paper format, including options for anonymous disclosures, as well as disclosures employing cryptographic methods;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

b) a reasonable timeframe, not exceeding ~~three months or six month~~60 days or 120 days in duly justified cases, for giving ~~feed-back~~updates to the reporting person ~~about the follow-up of the report and~~on the actual and forthcoming status as well as a description of the ~~type~~form and content of this feed-back;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

c) the confidentiality ~~regime~~measures applicable to reports, including a detailed description of the circumstances under which the confidential data of a reporting person may be disclosed.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. The detailed description referred to in point (c) of paragraph 1 shall include the exceptional cases in which confidentiality of personal data may ~~not be ensur~~be breached, including where the disclosure of data is a necessary and proportionate obligation required under Union or national law in the context of investigations or subsequent judicial proceedings or to safeguard the freedoms of others including the right of defence ~~of the concerned person~~, and in each case subject to appropriate safeguards under such laws.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

If the circumstances described in the point (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 9 take place, the competent authority shall send to the reporting person a justification in written form, on which grounds the competent authority believes that the confidential data should be disclosed. The competent authority shall offer the possibility to the reporting person to check, rectify and agree if these circumstances take place.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. A person reporting externally shall qualify for protection under this Directive where one of the following conditions is fulfilled : a) he or she first reported internally but no appropriate action was taken in response to the report within the reasonable timeframe referred in Article 5; b) internal reporting channels were not available for the reporting person or the reporting person could not reasonably be expected to be aware of the availability of such channels; c) the use of internal reporting channels was not mandatory for the reporting person, in accordance with Article 4(2); d) he or she could not reasonably be expected to use internal reporting channels in light of the subject-matter of the report; e) he or she had reasonable grounds to believe that the use of internal reporting channels could jeopardise the effectiveness of investigative actions by competent authorities; f) he or she was entitled to report directly through the external reporting channels to a competent authority by virtue of Union law.deleted

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. A person reporting to relevant bodies, offices, elected officials or agencies of the Union on breaches falling within the scope of this Directive shall qualify for protection as laid down in this Directive under the same conditions as a person who reported ~~externally~~ in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraph 21).

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. A person making a publicly disclos~~ing information~~ure on breaches falling within the scope of this Directive shall qualify for protection under this Directive where any of the following are met:

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a

a) he or she first reported internally and/or externally in accordance with Chapters II and III and paragraph 21 of this Article, but no appropriate action was taken in response to the report within the timeframe referred to in Articles 5(1)(d)6(2)(b) and 9(1)(b); or

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b

b) he or she could not reasonably be expected to use internal and/or external reporting channels due to imminent or manifest danger for the public interest, urgent threat to public health, safety or the environment or to the particular circumstances of the case, or where there is a risk of irreversible damage.;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)

b a) internal or external reporting channels were not available for the reporting person or the reporting person could not reasonably be expected to be aware of the availability of such channels;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b b (new)

b b) he or she could not reasonably be expected to use internal or external reporting channels in light of the subject- matter of the report;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b c (new)

b c) he or she had reasonable grounds to believe that the use of internal and external reporting channels could jeopardise the effectiveness of investigative actions by competent authorities.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point g

g) coercion, intimidation, harassment or ostracism ~~at the workplace~~;

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

n a) legal actions aimed to shut down critical speech by intimidating critics into silence and draining their resources.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2018/0106(COD)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1

Any processing of personal data carried out pursuant to this Directive, including the exchange or transmission of personal data by the competent authorities, shall be made in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive (EU) 2016/680. Any exchange or transmission of information by competent authorities at Union level should be undertaken in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. Personal data which are not relevant for the handling of a specific case shall not be collected or, if accidentally collected, shall be immediately deleted.

2018/09/18
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- - having regard to its resolution on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration Texts adopted, (2015/2095(INI))

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the aberrant governance practices, including political parties and political leaders promoting racist and xenophobic ideas, policies, speeches and practices ad spreading fake news, seen in some Member States reflect a selective approach to the benefits and responsibilities of EU membership, and whereas the refusal by those Member States to fully uphold EU law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the predictability of State actions is undermining the credibility of the EU as a legal area;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrants~~many migrants arriving to Europe place their lives in the hands of traffickers and criminals; whereas , according to UNHCR data, 27% of the migrants arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean are children; whereas , according to the IOM, 23% of these children stated that they had never been to school;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the dangers faced by refugee and migrant children include separation from their families, detention, multiple discrimination, sexual and gender-based violence, exploitation and physical and psychological damage;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas hate speech includes all forms of expression which propagate, encourage, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsism, Afrophobia,, Islamophobia, or other forms of hatred based on intolerance; whereas the development of new kinds of media is making it easier to engage in online hate speech;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of racial violence and hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, anti- Gypsism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or other forms of hatred based on intolerance whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, fake news, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that the flow of migration towards the EU is continuing and that it mostly consists of people from Africa who have not left a country which is at war or where their lives are at risk, but who have come to Europe in search of a better life;deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that violent conflicts, persecution, inequality, terrorism, repressive regimes, natural disasters, human-made crisis and chronic poverty are all drivers of migration that have led to increased mobility in recent years.

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes the view, therefore, that a clear distinction should be drawn between migrants who can legitimately claim refugee status and those who cannot; calls for migrants to be identified and for their requests for entry into the EU to be processed before they come;deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedom, which need to be protected regardless of their status; urges Member States to comply with existing fundamental rights and asylum legislation while paying attention to the most vulnerable groups, namely minors.

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Expresses concern over the fact that several Member States have toughened their asylum and migration legislation in terms of increasing police measures, reducing benefits for refuges, introducing cuts in social benefits, introducing time-limited residence permits for refugees and beneficiary of subsidiarity protection.

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Deplores that the little progress that has been registered on resettlement were offset by restriction in family reunification with several EU member states introducing limits in their national laws

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Deplores the lack of safe and legal channels for asylum seekers and refugees into the European Union; urges therefore Member States to open up and allocate sufficient resources to create new safe and legal possibilities and channels for asylum seekers and migrants to enter the European Union. Stresses the importance of addressing the root causes of large movements of refugees and migrants in developing countries.

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses the imperative need for all persons ~~of Islamic faith and culture, including those who have already been living here for a long time, to be integrated as effectively as possible into~~to be included on equal terms in European society; stresses that in~~tegrat~~clusion of this kind will be the best way to tackle ~~Islamic~~all forms of radicalisation ~~in Europe~~and terrorism in Europe; recommends that Member States’ counter-terrorism measures are proportionate and that the restriction to the enjoyment of human rights are subject to judicial review and independent oversight;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12a (new)

12a. Is concerned about the wide divergences in the level of reception conditions provided by some Member States that do not ensure adequate and dignified treatment of applicants of international protection.

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that integration is best achieved through ~~schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for~~education, training, housing, access to the labour market, social and health services and also effective access to democratic structures in society for young and older people~~, that th~~; therefore EU should ~~therefore~~ promote a policy reception and integration in all the Member States, and that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concern;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses concern at the rhetoric of hatred and fear directed at migrants entering Europe and the upsurge in ~~anti- Islamic~~Afrophobic, anti-Roma, anti-Semitic, an~~d anti-African~~ti- migrant and Islamophobic rhetoric;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, ~~from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identific~~racist speech and fake news; urges Member States to halt this phenomenon through improved monitoring investigation and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European ~~culture and law~~principles and values, in collaboration with civil society and IT companies;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Is concerned about the alarming growth of policy of hatred, hate speech and fake news, which, in many cases, are sponsored or supported by authorities, political parties and political leaders and reported by social media

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. For the sake of creating mutual trust, fighting effectively against anti- Gypsyism and making tangible improvement in the living conditions of Roma people, calls on the Commission and the Member States to follow the recommendations and satisfy the demands of the resolution on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (2017/2038(INI));

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Deplores the fact that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in EU Member States has risen significantly in recent years;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Deplores the fact that Muslims face widespread discrimination and harassment as well as the disproportionate effect of counter- terrorism legislation, policies and practices which can have a discriminatory bias when not grounded in reasonable suspicion or are not legitimate and proportionate;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)

18g. Calls for the adoption of the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive which is still pending for approval by the Council; considers it a condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU law framework against discrimination, also protecting from discrimination on the grounds of religion and belief, disability, age and sexual orientation outside of employment;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)

18h. Encourages the Commission to appoint EU Coordinators on Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism, to be responsible for improving coordination and coherence among EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States and international actors and will develop existing and new EU policies to address Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism, and recommends the adoption of European frameworks for national strategies to combat Afrophobia,anti- Gypsyism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the security of the European continent as well as its capacity to maintain a sustainable growth closely and immediately depend on the stability and the development of the African continent;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Rec~~Calls for the ~~recognised~~strengthening of the effectiveness of ACP-EU cooperation ~~and the results achieved~~in order to achieve concrete results in the field of development; stresses that this common framework must be maintained, while developing the regional dimension, including by means of increased cooperation with the African Union and the regional economic communities;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Pier Antonio PANZERI, Maria ARENA, Elly SCHLEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the role played by civil society, the private sector, the parliamentary assemblies and local authorities in consolidating the political dialogue between the EU and Africa;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the need to increase the participation of civil society and social partners in the Africa- EU partnership, promoting the reinforcement of ~~its~~their capacities and ensuring their involvement in the design and implementation of relevant reforms and policies; supports the various platforms established to make civil society a key actor in the partnership, particularly the Joint Annual Forum, whose aim is to implement the EU-Africa roadmap;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Pier Antonio PANZERI, Elly SCHLEIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Emphasises the need to promote good governance, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, ~~but also~~to increase efforts to combat corruption and illicit capital flight and increase corporate accountability on both continents, as they are indispensable elements in sustainable development;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls therefore for a frank dialogue, with the active participation of social partners, concerning these values and principles and for them to be made a major component of cooperation, particularly by extending the conditionality of development aid on strict respect for them;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Norbert NEUSER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Underlines the need for a stronger political partnership with shared responsibilities between the EU and Africa, that will give greater African ownership on programs and goals based on shared values and interest;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recalls that Africa is particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change; considers it necessary to support ~~African countries in their effor~~investments toin re~~duce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt~~newable energy in African countries; recalls that it is vital to respect the commitment given in Paris in 2015 to allocate USD 100 billion to developing countries by 2020;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Pier Antonio PANZERI, Maria ARENA, Elly SCHLEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the EU initiatives ~~to promote~~demanding better management of, and more transparent trade in, natural resources; calls for a joint EU-Africa charter on sustainable management of natural resources to be drawn up;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the private sector plays a decisive role in job creation and the development process, and that it helps to finance the latter; welcomes the establishment of the European Fund for Sustainable Development, which should make it possible to support the private sector in African countries and thus promote investment and the creation of sustainable jobs; underlines the importance of the involvement of social partners by boosting the effectiveness of social dialogue at all relevant levels which is conducive of collective bargaining;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the private sector plays a decisive role in job creation and the development process, and that it helps to finance the latter; welcomes the establishment of the European Fund for Sustainable Development, which should make it possible to support the private sector in African countries and thus promote investment and the creation of sustainable jobs, recalls the obligations that the private sector is required to fulfil under the United Nations and OECD Guidelines;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Norbert NEUSER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports the establishment of a continental free trade area in Africa; ~~recalls also the development prospects presented by Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and trade agreements between the EU and African countries;~~ calls for increased cooperation between the European and African private sectors and for concentration of investment in key sectors such as sustainable energy, basic infrastructure, sustainable use of natural resources and agriculture, particularly by means of public-private partnerships;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines within the EU/African partnership the necessity to create decent jobs and ensure decent payment and to link investment to it; calls to comply with ILO standards, including those related to a safe and healthy working environment; stresses the importance to respect and strengthen the role of social partners amongst others in involving them in monitoring, consultation processes, policy making and implementation notably of social, trade and economic policies and to support the organisation and carrying into effect of social dialogue and collective bargaining;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Maria ARENA, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the EU to take into account the different level of development and capabilities of developing countries and to support African countries in strengthening its productive and transformation capacities in order to move up the value-added scale and become less dependent on raw materials and simple processed products;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Maria ARENA, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Underlines the need to maximise the development potential of free movement of persons and migration and the need to support African countries in this regard;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Norbert NEUSER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Maria NOICHL, Vincent PEILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that Africa’s population is growing rapidly, which necessitates a long- term strategic vision; recalls the need to harness the demographic dividend by means of appropriate public policies and investment and stresses the crucial role of the emancipation of women, gender equality and education, particularly of girls, in building a resilient society;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Recognises that the increasing population in Africa is both a challenge and an opportunity for the continent and therefore calls on the EU to be committed in promoting appropriate public policies and investments in health, education, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to ensure young people are equipped to make informed decisions about their SRH, without which social, economic and environmental resilience cannot be reached;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Norbert NEUSER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the EU to support Africa to build the capacity of its administrative structure by opening channels for more young Africans participation in the Erasmus+ programme: mobility of staff and students and academic cooperation by providing trainings for teachers in a few key disciplines in order to improve students' skills and education quality and relevance;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Norbert NEUSER, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers it important to support African countries in establishing effective health systems; in this context, the importance of investing in science, technology and innovation (STI) to tackle the still huge burden of poverty-related and neglected diseases (PRNDs) that disproportionately affect the most marginalised African populations, and thereby addressing the critical need to achieve the SDGs;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers it important to support African countries in establishing effective health systems; and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), vital to ensure healthy lives and well-being by lowering maternal and newborn mortality and reducing the risk of sexually-transmitted diseases;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Underlines that Science, Technology and Innovation(STI) are essential means for the implementation of the SDGs, as these drive social and economic development and can provide life-saving solutions that tackle poverty- related and neglected diseases in the African continent that disproportionately affect the most marginalised; calls for the Commission and Member States to improve both the financial and policy environment to promote STI through its development cooperation;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2083(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Supports the various initiatives adopted at European level to tackle the underlying causes of irregular migration: migration partnerships, trust funds for Africa and the European Fund for Sustainable Development; calls for their implementation to be ensured and continued efficiently and coherently; reiterates its concerns that these new policies and financial instruments may be implemented to the detriment of development objectives; asks for a stronger scrutiny role of the European Parliament in this regard to ensure that the new funding tools are compatible with EU legal basis, principles and commitments; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of partnership and cooperation with third countries;

2017/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) worldwide must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) ~~and that the EU’s support for such implementation~~ , focusing on long-term objectives such as eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting de~~veloping countries must increase~~mocratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that EU Development Cooperation has as its primary objective the eradication of poverty as enshrined in article 208 TFEU; calls for the next MFF to maintain the integrity of development and humanitarian aid, which should support the capacity and interests of developing countries in line with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines, in this context, the need to ~~focus on the health, food, education, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure and governance SDG~~increase the level of resources allocated to development cooperation in order to implement Agenda 2030 in an integrated and holistic way; emphasises the need to fulfil EU commitments to allocate 20% of its ODA to social inclusion and human development with a focus on education and health; recalls EU commitment to gender mainstreaming in the next MFF and the need to invest in powerful enablers to sustainable human development such as sexual and reproductive health and rights;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the crucial role of official development assistance (ODA) in least developed countries and fragile states; notes its potential to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s new efforts at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees, also in countries where the needs are great, but and recalls EU commitment under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to reach 0,20% of ODA/GNI to least developed countries, abiding by the pri~~sks are high; notes that important funding needs will arise as a result~~nciple of leaving no one behind;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the next MFF ~~also~~ to reflect the unprecedented needs for humanitarian aid, caused by natural and man-made disasters driven, inter alia, by climate change and human insecurity, conflicts and forced displacement; calls in particular for maintaining a separate instrument for humanitarian aid with its own legal basis, budget and long term funding strategy, as well as a substantial humanitarian aid reserve;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Isabelle THOMAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the next MFF should enable the Union to provide solutions and emerge strengthened from the crises of the decade: the economic and financial downturn, the phenomenon of migration and refugees, climate change and natural disasters, terrorism and instability, persistent poverty, increasing inequality, to name but a few; underlines that these global, cross-border challenges with domestic implications reveal the interdependency of our economies and societies, and point to the need for joint actions; stresses in this context the obligation to align the EU’s budgetary framework with the Sustainable Development Goals which provide a global roadmap for more sustainable, equitable and prosperous societies within planetary boundaries; recalls that all EU member states and the European Commission itself had signed up the SDG Declaration in November 2015

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out the need to reinforce the essential role of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in promoting European values worldwide and consolidating human rights and democracy in EU external action;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for the next MFF to adequately resource the EEAS and EU Delegations, in order to allow them to meet their objectives and obligations in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian aid;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls for the next MFF to be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, underlines the need of scaling up financing for climate action in developing countries, supporting climate mitigation and adaptation and the protection of biodiversity; calls for effective mainstreaming of climate change and environment issues in EU external financing instruments;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Emphasises that losses of f~~Underlines that the United Kingdom’s contribution amoundts ~~for~~to 15 % of the EU’s development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integration of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the EU budget in the context of an overall increase the total of EU-managed ODA; aid budget, calls for a review of existing tools and instruments that can allow for a future UK collaboration in EU development policy; emphasises that eventual losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Reiterates its position that the European Development Fund (EDF) should be integrated into the Union budget; stresses, however, that such integration should be conditional to a geographical allocation of funds based on countries’ needs and an ambitious upward revision of the ceilings to avoid a reduction of the current EDF resources;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Draws attention to the ODA commitments entered into by th~~Calls for the next MFF to enforce EU’s and ~~its~~the Member States international commitments, including that of increasing their ODA to 0.7 % of GNI by 2030 in a timely manner; recalls that EU-managed ODA contributes towards the honouring of Member States’ commitments and can significantly increase the development effectiveness of ODA expenditure, including through reduced fragmentation and the facilitation of an incentive-based approach with partner countries.;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that a genuine simplification of EU external financing instruments could enhance coherence and facilitate democratic control and scrutiny; stresses however that such simplification should respect European Parliament’s right of scrutiny and development effectiveness principles, and that EU development funding should retain its fundamental objective of poverty eradication, focusing in particular on LDCs and fragile contexts;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has constantly been fully mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for flexibility to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness principles and aid predictability, in detriment of those instruments designed to serve long- term development goals, or short-cutting parliamentary scrutiny and consultations with partner countries and civil society;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Believes that the promotion of peace, security and justice in developing countries is crucial and recognises the need for security-related expenditure to deliver on SDG 16;reiterates that the creation of a specific and separate instrument in support of capacity building for security and development should avoid the securitization of development instruments and funding;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Considers that the proliferation of Trust Funds, rendered necessary due to the lack of resources and flexibility, undermines the unity of the budget and entails risks on democratic ownership, transparency, accountability and aid effectiveness; believes that the use of these instruments should be clearly justified, complementary, of limited duration and aimed at addressing specific objectives rather than serving long-term development goals;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Strongly believes that Trust Funds benefitting of development funds, such as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, should serve genuine long-term development objectives and respond to partner countries’ development needs; considers that the mobilisation of the EU budget to respond to the migration challenge should be accompanied by a common policy on this field and that actions taken in this area should not come at the expense of EU's development policies;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Notes that development assistance can play an important role in the area of migration in tackling the causes of forced displacement and enhancing the benefits of migration and mobility for development; considers however that ODA should not be used to cover in-donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of partnership and cooperation with third countries;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees; stresses, however, that private sector engagement shall abide by strong transparency and accountability standards, bringing in measurable and additional development impact with solid social, environmental and human rights safeguards in place;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Inés AYALA SENDER, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Soraya POST, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Union to assume its role in twohree emerging policy areas with internal and external dimensions, which have appeared in the course of the current MFF: ~~on the one hand, by develop~~– by developing and funding a comprehensive asylum, migration and integration policy and addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in third countries and on the other hand, by providing security to European citizens and promoting stability abroad, notably by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence; on the other hand, promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation; – by promoting stability and safeguarding human rights abroad notably by building capacity in conflict prevention and mediation, and development of the adequate infrastructures and logistic capacities which guarantee the needed mobility – by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defence, stresses that actions taken in this areas should not come at the expense of EU’s development policies, preventing diversion of ODA from its main objective of poverty eradication

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Vincent PEILLON, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6h. Reiterates its unequivocal call for continued and increased EU support and funding for CSOs as development actors in their own right, and for their full and free involvement in political dialogue as well as in programming and implementation across EU cooperation instruments;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Considers also that, when a certain share of off-budget operations is deemed necessary to achieve certain specific objectives, for example through the use of financial instruments or trust funds, these should be kept at a limited level and duration, be fully transparent, and backed by strong decision- making and accountability provisions;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69

69. Calls, therefore, for a substantial increase in the overall budget earmarked for the FP9 programme in the next MFF that should be set at a level of at least EUR 120 billion; considers this level to be appropriate for securing Europe’s global competitiveness, scientific and industrial leadership, for responding to societal challenges, and for helping to achieve the EU’s climate goals and the Sustainable Development Goals;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Jens GEIER, Elly SCHLEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86

86. Expects that in the post-2020 period, the European Union will move from crisis-management mode to a permanent, European policy in the field of asylum and migration; stresses that the actions in this field should be covered by a dedicated instrument, i.e. the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; emphasises that the future fund, as well as the relevant Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, must be equipped with an adequate level of funding for the whole of the next MFF to address the comprehensive challenges in this area; believes, furthermore, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) should be complemented by additional components tackling this issue under other policies, in particular by the cohesion funds and the instruments financing external actions, as no single tool could hope to address the magnitude and complexity of needs in this field; recognises, moreover, the importance of cultural, educational and sports programmes in integrating refugees and migrants into European society; asks the Commission to assess whether the role of European cities within the European asylum policy could be strengthened by introducing an incentive scheme that offers financial support for refugee accommodation and economic development directly to cities in return for receiving refugees and asylum seekers;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 b (new)

88b. Recalls that the EU budget dedicated to EU external action has been constantly mobilised and reinforced, exhausting all available margins to tackle the multiplication of humanitarian and other emergencies around Europe; underlines the need for more flexible procedure to allow funding to be deployed more rapidly in reaction to unforeseen developments and crises; stresses however that greater flexibility should not come at the expense of aid effectiveness and aid predictability, or short-cutting parliamentary scrutiny and consultations with partner countries and civil society;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89

89. Emphasises that substantial additional funding is necessary for the Union to play its role in the framework of its global strategy and of its neighbourhood, development and enlargement policies; draws attention to the commitment by the EU and its Member States to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to increase their official development assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of GDP by 2030; expects the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs of neighbourhood countries struggling with conflicts and the consequences of the challenges presented by migration and refugees, as well as the needs for humanitarian aid as a result of natural and manmade disasters;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 b (new)

89b. Recalls that EU Development Cooperation has as its primary objective the eradication of poverty as enshrined in article 208TFEU; calls for the next MFF to maintain the integrity of dedicated instruments for development and humanitarian aid in order to serve the interests of developing countries in line with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles; recalls EU commitments to allocate 20% of its ODA to social inclusion and human development, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, to reach 0,20 % of ODA to Least Developed Countries, to gender mainstreaming and to ensure that Policy Coherence for Development is respected throughout all EU policies;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 c (new)

89c. Calls for the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs for humanitarian aid, caused by natural and man-made disasters driven, inter alia, by climate change, through an increased allocation; underlines that humanitarian aid must be delivered according to the humanitarian principles enshrined in the Treaty and the European Consensus, and in a predictable, timely and flexible manner; calls for a separate instrument and an own budget line for humanitarian aid; draws the attention to the need to avoid any gap between commitment and payment appropriations for humanitarian aid;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90

90. Is ready to consider a streamlined architecture of the external financing instruments, as long as the Commission and the High Representative clearly demonstrate the expected advantages of such changes such as enhanced coherence and democratic scrutiny, and provided that the specificities autonomy and objectives of the underlying Union policies, in particular EU Development Cooperation and Humanitarian aid are respected; notes that such architecture should include a budgetised EDF, a more transparent incorporation of trust funds and facilities guided by the key principles of democratic ownership and development effectiveness, as well as a possible continuation of the External Investment Plan based on its evaluation demonstrating its development additionality and human rights, social and environmental impact; could consider, as part of an overall increase in the external financing instruments, a larger unallocated reserve aimed at increasing in-built flexibility, but stresses that this should not be achieved at the expense of long-term geographic and thematic priorities; in addition, considers that the streamlined architecture calls for proper check and balances and transparency, including an enhanced strategic policy input and scrutiny of implementation by the EP.

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)

90a. Notes that development assistance can play an important role in the area of migration tackling the causes of forced displacement and enhancing the benefits of migration and mobility for development; considers, however, that ODA should not be used to cover in-donor refugee costs, the externalisation of migration policies outside EU borders or the costs of returns and readmission to countries of origin; rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of cooperation with third countries;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 b (new)

90b. Notes the potential role of ODA to facilitate the mobilisation of financing for development from other sources, private and public, domestic and international; supports the EU’s effort at stimulating private investment through blending grants and loans and providing guarantees; stresses, however, that private sector engagement shall abide by strong transparency and accountability standards, bringing in measurable and additional development impact with solid social, environmental and human rights safeguards in place;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 c (new)

90c. Reiterates its unequivocal call for continued and increased EU support and funding for CSOs as development actors in their own right, and for their full and free involvement in political dialogue as well as in programming and implementation across EU cooperation instruments;[

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2044(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Consider~~Recalls that the ~~EU budget is not the adequate tool for financing migration policies, as most Member States remain reluctant to launch a common policy in this field~~migrant and refugee crisis has significantly impacted the EU budget and will continue to require dynamic responses in the coming years;

2017/09/06
Committee: DEVE

2017/2044(BUD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its rejection of the use of development funds for non-development objectives and underlines that funding that does not fulfil ODA criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the DCI and the EDF; stresses that any mechanisms that benefit from such instruments, in particular the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, should serve genuine long-term development objectives and respond to partner countries’ development needs and not donors’ political objectives;

2017/09/06
Committee: DEVE

2017/2044(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)

65 a. Recalls the 2013 Fox-Häfner report, which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament to be between EUR 156 million and EUR 204 million and equivalent to 10 % of the Parliament's budget; notes the finding that 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament's geographic dispersion; emphasises that the report also estimates the environmental impact of the geographic dispersion to be between 11,000 to 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; reiterates the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls therefore for a roadmap to a single seat and a reduction in the relevant budget lines;

2017/10/04
Committee: BUDG

2017/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has a transformational potential and sets out universal, ambitious, comprehensive, indivisible and interlinked goals requiring immediate action with a view to full and effective implementation;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the EU has not yet established a comprehensive strategy to implement Agenda 2030 and taken up a general coordination role for the actions taken at the national level; whereas an effective implementation strategy, monitoring and review mechanism are essential to achieve the SDGs;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the financing of the SDGs poses an enormous challenge which demands a strong and global partnership and the use of all forms of financing (domestic, international, public, private and innovative sources) and non- financial means; whereas private financing can complement, but not substitute public funding;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas effective mobilisation of domestic resources is an indispensable factor in achieving the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and developing countries are particularly affected by corporate tax evasion and tax avoidance;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas international trade can be a powerful driver of development and economic growth and a large part of EU imports comes from developing countries, whereas the Agenda 2030 acknowledges trade as means of implementation to achieve the SDGs;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

A e. whereas Member States and EU policies have both intended and unintended effects on developing countries, and the SDGs constitute a unique opportunity to achieve more coherence and fairer policies towards developing countries;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

A f. whereas Agenda 2030 emphasises the role of migration as potential driver of development, and art. 208 of TFEU establishes that eradication of poverty is the primary objective of EU development policies;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to draw up an ambitious overarching strategy bringing together existing initiatives, setting new priorities ~~based on identified gaps~~informed by a broad gap analysis of existing policies and their implementation, as well as synergies and incoherencies between them, and providing guidance for both the EU institutions and the Member States in their implementation, monitoring and review of the 2030 Agenda, ensuring that both EU internal and external policies are in line with the agenda;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define a clear and detailed EU-wide ~~Sustainable Development Goal (SGD)~~2030 Agenda implementation plan with specific targets, deadlines, and methodology for coordination between the EU and its Member States, underpinned by a transparent and robust monitoring, accountability and review framework with the close involvement of ~~Parliament~~the European Parliament and civil society, on the basis of a comprehensive set of quantitative and qualitative indicators covering social, economic and environmental factors;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls the importance of the underlining principle of the Agenda 2030 of 'leaving no one behind', asks the Commission and the Member States to take strong action in addressing inequalities within and between countries and to promote research and data disaggregation in their policies to ensure inclusiveness and prioritisation of the most vulnerable and marginalised;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the next Multiannual Financial Frameworks (MFFs) should be designed in a way that enables the implementation of the EU’s strategy and ~~SDG~~the 2030 Agenda implementation plan and ensures a substantial EU contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda worldwide, mainstreaming sustainable development priorities throughout the EU budget;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the importance of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a key instrument for eradicating poverty; calls on the EU and its Member States to reco~~mmi~~nfirm their commitment without delay to the 0.7 % of the gross national income target and to submit a timeline for gradually increasing ODA in order to reach this target; recalls the EU commitment to allocate at least 20% of its ODA to human development in the period until 2020 and calls on the Commission to reconfirm this commitment; calls to protect ODA from diversion by retaining its fundamental objective of poverty eradication, focusing in particular on LDCs and fragile contexts;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reaffirm their commitment to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as an important contribution towards achieving broader Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) in its actions for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda ~~and~~; stresses the need to enhance mechanisms for PCD and PCSD within all EU institutions and policy-making and to ensure that the principle is respected adequately in regular ex ante impact assessments and by introducing adequate mechanisms for accountability, mitigation and redress;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Believes that supporting peace, security and justice in developing countries is crucial; emphasises that the funding for security-related expenditure, which does not constitute ODA, must come from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) or the European Development Fund (EDF) or any other mechanisms that benefit from these instruments;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Takes note of the role of the private sector in implementing the 2030 Agenda, in particular its responsibility for transitioning towards sustainable consumption and production patterns in Europe and globally; calls on the Commission to establish binding obligations for corporate accountability and transparency to ensure that the private sector adheres to clear environmental, social and human rights standards, and that its contribution is fully in line with the 2030 Agenda;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that ensuring tax justice, and transparency, fighting tax dodging, eradicating tax havens and increasing Domestic Resources Mobilisation is crucial for financing the 2030 Agenda; reiterates its call to investigate the spill over impact on developing countries of all national and EU tax policies and to uphold the principle of Policy Coherence of Development when legislating in this field;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the importance of fair and properly regulated trade ~~for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and urges the EU to frame its trade policy strategy in line with the SDG~~and urges the EU to frame its trade policy strategy in line with the 2030 Agenda in order to promote regional integration, high social and environmental standards, sustainable consumption and production patterns, contributing to sustainable growth and combating poverty and global inequalities;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on the Commission to promote sustainable global value chains with the introduction of due diligence systems for companies with regard their full supply chain, encouraging businesses to invest more responsibly and stimulating more effective implementation of sustainability chapters in free trade agreements, including anticorruption, transparency, anti-tax avoidance and responsible business conduct;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-adjust their approach to migration with a view to developing a migration policy in line with the SDG 10 and a positive, evidence-based narrative on migrants and asylum-seekers; reiterates its concerns that the new policies and financial instruments to address the root causes of migration may be implemented to the detriment of development objectives, and asks for a stronger scrutiny role of the European Parliament in this regard to ensure that the new funding tools are compatible with EU legal basis, principles and commitments, especially with the 2030 Agenda;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Strongly rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements as the basis of partnership and development cooperation with third countries; calls on the EEAS and the Member States to ensure that cooperation with partner countries on migration is human rights compliant;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Stresses the need to harness the demographic dividend of developing countries by means of appropriate public policies and investment in youth health, including sexual and reproductive health, and education; recognises that these key enablers for human development and human capital need to be prioritised in order to guarantee sustainable development;

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2017/2009(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to establish an EU Multi- Stakeholder Platform, ~~and~~ stresses the need to include civil society as an active partner in the entire planning, implementation, monitoring and review process; invites the Commission and the Member States to invest in raising awareness on sustainable development among citizens.

2017/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. Whereas the protection of whistle- blowers in the European Union should not only be limited to European cases, but should also apply to international cases.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Stresses that in democratic and open states based on the rule of law, citizens have a right to know about violations of their fundamental rights and to denounce them, including those involving their own government;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Notes that the culture of whistle- blowing is contested and ill-conceived in many Member States and among the European public; highlights the need for a change in the perception of whistle- blowing and its connection to fundamental rights; states that whistle- blowing should be promoted as civic engagement and as an act of good citizenship supported by communication, learning, education and training; states, that within the “risk society” information brought to light by whistle-blowers is needed to conduct a public discourse about the dangers and opportunities of social and technological innovation; therefore encourages the Member States to start a public dialogue on whistle- blowing in order to raise awareness and to incentivise citizens to speak up if they discover misconduct, wrongdoings or fraud;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Caterina CHINNICI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights the need for a common and broad definition of whistle-blowing and whistle-blowers in order to ensure suitable legal protection for whistle- blowers and the smooth functioning of the EU body mentioned in paragraph 4;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Caterina CHINNICI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. SEmphasises the need for a legal protection of whistle-blowers in the European Union and at international level that should be of benefit for the individual whistle-blowers as well as in the public interest; recalls that legislation in most Member States is not extensive; stresses that protection of whistle- blowers should be harmonised at EU level; is of the opinion that a horizontal EU legal instrument providing for protection ofor whistle-blowers ~~in the public and private sectors and~~, complemented by sectorial rules w~~ould~~ill be the most efficient approach in order to ensure comprehensive and genuine protection of whistle-blowers;, reiterates in this regard its call on the Commission to present by the end of 2017 a legislative proposal defining the whistle- blowing and ~~sett~~providing ~~out~~for common rules for the protection of whistle-blowers~~1 ; _________________ 1~~[1]. Reaffirms that the rule of law is crucial for a culture of freedom of expression. [1] European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on the fight against corruption and follow-up of the CRIM resolution, Text adopted P8_TA(2016)0403. Text adopted P8_TA(2016)0403.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognises that every person who contributes information to a relevant authority or who discloses an infringement in another appropriate way has to have the right to legal protection.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Expresses its concern at retaliation against whistle-blowers in their personal and professional lives~~States that whistle-blowers are extremely vulnerable to retaliation attacks; expresses its concern for the labour and personal retaliation, and at the possibility tof initiat~~ing~~e criminal and civil judicial proceedings against whistle- blowers; and calls for the creation of a clear horizontal legal framework that includes definitions, and protection against different forms of reprisals, and for exemptions from criminal and civil proceedings, according to the criteria to be established;.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Caterina CHINNICI, Birgit SIPPEL, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that no employment relationship should restrict someone’s right of freedom of expression and no one should be discriminated against in cases of exercising that right.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Highlights that whistle-blowers act at high personal and professional risk and may pay a high price; is therefore of the opinion that measures for the alleviation of those costs and adequate compensation have to be established; states that a new workplace should be found in order to avoid a deterioration of their living conditions and falling into precariousness; notes that mental and psychological help must be secured; notes that in court cases the legal fees of the whistle-blowers have to be reimbursed; states that personal data of the whistle- blowers should never be published;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Calls for the creation of legal and secure disclosure channels at national level to facilitate reporting~~Expresses the need of a complaints system managed by a centralised and independent authority; calls therefore for the creation of an independent information-gathering, advisory and referral EU body, with offices in Member States which are in a position to receive reports of irregularities, with sufficient budgetary resources, adequate competences and appropriate specialists, in order to the ~~competent authorities of information on threats to the public interest~~lp internal and external whistle-blowers in using the right channels to disclose their information while protecting their confidentiality and offering needed support and advice;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that whistle-blowers are an important source of information for investigative journalism; calls on the Member States to ensure that the right of journalists not to reveal a source’s identity is effectively and legally protected; stresses that journalists, in case that they themselves are the source, should be protected and that authorities in both cases should refrain from using surveillance;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Highlights the important role of the media in unveiling illegalities or misconduct, notably when these infringe upon the fundamental rights of citizens; expresses its continued support for investigative journalism and media freedom;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the EU institutions, in cooperation with all relevant national authorities, to introduce and take all necessary measures to protect the anonymity and confidentiality of the information sources in order to prevent any discriminatory actions or threats;

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls on the EU institutions to award a European whistle-blower prize to encourage a change in the perception of whistle-blowing and its connection to fundamental rights and that whistle- blowing is an act of good citizenship.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2224(INI)

Dietmar KÖSTER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Cătălin Sorin IVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that ~~freedom of expression and information, as well as the strong substrate component of civic morality,~~the protection of whistle-blowers is essential for the freedom of expression and information, the plurality of opinions, democracy and freedom and this must be taken into account when assessing the protect~~ion of th~~ed public interest.

2017/07/06
Committee: LIBE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Maria NOICHL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

- having regard to the programmes funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women focused on addressing harassment and violence against women in the garment industry6b _________________ 6bhttp://www.unwomen.org/en/trust- funds/un-trust-fund-to-end-violence- against-women

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child6a _________________ 6a https://www.unicef.org/crc/

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)

- having regard to the ILO Programme on Improving working conditions in the Ready-Made garment sector in Bangladesh6c _________________ 6c http://www.ilo.org/dhaka/Whatwedo/Proje cts/safer-garment-industry-in- bangladesh/lang--en/index.htm

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Elly SCHLEIN, Judith SARGENTINI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas victims of the three most deadly incidents in the garment sectors (Rana Plaza, Tazreen and Ali Enterprises) have or are in the process to receive compensation for the loss of income; whereas this is in line with ILO Convention 121 and is the result of unprecedented cooperation between brand, trade unions, civil society, governments and the ILO; whereas given the widespread violation of key human rights, actual remedy remains rare;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Elly SCHLEIN, Judith SARGENTINI, Ignazio CORRAO, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas victims of human rights abuses involving European companies face multiple obstacles to access judicial remedies; including procedural obstacles on admissibility and disclosure of evidence, often prohibitive litigation costs, absence of clear liability standards for corporate involvement in human rights abuses, and lack of clarity on the application of EU rules of private international law in transnational civil litigation;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ~~require~~demands the EU’'s ~~policies, including trade,~~trade policy to be b~~ased~~uilt on the ~~principles and objectives of the EU’s external action~~EU's external policies and objectives a, concretely those of development cooperation stated in Article 208 ~~TFEU~~; whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) reaffirms that the EU’'s external actions will be guided by the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and compliance with the UN Charter and international law;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas initiatives led by the private sector on a voluntary basis, such as codes of conduct, labels, self-assessments and social audits, have to be further enhanced and have not proven to be ~~at all effective~~enough over the last 20 years in terms of increasing workers’ rights, consumer awareness and environmental safety in the garment supply chain;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Maria NOICHL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

E b. whereas the trend of the garment industry is still going towards fast fashion, which poses an enormous threat and pressure on garment workers in the producing countries;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Judith SARGENTINI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas in December 2016 many trade union activists have been arrested in Bangladesh followed by a protest for a living wage and better working conditions, whereas several hundreds of garment workers have been fired following the protests; whereas the right of association is still not respected in the producing countries;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas in October 2015 the Commission released its new trade strategy ‘'Trade for All’', in which it sets out its aim to use trade agreements and preference programmes as levers to promote around the world, sustainable development, human rights, fair and ethical trade and improve the responsibility of the supply chains as a means of strengthening sustainable development, human rights and good governance in third countries;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

K b. whereas the garment industry in Eastern Europe, for example Poland, the Czech republic, Slovakia and Croatia, does not comply with ILO standards like a living wage or decent working conditions;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that EU trade and investment policies are interlinked with social protection, gender equality, tax avoidance, SMEs, development, human rights and environmental policies; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee policy coherence for development on business and human rights at all levels, in particular in relation to the Union’'s trade and investment policy;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Maria NOICHL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Supports the Commission's examination of a possible EU-wide initiative on the garment sector; notes, in addition, that the current multiplication of existing initiatives could result in an unpredictable environment for companies; believes that the proposal should address human rights related issues, promote the traceability and the transparency of value chains, enhance conscious consumption, focus on labour rights and gender equality;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Believes that the EU consumers have the right to be informed on conformity of garment industry products with sustainability and respect for human rights and environment; believes that EU legislative effort and initiative to this regard on garments should be made visible in the final product;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Judith SARGENTINI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal on binding due diligence obligations for supply chains in the garment sector as soon as possible, aligned with the new OECD guidelines ~~and internationally agreed standards on human rights and social and environmental standards; this proposal should focus on the core problems garment workers fac~~on due diligence in the garment and foot- wear sector, the OECD guidelines for multinational companies, that are importing into the European Union, the ILO resolution on decent work in supply chains and internationally agreed standards on human rights and social and environmental standards; emphasises, that the new OECD guidelines should be the leading principle in the legislative proposal; stresses, that this legislative proposal should include core standards like (occupational health and safety, a living wage, freedom of association, and freedom of collective bargaining, prevention of sexual harassment and violence) a~~nd should~~t the workplace, eliminating forced and child labour; calls on the commission to further address the following matters: key criteria for sustainable production, transparency and traceability, including collection and transparent of data and tools for consumer information, due diligence checks and auditing, access to remedy;, gender equality, supply-chain due diligence reporting; awareness raising~~; notes, however, with concern that a lot more needs to be done and urges the Commission to take further actions which have a direct impact on workers’ lives~~ in the European Union; encourages the Commission to acknowledge other national legislative proposals and initiatives with the same goal as the legislation, once they have been audited and have met the requirements of the European legislation;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its call on the Commission to extend corporate social responsibility and binding due diligence initiatives beyond existing frameworks for the garment sector so as to ensure that the EU and its trading partners and operators live up to the obligation to respect both human rights and the highest social and environmental standards; urges the Commission to pay attention on remuneration and the working conditions in the garment sector in the Eastern Member States of the EU; urges the Eastern Member States to implement the ILO standards in the garment sector;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to deliver on its objective to foster improvements in the ready-made garment sector, including through a strong gender focus; calls on the Commission to make gender equality a central focus of its flagship legislative initiative; calls for gender aspect to be mainstreamed in the EU garment initiative; therefore believes that the proposal should promote women empowerment, non-discrimination, gender equality and address the issue of harassments in workplaces as already envisaged by European and international commitments;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2140(INI)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elly SCHLEIN, Ignazio CORRAO, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. encourages the Commission to use the legislation to further implement and promote the SDGs;

2017/02/06
Committee: DEVE

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 205 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs shall only meet interest representatives that have registered in the Transparency Register and publish the details of their meetings with those representatives.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) not receive any kind of payment, remuneration or gift for any activity which primary purpose is to influence Union policy or decision making.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)

(bb) not receive any payment for speeches or articles, excluding necessary travel and accommodation expenses;

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. The information provided to the President in line with this Article shall be published on Parliament’s website in an easily accessible manner, including all relevant elements on side activities that might constitute a conflict of interests.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2114(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

At the request of the President, or on its own initiative, the Advisory Committee shall also assess alleged breaches of this Code of Conduct and advise the President on possible action to be taken.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2114(REG)

Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I – Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Where there is reason to think that a Member of the European Parliament may have breached this Code of Conduct, the ~~President may refer the matter to the Advisory Committee.~~ Advisory Committee, on its own initiative or at the request of the President, may investigate the matter.

2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO

2016/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas mobilisation of domestic resources is key to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and represents a viable strategy to overcome foreign aid dependency in the long run;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2094(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Linda McAVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the importance of plural and inclusive democracy, and calls for the EU to promote a level playing field for political parties and a dynamic civil society in all its actions, including through capacity-building and through dialogue with partner countries to allow sufficient civil society space; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure engagement of CSOs in the design, implementation, monitoring, review and accountability of development policies;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Recalls that developing countries face major constraints in raising tax revenue and are particularly affected by corporate tax evasion and illicit financial flows; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen Policy Coherence for Development in this field, to investigate the spill over impact on developing countries of their own tax arrangements and laws and to advocate for a better representation of developing countries in international fora set up to reform global tax policies;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Reiterates the direct link between security and development, but underlines the need to avoid securitisation of development instruments, that should be aimed at poverty eradication and promotion of sustainable development; stresses that the objective of peaceful and inclusive societies with access to justice for all should translate into EU external action building resilience, promoting human security, strengthening the rule of law, restoring confidence and tackling the complex challenges of insecurity, fragility and democratic transition;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Considers that development assistance should not be used to stem the flows of migrants and asylum seekers or diverted to assist Member States in managing migration; strongly rejects the idea of conditionality of aid based on border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2094(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Underlines the need for close parliamentary scrutiny and monitoring of migration-linked use of development funds; stresses the importance of close cooperation and the establishment of a good practice of formal and informal exchange of information between institutions, notably in the field of migration and security; recalls its concerns about the increasing use of trust funds, such as limited transparency, lack of consultation and regional ownership;

2016/12/09
Committee: DEVE

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the Commission to fully reflect in its Budget proposals the Union’'s commitment to working with the private sector and financial institutions in development cooperation, where appropriate; highlights therefore the potential to leverage new resources for development through socially responsible public- private partnerships, blending and other innovative ways, in compliance with development effectiveness, human rights principles and equity outcome-oriented results; looks forward to the detailed proposals on the setting up of an investment plan for Africa, which should be people-centred and should focus on capacity building and technical assistance, trade and investment opportunities, access to energy and infrastructure requirements; stresses the important role that Parliament must play in supporting and monitoring such an investment plan;

2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the alarming gravity of the humanitarian needs triggered by the Syrian crisis and other unprecedented conflicts necessitates using the Emergency Aid Reserve (over and above the MFF ceilings) and the Flexibility Instrument to the fullest extent possible, while also using the margin under heading IV to address the humanitarian crisis; is concerned that the new funding mechanisms affecting development funds have an uncertain goal and regrets the lack of involvement by the European Parliament; recalls that it is strongly against the use of development funds for non-development objectives;

2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’'s proposal to increase support for local private sector development in partner countries and calls for the respective budgetary allocations to be introduced as early as possible in next year’'s budget~~; highlights the importance of encouraging a climate where private initiative can flourish~~, although not at the expense of support to other development actors, such as civil society organisations; highlights the importance of encouraging a climate where small and medium sized enterprises can flourish in line with the UN guiding principles on business and human rights, through legislative capacity building and a strong rule of law, sound banking systems and regulations, functioning tax systems, increased transparency and accountability;

2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE

2016/2047(BUD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Insists that the development budget for 2017 must reflect more consistently the Union’'s focus on fragile states, Least Developed Countries, youth unemployment and women and girls in conflict situations; considers the reduction in the Development Cooperation Instrument lines targeting human development to be inappropriate in light of these needs and the EU's commitment to allocate at least 20 % of its ODA to basic social services, namely education and health;

2016/08/16
Committee: DEVE

2016/2047(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)

60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Maria GRAPINI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) contribute to the reduction of the ~~risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of~~need for third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to travel irregularly to the territory of the Member States;

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) contribute to international resettlement initiatives, thereby increasing the overall number of resettlement places available in the Member States.

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

In determining the regions or third countries from which resettlement shall occur within the Union Resettlement Framework, in accordance with the ~~implementing~~delegated acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Maria GRAPINI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

(a) the number of persons in need of international protection displaced to ~~or within~~ a third country and ~~any onward movement of those persons to the territory of the Member States~~eligible for resettlement as indicated by the UNHCR;

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) The number of vulnerable third- country nationals or stateless persons who are in need of international protection, especially those in protracted refugee situations;

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

~~(b) complementarity with financial and technical assistance provided to third countries to which or within which persons in need of international protection have been displaced;~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

~~(c) the Union's overall relations with the third country or countries from which resettlement occurs, and with third countries in general;~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part

(d) ~~a third country's effective cooperation with the Union in the area of migration and asylum, including:~~regions hosting protracted refugee situations.

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

~~(i) reducing the number of third- country nationals and stateless persons irregularly crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country;~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

(ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularly crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned;deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

(iii) increasing the capacity for the reception and protection of persons in need of international protection staying in that country, including through the development of an effective asylum system; ordeleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

(iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

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

~~(e) the scale and content of commitments to resettlement undertaken by third countries.~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) persons who have irregularly stayed, irregularly entered, or attempted to irregularly enter the territory of the Member States during the five years prior to resettlement;~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1

~~persons whom Member States have during the last five years prior to resettlement refused to resettle in accordance with this paragraph.~~deleted

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) the maxinimum t~~otal~~arget number of persons to be resettled to the Member States in total;

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall adopt ~~implementing acts~~delegated acts in accordance with Article 14, supplementing this Regulation, in order to establish~~ing~~ targeted Union resettlement schemes consistent with the annual Union resettlement plan adopted pursuant to Article 7~~. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2)~~, in accordance with paragraph 2.

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0225(COD)

Kati PIRI, Anna HEDH, Elly SCHLEIN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the ~~maximum total~~total target number as set out in the annual Union resettlement plan provided for in point (a) of Article 7(2) and details about the participation of the Member States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;

2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Applicants who are identified as being in need of special procedural guarantees should be provided with adequate support, including sufficient time, in order to create the conditions necessary for their effective access to procedures and for presenting the elements needed to substantiate their application for international protection. Where it is not possible to provide adequate support in the framework of an accelerated examination procedure or a border procedure, an applicant in need of special procedural guarantees should be exempted from those procedures. The need for special procedural guarantees of a nature that could prevent the application of accelerated or border procedures should also mean that the applicant is provided with additional guarantees in cases where his or her appeal does not have automatic suspensive effect, with a view to making the remedy effective in his or her particular circumstancMinors should be always exempted from border and accelerated procedures.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) The examination of an application should be accelerated and completed within a maximum of two months in those instances where an application is manifestly unfounded because it is an abusive claim, including where an applicant comes from a safe country of origin or an applicant is making an application merely to delay or frustrate the enforcement of a removal decision, or where there are serious national security or public concerns, where the applicant does not apply for international protection in the first Member State of entry or in the Member State of legal residence or where an applicant whose application is under examination and who made an application in another Member State or who is on the territory of another Member State without a residence document is taken back under the Dublin Regulation. In the latter case, the examination of the application should not be accelerated if the applicant is able to provide substantiated justifications for having left to another Member State without authorisation, for having made an application in another Member State or for having otherwise been unavailable to the competent authorities, such as for instance that he or she was not informed adequately and in a timely manner of his or her obligations. ~~Furthermore, an accelerated examination procedure may be applied to unaccompanied minors only within the limited circumstances set out in this Regulation.~~

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) 'subsequent application' means a further application for international protection made in any Member State after a final decision has been taken on a previous application ~~including cases where the application has been rejected as explicitly withdrawn or as abandoned following its implicit withdrawal~~;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a

~~(a) the authorities of another Member State who have been entrusted by that Member State with the task of receiving, registering or examining applications for international protection;~~deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Caterina CHINNICI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. The applicant shall inform the determining authority of the Member State in which he or she is required to be present of his or her place of residence or address or a telephone number or e-mail address where he or she may be reached by the determining authority or other responsible authorities. He or she shall notify that determining authority of any changes. The applicant shall accept any communication at the most recent place of residence or address which he or she indicated accordingly, in particular when he or she lodges an application in accordance with Article 28.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Caterina CHINNICI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The determining authority shall inform applicants, in a language which they understand or are reasonably meant to understand and in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language, of the following:

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) the right to legal assistance for the lodging of the individual application, including the possibility of free legal assistance in accordance with Article 15;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e

(e) ~~the time-frame of the procedure~~any time-limits which they are required to respect and the time-limits which the responsible authorities are required to respect;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f

(f) the means at their disposal for fulfilling the obligation to submit the elements as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation) including the right to free legal assistance and representation;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Caterina CHINNICI, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6

6. The determining authority shall give applicants notice win writhin ~~a reasonable time~~g within seven days of the decision taken on their application. Where a guardian, legal adviser or other counsellor is legally representing the applicant, the determining authority ~~may~~shall give notice of the decision to him or her ~~instead of~~as well as to the applicant.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Caterina CHINNICI, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point –a (new)

(-a) assistance in preparing and lodging the application in accordance with Article 28;

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Kati PIRI, Caterina CHINNICI, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

1. The process of identifying applicants with special procedural needs shall be initiated by authorities responsible for receiving and registering applications as soon as an application is made and shall be continued by the determining authority once the application is lodged. The assessment shall in any event be initiated no later than 15 days after an application is made and shall be completed within 30 days.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Kati PIRI, Caterina CHINNICI, Marju LAURISTIN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Where there are indications that applicants may have been victim of torture, rape or of another serious form of psychological, physical, sexual or gender-based violence and that this could adversely affect their ability to participate effectively in the procedure, the determining authority shall refer the applicants to a doctor or a psychologist for further assessment of their psychological and physical state. In such cases, the doctor or psychologist shall be trained in carrying out such assessments and be supported by a qualified interpreter.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Caterina CHINNICI, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Medical examinations may be used to determine the age of unaccompanied minors within the framework of the examination of an application where, following statements by the applicant or other relevant indications including a psychosocial assessment, there are doubts as to whether or not the applicant is under the age of 18. Where the result of the medical examination is not conclusive, or includes an age-range below 18 years, Member States shall assume that the applicant is a minor. The applicant has the right to an effective remedy against the decision on the age assessment.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The document referred to in paragraph 2 shall be valid for a period of six months ~~which~~and shall be renewed a~~ccordingly to~~utomatically where no final decision has yet been reached on the application for international protection, ensureing that the validity of that document covers the period during which the applicant has a right to remain on the territory of the Member State responsible.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) a country which is not a Member State is considered to be a first country of asylum for the applicant pursuant to Article 44, unless it is clear that the applicant will not be admitted or readmitted to that country;deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) a country which is not a Member State is considered to be a safe third country for the applicant pursuant to Article 45, unless it is clear that the applicant will not be admitted or readmitted to that country;deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) the application is a subsequent application, where no new relevant elements or findings relating to the examination of whether the applicant qualifies as a beneficiary of international protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Qualification Regulation) or relating to the inadmissibility ground previously applied, have arisen or have been presented by the applicant;deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2

2. An application shall not be examined on its merits in the cases where an application is not examined in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Dublin Regulation), including when another Member State has granted international protection to the applicant, or where an application is rejected as inadmissible in accordance with paragraph 1.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4

4. Where after examining an application in accordance with Article 3(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Dublin Regulation), the first Member State in which the application is lodged considers it to be admissible, the provision of paragraph 1(a) and (b) need not be applied again by the Member State responsible.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5

5. Where the determining authority prima facie considers that an application may be rejected as manifestly unfounded, it shall not be obliged to pronounce itself on the admissibility of the application.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4

4. In the event of arrivals involving a disproportionate number of third-country nationals or stateless persons lodging applications for international protection at the border or in a transit zone, making it difficult in practice to apply the provisions of paragraph 1 at such locations, the border procedure may also be applied at locations in proximity to the border or transit zone.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Kati PIRI, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Sergei STANISHEV, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 5

5. The border procedure may be applied to unaccompanied minors, in accordance with Articles 8 to 11 of Directive (EU) No XXX/XXX (Reception Conditions Directive) only where: (a) the applicant comes from a third country considered to be a safe country of origin in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 47; (b) the applicant may for serious reasons be considered to be a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State, or the applicant has been forcibly expelled for serious reasons of public security or public order under national law; (c) there are reasonable grounds to consider that a third country is a safe third country for the applicant in accordance with the conditions of Article 45; (d) the applicant has misled the authorities by presenting false information or documents or by withholding relevant information or documents with respect to his or her identity or nationality that could have had a negative impact on the decision. Point (d) shall only be applied where there are serious grounds for considering that the applicant is attempting to conceal relevant elements which would likely lead to a decision refusing to grant international protection and provided that the applicant has been given an effective opportunity to provide substantiated justifications for his actions.deleted

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0224(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e

(e) the possibility exists ~~to receive protection in accordance with the substantive standards of the Geneva Convention or sufficient protection as referred to in Article 44(2), as appropriate~~, according to national law, to receive effective protection in accordance with the Geneva Convention, with the full respect of all the rights deriving from it and no geographical scope limitations.

2017/06/26
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b

(b) the ~~minor children~~sons and daughters of the couples referred to in point (a) or of the beneficiary of international protection, ~~on condition that they are unmarried and~~ regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law;

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c

(c) the ~~father, mother~~mother and the father of the applicant or another adult responsible for the beneficiary of international protection whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned, when that beneficiary is a minor ~~and unmarried~~;

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c a (new)

(c a) -The grandparents of the applicant or beneficiary of international protection

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0223(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point c b (new)

(c b) -The grandchildren of the applicant;

2017/03/27
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Tanja FAJON, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Elly SCHLEIN, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) ‘applicant with special reception needs’: means an applicant who is in need of special guarantees in order to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive, such as applicants who are minors, unaccompanied minors, disabled people, impaired persons, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- and intersex persons, elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children, victims of human trafficking, persons with serious illnesses, persons with mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual or gender-based violence, such as victims of female genital mutilation.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Maria GRAPINI, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. This Directive does not apply when Council Directive 2001/55/EC33 applies. __________________ 33Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 1).deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

Member States may introduce or retain more favourable provisions as regards reception conditions for applicants and their ~~depending~~ close relatives who are present in the same Member State, or for humanitarian reasons, insofar as these provisions are compatible with this Directive.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall not impose unnecessary or disproportionate documentation or other administrative requirements on applicants before granting them the rights to which they are entitled under this Directive for the sole reason that they are applicants for international protection, or on the sole basis of an applicant’s nationality.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

2. Member States ~~shall where necessar~~may decide on the residence of an applicant in a specific place for any of the following reasons:

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

~~(c) for the swift processing and effective monitoring of his or her procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation];~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Elly SCHLEIN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that he or she is an applicant or on sole basis of an applicants' nationality.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Where ~~applicants with special reception need~~vulnerable persons are detained, Member States shall ensure regular monitoring and adequate support taking into account their particular situation, including their health.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

For reasons of labour market policies, Member States may verify whether a vacancy could be filled by nationals of the Member State concerned or by other Union citizens, or by third-country nationals lawfully residing in that Member State.deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)

Article 15a Language courses Member States shall provide applicants effective access to language courses free of charge from the date when the application for international protection was made.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5

5. When assessing the resources of an applicant, when requiring an applicant to cover or contribute to the cost of the material reception conditions or when asking an applicant for a refund in accordance with paragraph 4, Member States shall ~~observe~~fully respect the principle of proportionality. Member States shall also take into account the individual circumstances of the applicant and the need to respect his or her dignity or personal integrity, including the applicant's special reception needs. Member States shall in all circumstances ensure that the applicant is provided with a standard of living which guarantees his or her subsistence and protects his or her physical and mental health.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 17a – paragraph 1

1. An applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation].deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 17a – paragraph 2

~~2. Member States shall ensure a dignified standard of living for all applicants.~~deleted

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that applicants, ~~irrespective of where they are required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]~~under the same conditions as their own nationals, from the date when the application for international protection was made, receive the necessary health care which shall include, at least, emergency care and essential treatment of illnesses, including of serious mental disorders.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1

Member States shall take into account the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs, as defined in Article 2, in the national law implementing this Directive. Member States shall systematically assess whether the applicant is an applicant with special reception needs. Member States shall also indicate the nature of such needs. Member States shall also ensure that applicants can indicate themselves that they have special needs and that these indications are assessed. That assessment shall be integrated into the assessment referred to in [the Asylum Procedures Regulation], which may take place within existing national procedures. Member States shall ensure that those special reception needs are also addressed, in accordance with this Directive, if they become apparent at a later stage in the asylum procedure.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall as soon as possible and no later than five ~~working~~ days from the moment when an unaccompanied minor makes an application for international protection take measures to ensure that a guardian represents and assists the unaccompanied minor to enable him or her to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive. The guardian appointed in accordance with Article [22] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] may perform those tasks. The unaccompanied minor shall be informed immediately of the appointment of the guardian. Where an organisation is appointed as guardian, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out the duties of guardian in respect of the unaccompanied minor, in accordance with this Directive. The guardian shall perform his or her duties in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, as prescribed in Article 22 (2), shall have the necessary qualifications and expertise to that end and shall not have a verified record of child- related crimes or offences. In order to ensure the minor’s well-being and social development referred to in Article 22 (2)(b), the person acting as guardian shall be changed only when necessary. Organisations or individuals whose interests conflict or could potentially conflict with those of the unaccompanied minor shall not be appointed as guardians.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that persons who have been subjected to sexual and gender-based ~~harm~~violence, other forms bias-motivated violence, torture, rape or other serious acts of psychological, physical or sexual violence are~~ceive the necessary treatment~~ provided with holistic rehabilitation services for the damage caused by such acts, in particular access to appropriate medical and psychological treatment or care as well as qualified counselling, with the support of a qualified interpreter where needed. Access to that support shall be as early as possible after a victim has been identified.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0222(COD)

Kati PIRI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Maria GRAPINI, Tanja FAJON, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Those working with victims of gender-based harm, torture, rape or other serious acts of ~~violence~~psychological, physical or sexual violence, including health professionals in charge of implementing paragraph 1, shall have had and shall continue to receive appropriate training concerning their needs and appropriate rehabilitation methods, and shall be bound by the confidentiality rules provided for in national law and professional ethics codes, in relation to any information they obtain in the course of their work.

2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE

2016/0207(COD)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015, ~~under~~outlines the ~~importance of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies both as a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 16) and in order to achieve other development policy outcom~~Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), first of which is the eradication of poverty (SDG 1). SDG 16 underlines the importance of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies. SDG 16.a specifically requests to “strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacities at all levels, in particular in developing countries, for preventing violence and combatting terrorism and crime”.17 __________________ 17 United Nations, A/RES/70/1, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015

2017/05/12
Committee: DEVE

2016/0207(COD)

Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Elly SCHLEIN, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Council conclusions on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of 18 May 2015 called to explore options to enhance coherence and coordination between EU security and development actions, as well as to improve the delivery of capacity building in support of security and development, notably in terms of financing instruments.19 They also invited to develop an EU-wide strategic framework for Security Sector Reform, bringing together CSDP and all other relevant Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) tools as well as ~~development cooperation instruments and~~ freedom, security and justice actors. __________________ 19 Foreign Affairs Council (Defence formation) conclusions on CSDP, document 8971/15 of 18 May 2015

2017/05/12
Committee: DEVE

Elly SCHLEIN, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Caterina CHINNICI, Dietmar KÖSTER, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)

(22a) In order to increase applicants' understanding of the functioning of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) it is necessary to significantly improve the provision of information. Investing in the early provision of accessible information to applicants will greatly increase their possibilities to understand, accept and follow the procedures of this Regulation. In order to reduce the administrative requirements and make effective use of common resources the European Union Asylum Agency should develop suitable information material, in close cooperation with the national authorities. The Agency should make full use of modern information technologies when developing that material. In order to properly assist asylum seekers the Agency should also develop audio-visual information material that can be used as a complement to written information materials. The Agency should be responsible for maintaining a dedicated website with information on the functioning of the CEAS for applicants and potential applicants designed to counter the often incorrect information provided to them by smugglers. The information material developed by the Agency should be translated and made available in all of the major languages spoken by asylum seekers arriving in Europe.

2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE

6b. Stresses the need to link security, development and human rights, as illustrated by the chaotic situations faced by many regions in EU's neighbourhood or vicinity, such as Middle-east, Horn of Africa, North Africa, Sahel, Western and Central Africa;

2015/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2015/2161(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Takes note of the Ombudsman´s calculations with regard to potential savings of EUR 195 000 should there be only one seat of the institution; takes into account that the seat of the Ombudsman is tied with the seat of the Parliament and therefore deems it necessary that the Ombudsman is included in any debate on centralisation of the Parliament´s seat; stresses that such centralization should be actively promoted;

2016/03/04
Committee: CONT

2015/2155(DEC)

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Pina PICIERNO, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Anneliese DODDS, Margrete AUKEN, Dennis de JONG, Monika VANA, Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Benedek JÁVOR, Kateřina KONEČNÁ, Anja HAZEKAMP, Elly SCHLEIN, Marietje SCHAAKE, Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Morten MESSERSCHMIDT, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Jeroen LENAERS, Frédérique RIES, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Lynn BOYLAN, Matt CARTHY, Luke Ming FLANAGAN, Liadh NÍ RIADA, Igor ŠOLTES, Bas EICKHOUT, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Luigi MORGANO, Ashley FOX, Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Ulrike LUNACEK, Kostadinka KUNEVA, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Richard SULÍK, Diane DODDS, Lara COMI, Bart STAES, Nicola CAPUTO, Judith SARGENTINI, Ivo BELET, Remo SERNAGIOTTO, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Richard ASHWORTH, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Ernest URTASUN, Pascal ARIMONT, Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Romana TOMC, Jan ZAHRADIL, Bodil VALERO, Daniel DALTON, Angelika MLINAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that the Court of Auditors report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU budget would be about 114 million EUR per year if the European Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates the call on Parliament and the Council to address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Ana GOMES, Dennis de JONG, Elly SCHLEIN, Marian HARKIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the establishment of a specialist Europol unit to combat organised criminal groups which operate in several sectors at the same time; takes the view that the Member States should set up ~~a body with responsibility for~~secure and effective mechanisms in the current institutional framework to ensur~~ing~~e that investigations into organised crime are properly coordinated and that mutual trust among law enforcement authorities in Member States is fostered;

2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE

Elly SCHLEIN, Ana GOMES

25a. Notes with concern that, by means of the fraudulent use of the Internet, criminal organisations have succeeded in increasing the volume of their illicit trafficking; recalls that cyber-crime has a direct adverse impact on citizens themselves, who are often unwitting victims of fraud or theft of personal data; calls on Member States to step up police cooperation relating to IT crime;

2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE

2015/2105(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Norbert NEUSER, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) arcan be a key development instrument for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run~~; stresses, however, that their scope is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growth~~ and promote human rights; calls on the EU to establish specific monitoring structure in the EPAs dedicated to sustainable development and that ensure the proper involvement of civil society organisations and trade unions as well as to include stronger human rights clauses with coherent means of implementation;

2016/02/22
Committee: DEVE

2015/2105(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Norbert NEUSER, Patrizia TOIA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to include strong and comprehensive sustainable development chapters, which are effectively implemented and enforced, in EU's trade and investment agreements; calls in particular for provisions that ensure human rights, labour rights, environmental and social protection as well as gender equality;

2016/02/22
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the migration crisis can be addressed only within the context of a European approach and not by bilateral meetings among Members States; ~~calls for a new~~welcomes the European agenda on migration under the leadership of the Commission and the European Council, underpinned by solidarity among the Member States. This agenda m~~igh~~ust include the replacement of the Dublin regulation with a centralised European asylum system;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates the complexity of the development-migration nexus, diverging from the common view of development as a means to reduce, if not eliminate, migration, without denying that development can ~~help mitigate some of the~~significantly contribute to address the root causes of ~~forced~~ migration, ~~such as conflicts or state fragility~~responding to political and economic instability, human rights violations, conflicts, global inequalities, poverty, unemployment and climate change; recalls that emigration rises with economic development until countries reach an upper-middle-income country status (around USD 7000-8000 per capita), at which point it begins to decrease;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that development aid should not be used to stem the flows of migrants and asylum seekers, and that development aid programmes should not serve as a pretext to preventing departure or tightening the borders between the countries, ignoring the causes that drive people from their homes such as human rights abuses;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers the issues and problems faced by women migrants in the migration process and its impact on women’s empowerment and human rights to be of major importance; stresses that an explicit gender perspective in migration policies is vital; calls in particular for gender discrimination to be removed in the legal aspects of migration; insists on the need to respect the human and individual rights of the weakest among the migrants, ~~namely~~in particular women and children (including the need for education for migrating and refugee children), and on the need to include these rights in the post-2015 development agenda;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Takes note of the creation of an ‘Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of illegal immigration in Africa’ and strongly encourages the Member States to contribute to the Fund in order to effectively help to foster stability and to address the root causes of migration; asks the Commission to enhance the transparency of the Fund and underlines that monitoring and evaluation of the projects and programmes financed will be essential, to make sure the Fund serve its purposes helping directly those in need and not financing governments responsible for human rights violations;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the EU to fully respect the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) in its migration and Mediterranean policies, and in particular in the implementation of its European Agenda on Migration; underlines the need for a more systematic incorporation of the development dimension in migration policies;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recommends an incorporation of migration issues in the dialogue with partner countries and regions, ensuring that cooperation with third countries does not lead to trap migrants in abusive situations or preventing them from accessing fair asylum procedures;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Welcomes the November Summit in La Valletta as a real opportunity to discuss solutions to the migration crisis with developing countries; recalls the need for the summit to address not only the fight against human trafficking and the need to secure access to protection and asylum, but also the root causes of migration and the need of stabilisation and development of the African countries concerned;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls for the development of policies and mechanisms to maximize the development impact of remittances, continuing efforts to decrease their costs;

2015/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the positive role played by navy vessels in saving lives at sea and in disrupting criminal networks to date; ~~support~~notes the aims of navy operations such as Operation Sophia, and stresses the need to protect life, emphasising that all aspects of the operation should ensure that migrant lives are protected;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Takes the view that the establishment of urgent relocation measures is a move in the right direction~~, and~~; regrets that, notwithstanding undertakings by the Council to relocate 160 000 people, only a few hundred people have been relocated from Italy and Greece; calls on Member States to fulfil their obligations with regard to those measures as soon as possible;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Soraya POST, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Luigi MORGANO, Elly SCHLEIN, Tanja FAJON, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that, for the purposes of the Relocation Decisions, relocation will cover only those nationalities for which the proportion of positive decisions granting international protection in the Union has been 75 % or more for the preceding three months, on the basis of Eurostat data; notes that the Relocation Decisions will affect a relatively small number of people, and will leave out the large numbers of applicants originating from other third countries who cannot be relocated under those decisions; stresses that this must in no way lead to discrimination or restrict the fundamental individual right of those concerned to seek international protection, as is happening in certain Member States;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that persons seeking international protection should be able to apply for a European humanitarian visa directly at any consulate or embassy of the Member States, and if granted, such a humanitarian visa would allow its holder to enter the territory of the Member State issuing the visa for the sole purpose to lodge therein an application for international protection; believes, therefore, that it is necessary to amend the Visa Code by including more specific common provisions on humanitarian visas;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Points out that, in the event of a mass influx, the Commission, acting on its own initiative or after examination of a request by a Member State, can propose to trigger Council Directive 2001/55/EC on Temporary Protection (the ‘Temporary Protection Directive’)1 ; observes that the actual triggering requires a Council decision adopted by a qualified majority; notes that the directive should be triggered where there is a risk that the Union asylum system would be unable to cope with the mass influx or imminent mass influx of displaced persons; ~~highlights, however,~~regrets that, since its adoption in 2001, the Temporary Protection Directive has never been triggered; __________________ 1 Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 sets minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12).

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Notes that the Temporary Protection Directive also provides for the possibility of evacuation of displaced persons from third countries, and that such evacuation would allow for the use of humanitarian corridors, in cooperation with UNHCR, with an obligation on Member States – where necessary – to provide every facility for obtaining visas; urges the Member States to avail themselves of this possibility;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Believes that the return of migrants should only be carried out safely, in full compliance with the fundamental and procedural rights of the migrants in question, and where the country to which they are being returned is safe for them; reiterates, in that regard, that voluntary return ~~should~~s must be prioritised over forced returns;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54

54. Underlines, in any event, that any list of safe countries of origin should not, under any circumstances, include countries in which fundamental rights are not safeguarded; such a list, in addition, must not detract from the principle that every person must be allowed an appropriate individual examination of his or her application for international protection;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69

69. ~~Takes note~~Regrets that on 15 December 2015 the Commission came forward with a proposal for a targeted revision of the Schengen Borders Code, proposing to introduce systematic controls of all Union nationals (not only on third-country nationals) against the relevant databases at the external borders of the Schengen Area;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71

71. Points out, in that regard, that the Union agencies require the resources necessary to allow them to fulfil their assigned tasks; insists that the Union agencies and the Member States keep the Parliament fully informed of work undertaken at the hotspots, to ensure that fundamental rights are being respected and that the hotspots are not turned into extended detention centres;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74

74. Recognises that one of the main purposes of hotspots is to allow the Union to grant protection and humanitarian assistance in a swift manner to those in need; emphasises that great care needs to be taken to ensure that the categorising of migrants at hotspots is carried out in full respect for the rights of all migrants; acknowledges, however, that proper identification of applicants for international protection at the point of first arrival in the Union should help facilitate the overall functioning of any reformed CEAS; takes the view that if the relocations had already begun, giving new arrivals clear and certain prospects for their future, identification would be easier; urges the Member States, therefore, to make up for the significant lost time in implementing the commitments made with regard to relocation;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77

77. Notes that the Commission is considering a revision of Council Directive 2002/90/EC defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence; takes the view that anyone who provides different forms of humanitarian assistance to those in need should not be criminalised and that Union law should reflect that principle; in this regard regrets the measures introduced by several Member States designed to criminalise those who provide humanitarian assistance, by exposing them to the risk of criminal sanctions;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82

82. Understands that the external dimension should focus on cooperation with third countries ~~in tackling~~to address the root causes of~~, and addressing, irregular flows to Europe~~ migration flows; understands that partnerships and cooperation with key countries of origin, transit and destination should continue to be a focus, for example through the Khartoum and Rabat processes, the Africa-EU migration and mobility dialogue, the Budapest Process and the Prague Process;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86

86. Recalls that the Union has intensified its external cooperation with third countries in migration and asylum in order to respond adequately to the current refugee crisis, and has launched new cooperation initiatives, such as the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan; emphasises, in that respect, the need for all parties to fulfil their commitments deriving from the Joint Action Plan, including addressing the root causes leading to the massive influx of Syrians, stepping up cooperation for the support of Syrians under temporary protection and their host communities in Turkey, and for Turkey to fulfil its commitments to prevent irregular migration flows from its territory to the Union;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89

89. Reaffirms that the Union must adopt a long-term strategy to help counteract the ‘push factors’ in third countries (persecution, conflict, generalised violence or, extreme poverty, climate change), which force people into the hands of criminal smuggling networks, which they see as their only chance to reach the Union;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94

94. Welcomes the recently established Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and the EUR 1.8 billion pledged to the fund, which has added an additional element to third- country funding; calls, however, for transparency criteria and adequate monitoring mechanisms to be applied in order to ensure that the fund's resources really are allocated to development and reach the neediest; calls on the Member States to continue contributing to the fund;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)

95a. Recommends that development cooperation funding must be not conditioned to the implementation of readmission agreements and that refugee reception funds must not be recorded as development aid; points out that every intervention has to be conceived in a coherent strategy between EU internal and external policies

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106

106. Further notes that, according to recent Eurostat projections, the ratio of people aged 65 or older, relative to those aged 15 to 64, will increase from 27.5 % at the beginning of 2013 to almost 50 % by 2050; notes that this would mean a change from the present ratio of four working-age persons for every person aged 65 or older to only two working-age persons for everyone aged 65 or older; takes the view, therefore, that forward-looking policies of immigration management and integration are key to guaranteeing European welfare and social security standards in the long term;

2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

– having regard to the UN Model Double Taxation Convention ~~on Tax Matters~~ between developed and developing countries2 , __________________ 2 http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/tax/unmodel.htm

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas illicit financial flows (IFFs), i.e. all unrecorded private financial outflows involving capital that is illegally earned, transferred or utilised, typically originate from tax evasion activities, trade misinvoicing and abusive transfer pricing, against the principle that taxes should be paid where profits have been generated, and tax evasion and avoidance have been identified as major obstacles to the mobilisation of domestic revenue for development by all major international texts and conferences on financing for development;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the introduction of a mandatory consolidated common tax base for corporation tax in order to standardise tax returns; Calls for a minimum corporate tax rate;

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Miguel VIEGAS, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for ~~the establishment of a globally accepted definition of tax havens, of penalties for operators making use of them and of a blacklist of countries that do not combat tax evasion or accept~~ a blacklist to be drawn up of such tax havens and countries distorting competition with favourable tax conditions, including those in the EU, by end of 2015; the definition of tax havens should include but should not be limited to the following: "Provision for tax measures which entail no or nominal taxes, a lack of effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities and a lack of transparency in legislative, legal or administrative provisions, or where advantages are granted even without any real economic activit,y a~~s has already been called for previously~~nd substantial economic presence within country offering such tax advantages";

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Hugues BAYET, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the need for an increase of domestic revenues has become more pressing due to the financial and economic crisis;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the amount of resources raised by developing countries through domestic revenue mobilisation has been increasing steadily, and important progress has been done in this field with the aid of international donors;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas developing countries still rely heavily on taxes from trade, which exposes national budgets to volatile commodity price, and are having difficulties in compensating for the decline in trade taxes resulting from the current global context of trade liberalisation, and in shifting to other types of domestic resources;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas corporate tax revenues constitute a significant share of developing countries' national income, and in the past years developing countries have continually lowered corporate tax rates;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies (with-a-tax to GDP ratio ranging between 10 to 20%, as opposed to 30 to 40% of OECD economies) and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases, and there is considerable potential for increasing the tax-to-GDP ratio, especially in the least industrialised countries (LICs);

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas developing countries have been offering various tax incentives and exemptions, which are not transparent and guided by proper cost-benefit analyses and often fail to attract real and sustainable investments, putting developing economies against each other, competing to offer the most favourable tax treatments, and leading to harmful tax competition and a ‘race to the bottom’ that brings greater benefit to multinational corporations (MNCs) than to developing countries;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions that allow banking or financial information to be kept private, combined with 'zero-tax' regimes to attract capital and revenues that should have been taxed in other countries generate harmful tax competition and particularly affect developing countries, with a loss of an estimated $189 billion of tax revenue annually;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on the OSCE and the G20 to abide by their pledges and adopt the latest BEPS measures in 2015~~Asks the Commission to fully cooperate with the OECD, the G20 and developing countries to address BEPS and to report regularly to Parliament and the Council on the progress made; welcomes the upcoming revised Commission Action Plan in 2015 on tax evasion and tax avoidance and calls on the Commission to come forward with an EU anti-BEPS Directive;

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas the fiscal treatment of mining investments varies across countries, and arrangements between developing countries' governments and extracting companies are usually ad hoc and negotiated without transparency and clear guidelines, with the risk of hampering tax collection;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. whereas the existence of large informal sectors in developing countries' economies makes broad-based taxation next to impossible, and in countries where a large proportion of the population lives in poverty a considerable share of GDP is not taxable;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Miguel VIEGAS, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for a review of existing double taxation agreements in order to allow for a 'fair share' of the tax base to be taxed in developing countries;

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Furthermore, calls on the Commission to propose changes to EU company law to effectively ban shell companies and similar entities by introducing for example substance requirements, limitation of multiple directorships etc.

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the amount of aid in support of domestic resource mobilisation is still low, accounting for less than one percent of total ODA in 2011;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas a recent impact assessment carried out by the Netherlands government concluded that the Dutch tax system facilitated avoidance of withholding tax, leading to foregone dividends and interest from withholding tax revenues in developing countries in the range 150-550 million euros per year;1 b __________________ 1b'Evaluation issues in financing for development Analysing effects of Dutch corporate tax policy on developing countries', Study commissioned by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, November 2013

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters is a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council which pays special attention to developing countries and countries with economies in transition;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the European Investment Bank supports private companies in developing countries directly by providing loans, or indirectly by supporting financial intermediaries such as commercial banks and private equity funds, which then on-lend or invest in enterprises;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that effective mobilisation of domestic resources and a strengthening of tax systems will be an indispensable factor in achieving the post-2015 framework that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which represents a viable strategy to overcome foreign aid dependency in the long term, and that efficient and fair tax systems are crucial for poverty reduction, fighting inequalities, good governance and state- building;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that tax avoidance and tax evasion represent a considerable financial loss for developing countries, and that taking appropriate measures at national, European and international level against these practices should be a top priority for the EU, taking into account the needs and constraints that developing countries face in gaining access to their tax revenues; considers that the EU should be taking a leading role in driving international efforts to combat tax havens, tax fraud and evasion, leading by example; and that it should cooperate with developing countries in counteracting aggressive tax avoidance practices by certain transnational companies, as well as in seeking ways to help them withstand pressures to engage in tax competition;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the EU and the Member States to enforce the ~~recommendations of the~~principle that multinational companies must adopt country-by-country reporting as standard, requiring them to publish as part of their annual report on a country-by-country basis for each territory in which they operate the names of all subsidiaries, their financial performance, relevant tax information, assets and number of employees, and to ensure that this information is publicly available; Calls for CbC reportsing to be implemented for multinational companies in all sectors and in all countries.;

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to support developing countries and regional tax administration frameworks, such as the African Tax Administration Forum and the Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations, in the fight against tax dodging, in developing fairer tax policies, in promoting administrative reforms and in order to increase the share, in terms of aid and development, of financial and technical assistance to the national tax administrations of developing countries;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Hugues BAYET, Elly SCHLEIN, Anneliese DODDS, Eva JOLY, Molly SCOTT CATO, Petr JEŽEK, Tibor SZANYI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls for a swift implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) and the Transfer of Funds Regulation (ToFR); considers, however, that room for improvement remains and urges MSs to use the available flexibility, provided for in particular in the AMLD, towards the use of unrestricted public registers with access to beneficial ownership information for companies, trusts, foundations and other legal entities;

2015/04/15
Committee: ECON

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Commission to give good governance in tax matters and fair tax collection a high place on the agenda in its policy dialogue (political, development and trade) and in all development cooperation agreements with partner countries, enhancing ownership and domestic accountability by fostering an environment where national parliaments are enabled to meaningfully contribute to the formulation and oversight of national budgets, including on domestic revenues and tax matters, and supporting the role of civil society in ensuring public scrutiny of tax governance and monitoring of cases of tax fraud, inter alia by setting up effective systems for protecting whistleblowers and journalistic sources;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges that information on beneficial ownership of companies, trusts and other institutions be made publicly available in open-data formats, in order to prevent anonymous shell companies and similar legal structures from being used to launder money, finance illegal activities or terrorist activities, conceal the identity of corrupt and criminal individuals, hide the theft of public funds and profits from illegal traffic and illegal tax evasion;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU and the Member States to enforce the principle that multinational companies, and especially those companies extracting natural resources, must adopt country-by-country reporting (CBCR) as standard, requiring them to publish as part of their annual report on a country-by-country basis for each territory in which they operate the names of all subsidiaries, their financial performance, relevant tax information, assets and number of employees, and to ensure that this information is publicly available; calls on the OECD to recommend that its proposed CBCR template should be made public by all MNCs, to ensure that all tax authorities in all countries are able to access thorough information so they can assess transfer pricing risks and determine the most effective way to deploy audit resources;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the adoption of an Automatic Exchange of Information mechanism, a fundamental tool for enhancing global transparency and cooperation in the fight against tax avoidance and tax evasion; acknowledges, however, that support and time is needed for developing countries to build the required capacity to send and process information; therefore stresses the importance of ensuring that the new OECD Global Standard on Automatic Exchange of Information include a transition period for developing countries, recognising that by making this standard reciprocal, those countries that do not have the resources and capacity to set up the necessary infrastructure to collect, manage and share the required information might effectively be excluded; moreover, considers that a single standard on confidentiality should be envisaged;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. UStrongly supports the range of existing international initiatives to reform the global system, with a focus on the increased participation of developing countries in the structures and procedures of international tax cooperation; urges the EU and the Member States to ensure that the UN taxation committee is transformed into a genuine intergovernmental body equipped with additional resources, ensuring that developing countries can participate equally in the global reform of existing international tax rules;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that gender analysis should be made central to tax justice, recognising that while tax evasion has an impact on the welfare of individuals across the world, it is especially damaging to poor and lower- income households, in many of which women are disproportionately represented;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission , the Council and our partner governments to ensure that tax incentives do not constitute additional options for tax avoidance; underlines that incentives should be made more transparent and ideally geared towards promoting investment in sustainable development;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2058(INI)

Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Hugues BAYET, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the EIB to ensure that companies that receive EIB support do not participate in tax evasion and avoidance via offshore centres and tax havens, and to increase its transparency policy by, for example, making publicly available all of its reports and investigations;

2015/05/06
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Encourages the Commission to strengthen the areas of tax administration, financial governance and public financial management through enhanced cooperation and capacity building in developing countries; stresses the need to accelerate and scale-up on-going efforts to improve budgetary reporting and calls for increased harmonisation of budgetary reporting practices across countries;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the EU and its Member States to actively crack down on tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flows; encourages the automatic exchange of tax information with developing countries and the elaboration of public registers of beneficial ownership; supports the setting- up of an intergovernmental body for tax cooperation under the auspices of the UN;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the decisive importance of good governance, human rights protection, the rule of law, institutional framework and regulatory instruments; especially supports investment in capacity- building, inclusive education, and health, nutrition, public services, and social protection for all, and the fight against poverty and inequality, including among children and in terms of gender; recognises the need for accessible infrastructures and selective public investments, as well as the sustainable use of natural resources, including by the extractive industries;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Linda McAVAN, Elly SCHLEIN, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses that financing for development must strengthen the resources available to promote gender equality, women’s rights and women’s empowerment; emphasises that this should include both targeted investments in key sectors such as health and education and steps to ensure all development finance takes full account of the situation of women and girls;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for greater financing of research and development in science, technology and innovation in developing countries, while recognising that this financing should be both domestic and international; urges the promotion of research and development that can advance progress against complex challenges and towards global public goods, such as technology and innovation for health;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2044(INI)

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Norbert NEUSER, Arne LIETZ, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Seb DANCE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recognises the role of local authorities in the implementation of the SDGs which requires the allocation of the necessary means;

2015/03/26
Committee: DEVE

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for an overall improvement in the prevention of, and the fight against, corruption in the public sector through a holistic approach, commencing with better public access to documents and more stringent rules on conflicts of interest ~~and transparency registers, with a view to developing a coherent global approach to these issu~~, support for investigative journalism and for anti-corruption watchdogs, the introduction or strengthening of transparency registers, the provision of sufficient resources for law enforcement measures and through improved co- operation among Member States as well as with relevant third countries;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Ana GOMES, Ignazio CORRAO, Elly SCHLEIN, Dennis de JONG, Benedek JÁVOR, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission's announcement of its intention to present, in 2016, a proposal for an inter-institutional agreement revising the Transparency Register for representatives of interest groups; insists that the consultations preceding the proposal take account, in a balanced way, of the different points of view expressed; believes that the level of transparency must be raised through the creation of a legislative footprint for EU lobbying, and by establishing a mandatory EU register for all lobbying activities for all of the EU institutions; points in this regard to the need for introducing annexes to Commission proposals and reports of the EP, clearly indicating which lobbyists had a substantial effect on the text of these proposals and reports, and for creating the possibility for Members of Parliament, who wish to do so, of publishing on their official webpage of the Parliament, which lobbyists they have met;

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Ana GOMES, Ignazio CORRAO, Elly SCHLEIN, Dennis de JONG, Benedek JÁVOR, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls upon those European institutions who have introduced codes of conduct, including the Parliament, to step up their monitoring and implementation measures, such as the checks of declarations of financial interests; notes, in this regard, that monitoring and sanctioning bodies must be politically independent;

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Marian HARKIN, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls upon those European institutions who have introduced codes of conduct, including the Parliament, to step up their implementation measures, such as the checks of declarations of financial interests;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Requests that all EU institutions implement article 16 of the EU Staff Regulations by annually publishing information about senior officials who left the EU administration, as well as a list of conflicts of interests; requests that the aforementioned structure assess the compatibility of post- EU employment or the situation whereby civil servants move from the public to the private sector (the ‘revolving door’ issue) and the possibility of a conflict of interest, and define clear cooling-off periods during which officials are required to behave with integrity and discretion or to comply with certain conditions when taking up new duties, which will cover at least the time of transitional allowances;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the dissemination of the conflict-of-interest policy among officials alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities; and the inclusion of integrity and transparency as an obligatory item to be discussed during recruitment procedures and performance chats;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Ana GOMES, Ignazio CORRAO, Elly SCHLEIN, Dennis de JONG, Benedek JÁVOR, Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Considers the Commission's first biennial anti-corruption report was a promising attempt to oversee corruption in Member States; calls on the Commission to include an analysis of corruption risks in the EU institutions in the forthcoming 2016 report, along with an overview of the greatest corruption problems in Member States, policy recommendations to tackle them and follow up measures to be taken by the Commission, taking specifically into account the detrimental impact of corrupt activities in the functioning of the Internal Market;

2015/12/22
Committee: LIBE

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Welcomes the Commission’s agreement to inc~~Notes with concern the findings of the rease ~~transparency by improving its system of expert groups, particularly as regards the procedure for selecting experts, through the development of a new conflict-of-inte~~archers in the study ‘Composition of the Commission’s expert groups and the status of the register of expert groups’1 a; urges the Commission to take the recommendations of this study into account, when drafting amendments to the curresnt ~~policy for experts appointed in a personal capacity; takes note of the requirement for experts to be registered in the transparency register where relevant;~~horizontal rules governing expert groups; requests the Commission to engage in a dialogue with the Parliament, before these rules are being formally adopted, especially in relation to the up-coming CONT/JURI report on this matter; __________________ 1aDirectorate General for Internal Policies, 10/09/2015. PE 552.301

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Believes that the level of transparency ~~could~~must be raised through the creation of a legislative footprint for EU lobbying, ~~with the objective of switching from a voluntary to~~and by establishing a mandatory EU register for all lobbying activities for any of the EU institutions; points in this regard to the need for introducing annexes to Commission proposals and reports of the EP, clearly indicating which lobbyists had a substantial effect on the text of these proposals and reports, and for creating the possibility for Members of Parliament, who wish to do so, of publishing on their official webpage of the Parliament, which lobbyists they have met;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Considers, in this context, that a mandatory EU register should include clear provisions on the type of information to be recorded, i.e. accurate and regularly updated information on the nature of lobbying/legal activities, together with detailed records of contacts and input into EU law and policymaking; believes that a system of sanctions in the event of abuse should be envisaged under the supervision of Parliament; calls upon the Commission to submit its proposals for a mandatory register without further delay;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Demands that all those EU institutions that have not yet done so adopt internal rules on whistleblowing and assess the possibility of agreeing on a common approach to their obligations, focusing on the protection of whistleblowers; asks special attention for the protection of whistleblowers in the context of the Directive on the Protection of Trade Secrets;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. States that the annual reports of the European institutions could play an important role in the compliance regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; calls upon the European institutions to have a standard chapter in the annual reports on these components;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14

14. Considers the Commission’s first biennial anti-corruption report to be a promising attempt to better understand corruption in all its dimensions, to develop effective responses with a view to tackling it, and to pave the way for enhanced accountability of the public sphere to EU citizens; reaffirms, in this context, the importance of the EU’ zero-tolerance policy on fraud, corruption and collusion; regrets, however, that this report did not include anti-corruption policies of the EU institutions themselves;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16

16. Demands that at the latest in its second anti- corruption report the Commission carry out further analysis at the level of both the EU institutions and the Member States of the environment in which policies are implemented, in order to identify inherent critical factors, vulnerable areas and risk factors conducive to corruption;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Requests the Commission in this regard to pay particular attention to the prevention of conflicts of interest, as well as corruptive practises in the case of decentralised agencies who are particularly vulnerable, considering the fact that they are relatively unknown to the public and are also located throughout the EU;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2041(INI)

Dennis de JONG, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Benedek JÁVOR, Ignazio CORRAO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls upon the Commission to fulfil without delay its reporting obligations under the UN Convention against Corruption;

2015/11/09
Committee: CONT

2015/2008(BUD)

Daniele VIOTTI, Pina PICIERNO, Luigi MORGANO, Elly SCHLEIN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that the EU budget is a tool of internal solidarity in that it supports economic, social and territorial cohesion, helps combat poverty and promotes social inclusion; stresses that it is also an instrument of external solidarity by helping make the EU the biggest donor of development aid, by offering support to neighbouring countries and by assisting countries and people facing humanitarian and civilian crises; points out, furthermore, that more efficient use of the budget could allow support to be stepped up for EU policies on the right of asylum and migrant assistance, with particular reference to action in the southern Mediterranean area;

2015/02/12
Committee: BUDG

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) On 25 and 26 June 2015,12 the European Council called for wider efforts in resolving the ~~migrant crisi~~unprecedented migratory flows in a comprehensive manner, including through the reinforcement of the management of borders to better manage growing mixed migratory flows. Furthermore, on 23 September 2015,13 the European Council stressed the need to tackle the dramatic situation at the external borders as well as to strengthen the controls at those borders, notably through additional resources for the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, the European Asylum Support Office and Europol, with human resources and technical contributions from Member States. __________________ 12 Meeting of the European Council, Conclusions of 25 and 26 June 2015. 13 Informal meeting of EU Heads of State or Government on migration, Statement of 23 September 2015.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) European integrated border management, based on the four-tier access model, comprises measures in third countries, such as under the common visa policy, measures with neighbouring third countries, border control measures at the external border itself as well as risk analysis, and measures within the area of free movement~~, including return~~.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, commonly referred to as Frontex, was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004.14 Since taking up its responsibilities on 1 May 2005, it has been successful in assisting Member States with implementing the operational aspects of external border management through joint operations and rapid border interventions, as well as risk analysis, information exchange, relations with third countries and the return of irregularly staying third- country nationals ~~illegally staying on the territory of~~who are the subject of a final return decision issued by a Member States., __________________ 14 Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 1).

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should prepare general and tailored risk analysis based on a common integrated risk analysis model, to be applied by the Agency itself and by Member States. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should, based also on information provided by Member States, provide adequate information and intelligence covering all aspects relevant to European integrated border management, especially border control, return, irregular secondary movements of third- country nationals within the Union, prevention of cross-border crime including facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human beings and terrorism, as well as the situation at neighbouring third countries, so as to allow for appropriate measures to be taken or to tackle identified threats and risks with a view to improving the integrated management of external borders.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Kati PIRI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) During a border surveillance operation at sea, a situation may occur where it will be necessary to render assistance to persons found in distress. In accordance with international law, every State must require the master of a vessel flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the vessel, the crew or the passengers, to render assistance without delay to any person found at sea in danger of being lost and to proceed with all possible speed to the rescue of persons in distress. Such assistance should be provided regardless of the nationality or status of the persons to be assisted or of the circumstances in which they are found. The shipmaster and crew should not face criminal penalties for the sole reason of having rescued persons in distress at sea and brought them to a place of safety.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)

(15b) The obligation to render assistance to persons found in distress should be fulfilled by Member States and the Agency in accordance with the applicable provisions of international instruments governing search and rescue situations and in accordance with requirements concerning the protection of fundamental rights. This Regulation should not affect the responsibilities of search and rescue authorities, including for ensuring that coordination and cooperation is conducted in such a way that the persons rescued can be delivered to a place of safety.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Kati PIRI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) At particular areas of the external borders where Member States face disproportionate ~~migratory~~ pressures characterised by large influxes of mixed migratory flows, referred to as hotspot areas, the Member States should be able to rely on the increased operational and technical reinforcement by the migration management support teams composed of teams of experts deployed from Member States by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Asylum Support Office, and from Europol or other relevant Union Agencies, as well as experts from the staff of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should assist the Commission in the coordination among the different agencies on the ground.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)

(21a) This Regulation should be applied in full compliance with the principle of non-refoulement as defined in the Charter and as interpreted by the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights. In accordance with that principle, no person should be disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to or otherwise handed over to the authorities of a country where, inter alia, there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture, persecution or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or where his or her life or freedom would be threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or from which there is a serious risk of an expulsion, removal or extradition to another country in contravention of the principle of non- refoulement.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)

(21b) The possible existence of an arrangement between a Member State and a third country does not absolve the Agency or the Member States from their obligations under Union and international law, in particular as regards compliance with the principle of non- refoulement, whenever they are aware or ought to be aware that systemic deficiencies in the asylum procedure and in the reception conditions of asylum seekers in that third country amount to substantial grounds for believing that the asylum seeker would face a serious risk of being subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment or where they are aware or ought to be aware that that third country engages in practices in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12

(12) ‘returnee’ means an i~~llegal~~rregularly staying third-country national who is the subject tof a final return decision; issued by a Member State;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) ‘return operation’ means an operation to return ~~illegally staying~~ third- country nationals who are the subject of a final return decision, that is coordinated by the Agency and involves technical and operational reinforcement being provided by one or more Member States under which returnees from one or more Member States are returned either through forced return or in voluntary compliance with an obligation to return;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14

(14) ‘return intervention’ means an operation to return ~~illegally staying~~ third- country nationals who are the subject of a final return decision providing for enhanced technical and operational assistance consisting of the deployment of European Return Intervention Teams to Member States and the organisation of return operations.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI, Kati PIRI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) Search and Rescue Operations for persons in distress at sea;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)

(ab) The identification, provision of initial information to and onward referral of persons arriving at the external borders who are in need of, or wish to apply for, international protection;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

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

(e) technical and operational measures within the area of free movement which are related to border control and designed to ~~prevent~~better manage irregular immigration ~~and to counter cross-border crime~~;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

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

(f) return of third-country nationals ~~illegally staying on the territory of the~~who are the subject of a final return decision issued by a Member States;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) carry out a vulnerability assessment including the assessment of the capacity of Member States to face ~~threat~~challenges and pressures at the external borders while complying with the relevant EU legislation and their international human rights obligations;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Caterina CHINNICI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) coordinate Member State action, and provide technical and operational assistance to Member States, in the context of search and rescue operations for persons in distress at sea in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7

7. The Agency shall incorporate the results of a common integrated risk analysis model in its development of the common core curricula for the training of border guards and of ~~staff~~other staff or experts involved in ~~return-~~tasks related t~~asks~~o the integrated border management.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)

(ca) observe and promote the application of existing and future Union measures relating to the management of external borders, including on fundamental rights and international protection;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The Agency shall organise the appropriate technical and operational assistance for the host Member State and it may, in accordance with the relevant Union and international law, including the principle of non-refoulement, take one or more of the following measures:

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title

Initiating joint operations ~~and rapid border interventions~~ at the external borders

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. At the request of a Member State faced with a situation of specific and disproportionate pressures, especially the arrival at points of the external borders of large numbers of third-country nationals trying to enter the territory of that Member State illegally, the Agency may deploy a rapid border intervention for a limited period of time on the territory of that host Member State.deleted

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. The Executive Director shall evaluate, approve and coordinate proposals for joint operations made by Member States. Joint operations ~~and rapid border interventions~~ shall be preceded by a thorough, reliable and up-to-date risk analysis, thereby enabling the Agency to set an order of priority for the proposed joint operations ~~and rapid border interventions~~, taking into account the impact level to external border sections in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 and the availability of resources.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. The objectives of a joint operation ~~or rapid border intervention~~ may be achieved as part of a multipurpose operation which may involve the rescue of persons in distress at sea or other coast guard functions, the fight against ~~migrant~~the criminal smuggling orf persons, trafficking in human beings~~, drug trafficking control operations, and migration management including identification, registration, debriefing and return~~ and migration management in accordance of Article 17 (3).

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)

(da) a description of the fundamental rights implications and risks of the joint operation;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e

~~(e) organise return interventions.~~deleted

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Caterina CHINNICI, Ana GOMES, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) observe and promote the application of existing and future Union measures relating to the management of external borders and respect for fundamental rights in border management activities, and report to the Agency on aspects relating to the provision of sufficient guarantees by the host Member State to ensure the protection of fundamental rights throughout the joint operation or rapid border intervention, and report to the Agency on aspects relating to the provision of sufficient guarantees by the host Member State to ensure the protection of fundamental rights throughout the joint operation or rapid border intervention;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. The Executive Director shall withdraw the financing of a joint operation or a rapid border intervention, or suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, a joint operation or rapid border intervention if he or she considers that there are violations of fundamental rights or international protection obligations that are of a serious nature or are likely to persist. For this purpose, the Agency shall establish and publish the criteria leading to a decision on the suspension, termination or withdrawal of financing of a joint operation or a rapid border intervention.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4

4. The Agency may provide the necessary assistance and ensure, at the request of the participating Member States or a third country, or propose on its own initiative, the coordination or the organisation of return operations, during which a number of returnees subject to a third-country return decision are passed from this third country to another third country of return (‘mixed return operations’), provided that the third country that issued the return decision is bound by the European Convention on Human Rights. The participating Member States and the Agency must ensure that the respect of fundamental rights and the proportionate use of means of constraints are guaranteed during the whole removal operation, notably with the presence of forced return monitors and of third- country forced return escorts.deleted

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. In circumstances where Member States are facing a heavy burden when implementing the obligation to return ~~illegally staying~~those third-country nationals who are the subject of a final return decision in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC, the Agency shall, upon request of one or more Member States, provide the appropriate technical and operational assistance in the form of a return intervention. Such intervention may consist in the deployment of European Return Intervention Teams to the host Member States and the organisation of return operations from the host Member States. Member States shall regularly inform the Agency of their needs for technical and operational assistance, and the Agency shall draw up a rolling plan for return interventions on this basis.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Marju LAURISTIN, Caterina CHINNICI, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. In the performance of its tasks the European Border and Coast Guard shall ensure that no person is, in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement, disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to or otherwise handed over or returned to the authorities of a country ~~in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement~~where, inter alia, there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture, persecution or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or where his or her freedom would be threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or from which there is a serious risk of an expulsion ~~or retur~~, removal or extradition to another country in contravention of that principle.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. The Agency shall develop and regularly update a Code of Conduct for the return of ~~illegally staying~~those third-country nationals who are subject to a final return decision which shall apply during all return operations and return interventions coordinated or organised by the Agency. That Code of Conduct shall describe common standardised procedures to simplify the organisation of return operations and return interventions, and assure return in a humane manner and with full respect for fundamental rights, in particular the principles of human dignity, prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to liberty and security and the right to the protection of personal data and non- discrimination.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Birgit SIPPEL, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency may acquire, itself or in co-ownership with a Member State, or lease technical equipment to be deployed during joint operations, pilot projects, rapid border interventions, search and rescue operations, return operations, return interventions or technical assistance projects in accordance with the financial rules applicable to the Agency.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 3

3. A Member State or other Union Agency providing personal data to the Agency shall determine the purpose or the purposes for which it shall be processed as referred to in paragraph 1. If it has not done so, the Agency in consultation with the provider of personal data concerned shall process it in order to determine its necessity in relation to the purpose or the purposes as referred to in paragraph 1 for which it shall be further processed. The Agency may process information for a different purpose than the one in paragraph 1The Agency may process information for a purpose under paragraph 1 different to the original purpose only if authorised by the data provider of the information.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Tanja FAJON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) personal data regarding persons who cross the external borders i~~llegal~~rregularly and whose data is collected by the European Border and Coast Guard Teams, including when acting in the framework of the migration management support teams;

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2

2. The Agency may cooperate with the authorities of third countries competent in matters covered by this Regulation with the support of and in coordination with Union delegations, as well as within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those authorities in accordance with Union law and policy. Those working arrangements shall ~~be related to~~detail the scope, nature and purpose of the cooperation and the management of operational cooperation. Such arrangements ~~shall~~ have received the Commission’'s prior approval and shall have been presented to the relevant committee in the European Parliament prior to receiving such approval.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Elly SCHLEIN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1

1. The Agency may deploy experts of its own staff as liaison officers, who should enjoy the highest possible protection to carry out their duties, in third countries. They shall form part of the local or regional cooperation networks of immigration liaison officers and security experts of the Union and of the Member States, including the network set up pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004.49 Liaison officers shall only be deployed to third countries in which border management practices comply with minimum human rights standards. __________________ 49 Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 of 19 February 2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 1).

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 3

3. The tasks of the Agency’s liaison officers shall include, in compliance with Union law and in accordance with fundamental rights, establishing and maintaining contacts with the competent authorities of the third country to which they are assigned with a view to contributing to the prevention of and fight against irregular immigration and the return of ~~illegally staying~~those third-country nationals who are the subject of a final return decision. Those liaison officers shall coordinate closely with Union delegations.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. In case a border guard or a seconded national expert has been found to have violated fundamental rights or international protection obligations, the Agency shall request the Member State to remove the border guard or seconded national expert immediately from the activity of the Agency or the rapid reserve pool, and pursue appropriate disciplinary or civil or criminal justice measures.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. The Agency shall provide publicly accessible information on the complaints mechanism in the context of its annual report, indicating the number of complaints received, the types of fundamental rights violations, the operation concerned and the follow-up measures taken by Agency which would help it to identify possible shortcomings and improve its working methods.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0310(COD)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Tanja FAJON, Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Ana GOMES, Elly SCHLEIN, Birgit SIPPEL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2

The Agency shall ensure that tinformation about the possibility and procedure for making a complaint is readily available. The standardized complaint form ishall be made available in ~~most common~~ languages ~~and~~ that ~~it shall be made available~~third- country nationals understand or may be reasonably supposed to understand on the Agency’'s website and in hardcopy during all activities of the Agency. Further guidance and assistance on the complaints procedure shall be provided to alleged victims and on request. Information tailored to children and other vulnerable groups shall be provided to facilitate their access to the complaints mechanism. Complaints shall be considered by the Fundamental Rights Officer even when they are not submitted in the standardized complaint form.

2016/04/21
Committee: LIBE

2015/0009(COD)

Benedek JÁVOR, Dennis de JONG, Ignazio CORRAO, Ana GOMES, Marian HARKIN, Elly SCHLEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

~~In accordance with its own transparency policies on access to documents and information, t~~The EIB shall make publicly available on its website information relating to all EIB financing and investment operations and how they contribute to the general objectives and specific projects referred to in Article 5(2) ); the EIB shall guarantee furthermore that any citizen of the European Union and any natural and legal person residing or having its registered office in a Member States shall have access to the documents related to the EFSI in accordance with the Regulation No. 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.

2015/03/19
Committee: BUDG ECON

2014/2254(INI)

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to its Resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Laura FERRARA, Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)

– having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013,

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and is of particular importance within the EU since it is also a prerequisite for upholding all rights and obligations deriving from the Treaties and from international law.

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the way the rule of law is implemented at national level plays a key role in ensuring mutual trust among Member States and their legal systems, hence it is of vital importance to establish~~ing~~ an area of freedom, security and justice as described in Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ~~requires the EU and each Member State to uphold fundamental rights in full~~;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Ana GOMES, Ignazio CORRAO, Elly SCHLEIN, Dennis de JONG

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas corruption perpetuates and aggravates unequal, unjust and discriminatory outcomes with regard to the equal enjoyment of fundamental rights, be these civil, political and economic or social and cultural rights; whereas corruption affects disproportionately the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups in society, namely by barring them from equal access to political participation, public services, justice, safety, land, jobs, education, health and housing; whereas corruption distorts the size and composition of government expenditure, seriously harming the state's capacity to harness to a maximum its available resources in order fully to realise economic, social and cultural rights, and whereas corruption diverts large amounts of funding from investment in the economy, hindering the recovery of Member States in economic hardship; whereas corruption fuels human rights violations of the whistleblowers and victims to cover up the implicit crimes and criminals;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Miriam DALLI, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN; such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, freedom of media, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti- propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas specific human rights guidelines have been developed in external policies of the EU, this has not been the case in its internal policies, which could lead to allegations of double standards;

2015/05/18
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores recent in~~stance~~cidents of anti- Semitic and ~~anti-~~Islamophobic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief and to promote tolerance, as well as to ban any form of discrimination and exception from the law on grounds of individuals' personal choice of thought, conscience, religion or belief;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Deplores incidents of hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls on Member States to protect fundamental rights and to promote tolerance;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making, evaluate the implementation of EU anti- discrimination legislation, and better enforce it; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Miriam DALLI, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence ~~on EU territory~~ against lesbian, gay, trans~~sexual~~gender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy against homophobia and for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity by the end of this year, as repeatedly called for by Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Miriam DALLI, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Ulrike LUNACEK, Daniele VIOTTI, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Tanja FAJON, Ian DUNCAN, Isabella ADINOLFI, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Miriam DALLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Hugues BAYET, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Considers that LGBTI people's fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriage; welcomes the fact that 18 Member States currently offer these options, and calls on other Member States to consider doing so;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Laura FERRARA, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miriam DALLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Anna HEDH, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Recalls its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and calls upon the European Commission to put forward an EU LGBTI Strategy, comparable to the LGBTI Guidelines adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013;

2015/05/12
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Marju LAURISTIN, Elly SCHLEIN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Hugues BAYET, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Soraya POST, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on EU institutions to put solidarity and a human rights based approach at the heart of the EU migration policies. Calls on the EU institutions to guarantee that sufficient resources are made available to implement a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean and promote legal and safe routes for people fleeing wars and seeking for international protection;

2015/05/19
Committee: LIBE

2014/2254(INI)